(k1>tTQ/ Edi,_
I ... 01),
G"" Cio",.oo. So""" . O,fw,J
U"; .....,, .....,.,"',.y
0>. ,.,.
U.'"'''' of 0xfunL
o.fO;«b'~ of "",.r.oc. ;" ".t poN;,>oi., .or1J.i& ;. (bro.d ,*" Y .. ,
""'J""'.•d ....,,10"",
~",u..d c.", T.". Un .. So""'" """' ''''''' ~h; K ",~ L wnpw M odrid .\,j, ...... "'" M""" Gty 1>.' ,;,.00; /« . [)dh; Sft."I: ....; T' ;r> Ibn al-Q.lmi,i, Hi Da",,,,,us Chronid, of Ih, C"".d", cd H. A. R. Gibb (London. '932) E.wMiu J, I~ ChrQni'lu£ J'AI,p par K,n",1 td- Din, RIIC Or iii. 578--6r)O A Lalin O;ctionary, cd C. T . Lewi, and C. ShOrl (O ,forJ, 187~)
K. mo.1 al_O;n Lew;, & Short
ABBRE I' IAT IOt"S M ayer. Mom,hl
.\1"
H; E. M ayer, Die K"uqah",hrffl(hufi Mom,lal (S6ha ~) : J,mlonien im l~ . Jall,hunder, (Wi".b.den.
,"")
ME AICII SS
;lnnm;a and th, C,usad", T"nrh 10 T=Jfih C,ntlcs tweh'e books: th{' first six take th~ Story orthe First Cru,acic thro ugh to the ""plur~ of J~rus.l~m ('oW) and itS aflCrmat h, ground that is w,-cTcd in the lhre~ hIJ' 'hI« ,ime> .. kon~ .. I'"kl>i., 'im .. loog .. iU)'TTlQoo of ",,"iitn-,.oo ''''' ,imes .. Ion,,, ,I>< (kJlg F,••"".... ~ on ,he pop".,ioo of the IIm" ,1 oJ;, ..... , F ukho-t RIfC 01< ;;; , J'(>-tll6; K,)m(>k.",_ ... rJ , R_ t!;U (' .....Inn. 'Se accounts, il is difficult 10 bel ie,e that he was fam iliar with any of th"m. In the nineteem h century, il was suggest
""",.-..diet;",,,,, ("",,/';II,)",bj.
,.J
HVIl I
I NT K OI)UC TI ON
T hu, it 'pp".rs that Albert did not usc any known and extant ,..-ritten soun~ when he wrute the HisM';(I . His work is, uniquely, ind ependent of th e th~e ac:coun! s of the First Crusade wrinen by panicipant" the anonymous author of G~st(l FrQnmrum, Raymond of Aguikr8JI. pp. 66--;5 " T .." of 1he ' h"", ""-,",,,,,,.,,, '" he fnond in 1111(; (m" r.,u.,~" Rub.n, iii. J'1IiR« Guit,.", i • . , ' 3-,6" B.... ,,],';, i• . , - , ' 0 . (A "'"• • dn. "i Gu;!.,,'-' Ix; r"'. 1" h .--.. by R, B. C. Ilu)·S"rn, CCCM c",·ii. i, "sed in 'he h torical _ '" '0 ,t,. edition 10"'",•.) Th It> be comislem thro ughout Ihe twelvc bt~,ks. For example, he rel"OunL~ bank", with enthusiasm fmm ocgi nning t" end; he has a slightly pruriem altit ude t()wards w"men (the renegade nun, ii. 3j ; the fate "f ",,,men on the I!OI cxped itions, ,·iii. 1",ully ...1 hridl)' , G. "..,...." GN. pp . .s\~. " Knoch. Slid;"'. 1'1>, ,, 6-19. u5.
INTRO DUC TI ON house of Bouillon- Houlos-ne, ",hi,'h is 10 be cxl"'ctcd if- a, .11 the lived in G()dfrey'. hom e terri wry ami gailled his informal ion la'1le1 y from Godfrey's foUow~r.an t in~'S cha nged afler book i" On tht c.·idence here, th is view is not sustainable. Alben' s ponmyal of Ihe emperor may Ix: contrasted with that in the anonymous Gesla FmncQrmn. ACter the captur., of :">iicaca, Alben represents Ihe ~m ]>e"'r's behaviour a~ wry gen~rou" while in Ihe Gma he is depicled as devious and ~':Ikula tin g.JJ T he HislQria's lT~atmem of the incidem when the renepde, from the siege of Antioch, including Stephen of Blois, d i,su"d~d Ih c cm p~ror frum coming 10 the crus~ders ' assi>;lance also shows Alexios in a differem ligh t from that cast by the Gma:' ,\Ibert presents a more balanced report oflhe disasters which befel l the lT or e~pedit ;ons in An at olia: he reports dte rumour that the emperor deliberatdy caused lU ymon d 10 k':l d the pil grims into the ,kscrt to Ix: slaughtered by the Turks , but h~ gOtS on 10 say that reliable SO urCeS proved the emperur was entirdy in",,,,en t and had in fact rereatcdly warned the army about the difficu lties. H~ resliwi<JI niet i n 1I1""ru
TIlE IIlSTOR1A OF A L BERT OF AACHEN
XXW
between the groups, or if he was deliberately 1l11derplayillg them, JUSt as he did the political diffcrenccs be\\\ecn pope and emperor in we,;( nll Europe, is a mallcr of speculation. ""mliml
Towards the enemy, the ;\l uslims, ,\Ibert is no le~s remarkably impartia1. 36 He usuall y referl) for Ihe illdigcnuus Muslim populal ion or Syria and I'alesline. Lcs., frequmtly, Alben rererooks_ n01 images (iv. s(»· Alben e"en spares some sympathy for the defeated enemy (e.g, vi . 30; ,·i. .n). He uses adm iring adject i \'~ when referrin g to the Mus lim leaders (e.g. iii, 35; h-. 3. S, 6, 7, 44. 45: x. 19: xii. 9. 18)." Albert e"en goes so far as (() say that the 'king of Egjpt ' ruled juslly and tolerantly in J er"sakm, JOQB----9 (,·i. 32).3' Jell'$ It 00,,10.1 be argued th.t Albert's
()b jeeti \'it~· with regard to tm, HY'-'lnti lles and the Mu~li m ~ was the OutcomC or his distance from The e,'ems he describes: thaT the eytwimess accounts ,,'ere prejudiced as a result of their authors' t xpcriences. Yet Albert al so shows a remarkable sympathy with Ihe Rhineland Jews and expresses condemnar ion of their Christian an ade rs (i . 26-'idly descripti,'c. Al l Ihese features sh ould be ,·iewcd as dclilJeralc on his p.rt. T herc is no r~ason to doubl Ihat ht: saw hims1 circulation within the Rhineiamt arC"A , boosted by the pl"e on bt~Jk -stca la:s-'Si'luis ngo huic ccdcsie ui ud fraude ai"tulcrit i,t um librum, /\nat hema "it ,\\arJnatha'-----IInd nn the rol1o",-ing page a five_line '-erse and an el,;taph for Godfrey' An ~ " mi ll~n Ctnten p"" er"u n' e, Hierus.lem ~'rJn,; ""pillnl uirtute potenli, 1''''1 on n", milk c-cnt<no quom;",,, ,mo, b quo u i ~o grJu;s, u; lerusalem super.tur, Idibu~ in lu l;i, . ubii' iu!>" Chri.,6Jt Godefridus, Egypti lermr, ",,,,hum fu!>", I'e",idi , "mr, Ke" licer ere< epitaph 'IU)' :oct o.lly Iu,.., oo,l> """ed '" ..·rit"l> on ,he tomb of Godfrey: S. de Smdoli. C""O hO his >om, anJ when he died the library was solJ and the manuscripTS boughT by Queen Ch riSTina or S ....~den ( r 63~-8-', " K. N.... 'WoIf",bil",Io, Fu oo.