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If you are not located in the United States, you -will have to check the laws of the country where you are located before -using this eBook. - -Title: Stories from the Crusades - Stories from History Series - -Author: Janet Harvey Kelman - -Editor: John Lang - -Illustrator: L. D. Luard - -Release Date: April 3, 2022 [eBook #67761] - -Language: English - -Produced by: D A Alexander and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team - at https://www.pgdp.net - -*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK STORIES FROM THE -CRUSADES *** - - - - - - STORIES FROM HISTORY SERIES - - EDITED BY JOHN LANG - - - STORIES FROM - THE CRUSADES - - - - - [Illustration: Wherever the battle was hottest, Richard seemed to - spring from the ground - See page 75] - - - - - STORIES FROM - - THE CRUSADES - - BY - - JANET HARVEY KELMAN - - WITH PICTURES BY - - L. D. LUARD - - LONDON: T. C. & E. C. JACK - NEW YORK: E. P. DUTTON & CO. - - - - - TO - - KATHARINE AND BARBARA - - - - -THE HEROES OF THE CRUSADES - - -The stories in this book are of heroes who lived hundreds of years ago. -They caught sight of a beautiful dream and lived and died to make it -come true. - -Their eagerness swept along with them not only men who had never -dreamed the dream and who did not know for what end they fought, but -bad men also who only wished to get what they could for themselves. - -The Crusades are long past, yet to-day there are men who see visions -of good and who wish to bring them down to earth. With them are others -who fight selfishly as did Bohemond and Baldwin long ago. But there are -still men like Francis, who carry goodwill with them, and great knights -like Tancred and like Louis, who live to fight for the poor and the -weak. - - - - -LIST OF STORIES - - - Chap. Page - - I. How Peter preached of Jerusalem 1 - II. How Tancred fought under the Banner of the - Cross 17 - III. How the Kings fought for Glory and not for - Christ 51 - IV. How Frederick came to his Kingdom 82 - V. How Louis thought Death a little Thing 92 - - - - -LIST OF PICTURES - - - Wherever the battle was hottest Richard - seemed to spring from the ground _Frontispiece_ - - At page - - Peter set off with an unruly band of men 16 - Bohemond led the way himself 38 - Peter held a lance-head high in the air 40 - They knelt on the rocky track 42 - Barbarossa waits until his country needs him 64 - A wild and fierce race called Tartars 92 - Louis leapt into the water 98 - - - - -CHAPTER I - -HOW PETER PREACHED OF JERUSALEM - - -Once upon a time there was an ugly little boy called Peter, who lived -in his father’s castle in France. He was a restless boy, and liked -always to do or to hear something new. His home was very quiet, for his -father was a great fighter, and was often away at the wars for months -at a time. - -But though one day was very like another in Peter’s life when he was -young, he used to hear tales of pilgrimage and of battle that made him -long to be free to go out into the world himself. - -The country round his home and in the other northern lands near it was -bare and grey, and the towers and walls of the cities were gloomy, -but the boy heard of other lands and other cities. He heard that in -Byzantium, where the Greek Emperor had his palace, the houses were -built of marble, and their walls were lined with gold, and that in the -lands around it rich fruits and grain grew. He often heard of another -city called Jerusalem, for many pilgrims went to it because it was at -Jerusalem that Jesus Christ died. Hundreds of years before Peter was -born, Helena, the mother of the Greek Emperor Constantine, found a -cross which she thought must be the Cross on which Christ died. She was -full of awe and wonder, and in order that all who served Christ might -see the Cross, it was set up in Jerusalem on the spot where it was -thought to have stood when Christ died upon it. Long after Constantine -and his mother were dead, a king who did not serve Christ carried the -Cross away from Jerusalem. The Emperor who then reigned in Greece -fought with this king for ten years before he could subdue him. At last -he won the cross again, and with it lands and gold, but these gave him -far less joy than the thought that the cross would again stand in -Jerusalem. He kept part of it in his city of Byzantium; with the rest -he went to Jerusalem. He was a great man and a proud man, but he was -humble when he thought of the cross and of what it told of the death of -Christ. So he took off his beautiful clothes, and with bare feet and -wearing a plain robe he carried the cross up the street of Jerusalem, -and set it once more within the church that had been built where Christ -died. - -When Peter was young, hundreds of pilgrims went to Jerusalem to worship -at the foot of this cross. They did so for many reasons. Some did it -because they loved the thought of Christ and wished to stand where -He had stood, and to see the land in which He had lived. Others went -because they thought it would make other people think them very good. -They hoped to be great people when they came back to their homes again. -But the largest number went because the Pope and the priests told them -that those who went in poverty to the Holy City would be forgiven for -all the wrong things they had done. Many a man who was very unhappy -because he had killed some one by stealth, gave up all that he had and -went with nothing except a staff to visit the cross. - -These pilgrims were often very cruelly treated in Jerusalem, for men -called Saracens who did not serve Christ lived and ruled there, and -they made each pilgrim give them money before they would allow him into -the city. They are sometimes called ‘Moslems,’ and they were followers -of a prophet named Mahomet. They were cruel to the Christians who -lived in Jerusalem, as well as to the pilgrims who came to it. - -Once, when Hakem, who was called ‘the mad Sultan,’ ruled in Jerusalem, -the streets of the city surged with an angry throng. The white robes -of the soldiers of Hakem flashed out amongst the bright colours that -were worn by men of other Moslem races. Every face was full of scorn -and anger. Harsh voices cursed those who served Christ. Jews hid in -corners and alleys that they might not suffer with the Christians, for -them too the Moslems hated. - -The Moslems call their churches mosques, and the reason of their great -anger on this day was that they had found a dead dog lying in a mosque. -They thought that this had done such harm to their mosque that they -could not pray in it till they had made it pure again, and they were -sure that a Christian had thrown the dog’s body there in order to annoy -them. The news spread through the town, and each moment the crowd grew -larger and more fierce. - -‘Let us fall on the Christian dogs!’ they shouted. ‘Let us kill them -without mercy!’ ‘Who are they that they should soil our temple?’ - -The Christians had gathered into one place in sorrow and in fear. They -all wore clothes of dull dingy shades, because they were not allowed -to wear beautiful colours nor white robes like Hakem’s soldiers. Each -of them wore a leather thong to show that the Moslems ruled over -him. Their hearts were more gloomy than their robes. If they were all -killed, the Christian Church would have no one left in Jerusalem. -They waited in terror. But the noise they heard was not what they -had feared. A clear voice rang out. The man who spoke was one of -themselves. His name was Olindo. - -‘Nothing could be a greater evil,’ he said, ‘than that the Church -should perish. I will die for you and for our faith. Do not forget me -nor my people.’ - -The others burst into tears, but though they were sad to think of -Olindo’s death, no one tried to stay him. He passed swiftly out from -them, and met the Moslem leaders as they hurried on to kill the -Christians. - -‘I alone am guilty of this deed,’ said Olindo; and he had not time to -say more, for he fell dead in the street, killed by the swords of those -nearest to him. - -At that time those who were called Christians were quarrelling with -each other. There were two Churches. One was the Greek Church, the -other was the Church of Rome. The Popes, who reigned in Rome, always -wished to make the Greek Church obey them, so that there might be only -one Christian Church. And when Peter lived it seemed that perhaps this -dream of the Popes might come true. A fierce race of men called Turks -had swept westward from the Great Wall of China. Everything had fallen -before them except the faith of the Prophet whom the Moslems followed. -It did not fall, because, instead of trying to fight it, the Turks took -it for their own. It suited them well, because it taught that whoever -died fighting for it, against those who did not obey Mahomet, would go -straight to heaven. So instead of making slaves of the Moslems whom -they had defeated, the Turks joined their armies to their own, and led -them against the Empire of Greece. That was why the Pope who lived then -thought he might be able to unite Rome and Greece once more. Greece -asked Rome to help her against the Turks, and Rome hoped that if she -helped her so, then Greece would be willing to do what she wished -afterwards. - -And it was of these things that men who knew the world talked and -thought when Peter was a boy. As he grew up, he longed to have a share -in all the great things that were being done in the world, and in order -to know about them he entered the home of the Bishop of Paris that he -might be a priest, and so have time to read many books. But he soon -found that he could not be happy while he only read about what other -men had done. He yearned to do things himself. The bishop liked him -well and wished to keep him with him, but the restless lad would not -stay. He went to fight in Flanders, but it was only for a short time -that war seemed gay and pleasant to him. He was made a prisoner, and he -found a cell far more dull and dreary than his study in Paris. - -Then he escaped from prison, and made a home of his own. There he and -his wife Beatrice lived for a few years together, but soon she died -and left Peter with three little children. Peter gave the care of the -children to a friend and fled to a hermit’s cell. It seemed to him that -he had tried every kind of life in vain, and that nothing was left for -him but to live alone and to think and pray till death came to him. - -But Peter was neither old nor ill, and death was a long way off from -him. The narrow cell became a prison to him, and he grew as restless -as a lion in a cage. But he had vowed that he would live the life of a -hermit, and if death would not come to him to bring him freedom, there -was only one way in which he could keep his vow and yet do things and -take part in the life of the world. That way was to go on pilgrimage. -As he thought of this, the old light flashed in his keen dark eyes. - -‘I too,’ he said to himself, ‘will walk barefoot where Christ has trod. -My tears shall fall on His grave, and I will kneel before the cross.’ - -He set out on his journey, and after many risks and dangers he reached -Jerusalem. Peter had seen many beautiful towns and rich valleys, and -when he saw the bare rocky ground that led up to Jerusalem, he was -amazed that Christ had died in so dreary a city. - -‘How strange,’ thought he, ‘that the Lord of All should have chosen -this barren spot!’ As he went from place to place in the city he was -in great excitement. He made such vivid pictures in his mind of all -that had happened there that the thought of it took away his breath, -and he longed that he might die where such things had taken place. It -was dreadful for him to see how those who cared not for the memory of -Christ scorned and defiled the holy places, and robbed and ill-treated -the pilgrims who asked only to be allowed to worship and to think in -peace. He sought out the head of the Christian Church, whom men called -the Patriarch of Jerusalem, and talked with him of what might be done -to save the Holy City from the Moslems, and he told the Christians in -Jerusalem that he would go away and bring the people of Europe to fight -for the Holy City. - -On the evening before Peter left Jerusalem he went into the church in -which the cross stood, to pray. He was weary with talk and thought and -with many visits to holy places, and he fell asleep. While he slept, he -thought he saw Christ come to him and say: - -‘Arise, Peter, do with courage that which thou hast said. I will be -with thee.’ - -Peter rose from his knees in great joy. He left Jerusalem and went with -haste to Rome. There the Pope listened to him gladly and gave him his -blessing. He told him to go from town to town and from land to land, -and to tell every one who would listen, of the sufferings of pilgrims -and of the dishonour that was shown to the memory of Christ in the -places where He had once walked. - -This was a different kind of life from the one Peter had lived in the -hermit’s cell. It was full of change and excitement, and it had in it -the great hope that one day he would see Jerusalem in the hands of -Christian armies, and pilgrims welcomed and honoured where they had -suffered so much. - -Peter was still ugly. He was small and ungainly, but he had piercing -black eyes, and those who caught sight of them forgot to look at -anything else. He was not fifty years old, but the hard life he had -lived had turned his hair and beard white. He did not wear either hat -or shoes. As he rode along on his mule, the long coarse folds of his -robe flapped round his bare feet, and the cord that bound his waist -dangled at his side. In his hands he carried a heavy crucifix. - -When he stopped and began to speak, people thought he was some silly, -worthless man, but before he had spoken many sentences they gathered -close to him and listened with open eyes and mouths, for the ugly -little man could make other men see the things he saw, and feel what -he felt. Everywhere Peter made men and women think that the only thing -that mattered in the whole world was to save Jerusalem from the Moslems. - -The crowds of people who followed Peter soon grew as excited as he was -himself. They thought that he was so holy, that if they touched him or -pulled a hair from his mule’s tail, they would be better and happier. - -When Peter had told hundreds of people about Jerusalem, the Pope -himself came to meet as many of them as could be gathered together to -hear him. The city to which he asked them to come could not hold the -crowds who came together from every side. It was winter, and bitterly -cold, and knights and nobles, monks and workmen, camped in the icy -fields round the town. - -When the great day came, the Pope sat on a throne in the city square -with Peter by his side. Peter told once more of Jerusalem and of what -he had seen there; and when he was silent the Pope rose and promised -that however wicked were any of those who heard him, yet if they would -only now go to fight in the Holy War he would promise that no evil -would ever come to them because of the wrong things they had done in -the past, and that when they died they would go straight to heaven. - -The people had been greatly excited by Peter’s speech, and as they -heard the Pope promise such wonderful things to all who would fight for -Jerusalem, they began to shout out, ‘It is the will of God: it is the -will of God.’ - -‘It is the will of God,’ answered the Pope. ‘Let that be your -battle-cry. And because ye seek to save the city of our Lord, let the -cross be your sign. Wear it on your shoulders and on your breasts. With -it, ye shall certainly be either victors or martyrs.’ - -Then nobles with their gay banners and flashing armour, and peasants in -coarse dull-coloured tunics, crowded forward to take the red cross of -war from the hands of the Pope. - -After this, many others besides Peter went out to preach the Crusade, -and all along the roads by which they went, there gathered groups of -men, women, and children, each with the sign of the cross on shoulder -or banner. - -The knights and nobles who had taken the cross had many things to do -ere they could leave their lands. They had to sell jewels and silver -dishes that they might have money to pay for the food their followers -would need on the journey and throughout the fighting. They had to -find people in whose care they could leave children and castles. But -many foolish folk who knew nothing at all of what it meant to go on -foot to the Holy Land, or to fight the fierce Turkish soldiers, and -who had nothing to leave behind, crowded round Peter and begged him to -wait for no one, but to lead them at once to the Holy City. Peter knew -nothing of war, and although he did know something of the danger of the -journey, he did not think how much more hard it would be to find food -for a thousand people than for one. He thought, too, that all those men -whose eager faces looked up into his, were as much in earnest as he was -himself, and would be as willing to suffer and even to die. Besides all -that, he was not at all patient himself. He wished to see the banner of -the Cross floating from the walls of Jerusalem, and he wished to see it -at once. He could hardly bear to think of the long march that must lie -between him and victory, so it is no wonder that he would not wait for -the armies of the nobles, but set off with a great unruly band of men -who had not learned to fight nor even to obey! - -Few of them ever reached the Holy Land. When Peter brought the handful -that still followed him to Byzantium, where the Greek Emperor reigned, -they behaved so badly that the Emperor was sorry that he had asked for -help from Rome. He hated the thought of the armies of the Holy War, -before any of the real warriors had come to his land. - -[Illustration: Peter set off with an unruly band of men] - - - - -CHAPTER II - -HOW TANCRED FOUGHT UNDER THE BANNER OF THE CROSS - - -While Peter led these wild lawless men to Byzantium, the nobles who had -vowed to fight in the Holy War were preparing to lead out the armies -of the first Crusade. There were many brave knights ready to fight for -Jerusalem. One of the bravest was Godfrey, who came from Germany. When -he was at peace with those around him, he had all the charm of winning -manners and of gentle voice, but in battle he was brave and dreadful, -and as strong as a raging lion. Once he had fought for the Emperor of -Germany against the Pope, and ever since that time he had been very -unhappy, because the only thing he feared was the power of the Church. -He was delighted when he heard of the preaching of Peter. To save -Jerusalem seemed to him a splendid thing, and then he thought that -no harm would come to him because he had fought against the Pope, if -he should be able to win the Holy City for Rome and for the Christian -faith. Two of his brothers joined him, and many other lords and nobles -came to set out with him for Jerusalem. - -But all his followers were not men who had lived in courts. There were -many workmen and peasants, and some wild men in shaggy clothes who came -from the Scottish shores, and who found their way to his camp by making -the sign of the cross with their fingers. Every one knew what that -meant, and pointed out the way to the strangers. - -Another knight gathered an army in Italy. His name was Bohemond. He was -as brave and as clever as Godfrey, but he was not like him in any other -thing, except perhaps that both men were tall and handsome. Bohemond -wished to win land for himself. Above all, he wanted the land and the -wealth of the Greek Emperor. When he heard of the Crusade, he thought -that it would be easy for him to find an excuse to seize the lands of -Greece if he could quarrel with the Emperor about the Crusade. But -he did not tell his soldiers that. Though he cared very little about -Jerusalem or about the wood of the Cross, he could speak as stirringly -about them as Peter had done, and one day when he had spoken of these -things to his brother’s army he tore his great red banner into strips, -and made crosses for all the soldiers who would take them. - -With Bohemond there rode his cousin Tancred, and amongst them all there -was none so faithful to him as Tancred. This was wonderful, because -Tancred was ‘a very perfect gentle knight,’ and many of the things -Bohemond did must have been hateful to him. - -When the Greek Emperor asked for help from Rome, he wished the Pope -to send men to fight under his banner and to win battles for him. He -could make no use of the rabble that had come to Byzantium with Peter. -But when the real armies of the Crusade poured into the fields around -the city he was filled with fear. These strong gay knights with the -warriors who followed them were far worse than useless to him. He knew -something of the bareness of the land that lay round their castles, -and of the rugged life that even the noblest of them lived in their -northern homes. And he was sure that the rich plains of his country, -and his cities with their marble palaces would make many of the knights -wish to win them from him, and that they would never be content to -fight only for the freedom of the Holy Land. - -It was no wonder that he was afraid. As the Crusaders gazed up at the -walls of Byzantium, it seemed to them like an enchanted city. The -fields and orchards around it were richly laden with corn and fruit. -The buildings within it rose amongst bright and beautiful gardens, -higher and higher towards the gilded roof of the palace, above which, -three domes shone in the warm sunshine. Not far off stood the Church -of St. Sophia, and in it too were gold and gems. Ships lay on the -sparkling waters of the Golden Horn beyond the city, and the sun shone -brightly on the narrow sea that lay between Europe and Asia. - -When Bohemond and Tancred came to Byzantium, they found that some of -the armies that had already arrived were on one side of the narrow -sea and some were on the other. Tancred was very eager to see all the -armies on the side away from Byzantium and towards Jerusalem, but he -found that the Emperor would not lend them ships in which to cross the -water, until all the leaders had promised that they would make him the -ruler over every town that they won from the Moslems. - -The knights were very angry. They had always kept for themselves the -cities they had fought for and won, and they could not bear the thought -of winning Jerusalem only to give it up again. But the Emperor was -a crafty man. When he saw that he could not make them promise what -he wished by fair means, he made up his mind that other ways might -succeed where these had failed. He took many of the Crusaders over -the narrow sea, for he was afraid of having too many of them close to -Byzantium. Then when he had divided them from each other, he tried to -win his will. - -He feasted the knights at his palace and made them believe that he -thought them great and noble people. He really scorned them very much, -because though they were brave, they did not care about learning or -art. But he tried to hide from them the scorn that he and his people -felt for them. He spoke to Godfrey about the grave where the body of -Christ had lain, and about the wood of the true Cross, till Godfrey -really thought he was a man who cared as much about Jerusalem as he -himself did, and said that he would think of him as his Emperor. And -that was what the crafty Greek wished, for he cared nothing at all for -the Holy City. But he did not speak to Bohemond about Jerusalem! He led -him through the palace, and as they walked they passed an open door. -Bohemond looked in and started in surprise, for he saw that gems and -gold and silver were piled in disorder, while here and there he saw the -leg of a costly table or the back of an inlaid chair. - -‘Ah,’ said Bohemond, ‘what victories he might win who owns all this!’ - -‘It is your own,’ a voice whispered to him. - -Bohemond said he could not take so great a treasure, but though he said -that, he was very glad indeed to get it, and at night, all that had -dazzled his eyes as he glanced through the open door, lay in his own -tent. He said, of course, that he would do what the Emperor wished, but -though the Emperor was glad to have him say it, in order that other -knights might be more willing to say so too, he knew very well that -Bohemond would not keep his promise a day longer than he wished to do -so. - -The Emperor wished all the knights to own his rule, but there was one -who would not. It was Tancred. He hated the silly round of pleasure -in Byzantium. He scorned both the gold and the flattering words of the -Emperor. One day a Greek nobleman spoke rudely to him, and Tancred -struck him in the public street. After that his life was in danger. He -took off his glittering armour, put on the dress of a common soldier, -and escaped across the narrow sea to that part of the army that had -already gone over. But still the Emperor would not let the others go -without Tancred’s promise. At last Bohemond went to Tancred and said to -him that he was to blame, because he alone was keeping the army back -and standing in the way of the rescue of the Holy City by refusing to -serve the Emperor. Tancred still had faith in his cousin, and when he -pled with him he could not say no. So he yielded; only he hoped that -the Emperor would soon break his promise to help the Crusaders so -that they might be free from their promise to him. Then the Emperor -lent his ships and hastened the Crusaders on their way with gifts -and promises, but he sent messengers to warn the Saracens that they -were coming to attack them. The great army that marched into Asia knew -nothing of that. There were a hundred thousand horsemen, besides many, -many others. It is not possible to imagine the noise they made. The -heavy armour of the horses rattled and clashed, and the clang of armour -drowned the sound of trampling. Often a peal of merry laughter rang -out from a group of village children, or from some gay lady who had -come with father or husband to share the danger and the triumph of the -Holy War. As they rode, the trumpets sounded and the deep voices of the -heralds shouted, ‘Save the Holy Sepulchre!’ The sunlight flashed from -bright weapons and from gay scarfs and banners. - -They marched gladly on till the city of Nicæa rose before them. Its -walls were so broad and so strong that horses could dash round on the -top without doing any harm. And three hundred towers guarded the city. -On one side, the water of a lake washed close up to the wall: on the -other, mountains rose from it. The black flag of the Turk waved every -here and there on the steep slope, and the tents of Moslem soldiers -clustered round each flag. - -For seven weeks the Crusaders laid siege to the city. During those days -there was a great deal of fighting with the Turks outside the wall. -Tancred was always in the thick of the battle, and ever where he was, -the army of the Holy Cross carried all before it, and the enemy fled -to their tents. But the city still held out, and from its walls arrows -and stones hurtled down with deadly aim. There was one huge Moslem -who never seemed to miss his mark. He hurled stones and arrows and -javelins, and wherever they fell they brought death. One day he grew so -bold that he threw away his shield and stood on the wall and scorned -his foes beneath. A hundred bows were stretched tight, a hundred arrows -whizzed through the air, but when they had all fallen to earth, he -still stood there unharmed. It seemed as if he bore a charmed life. But -he had insulted the armies of the Cross, and Godfrey had heard him do -it. A thrill went through the camp as the German leader raised his bow -and arrow. No other arm was raised. Godfrey’s arrow sped alone through -the air. A breathless moment passed. Then the body of the giant fell -forward from the wall, dead, shot through the heart, into the moat -below. - -The knights could not understand how it was that the people in Nicæa -were not suffering from hunger. Those who shot down the stones and the -arrows looked strong and well. Yet the armies had watched the gates -night and day for seven weeks. At last they found out that when night -fell and there was no moon, food was brought to Nicæa across the lake -and pulled up into the city. At first it seemed as if nothing could -be done to stop this, but at last a plan was made. The lake stretched -away from Nicæa till only a strip of land lay between it and the narrow -sea. The Crusaders sent messengers to the Emperor and asked him to -give them ships and sledges. This he gladly did, because he wished them -to think that he meant to help them in all their battles. Then in the -darkness when all was ready, a band of knights spurred their horses to -the narrow sea. They hoisted the ships on to the sledges and dragged -them over the sandy ridge, and then launched the vessels in the lake. -When the daylight came and the Moslems looked out, they saw their -enemies’ ships riding under the walls of their city and knew that no -help could come to them by land or sea. - -The Crusaders were delighted. ‘Only a few more hours,’ they thought, -‘and Nicæa must be in our hands.’ - -In a few more hours Nicæa had fallen, but the flag that floated from -its towers was the flag of Greece. Every one was full of anger and -surprise. The soldiers gathered round the knights. - -‘What does it mean?’ they asked. - -But the knights could not tell them. By some means two Greek generals -had entered Nicæa and had made the people there believe that it would -be much better for them to yield to the Emperor than to the armies from -the North. - -But though the Crusaders were very angry, they did not stay to grieve -that Nicæa was not their own. They were glad, because they had subdued -so strong a city. They hastened on and broke into two bands that they -might more easily find food. But Turks on swift horses watched them and -rode back to tell their chief how carelessly the Crusaders marched. -The land was beautiful and rich, and Bohemond gave the command to -halt by a river that flowed through a grassy plain amongst clumps of -trees. Everything seemed quiet and peaceful. Tancred listened to the -heralds as they shouted three times over, ‘Save the Holy Sepulchre!’ -and thought with joy that soon there might be no need for the heralds’ -shout. But another cry ran through the tents! ‘The enemy is on us!’ Ere -men had time to arm, the clouds of dust beyond the river and the white -turbans and green vests that flashed through the dust, proved to every -man that the cry was true. - -Arrows fell thick as rain. They glanced from the chain-mail of the -knights, but they entered the joints of the horses’ armour and made -them frantic with pain. The horns and drums and terrible yells of the -Turks maddened the horses still more. The Arab horses were lighter -and swifter than those of the knights. They could dart away when the -Crusaders attacked them and rush in again to attack in return. - -Tancred was nearly killed. He had seen his brother fall. It may have -made him reckless. Bohemond’s sharp eyes saw that he was in the midst -of foemen and that his lance was broken. He dashed across the river, -swooped down on the Turks with a terrific yell, and bore Tancred safely -away. - -But while the Crusaders were fighting, another band of Turks fell on -the camp and took it. The knights could not retake the camp and keep -the foe at bay at the same time. They had no thought of yielding, but -they saw that many of their followers were losing courage. Suddenly -they heard a shout of joy. Godfrey and his warriors were in sight. The -voices of the priests led the battle cry, ‘It is the will of God! It is -the will of God!’ - -The Turks were tired with the long fight. They could not resist this -new force. They were overcome, chased, and slain. Their camp fell into -the Crusaders’ hands. The knights found strange new weapons there, -and many camels and horses. They handled the curious Eastern arms in -wonder, and led the camels about in delight. - -But a great danger was before them. A band of Turks had escaped. They -had not been able to conquer their foes, but they could injure them -still. They rode swiftly forward and burned the towns and trampled the -corn in the fields along the roads by which the Crusaders would have -to go. They rode forward for five hundred miles, and behind them they -left empty houses and barren lands. - -It was the hottest part of the year, and as the armies marched through -this wasted land, men and horses dropped out of the ranks to die of -thirst. So many horses died, that the stores had to be carried by dogs -and by goats. - -One day during this terrible time, some one noticed wet sand on the -paws of a dog. Then another was found with wet sand on his coat. The -excitement was terrible. Every one searched for the footprints of the -dogs that they might find the water the dogs had found. At last the -tracks were seen, and thousands of weak and thirst-stricken soldiers -tottered up to the mountain stream in which the dogs had bathed. But -they drank so wildly that three hundred of them died by the bank of the -torrent. - -As the Crusaders rode south towards Jerusalem, they overtook bands of -Turks. Some of these Moslem warriors went into the towns for shelter, -and the knights often followed them there and took away their weapons. - -One day Tancred led his followers into the town of Tarsus and raised -his flag to show that it belonged to him, but just after he had done -this, Baldwin, one of Godfrey’s brothers, rode up to Tancred and said -that he and his men must have half of the spoil of the city. But the -people of Tarsus were Christians, and Tancred would not let his own -knights take any of their wealth from them, so he could not allow -Baldwin to rob them either. But Baldwin would not listen to him. He -forced his way into the town, tore down Tancred’s banner and flung it -into a ditch. - -Tancred was very angry, and so were his men. They loved him and boasted -of his brave deeds, and they were enraged that any one should treat him -so. They wished to fight Baldwin at once and chase him from Tarsus. But -Tancred pled with them not to attack another Crusader. He spoke of the -Holy War and of Jerusalem, and led them out from the town they had won -and on to Malmistra. But Baldwin did not find as much as he wished in -Tarsus, and before long, Tancred’s soldiers saw the banners of the man -they hated beneath the walls of Malmistra. This time Tancred yielded -to his soldiers, and marched out against Baldwin, but he had no heart -to fight against one with whom he had set out to save the Holy City, -and next morning the two knights met in friendship before their men and -vowed to forget the past. - -Tancred had no more trouble from the greed and meanness of Baldwin, for -Godfrey’s brother stole away in the dead of night with a band of picked -fighting men, left the crusading army, and marched off to win an empire -for himself. - -At last, after months of weary marching, the Crusaders stood on a -spur of the rocky hills over which the last part of their track had -lain, and looked down on the rich valley of the Orontes River. They -saw vineyards and cornfields on either side of the river, and shut in -between it and the mountains, they saw the town of Antioch. It was a -beautiful town and a very strong one, with a great citadel that rose -high above its walls. It was called ‘The Queen of the East.’ Soon the -Crusaders had made their camp in the fair green valley. The sun shone -on white tents and flashing weapons, on bucklers of gold and green and -crimson, and on the gay banners of the knights. - -The men were weary with the long march and with the hunger and thirst -they had so often suffered. Instead of closing round the city, they -spread over the valley and feasted. They dreamed of all that they meant -to do instead of doing anything. - -It was autumn, and the weather was warm and sunny. The vines were heavy -with clusters of grapes. Cattle fed in the pasture lands and corn grew -in the fields. Sometimes bands of Moslems from the city fell on the -Crusaders as they feasted. Then the knights mounted and fought, and won -great glory for themselves, but the town was as safe as ever. - -But when winter came and the camp was a marsh, they saw how foolish it -was to kill all the cattle and feast on corn and wine, and waste it, -when, if they had been careful, they might have had more than enough -for the wet days of winter, and might even have been within Antioch. - -Tancred and his men rode far and near to find food for the army, and -then he stood by in wrath when he saw that the stores he had fought -so hard to win were wasted, as the fruit of the valley had been. Many -men grew hopeless, and tried to steal away from the army by night. -Tancred was always ready either to fight or to help. One night as he -watched by the camp, he saw two figures clambering up the hillside. He -thought he knew one of them. He spurred his horse up the steep road -and caught them. One was a knight and the other was Peter the Hermit! -He had thought it would be so simple to win the Holy City, and now the -long waiting and the carelessness of those around him had sapped all -his courage, and Peter had fled. But when Tancred brought him back, -he vowed on the Gospels that he would never leave the army again till -Jerusalem was won. - -At last the Crusaders did enter Antioch, but it was not by the strength -of their arms. Tancred’s cousin, Bohemond, made a plot with one of -the tower-keepers of the city. But when he told the knights of it, he -said that he would not lead them into Antioch unless they would give -it to him to be his own. At first they would not agree to this. They -did not like his stealthy plans, and they did not wish him to be Lord -of Antioch. But soon they heard that a Moslem army was coming to fight -with them and to help Antioch, so they yielded. - -The night on which they chose to enter was wild and stormy. The knights -and soldiers heard the wind rush down the valleys. They saw tents and -walls and towers gleam out in the sudden lightning flashes and then -sink into utter darkness again. The tower-keeper lowered a ladder, -but every one shrank back from it. The Crusaders were warriors, not -robbers, and the storm made it seem as if uncanny powers of air were -fighting against their unsoldierly deed. Bohemond, however, was not -afraid to be mean. When he saw that no one else would go, he led the -way himself. Sixty knights followed him. They opened the city gates, -and soon the crusading army rushed through the streets of Antioch. But -the citadel was so strong and so well defended that the armies of the -knights could not take it. - -The foolish soldiers feasted on the food they found in the city. They -did not know that the Moslem armies were at their gates till they saw -the horses dashing through the camp that they had left. In a few days -the food was done. The enemy was in the citadel and in the valley. Many -Crusaders tried to flee. The others called them rope-dancers because -they slipped from the city wall on ropes. They were less afraid of the -Turkish army than of famine! - -[Illustration: Bohemond led the way himself] - -The soldiers lost all hope. They hid in churches and houses. Bohemond -burned down the buildings to force them out. But though the fire -drove them to their posts it could not give them courage. - -The knights were in despair. Tancred had promised never to leave the -army while he had sixty men to follow him, but few were so brave as -he was. The leaders gathered to speak of what could be done to save -Antioch and the army from the Moslems. As they sat and talked, a monk -named Peter Bartholemy stood before them. He had come so noiselessly -that he startled them. He asked if he might speak. Then he told them -that he had three times seen a vision of the apostle Andrew, and that -he had said to him: - -‘At Antioch, in the Church of my brother St. Peter, the head of the -lance that pierced the side of the Redeemer is hid near the high altar. -In three days it will be shown to those who follow Him. Search, and ye -shall find. Bear it high in battle, and the sacred weapon shall pierce -the souls of the enemy.’ - -For two days every one fasted. It was not difficult to fast in Antioch -then. It was harder almost to eat the tasteless fragments that were all -that could be found. On the third day men began to dig beside the altar -in St. Peter’s Church. - -[Illustration: Peter held a lance head high in the air] - -The diggers were weary, and those who watched them grew faithless or -scornful, for though the hole grew deeper--six feet, nine feet, twelve -feet--still no one had heard the clink of the lance-head against -the spades. As evening fell, the monk Peter leapt barefoot into the -hole. His spade sounded with a dull thud against the earth, but what -was that? The digging ceased. Every one started and leant forward -awe-struck. Peter clambered up and held a lance-head high in the air. -They wrapt it in cloth of gold and purple, and all was stir in the -army. The news of what had happened passed like flame from place to -place. Men who had wished to die were eager and full of hope. The -Crusaders were so sure that they would win, that they sent Peter the -Hermit to the leader of the Moslems to offer to make peace with him. -But he drove Peter the Hermit from him, and said that they had only to -choose between slavery and death. He did not know how the thought of -the sacred lance had roused the knights and their followers. When the -trumpets sounded the call to arms he would scarcely leave the game of -chess he was playing. It was no wonder that he scorned the army that -came out to meet him. Most of the horses had died in Antioch. Knights -rode from the city gates on camels and on asses. The foot soldiers were -in rags, and some of them were lame. The Moslems had set fire to great -heaps of hay round the city walls, and the famished army had to make -its way through these. Hour passed after hour. It seemed as if even the -courage of faith could not withstand the numbers of the Turks. But just -then three wondrous knights in white and shining armour appeared. ‘The -saints are coming to your aid.’ ‘St. George!’ ‘St. George!’ The shouts -rang through the camp. The Crusaders rushed wildly on. The Saracens -broke and fled. They were followed by Tancred and other brave knights -until sunset. - -The armies feasted again and lingered at Antioch, while the bolder -knights longed and fretted to march for Jerusalem. - -After many delays the Crusaders at length saw the Holy City rise in -the distance. The sight of it brought out all that was best in them. -Quarrels were forgotten. The Crusaders were not warriors now, they were -pilgrims. Horsemen and foot-soldiers threw down their weapons and knelt -on the rocky track. Many strong men wept as they rose and went towards -the city in joy and awe. - -[Illustration: They knelt on the rocky track] - -A band of Christians from Bethlehem came to meet them and to plead -with them not to forget the need of the village where Christ was born -in their eagerness to rescue the town where He died. Tancred went with -them, and a band of brave men followed him. He surprised the village -at night, and the banner of the Cross waved over it in the morning -sunshine. Then he rode back to join the army that marched towards -Jerusalem. Before night fell again the Crusaders were encamped before -the Holy City. The soldiers were as eager to attack the city as the -boldest of the knights. Although they had no engines that were strong -enough and high enough to throw stones into the city, they tried to -take it at once. They were driven back. But they were not hopeless, as -they had often been before. They planned how they could best attack -it again. To the south and east of Jerusalem the walls of the city -rise from deep gorges. The Crusaders could not hope to build engines -that would have power to shoot weapons and stones across these chasms. -So they pitched their tents only to the north, and to the west of -the city, and laid siege to the walls from St. Stephen’s gate at the -north-east corner to the Tower of David at the south-west. - -Then the knights looked for wood to make engines and platforms. They -broke through the bands of Saracens who guarded the roads, and brought -tools and food from ships that had come to Joppa, but still they looked -in vain for trees large enough to make into battering rams and engines. -One day Tancred and his men saw some trees in the distance. They looked -large and strong, but he had so often hoped in vain to find what he -wished, that he would scarcely let himself believe what his eyes saw. -This time his hope was not in vain. When he reached the trees, he found -that they were truly great forest trees, and though they were thirty -miles from Jerusalem, he and his men soon cut down as many as were -needed and dragged them to the camp. - -All this time the sun had blazed down on the crusading army. In the -heat and drought they dared not drink because the Moslems had poisoned -the wells. But nothing could daunt their courage now, for the walls of -the Holy City rose before them. The whole army fasted for three days. -Then they marched round Jerusalem. Tancred and some other knights -lingered on Mount Olivet, and thought of what had happened there -hundreds of years ago. On the mountain there they were standing at -about the same height as the walls of the city on the other side of the -valley, and as they stood, they saw the Moslems mock them, by fixing -crosses on the ramparts, and flinging mud at them to show how much they -scorned the Christians and their worship. - -As the knights came back to their camp the sun set and the Moslem call -for prayer rang out from the minarets of the city. It was answered by -the chant of the Crusaders, ‘So shall they fear the name of the Lord -from the west, and His glory from the rising of the sun.’ - -During the night the great engines were drawn close to the city wall. -In the dim light of the morning, huge stones were shot into the city -and showers of arrows fell within the walls. - -The Saracens used dreadful weapons. They poured boiling oil on the -Crusaders and set fire to their engines. The knights poured vinegar on -the blazing towers of their engines to put out the flames, but soon -they had emptied out every drop they had. Then they had to watch the -platforms they had built with so much care fall in blazing ruins and -crush the men on whom they fell. The battle raged all day. It opened -again next morning, and again the fire of the Saracens burned the -towers of the besiegers. It seemed as if the Crusaders must fail once -more. But Godfrey saw the glistening armour of a knight on the mount of -Olives. He shouted, - -‘It is St. George who has come again to help us.’ - -The soldiers dashed once more to their engines. The wind changed and -blew the flames into the city. That afternoon, Godfrey stood on the -wall of Jerusalem. He and the knights who were with him hastened to -St. Stephen’s Gate and flung it open. - -‘It is the will of God! It is the will of God,’ rang through the -streets as the Moslems fled hither and thither for shelter. - -Tancred rushed into the city. He saw before him the Mosque of Omar, -and marked it for his own. When he entered it he found three hundred -Moslems who had taken shelter there amongst the marble pillars. He -promised to spare their lives and gave them a banner to prove that he -meant to keep his word. But other Crusaders thought it very wrong of -Tancred not to kill every Moslem, and, in spite of the banner, they -slew all the men whom he had promised to save. The joy of the taking of -Jerusalem was spoiled for Tancred. His honour had been set at nought. -Still he did not cease to serve the cause he loved. He shared the -treasure of the Mosque with Godfrey and with many of the soldiers who -had fought with him. Then he gave what was over to build the Christian -churches that lay in ruins. - -The cross which had been thrown down and hidden was found. The knights -set it up again in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, and other thoughts -than war and bloodshed filled the minds of the Crusaders. Godfrey flung -aside his bloody sword and armour, clad himself in a robe of pure -white linen, and with bare head and feet entered the ruined Church of -the Holy Sepulchre. He knelt on the pavement and kissed the stone of -the grave. One after another the knights followed him. Then the crowd -turned to Peter the Hermit. They forgot that he had fled from Antioch. -He was the hero of the day again as he had been in the market-places of -the north. - -The knights wished to choose a king. The choice lay between Tancred and -Godfrey. But Tancred was a warrior; he did not wish to rule. Godfrey -stood alone. The only thing that his servants could say against him was -that he lingered too long in church, and cared not though they waited -for him nor though his dinner grew cold. - -Godfrey was chosen king, but when the crown was brought he refused to -wear it. He said that he would never be crowned with gold where the -Saviour of the world had worn the crown of thorns. Nor would he take -the title of king. ‘Baron and Defender of the Holy Sepulchre,’ he -called himself. But others called him Godfrey I., King of Jerusalem. - -After this the Crusaders left him. Many of them went home to Europe; -others scattered over the Holy Land. - -Tancred, with three hundred knights and two thousand foot soldiers, -stayed to defend the new kingdom. Godfrey reigned for less than a year. -His death was a great sorrow to those who loved Jerusalem. Tancred -lived for twelve years to fight the battles of the Holy City. He ruled -Antioch while Bohemond was in prison, for he still was faithful to his -cousin, though Bohemond’s aims were low, his hopes selfish, and his -heart cruel. - -Tancred died in the strength of his manhood from a battle wound. In -that rough time he was one - - ‘Than whom ... is no nobler knight, - More mild in manner, fair in manly bloom, - Nor more sublimely daring in the fight.’ - - - - -CHAPTER III - -HOW THE KINGS FOUGHT FOR GLORY AND NOT FOR CHRIST - - -After Godfrey died many kings reigned in Jerusalem, but amongst them -all there was not one who was like him. The head of the Christian -Church in the Holy Land was called the Patriarch of Jerusalem. There -was great power in his hands, and often he and the king were enemies. -Instead of trying to help one another to make the Christian power -strong, they used each to try to get all the power away from the other. -If it had not been for two great orders of knights, the Moslems would -soon have swept the new kingdom away. - -Long before the first Crusade, a hospice had been built near the Holy -Sepulchre. The Brothers who lived there welcomed pilgrims and were -kind to the poor. At the time of the taking of Jerusalem, they gave -such ready help to the armies of the Cross that many crusading knights -joined their brotherhood. These men promised always to fight against -the Saracens and also to seek no wealth for themselves. They were -called the Knights Hospitallers. They wore a long black robe with five -white crosses on it in time of peace, but in time of war they wore an -upper robe of red with a silver cross on its shoulder. The knights of -the other order were named Templars. They wore a long white mantle with -a red cross on the shoulder. In battle they carried a flag, half white -and half black. It meant that they were simple and frank to Christians, -but dark and fearsome to Moslems. The Templars were so proud of their -vow of poverty that their seal was two knights on the back of one -horse. But though they boasted of it they often forgot it in daily life. - -If King and Patriarch, Hospitallers and Templars, had remembered -that white-and-black banner, and had always been frank and simple to -Christians, nothing could have stood against them. Instead of that, -they often fought amongst themselves and said bitter things about each -other, and weakened the kingdom they had vowed to strengthen. - -In Europe there had been many changes. The Crusade had done far less -for the Christians in the Holy Land than Peter had dreamed it would do. -But it had done much for the countries to which the Crusaders belonged. -It had made people think for themselves. - -But every one did not think that that was a good thing. Bernard, who -preached the second Crusade, did not think so. He wished the power of -the Church to rule everything and every one. He was a very great man, -and while he lived kings and emperors obeyed him, as if they had been -little children. The Pope himself used to ask him to tell him what he -must do. Bernard always knew what he wished, and he quickly found the -best way to gain his ends, for his heart was simple, and he coveted no -earthly honour nor wealth for himself. He had become a monk when he was -very young. Though he had been brought up in great comfort, he only ate -coarse bread soaked in warm water. He was as unwilling to give pleasure -to his mind as to his body. One time some friends came to see him and -made him smile. He thought this was a great sin, and he lay before the -altar for twenty-five days praying for pardon. - -When any one wished to enter his order, he said to them, ‘You must -leave your body outside, only spirits can enter here.’ - -Yet though Bernard was a great and strong man, the Crusade he planned -ended in failure. Thousands of knights and soldiers died in Asia, and -the leaders came back to Europe with only a handful of the men who had -followed them in the wars. - -Not very long after the return of these fighting men, a lad named -Saladin went to Egypt from Damascus. Saladin liked pleasure and -idleness, and he was very unwilling to leave his happy home in the -north to go to Egypt to fight under his uncle. When he was told that -he must do this, he said, ‘I go, but with the despair of a man led to -death.’ The ruler of Egypt had many men around him who wished for more -power and honour than they had, and he was afraid that one of them -would kill him and take his place. He saw Saladin, and noticed that he -seemed careless about making a name for himself, and yet that he was a -very great fighter when he was roused by battle. This made him wish to -have him always with him, and so Saladin was made ruler of the forces. - -But then a strange change came over Saladin. He no sooner had charge of -men than he ceased to be a thoughtless lad, and became a serious leader -of armies. Instead of growing slowly, as most people do, he seemed to -change all at once from a playful, self-willed child to a strong man, -who could bear all hardships to gain his end. Soon the ruler of Egypt -died, and Saladin reigned in his place. Ere long he was Lord of Bagdad -too, and that meant that he had power over the whole Moslem world. - -During all this time the kings of Jerusalem were weak, powerless men. -At first Saladin wished to make a truce with the one who reigned when -he became Lord of Bagdad. This was not because he had any kind feeling -towards him. He only wished to get time to make his own kingdom strong -ere he fought for the little belt of Syrian land that belonged to the -Christians. It was the only bit in all that part of the world that he -did not rule. - -But a noble of the kingdom of Jerusalem, named the Lord of Carac, broke -the truce. He robbed caravans and killed Moslems whenever he could. -Saladin was very angry. He could wait no longer, but decided to fight -for Jerusalem at once. - -In the Holy City, jealousy and bitterness were making strife amongst -those who ought to have been friends. Red cross knights hated white -cross knights. When they did uphold each other it was not in order -to fight the foe, but to fight the priests. They even shot arrows at -them in the streets of Jerusalem. The priests gathered up the arrows, -laid them out under the open sky, and prayed that God would punish the -knights. And when the time came to face Saladin, it was not possible to -get the Christian army to fight as one man. - -The Saracens took the town of Tiberias on the Lake of Galilee. The news -of this was brought to the King of Jerusalem as he rode out to meet -Saladin. Count Raymond, in whose land Tiberias was, rode beside the -king. The Count’s wife and children were in the town, but yet Raymond -said: - -‘This army is all we have: if we lose it, the Holy City will be lost. -Let us go to some place where Saladin will have to attack us, where we -shall hold the fortress instead of attacking him. I would rather lose -this country and all that I possess, if by that I might save the Holy -City.’ - -But the other knights made the king believe that Raymond said this -because he was really on Saladin’s side, and wished him to win. The -king yielded to them, and the army marched forward to Tiberias. When -they reached the town, they found that all the heights on the hills -round it were fortified. For two days a terrible battle raged. The -Moslems even were astonished at the brave way the crusading army fought -to save the wood of the true Cross which they had carried into the -fight. They said that ‘the knights flew round it like moths round a -candle.’ - -But at last the bishop who bore it was killed, and the Cross was -carried to Saladin’s camp. When the Crusaders raised the body of the -dead bishop they found that he had worn a coat of mail under his robe, -and they thought that it was because of his want of faith that they had -lost the battle, for always before, the bearer of the Cross had gone -unarmed into battle. - -When the Cross was taken, the crusading army lost all courage. One -after another of the leaders was taken prisoner. Count Raymond escaped, -but soon he died of misery for a lost cause and a lost home. - -When the king and the Lord of Carac were brought before Saladin the -Moslem welcomed the king kindly. He offered him a great goblet full -of cool wine. The king was hot and faint from battle. The wine was -pleasant to him, and it made him hope for kindness from Saladin. - -The king drank. Then he passed the goblet to the Lord of Carac, but -Saladin seized his arm. - -‘That traitor shall not drink in my presence,’ he shouted. - -The count looked at him with scorn, and made his rage hotter by acting -as boldly as if he had been a free man in his own castle. - -‘Choose between the Moslem faith and death!’ said Saladin. Carac had -not been true to the truce, but he would not give up his loyalty to the -Crusaders in order to save his life. Quick as thought the scimitar of -a Turkish soldier severed the head of the count from his body, which -fell lifeless at the feet of the king. Then the captive knights were -led in. - -‘Slay every one his man. I will rid the earth of these unclean races,’ -said Saladin to his warriors. They hung back. The knights were -prisoners of war and unarmed, and the Moslem soldiers did not wish to -butcher them. But Saladin would not listen even to his own soldiers -when they asked him to spare his captives. They had to do his will, and -knight after knight fell dead before the king. - -After these terrible days Saladin went with haste to Jerusalem. He sent -this message to the Christians in the city: - -‘I, as well as you, count Jerusalem to be the house of God; I will not -defile it with blood if I can gain it by peace and love. Give it up, -and I will give you freedom to go where you will, and as much land as -you can till.’ - -But they answered: - -‘We cannot yield the city in which our God died. Still less can we sell -it to you.’ - -By and by, when they saw that they could not hold out against Saladin, -they offered to agree to what he had said. - -‘It is too late,’ replied Saladin; ‘look at my yellow banners floating -from the wall!’ He did not know how brave the men were. When they heard -his answer they sent this message: - -‘Very well, we will destroy the city. Your mosque and the stone of -Jacob which you worship shall be made into dust. Five thousand Moslem -prisoners shall be slain. Then we will kill our wives and our children, -and march out to you with fire and sword. Not one of us will die till -ten Moslems lie slain by his sword.’ - -When Saladin heard these threats, he said he would let each citizen who -could pay for his ransom go free. - -On the day on which the Christians were to leave Jerusalem, Saladin -sat on a throne and watched the stream of people press out of the -gate. First came the priests. They bore the Communion vessels and the -ornaments of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. Then the queen came, and -with her a band of nobles, and then the great crowd of people. They -were very sad. They were leaving their homes and their city, and some -of them were leaving friends for whom no ransom money could be found. -Now and again the line was broken and some one took courage to fall -before the Sultan to beg for the freedom of husband or of children who -had been left behind. Saladin and his brother paid the ransom money for -thousands, and only a small band stayed to be the slaves of the Moslems. - -The saddened Christians were gone from the streets of the Holy City, -and a crowd of joyous and excited people surged everywhere. Jerusalem -was nearly as sacred to the Moslems as to those they had conquered. -They hurled down a great cross from the dome above which it stood. They -washed the mosque of Omar within and without with rosewater, that no -Christian dust even might lie on the walls or floors. Allah is the name -by which Moslems speak of God, and Saladin was welcomed everywhere as -‘the bright star of Allah.’ - -When the news of the fall of Jerusalem reached Europe, the grief was -terrible. The Pope died of sorrow. The royal courts went into mourning. -The priests veiled the statues in the churches. Songs of love and -chivalry were forgotten, and the minstrels sang only of the captured -city. - -Three great kings vowed to regain the Holy City. They were King -Richard of England, King Philip of France, and the Emperor Frederick -of Germany. The emperor was the first to set out. He is called -‘Barbarossa,’ because that means ‘red beard,’ and he had a great red -beard. He had an army of strong warriors. His men loved him, and they -did what he bade them without a murmur. He never allowed them to idle -away their time or to grow soft and lazy after a victory, but swept -them on in perfect order from battle to battle and carried all before -him. The news of his great march came to Saladin, and even he feared -lest his armies might not be able to face so great a band of warriors. -But one day as Frederick rested on the banks of a river that flowed -through the country north of the Holy Land, he longed to bathe in the -cool stream. He plunged in, but something stunned him, and the great -Emperor Barbarossa was drawn up on the bank only to die. He was buried -in the Crusader Church at Tyre. But his people in Germany could not -believe that he was dead. They made this beautiful legend about him. -They said he had been borne from the East by magic, and that he lies in -a great hall in Germany and waits there until his country needs him. -When her need is greatest he will waken, they say, and burst the doors -of his prison and come to save her. But no one has seen the red glow of -Barbarossa’s beard in the dimly lighted hall, nor has any one found the -castle in which he lies. - -[Illustration: Barbarossa waits until his country needs him] - -Many soldiers in France and England grew weary of waiting for their -kings, and hastened to fight under the banner of the King of Jerusalem. - -When at length King Philip and King Richard set out, they were stayed -by a storm at an island on their way to the Holy Land. They spent the -winter there, but they lost much more than time. For years they had -been friends, but now that they had set out on the same quest, they -quarrelled so fiercely, that though they both did many brave deeds, -all were marred by the bitter hatred and jealousy that had sprung up -between them. - -When Philip reached the Christian armies, he found that they were -laying siege to Acre. They were in great danger. Their camp lay round -the landward walls of the city. But beyond their tents lay the Moslem -camp, and when the knights attacked Acre, bands of their foes could -rush on the camp and destroy those who were left to guard it. The -sails of Philip’s fleet were seen with joy by the crusading army, -but when he landed he said he would not fight till Richard came. Even -when at length both kings were in the camp, the whole force would not -fight together. Richard was so much afraid that Philip’s army would be -praised for what the English knights had done, and Philip was so much -afraid that England would be praised for the brave deeds of the French, -that when the one king fought, the other looked on! - -Sometimes days and even weeks passed with no fighting. And during -those times of peace, the two Christian kings were more friendly with -Saladin than they were with each other. Once they both lay ill. Each of -them thought that perhaps the other had sent poison to him and caused -his illness, but they both took food and doctors from Saladin without -fear. In times of peace too, the warriors from the Moslem camp and -the crusading knights held tournaments and dances in the open spaces -between the tents. And even in battle, signs of the strange friendship -were seen, for Saladin rode into the fight with the badge of chivalry -on his breast. - -The common soldiers did not know what to think. They had come with -their lords to fight for the Holy City and to help Christians who were -in misery, and their masters seemed far more eager to give gifts to the -Moslem leaders and to do great deeds of daring than to take Jerusalem. - -But though Richard and Philip forgot to fight only for the relief of -Christians, Saladin did not forget that he meant to rid the land of -Christians. He admired the brave deeds of Richard, but he meant to -drive Richard from his land. - -After two years, Acre fell into the hands of the crusading armies. The -knights wished to make Saladin promise to give back the wood of the -true cross. Those who really cared about winning the land back for the -kingdom of Jerusalem, thought that the loss of this precious relic -had been the cause of all their trouble. People believed very queer -things in those days, and one of the things they believed was that all -over Europe, since the wood of the true cross had been taken from the -bishop at Tiberias, babies had only had twenty-two teeth instead of -thirty-two. But Richard himself did not care very much about the wood -of the true cross, so he let the Moslems keep it. - -Saladin was very angry when other people did not keep their promises, -but he was in no haste to pay the ransom he had said he would give if -those who lived in Acre were set free. Richard was so angry at the -delay that he slew five thousand prisoners. Philip was longing to go -back to France, and he made this cruel act of Richard’s his excuse. -About this time Richard offended two other warriors. He vexed a noble -called Conrade, and he tore down the standard of Leopold of Austria. -Philip sailed away, and the other two nobles allowed Richard to stand -alone as the leader of the crusading army, but they never forgot his -pride and wilfulness. - -As he led his forces south towards Jerusalem a host of Saracens met -them. There seemed no hope of victory or even of safety, but the -thought that the Holy City was near, made the Crusaders fight with all -their might, and the foe fled before them. While they were rejoicing in -this, another Moslem army swept down on them and all seemed lost, when -Richard galloped to the head of his men, and once more the Christians -won the field. - -Though King Richard was a great warrior, and though sometimes the -thought of Jerusalem made him wish nothing so much as that he might win -it from the Saracens, he did not always care to be true to his vows. -After this victory he made a gay court for himself at a town called -Joppa. He rode out to hunt and to seek adventures. Sometimes he was -nearly killed. Once he was in the midst of a band of Saracens. They -were going to make him prisoner when a French knight who was with him, -shouted: - -‘Spare me! I am the king!’ - -He only said that to let the king go free. The Saracens rushed at the -knight, and the king rode off safely. - -Another time Richard saw the enemy come down and attack a small band -of knights who had ridden out to seek food for their horses. He saw -that they were in danger, and he leapt on to his horse and galloped -across the plain. Those who had been with him hastened to follow him, -but when they saw how many Saracens there were, they begged him to turn -and leave the knights to be taken. He was full of anger and, turning to -them, he said: - -‘How could I ever bear the name of king again if I left my followers to -die without help.’ - -He rushed at the foe. The knights, who had been taken by surprise, felt -new courage rise when they saw the king. He and they slashed right -and left with their swords, and ere long Richard led the whole party -joyously back to the camp at Joppa. - -While the Crusaders lived in this gay court, the Christians at -Jerusalem, whom they had vowed to help, were hard at work building -walls and fortresses, for Saladin wished to make Jerusalem so strong -that even Richard could not take it, so he made the Christians who -were in his power build the walls that were to keep their friends from -helping them. - -After feasting at Joppa, Richard led his army to Ascalon. He hoped to -capture the town and all the great forts that had been built there, for -Ascalon was one of the strongest fortresses in the land. When the army -came near the town, the faces of the leaders fell, for Ascalon was only -a heap of ruins. Saladin could not spare men to defend it, and instead -of trying to hold it he made his men pull down stone from stone, that -no one else might find safety within it. It grieved him to do this, and -he said that he would rather that one of his sons had died than that -the fortress should be thrown down. But he was not like Richard, who -sometimes wished one thing and sometimes another. He wished only one -thing, and that was that every crusading knight should either die or -leave the Holy Land. So though it hurt him to destroy the strong towers -and walls of Ascalon, he did it. - -When Richard saw the ruins, he cast aside his armour, and set himself -to heave the great stones from the heaps where they lay, and to build -them again into defences. Knights and soldiers did as they saw their -leader do, and soon the walls began to rise again. For a short time all -went well, but then some of the nobles grew weary of such heavy work -when it had none of the glamour of war to make up for the hardship. -The first to throw down his building tools was Leopold, whose banner -Richard had torn down at Acre. He turned away with anger, and said: - -‘I am not a carpenter nor yet a mason.’ - -Others did as he had done, and looked on with scorn on those who still -worked with Richard. Even amongst those who were not idle there were -many who longed to hasten on to Jerusalem. They knew that even the -great Saladin feared to meet Richard with his armies. The courage of -the English king was as highly thought of in the Saracen camp as in -his own. It was said that the manes of the Arab horses bristled when -Richard’s name was spoken, and that, if a rider in the Holy Land felt -his horse start beneath him, he would say: - -‘Dost see King Richard in that bush?’ - -It was no wonder that the armies, who had suffered so much to win the -Holy City, should grieve that Richard would not march upon it. At last -he yielded to their wishes, and he and his knights swept across the -country towards Jerusalem. All was joyous and cheerful. The heralds -shouted the old call, ‘Save the Holy Sepulchre!’ and it seemed as if -once more the Banner of the Cross would wave over the city where Christ -died. Saladin withdrew into the city. Each new messenger told of the -fear and dread that was in the Saracen camp, and the army of the Cross -marched forward with high hopes. - -But amongst those who were nearest to Richard, there were some who -urged him to turn back. They said that even if Jerusalem were taken by -them they could not hold it. Richard listened to them. He wavered. His -army looked eagerly towards the city whose towers and domes rose dimly -into sight in the distance. He gave one longing look, and turned his -back on Jerusalem. - -But though Richard turned away towards the sea, he was scarcely less -vexed than his army. He was more enraged against the Saracens than -he had ever been, and from this time onward he fought with even more -reckless courage than before. He took ship from Acre and sailed along -the coast to Joppa. But ere his ships entered the harbour, the Saracens -seized the town. Richard could not wait till his vessel reached the -harbour. He plunged into the water, landed, and rushed at the enemy -with his brave knights close behind him. The Saracens fled. Within -three days they came back, and Richard was roused from his sleep by -the cry, - -‘To arms!’ - -There was no time to put on armour. There was scarcely time even to -dress. As Richard sprang into the saddle, he shouted: - -‘Fight like men whose only hope is in courage. Verily, I myself shall -sever the head of him who fails in his duty.’ - -The great host of the Saracens rushed on. Trumpets pealed, and banners -streamed in the air. There seemed no hope for the small band of -knights. But the lion-hearted king was with the knights, and victory -followed his sword. Men could scarcely believe that he was human, for -wherever the battle was hottest Richard seemed to spring from the -ground. Once it seemed as if he were lost among the Saracens. Fear -filled the hearts of his men, when suddenly Richard rode towards them -from the ranks of the foe. He was mounted on a horse they had not seen -before. His own had fallen under him, and the brother of Saladin had -sent two to him in the midst of the battle, because he thought him so -brave and so great a warrior that he could not bear to see him fight on -foot. The Crusaders won the day, but as they returned to the camp they -found another battle before them. The foe had entered the city. The day -had been long and hard, but the spirit of the knights was strong and -fearless, and soon they were masters of Joppa again. When all was over -they gazed at each other. It did not seem possible even to themselves -that they had won so great a victory. Hundreds of Saracens lay dead on -the plain and only one knight had fallen. - -But Richard was eager to return to England. He wished to make peace. -Saladin did not wish for peace. He wished to sweep every Christian from -his land. But his officers thought that if Richard would only leave the -land they would not fear the other Crusaders, and they thought he would -go at once if Saladin made peace with him. When the peace was made, it -was agreed that many seaport towns should belong to the Christians, -and that all might go to Jerusalem to visit the holy places there. In -order that the promises that were made might be as sacred to one side -as to the other, they were made in presence of the Bible and of the -Koran, for the Koran was as holy to the Saracens as the Bible was to -the Christian army. - -Richard had been eager to make peace, but when the moment came when -he had to leave the Holy Land, it seemed as if his heart would break. -Although there were some in the army who did not trust him, and some -who envied him, there were many hundreds who loved him so much that -they did not care to serve under any other leader. They gathered round -him weeping, and watched him step on to the vessel. As the king looked -back over the land he had hoped to win, he said: - -‘O Holy Land! God bless thy people and grant that I may come again to -visit and help thee!’ - -Richard did not care to go through France on his way home, because he -had made Philip so bitter an enemy. He tried to make his way across -Europe further west and north. Sometimes he dressed as a pilgrim, -sometimes as a merchant. But he had been too long a great king to find -it easy to act like any one else. - -In one place he had to ask a count to allow him to pass from one land -to another. He called himself the merchant Hugo, and sent a squire -to ask for leave to go on. He told him to offer a costly ruby ring -to the count to whom he was sent. But the count was a friend of one -of Richard’s foes. He had heard much about the wars, and he at once -thought that this great ruby ring could only belong to the King of -England. He sent back the ring with a kind message, but though he -promised to do as he had been asked, he laid plans to capture the -merchant Hugo! Richard escaped as a pilgrim, but even after that he -would not be wise, for even in a pilgrim’s dress he went on wearing a -great ring on his finger, and he let his squire go to market-places -with a purse full of coins that came from the Holy Land. The lad -boasted of them, and showed them to those who gathered round him. Then, -when it was too late, he saw what he had done and ran to warn his -master, but Richard would not flee. He was taken prisoner by Leopold, -whose banner he had torn down from the walls of Acre, and who had been -the first to throw away his building tools at Ascalon. - -The people of England longed to see him. They had heard how brave he -had been in battle. They loved the thought of him, but what could they -do to save him? They did not know where he was. The story of the way -in which they found out is a strange one. Before the king went to the -Holy Land, he and his minstrel Blondel had made a little song which -they sang verse about. Blondel loved Richard greatly, and he set out to -search for him. He asked where Richard had last been seen. Then he went -from village to village. If a castle stood in sight, he asked if any -prisoner lay there. If there was one, he tried to find out what kind -of a man he was. Once he was in great excitement. The villagers near a -castle told him of a prisoner who seemed to be a man like King Richard. -But Blondel wished to be certain that he was right before he went back -to England. When he was sure that no one saw him he ran to the castle. -He looked at all sides of it till he thought he knew where the dungeon -was. Then he sang some lines of the old song. His voice was broken and -shaky, and when he stopped and waited he could scarcely breathe, he -was so eager to know if anything would happen. Something did happen. -Richard’s voice from within the castle carried on the song. - -When Blondel reached England and told where the king lay a prisoner, he -soon roused the people to give a great sum of money in return for his -freedom. - -Before Richard had landed in England, Saladin lay dead. As the -Christian pilgrims longed to go to Jerusalem, so he had longed to go -to Mecca, for that is the holiest city in the world to those who follow -the prophet. But Saladin was too ill to go to Mecca. When he lay dying -in Damascus, he sent his heralds out to go through the streets of the -city. As they marched, no banners were to stream behind them. Instead -of a banner the shroud he was soon to need was borne along beside them, -while they shouted as he bade them: - -‘This, this is all that remains of the glory of Saladin who conquered -the East!’ - - - - -CHAPTER IV - -HOW FREDERICK CAME TO HIS KINGDOM - - -The kingdom of Jerusalem was in dire need of help. But all the powerful -people in Europe were busy fighting with each other. Once the thought -of the Crusades had been enough to stir every heart, now the great wars -had become the games of children. In the villages, children played at -sieges and battles. The priests still longed to see the Holy City the -centre of a strong kingdom. They spoke to kings and nobles, and pled -with them to go forth bravely as others had done to win renown in wars -of the Cross. But no one heeded them. They watched the children playing -at war, and the thought came that if the men would not go, the children -might. It was many years since Richard and Philip had set forth, and -men had a little forgotten how hard the way was. Besides, some people -thought that if children left their homes and all the ease of life -to fight in a holy war, God would give them the strength of men, and -would make everything easy before them. So when the warriors would not -listen, the priests preached to the children. They told them that a -dry pathway would be made through the great sea, and that the children -would have the strength of heaven in their arms. And the children -listened and followed the preachers. Here and there a lad knew what the -priest meant and believed what he said, and caught sight of the grand -dream that had made Tancred and Godfrey leave all for Jerusalem so long -before. But most of the children knew but little of what they wished -or of what a Crusade meant. They had played at battles till they liked -nothing else so much, and now they ran and danced along through the -villages of Europe as merrily as if they had only been going to see a -fair in the nearest town. Mothers and fathers pled with them to stay. -They tried to keep them back by force. But they had only one answer: - -‘To Jerusalem.’ - -When they reached the shore, the waves on the beach broke against -their feet quietly and steadily. No path opened before them. Those who -tried to wade in soon scrambled back to land. They had neither money -nor food. They were a sorrowful band, and kind people in Italy drew -those who would come into their homes, and allowed them to grow up -amongst their own children. But there were many who would neither go -back to their own lands nor stay in Italy. They wandered by the shore -and dreamed of the Holy City. Then they heard of ships that were to -sail to the south. The captains offered to take the little Crusaders to -the Holy Land without payment. The children crowded on to the vessels, -and thought that now at last they were on the way to save Jerusalem. -But ere many days had gone by they looked at each other with sad and -frightened faces. The captains were wicked, cruel men, and the little -children were sold as slaves. - -Though the children fought no battle, the story of their sorrows roused -Europe to a new Crusade. This time the armies tried to reach Jerusalem -from the South. They landed in Egypt at the mouth of the Nile, and took -the town of Damietta. But they were not strong enough to drive the -enemy away from their camp beside the city. Every day the two forces -fought with each other. Besides those who fell in battle, hundreds of -warriors were drowned in the Nile. In each camp envy and spite were -dividing those who ought to have thought only of the cause for which -they fought. Into the midst of all this hatred a strange figure came. -It was the figure of St. Francis. He was very unlike all others in the -crusading camp, for he did not come to fight, but only to help and to -love. He nursed the sick and wounded by day and by night, and as he -went from tent to tent the rough soldiers looked at him with awe. His -body was worn and spent, yet he never showed that he was tired. It -seemed as if he could make himself do whatever he willed to do, even -when it was something that men thought impossible. - -As he went through the camp, he often looked across to the Saracen -tents. - -‘If they only knew,’ he thought. - -He wished to tell them about Jesus Christ. He did not think that any -one who knew about Him could do anything but love and serve Him. The -longing to tell them grew so strong that he could not stay. He went -alone to the enemies’ camp and entered the sultan’s tent. He told him -of Jesus Christ and of the Christian faith, but the sultan listened -carelessly. He was not moved by the passionate words of St. Francis, -who grew more and more eager. - -‘Test what I say by fire,’ he said. ‘Choose the most faithful follower -of your prophet, and he and I will walk through fire together. Then you -will know that the one whom the flames do not hurt is the one that God -owns.’ - -The sultan looked at him. He thought that the Christian monk was mad. -He would not hear of sending one of his men to walk through fire. But -Francis tried once more to win his Church’s enemy. - -‘I will pass alone through the fire,’ he said, ‘if you will promise to -worship Christ if I am not burned.’ - -The sultan would not promise, and the Saracen soldiers shouted, ‘Behead -him, behead him!’ - -But the sultan was not angry with him; He liked him because of his -courage, and though he would not do what Francis wished, he offered him -many costly gifts. Francis would not take one. They had no charm for -him. He had vowed to be poor all his life. - -He was very sad as he left the camp. He had been so eager to win the -Saracens by love, to believe in Christ, and they would not even think -of what he said to them. - -All who joined this Crusade were not like Francis in their thoughts -and wishes. Frederick, Emperor of Germany and King of Italy, was very -unlike the gentle monk. He had married the daughter of the Queen -of Jerusalem, and called himself King of Jerusalem, although his -father-in-law was still alive. He wished to reign over the Holy Land, -but he liked the ease of his court too well to be in haste to fight. He -had friends, too, amongst the Saracens, so though the Pope bade him set -forth on the Crusade, he always found an excuse for delay. At last he -did sail, but he became ill and landed again in three days. - -The Pope was so angry that he preached against him. He said that the -illness was not real. - -The clergy and the Pope stood round the altar in the great cathedral -at Rome. The bells clanged above. Each man except the Pope carried a -lighted torch. After the Pope had spoken of all the wrong things the -emperor had done he paused. Then in the dim light he prayed that God -would curse Frederick. As he prayed, the clergy lowered the torches -and dashed out their flames against the stone floor to show the -darkness in which they wished that Frederick’s soul might be. - -All this was told to Frederick. He was terribly angry. He had not cared -much about the Crusade before, but now that the Pope had cursed him, he -made up his mind that come what might he would reign in Jerusalem. - -He set sail once more, but while he went slowly with his heavy war -ships towards Acre, a swift ship passed his fleet. It reached the Holy -Land long before he did, and two monks who had sailed in it, and who -had been sent by the Pope, raised the Christians against him. When he -landed, no welcome waited him, though he had come to fight for the -kingdom of Jerusalem against the Saracens. Although the knights would -not serve under him, yet nothing could daunt him. He had learned the -language of the Saracens, so when the Christians would not own him -he planned a treaty with their foes. The sultan promised to give up -Bethlehem, Nazareth, and the whole of the city of Jerusalem except -the part where the mosque of the prophet had stood for ten years. But -though this pleased the sultan and Frederick, it did not please any one -else. The Saracens were angry that the Holy City had been given to the -Crusaders. The Pope and the Christians were angry that the worship of -the prophet should have any place within Jerusalem. The Pope was still -more enraged to think that the man that he had cursed would be king in -Jerusalem. - -For years the Pope had been urging his people to go on pilgrimage to -Jerusalem. Many had hastened to the Holy Land, and thought gladly now -that they could do as they had vowed, but the Pope sent messages from -Rome that no one who cared for his wishes was even to pray at the Holy -Sepulchre. - -Frederick entered Jerusalem. He passed through empty streets, for -priests and men and women fled from him. - -He marched to the Church of the Holy Sepulchre followed by a small band -of his warriors. He entered the empty church. He saw that the images -of the apostles were veiled, and that no priest stood by the altar. -No sound of music or of song rose on the air. Only the armour of the -soldiers clanked on the pavement, and the step of Frederick rang hard -and sharp as he strode to the altar. - -He lifted the crown that lay there and placed it on his head, but -none save the handful of knights who followed him owned him King of -Jerusalem. - -Frederick did not long enjoy even this empty title of king. He went -back to Europe, and ere long Jerusalem was taken by other victors than -either sultan or emperor. - - - - -CHAPTER V - -HOW LOUIS THOUGHT DEATH A LITTLE THING - - -Before the first Crusade, the Turks had poured westward to Palestine. -Now before the last Crusade, another wild and fierce race swept down -from China on Europe. They were called Tartars, and the terror of them -spread to far countries. Villagers in France and Italy pointed to -curious clouds in the sky, and turned pale; they thought them a sign -that the monsters called Tartars were coming. Men and women cowered -away in terror at the sight of a forest fire; they thought the Tartars -had kindled it. - -[Illustration: A wild and fierce race called Tartars] - -Such a tribe swept over the Holy Land: and Moslem and Christian joined -together to fight the terrible foe. But even though they fought side by -side, they could not turn the fierce warriors back. On and on they -came till their horses dashed up the streets of Jerusalem. The city -was empty. Every one had fled. But the victors were cruel men, they -wished to kill their foes as well as to take the city. They flung the -banner of the cross out against the sky, and rang glad peals on the -bells of the Christian churches. In the caves and amongst the rocks -round Jerusalem hundreds of people were hiding. They heard the bells, -and peered out to see what had happened. They saw no foeman’s flag, but -their own banner waving. The news spread from rock to rock and from -cave to cave. Crowds of joyful people hurried back to their city and -to their homes. But the pealing bells and the floating banners drew -them on only to death. The enemy waited till all were either within the -gates or close to them. Then they fell on them and killed them. - -At this time King Louis of France was a young man of twenty-six. His -father had died when he was ten. Since that time, his mother, Queen -Blanche, had guarded his lands and had trained him to be a good and -true man. She was a wise woman, and strong and beautiful. She was kind -too, and she charmed those whom she ruled. - -Louis was a handsome young king, fair and slight. His long hair flowed -over his shoulders. He did not care to wear gay clothes, for he was -prouder of the coarse hair shirt which he wore under his armour than of -all his royal robes. To all who met him, he was gentle and courteous. - -Once he was very ill. His nobles stood round his bed. They thought he -was dead. Suddenly he spoke in a hollow voice. He bade the Bishop of -Paris fasten the cross of the Holy War on his shoulder. - -When he was well again many of his people wished him to stay in France -and rule them, for Louis thought of many things that would help the -people of his land. He made good laws, and he was just and kind. Those -who wished him to stay at home said that he need not keep the promise -he had made to go to fight in Palestine, because he was so ill when he -made it that perhaps he did not know what he said. When this was said -to Louis, the Bishop of Paris chanced to be beside him again. The king -snatched the cross from his shoulder and gave it to the bishop. Then he -said: - -‘Now at least, I am in my senses, and I vow that no food shall enter my -lips till the cross is again on my shoulder.’ - -So they knew that they need not urge him again to stay. - -It was Christmas Eve. The king sat in a dimly lighted hall. The nobles -of the court were called to him that he might fulfil an old French -custom of mantle-giving. It was an honour to be called, and each man -went up gladly to the king and felt a thrill of pleasure as the folds -of the mantle fell from his shoulders. The nobles went from the king’s -presence into the chapel for the Christmas Eve service. As the bright -light fell on the new cloaks, the knights started in surprise. The -Cross of the Holy War had been fastened to each mantle. Each man saw -it on his neighbour. Then he looked at his own robe and saw it there. -Some smiled; some shrank from the vow; but the king’s will was law, and -his nobles made ready to sail. - -In this crusade there were no gay robes nor jewelled bridles. Nor were -there any ragged camp followers. Louis’s army was made up of strong -workmen and nobles. - -The wild warrior tribe that had so cruelly killed the people of -Jerusalem had left the land again and once more the Holy City was in -the hands of the Sultan of Egypt. Louis hoped to surprise him and to -attack him at the mouth of the Nile, but the Egyptian heard that he was -coming and was ready to meet him. He brought a fleet of ships down the -Nile and he lined the shores with armies. - -When the two fleets met, the ships spread over miles of water. Close -to the shore the fleet of Egypt lay. In a half-circle round it the -crusading vessels gleamed in the sunshine, and the banner of the Cross -waved from each topmast. Away out to sea one ship lay alone. From it, -Queen Marguerite, the wife of Louis, watched the battle. - -In the morning, the knights who were to fight on shore led their horses -on planks from the great warships to the barges that lay alongside. -The horses lurched and plunged in the unsteady boats, and the clang -of their armour rang out across the water. All was noise and clamour. -Hundreds of rowers bent to the oars. The barges bounded forward. -Suddenly the sunlight was darkened. Spears and arrows from the Egyptian -army flew so thick around the Crusaders that they could not see the -sky. The rowers flagged. But the voice of Louis rang out to cheer -them, and they bent to the oars with greater strength than ever. As -the boat that bore the king touched the ground, Louis leapt into the -water though it reached to his shoulder, and dashed through it sword in -hand. Nobles and men followed him. The army that lined the shore broke -its ranks and fled. But almost before the Crusaders could form in -line, the horse soldiers of the Moslem army swept down on them from the -desert. - -Louis was so calm that he knelt for a moment on the sand. ‘Thy will be -done!’ he murmured. Then he sprang up and rushed into the fight. As -the day wore on, Queen Marguerite as she watched, saw the oriflamme -of France push slowly up the beach. Ship after ship that had guarded -the river mouth sank. They were pierced by the prows of the French -vessels. Ere night the victory was won. The crusading camp rang with -shouts of joy. - -[Illustration: Louis sprang into the water] - -In the morning a blaze of fire was seen in the south. Damietta, the -town that Louis hoped to take for his own, was in flames. The foe had -burned the city. No riches were left to tempt the army, so the burning -of the city both helped and hindered Louis. Queen Marguerite landed -and formed her court within the charred and ruined walls of Damietta. -The army waited for more ships and men. But while they waited, bands -of Arabs came whirling down on the camp. They came to any part of -it that seemed less guarded, entered the tents, killed those they -found there, and carried off the heads of all they killed. These wild -men took the heads of the Crusaders to the sultan, who gave a golden -coin for each one. Their horses were so swift and light that they -could always escape from the heavy chargers of the knights. While the -troops led by Louis were waiting here, the sultan was busy. The town of -Mansourah stands at the place where the great river Nile breaks into -many channels and forms the delta at its mouth. There the Moslem leader -made ready to fight the French king. He built walls and towers, and -made the town strong against the armies of the Cross. - -At last the Crusaders marched, but when they reached Mansourah they -found a great stream of water between them and the city. They could not -fight the foe until they had crossed the channel. Then Louis bade his -men build a causeway across the stream. But even as they built, the -enemy on the other side dug away the sandy bank, and the stream flowed -on as broad as before. - -A shout was heard ‘A ford, a ford.’ It was not a good ford that had -been found, still it was possible to cross by it, and the eager armies -hastened to it. Robert, the king’s brother, begged to be allowed to -cross first with his men. He said he would wait on the other bank and -guard the ford till the rest of the army had crossed over. A band of -Moslems tried to keep him from landing. He drove them back. They fled -across the sand. - -Then Robert forgot his promise to stay by the ford. The masters of the -knights of Jerusalem who rode with him begged him to think. They knew -that it was a great mistake to break away from the other warriors. -But Robert was too eager to listen. He said bitter things to them and -seemed to think that they wished to keep all the power in their own -hands. They were very angry at this, and the master of the Templars, to -show that he was neither a coward nor wilful, shouted out: - -‘Raise then the standard.’ - -But William Longsword of England still tried to keep Robert from his -folly. - -‘What cowards these English are!’ said Robert. - -But Longsword was no coward. Robert had his way. He swept on with his -followers, and chased the Moslems into their fortress of Mansourah. But -it was only one part of the Moslem army that he defeated. Bibars, a -Saracen leader, saw what had happened. He gathered his forces, and ere -Robert knew what was going on, his foes were at Mansourah, shutting it -in on every side, and he and his men were prisoners in the town they -had won. They fought all day long. Very few of them lived to see the -next morning’s sun. William Longsword, whom Robert had called a coward, -fought so bravely that even his foes noted where he fell, and after -the fight was over gave back his body to his friends. - -But long ere nightfall, Louis had crossed the ford with the other part -of the crusading army. Instead of comrades waiting to guard their -landing, they found only the track of fighting, and foes on every side. -They broke into bands. Instead of one great attack a hundred battles -were fought. The orders Louis gave could not be heard, for his voice -was drowned in the noise and clamour of armour and of hoofs. No one -knew what to do next. It seemed that all must be lost. - -Then Louis dashed forward with a small bodyguard. His haste was so -great that he left his guard behind him, and found himself alone in the -midst of six Moslem warriors. They knew he was the king by his armour. -It seemed as if he must yield. But Louis was a great fighter, and he -did not know what fear was. He held the six at bay until his guards -joined him; then with them he led his army on in one wild charge, and -won the day. But though they were victors they had suffered so greatly -that it would have been wise if they had gone back to Damietta. This -they would not do. They camped by the battle-field, and there very -many of them grew ill and died. There was little food, and the air was -evil-smelling and deadly. Louis went in and out amongst his men. As -a nurse to them he was as tender and patient as he had been bold and -fearless in war. At length he too fell ill. - -He knew that something must be done to make peace with the sultan, for -no help could come to Jerusalem from a host of Christian soldiers who -were dying on the sands of Egypt. So he sent a message to say he would -leave Egypt if the Moslems would give Jerusalem back to the Christians. -The sultan said: - -‘Yes, if the king himself will be my prisoner until the last Crusader -has left Egypt.’ - -Louis wished to agree to this, but his nobles would not hear of it. -Since there could not be peace between the armies, there was no escape -for the Crusaders but by flight. Even that seemed hopeless. Still it -was all that could be done. Only a few of the boats which had followed -them up the Nile were left. On these they placed the sick men and all -the women and children. Then by night they set them afloat down the -stream towards Damietta. The nobles begged Louis to go on board one of -these vessels. - -‘Nay, I march with the last man of mine who lives,’ said Louis. As the -army left the camp, it was attacked. Louis turned and fought wildly for -his men. - -‘Wait for the king! Wait for the king!’ rang from the banks. The -vessels were stayed, but Louis signed to them to go on. At length Louis -and his men left the camp. The king was on horseback, but without -helmet or cuirass. But all their efforts were in vain. Both ships and -soldiers fell into the hands of the enemy. The king was weak and ill, -but still free. His knights saw that he could go no further. They -sought to hide him in a house in an Egyptian town, where a humble -woman from France tended him gladly. But in spite of the knights who -guarded the door, the Moslems burst into the house and loaded King -Louis with chains. They carried him to Mansourah in a vessel gaily -decked in honour of the great prisoner they had taken. As he sailed -southwards up the stream, he saw his men driven along the banks in -chains. - -Louis in prison was as great a man as Louis in battle. He wore a coarse -robe, because he would not deign to wear the gay clothing the sultan -sent to him, nor would he feast with the Moslems, though they wished -him to join them. - -Each day he saw some of his followers led out from prison. They were -asked if they would cease to be Christians and accept the faith of the -prophet. They refused. No sooner had they done so than they fell dead -before the eyes of their captive king. It was a terrible thing for him -to sit thus day after day and watch the men who had fought by his -side, and whom he loved, slain in this barbarous way. - -When the sultan thought he had tried the king so long and so greatly -that he would be glad to agree to any terms, he offered him freedom if -he would give to him Damietta and the cities of Palestine. Louis had -won Damietta in battle, but he had no right to the cities of the Holy -Land. - -‘The cities do not belong to me but to God,’ he said. - -Then the sultan threatened to torture Louis to make him yield. - -‘I am the sultan’s prisoner,’ said the king; ‘he can do with me as he -will.’ - -He was so calm and firm that a Moslem who stood by said: ‘You treat us, -sire, as if you had us in prison instead of our holding you.’ - -But though the sultan spoke of torturing King Louis, he did not do it -except by making him watch the men of his army as they died before him. -When he found that the king would not yield he gave in himself, and -agreed to accept Damietta in return for the king, and a large sum of -money for those of the army who still lived. - -But the knights would not let Louis wait to see the men set free. A -vessel lay waiting at the mouth of the Nile. As soon as he and his -queen were on board, it sped out to sea, and ere long King Louis was -once more in France. - -He was a great ruler as well as a great fighter, and he thought of the -needs and duties of those whose king he was, as none in that land had -ever done before. While he made France strong and its people happy, -Bibars, who had so cleverly trapped Robert at Mansourah, became sultan, -and laid waste the Holy Land. The news of this reached the northern -lands from which the crusading armies had gone forth in former days, -and once more the great longing to save Jerusalem took hold of Louis. -His nobles sat in council. He came to them bearing a crown of thorns in -his hands. Again he fastened the cross of war on his shoulder. He had -heard that a great king in Africa was willing to become a Christian, -and as he thought of this he dreamed bright dreams. He thought that he -might bring this desert king and his dark followers to join his faith -and his army, and that with them to aid him, he might even yet conquer -the Moslem armies and win Jerusalem and Palestine. - -His fleet sailed for the African coast. The army landed and marched -into the desert. The hot sand blew about them and choked them. They -found no friendly welcome, but only messages of blood and war from the -king whom Louis had hoped would join him in battle against the Moslems. -Illness and death swept through the army. One of the first to die was a -son of King Louis. Soon the king himself lay dying in his tent in the -hot desert camp. - -‘Jerusalem, Jerusalem,’ he cried, ‘we will go to Jerusalem!’ His couch -was very comfortless, but it was not so humble as Louis wished it to -be. He bade them spread ashes on the ground and lay him there. When -they had done this, they saw his lips move. They bent to listen, and -heard these words: - -‘Father, into Thy hands I commend my spirit.’ - -Then he fell asleep. The sleep grew deeper and deeper, and soon the men -who watched him there knew that he would never wake on earth again. - -In the dim light of the tent, on a bed of ashes, lay all that was -left of good King Louis. His beautiful face still kept the grandeur -men had loved to see all his life long. He lay there in the sad, -plague-stricken camp, and around him there seemed to linger the light -of heaven. - -Louis was the last of the heroes of the Crusades, but for years after -his death the Christian forces held cities in the Holy Land. At last -they were driven from all their strongholds, and the Moslem rule was -unbroken. - -To-day there is no kingdom of Jerusalem. There are ruins of churches -and of castles, and the broken walls show how great was once the power -of the armies of the Cross. - -But though the dream of the Crusaders never came true, and though -all their efforts left little mark on the life of the East, yet the -lands from which the knights went out have been changed, and all their -history has been different, because of those wars to which their armies -went. - -Over the door of an old house in a close in Edinburgh a scallop-shell, -like the shells that were brought by pilgrims from the Holy Land, was -cut in stone. In that house those who had made the long journey to the -East, and had come back weary or ill, were welcomed and cared for. The -shell above the door stood for hundreds of years to tell of the olden -days. It is so in the history of Europe. 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D. LUARD</p> - -<p class="sgap"> </p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 150px;"> -<img src="images/i_logo.jpg" width="150" alt="Publishers Logo" /></div> - -<p class="center no-indent bgap">LONDON: T. C. & E. C. JACK<br /> -NEW YORK: E. P. DUTTON & CO.</p></div> - -<hr class="chap x-ebookmaker-drop" /> - -<div class="chapter"> -<p class="center no-indent">TO<br /> -KATHARINE AND BARBARA</p></div> - -<hr class="chap x-ebookmaker-drop" /> - -<div class="chapter"> -<p class="ph3 nobreak">THE HEROES OF THE CRUSADES</p> -</div> - -<p class="no-indent">The stories in this book are of heroes who -lived hundreds of years ago. They caught -sight of a beautiful dream and lived and died -to make it come true.</p> - -<p>Their eagerness swept along with them not -only men who had never dreamed the dream -and who did not know for what end they -fought, but bad men also who only wished to -get what they could for themselves.</p> - -<p>The Crusades are long past, yet to-day -there are men who see visions of good and -who wish to bring them down to earth. With -them are others who fight selfishly as did -Bohemond and Baldwin long ago. But -there are still men like Francis, who carry -goodwill with them, and great knights like -Tancred and like Louis, who live to fight -for the poor and the weak.</p> - -<hr class="chap x-ebookmaker-drop" /> - -<div class="chapter"> -<p class="ph3 nobreak">LIST OF STORIES</p> -</div> - -<table border="0" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="3" summary="LIST OF STORIES"> - -<tr><td class="tdc"><small>Chap.</small></td> -<td> </td> -<td class="tdl"><small>Page</small></td></tr> - -<tr><td class="tdch">I.</td> -<td class="tdl">How Peter preached of Jerusalem </td> -<td class="tdbr"><a href="#Page_1">1</a></td></tr> - -<tr><td class="tdch">II.</td> -<td class="tdl">How Tancred fought under the Banner of the<br /> - Cross </td> -<td class="tdbr"><a href="#Page_17">17</a></td></tr> - -<tr><td class="tdch">III.</td> -<td class="tdl">How the Kings fought for Glory and not for<br /> - Christ</td> -<td class="tdbr"><a href="#Page_51">51</a></td></tr> - -<tr><td class="tdch">IV.</td> -<td class="tdl">How Frederick came to his Kingdom</td> -<td class="tdbr"><a href="#Page_82">82</a></td></tr> - -<tr><td class="tdch">V.</td> -<td class="tdl">How Louis thought Death a little Thing</td> -<td class="tdbr"><a href="#Page_92">92</a></td></tr> -</table> - -<hr class="chap x-ebookmaker-drop" /> - -<div class="chapter"> -<p class="ph3 nobreak">LIST OF PICTURES</p></div> - -<table border="0" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="3" summary="LIST OF PICTURES"> - -<tr><td class="tdl">Wherever the battle was hottest Richard<br /> - seemed to spring from the ground</td> -<td> </td> -<td class="tdbr"><a href="#Frontispiece"><i>Frontispiece</i></a></td></tr> - -<tr><td colspan="2"> </td> -<td class="tdr"><small>At page</small></td></tr> - -<tr><td class="tdl">Peter set off with an unruly band of men</td> -<td> </td> -<td class="tdbr"><a href="#illo1">16</a></td></tr> - -<tr><td class="tdl">Bohemond led the way himself</td> -<td> </td> -<td class="tdbr"><a href="#illo2">38</a></td></tr> - -<tr><td class="tdl">Peter held a lance-head high in the air</td> -<td> </td> -<td class="tdbr"><a href="#illo3">40</a></td></tr> - -<tr><td class="tdl">They knelt on the rocky track</td> -<td> </td> -<td class="tdbr"><a href="#illo4">42</a></td></tr> - -<tr><td class="tdl">Barbarossa waits until his country needs him</td> -<td> </td> -<td class="tdbr"><a href="#illo5">64</a></td></tr> - -<tr><td class="tdl">A wild and fierce race called Tartars</td> -<td> </td> -<td class="tdbr"><a href="#illo6">92</a></td></tr> - -<tr><td class="tdl">Louis leapt into the water</td> -<td> </td> -<td class="tdbr"><a href="#illo7">98</a></td></tr> -</table> - -<hr class="chap x-ebookmaker-drop" /> - -<div class="chapter"> -<p><span class="pagenum" id="Page_1">[Pg 1]</span></p> -<h2 class="nobreak" id="CHAPTER_I">CHAPTER I<br /> -<span class="reduce">HOW PETER PREACHED OF JERUSALEM</span></h2></div> - -<p class="no-indent">Once upon a time there was an ugly little -boy called Peter, who lived in his father’s -castle in France. He was a restless boy, -and liked always to do or to hear something -new. His home was very quiet, for his -father was a great fighter, and was often -away at the wars for months at a time.</p> - -<p>But though one day was very like another -in Peter’s life when he was young, he used -to hear tales of pilgrimage and of battle that -made him long to be free to go out into the -world himself.</p> - -<p>The country round his home and in the -other northern lands near it was bare and -grey, and the towers and walls of the cities -were gloomy, but the boy heard of other -lands and other cities. He heard that in -<span class="pagenum" id="Page_2">[Pg 2]</span>Byzantium, where the Greek Emperor had -his palace, the houses were built of marble, -and their walls were lined with gold, and -that in the lands around it rich fruits and -grain grew. He often heard of another -city called Jerusalem, for many pilgrims -went to it because it was at Jerusalem that -Jesus Christ died. Hundreds of years before -Peter was born, Helena, the mother of the -Greek Emperor Constantine, found a cross -which she thought must be the Cross on -which Christ died. She was full of awe and -wonder, and in order that all who served -Christ might see the Cross, it was set up -in Jerusalem on the spot where it was -thought to have stood when Christ died upon -it. Long after Constantine and his mother -were dead, a king who did not serve Christ -carried the Cross away from Jerusalem. The -Emperor who then reigned in Greece fought -with this king for ten years before he could -subdue him. At last he won the cross again, -and with it lands and gold, but these gave -him far less joy than the thought that the -<span class="pagenum" id="Page_3">[Pg 3]</span>cross would again stand in Jerusalem. He -kept part of it in his city of Byzantium; -with the rest he went to Jerusalem. He -was a great man and a proud man, but he -was humble when he thought of the cross -and of what it told of the death of Christ. -So he took off his beautiful clothes, and with -bare feet and wearing a plain robe he carried -the cross up the street of Jerusalem, and -set it once more within the church that had -been built where Christ died.