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The lost original poem was said to have been composed by an eye-witness, Richard le Pèlerin, (" Richard the Pilgrim "), a North French or Flemish jongleur, who began it partly on the spot, during the eight month siege of Antioch.
The oldest version now known was recast by Graindor de Douai, a contemporary of Louis VII of France.
Graindor borrowed details from the chroniclers to make his work more lively and more accurate, for his object from the start was to tell the true praiseworthy tale, not cozen his listeners of their coin:
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