·. .1" . ",- >.Ii , ('99,\), PI' ,65- ~ IL (hal'ter vi. .17 has been moved to the end of the work. Chaple r vi. y; appears at the ri gh t place in the text, bllt is also r~peated after book xii Wilh some necessary "crbal alt"rarjuns to make it fr~'e-st andin g, and is followed here. OUI n01 in book "j, by chapter 37. Th ese chapleTS tell of a mi'-Kulous dream presaging Godfrey of Bouillon's dc,·~tioT1 to Ihe lordship of Jerusalem, T hey are followed in J'. -t by an epilogue which summariz~'S Hald",in 1'5 reign and Haldwin II's a~~·ession. Apa rt from th~"" curio'e"eral amendmems and suppli ed omissions, wrillen in darker ink . These were nOI drawn from an y of Ihe sur"i >,ing manuscripts or (as Knoch conjectured) from the carll' cdilion .'" Thq' ha,'c Ihe ,pP"",.ncc of ill\c llig.:nt gIK"Sswork. The lexl oflhe His/ori" begins al ii. [I!, with the words 'intT<Jiuil in osculo l)~cis' . Therc is also a ka f missin g bel weCII fo. 66 and (0 . (>j . Chapler vi i. 62 is in the correcl place. Thi, cop)" isl waS mo,e prone than moSt to> homoi01dcuto>n: n am ples may be found in iv. 1 [, i,'. 12 . and iv_ [5- The spe ll ing is variab le and 'y' is greatl y f""oured _ At lhe end of book xi i, in Ihe same hand , are recorded Ihe Jerllsa lem verse and Godfrey's epi laph. as in C Also in !he same hand. there follows a fragment relat ing 10 Ihe Second Crusade (TT,I7). This is discussed later in reialion 10 Ihe mmsmission of the Hifloria . Pw .-elllmu: On 1m, frunt lea( is wrillcn: "Liocr mOAas tcrii bcal~ Mari e. d ala rtyres c_'lra muros Trcucis ordinis sancli H~ncdi cti.' S ial/if ill 1"",smi"i~'1: Kugler dismissed manu script N as o( slight wonh .6J Howcver, a slUdy of the vari.nts shows cund us i,""ly lhat N is nUl deri"cd (mm anyexlant eHmpla,_ It is closely rdaled to bot h C ~ nd H (chalHer I.ides and variants), and shouhl be lTeated as a si bling mamlscripl, in spite of its more rtcent date . o London, British Library, Add . MS 25....0
(Li ~g0. ., 'xin W P F lorence, llibliOicca M edicea Lnu renzi,ma, MS PIli!. 66. 33 ( [.'\(7)
Paper, 2jarchlllcol, " 7 fos. II began with an extract from Geoffrey of i\\ onlllouth and continucd wil h a mio;crllan y of wril ing
Losl IIIlllIIHen'plS
G:rtain manuscripts ~'an bc shown to ha,'c e.,isled b~' rcfnl-ncr to the stemma, indud ing Al~n's original text, a common {"wmplar fi,r CI-I ~nd N, and t he manuscript used for the earliest edition (~e below). There is document ary evidence for Ihe oistence of IWO olhers. b01h produced within the Low Countries, Egm ond .... A ,ixteenth-centur y copy of a ""talogue of books writ len fur or "cqu;r~d by Ab l"'t Wa it er ( tt2')-(" ) conta;ns. 'h isto ri a d~ l'rofcctione icroso!imitana xii libri in uno lIolumin'" wrilt" R. au:ord_ in g to a marginal note, by a mon k C"~ l\ed Simon at t he . bbey,07 L" u "en .68 J ~kob Gre in hac arle niehil proli cere' H: ' uidcnt~s ~ in hac parle ni l pmficere'
f. :
m . 2
E: 'seuo el S'raui marl yrio me per ire'
K: 'seuo el grau i m~ perire' R: seuo el gran; supplicio me pcrire' T hese and other examples ,how a clear line ()f tran smission F: _ K _ R.
1'.bnussion of an carl)' da te. It is incomplete, and whal apPu{'rl tly happened was that th~ copyist st art~d "''''''''fling from the fi,.,.l- pcrson na""til'e of Ihe origina l leltu to thi rd-per .. m repurted Slyle. bm after a while he hecame cardess and forgot to make rhe necessary changes; realized Ihis; became discouraged, and ga"e up about half- II" Ythrou gh. In l hcory ~n abandoned draft mighl h,we found ils way into Ih", Trier m,tn uscript in the twel fth or the fifleelllh celll\lr~', bllt, g;"en the evidence uf Ihe Ir~nsit ional l)assage, it is mOSI like ly that a Incl flh....:enlury Cologne copyist of Alberl had in fronl of him a draft take n directly from the aUlgraph leller wri!len by Winand 10 A,,'hbi,hop Arnold. He recognized thaI it made a neat coda \0 A[herl'S HiSlorin, and he " R>loI,; Eplu-."" ,of F!.mn. n , B""f .j'o-";',."". ..J._ .. J 'n""•. s. F.«t Kusl«, v.-,.t!,hto C.Jim, p, '3 n, I . ~'"" ",1 I..,.d ..-.J ;1> ,~ I ".
." n.-, ,,,kul.I ;',,,> ".'" ""rn..J u"1 b.r"", N
","""",;"d.
tNT RO t) lJ CrlON
wdcx in the sixteemh ccmur~' , 'a long the one-way road It> the I,rimi ng press'. '~ Rei neck's rexl "-as republished in J- /lonprs . G~SI C's ocing ron' The chapter titles, ho"-e,-er, have been consigned to an appendix. Bec~use we do nut h~,'c ~n ~utograph edition , s("'lI ing has becn standardized on E's m("t u,ual choice, with n ri anLs noted only where they might affect interpretation . In the alSC of p roper names, all the diffcrcnt vcrsions are rccurded at lirst app"uanee and thereafter" sin!:le form adopted. )'unctuation ha, ocen alte",d where n. Li« Ill.. \.l~'ple of Chri stian faith, indeed .." ·en lhe female sex, led by repentance, all flocked joyfully to this jOltT11ey. How it happened, and "'hy the hermit preached this same jo urney and ..-as ils lim instigator, this present b.~,k will tell. In fact Some ~'~... rs bd,,,e the b..;ginning..r this journq' thc priest Sci out to Jerusalem in order to pray, and there in thc T emple ..r our Lo rd's Sepulchre, alas , some unla wful "nd wicked th ings were ""en, and he sufrc re d Ihem wilh • grieving hearl, and groaned in the spiril: ~."lIing on God himself"" . venger of the wrongs he had seen_ AI length, disturbed by the wicked deeds, he SOltght out the patriarc h of the holy church of JentSalem.' I Ie asked why th e patriarc h allowed gentiles and wicked mcnlo defile Ihe holy places, and Ie! the ofrerings of Ihe faith ful be carried off, chllTches be used as stables, Christians beaten up, holy pilgrims robbed by e.,cessi"c (ees and di,tressed b~' the man~' violent K"l~ of the infi dels.
3. The p~ triarch and vene rable priesl of our Lord's Sepulchre hea rd what Peler had to say and uncrcd , hoi), and t~a rfu l repl y: '0 moSI failhful " fChriSlians, why d" you reproach me anout these th in ~ and make thi ng.,,,,,, 10 'Oe Ch • .,,,, i'A.,;.,:/or, ~,.." ,68-339 (eM, eol, Du.,.rc~ioc. i. JO-~). The I",n.rchal 1me , ch. "", ('<art"1.! ') f. lkn from I>. • om, E, • .,; K ' ,,,1
lJ' . d .'F: Sen"".,ir f ,,,I. K. IG"'atI"_ oy CJIE
,II. !..;'I"", w'''''",,1iy OJ'
A1;
.. M< fiflh l", ~ .,> in ,"" 0;'1'"'< ,,, .. Loy ;n,.. ri,",< or h;"h"p• . " Probabl)" mi,,.!. I·'.
l""'V.phy mo".,"",
II.m " f T l"
«>t"'" hi, m;'"' '
(IV"!". p .• ~. ) .
""""'r....