</p> - -<p>When Peter was young, hundreds of pilgrims -went to Jerusalem to worship at the -foot of this cross. They did so for many -reasons. Some did it because they loved -the thought of Christ and wished to -stand where He had stood, and to see -the land in which He had lived. Others -went because they thought it would make -other people think them very good. They -hoped to be great people when they came -back to their homes again. But the largest -number went because the Pope and the -priests told them that those who went in -<span class="pagenum" id="Page_4">[Pg 4]</span>poverty to the Holy City would be forgiven -for all the wrong things they had done. -Many a man who was very unhappy because -he had killed some one by stealth, gave up -all that he had and went with nothing except -a staff to visit the cross.</p> - -<p>These pilgrims were often very cruelly -treated in Jerusalem, for men called Saracens -who did not serve Christ lived and -ruled there, and they made each pilgrim -give them money before they would allow -him into the city. They are sometimes -called ‘Moslems,’ and they were followers of -a prophet named Mahomet. They were cruel -to the Christians who lived in Jerusalem, -as well as to the pilgrims who came to it.</p> - -<p>Once, when Hakem, who was called ‘the -mad Sultan,’ ruled in Jerusalem, the streets -of the city surged with an angry throng. -The white robes of the soldiers of Hakem -flashed out amongst the bright colours that -were worn by men of other Moslem races. -Every face was full of scorn and anger. -Harsh voices cursed those who served -<span class="pagenum" id="Page_5">[Pg 5]</span>Christ. Jews hid in corners and alleys -that they might not suffer with the Christians, -for them too the Moslems hated.</p> - -<p>The Moslems call their churches mosques, -and the reason of their great anger on -this day was that they had found a dead -dog lying in a mosque. They thought that -this had done such harm to their mosque that -they could not pray in it till they had made -it pure again, and they were sure that a -Christian had thrown the dog’s body there -in order to annoy them. The news spread -through the town, and each moment the -crowd grew larger and more fierce.</p> - -<p>‘Let us fall on the Christian dogs!’ they -shouted. ‘Let us kill them without mercy!’ -‘Who are they that they should soil our -temple?’</p> - -<p>The Christians had gathered into one place -in sorrow and in fear. They all wore clothes -of dull dingy shades, because they were not -allowed to wear beautiful colours nor white -robes like Hakem’s soldiers. Each of them -wore a leather thong to show that the -<span class="pagenum" id="Page_6">[Pg 6]</span>Moslems ruled over him. Their hearts were -more gloomy than their robes. If they were -all killed, the Christian Church would have -no one left in Jerusalem. They waited in -terror. But the noise they heard was not -what they had feared. A clear voice rang -out. The man who spoke was one of themselves. -His name was Olindo.</p> - -<p>‘Nothing could be a greater evil,’ he said, -‘than that the Church should perish. I will -die for you and for our faith. Do not forget -me nor my people.’</p> - -<p>The others burst into tears, but though -they were sad to think of Olindo’s death, no -one tried to stay him. He passed swiftly out -from them, and met the Moslem leaders as -they hurried on to kill the Christians.</p> - -<p>‘I alone am guilty of this deed,’ said Olindo; -and he had not time to say more, for he fell -dead in the street, killed by the swords of -those nearest to him.</p> - -<p>At that time those who were called Christians -were quarrelling with each other. -There were two Churches. One was the -<span class="pagenum" id="Page_7">[Pg 7]</span>Greek Church, the other was the Church of -Rome. The Popes, who reigned in Rome, -always wished to make the Greek Church -obey them, so that there might be only -one Christian Church. And when Peter -lived it seemed that perhaps this dream of -the Popes might come true. A fierce race -of men called Turks had swept westward -from the Great Wall of China. Everything -had fallen before them except the faith of the -Prophet whom the Moslems followed. It -did not fall, because, instead of trying to -fight it, the Turks took it for their own. It -suited them well, because it taught that -whoever died fighting for it, against those -who did not obey Mahomet, would go -straight to heaven. So instead of making -slaves of the Moslems whom they had defeated, -the Turks joined their armies to their -own, and led them against the Empire of -Greece. That was why the Pope who lived -then thought he might be able to unite -Rome and Greece once more. Greece asked -Rome to help her against the Turks, and -<span class="pagenum" id="Page_8">[Pg 8]</span>Rome hoped that if she helped her so, then -Greece would be willing to do what she -wished afterwards.</p> - -<p>And it was of these things that men who -knew the world talked and thought when -Peter was a boy. As he grew up, he longed -to have a share in all the great things -that were being done in the world, and in -order to know about them he entered the -home of the Bishop of Paris that he might -be a priest, and so have time to read many -books. But he soon found that he could not -be happy while he only read about what other -men had done. He yearned to do things -himself. The bishop liked him well and -wished to keep him with him, but the restless -lad would not stay. He went to fight -in Flanders, but it was only for a short time -that war seemed gay and pleasant to him. -He was made a prisoner, and he found a cell -far more dull and dreary than his study in -Paris.</p> - -<p>Then he escaped from prison, and made a -home of his own. There he and his wife -<span class="pagenum" id="Page_9">[Pg 9]</span>Beatrice lived for a few years together, but -soon she died and left Peter with three -little children. Peter gave the care of the -children to a friend and fled to a hermit’s cell. -It seemed to him that he had tried every -kind of life in vain, and that nothing was left -for him but to live alone and to think and -pray till death came to him.</p> - -<p>But Peter was neither old nor ill, and death -was a long way off from him. The narrow -cell became a prison to him, and he grew -as restless as a lion in a cage. But he -had vowed that he would live the life of a -hermit, and if death would not come to him -to bring him freedom, there was only one -way in which he could keep his vow and yet -do things and take part in the life of the -world. That way was to go on pilgrimage. -As he thought of this, the old light flashed -in his keen dark eyes.</p> - -<p>‘I too,’ he said to himself, ‘will walk barefoot -where Christ has trod. My tears shall -fall on His grave, and I will kneel before the -cross.’</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum" id="Page_10">[Pg 10]</span></p> - -<p>He set out on his journey, and after many -risks and dangers he reached Jerusalem. -Peter had seen many beautiful towns and -rich valleys, and when he saw the bare rocky -ground that led up to Jerusalem, he was -amazed that Christ had died in so dreary -a city.</p> - -<p>‘How strange,’ thought he, ‘that the Lord -of All should have chosen this barren spot!’ -As he went from place to place in the city -he was in great excitement. He made such -vivid pictures in his mind of all that had -happened there that the thought of it took -away his breath, and he longed that he -might die where such things had taken -place. It was dreadful for him to see -how those who cared not for the memory of -Christ scorned and defiled the holy places, -and robbed and ill-treated the pilgrims who -asked only to be allowed to worship and to -think in peace. He sought out the head of -the Christian Church, whom men called the -Patriarch of Jerusalem, and talked with him -of what might be done to save the Holy City -<span class="pagenum" id="Page_11">[Pg 11]</span>from the Moslems, and he told the Christians -in Jerusalem that he would go away and -bring the people of Europe to fight for the -Holy City.</p> - -<p>On the evening before Peter left Jerusalem -he went into the church in which the cross -stood, to pray. He was weary with talk -and thought and with many visits to holy -places, and he fell asleep. While he slept, -he thought he saw Christ come to him and -say:</p> - -<p>‘Arise, Peter, do with courage that which -thou hast said. I will be with thee.’</p> - -<p>Peter rose from his knees in great joy. He -left Jerusalem and went with haste to Rome. -There the Pope listened to him gladly and -gave him his blessing. He told him to go -from town to town and from land to land, -and to tell every one who would listen, -of the sufferings of pilgrims and of the dishonour -that was shown to the memory of -Christ in the places where He had once -walked.</p> - -<p>This was a different kind of life from the -<span class="pagenum" id="Page_12">[Pg 12]</span>one Peter had lived in the hermit’s cell. It -was full of change and excitement, and it had -in it the great hope that one day he would -see Jerusalem in the hands of Christian -armies, and pilgrims welcomed and honoured -where they had suffered so much.</p> - -<p>Peter was still ugly. He was small and -ungainly, but he had piercing black eyes, and -those who caught sight of them forgot to -look at anything else. He was not fifty -years old, but the hard life he had lived -had turned his hair and beard white. He -did not wear either hat or shoes. As he -rode along on his mule, the long coarse folds -of his robe flapped round his bare feet, and -the cord that bound his waist dangled at -his side. In his hands he carried a heavy -crucifix.</p> - -<p>When he stopped and began to speak, -people thought he was some silly, worthless -man, but before he had spoken many -sentences they gathered close to him and -listened with open eyes and mouths, for the -ugly little man could make other men see -<span class="pagenum" id="Page_13">[Pg 13]</span>the things he saw, and feel what he felt. -Everywhere Peter made men and women -think that the only thing that mattered in -the whole world was to save Jerusalem from -the Moslems.</p> - -<p>The crowds of people who followed Peter -soon grew as excited as he was himself. -They thought that he was so holy, that if -they touched him or pulled a hair from his -mule’s tail, they would be better and happier.</p> - -<p>When Peter had told hundreds of people -about Jerusalem, the Pope himself came to -meet as many of them as could be gathered -together to hear him. The city to which -he asked them to come could not hold the -crowds who came together from every -side. It was winter, and bitterly cold, -and knights and nobles, monks and workmen, -camped in the icy fields round the -town.</p> - -<p>When the great day came, the Pope sat on -a throne in the city square with Peter by his -side. Peter told once more of Jerusalem -and of what he had seen there; and when he -<span class="pagenum" id="Page_14">[Pg 14]</span>was silent the Pope rose and promised that -however wicked were any of those who heard -him, yet if they would only now go to fight -in the Holy War he would promise that no -evil would ever come to them because of the -wrong things they had done in the past, and -that when they died they would go straight -to heaven.</p> - -<p>The people had been greatly excited by -Peter’s speech, and as they heard the Pope -promise such wonderful things to all who -would fight for Jerusalem, they began to -shout out, ‘It is the will of God: it is the will -of God.’</p> - -<p>‘It is the will of God,’ answered the Pope. -‘Let that be your battle-cry. And because -ye seek to save the city of our Lord, let -the cross be your sign. Wear it on your -shoulders and on your breasts. With it, ye -shall certainly be either victors or martyrs.’</p> - -<p>Then nobles with their gay banners and -flashing armour, and peasants in coarse dull-coloured -tunics, crowded forward to take the -red cross of war from the hands of the Pope.</p> -<p><span class="pagenum" id="Page_15">[Pg 15]</span></p> -<p>After this, many others besides Peter went -out to preach the Crusade, and all along the -roads by which they went, there gathered -groups of men, women, and children, each -with the sign of the cross on shoulder or -banner.</p> - -<p>The knights and nobles who had taken -the cross had many things to do ere they -could leave their lands. They had to sell -jewels and silver dishes that they might have -money to pay for the food their followers -would need on the journey and throughout -the fighting. They had to find people -in whose care they could leave children and -castles. But many foolish folk who knew -nothing at all of what it meant to go on foot -to the Holy Land, or to fight the fierce -Turkish soldiers, and who had nothing to -leave behind, crowded round Peter and -begged him to wait for no one, but to lead -them at once to the Holy City. Peter knew -nothing of war, and although he did know -something of the danger of the journey, he -did not think how much more hard it would -<span class="pagenum" id="Page_16">[Pg 16]</span>be to find food for a thousand people than -for one. He thought, too, that all those men -whose eager faces looked up into his, were -as much in earnest as he was himself, and -would be as willing to suffer and even -to die. Besides all that, he was not at -all patient himself. He wished to see the -banner of the Cross floating from the walls -of Jerusalem, and he wished to see it at once. -He could hardly bear to think of the long -march that must lie between him and -victory, so it is no wonder that he would not -wait for the armies of the nobles, but set off -with a great unruly band of men who had -not learned to fight nor even to obey!</p> - -<p>Few of them ever reached the Holy Land. -When Peter brought the handful that still -followed him to Byzantium, where the Greek -Emperor reigned, they behaved so badly -that the Emperor was sorry that he had -asked for help from Rome. He hated the -thought of the armies of the Holy War, -before any of the real warriors had come -to his land.</p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 400px;"> -<a id="illo1"><img src="images/i_016.jpg" width="400" alt="Peter set off with an unruly band of men" /></a></div> - -<p class="caption no-indent">Peter set off with an unruly band of men</p> - -<hr class="chap x-ebookmaker-drop" /> - -<div class="chapter"> -<p><span class="pagenum" id="Page_17">[Pg 17]</span></p> -<h2 class="nobreak" id="CHAPTER_II">CHAPTER II<br /> -<span class="reduce">HOW TANCRED FOUGHT UNDER THE<br /> -BANNER OF THE CROSS</span></h2></div> - -<p class="no-indent">While Peter led these wild lawless men to -Byzantium, the nobles who had vowed to -fight in the Holy War were preparing -to lead out the armies of the first Crusade. -There were many brave knights ready to -fight for Jerusalem. One of the bravest was -Godfrey, who came from Germany. When he -was at peace with those around him, he had -all the charm of winning manners and of -gentle voice, but in battle he was brave and -dreadful, and as strong as a raging lion. -Once he had fought for the Emperor of -Germany against the Pope, and ever since -that time he had been very unhappy, because -the only thing he feared was the power of -the Church. He was delighted when he -heard of the preaching of Peter. To save -<span class="pagenum2" id="Page_18">[Pg 18]</span>Jerusalem seemed to him a splendid thing, -and then he thought that no harm would -come to him because he had fought against -the Pope, if he should be able to win the -Holy City for Rome and for the Christian -faith. Two of his brothers joined him, and -many other lords and nobles came to set -out with him for Jerusalem.</p> - -<p>But all his followers were not men who -had lived in courts. There were many workmen -and peasants, and some wild men in -shaggy clothes who came from the Scottish -shores, and who found their way to his camp -by making the sign of the cross with their -fingers. Every one knew what that meant, -and pointed out the way to the strangers.</p> - -<p>Another knight gathered an army in Italy. -His name was Bohemond. He was as -brave and as clever as Godfrey, but he was -not like him in any other thing, except perhaps -that both men were tall and handsome. -Bohemond wished to win land for himself. -Above all, he wanted the land and the wealth -of the Greek Emperor. When he heard of -<span class="pagenum" id="Page_19">[Pg 19]</span>the Crusade, he thought that it would be -easy for him to find an excuse to seize the -lands of Greece if he could quarrel with the -Emperor about the Crusade. But he did not -tell his soldiers that. Though he cared very -little about Jerusalem or about the wood of -the Cross, he could speak as stirringly about -them as Peter had done, and one day when -he had spoken of these things to his brother’s -army he tore his great red banner into strips, -and made crosses for all the soldiers who -would take them.</p> - -<p>With Bohemond there rode his cousin -Tancred, and amongst them all there was -none so faithful to him as Tancred. This -was wonderful, because Tancred was ‘a -very perfect gentle knight,’ and many of -the things Bohemond did must have been -hateful to him.</p> - -<p>When the Greek Emperor asked for help -from Rome, he wished the Pope to send men -to fight under his banner and to win battles -for him. He could make no use of the rabble -that had come to Byzantium with Peter. -<span class="pagenum" id="Page_20">[Pg 20]</span>But when the real armies of the Crusade -poured into the fields around the city he was -filled with fear. These strong gay knights -with the warriors who followed them were -far worse than useless to him. He knew -something of the bareness of the land that -lay round their castles, and of the rugged life -that even the noblest of them lived in their -northern homes. And he was sure that the -rich plains of his country, and his cities with -their marble palaces would make many of -the knights wish to win them from him, and -that they would never be content to fight -only for the freedom of the Holy Land.</p> - -<p>It was no wonder that he was afraid. As -the Crusaders gazed up at the walls of -Byzantium, it seemed to them like an enchanted -city. The fields and orchards around -it were richly laden with corn and fruit. The -buildings within it rose amongst bright and -beautiful gardens, higher and higher towards -the gilded roof of the palace, above which, -three domes shone in the warm sunshine. -Not far off stood the Church of St. Sophia, -<span class="pagenum" id="Page_21">[Pg 21]</span>and in it too were gold and gems. Ships -lay on the sparkling waters of the Golden -Horn beyond the city, and the sun shone -brightly on the narrow sea that lay between -Europe and Asia.</p> - -<p>When Bohemond and Tancred came to -Byzantium, they found that some of the -armies that had already arrived were on one -side of the narrow sea and some were on the -other. Tancred was very eager to see all the -armies on the side away from Byzantium and -towards Jerusalem, but he found that the -Emperor would not lend them ships in which -to cross the water, until all the leaders had -promised that they would make him the -ruler over every town that they won from the -Moslems.</p> - -<p>The knights were very angry. They had -always kept for themselves the cities they -had fought for and won, and they could not -bear the thought of winning Jerusalem only -to give it up again. But the Emperor was -a crafty man. When he saw that he could -not make them promise what he wished by -<span class="pagenum" id="Page_22">[Pg 22]</span>fair means, he made up his mind that other -ways might succeed where these had failed. -He took many of the Crusaders over the -narrow sea, for he was afraid of having -too many of them close to Byzantium. Then -when he had divided them from each other, -he tried to win his will.</p> - -<p>He feasted the knights at his palace and -made them believe that he thought them -great and noble people. He really scorned -them very much, because though they were -brave, they did not care about learning or -art. But he tried to hide from them the -scorn that he and his people felt for them. -He spoke to Godfrey about the grave where -the body of Christ had lain, and about the -wood of the true Cross, till Godfrey really -thought he was a man who cared as much -about Jerusalem as he himself did, and said -that he would think of him as his Emperor. -And that was what the crafty Greek wished, -for he cared nothing at all for the Holy City. -But he did not speak to Bohemond about -Jerusalem! He led him through the palace, -<span class="pagenum" id="Page_23">[Pg 23]</span>and as they walked they passed an open -door. Bohemond looked in and started in -surprise, for he saw that gems and gold and -silver were piled in disorder, while here and -there he saw the leg of a costly table or the -back of an inlaid chair.</p> - -<p>‘Ah,’ said Bohemond, ‘what victories he -might win who owns all this!’</p> - -<p>‘It is your own,’ a voice whispered to him.</p> - -<p>Bohemond said he could not take so great -a treasure, but though he said that, he was -very glad indeed to get it, and at night, -all that had dazzled his eyes as he glanced -through the open door, lay in his own tent. -He said, of course, that he would do what -the Emperor wished, but though the Emperor -was glad to have him say it, in order -that other knights might be more willing to -say so too, he knew very well that Bohemond -would not keep his promise a day longer -than he wished to do so.</p> - -<p>The Emperor wished all the knights to -own his rule, but there was one who -would not. It was Tancred. He hated -<span class="pagenum" id="Page_24">[Pg 24]</span>the silly round of pleasure in Byzantium. -He scorned both the gold and the flattering -words of the Emperor. One day a -Greek nobleman spoke rudely to him, and -Tancred struck him in the public street. -After that his life was in danger. He took -off his glittering armour, put on the dress -of a common soldier, and escaped across the -narrow sea to that part of the army that -had already gone over. But still the Emperor -would not let the others go without -Tancred’s promise. At last Bohemond went -to Tancred and said to him that he was to -blame, because he alone was keeping the -army back and standing in the way of the -rescue of the Holy City by refusing to serve -the Emperor. Tancred still had faith in his -cousin, and when he pled with him he -could not say no. So he yielded; only he -hoped that the Emperor would soon break -his promise to help the Crusaders so that -they might be free from their promise to -him. Then the Emperor lent his ships and -hastened the Crusaders on their way with -<span class="pagenum" id="Page_25">[Pg 25]</span>gifts and promises, but he sent messengers -to warn the Saracens that they were coming -to attack them. The great army that -marched into Asia knew nothing of that. -There were a hundred thousand horsemen, -besides many, many others. It is not possible -to imagine the noise they made. The -heavy armour of the horses rattled and -clashed, and the clang of armour drowned the -sound of trampling. Often a peal of merry -laughter rang out from a group of village -children, or from some gay lady who had -come with father or husband to share the -danger and the triumph of the Holy War. -As they rode, the trumpets sounded and the -deep voices of the heralds shouted, ‘Save the -Holy Sepulchre!’ The sunlight flashed from -bright weapons and from gay scarfs and -banners.</p> - -<p>They marched gladly on till the city of -Nicæa rose before them. Its walls were so -broad and so strong that horses could dash -round on the top without doing any harm. -And three hundred towers guarded the -<span class="pagenum" id="Page_26">[Pg 26]</span>city. On one side, the water of a lake -washed close up to the wall: on the other, -mountains rose from it. The black flag of -the Turk waved every here and there on -the steep slope, and the tents of Moslem -soldiers clustered round each flag.</p> - -<p>For seven weeks the Crusaders laid siege -to the city. During those days there was -a great deal of fighting with the Turks -outside the wall. Tancred was always in -the thick of the battle, and ever where he -was, the army of the Holy Cross carried -all before it, and the enemy fled to their -tents. But the city still held out, and -from its walls arrows and stones hurtled -down with deadly aim. There was one -huge Moslem who never seemed to miss -his mark. He hurled stones and arrows and -javelins, and wherever they fell they brought -death. One day he grew so bold that he -threw away his shield and stood on the wall -and scorned his foes beneath. A hundred -bows were stretched tight, a hundred arrows -whizzed through the air, but when they had -<span class="pagenum" id="Page_27">[Pg 27]</span>all fallen to earth, he still stood there unharmed. -It seemed as if he bore a charmed -life. But he had insulted the armies of the -Cross, and Godfrey had heard him do it. A -thrill went through the camp as the German -leader raised his bow and arrow. No other -arm was raised. Godfrey’s arrow sped alone -through the air. A breathless moment -passed. Then the body of the giant fell forward -from the wall, dead, shot through the -heart, into the moat below.</p> - -<p>The knights could not understand how it -was that the people in Nicæa were not suffering -from hunger. Those who shot down the -stones and the arrows looked strong and -well. Yet the armies had watched the gates -night and day for seven weeks. At last they -found out that when night fell and there was -no moon, food was brought to Nicæa across -the lake and pulled up into the city. At first -it seemed as if nothing could be done to -stop this, but at last a plan was made. The -lake stretched away from Nicæa till only a -strip of land lay between it and the narrow -<span class="pagenum" id="Page_28">[Pg 28]</span>sea. The Crusaders sent messengers to the -Emperor and asked him to give them ships -and sledges. This he gladly did, because he -wished them to think that he meant to help -them in all their battles. Then in the darkness -when all was ready, a band of knights -spurred their horses to the narrow sea. -They hoisted the ships on to the sledges and -dragged them over the sandy ridge, and then -launched the vessels in the lake. When the -daylight came and the Moslems looked out, -they saw their enemies’ ships riding under -the walls of their city and knew that no help -could come to them by land or sea.</p> - -<p>The Crusaders were delighted. ‘Only a -few more hours,’ they thought, ‘and Nicæa -must be in our hands.’</p> - -<p>In a few more hours Nicæa had fallen, but -the flag that floated from its towers was the -flag of Greece. Every one was full of anger -and surprise. The soldiers gathered round -the knights.</p> - -<p>‘What does it mean?’ they asked.</p> - -<p>But the knights could not tell them. By -<span class="pagenum" id="Page_29">[Pg 29]</span>some means two Greek generals had entered -Nicæa and had made the people there -believe that it would be much better for them -to yield to the Emperor than to the armies -from the North.</p> - -<p>But though the Crusaders were very -angry, they did not stay to grieve that Nicæa -was not their own. They were glad, because -they had subdued so strong a city. They -hastened on and broke into two bands that -they might more easily find food. But Turks -on swift horses watched them and rode -back to tell their chief how carelessly the -Crusaders marched. The land was beautiful -and rich, and Bohemond gave the command -to halt by a river that flowed through a -grassy plain amongst clumps of trees. -Everything seemed quiet and peaceful. -Tancred listened to the heralds as they -shouted three times over, ‘Save the Holy -Sepulchre!’ and thought with joy that soon -there might be no need for the heralds’ shout. -But another cry ran through the tents! ‘The -enemy is on us!’ Ere men had time to arm, -<span class="pagenum" id="Page_30">[Pg 30]</span>the clouds of dust beyond the river and the -white turbans and green vests that flashed -through the dust, proved to every man that -the cry was true.