volume one

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254 HISTOET or THE CHUSADES.
Christian armv eyerywhere ; the carnage was horrible
scarcely a thousand of the Crusaders escaped from either
death or slavery. The margravine of Austria disappeared
amidst the tumult of the battle. Some say that she was
crushed under the feet of the horses ; whilst others assert
that she fell iuto the hands of the enemy, and went to live
and die in the harem of the sultan of Mossoul. The greater
part of the women and young girls that followed the Christian
army met with the same fate. The count of Yermandois,
pierced by two arrows, fled across Lycaonia, and
arrived with a feeble escort at the city of Tarsus, Avhere he
died of his wounds.
The duke of Bavaria and the count of Poictiers, after
having wandered a long time in deserts and forests, arrived
almost naked at Antioch, in which city were assembled all
the Crusaders that had escaped after their defeat. The
leaders, by gathering together the wrecks of their troops,
were able to form an army of ten thousand men, with which
they marched to Jerusalem. Whilst coasting the Sea of
Syria, they took the city of Tortosa, which they gave up to
Ea^Tnond, although they had accused him., only a few days
before, of having been the cause of all their disasters.
Upon their arrival in Palestine, they found new enemies to
contend with. The duke of Burgundy* and the count of
Blois were killed in a battle fought near Eamla. Arpin,
coimt de Berri,t fell ali^e into the hands of the Saracens,
and died in slavery. The count de Blandras, the count of
Savoy, "William, count of Poictiers, the count de Xevers, and
the duke of Bavaria only led a small number of their soldiers
back to Europe. :|:
* The body of the duke of Burgundy was brought back to France, and
buried at Citeaux. Urban Planchier says in his history, that they observed
the anniversary of the death of this prince on the Friday before
Passion Sunday. After the death of her husband, Slahaul, the wife of
Eude, and mother of Floiine, retired to the abbey of Fontevrault.
+ It has been said ti^at Arpin, on setting out for the crusade, sold the
county of Beiri to Philip, king of France, for the sum of 60,000 crowns.
This is the way in which the fact is related in the Hintori/ of Berri : " King
Piiilip redeemed his city of Bourges, which Henry his father had engaged
for 60.000 Ciowns, froin Arpin. Thus Bourges returned to its natural
prince." History of Berri, by Chaumeau, p. 97.
X Ancient historians contain many other details concerning this expe-
dition that we have not thought it necessary to notice. This expedition
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