Z7S
A II; ROSOI.I ,Hlr AN ,J i. fi "'\hicu ilk ""dccimli/SPORt d~ wm itatu· I ilh"s remorali SUIlt , Ul l-mcrcnl
arma, ign() .... nt~ Waller qui iam diu flumen (r,n,;"rat. Vn!!,,,; uero
quida'" peTucrscim iniecerunt: quos armis. uestihus, aum et aTg d i>=>seg:an forcibl y 1een leI 0 01 into Ihe fiel ds 10 graze and we n: wan dering here an d Ihere. II came 10 Ihe poinl where a serious quarrel bcg:an to dCI-do!, bet,,' a cenain ch apel. 'rhe Hul gars were i ner~.,.s i ng in slrength. while Walter was losing hearl and laking nighL wiLh all hi, company. and they bes i~ged the chapd, wher~ th~y burn t Sixly of the mcn . hut up in it and inflict~d scwre wounds on w ry man y more o( Ihe rest who only just managed to slip away from the enemy and from the chapel 10 sa,'e their Ih-es. After Ihis disasler an d n-eak eni ng of his men Walter ~ba ndoned his com rades who "ere ntti ng all aTUllOd, an d he passed Ihrou gh Ihc Bulgarian wood s in eighl days and wil hdrew to a ve ry tich cil Y in the middle of the Bulgarian kingdom , called Nis. '· whcre k (ound Ihe leader and prin c~ of Ihe cou TlIry an " reponed Lo him all Ih. outrag~ an d lh. damage innin ed upon himself and he casily obla ined justice (wm him with regard 10 all thesc lhings. Indee d that "" m~ lord of Ih~ coumry best owed bmh armS .n" money on him in rcconeilialion, and gave him a safc- ,hon ,. found ,n , ho. 1'....1
,6
li/SPORt A II; ROSOI.I ,Hlr AN ,J
n~'pler h~bum!antiam alimcnlUrum, quam ib; r{Opent' in rrumenlo cl gregibus ou ium. cr arment;s, el POCUIOTunt plenimdine,
cl cquorum numero ;Or",;!".
'78
8. Compena ' au(cm illius" uiclOria el Vng-AriorUnt cede cruenra,.w el .I isis ferru ccsis corpuribus illurunt , que plurima cxtincu "troci uulnere [)~nubius suis procd lis adun~rnl lkkgn uc, ubi r~ncxo aluw itcr et cu rsum conlinual a Maku iJia dislans mili'lrio, dux prcfalus Nich ila SUOS mAUHan, el cunsili" ab omnibus acaplO melu eoncussus lJdcgrauc I'c trum ultra cxpcC!3rc n>cusat , scd "Jizh' spc defen.ioni. aducrsu~ ui re~ Francigenarum, Rom.nurum, Theuwnicorum quia rooore murorum ciui tas hcc munila habebatur migrare disposui{, sccum asportatis lllliucr.;is thesauris lJdegraue. Conciues ucro iIIi us p natitu uniuersi rcgni J .ui in ulti(",c' .m orum ad uos d=tn~urus ~I, de quibus nee unum quidem cerIum eSl ab armis iIIius euaJere. Nam dolor occisorum et lament a regem e( IIniuersos p:1rcnTCS el amicos illOTum commoucmnt. QUaprOl'ler quanweius 11l1l1ill111 Maroam" slIl'erantes, lIiam uestram hine maturate' Petrus ucrof intcllig.::ns ir~m n::gis , ct iIIills grauissimam adunalioncm, cum uniucr.;is sol .f
1..0 W. tmnn_ ..".)
' ~ot£,
, .... K
'_. A
• inh>l>i"n1 A • lemo,iis A
• \\',I«umni
,,'h
A":
" The I'«-h inu ..io,,< oj;'" ral:>1)" ri'·CT milt. of tt.: ')"1'< oommoo in """h..,..,1<m Eu",1'< C'."" '00. )". ~ hi the duke and to make pward, him, when hi~ l'itizens had J"'.cdull)· supplied uS with ncrything "'e nl-eded.' Whcn it heard Peter", ,!",ceh and judgement the army lUrncd round and retraced il< journey In that same city of Nis, and pitched its ten ts again in rhe sa me meadow as before so th ar Peler might make his apologies and those of the whole great army which had gone before, and rhus appease th e duke so rhat Ihe arm y mighl r-ecover ;IS prisoners and waggons. While Peter, thcrcfor-e , along with the more prudem uf his men, was full" occupied with this project and plan an d was composing his apology with careful words, a thousanJ f(M.lish m~n , hcad,trong' ij youngsl~'" o( exce~si \"e irre~p()nsibility, a wild and unc.li>eiplined S(·t or people with nci th~r c;(use nor reason , adva nced in a gnat ""ault ",'Cr the aforesaid sWne bridge In the wall s and ga te of the city. Another thou"", nd simil.ri r (rimlous youths, rushing lOgeth er across the ford and the bridge with loud shoutin g and rage, joined them in support, refusing to listen to Peter their leader "ho, along with all sensibJ. men, was forbidding what the)' Wet"ciosi .. imum A , I"" PC' All K
, p«t .."" All
I,,",
fit •• • dhue £, • ••. All ' ;n; ..
• ""m
.. Th" Folcl>SU,lW ~nb~ll O'In1 111 ·s,llu~m~nU1 lU,"U~J~.u0 pmb'l~ mE UL~III ,'pu,'n UL~UIlII~U 'IU~J~SllU" EII'W "np ,,-,dns wnpu"p~ pE S~IU,'J "J Jn bS~Uj p wnJpJ" 'Wnlu.1UlnJJ 'snun;> p "l\s n~ld "!nb ' IU~)Jn u:ld S;) \U ~J;lI O\ !q!U! IU~!W! U 'lunl~nJod ;lJ~3!lS~nU! lilt ;>J!J;.d;u SpJ;IS;>P SF"'] U! ElU.~IU!I " ~UL! U !W P~S -Iu ns !lJ;xlo sOSJ,-,d"P j~ so~nJ his f.M,lish and rebell ious pc()"le in ,-ain, Wh ile Ihese things we IT ),:oi ng well for Ihem, and thcy did nOI yel fcar Ih al Iheir sp..,ils would be wreSled a"':ty from Ihem, il seemed a good idea 10 Ihe spirited and conceited young men to form a detachment of the army and 10 fi nd OUI how far Ihey cou l,1go in 'iCizing and carrying offbooly in the meadows and pastures before the walls of thc tOWn ofNicaea in fu ll view of the Turks , So about sc, cn thousand foot soldiers gathered together, with as man~' as Ihre" hundred armoured horsem~n, and set out ",-ilh a rnising o( Ih~ir bann~rs and ncessi"e tumult, and carri"d off S"' Turcorum, audito adueoru Chri.!ian",um pred a uero el rapini. hy 0( ,he cru..des'. '" fI ..", ,-.n Di~ ",J \\,ilien> N """"," .•,k, A,p'''' J. f/,.(>it ." ... "" __ ,\I""..!;U, - l Jl.I"! ,,, - 1.".-_
" "'"",10,;, (On)ning which were in Ihc caslle, unlil the flames and heat grew strong, and Some were burnt up ; ot hers, hoping for safety," kapt down fTOrn the walls. But the Turks" ho were outside wcrc euning duwn with swords those who were coming out and running aw,,}"; abom twO hundred ot hers who were be autiful in face .nd youthful body th~y took away a~ prisoners; all the r~1 wc'"" dCSTroyed by swords ..... and arrow.'. 18. After Ihis ,"c ry severe "en ~ance $uleYll1an rc trcatcd Wilh his men and with his Swa bian prisoners, and neWS urthe most crud slaughter of Gemu ns W"'S carried in!!> Peter's camp, where upon Ihe souls and hearts of al l weTe yinlently mwwhd med hy grief for the de.~tTUetion of their comrades. Being trouhled by Ihis misfortune of Iheir fd lo"·s. they held frequent conferences among themseh·es. debat ing whether They should rist,mctimes ten, >t,mctimes fifteen , or more than that. When this TU mour was sel about in I'da's camp, that is, that The T urks ,,-crc at hand .ml had beheaded some of their fellows who were wandering abouI, the pilgrims utterl y refused 10 belie'"e that the Turks had rome do"-n so far from Nicaea. BUI ne\'Crtheless somc gave their ad.'icc that they shou ld pursue Ihem, 10 see if they oould still be fOlltld in that territory.
.. ',>.1""", '),i\a .III " . ... .I • C , 1'1;"" dell ;'/"'lUm K ' f.. trum K ' . d .I: ' '''. CII
'm
.