</p> - -<p>Arrows fell thick as rain. They glanced -from the chain-mail of the knights, but they -entered the joints of the horses’ armour and -made them frantic with pain. The horns and -drums and terrible yells of the Turks -maddened the horses still more. The Arab -horses were lighter and swifter than those -of the knights. They could dart away when -the Crusaders attacked them and rush in -again to attack in return.</p> - -<p>Tancred was nearly killed. He had seen -his brother fall. It may have made him reckless. -Bohemond’s sharp eyes saw that he -was in the midst of foemen and that his lance -was broken. He dashed across the river, -swooped down on the Turks with a terrific -yell, and bore Tancred safely away.</p> - -<p>But while the Crusaders were fighting, -another band of Turks fell on the camp and -took it. The knights could not retake the -<span class="pagenum" id="Page_31">[Pg 31]</span>camp and keep the foe at bay at the same -time. They had no thought of yielding, but -they saw that many of their followers were -losing courage. Suddenly they heard a shout -of joy. Godfrey and his warriors were in -sight. The voices of the priests led the -battle cry, ‘It is the will of God! It is the -will of God!’</p> - -<p>The Turks were tired with the long fight. -They could not resist this new force. They -were overcome, chased, and slain. Their -camp fell into the Crusaders’ hands. The -knights found strange new weapons there, -and many camels and horses. They handled -the curious Eastern arms in wonder, and led -the camels about in delight.</p> - -<p>But a great danger was before them. A -band of Turks had escaped. They had not -been able to conquer their foes, but they -could injure them still. They rode swiftly -forward and burned the towns and trampled -the corn in the fields along the roads by -which the Crusaders would have to go. -They rode forward for five hundred miles, -<span class="pagenum" id="Page_32">[Pg 32]</span>and behind them they left empty houses and -barren lands.</p> - -<p>It was the hottest part of the year, and as -the armies marched through this wasted land, -men and horses dropped out of the ranks to -die of thirst. So many horses died, that the -stores had to be carried by dogs and by goats.</p> - -<p>One day during this terrible time, some one -noticed wet sand on the paws of a dog. -Then another was found with wet sand -on his coat. The excitement was terrible. -Every one searched for the footprints of the -dogs that they might find the water the dogs -had found. At last the tracks were seen, -and thousands of weak and thirst-stricken -soldiers tottered up to the mountain stream -in which the dogs had bathed. But they -drank so wildly that three hundred of them -died by the bank of the torrent.</p> - -<p>As the Crusaders rode south towards Jerusalem, -they overtook bands of Turks. Some -of these Moslem warriors went into the towns -for shelter, and the knights often followed -them there and took away their weapons.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum" id="Page_33">[Pg 33]</span></p> - -<p>One day Tancred led his followers into -the town of Tarsus and raised his flag to -show that it belonged to him, but just after -he had done this, Baldwin, one of Godfrey’s -brothers, rode up to Tancred and said that -he and his men must have half of the spoil -of the city. But the people of Tarsus were -Christians, and Tancred would not let his -own knights take any of their wealth from -them, so he could not allow Baldwin to rob -them either. But Baldwin would not listen -to him. He forced his way into the town, -tore down Tancred’s banner and flung it into -a ditch.</p> - -<p>Tancred was very angry, and so were his -men. They loved him and boasted of his -brave deeds, and they were enraged that -any one should treat him so. They wished -to fight Baldwin at once and chase him from -Tarsus. But Tancred pled with them not -to attack another Crusader. He spoke of -the Holy War and of Jerusalem, and led -them out from the town they had won and -on to Malmistra. But Baldwin did not find -<span class="pagenum" id="Page_34">[Pg 34]</span>as much as he wished in Tarsus, and before -long, Tancred’s soldiers saw the banners of -the man they hated beneath the walls of -Malmistra. This time Tancred yielded to -his soldiers, and marched out against Baldwin, -but he had no heart to fight against one -with whom he had set out to save the Holy -City, and next morning the two knights met -in friendship before their men and vowed to -forget the past.</p> - -<p>Tancred had no more trouble from the -greed and meanness of Baldwin, for Godfrey’s -brother stole away in the dead of night -with a band of picked fighting men, left the -crusading army, and marched off to win an -empire for himself.</p> - -<p>At last, after months of weary marching, -the Crusaders stood on a spur of the rocky -hills over which the last part of their track -had lain, and looked down on the rich valley -of the Orontes River. They saw vineyards -and cornfields on either side of the river, -and shut in between it and the mountains, -they saw the town of Antioch. It was a -<span class="pagenum" id="Page_35">[Pg 35]</span>beautiful town and a very strong one, with -a great citadel that rose high above its walls. -It was called ‘The Queen of the East.’ -Soon the Crusaders had made their camp -in the fair green valley. The sun shone -on white tents and flashing weapons, on -bucklers of gold and green and crimson, and -on the gay banners of the knights.</p> - -<p>The men were weary with the long march -and with the hunger and thirst they had so -often suffered. Instead of closing round the -city, they spread over the valley and feasted. -They dreamed of all that they meant to do -instead of doing anything.</p> - -<p>It was autumn, and the weather was warm -and sunny. The vines were heavy with -clusters of grapes. Cattle fed in the pasture -lands and corn grew in the fields. Sometimes -bands of Moslems from the city fell on -the Crusaders as they feasted. Then the -knights mounted and fought, and won great -glory for themselves, but the town was as -safe as ever.</p> - -<p>But when winter came and the camp -<span class="pagenum" id="Page_36">[Pg 36]</span>was a marsh, they saw how foolish it was -to kill all the cattle and feast on corn and -wine, and waste it, when, if they had been -careful, they might have had more than -enough for the wet days of winter, and -might even have been within Antioch.</p> - -<p>Tancred and his men rode far and near to -find food for the army, and then he stood -by in wrath when he saw that the stores he -had fought so hard to win were wasted, as -the fruit of the valley had been. Many men -grew hopeless, and tried to steal away from -the army by night. Tancred was always -ready either to fight or to help. One night -as he watched by the camp, he saw two -figures clambering up the hillside. He -thought he knew one of them. He spurred -his horse up the steep road and caught -them. One was a knight and the other was -Peter the Hermit! He had thought it would -be so simple to win the Holy City, and now -the long waiting and the carelessness of -those around him had sapped all his courage, -and Peter had fled. But when Tancred -<span class="pagenum" id="Page_37">[Pg 37]</span>brought him back, he vowed on the Gospels -that he would never leave the army again -till Jerusalem was won.</p> - -<p>At last the Crusaders did enter Antioch, -but it was not by the strength of their arms. -Tancred’s cousin, Bohemond, made a plot -with one of the tower-keepers of the city. -But when he told the knights of it, he said -that he would not lead them into Antioch -unless they would give it to him to be his -own. At first they would not agree to this. -They did not like his stealthy plans, and -they did not wish him to be Lord of Antioch. -But soon they heard that a Moslem army -was coming to fight with them and to help -Antioch, so they yielded.</p> - -<p>The night on which they chose to enter -was wild and stormy. The knights and -soldiers heard the wind rush down the -valleys. They saw tents and walls and -towers gleam out in the sudden lightning -flashes and then sink into utter darkness -again. The tower-keeper lowered a ladder, -but every one shrank back from it. The -<span class="pagenum" id="Page_38">[Pg 38]</span>Crusaders were warriors, not robbers, and -the storm made it seem as if uncanny powers -of air were fighting against their unsoldierly -deed. Bohemond, however, was not afraid -to be mean. When he saw that no one else -would go, he led the way himself. Sixty -knights followed him. They opened the city -gates, and soon the crusading army rushed -through the streets of Antioch. But the citadel -was so strong and so well defended that -the armies of the knights could not take it.</p> - -<p>The foolish soldiers feasted on the food -they found in the city. They did not know -that the Moslem armies were at their gates -till they saw the horses dashing through the -camp that they had left. In a few days the -food was done. The enemy was in the -citadel and in the valley. Many Crusaders -tried to flee. The others called them rope-dancers -because they slipped from the city -wall on ropes. They were less afraid of the -Turkish army than of famine!</p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 400px;"> -<a id="illo2"><img src="images/i_038.jpg" width="400" alt="Bohemond led the way himself" /></a></div> - -<p class="caption no-indent">Bohemond led the way himself</p> - -<p>The soldiers lost all hope. They hid in -churches and houses. Bohemond burned -<span class="pagenum" id="Page_39">[Pg 39]</span>down the buildings to force them out. But -though the fire drove them to their posts it -could not give them courage.</p> - -<p>The knights were in despair. Tancred had -promised never to leave the army while he -had sixty men to follow him, but few were -so brave as he was. The leaders gathered -to speak of what could be done to save -Antioch and the army from the Moslems. -As they sat and talked, a monk named Peter -Bartholemy stood before them. He had -come so noiselessly that he startled them. -He asked if he might speak. Then he -told them that he had three times seen a -vision of the apostle Andrew, and that he -had said to him:</p> - -<p>‘At Antioch, in the Church of my brother -St. Peter, the head of the lance that pierced -the side of the Redeemer is hid near the high -altar. In three days it will be shown to -those who follow Him. Search, and ye -shall find. Bear it high in battle, and the -sacred weapon shall pierce the souls of the -enemy.’</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum" id="Page_40">[Pg 40]</span></p> - -<p>For two days every one fasted. It was -not difficult to fast in Antioch then. It was -harder almost to eat the tasteless fragments -that were all that could be found. On the -third day men began to dig beside the altar -in St. Peter’s Church.</p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 400px;"> -<a id="illo3"><img src="images/i_040.jpg" width="400" alt="Peter held a lance head high in the air" /></a></div> - -<p class="caption no-indent">Peter held a lance head high in the air</p> - -<p>The diggers were weary, and those who -watched them grew faithless or scornful, for -though the hole grew deeper—six feet, nine -feet, twelve feet—still no one had heard the -clink of the lance-head against the spades. -As evening fell, the monk Peter leapt barefoot -into the hole. His spade sounded with a dull -thud against the earth, but what was that? -The digging ceased. Every one started and -leant forward awe-struck. Peter clambered -up and held a lance-head high in the air. -They wrapt it in cloth of gold and purple, -and all was stir in the army. The news of -what had happened passed like flame from -place to place. Men who had wished to die -were eager and full of hope. The Crusaders -were so sure that they would win, that they -sent Peter the Hermit to the leader of the -<span class="pagenum" id="Page_41">[Pg 41]</span>Moslems to offer to make peace with him. -But he drove Peter the Hermit from him, and -said that they had only to choose between -slavery and death. He did not know how -the thought of the sacred lance had roused -the knights and their followers. When the -trumpets sounded the call to arms he would -scarcely leave the game of chess he was -playing. It was no wonder that he scorned -the army that came out to meet him. Most -of the horses had died in Antioch. Knights -rode from the city gates on camels and on -asses. The foot soldiers were in rags, and -some of them were lame. The Moslems had -set fire to great heaps of hay round the city -walls, and the famished army had to make -its way through these. Hour passed after -hour. It seemed as if even the courage of -faith could not withstand the numbers of -the Turks. But just then three wondrous -knights in white and shining armour appeared. -‘The saints are coming to your -aid.’ ‘St. George!’ ‘St. George!’ The -shouts rang through the camp. The Crusaders<span class="pagenum" id="Page_42">[Pg 42]</span> -rushed wildly on. The Saracens -broke and fled. They were followed by -Tancred and other brave knights until -sunset.</p> - -<p>The armies feasted again and lingered at -Antioch, while the bolder knights longed -and fretted to march for Jerusalem.</p> - -<p>After many delays the Crusaders at length -saw the Holy City rise in the distance. -The sight of it brought out all that was -best in them. Quarrels were forgotten. -The Crusaders were not warriors now, they -were pilgrims. Horsemen and foot-soldiers -threw down their weapons and knelt on -the rocky track. Many strong men wept -as they rose and went towards the city in -joy and awe.</p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 517px;"> -<a id="illo4"><img src="images/i_042.jpg" width="517" alt="They knelt on the rocky track" /></a></div> - -<p class="caption no-indent">They knelt on the rocky track</p> - -<p>A band of Christians from Bethlehem came -to meet them and to plead with them not to -forget the need of the village where Christ -was born in their eagerness to rescue the -town where He died. Tancred went with -them, and a band of brave men followed him. -He surprised the village at night, and the -<span class="pagenum" id="Page_43">[Pg 43]</span>banner of the Cross waved over it in the -morning sunshine. Then he rode back to -join the army that marched towards Jerusalem. -Before night fell again the Crusaders -were encamped before the Holy City. The -soldiers were as eager to attack the city as -the boldest of the knights. Although they -had no engines that were strong enough and -high enough to throw stones into the city, -they tried to take it at once. They were -driven back. But they were not hopeless, -as they had often been before. They planned -how they could best attack it again. To the -south and east of Jerusalem the walls of the -city rise from deep gorges. The Crusaders -could not hope to build engines that would -have power to shoot weapons and stones -across these chasms. So they pitched their -tents only to the north, and to the west -of the city, and laid siege to the walls -from St. Stephen’s gate at the north-east -corner to the Tower of David at the south-west.</p> - -<p>Then the knights looked for wood to -<span class="pagenum" id="Page_44">[Pg 44]</span>make engines and platforms. They broke -through the bands of Saracens who guarded -the roads, and brought tools and food from -ships that had come to Joppa, but still they -looked in vain for trees large enough to -make into battering rams and engines. One -day Tancred and his men saw some trees -in the distance. They looked large and -strong, but he had so often hoped in vain to -find what he wished, that he would scarcely -let himself believe what his eyes saw. This -time his hope was not in vain. When he -reached the trees, he found that they were -truly great forest trees, and though they -were thirty miles from Jerusalem, he and -his men soon cut down as many as were -needed and dragged them to the camp.</p> - -<p>All this time the sun had blazed down -on the crusading army. In the heat and -drought they dared not drink because the -Moslems had poisoned the wells. But -nothing could daunt their courage now, for -the walls of the Holy City rose before them. -The whole army fasted for three days. Then -<span class="pagenum" id="Page_45">[Pg 45]</span>they marched round Jerusalem. Tancred -and some other knights lingered on Mount -Olivet, and thought of what had happened -there hundreds of years ago. On the mountain -there they were standing at about the -same height as the walls of the city on the -other side of the valley, and as they stood, -they saw the Moslems mock them, by -fixing crosses on the ramparts, and flinging -mud at them to show how much -they scorned the Christians and their worship.</p> - -<p>As the knights came back to their camp -the sun set and the Moslem call for prayer -rang out from the minarets of the city. -It was answered by the chant of the -Crusaders, ‘So shall they fear the name of -the Lord from the west, and His glory -from the rising of the sun.’</p> - -<p>During the night the great engines were -drawn close to the city wall. In the dim -light of the morning, huge stones were -shot into the city and showers of arrows -fell within the walls.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum" id="Page_46">[Pg 46]</span></p> - -<p>The Saracens used dreadful weapons. -They poured boiling oil on the Crusaders -and set fire to their engines. The knights -poured vinegar on the blazing towers of -their engines to put out the flames, but -soon they had emptied out every drop -they had. Then they had to watch the -platforms they had built with so much -care fall in blazing ruins and crush the -men on whom they fell. The battle raged -all day. It opened again next morning, -and again the fire of the Saracens burned -the towers of the besiegers. It seemed -as if the Crusaders must fail once more. -But Godfrey saw the glistening armour -of a knight on the mount of Olives. He -shouted,</p> - -<p>‘It is St. George who has come again to -help us.’</p> - -<p>The soldiers dashed once more to their -engines. The wind changed and blew the -flames into the city. That afternoon, -Godfrey stood on the wall of Jerusalem. -He and the knights who were with him -<span class="pagenum" id="Page_47">[Pg 47]</span>hastened to St. Stephen’s Gate and flung it -open.</p> - -<p>‘It is the will of God! It is the will -of God,’ rang through the streets as -the Moslems fled hither and thither for -shelter.</p> - -<p>Tancred rushed into the city. He saw -before him the Mosque of Omar, and marked -it for his own. When he entered it he found -three hundred Moslems who had taken -shelter there amongst the marble pillars. -He promised to spare their lives and gave -them a banner to prove that he meant -to keep his word. But other Crusaders -thought it very wrong of Tancred not to kill -every Moslem, and, in spite of the banner, -they slew all the men whom he had promised -to save. The joy of the taking of Jerusalem -was spoiled for Tancred. His honour had -been set at nought. Still he did not cease -to serve the cause he loved. He shared -the treasure of the Mosque with Godfrey -and with many of the soldiers who had -fought with him. Then he gave what was -<span class="pagenum" id="Page_48">[Pg 48]</span>over to build the Christian churches that -lay in ruins.</p> - -<p>The cross which had been thrown down -and hidden was found. The knights set -it up again in the Church of the Holy -Sepulchre, and other thoughts than war -and bloodshed filled the minds of the -Crusaders. Godfrey flung aside his bloody -sword and armour, clad himself in a robe -of pure white linen, and with bare head and -feet entered the ruined Church of the Holy -Sepulchre. He knelt on the pavement and -kissed the stone of the grave. One after -another the knights followed him. Then the -crowd turned to Peter the Hermit. They -forgot that he had fled from Antioch. He -was the hero of the day again as he had -been in the market-places of the north.</p> - -<p>The knights wished to choose a king. -The choice lay between Tancred and Godfrey. -But Tancred was a warrior; he did -not wish to rule. Godfrey stood alone. -The only thing that his servants could -say against him was that he lingered too -<span class="pagenum" id="Page_49">[Pg 49]</span>long in church, and cared not though they -waited for him nor though his dinner grew -cold.</p> - -<p>Godfrey was chosen king, but when the -crown was brought he refused to wear it. -He said that he would never be crowned -with gold where the Saviour of the world -had worn the crown of thorns. Nor would -he take the title of king. ‘Baron and -Defender of the Holy Sepulchre,’ he called -himself. But others called him Godfrey I., -King of Jerusalem.</p> - -<p>After this the Crusaders left him. Many -of them went home to Europe; others -scattered over the Holy Land.</p> - -<p>Tancred, with three hundred knights and -two thousand foot soldiers, stayed to defend -the new kingdom. Godfrey reigned for less -than a year. His death was a great sorrow -to those who loved Jerusalem. Tancred -lived for twelve years to fight the battles -of the Holy City. He ruled Antioch while -Bohemond was in prison, for he still was -faithful to his cousin, though Bohemond’s -<span class="pagenum" id="Page_50">[Pg 50]</span>aims were low, his hopes selfish, and his -heart cruel.</p> - -<p>Tancred died in the strength of his manhood -from a battle wound. In that rough -time he was one</p> - -<div class="poetry"> - <div class="stanza"> - <div class="verse indent0">‘Than whom ... is no nobler knight,</div> - <div class="verse indent0">More mild in manner, fair in manly bloom,</div> - <div class="verse indent0">Nor more sublimely daring in the fight.’</div> - </div> -</div> - -<hr class="chap x-ebookmaker-drop" /> - -<div class="chapter"> -<p><span class="pagenum" id="Page_51">[Pg 51]</span></p> -<h2 class="nobreak" id="CHAPTER_III">CHAPTER III<br /> -<span class="reduce">HOW THE KINGS FOUGHT FOR GLORY<br /> -AND NOT FOR CHRIST</span></h2></div> - -<p class="no-indent">After Godfrey died many kings reigned in -Jerusalem, but amongst them all there was -not one who was like him. The head of the -Christian Church in the Holy Land was -called the Patriarch of Jerusalem. There -was great power in his hands, and often he -and the king were enemies. Instead of trying -to help one another to make the Christian -power strong, they used each to try to get -all the power away from the other. If it had -not been for two great orders of knights, the -Moslems would soon have swept the new -kingdom away.</p> - -<p>Long before the first Crusade, a hospice -had been built near the Holy Sepulchre. -The Brothers who lived there welcomed -<span class="pagenum" id="Page_52">[Pg 52]</span>pilgrims and were kind to the poor. -At the time of the taking of Jerusalem, -they gave such ready help to the armies of -the Cross that many crusading knights -joined their brotherhood. These men promised -always to fight against the Saracens -and also to seek no wealth for themselves. -They were called the Knights Hospitallers. -They wore a long black robe with five white -crosses on it in time of peace, but in time of -war they wore an upper robe of red with a -silver cross on its shoulder. The knights of -the other order were named Templars. They -wore a long white mantle with a red cross -on the shoulder. In battle they carried a -flag, half white and half black. It meant that -they were simple and frank to Christians, -but dark and fearsome to Moslems. The -Templars were so proud of their vow of -poverty that their seal was two knights on -the back of one horse. But though they -boasted of it they often forgot it in daily -life.</p> - -<p>If King and Patriarch, Hospitallers and -<span class="pagenum" id="Page_53">[Pg 53]</span>Templars, had remembered that white-and-black -banner, and had always been frank -and simple to Christians, nothing could have -stood against them. Instead of that, they -often fought amongst themselves and said -bitter things about each other, and weakened -the kingdom they had vowed to -strengthen.</p> - -<p>In Europe there had been many changes. -The Crusade had done far less for the -Christians in the Holy Land than Peter had -dreamed it would do. But it had done much -for the countries to which the Crusaders -belonged. It had made people think for -themselves.</p> - -<p>But every one did not think that that was -a good thing. Bernard, who preached the -second Crusade, did not think so. He -wished the power of the Church to rule -everything and every one. He was a very -great man, and while he lived kings and -emperors obeyed him, as if they had been -little children. The Pope himself used to -ask him to tell him what he must do. -<span class="pagenum" id="Page_54">[Pg 54]</span>Bernard always knew what he wished, and he -quickly found the best way to gain his ends, -for his heart was simple, and he coveted -no earthly honour nor wealth for himself. -He had become a monk when he was -very young. Though he had been brought -up in great comfort, he only ate coarse bread -soaked in warm water. He was as unwilling -to give pleasure to his mind as to -his body. One time some friends came to -see him and made him smile. He thought -this was a great sin, and he lay before the -altar for twenty-five days praying for pardon.</p> - -<p>When any one wished to enter his order, -he said to them, ‘You must leave your body -outside, only spirits can enter here.’</p> - -<p>Yet though Bernard was a great and -strong man, the Crusade he planned ended -in failure. Thousands of knights and soldiers -died in Asia, and the leaders came back to -Europe with only a handful of the men who -had followed them in the wars.</p> - -<p>Not very long after the return of these -fighting men, a lad named Saladin went -<span class="pagenum" id="Page_55">[Pg 55]</span>to Egypt from Damascus. Saladin liked -pleasure and idleness, and he was very unwilling -to leave his happy home in the north -to go to Egypt to fight under his uncle. -When he was told that he must do this, he -said, ‘I go, but with the despair of a man led -to death.’ The ruler of Egypt had many men -around him who wished for more power and -honour than they had, and he was afraid that -one of them would kill him and take his -place. He saw Saladin, and noticed that he -seemed careless about making a name for -himself, and yet that he was a very great -fighter when he was roused by battle. This -made him wish to have him always with him, -and so Saladin was made ruler of the forces.</p> - -<p>But then a strange change came over -Saladin. He no sooner had charge of men -than he ceased to be a thoughtless lad, and -became a serious leader of armies. Instead -of growing slowly, as most people do, he -seemed to change all at once from a playful, -self-willed child to a strong man, who could -bear all hardships to gain his end. Soon the -<span class="pagenum" id="Page_56">[Pg 56]</span>ruler of Egypt died, and Saladin reigned in -his place. Ere long he was Lord of Bagdad -too, and that meant that he had power over -the whole Moslem world.</p> - -<p>During all this time the kings of Jerusalem -were weak, powerless men. At first Saladin -wished to make a truce with the one who -reigned when he became Lord of Bagdad. -This was not because he had any kind feeling -towards him. He only wished to get -time to make his own kingdom strong ere -he fought for the little belt of Syrian land -that belonged to the Christians. It was the -only bit in all that part of the world that he -did not rule.</p> - -<p>But a noble of the kingdom of Jerusalem, -named the Lord of Carac, broke the truce. -He robbed caravans and killed Moslems -whenever he could. Saladin was very angry. -He could wait no longer, but decided to -fight for Jerusalem at once.</p> - -<p>In the Holy City, jealousy and bitterness -were making strife amongst those who -ought to have been friends. Red cross -<span class="pagenum" id="Page_57">[Pg 57]</span>knights hated white cross knights. When -they did uphold each other it was not in -order to fight the foe, but to fight the priests. -They even shot arrows at them in the streets -of Jerusalem. The priests gathered up the -arrows, laid them out under the open sky, -and prayed that God would punish the -knights. And when the time came to face -Saladin, it was not possible to get the -Christian army to fight as one man.