King Edward I or Longshanks treated after an assassination attempt in Acre in 1272. Crusader knights in chainmail armor and tunics bring ointment and drugs from the Grand Master of the Templars. Queen Eleanor in crown and ermine robe stands beside him. The Syrian Nizari assassin lies dead on the ground. Edward’s arm in the hands of his medical advisors. Handcoloured steel engraving after an illustration by John Leech from Gilbert Abbott A’Beckett’s Comic History of England, Bradbury, Agnew & Co., London, 1880.

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