- .. ~"" .1(;11
" V<rpt .~",, ;J ,; . ~~,
" !Jibti ri,e apinst th~ insoltnce of the Turk~ It> a\"enf:~ Ihei r hrothers. But th~ kaders refused 10 sel ou t dirCCl ly. unTillhey had Peter's l'rtSl:oce and ad,-ice. Ilowe,·er. Godfrey Bll rel. master of the foot soldiers. heard thdr re pl ks and claim"d that Ihese disti ngu ished knights We,"" cO"'ards and "ery linle good in war; he persistemly taunTed wi(h biner spreeh the men" ho forlr~de the rest oflhe company to purSlle thc Turks to avcngc Iheir brothers. In opposilion, the leaders of the gr~3 1 JTmy coul d not hold Out al>" inst Ih illsults and taunts of tha t man and his foliowers. an d, king greatl y 'lirred hy angt'r and indignal ion. rhey "o"'ed to sel our . gainSI th e forces of Ihe Turks and their amhushes, even if it was the ir fa te to di~ in balll~. Without dd.y, al the first sign of da yhn.'ak on Ihe Wedl",,,,d.y. throughout th~ whole camp the knights an d foot soldiers were ordered to u rn and the trumpeters to sound the signal blasts. and 311 to gather together for wa r. On ly those without weapons and the sick were left Ix'hind in the camp. with countless of the female sex. ;\Tmcd , (hen. and all assembled, as many as twent),-fiw thousand foot soldicrs and fivc hundred kn ights in armOur ""t oul On th way 10 the lOwn of '\'ica~a in order w pro\'ok~ Duke Sul~yma ll an d the rest of the Turks w war" and (() join baltle with lhem 10 '\"engcessernnl in unum c..nglobanTur in angusta semila pcr quam uencranT, ad resistendum et prohibcnd.m ..emile angusti.m et"" montana. Prcdictt uno ,ci~'S, pn quas Turei • Soc;"late diuisas irrupnam, ad siluam CI montana redia.m' non habenT es , ueTSuS i'>:icca m iter arripiun!. ]){. q ua cxtimp lo reucrsi, fo rtiler inclamantc., per fIlcdio. Turrus reuolam, et sese lam equiles quam pdi les inuiccm comm f}nenlCs . ducentos mililes Turcorum if} momento pertmtrunl / Turci alllem uidenTes quia u irtu~ equilum preuJI~bal in ~ontrilio"" su"rum, equos ~or um "'giltis transmissis uuln"rant, ~t sic in pedibus fort issimos Cbri~li 'Ihleta.~' r~ddunt. ~T . Ihi Walterus Senlauohir trans loricam et preeonJia sep !~m sagillis in fixmr' occubui(. Rcinoldus de Breis, F olkerus Camo!cnsis" uiri nominali~simi ill terr~ Stla, simiJi martyrio 'ab host ibus'" eOnsump!i cecidaum, sed non sinc magna slrnge T urcorum. Walt"rus ucm de
• III
pu~n.t'"';
Aell
• A odd, ;n
~fo# ~,"'
, .-.:di,u" H;1I 11
•
,,,,,,.fi,,,, A
f
pT pa.~ lItrinque ;ndi ela e~ pr"eel'ln regis, n~ qua seditio a ta nto oriretur exereiru. Sed dum p~r aliqu ot dies mOrJm illie f.ceren t, el uapri cepi,,,,,nt, Rawarii uero el Suelli gens animosa el ceTer; falui modum poland; e'cedcrenr , pacem indiclam uio!am, Vngaris uinum, ordeum, el celera ncccSSllria paulatim a"fercnl~'S, ad ultimum Outs cl bouts per .gros rapienlcs , A ",Id, uI'I'id. ' Lot. By""';"" and \\'''t<m h;"~ ... phercome and put to flight the T urks from the siege. However, knowledge of the cmpewr'. command came to the Turks, and in the middle of the night they mov~d awa y from the r. >Tt~,",lu~d and a great deal ofboory, and th us Ihe im pri' «".inl), r"",,, ..t P..,oonh. l... (ro. G)'or. Moson.Sopron. Hunrory), ~i'ICr< ,he Bcocdirti"", Iud built 'heir 6...t .bb ,he I»"k at 'Odl>p"-" 'in tbe lin~ d om' ('in umbi~ro') . It Ius beI; ciuilalis pccuniam in3udilam ab cis 14
' f""LoA
, «>r"'" A
17 " ;n "";",I<m ,\1i'oo' i< C, MO(oo,um Rlttha,dum CII ' iUiu. A
f{
'" Th ••"""l ,he d"c: ><j ,\loy [()()Ii. " A d=ic.>l ph=l,MUv. ,t..", >'" 00< 0' t ~Q P4":/'s '"' Tho I kbr<w > IDQr< ,kuile. E_/K•• J"'''Y. Pt'· 9"-3
Jue<mq .. ..Jell
" The"~ did not 'qud.m' /I • r.";"h.", /I ' ci". AC: ci.co /I - P"V'u"", A • Die Aell • \\'dkhdm ", All: \\'jlbelmu.< C • lInpriorum £ ' d."'t £ • .-( .Jd, crks and he lmets who we re .killed c3,·.l rymen, went J own tu a \"ant age point whe re Ihe Hun!!."" ri. ns vcry fr~"<juently 1'. "sed by in boaTS (() hep. walch on Ihe lie of the lan d, to see if they could perhaps come to blows with t hem , and in case an opportunity offered \0 " age ... ar, or herds of their call k m ight be fo und l<J caTTyOIT. As those men ... ere going down ... ith this in mind they were met by seven hundred knig hts of t ht king who were reconnoitring the arm y of the C hristians on horseback and fully armed . T he Hun ga ri ans, s~~ing th at they could in nO way fk" from them, sudden ly att.ekn l Ihe lroop~ of G auk And, joining hallie, they were overcome ~ I\[I wounded and ser iously diminished, rak ing fli ghl through pl aces we ll known to th em and returning by boat \0 t heir o,,'n land, sor row ing an d grievi ng. In l his ~~",fl i cl William bthuded Ihe chief of Ihe H ungari an army, who was a member of lhe king's council. a distinguished man with dazzling sno"'-white hair. Because of this "ieto ry al l the legions spent Ihe "hole of t haI night in rejoicing, and they had ma ny of Ihe H ungar;ans.s prisoners. 29. Aft er m. ny such enCOU ll1~rs and daily massacres ovcr a long period of time the arm)' was overcome by w~-:lrin~'Ss and "'eakened by " \\·illi.l.m ' the CIt"",,'e,·. ,i.,,,.,,., of ~ ld"n (okp. Sci"".." ·M,,.c. Fr.. ncc). In Cil" he i ,nd "'"" , nf V... du" . t" ,pi'e ufbe;ng ,he ><mn, ... ,i, .., font ][u, h I of R
MulTOY.
C~ Ki.,,,,,,,,.
p. ... 0], '''un' "f .-\>,:" I.:~"'g< ""utenlia uirlUlis ,ue'· ad nos illlrare uolcllles. III nos pUlli ren l et cne rm inarelll. de quibus Den auxi liaute uix defetlsi sumu s.' Rex autem, ut hee respot\dit, iussil cosdcm Iegatos duds honorif,cc in 113lalio suo hospit"ri . in low qui dicitllr Pannon i.," ubi pe r di es octo omnia illis necessaria in ipsa regis mensa amuenter' minislT31a sunt. Post dies UeTO octo rex super lc~L;OnC ducis consilio primal um suoTUm .e('{'pto, remi , ;t Ic~t os cum Iegali ' ' de domo sua' ul duei et primi' excrci tus in hoc modo ""pons. reg;, purlarem: ' Rn Kalamannu s duei God efrido, el omnibu, eonch ri stiani, ",lutem CI dikn;oncm sine simul'l ion e.'s " udiuimus de Ie quia uir el princeps pd ..J: in II
... i, .k......k: 9 , Gyo.«y . 6o J..."~,,,. k ll" (","
.. T I... ", i. 00 ~")' whetl>. ~if< Godcchil(, with a swum 0,,111 nu t to harm the pilgrims fun ha as they passed through . So, with all thcsc manc," sen led thus on both sides in goud failh, thc king, O il Ihc ad ,' i~"" of his me n. asked that Rald win, the duke 's OWII brOlher, shou ld be a host.gc, and his wife as well,!l and .11 his household. Without an y argument the du \;e agreed to sat isfy this con dilion. ,\ nd al once, eighT days after tht embassy was ,;em. the duke ordered the whole army to hasten lu the {'3stle of Sopron, and their tents 10 be pitched on this other bank o( th~ ri,'cr and marsh .
