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HISTORY OF THE CRUSADES. 359
Attalia, and gave liim fifty silver marks to provide for the
siek who remained in the city, and to conduct the land army
as far as th.e coasts of Cilicia.
Louis yil. gave as leaders for all who could not embark,
Thierri count of Flanders and Archambaud de Bourbon ; he
then went on board the fleet that had been prepared for
him, accompanied by the queen Eleanor, the principal lords
of his court, and all that remained of his cavalry. "Whilst
looking at the Crusaders whom he left at Attalia, the king
of France could not refrain from tears ; a multitude of pilgrims
assembled upon the shore, followed with their eyes the
vessel in which he had embarked, putting up vows for his
voyage ; and when they had lost sight of him, they thought
of nothing but their own dangers, and sank into the deepest
despondency.
On the day following the departure of Louis YIL, the
pilgrims, who were expecting the escort and the guides that
had been promised them, saw the Turks come upon them,
eager for murder and pillage. Archambaud and Thierri for
a moment re-animated the courage of the Crusaders, and
several times repulsed the infidels. But the Turks returned
to the charge without ceasing ; every day the Christians
sustained fresh encounters without being able to compel
their enemy to retreat. The G-reeks would not consent to
receive them into the city, and there remained to the Crusaders
no means of safety. Despair stifled in their breasts
even the sentiments of humanity ; every one of these unfortunate
wretches became insensible to the fate of his companions,
and felt nothing but his own ills, saw nothing but
his own dangers. The soldiers did not endeavour to rally
or to succour each other ; they no longer recognised or followed
leaders ; the leaders themselves were no longer guided
by the spirit of religion, or governed by the love of glory.
In the midst of the general desolation, Archambaud and
Thierri, only anxious to avoid death, threw themselves on
board a vessel which was going to join the fleet of Louis VII.
The horrible disorder that then reigned among the miserable
remains of the Christian army and the sick in the city
of Attalia, is perfectly beyond description.
Two troops of pilgrims, one of three thousand and the
other of four thousand, resolved to brave all dangers and