Proctors History of the Crusades Comprising the Rise Progress And Results of
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Co'nt. Will. Tyr. P. 601-613. Hoveden, p. 637-645. D'Herbelot, uli suprd. Bohadin, p. 68-75. Abulfeda, p. 39-43 246 THE THIRD CRUSADE. cross which surmounted the dome of the Church of the Sepulchre was taken down, and for two days dragged through the streets; and after a possession by the Christians of eighty-eight years, Jerusalem was again defiled by the religion and empire of the votaries of Mohammed. Nazareth, Bethlehem, Asca- lon, Sidon, quickly followed the fate of the capital: the princi...pality of Antioch was only spared on the ignominious condition of tribute to the Sultan; and of all the possessions of the Christians in Palestine, the seaport of Tyre was almost the only place of im- portance which was saved from the wreck of their fortunes. But to that city all the Christian garrisons * which capitulated had been permitted to retire : the whole remaining strength of the Latin chivalry of Palestine was contained within its walls: and when the Turkish army a second time appeared before the place, it was again so bravely defended under the guidance of Conrad of Montferrat, that the conqueror of Jerusalem was compelled to retire from a fruitless siege.
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