68
IIfSTOHIA fEROSOUMITAN A
ii. 5
5. Ad bane den iquc' ducis legat;onem cepil nimium hil.rescere excrd!us c{ puis; su nt uniuersi 'lui ant ea ex diUl ina duds abS'.'nTia hcsi!~balll, c;Cius omnia u,cry household and tent that no one, under pa in or death, should touc h anyth in g, or carrl' ofT anl,thin g b)' violence in the kingdom of I lungary, or cause any insurrection, but should purch."" e'Trl,thin g at a f.ir pria:. In the !\amc W3)' the king also ordered it 10 be announa:d throughout the whole kingdom tha t 1.he army mighl procure a ple ntiful SUI'p l)" nf nec~"'silies: bread, wine, corn and barley, beasts or Ihe field, birds of the Sk)'. l) And il was ordained, on pain of death, lhat the Hungarians should not hurden l he army by ""lIi ng at an unj ust price, or upset thcm. but ralher they shou ld ofTer all things for sale to them on lenient terms. So it was that lhe duke and (he people crossed thc kingdom of I [ u n~ r\', cvery day in pcaa: and quiet, buying in f.i r an d JUSt measure, and the)' arri,'cd
ii. 6
IIfSTOHIA fEROSOUMIT ANA
7'
"'gnum Vng~r;e p"Ttrm. siens, Drnw. ' " fl Ullium perueneru m , uhi conger;e Jignorum oom posiu, et p l urim ~ uim;n"m copulationI' f.Cla, eundem ' fluuium lTaiCCenml, assidue rege cum ualidissima manu ""lu ilum a sinislr;S gradiente una cum Raldwino et ceteris ohsidibus, qllOUSqUC ad locum qui dicillir Fr~nca\li ll a2< peruen!llm esc llIic per Ires dies remorati, lIi te n~-cCSS:l ri 3, Cl q'libus indigcbal ,""crdllls predo mutu.mcs, cu m ",nnihu_I J\blcuitbm dcscc",krum, in lilorc Suwo dieb", quinque I"'muctamcs.'" ilIi" due; cctc ri squc primis ncrc; r", in notuiL, <juoni"m intokrabi lis lIi Ttus milicic impnatoris Cunstantinop.. tis .ffui ...,ct, ad prohibendam pe. egrinis Ulaln p'" regn um Rul!:,•• ie. Quaprnplcr dux et uni uers ; ",,", ilium inierunT., ut partem c.\ere;tll, in armi s lrans fl umen pn:minercm ad n:primendos hosles mililes impcraloris, quolIsque' populus enauigarel. Non amp liu s enim quam tn:s nalt~"S iltic n:pcrlc su nt, cum qui bus mille cquilL"S loricati ad pn:occullandum liw s transmissi sunt. Cetera nHthilltdo copu latione lignorum el uiminum f1u minis alueum supera u"runl. JO~
7. Vi" cn1uigauil populus d COTum prin ~ip'--';, el eCIT rex ~um omni "pparatu suo, el fratre duei. Ba ld wino eiusq ue u,nre el cunel i. nbsidibus affuil, quos ibidem in m,nu ducis n-,;Iituil, ,e deh inc nimia dileelinne commend.1 duce fratreque eius in doni . pluri",i. el o:sculo pads in lerram regni sui rcueTSUS est. D ux UeTO el omni s comilatus iJlius ahera in ripa conslilllti in lli ll a BelcgnHle BuJgarorum hospitio' pernoctauerunt, quam Petrus
g
N i ,A£H
"
. .... /I
• 1...J.1I
plunm"'loc .-Jell
"
.... A
, .... £
'J OC5CUlOC ..
" Hugh of \"tm.nOOi \«>p>.>m.) . p. ' ~n . .1 " (;[, Vorgil, A""id i, s~. It i, unlikely tha, 11uJh ~... I; ""U)' .. "",", .uch "",,,,int, .nd toc ,...... ~"" "".nd An"" Koomcnttn PlOpo>OO, ioctud'n~ dUI Atben ink"""J ,I>< 1.o,d', ,,,,",,,,,,,ion, i ,r and listen'" whal he had 10 say. The du ke ahogo:lher refused to dO lhis. having been wa rned by the Stran gers about the t mperor's cunni ng, hut he scm distin guis hed men TO him as messemundi imc! ligcntcs, benignc a duce commend'li, in lerralll Apulic rt:uel1' i sum, om nia sicul ex ore ducis d idiu'rant' rdert:mcs . H
• "kim A
, ~""m
f """"" ~
' A odd! .umn
",,,,d.,
-' ~ CII • , u"io""" A
_ft"
,,,,,urn
' "'''''' A
, ["",n' 1/ • ;, '>0 Ihal in Ih is way at le..1 Ih~ arrogance of the empemr and his mm shouhl be Seen 10 oc bmught lu w. When Ihe ~mp~rm heard whal was happening h~ began (() be sad and 10 lament o...-causc his land and killgdom was Ihus being destroyed. l !e wok counsel at once, then senl a legation to tlte duke asking that he fOTbid Ihe plund"r and arson and gh·e him satisfaction in all mal1ers. speak ing in this way: 'Let the hostilitk's ceas" bet"·""n uS an d }OU, and the duke com" in to my presence, recei"ing frum l11e, with no misgivi ngs , hostages and my assurance that h~ shall wme and r~turn unh armed, certain of all the honour and glmy w~ can bes"',," on him and his m~'" The duke graciously assent ed 10 this. on OOlld;I;OIl Ihal hosl ages shou ld be gi '·eo who wcrc men ;n whom he would b~ ahle '" h."e wnfidencc wnce min g his ow n life and safely, and Ihus he would go down wilhnUT hesil alion and spea k to Ihe emperor willingly wilh his own '·oice and face to face. Very soon after the dllke made this reply, the emperor's legates returned , and cenain othn kgates, who Came to tha t Sam e court frum Bohemond's direction," grecteG Ih" duke, speaking in Ihis wa)": 'Bohemond, most we al thy prince of Sidly and Cala bria, asks }OU nm W return to frien dsh ip with the emperor in an~' way, bUT '" withdraw imo th~ Hulgarian cilie~ of Ad rianopl~ and I' hilippopolis and '" sp~nd {he winter month s I h~re. confident th"1 al the beginning of ,\-larch Hoh~m()nd himsdf wi ll be there wi th aU his r."",",s to bdp }"()u overeome {his eml,eror and in,·ade his d,m,ai,,' When he had heard Ihis legation from Bohemond Ihe duke pU I off making an y reply 10 it unti l the next Sllnrise when . after takin g counsel with his men, he replied Ihat he had not Icfl his homeland and famil y for the sake of profit Or f()r Ih~ deslructi()n uf Chri,tians, bu t hall ~mbar~ ~d on the journe\' \0 Jerusalem in the nam~ of Christ, and he wished to c0l111)kte thc joumq' anll to fllUil th~ intcntions ()f th~ ~mp-cm', if he could rect>"~' and keep hi, fav()u , an d g()udwilL Hohcmond 's mess
IIfSTOHfA fEROSOUMfTAN A
J"
ii. [6
tua sis in kr"" el ui r prudenti,.imus ac pafe"C ry powcrfu llnight an d prince in yo ur land, and ~ >"cTy wis~ man and complelciy hon~st. Because d this I am laking you as my adOpl~d son, and I am pUlling n~ 'yThin.