</p> - -<p>The Saracens took the town of Tiberias -on the Lake of Galilee. The news of this -was brought to the King of Jerusalem as he -rode out to meet Saladin. Count Raymond, -in whose land Tiberias was, rode beside the -king. The Count’s wife and children were -in the town, but yet Raymond said:</p> - -<p>‘This army is all we have: if we lose it, -the Holy City will be lost. Let us go to -some place where Saladin will have to attack -us, where we shall hold the fortress instead -of attacking him. I would rather lose this -country and all that I possess, if by that I -might save the Holy City.’</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum" id="Page_58">[Pg 58]</span></p> - -<p>But the other knights made the king -believe that Raymond said this because he -was really on Saladin’s side, and wished him -to win. The king yielded to them, and the -army marched forward to Tiberias. When -they reached the town, they found that all the -heights on the hills round it were fortified. -For two days a terrible battle raged. -The Moslems even were astonished at the -brave way the crusading army fought to -save the wood of the true Cross which they -had carried into the fight. They said that -‘the knights flew round it like moths round -a candle.’</p> - -<p>But at last the bishop who bore it was -killed, and the Cross was carried to Saladin’s -camp. When the Crusaders raised the body -of the dead bishop they found that he had -worn a coat of mail under his robe, and they -thought that it was because of his want of -faith that they had lost the battle, for always -before, the bearer of the Cross had gone unarmed -into battle.</p> - -<p>When the Cross was taken, the crusading -<span class="pagenum" id="Page_59">[Pg 59]</span>army lost all courage. One after another of -the leaders was taken prisoner. Count Raymond -escaped, but soon he died of misery -for a lost cause and a lost home.</p> - -<p>When the king and the Lord of Carac -were brought before Saladin the Moslem -welcomed the king kindly. He offered him -a great goblet full of cool wine. The king -was hot and faint from battle. The wine -was pleasant to him, and it made him hope -for kindness from Saladin.</p> - -<p>The king drank. Then he passed the -goblet to the Lord of Carac, but Saladin -seized his arm.</p> - -<p>‘That traitor shall not drink in my presence,’ -he shouted.</p> - -<p>The count looked at him with scorn, and -made his rage hotter by acting as boldly as -if he had been a free man in his own castle.</p> - -<p>‘Choose between the Moslem faith and -death!’ said Saladin. Carac had not been -true to the truce, but he would not give up -his loyalty to the Crusaders in order to save -his life. Quick as thought the scimitar of a -<span class="pagenum" id="Page_60">[Pg 60]</span>Turkish soldier severed the head of the -count from his body, which fell lifeless at the -feet of the king. Then the captive knights -were led in.</p> - -<p>‘Slay every one his man. I will rid the -earth of these unclean races,’ said Saladin to -his warriors. They hung back. The knights -were prisoners of war and unarmed, and the -Moslem soldiers did not wish to butcher -them. But Saladin would not listen even to -his own soldiers when they asked him to -spare his captives. They had to do his will, -and knight after knight fell dead before the -king.</p> - -<p>After these terrible days Saladin went with -haste to Jerusalem. He sent this message -to the Christians in the city:</p> - -<p>‘I, as well as you, count Jerusalem to be -the house of God; I will not defile it with -blood if I can gain it by peace and love. -Give it up, and I will give you freedom to go -where you will, and as much land as you -can till.’</p> - -<p>But they answered:</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum" id="Page_61">[Pg 61]</span></p> - -<p>‘We cannot yield the city in which our -God died. Still less can we sell it to you.’</p> - -<p>By and by, when they saw that they could -not hold out against Saladin, they offered to -agree to what he had said.</p> - -<p>‘It is too late,’ replied Saladin; ‘look at my -yellow banners floating from the wall!’ He -did not know how brave the men were. -When they heard his answer they sent this -message:</p> - -<p>‘Very well, we will destroy the city. Your -mosque and the stone of Jacob which you -worship shall be made into dust. Five -thousand Moslem prisoners shall be slain. -Then we will kill our wives and our children, -and march out to you with fire and sword. -Not one of us will die till ten Moslems lie -slain by his sword.’</p> - -<p>When Saladin heard these threats, he said -he would let each citizen who could pay for -his ransom go free.</p> - -<p>On the day on which the Christians were -to leave Jerusalem, Saladin sat on a throne -and watched the stream of people press -<span class="pagenum" id="Page_62">[Pg 62]</span>out of the gate. First came the priests. -They bore the Communion vessels and the -ornaments of the Church of the Holy -Sepulchre. Then the queen came, and -with her a band of nobles, and then the -great crowd of people. They were very sad. -They were leaving their homes and their -city, and some of them were leaving friends -for whom no ransom money could be found. -Now and again the line was broken and -some one took courage to fall before the -Sultan to beg for the freedom of husband or of -children who had been left behind. Saladin -and his brother paid the ransom money for -thousands, and only a small band stayed to -be the slaves of the Moslems.</p> - -<p>The saddened Christians were gone from -the streets of the Holy City, and a crowd of -joyous and excited people surged everywhere. -Jerusalem was nearly as sacred to -the Moslems as to those they had conquered. -They hurled down a great cross -from the dome above which it stood. -They washed the mosque of Omar within -<span class="pagenum" id="Page_63">[Pg 63]</span>and without with rosewater, that no Christian -dust even might lie on the walls or -floors. Allah is the name by which Moslems -speak of God, and Saladin was welcomed -everywhere as ‘the bright star of Allah.’</p> - -<p>When the news of the fall of Jerusalem -reached Europe, the grief was terrible. The -Pope died of sorrow. The royal courts went -into mourning. The priests veiled the -statues in the churches. Songs of love and -chivalry were forgotten, and the minstrels -sang only of the captured city.</p> - -<p>Three great kings vowed to regain the -Holy City. They were King Richard of -England, King Philip of France, and the -Emperor Frederick of Germany. The -emperor was the first to set out. He is -called ‘Barbarossa,’ because that means -‘red beard,’ and he had a great red beard. -He had an army of strong warriors. His -men loved him, and they did what he bade -them without a murmur. He never allowed -them to idle away their time or to grow soft -and lazy after a victory, but swept them on -<span class="pagenum" id="Page_64">[Pg 64]</span>in perfect order from battle to battle and -carried all before him. The news of his -great march came to Saladin, and even he -feared lest his armies might not be able to -face so great a band of warriors. But one -day as Frederick rested on the banks of -a river that flowed through the country -north of the Holy Land, he longed to bathe -in the cool stream. He plunged in, but -something stunned him, and the great -Emperor Barbarossa was drawn up on the -bank only to die. He was buried in the -Crusader Church at Tyre. But his people in -Germany could not believe that he was dead. -They made this beautiful legend about him. -They said he had been borne from the -East by magic, and that he lies in a great -hall in Germany and waits there until his -country needs him. When her need is -greatest he will waken, they say, and burst -the doors of his prison and come to save her. -But no one has seen the red glow of Barbarossa’s -beard in the dimly lighted hall, nor -has any one found the castle in which he lies.</p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 563px;"> -<a id="illo5"><img src="images/i_064.jpg" width="563" alt="Barbarossa waits until his country needs him" /></a></div> - -<p class="caption no-indent">Barbarossa waits until his country needs him</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum" id="Page_65">[Pg 65]</span></p> - -<p>Many soldiers in France and England grew -weary of waiting for their kings, and hastened -to fight under the banner of the King of -Jerusalem.</p> - -<p>When at length King Philip and King -Richard set out, they were stayed by a storm -at an island on their way to the Holy Land. -They spent the winter there, but they lost -much more than time. For years they had -been friends, but now that they had set out -on the same quest, they quarrelled so fiercely, -that though they both did many brave -deeds, all were marred by the bitter hatred -and jealousy that had sprung up between -them.</p> - -<p>When Philip reached the Christian armies, -he found that they were laying siege to Acre. -They were in great danger. Their camp -lay round the landward walls of the city. -But beyond their tents lay the Moslem -camp, and when the knights attacked Acre, -bands of their foes could rush on the camp -and destroy those who were left to guard it. -The sails of Philip’s fleet were seen with -<span class="pagenum" id="Page_66">[Pg 66]</span>joy by the crusading army, but when he landed -he said he would not fight till Richard came. -Even when at length both kings were in the -camp, the whole force would not fight together. -Richard was so much afraid that -Philip’s army would be praised for what the -English knights had done, and Philip was so -much afraid that England would be praised -for the brave deeds of the French, that when -the one king fought, the other looked on!</p> - -<p>Sometimes days and even weeks passed -with no fighting. And during those times -of peace, the two Christian kings were more -friendly with Saladin than they were with -each other. Once they both lay ill. Each -of them thought that perhaps the other had -sent poison to him and caused his illness, but -they both took food and doctors from Saladin -without fear. In times of peace too, the -warriors from the Moslem camp and the -crusading knights held tournaments and -dances in the open spaces between the tents. -And even in battle, signs of the strange -friendship were seen, for Saladin rode into -<span class="pagenum" id="Page_67">[Pg 67]</span>the fight with the badge of chivalry on his -breast.</p> - -<p>The common soldiers did not know what -to think. They had come with their lords to -fight for the Holy City and to help Christians -who were in misery, and their masters seemed -far more eager to give gifts to the Moslem -leaders and to do great deeds of daring than -to take Jerusalem.</p> - -<p>But though Richard and Philip forgot to -fight only for the relief of Christians, Saladin -did not forget that he meant to rid the land -of Christians. He admired the brave deeds -of Richard, but he meant to drive Richard -from his land.</p> - -<p>After two years, Acre fell into the hands of -the crusading armies. The knights wished -to make Saladin promise to give back the -wood of the true cross. Those who really -cared about winning the land back for the -kingdom of Jerusalem, thought that the loss -of this precious relic had been the cause of -all their trouble. People believed very queer -things in those days, and one of the things -<span class="pagenum" id="Page_68">[Pg 68]</span>they believed was that all over Europe, since -the wood of the true cross had been taken -from the bishop at Tiberias, babies had only -had twenty-two teeth instead of thirty-two. -But Richard himself did not care very much -about the wood of the true cross, so he let -the Moslems keep it.</p> - -<p>Saladin was very angry when other people -did not keep their promises, but he was in -no haste to pay the ransom he had said he -would give if those who lived in Acre were -set free. Richard was so angry at the delay -that he slew five thousand prisoners. Philip -was longing to go back to France, and he -made this cruel act of Richard’s his excuse. -About this time Richard offended two other -warriors. He vexed a noble called Conrade, -and he tore down the standard of -Leopold of Austria. Philip sailed away, and -the other two nobles allowed Richard to -stand alone as the leader of the crusading -army, but they never forgot his pride and -wilfulness.</p> - -<p>As he led his forces south towards Jerusalem<span class="pagenum" id="Page_69">[Pg 69]</span> -a host of Saracens met them. There -seemed no hope of victory or even of safety, -but the thought that the Holy City was -near, made the Crusaders fight with all -their might, and the foe fled before them. -While they were rejoicing in this, another -Moslem army swept down on them and all -seemed lost, when Richard galloped to the -head of his men, and once more the Christians -won the field.</p> - -<p>Though King Richard was a great warrior, -and though sometimes the thought -of Jerusalem made him wish nothing so -much as that he might win it from the -Saracens, he did not always care to be true -to his vows. After this victory he made a -gay court for himself at a town called Joppa. -He rode out to hunt and to seek adventures. -Sometimes he was nearly killed. Once he -was in the midst of a band of Saracens. -They were going to make him prisoner -when a French knight who was with him, -shouted:</p> - -<p>‘Spare me! I am the king!’</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum" id="Page_70">[Pg 70]</span></p> - -<p>He only said that to let the king go -free. The Saracens rushed at the knight, -and the king rode off safely.</p> - -<p>Another time Richard saw the enemy come -down and attack a small band of knights -who had ridden out to seek food for their -horses. He saw that they were in danger, -and he leapt on to his horse and galloped -across the plain. Those who had been with -him hastened to follow him, but when they -saw how many Saracens there were, they -begged him to turn and leave the knights -to be taken. He was full of anger and, turning -to them, he said:</p> - -<p>‘How could I ever bear the name of king -again if I left my followers to die without -help.’</p> - -<p>He rushed at the foe. The knights, who -had been taken by surprise, felt new courage -rise when they saw the king. He and they -slashed right and left with their swords, and -ere long Richard led the whole party joyously -back to the camp at Joppa.</p> - -<p>While the Crusaders lived in this gay court, -<span class="pagenum" id="Page_71">[Pg 71]</span>the Christians at Jerusalem, whom they had -vowed to help, were hard at work building -walls and fortresses, for Saladin wished to -make Jerusalem so strong that even Richard -could not take it, so he made the Christians -who were in his power build the walls that -were to keep their friends from helping -them.</p> - -<p>After feasting at Joppa, Richard led his -army to Ascalon. He hoped to capture the -town and all the great forts that had been -built there, for Ascalon was one of the -strongest fortresses in the land. When the -army came near the town, the faces of the -leaders fell, for Ascalon was only a heap of -ruins. Saladin could not spare men to defend -it, and instead of trying to hold it he -made his men pull down stone from stone, -that no one else might find safety within -it. It grieved him to do this, and he said -that he would rather that one of his sons -had died than that the fortress should be -thrown down. But he was not like Richard, -who sometimes wished one thing and sometimes<span class="pagenum" id="Page_72">[Pg 72]</span> -another. He wished only one thing, -and that was that every crusading knight -should either die or leave the Holy Land. -So though it hurt him to destroy the -strong towers and walls of Ascalon, he -did it.</p> - -<p>When Richard saw the ruins, he cast aside -his armour, and set himself to heave the -great stones from the heaps where they lay, -and to build them again into defences. -Knights and soldiers did as they saw their -leader do, and soon the walls began to rise -again. For a short time all went well, but -then some of the nobles grew weary of -such heavy work when it had none of the -glamour of war to make up for the hardship. -The first to throw down his building tools -was Leopold, whose banner Richard had -torn down at Acre. He turned away with -anger, and said:</p> - -<p>‘I am not a carpenter nor yet a mason.’</p> - -<p>Others did as he had done, and looked on -with scorn on those who still worked with -Richard. Even amongst those who were -<span class="pagenum" id="Page_73">[Pg 73]</span>not idle there were many who longed to -hasten on to Jerusalem. They knew that even -the great Saladin feared to meet Richard -with his armies. The courage of the English -king was as highly thought of in the -Saracen camp as in his own. It was said -that the manes of the Arab horses bristled -when Richard’s name was spoken, and that, -if a rider in the Holy Land felt his horse -start beneath him, he would say:</p> - -<p>‘Dost see King Richard in that bush?’</p> - -<p>It was no wonder that the armies, who -had suffered so much to win the Holy City, -should grieve that Richard would not march -upon it. At last he yielded to their wishes, -and he and his knights swept across the -country towards Jerusalem. All was joyous -and cheerful. The heralds shouted the old -call, ‘Save the Holy Sepulchre!’ and it -seemed as if once more the Banner of the -Cross would wave over the city where Christ -died. Saladin withdrew into the city. Each -new messenger told of the fear and dread -that was in the Saracen camp, and the -<span class="pagenum" id="Page_74">[Pg 74]</span>army of the Cross marched forward with -high hopes.</p> - -<p>But amongst those who were nearest to -Richard, there were some who urged him to -turn back. They said that even if Jerusalem -were taken by them they could not hold it. -Richard listened to them. He wavered. His -army looked eagerly towards the city whose -towers and domes rose dimly into sight in -the distance. He gave one longing look, -and turned his back on Jerusalem.</p> - -<p>But though Richard turned away towards -the sea, he was scarcely less vexed than his -army. He was more enraged against the -Saracens than he had ever been, and from -this time onward he fought with even more -reckless courage than before. He took ship -from Acre and sailed along the coast to Joppa. -But ere his ships entered the harbour, the -Saracens seized the town. Richard could -not wait till his vessel reached the harbour. -He plunged into the water, landed, and -rushed at the enemy with his brave knights -close behind him. The Saracens fled. Within -<span class="pagenum" id="Page_75">[Pg 75]</span>three days they came back, and Richard was -roused from his sleep by the cry,</p> - -<p>‘To arms!’</p> - -<p>There was no time to put on armour. -There was scarcely time even to dress. As -Richard sprang into the saddle, he shouted:</p> - -<p>‘Fight like men whose only hope is in -courage. Verily, I myself shall sever the -head of him who fails in his duty.’</p> - -<p>The great host of the Saracens rushed on. -Trumpets pealed, and banners streamed in -the air. There seemed no hope for the small -band of knights. But the lion-hearted king -was with the knights, and victory followed -his sword. Men could scarcely believe that -he was human, for wherever the battle was -hottest Richard seemed to spring from the -ground. Once it seemed as if he were lost -among the Saracens. Fear filled the hearts -of his men, when suddenly Richard rode -towards them from the ranks of the foe. -He was mounted on a horse they had not -seen before. His own had fallen under him, -and the brother of Saladin had sent two to -<span class="pagenum" id="Page_76">[Pg 76]</span>him in the midst of the battle, because he -thought him so brave and so great a warrior -that he could not bear to see him fight on -foot. The Crusaders won the day, but as -they returned to the camp they found another -battle before them. The foe had entered the -city. The day had been long and hard, but -the spirit of the knights was strong and -fearless, and soon they were masters of -Joppa again. When all was over they -gazed at each other. It did not seem possible -even to themselves that they had won -so great a victory. Hundreds of Saracens -lay dead on the plain and only one knight -had fallen.</p> - -<p>But Richard was eager to return to England. -He wished to make peace. Saladin -did not wish for peace. He wished to sweep -every Christian from his land. But his -officers thought that if Richard would only -leave the land they would not fear the other -Crusaders, and they thought he would go at -once if Saladin made peace with him. When -the peace was made, it was agreed that -<span class="pagenum" id="Page_77">[Pg 77]</span>many seaport towns should belong to the -Christians, and that all might go to Jerusalem -to visit the holy places there. In -order that the promises that were made -might be as sacred to one side as to the other, -they were made in presence of the Bible and -of the Koran, for the Koran was as holy to -the Saracens as the Bible was to the Christian -army.</p> - -<p>Richard had been eager to make peace, -but when the moment came when he had to -leave the Holy Land, it seemed as if his heart -would break. Although there were some in -the army who did not trust him, and some -who envied him, there were many hundreds -who loved him so much that they did not -care to serve under any other leader. They -gathered round him weeping, and watched -him step on to the vessel. As the king looked -back over the land he had hoped to win, -he said:</p> - -<p>‘O Holy Land! God bless thy people and -grant that I may come again to visit and -help thee!’</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum" id="Page_78">[Pg 78]</span></p> - -<p>Richard did not care to go through France -on his way home, because he had made -Philip so bitter an enemy. He tried to make -his way across Europe further west and -north. Sometimes he dressed as a pilgrim, -sometimes as a merchant. But he had been -too long a great king to find it easy to act -like any one else.</p> - -<p>In one place he had to ask a count to -allow him to pass from one land to another. -He called himself the merchant Hugo, and -sent a squire to ask for leave to go on. He -told him to offer a costly ruby ring to the -count to whom he was sent. But the count -was a friend of one of Richard’s foes. He had -heard much about the wars, and he at once -thought that this great ruby ring could only -belong to the King of England. He sent -back the ring with a kind message, but -though he promised to do as he had been -asked, he laid plans to capture the merchant -Hugo! Richard escaped as a pilgrim, but -even after that he would not be wise, for -even in a pilgrim’s dress he went on wearing -<span class="pagenum" id="Page_79">[Pg 79]</span>a great ring on his finger, and he let his -squire go to market-places with a purse full -of coins that came from the Holy Land. The -lad boasted of them, and showed them to -those who gathered round him. Then, when -it was too late, he saw what he had done -and ran to warn his master, but Richard -would not flee. He was taken prisoner by -Leopold, whose banner he had torn down -from the walls of Acre, and who had been -the first to throw away his building tools at -Ascalon.</p> - -<p>The people of England longed to see him. -They had heard how brave he had been in -battle. They loved the thought of him, but -what could they do to save him? They did -not know where he was. The story of the -way in which they found out is a strange -one. Before the king went to the Holy -Land, he and his minstrel Blondel had made -a little song which they sang verse about. -Blondel loved Richard greatly, and he set -out to search for him. He asked where -Richard had last been seen. Then he went -<span class="pagenum" id="Page_80">[Pg 80]</span>from village to village. If a castle stood in -sight, he asked if any prisoner lay there. If -there was one, he tried to find out what kind -of a man he was. Once he was in great excitement. -The villagers near a castle told -him of a prisoner who seemed to be a man -like King Richard. But Blondel wished to -be certain that he was right before he went -back to England. When he was sure that -no one saw him he ran to the castle. He -looked at all sides of it till he thought he -knew where the dungeon was. Then he -sang some lines of the old song. His voice -was broken and shaky, and when he stopped -and waited he could scarcely breathe, he was -so eager to know if anything would happen. -Something did happen. Richard’s voice -from within the castle carried on the song.</p> - -<p>When Blondel reached England and told -where the king lay a prisoner, he soon roused -the people to give a great sum of money in -return for his freedom.</p> - -<p>Before Richard had landed in England, -Saladin lay dead. As the Christian pilgrims -<span class="pagenum" id="Page_81">[Pg 81]</span>longed to go to Jerusalem, so he had longed to -go to Mecca, for that is the holiest city in the -world to those who follow the prophet. But -Saladin was too ill to go to Mecca. When -he lay dying in Damascus, he sent his heralds -out to go through the streets of the city. -As they marched, no banners were to stream -behind them. Instead of a banner the -shroud he was soon to need was borne -along beside them, while they shouted as -he bade them:</p> - -<p>‘This, this is all that remains of the glory -of Saladin who conquered the East!’</p> - -<hr class="chap x-ebookmaker-drop" /> - -<div class="chapter"> -<p><span class="pagenum" id="Page_82">[Pg 82]</span></p> -<h2 class="nobreak" id="CHAPTER_IV">CHAPTER IV<br /> -<span class="reduce">HOW FREDERICK CAME TO HIS KINGDOM</span></h2></div> - -<p class="no-indent">The kingdom of Jerusalem was in dire need -of help. But all the powerful people in -Europe were busy fighting with each other. -Once the thought of the Crusades had been -enough to stir every heart, now the great -wars had become the games of children. -In the villages, children played at sieges -and battles. The priests still longed to -see the Holy City the centre of a strong -kingdom. They spoke to kings and nobles, -and pled with them to go forth bravely as -others had done to win renown in wars of -the Cross. But no one heeded them. They -watched the children playing at war, and the -thought came that if the men would not go, -the children might. It was many years since -<span class="pagenum2" id="Page_83">[Pg 83]</span>Richard and Philip had set forth, and men -had a little forgotten how hard the way was. -Besides, some people thought that if children -left their homes and all the ease of life to fight -in a holy war, God would give them the -strength of men, and would make everything -easy before them. So when the warriors -would not listen, the priests preached -to the children. They told them that a dry -pathway would be made through the great -sea, and that the children would have the -strength of heaven in their arms. And the -children listened and followed the preachers. -Here and there a lad knew what the priest -meant and believed what he said, and caught -sight of the grand dream that had made -Tancred and Godfrey leave all for Jerusalem -so long before. But most of the children -knew but little of what they wished or of -what a Crusade meant. They had played at -battles till they liked nothing else so much, -and now they ran and danced along through -the villages of Europe as merrily as if they -had only been going to see a fair in the -<span class="pagenum2" id="Page_84">[Pg 84]</span>nearest town. Mothers and fathers pled -with them to stay. They tried to keep them -back by force. But they had only one -answer:</p> - -<p>‘To Jerusalem.’</p> - -<p>When they reached the shore, the waves -on the beach broke against their feet -quietly and steadily. No path opened before -them. Those who tried to wade in soon -scrambled back to land. They had neither -money nor food. They were a sorrowful -band, and kind people in Italy drew those -who would come into their homes, and -allowed them to grow up amongst their own -children. But there were many who would -neither go back to their own lands nor stay -in Italy. They wandered by the shore and -dreamed of the Holy City. Then they heard -of ships that were to sail to the south. The -captains offered to take the little Crusaders -to the Holy Land without payment. The -children crowded on to the vessels, and -thought that now at last they were on the -way to save Jerusalem. But ere many days -<span class="pagenum" id="Page_85">[Pg 85]</span>had gone by they looked at each other with -sad and frightened faces. The captains were -wicked, cruel men, and the little children -were sold as slaves.