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116 HISTOllY OF THE CEUSADES. lie regained Ha strength. The count de Thoulouse had likewise a long convalescence, and both were obliged during several weeks to be borne in a litter in the rear of the army. Greater evils threatened the Crusaders. Hitherto peace had reigned amongst them, and their union constituted their strength. All at once, discord broke out amongst some of the leaders, and was on the point of extending to the whole armv. Tancred and Baldwin, the brother of Grodfrey, were sent out on a scouring party, either to disperse the scattered bands of Turks, or to protect the Christians, and obtain from them assistance and pro\'isions. They advanced at first into Lvcaonia as far as the city of Iconium ;* but ha\ing met Avith no enemy, and finding the country* abandoned, they directed their march towards the sea-coast, through the mountains of Cilicia. Tancred, who marched first, arrived without obstacle under the walls of Tarsus, a celebrated city of antiquity, which takes great pride from having been the birthplace of St. Paul. The Turks who defended the place consented to display the flag of the Christians on their walls, and promised to surrender if they were not speedily relieved. Tancred, whom the inhabitants, for the most part Christians, alreadv considered as their deliverer, was encamping without the walls, when he saw the detachment commanded by Baldwin approach. The leaders and the soldiers congratulated each other on their reunion, and expressed the greater joy from having, reciprocally, taken each other for enemies. But this harmony was soon troubled by the pretensions of Baldwin. The brother of G-odfrey was indignant at seeinf the colours of Tancred and Bohemond flying on the walls of Tarsus. He declared that as his troop was the more numerous, the city ought to belong to him. He demanded, at least, that the two parties should enter together into the place, and should share the spoils of the garrison and the inhabitants. Tancred rejected this proposition with scorn, and said that he had not taken arms for the purpose of pillaging Christian cities. At these words Baldwin broke into a rage, and bestowed the grossest abuse upon Tancred, Bohemond, and the whole race of Xorman adventurers. * Now Konieh, in Caramania.
HISTOET OF THE CRUSADES. 117 After long debates, it was agreed on both sides, that the affair should be decided by the inhabitants, and that the cityshould belong to "whichever they should choose for master. The assembled people at first appeared inclined towards Tancred, to whom they thought they owed their deliverance; but Baldwin made the Tui-ks and the inhabitants sensible of the superiority of his numbers, and threatened them vdth his anger and his vengeance. The fear which he inspired decided the suffrages in his favom- ; and the flag of Tancred was cast into the ditches of the town, and replaced by that of Baldwin.* Blood was about to flow to avenge this outrage, but the Italians and Normans, appeased by their chief, listened to the voice of moderation, and quitted the disputed city to seek other conquests elsewhere. Baldwin entered in triumph into the place, of which the fortress and several towers were still in possession of the Turks. He so much feared that his new conquest would be disputed, that he refused to open the gates to three hundred Crusaders whom Bohemond had sent to the assistance of Tancred, and who demanded an asylum for the night. These latter, being obliged to pass the night in the open field, were siu-prised and massacred by the Tiu-ks. The following morning, at the sight of their brethren stretched lifeless, and stripped of their arms and vestments, the Christians could not restrain their indignation. The city of Tarsus resounded with their groans and complaints. The soldiers of Baldwin flew to arms, they threatened the Turks who still remained in the place, and vowed vengeance upon their own leader, whom they accused of the death of their companions. At the first outbreak of this danger Baldwin was obliged to fly, and take refuge in one of the towers. A short time after he appeared surrounded by his own people, mourning with them the death * Ancient history presents us with something exceedingly like that which is rel-ited here. During the civil wars that divided the Roman empire under the triumvirate, Cassius and Dolabella disputed the posses- sion of the town of Tarsus. Some, says Appian, had crowned Cassius, who had arrived first in the city; others had crowned Uolabella, who came after him. Each of the two parties had given a character of public authority to their proceedings; and in conferring honours, first to one and then to the other, they each contributed to the misfortunes of a city so versatile in its likings.—Appian, Hist, of the Civil Wars, b. iv. c. 8.
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116 HISTOllY OF THE CEUSADES.<br />
lie regained Ha strength. The count de Thoulouse had<br />
likewise a long convalescence, and both were obliged during<br />
several weeks to be borne in a litter in the rear of the army.<br />
Greater evils threatened the Crusaders. Hitherto peace<br />
had reigned amongst them, and their union constituted their<br />
strength. All at once, discord broke out amongst some of<br />
the leaders, and was on the point of extending to the whole<br />
armv. Tancred and Baldwin, the brother of Grodfrey, were<br />
sent out on a scouring party, either to disperse the scattered<br />
bands of Turks, or to protect the Christians, and obtain from<br />
them assistance and pro\'isions. They advanced at first into<br />
Lvcaonia as far as the city of Iconium ;* but ha\ing met<br />
Avith no enemy, and finding the country* aband<strong>one</strong>d, they<br />
directed their march towards the sea-coast, through the<br />
mountains of Cilicia. Tancred, who marched first, arrived<br />
without obstacle under the walls of Tarsus, a celebrated city<br />
of antiquity, which takes great pride from having been the<br />
birthplace of St. Paul. The Turks who defended the place<br />
consented to display the flag of the Christians on their walls,<br />
and promised to surrender if they were not speedily relieved.<br />
Tancred, whom the inhabitants, for the most part Christians,<br />
alreadv considered as their deliverer, was encamping without<br />
the walls, when he saw the detachment commanded by<br />
Baldwin approach. The leaders and the soldiers congratulated<br />
each other on their reunion, and expressed the<br />
greater joy from having, reciprocally, taken each other for<br />
enemies.<br />
But this harmony was soon troubled by the pretensions<br />
of Baldwin. The brother of G-odfrey was indignant at<br />
seeinf the colours of Tancred and Bohemond flying on the<br />
walls of Tarsus. He declared that as his troop was the<br />
more numerous, the city ought to belong to him. He demanded,<br />
at least, that the two parties should enter together<br />
into the place, and should share the spoils of the garrison<br />
and the inhabitants. Tancred rejected this proposition with<br />
scorn, and said that he had not taken arms for the purpose<br />
of pillaging Christian cities. At these words Baldwin broke<br />
into a rage, and bestowed the grossest abuse upon Tancred,<br />
Bohemond, and the whole race of Xorman adventurers.<br />
* Now Konieh, in Caramania.
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