-: I 1",,,,,.,,,$ in your I" ,wer, "" Ih al my "mpire and land C.m be fr~~d and savelling. Similuly thro ugho ut his whole re~ 11II Ihe emperor furbadc anyone, on pai n of death, to harm Or cbe", any of Ihe arm)', but said " 'Ik" m l' ~... II>< W.,.!em...,' "''''''' ro, . tlyunl;n< ~ o1" m in. ,I>< 'hYJ' wme in w his presence, enlrealing him pressingly by lhci r friendsh ip and pledged trUSt , and beseech ing him It> cross the ,lraits and I<J sn up his lents in Ihe la nd of Cappado"ia, beau"", of Ih~ bui Tdin~'" Ihal his inwrri gible p~~lpl~ were d~Slroying. The d uke gracioll.,l y agreed 10 Ih is, and wlwn Ihey had crossed the river he and all the people pitched camp and st aycd un the mher shme un Ihe plains ufCappaducia. Frnm then .", .....,..ds gra du all )" cwrything was sold 10 Ihe pilgrims a! a hig h price, bU I yel the emperor's gifts to th e duke by no means gre,,· less, for he feared him intensck In fact whm lhe du ke obs("f,·cd the beL of necessities for sale, and heard wilh annoyance the people's prntestS, he wouhl frequen!! ), go by boal 10 meet the emperor and make known It> him the seriousness of the S"l,pl)' sil ualion. Then the emperor, as if ignnr1lnt nf the facts, and not wantiog il 10 be done , woold once again mJ~c c,·cryl hi ng chea l"" rm the pilgrims. IS. Meanwhile, while the duke w", nl"!::otiatin g the,e matte.,. wilh the empernr, and, as three w~ks had gooe hy alread y, the holy feaSI of EaSier hat! arri,.et!,1{1 Uohernond ,loot! be fore the city wa ll s of COMtamionple io greal strc nb'"ih, having ten thousand cavalry an d n rl' many n oo ps of infantry wilh whom he marched down through A,·lona·! and Durazzo" and ot her Bulg-orian cities. At the emperor's request the duke met him " ith t"enly nobl es choscn from his army, to escort him int o the emperor' s presence u!>der a sure safe-co!>duc\ before they laid do"·n their wcapons or pitched their tents. When they ha d grected one anuther an d the duLe had negutiated for a long time wilh Bohemond himself, and h~t! persuaded him wilh 'TTy many coa xi ng word, 10 ent~r the courl and hea r what the empernr had 10 say-for in fad ilt,hemond refused al fi rsl, an d replied lhat he was much (()o afraid of the emperor because hc "as regarded as a crafty and sly man, bUI in the end he ,.-as c"",·ine..,d by Ihe duke's g'Mld promise and co mfort ing wo rds- a! lasl he confiden!ly went into Ihe emperor's palace, where he was recei ved with a kiss of peace an d al l friendship and eSICCm. T hen, after they had held sC\"n"J1 conferences and co nsuhations between th em, Bohemont! became the emperor's man, and wilh an "ath and a pled ge of trust he made an agrc (;11 J immth'" N
W
IA
..u,
in I>",I";"" in the .. T . """,d. son of Rol>cTt Gu;";"rd·, d,,",hter f.mrm, . 00 til< )'ounll"'t of the k>. lhe
eat.,
11 . 20
H I S T ORY OF THE J OUR NEY TO )ERUSALE .\ I
9'
realm, excepl by his fa"ol'r and consent.'! And al once girts were brought to Bohemond, as they had been 10 Godrr< Fri.,.,,' • ho. ''''',,11en'
Ar,-;.-••
'eU .. ,ho CM (i. 6<j-llo. _0"'.. ) .00 by "",dm in hi. letter (H'"8enm'e of S, I'n>i< (i . ;0)
ii_
~3
multitudine graU! uno In I,tere urbem lUCbalU r./.4 Hugo" i\hgnus, frn t~ r r~gis Franci~, illustri ssimus "",ius, ad cuslOdien dam urbem ~uo sedit in ord ine _ Roben us fi lius Gerardi,6} R~imundus wgnomin~ I'dlez," ])on Wal k~rus' de Capis castdlo,67 Milo quoque cognomi ne Loucz, miles r.mos issimus, Step hanus de Albcmarla' fiJius Vdonis" com itis de Campania," Waherlls' de Domeda,! e! eius filius Bernardus,'" di lectissimus in omnj facto et fonna ddcClabi lis, Gcrardus de Gorna,'o Rmhard us f liii us Gosfridi! ;uuenis darissimus," Rodolphus ditissimus cupiamm," domnus A1cns cugnominc f ercans,' J Conans quoq ue;< ambo principes llritt,nnorum: Rcinoldus oc eiuitatc Ikluus, cu m ccteris prefat is in circuitu ufbis consederUIl1 _' Gas!US qltoque de Bederz" ciuitatc,'3 Gerardlls de R()!;elon ciuil ~ le.'~ In
~''P'0m;n~
.tI • H~~ J/ • 1\ '"" • .,ef 1,,,,m;",· (lin. ' i s''. p . 8])_ In • 18_ .';ee t:. M_J. ",;""" 'Some ,,"'eo 00 ,be " •••y"; ~·i , b .pt crtwol,·.;n S,wJi" .. F"",. U,"l""l ' """ Md'""...! /.~"..,"" , "'".". to 1'>-0/
,n
a.
11 . 23
H I S T ORY OF THE J O U R NEY TO JERUSALE .\ I
a large army.1-< Hugh , whose surname was 'the Great', the king of Fra nce's brothcr, a most illustrious ~l1y, took up his plltt in line to leep watch on the ti t)·. Robert Son of Gcr3fd;'" Raymond «00«) .,.. 011< of Roymooci of SaintG ill', moot im"""""t follo~' , 00 .. ,uch i, "",otioo«l in moot of t!>o >ou,e,,". Ik ,,_;..! .f,.,,- K')'mor,d', dep. ~ u", f"",, Poi"",i"" in A u ~ . 'ow. lo u, ..... "xl in ,h. t", n~""',, hy ""J ~;ky -Sm;'h , f'i'" (:_4 " S.oo .. iched:os bt i, bt,"·..", '"'' oats an d sai lin g, throu gh "hich an entrance and exit llsed frequently to be open for SUle}lMIl'S men alld Sule}'mall himsel f 10 bring in necessit ies," Of course Raymon d, the aforementioned count of the land of Saint-Gilles, which is called Pro"cn cc, had not yet brought up his lr;.,~>'. d" •S'. ,11'4;1......."'.... If",,,",..! II""".,. i , (.9). ,{5,. Ca. .. II, n of Ik""llon ... d " " ,ml""""' mrml>« Murro)_ C",,,,d'Iher he came ()ut ()f the fOrlITSS ()f Nieaea I enlist Ihe aid of Turk~ and gentiles; he exerted himsdf fm vcry manr days unt il he had broughl (Ogelhcr fi"e hundred thousand fighting men and knights in armou r from the whole of Rum . When he had r""'TUiTed Ihese men from all around and briefed Them, a rumou r reached his ears of rhe siege of Nicaea and the army of Christians, and it \\'as reported to him that a numocr c.~cecding four hundred thousan d by many thousands had encamped there. J'>lo!\:o\"cr, he waS so ..~wnishcd b~' this rumour that, akmg with all the men he h.d recruiled, he altered hi s roUle and went through lhe mountain regions towards the wal l. of Ni ..-aea, to se, he claimed, th.tthey mi ght expt:ct In m~et him in hattk on the ne:
17 • """",ooil C • ittiti. A ' in N " .ignaque ACIIN , p"",ucu,,.,.,nl.\' ' ."'_ A ' GId",ul1l ell; CoI,hu"" £.\'.I-u/ E • • , Colooun /"1, ,,, • • De i o;o_
., Li~< other chronicler>, Atb him '(;"iJ~ de (;..-I>nJ.· (p. ' 39) .,.d et priu'IlIS im~ r f.miti.re.s summorum proceTllm ' dihgcbalu r. O«.isorum uero lOt lI ulnenuur utn capita .mputal.'" ChriSlian i que N
• LIth;"" A, Dhnd< N
c.,.,...n';"''I'',I;, A (;//N
I
f
m;"'; N
' d ap.bo men'.me" b), e)-e~it !l<MO' ;n GF ipp. '5- [6). R'" (p. 55). an" "'n,elm of RiOOnon", >e . .. hen Ahio< ctl1>t to the By,,"t;". th"'n< i" ' oS, . fl. h.oJ nwI< on ' ((" n..., ",i,h Q!(,i ,\"". ·.n.". ,he "".". 1':""", in '''9'. (,u, ""lding I"'". .onol .""" '"" ompi« w ... by ' ''95. Mo, ;',. ~.", ok,.,,,,in«,l II, d";,. I= ~ ,I>< Tu t,s: I>t1 meni. prcscmcs, cl lunc oclli otio uacames ad subucnicndum sibi in c~... s.bili unee ammone! ac· p~",uur. (lui sine mora funiculo a mcnibus laxato, inter manus rallads CI rugitiui pcregrini mox in ipso pcndell1cm, ct m.n;bus hcrcmcm, intra men;. non PJruo clamore .c fragore f.cto imai u, ~I ex ter;us leu.uerunt. r"ullus t.mell ChriSli.norum fugientem sequ i alii ret;nere I"esumpsit, propter Turcorum iacu la des upcr ;nfcslaill ium. 29. Dum" in dec relo firm iss;mo oosidion;s el destruct;OI\;S urbis curricula seplem ebdomadarum ibidem ci rca eius menia uersarentur, et prindpcs ali i iactus Cl tonnema lapid um ad minllendos' m ums' ct turreS apt3rcnt, alii .rietcs (crra!Os cumponcrcnt , ct diuersa ingen;a q ue ~rent, '!etu sag in e u;tam exalau;L • £ .... , Z b!~, "';";"1 ., Ik"
H/." iUWIlt'
,
) diffw;iUJI N
• mu"""'oo. N s.m.).:
,B.