</p> - -<p>Though the children fought no battle, the -story of their sorrows roused Europe to -a new Crusade. This time the armies tried -to reach Jerusalem from the South. They -landed in Egypt at the mouth of the Nile, -and took the town of Damietta. But they -were not strong enough to drive the enemy -away from their camp beside the city. Every -day the two forces fought with each other. -Besides those who fell in battle, hundreds of -warriors were drowned in the Nile. In each -camp envy and spite were dividing those -who ought to have thought only of the cause -for which they fought. Into the midst of all -this hatred a strange figure came. It was -the figure of St. Francis. He was very unlike -all others in the crusading camp, for he -did not come to fight, but only to help and -to love. He nursed the sick and wounded by -day and by night, and as he went from tent -<span class="pagenum" id="Page_86">[Pg 86]</span>to tent the rough soldiers looked at him with -awe. His body was worn and spent, yet he -never showed that he was tired. It seemed -as if he could make himself do whatever he -willed to do, even when it was something -that men thought impossible.</p> - -<p>As he went through the camp, he often -looked across to the Saracen tents.</p> - -<p>‘If they only knew,’ he thought.</p> - -<p>He wished to tell them about Jesus Christ. -He did not think that any one who knew -about Him could do anything but love and -serve Him. The longing to tell them grew -so strong that he could not stay. He went -alone to the enemies’ camp and entered the -sultan’s tent. He told him of Jesus Christ -and of the Christian faith, but the sultan -listened carelessly. He was not moved by -the passionate words of St. Francis, who -grew more and more eager.</p> - -<p>‘Test what I say by fire,’ he said. ‘Choose -the most faithful follower of your prophet, -and he and I will walk through fire together. -Then you will know that the one whom the -<span class="pagenum" id="Page_87">[Pg 87]</span>flames do not hurt is the one that God -owns.’</p> - -<p>The sultan looked at him. He thought -that the Christian monk was mad. He -would not hear of sending one of his men to -walk through fire. But Francis tried once -more to win his Church’s enemy.</p> - -<p>‘I will pass alone through the fire,’ he said, -‘if you will promise to worship Christ if I -am not burned.’</p> - -<p>The sultan would not promise, and the -Saracen soldiers shouted, ‘Behead him, behead -him!’</p> - -<p>But the sultan was not angry with him; -He liked him because of his courage, and -though he would not do what Francis wished, -he offered him many costly gifts. Francis -would not take one. They had no charm for -him. He had vowed to be poor all his life.</p> - -<p>He was very sad as he left the camp. He -had been so eager to win the Saracens by -love, to believe in Christ, and they would not -even think of what he said to them.</p> - -<p>All who joined this Crusade were not -<span class="pagenum" id="Page_88">[Pg 88]</span>like Francis in their thoughts and wishes. -Frederick, Emperor of Germany and King of -Italy, was very unlike the gentle monk. He -had married the daughter of the Queen of -Jerusalem, and called himself King of -Jerusalem, although his father-in-law was -still alive. He wished to reign over the -Holy Land, but he liked the ease of his court -too well to be in haste to fight. He had -friends, too, amongst the Saracens, so though -the Pope bade him set forth on the Crusade, -he always found an excuse for delay. At last -he did sail, but he became ill and landed -again in three days.</p> - -<p>The Pope was so angry that he preached -against him. He said that the illness was -not real.</p> - -<p>The clergy and the Pope stood round the -altar in the great cathedral at Rome. The -bells clanged above. Each man except the -Pope carried a lighted torch. After the Pope -had spoken of all the wrong things the -emperor had done he paused. Then in the -dim light he prayed that God would curse -<span class="pagenum" id="Page_89">[Pg 89]</span>Frederick. As he prayed, the clergy lowered -the torches and dashed out their flames -against the stone floor to show the darkness -in which they wished that Frederick’s soul -might be.</p> - -<p>All this was told to Frederick. He was -terribly angry. He had not cared much about -the Crusade before, but now that the Pope had -cursed him, he made up his mind that come -what might he would reign in Jerusalem.</p> - -<p>He set sail once more, but while he went -slowly with his heavy war ships towards -Acre, a swift ship passed his fleet. It reached -the Holy Land long before he did, and two -monks who had sailed in it, and who had -been sent by the Pope, raised the Christians -against him. When he landed, no welcome -waited him, though he had come to fight -for the kingdom of Jerusalem against the -Saracens. Although the knights would not -serve under him, yet nothing could daunt -him. He had learned the language of the -Saracens, so when the Christians would not -own him he planned a treaty with their foes. -<span class="pagenum" id="Page_90">[Pg 90]</span>The sultan promised to give up Bethlehem, -Nazareth, and the whole of the city of -Jerusalem except the part where the mosque -of the prophet had stood for ten years. But -though this pleased the sultan and Frederick, -it did not please any one else. The Saracens -were angry that the Holy City had been -given to the Crusaders. The Pope and the -Christians were angry that the worship of -the prophet should have any place within -Jerusalem. The Pope was still more enraged -to think that the man that he had -cursed would be king in Jerusalem.</p> - -<p>For years the Pope had been urging his -people to go on pilgrimage to Jerusalem. -Many had hastened to the Holy Land, and -thought gladly now that they could do as -they had vowed, but the Pope sent messages -from Rome that no one who cared for his -wishes was even to pray at the Holy -Sepulchre.</p> - -<p>Frederick entered Jerusalem. He passed -through empty streets, for priests and men -and women fled from him.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum" id="Page_91">[Pg 91]</span></p> - -<p>He marched to the Church of the Holy -Sepulchre followed by a small band of his -warriors. He entered the empty church. -He saw that the images of the apostles were -veiled, and that no priest stood by the altar. -No sound of music or of song rose on the -air. Only the armour of the soldiers clanked -on the pavement, and the step of Frederick -rang hard and sharp as he strode to the -altar.</p> - -<p>He lifted the crown that lay there and -placed it on his head, but none save the -handful of knights who followed him owned -him King of Jerusalem.</p> - -<p>Frederick did not long enjoy even this -empty title of king. He went back to -Europe, and ere long Jerusalem was taken -by other victors than either sultan or -emperor.</p> - -<hr class="chap x-ebookmaker-drop" /> - -<div class="chapter"> -<p><span class="pagenum" id="Page_92">[Pg 92]</span></p> -<h2 class="nobreak" id="CHAPTER_V">CHAPTER V<br /> -<span class="reduce">HOW LOUIS THOUGHT DEATH<br /> -A LITTLE THING</span></h2></div> - -<p class="no-indent">Before the first Crusade, the Turks had -poured westward to Palestine. Now before -the last Crusade, another wild and fierce race -swept down from China on Europe. They -were called Tartars, and the terror of them -spread to far countries. Villagers in France -and Italy pointed to curious clouds in the -sky, and turned pale; they thought them a -sign that the monsters called Tartars were -coming. Men and women cowered away -in terror at the sight of a forest fire; they -thought the Tartars had kindled it.</p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 528px;"> -<a id="illo6"><img src="images/i_092.jpg" width="528" alt="A wild and fierce race called Tartars" /></a></div> - -<p class="caption no-indent">A wild and fierce race called Tartars</p> - -<p>Such a tribe swept over the Holy Land: -and Moslem and Christian joined together -to fight the terrible foe. But even though -they fought side by side, they could not turn -<span class="pagenum" id="Page_93">[Pg 93]</span>the fierce warriors back. On and on they -came till their horses dashed up the streets -of Jerusalem. The city was empty. Every -one had fled. But the victors were cruel -men, they wished to kill their foes as well as -to take the city. They flung the banner of -the cross out against the sky, and rang glad -peals on the bells of the Christian churches. -In the caves and amongst the rocks round -Jerusalem hundreds of people were hiding. -They heard the bells, and peered out to see -what had happened. They saw no foeman’s -flag, but their own banner waving. The -news spread from rock to rock and from cave -to cave. Crowds of joyful people hurried -back to their city and to their homes. But -the pealing bells and the floating banners -drew them on only to death. The enemy -waited till all were either within the gates or -close to them. Then they fell on them and -killed them.</p> - -<p>At this time King Louis of France was a -young man of twenty-six. His father had -died when he was ten. Since that time, his -<span class="pagenum" id="Page_94">[Pg 94]</span>mother, Queen Blanche, had guarded his -lands and had trained him to be a good -and true man. She was a wise woman, and -strong and beautiful. She was kind too, -and she charmed those whom she ruled.</p> - -<p>Louis was a handsome young king, fair -and slight. His long hair flowed over his -shoulders. He did not care to wear gay -clothes, for he was prouder of the coarse -hair shirt which he wore under his armour -than of all his royal robes. To all who met -him, he was gentle and courteous.</p> - -<p>Once he was very ill. His nobles stood -round his bed. They thought he was dead. -Suddenly he spoke in a hollow voice. He -bade the Bishop of Paris fasten the cross of -the Holy War on his shoulder.</p> - -<p>When he was well again many of his -people wished him to stay in France and -rule them, for Louis thought of many things -that would help the people of his land. He -made good laws, and he was just and -kind. Those who wished him to stay at -home said that he need not keep the promise -<span class="pagenum" id="Page_95">[Pg 95]</span>he had made to go to fight in Palestine, -because he was so ill when he made it that -perhaps he did not know what he said. -When this was said to Louis, the Bishop of -Paris chanced to be beside him again. The -king snatched the cross from his shoulder -and gave it to the bishop. Then he said:</p> - -<p>‘Now at least, I am in my senses, and I -vow that no food shall enter my lips till the -cross is again on my shoulder.’</p> - -<p>So they knew that they need not urge him -again to stay.</p> - -<p>It was Christmas Eve. The king sat in -a dimly lighted hall. The nobles of the court -were called to him that he might fulfil an old -French custom of mantle-giving. It was an -honour to be called, and each man went up -gladly to the king and felt a thrill of pleasure -as the folds of the mantle fell from his -shoulders. The nobles went from the king’s -presence into the chapel for the Christmas -Eve service. As the bright light fell on the -new cloaks, the knights started in surprise. -The Cross of the Holy War had been fastened -<span class="pagenum" id="Page_96">[Pg 96]</span>to each mantle. Each man saw it on his -neighbour. Then he looked at his own -robe and saw it there. Some smiled; -some shrank from the vow; but the king’s -will was law, and his nobles made ready -to sail.</p> - -<p>In this crusade there were no gay robes -nor jewelled bridles. Nor were there any -ragged camp followers. Louis’s army was -made up of strong workmen and nobles.</p> - -<p>The wild warrior tribe that had so cruelly -killed the people of Jerusalem had left the -land again and once more the Holy City was in -the hands of the Sultan of Egypt. Louis -hoped to surprise him and to attack him at -the mouth of the Nile, but the Egyptian heard -that he was coming and was ready to meet -him. He brought a fleet of ships down the -Nile and he lined the shores with armies.</p> - -<p>When the two fleets met, the ships spread -over miles of water. Close to the shore the -fleet of Egypt lay. In a half-circle round it -the crusading vessels gleamed in the sunshine, -and the banner of the Cross waved from -<span class="pagenum" id="Page_97">[Pg 97]</span>each topmast. Away out to sea one ship lay -alone. From it, Queen Marguerite, the wife -of Louis, watched the battle.</p> - -<p>In the morning, the knights who were to -fight on shore led their horses on planks -from the great warships to the barges that -lay alongside. The horses lurched and -plunged in the unsteady boats, and the clang -of their armour rang out across the water. -All was noise and clamour. Hundreds of -rowers bent to the oars. The barges -bounded forward. Suddenly the sunlight -was darkened. Spears and arrows from the -Egyptian army flew so thick around the -Crusaders that they could not see the sky. -The rowers flagged. But the voice of Louis -rang out to cheer them, and they bent to the -oars with greater strength than ever. As -the boat that bore the king touched the -ground, Louis leapt into the water though -it reached to his shoulder, and dashed -through it sword in hand. Nobles and men -followed him. The army that lined the shore -broke its ranks and fled. But almost before -<span class="pagenum" id="Page_98">[Pg 98]</span>the Crusaders could form in line, the horse -soldiers of the Moslem army swept down on -them from the desert.</p> - -<p>Louis was so calm that he knelt for a -moment on the sand. ‘Thy will be done!’ -he murmured. Then he sprang up and -rushed into the fight. As the day wore on, -Queen Marguerite as she watched, saw the -oriflamme of France push slowly up the -beach. Ship after ship that had guarded the -river mouth sank. They were pierced by -the prows of the French vessels. Ere night -the victory was won. The crusading camp -rang with shouts of joy.</p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 523px;"> -<a id="illo7"><img src="images/i_098.jpg" width="523" alt="Louis sprang into the water" /></a></div> - -<p class="caption no-indent">Louis sprang into the water</p> - -<p>In the morning a blaze of fire was seen in -the south. Damietta, the town that Louis -hoped to take for his own, was in flames. -The foe had burned the city. No riches -were left to tempt the army, so the burning -of the city both helped and hindered Louis. -Queen Marguerite landed and formed her -court within the charred and ruined walls of -Damietta. The army waited for more ships -and men. But while they waited, bands of -<span class="pagenum" id="Page_99">[Pg 99]</span>Arabs came whirling down on the camp. -They came to any part of it that seemed -less guarded, entered the tents, killed those -they found there, and carried off the heads -of all they killed. These wild men took -the heads of the Crusaders to the sultan, -who gave a golden coin for each one. Their -horses were so swift and light that they -could always escape from the heavy chargers -of the knights. While the troops led by -Louis were waiting here, the sultan was -busy. The town of Mansourah stands -at the place where the great river Nile -breaks into many channels and forms the -delta at its mouth. There the Moslem -leader made ready to fight the French -king. He built walls and towers, and made -the town strong against the armies of the -Cross.</p> - -<p>At last the Crusaders marched, but when -they reached Mansourah they found a great -stream of water between them and the city. -They could not fight the foe until they had -crossed the channel. Then Louis bade his -<span class="pagenum" id="Page_100">[Pg 100]</span>men build a causeway across the stream. -But even as they built, the enemy on -the other side dug away the sandy bank, -and the stream flowed on as broad as -before.</p> - -<p>A shout was heard ‘A ford, a ford.’ It was -not a good ford that had been found, still it -was possible to cross by it, and the eager -armies hastened to it. Robert, the king’s -brother, begged to be allowed to cross first -with his men. He said he would wait on -the other bank and guard the ford till the -rest of the army had crossed over. A band -of Moslems tried to keep him from landing. -He drove them back. They fled across the -sand.</p> - -<p>Then Robert forgot his promise to stay -by the ford. The masters of the knights -of Jerusalem who rode with him begged -him to think. They knew that it was a great -mistake to break away from the other -warriors. But Robert was too eager to -listen. He said bitter things to them and -seemed to think that they wished to keep all -<span class="pagenum" id="Page_101">[Pg 101]</span>the power in their own hands. They were -very angry at this, and the master of the -Templars, to show that he was neither a -coward nor wilful, shouted out:</p> - -<p>‘Raise then the standard.’</p> - -<p>But William Longsword of England still -tried to keep Robert from his folly.</p> - -<p>‘What cowards these English are!’ said -Robert.</p> - -<p>But Longsword was no coward. Robert -had his way. He swept on with his followers, -and chased the Moslems into their -fortress of Mansourah. But it was only one -part of the Moslem army that he defeated. -Bibars, a Saracen leader, saw what had happened. -He gathered his forces, and ere -Robert knew what was going on, his foes -were at Mansourah, shutting it in on every -side, and he and his men were prisoners -in the town they had won. They fought all -day long. Very few of them lived to see the -next morning’s sun. William Longsword, -whom Robert had called a coward, fought -so bravely that even his foes noted where he -<span class="pagenum" id="Page_102">[Pg 102]</span>fell, and after the fight was over gave back -his body to his friends.</p> - -<p>But long ere nightfall, Louis had crossed -the ford with the other part of the crusading -army. Instead of comrades waiting to -guard their landing, they found only the -track of fighting, and foes on every side. -They broke into bands. Instead of one -great attack a hundred battles were fought. -The orders Louis gave could not be heard, -for his voice was drowned in the noise and -clamour of armour and of hoofs. No one -knew what to do next. It seemed that all -must be lost.</p> - -<p>Then Louis dashed forward with a small -bodyguard. His haste was so great that he -left his guard behind him, and found himself -alone in the midst of six Moslem warriors. -They knew he was the king by his armour. -It seemed as if he must yield. But Louis -was a great fighter, and he did not know -what fear was. He held the six at bay until -his guards joined him; then with them he -led his army on in one wild charge, and won -<span class="pagenum" id="Page_103">[Pg 103]</span>the day. But though they were victors they -had suffered so greatly that it would have -been wise if they had gone back to Damietta. -This they would not do. They camped by -the battle-field, and there very many of them -grew ill and died. There was little food, and -the air was evil-smelling and deadly. Louis -went in and out amongst his men. As a -nurse to them he was as tender and patient -as he had been bold and fearless in war. At -length he too fell ill.</p> - -<p>He knew that something must be done to -make peace with the sultan, for no help -could come to Jerusalem from a host of -Christian soldiers who were dying on the -sands of Egypt. So he sent a message to -say he would leave Egypt if the Moslems -would give Jerusalem back to the Christians. -The sultan said:</p> - -<p>‘Yes, if the king himself will be my prisoner -until the last Crusader has left Egypt.’</p> - -<p>Louis wished to agree to this, but his -nobles would not hear of it. Since there -could not be peace between the armies, there -<span class="pagenum" id="Page_104">[Pg 104]</span>was no escape for the Crusaders but by flight. -Even that seemed hopeless. Still it was all -that could be done. Only a few of the boats -which had followed them up the Nile were -left. On these they placed the sick men and -all the women and children. Then by night -they set them afloat down the stream towards -Damietta. The nobles begged Louis to go -on board one of these vessels.</p> - -<p>‘Nay, I march with the last man of mine -who lives,’ said Louis. As the army left the -camp, it was attacked. Louis turned and -fought wildly for his men.</p> - -<p>‘Wait for the king! Wait for the king!’ -rang from the banks. The vessels were -stayed, but Louis signed to them to go on. -At length Louis and his men left the camp. -The king was on horseback, but without -helmet or cuirass. But all their efforts were -in vain. Both ships and soldiers fell into the -hands of the enemy. The king was weak -and ill, but still free. His knights saw that -he could go no further. They sought to -hide him in a house in an Egyptian town, -<span class="pagenum" id="Page_105">[Pg 105]</span>where a humble woman from France tended -him gladly. But in spite of the knights who -guarded the door, the Moslems burst into -the house and loaded King Louis with -chains. They carried him to Mansourah -in a vessel gaily decked in honour of -the great prisoner they had taken. As -he sailed southwards up the stream, he -saw his men driven along the banks in -chains.</p> - -<p>Louis in prison was as great a man as -Louis in battle. He wore a coarse robe, -because he would not deign to wear the gay -clothing the sultan sent to him, nor would he -feast with the Moslems, though they wished -him to join them.</p> - -<p>Each day he saw some of his followers led -out from prison. They were asked if they -would cease to be Christians and accept -the faith of the prophet. They refused. No -sooner had they done so than they fell dead -before the eyes of their captive king. It -was a terrible thing for him to sit thus day -after day and watch the men who had -<span class="pagenum" id="Page_106">[Pg 106]</span>fought by his side, and whom he loved, slain -in this barbarous way.</p> - -<p>When the sultan thought he had tried the -king so long and so greatly that he would -be glad to agree to any terms, he offered him -freedom if he would give to him Damietta -and the cities of Palestine. Louis had won -Damietta in battle, but he had no right to -the cities of the Holy Land.</p> - -<p>‘The cities do not belong to me but to -God,’ he said.</p> - -<p>Then the sultan threatened to torture -Louis to make him yield.</p> - -<p>‘I am the sultan’s prisoner,’ said the king; -‘he can do with me as he will.’</p> - -<p>He was so calm and firm that a Moslem -who stood by said: ‘You treat us, sire, as if -you had us in prison instead of our holding -you.’</p> - -<p>But though the sultan spoke of torturing -King Louis, he did not do it except by making -him watch the men of his army as they died -before him. When he found that the king -would not yield he gave in himself, and -<span class="pagenum" id="Page_107">[Pg 107]</span>agreed to accept Damietta in return for the -king, and a large sum of money for those of -the army who still lived.</p> - -<p>But the knights would not let Louis wait -to see the men set free. A vessel lay waiting -at the mouth of the Nile. As soon as he -and his queen were on board, it sped out to -sea, and ere long King Louis was once more -in France.</p> - -<p>He was a great ruler as well as a great -fighter, and he thought of the needs and -duties of those whose king he was, as none -in that land had ever done before. While he -made France strong and its people happy, -Bibars, who had so cleverly trapped Robert -at Mansourah, became sultan, and laid waste -the Holy Land. The news of this reached -the northern lands from which the crusading -armies had gone forth in former days, and -once more the great longing to save Jerusalem -took hold of Louis. His nobles sat in -council. He came to them bearing a crown -of thorns in his hands. Again he fastened -the cross of war on his shoulder. He had -<span class="pagenum" id="Page_108">[Pg 108]</span>heard that a great king in Africa was willing -to become a Christian, and as he thought of -this he dreamed bright dreams. He thought -that he might bring this desert king and his -dark followers to join his faith and his army, -and that with them to aid him, he might even -yet conquer the Moslem armies and win -Jerusalem and Palestine.</p> - -<p>His fleet sailed for the African coast. The -army landed and marched into the desert. -The hot sand blew about them and choked -them. They found no friendly welcome, but -only messages of blood and war from the -king whom Louis had hoped would join -him in battle against the Moslems. Illness -and death swept through the army. One of -the first to die was a son of King Louis. -Soon the king himself lay dying in his tent -in the hot desert camp.</p> - -<p>‘Jerusalem, Jerusalem,’ he cried, ‘we will -go to Jerusalem!’ His couch was very comfortless, -but it was not so humble as Louis -wished it to be. He bade them spread ashes -on the ground and lay him there. When -<span class="pagenum" id="Page_109">[Pg 109]</span>they had done this, they saw his lips move. -They bent to listen, and heard these words:</p> - -<p>‘Father, into Thy hands I commend my -spirit.’</p> - -<p>Then he fell asleep. The sleep grew deeper -and deeper, and soon the men who watched -him there knew that he would never wake -on earth again.</p> - -<p>In the dim light of the tent, on a bed of -ashes, lay all that was left of good King -Louis. His beautiful face still kept the -grandeur men had loved to see all his life -long. He lay there in the sad, plague-stricken -camp, and around him there seemed -to linger the light of heaven.</p> - -<p>Louis was the last of the heroes of the -Crusades, but for years after his death the -Christian forces held cities in the Holy -Land. At last they were driven from all their -strongholds, and the Moslem rule was unbroken.</p> - -<p>To-day there is no kingdom of Jerusalem. -There are ruins of churches and of castles, -and the broken walls show how great -<span class="pagenum" id="Page_110">[Pg 110]</span>was once the power of the armies of the -Cross.</p> - -<p>But though the dream of the Crusaders -never came true, and though all their efforts -left little mark on the life of the East, yet -the lands from which the knights went out -have been changed, and all their history has -been different, because of those wars to -which their armies went.</p> - -<p>Over the door of an old house in a close -in Edinburgh a scallop-shell, like the shells -that were brought by pilgrims from the Holy -Land, was cut in stone. In that house those -who had made the long journey to the East, -and had come back weary or ill, were welcomed -and cared for. The shell above the -door stood for hundreds of years to tell of -the olden days. It is so in the history of -Europe. 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THE STORY OF JOAN OF ARC.</b> By <span class="smcap">Andrew Lang</span>; pictures -by <span class="smcap">J. Jellicoe</span>.</small></p> -</div> - -<p class="center no-indent"><span class="smcap">London: T. C. & E. C. JACK, 16 Henrietta Street, W.C.<br /> -and Edinburgh</span></p></div> - - -<hr class="chap x-ebookmaker-drop" /> - -<div class="chapter adblock"> -<p class="ph2 center no-indent" >‘TOLD TO THE CHILDREN’ SERIES</p> - -<p class="center no-indent"><span class="smcap">Edited by</span> LOUEY CHISHOLM, Author of ‘In Fairyland.’</p> - -<div class="blockquot"> - -<p><small><b>1. STORIES OF ROBIN HOOD.</b> Told by <span class="smcap">H. E. Marshall</span>; pictures -by <span class="smcap">A. S. Forrest</span>.</small></p> - -<p><small><b>2. STORIES OF KING ARTHUR’S KNIGHTS.</b> Told by <span class="smcap">Mary -Macgregor</span>; pictures by <span class="smcap">Katharine Cameron</span>.</small></p> - -<p><small><b>3. 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