volume one

186 HISTOET OF THE CEUS.U)ES.
their vows, and would conduct the Christian army to the
Holy Land.
The coimt of St. Gilles and the prince of Antioch, the latter
of whom was, perhaps, no stranger to the general movement,
went through the ranks, and addressed the soldiers, the one
upon the necessity of obedience, the other upon the glory
which awaited them at Jerusalem. The tumult soon became
more violent. The clergy menaced B.aymond with the anger
of Heaven, whilst his soldiers threatened to abandon his standard.
The Proven9als themselves at length refused to obey
the inflexible coimt of Thoulouse, and the army set seriously
to work to demolish the ramparts of Maarah, the possession
of which was the object of contention.
"Whilst this was going on, Tancred had, by either force or
address, got possession of the citadel of Antioch, and planted
the standard of Bohemond in place of that of the count of
St. Gilles. Eavmond, thus left alone, and without any hopes
of realizing his pretensions, was obliged to yield to the
wishes of the army, and appeared to listen to the voice
of God. After havinor set fire to the citv of Maarah, he
marched out of it by the light of the flames, barefooted, and
shedding tears of repentance. Followed by the clergy, who
sang the psalms of penitence, he abjured his ambition, and
renewed the oath he had so often made, and so often for-
gotten, of delivering the tomb of Jesus Christ.