_.,,,.
- " ... N
,
m" r . ~
, " " '''''U!" • td wilh an o.th nm to keep any rart of the emperor\ kingdom, no fortresses, no ('ities, unless b}' his wish Or gift. When he found OUI and discm"CTed th is, and saw the ,.inory of the Christians . Ild most crud slaoghter of l.he Turks, tha t pri ... meT of whom we told earlier, despairing of his life and imell(lillg 10 escape the yoke ofChri stianil Y. olle day SaW a "ery ckar opportunit y through the carekssness of the guard, and flew across Ihe elllrenchmell( oflhe city wa lls with a nimble-fOOled leap: he cal led incessant ly alld pleaded wit h the Turks, "'ho lI'ere on the other side of the "'3115 and at that moment en jo)·ing a rest from warfare, w help him. At one" they let down a roPl' from the walls inw the h.Ilds of th e false and fb,iog pilgrim, and soon he was han\,';Ilg on it and d inging with his hands ~nd they pulkd him up inside the ",alls, making a 1m of shou ting and din inside and oU!sid~. Yel n()t one of the Chr;Sli.Ils dar~d w fonow or detain the fugitive, because the T urks were anading wit h ja"e1ins from abm·e. ~9. Whi'" they kept \0 thcir ,"cry firm reso lution to besiege and destroy the city, seyen lI'eeks mo their course with the Christians in the Same plae" "round the "'a il s, and whi'" s()me of the princes Were preparing machines fur throwing an d catap ulti ng stones \0 reduce Ihe wall s ,nd IIlwe,"" others were const ructing inm-ciad b, lteri llg I1II11S, and were working on different im·cmions; they were making Hry man~' assaults, and Hald win C,ldnu n, wh" was constant ly attacking the walls and excel lin g by his ex~ssi\"ely rash and daring dT()rL', brealh~d his last whcIl his neck was broken" by thc blow ()f. hurled stone. Baldll'in of G hent, while he too was exerting himsdfthere in an assault on the cit y and m"king a careless rush at the walls , " xpired,
ii . ~9
'"
POS! h~~ durn ex consilio 1'1 tk~rc\O priol'ipum rursurn uneitus I insu l. F landrie \V.I"
J1.' it~rnr~1 assultum, mme.~ d~ Forcis ~t d~
nomine 'OO in endern assulru oi",i"", ferucrn es et be ll o uehcmernes. dllm h"','ll'S lac."c.,r~nt. saginis transfixi ' i me ri~ runl. Wid" d~ Porsessa ill uSl ris" eq ... es ibidem in lirmi tat e occupalus uita detessi!. Flell;1 sllper hos omnis populu s C"~lholi corllm quoniam fort~'S coo silia rii el auctores rerum capita li urn habtobanlu r. Tanws eleni m uiros
nobilissinws cum omn; honorc ct rdi g;ooe crisco p;, abbalcs' sstes, uniuerso:quc li gsse pro/icere. Tandtm inter plurim .. dis:cussiones, tale repcnum cst oonsi lium, quia nisi' nauali custodia (am sp~ciosus obserllarelllr lacus, m'qua'lu~m hosles posse reprimi. n~e urocm alirnentis uatuari. Vndc ma gnis n paruis in unum uucaLis decretum cst ""mmuni consilio, ut ad p"'tum Ciuiwt innunwrahiles
• ,..",ud"'. A Jl
• uhed the lower wil h • sharp point of iron, intending to breach Ihe tower with such force Ibat a hole in Ihe excavau,d wall wou ld appear through which t wo at once could enter ;n advan ce and penelrate a'1(1 caplure, and rhese two would rcdue-.1. ", Thi, i, Alben', Ii", menDon of' .... t.blc deSlitluum/ et pre oppressione' mmensorum lapidllm nil posse ' I"''''~ N
J.f
• commoue", N
• ""'"P"""" N
• pcr;r", ,Ie
, Ik,,;,um A
ii. 3-1
fllSTORY 01' T HE J OURNEY TO JERUSALEM
"9 arrows shot from bows of horn , others crushed those who lI"ere working alongside tk waUs and tower with an attack of rocks . In the wur:se of th is d cfenc~ and resi'lance by the Turh onto of thwnfu lly and mure licred)". Now Du ke Godfrey, Sc obtu lit prefatis primuribus' quorum animum huiuseemod i .olatione et pm mi «ione rdcuat J dicen~: 'V ideo qui a omo e opus machi narum ue,trarum in Uanum labora!, lIest rates erebra' mOTte circa muros minu ll ntltr. et magn is periculis ui ta "'sidnor um . dhne su bi aee!. Nam Ture; in d us; confidemer et "",u ri a lurribus el menibus rep llgna m. i nC"~utos et tludos saginis el saxis obru un t. " llin muru s astu tia antiqllorum fundalus, non ferro aUI aliqno robore polest rescindi. \'ndc qui~ omncm nirlu lcm lIcstram' sic frm lrar; !lCn<JlCxi, maicsta tem u,"lm m .dire et compd lare f _ . A ' luben'", A •• ' '': bod}', although it was o.!ead they hanged it in a n, ~"e of ropc aga in st the walls, so that they would ofTeno.! the Christians further by this inhuman cono.!uet. OfTentletl ind~..,t1 and ",d, all of them wept thaT that their commde had perished by such a cru el death and abom inahle treaTment. When after t his long display he was thrown down naked from the "-aTl s they Took him up with honour, along with the reSI we h..'e mentioned, and buried him in rhe sa me place as The slaughrered fail hful, with the handing ouTof alms and a commendation from priesls, .15. Duke GOO fr,,}' an d Uohcmond and Ihe other prinCrt wac t roubled hy this dest ruction ofbm\'c men, and b~' the harm tha t I'arne \() '' '' ",a ny Chris tians who s ufTcr~d day aftn day in t he attack on Ik cit y, and ocI'aus' contrari os, (a ntum necessa ri a ani mee' n cummuni sumplU e( iuuamine amminislTenlU r Y Audita hac uiri prom issinne, cum omni heniunl~n!ia pacTi 5IJn! ei dare quindecim lihras l'arnotcnsis' mon<e!c '(IO premi um ,ui laboris, C! quicquid nccessarium overi rcquirt'rt'l inddiekntcr' amm inisJr.l rc, ga uisi et conf,dcnlcs in spc promissi artifi cii _i\ !agister iTaquc arTis facta prcdiCTa conuentione, in):eni. sua 'p!at, parietes d edi ues~ wnncclit, e! uirgeas crn!e~ ""ui!" mirif,co insl rumcnto, sub cuius prot eclionc ipse C\' SeCu m dcs mbnt cs capita sua tllt a a iKulis Turcon!nt dcsl!per res;stenlium haberenl. 36. Ad ungurm uero in slT umcmo Slit: prolectionis p-nducto, uir; ( :hri,ti.nnrum loricati, dipea ti, circa m.chinam amglobantu r. Quam in uirmt~ .m a tranS uaHum impul~runt, trahentes, el iuxla mu",s inu itis et prohibentibus desuper omnibus Turcis comin us adiunetam Slaltl~ru m_ In qua m"gi"t~ r arTis cum ~..,t~ris op ificibus b.an' N: A I . h. A
JJJJ
'"r« mach,,,,,,,,
... R>rrnoOO <X A~ui kn (!>p. "'-1» "plain. ,h .. II", cru.a, V.I!}' WiThoul rail ,,-hatew r essent ials he mighl need for the lasl;, rejoicing and puning Iheir IrUSI in the hope of the promised workmanship_ So, after the aforesaid agreement, th~ master craftsman prepared his inventions, juined th~ slopin g sidcs IOgclher and 311ached hurdles of brushwood /0 the marvd!ou. apparatu., so IhaT under ils prOTection he and those who wiled wilh him wou ld kecp thcir heads safe from thc javelins of thc Turh who were opposing Ihem from .Ix,,-e. ]6. When the apparat us for their protection was JX'rfeetly finished, men from Ih' stron ge r and Slronger and il red uced 10 ashes the posts, the beams and all the wood thar had been plll unuern ealh. When these things had thus been reduced I embers and lhcre waS no prop «Jr the foundations ~il hn of ~.nh or of wood, Ihe building of the "ery ancient lOwer fell fla t in an instant in the middk of Ihe night, and it mau~ such a noise that it "'as takm for th~ cra sh of thunde r h)' all the people who were woken fmm their sleep. Ahhou!';"h Ihe weight, so 1mbearable, of the fa llen tnwer was hroogh l down by Ihe sudden coll apse, il WaS nOl broken up by the , hoc k ;nlO many pieces of masonry or ston~'S , but Ihe walls of Ihe fortress '''ere lying shalle red an d ruined in man y places; they srood open, dam aged by cracks, and offered a way in, though stil l dim wit. Because of III is collapse and d"nstation of the lOWer Su1c)rnan's noble wi fe was gmltl}' fright~ned, and she no longer trusted in t h~ protection of th~ cily, so she w", sent by his men at d~ad of night 0010 the current of the lah-, so thll sh,' would thus escap~ Ihe Christians by boat. BUI her departure was spol1~x1 by t h~ s"ldic", wh" wer~ g-uaruin g th~ lake, and she was em ght by the ir rowing op the newly hroughr up ships, an d "'as placed inlhe care of rhe princes along "'ilh her rwo you ng sons.
37. T he Turks defending Ihe fonress "ere lerrilied "hen the w"cr "'as bro ken do,,·tl to the ground, I II an d Ihey w{"le likewise stunned by the capture of this lady, and from Ihen on Ihey despaired of escape by saili ng clL-a t on thc lake; they w{"le dn'astaled br the sni"us w~akmi ng of thei r mm who had bcen kille d within; they were ex hau~red hy the long , iege, and as Ihey saw thaI Ihe)" cou ld nUl ~scapc they had a discussi"n among them'iCk~s .nd the)" made ~ntreat ies concerning rhe safery o(Ti fe amI limh, aski ng thai Ihe y be S1"'red by Ihe Chrisrian am,y, ha";ng prom is.:d to hand over the keys of the ci ty into the hands of Ihe emperor of Constantinople, 10 whom originally the city was subject by heredita ry law, umil Suleym~n
,,6
ii. J7
S,,1iman nm sib; subiu gatam inu. siL ' ll T31inus ucro trun cate naris f~mj li ~ris im peraloris, consi lio maiOTum exercit us ..arisfacicns precibllS ilJorum SUStepla lItrimque (,de et rt,ddila, "p ud C hristianos proceres pro cis intercessit, hac conditione. U! ab llrbe inoolumes extant, n in impcnllo ri s dcuil;oncm ucniam Cum uxorC Solimann; nuhilissim. que nuper cal"" in cuswdi. l'rincil'um Francoru m ["[l"ham. cu m d um",. fi lii, ...is adhuc [tUCTis H ' Sic u t.im" u" sedalO assuh u. d'lm diuersa consili. reddende ciU;lati "" ageremur, Cl plurts captiui Christianor"m rcd dcrentur, '1ucdam sanclimonialis
J1.8 femina I de cennb;n $anele i\ ,"ri e ad HOrTea Trtucrcnsis' ccdesie'" c um ccteris ab""llI l' cl rc,t itu l. cst in manus Ch ristiani excrcitus, q ue
sc de adtTito Petri agmi " e eapt am et abdueta m professa est, let parum l interm issionis a fooa el abhominabili cui usdam Turd el ecleroru m commixli one hahuissc conq ucsu cst. Du m uem super hiis iniurii. miscrabiks STmilUs in audicntia Ch ri stianorum proferrel, int er proccrcs el milites Ch ri sti H ei"ricum de Asca castello recognouiL Quem ex nomine lacrimahili el hum ili uocc compel lan" ad auxilium sue emun dationis adesse' commonui!. Qui slal im hane recognilam super eius in(ort unio mtu' cSt, '''1 omni' misericordia el industria 'qoa poluit' .pud; du ecm Gode fridum " htinuit, qualenu, ci a domn o Naim ero uencrahili cpisco]>o C ;n",",ng lio< .. ,ho, ~.h,", d . u=" ,hi, ",,;n' m.y
",rh' hi, und«_
",oo;n, of tho i""oer>' .OOe".1; ;n, to l""tOr< to tho [J)'unt;n aU captured ci,i and 1
'0
oot !un I>«n ;nf""""d .bou, !he role of til< emperor', ~ Ihe hands "flhe Christian arm y. She da imed she had ocen captured and ta ken away from i'elcr'> ,kf~rdjn, '0 hcr > U1 saltern amore hon e~t a ru m fo" 'urUm accensi el placati, discanl capl iuis misc rcri. 4'" D um' sic afli"" r~ntu r fidel;um greg~s el~ Hoemulld; jam lIirlu~ minus resiSTere ualercl. eo quod ex inpTOuiso in se suosque arm is eXll10S irrui ssent, 'el ian)' ad quatuor mi lia de exercitu Chrislianorum J'I , , and now he app..... red, chargin g violently and with. largc ' lia cki"g force. There WaS no I"Hlse, no respilc'" from sloughrerillg an,! subd uing the arm y. and as they ran through the ca mp some "'ere pierccd hy ar.",,",, mhc," beheaded by thc sword. ,c,-cra! rake n prisoner by the e~cessi" e! y cruel enem )". AT these thi ngs a great sholl1ing and shakin g arOSe among the p~'Oplc, women both married and unmarried were beheaded, along with men and little chil dren . And Robert of " ..is, wish in g It> CUme to the . id of the wretched viCli m ~, was shot by a flying arrow and killed.' " Hohemond, who was thunderstruck by this awful massaCIT, and 1m, mm,r nobles recm-ned Ihcir ho""-",,, the y ha stened to pUT on hauberks a"d weapons ami m•• sed togethe r, and, having w defend Ihem..,h·es most une' p" clcd!y. Ihe)" joined balt !c wil h Ihe enem y for a long time_ William, a very daring YOlllh and a vcry handsome rOllng knight, T ancred's brother, WaS struck by an arrow and oo!\al'sed in thc sight of Bohemond himself while he was tighting back tiercel)" ~ nd oflen piercin g Tu rks with his spear.'" Tan~Ted, ddcnding manfully whh his sword, only jll.t escaped with his life, bll t he lert the ornamen ta l banner whi ~h he displayed Oil his ~p'-'ar in that ptace with his brother. The Turks, wilh their pri nce Suicyma n, werc gTllwing .tronger and strong-n, th~y burST in w the ""mp in streng-th,
",0 .
&is,,,
'" A"..-d j "~ (G CF(p _ j). Win .. "" OO n Gf EIoh,.,.,wnd', Em..... h..id 'r>l'< ,i,u S""')·"
LlBER TERTI VS
3,19
Postquam
I.
ho~ti li .
impetus abscessit, <juartc imm in entc luei.
cr~puscu k',' Francigenc, Loth.nn gii, AI~manni, Haw nii, Flandrien"".: d lmiu~rsum ge nu. Theuton icoru m l caslra mouerunt cum
omn ibus rebu~ ,ibi neces.~arii s el ' poliis Tureorum, el in ucnice Nigrurum Montium' mSiramClali hospitio pernoctauerunt. Mane au lem facIo Norl ma l\ll i, Hu~undienses" FIrilan ni, Alemanni, Hawarii. Thcmonici. omnis uidelict:t exereitus. abh inc descendenm r in u.lles nomine Ma klbnm i'ls/' ubi propter d ifTicuhates loconun el angu st arum fa ueium inter nl )>t!S iter per dies abbreuiabant ob innu merabi km mullill,dinem el nimios calorcs mensis Augusti.' Sabbali ,kh inc cuiusdam ciusdcm mensis instantc die ddecllls "que magnus .,'creuit in populo. Quapmpler, ,iI i, anxiet.te oppressi, utri u'que ""XU" quam phlTes/ lit di cunt qui .ffu~ru m, circit~r quin g~nto" ipsa die spiriTum t :;i me siti, extincta sunt.· z. Compcrimus cliam il lic non ex au dit u solum, scd n ucrid ica rdal ionc qui et particiJX's (uerum eiusdem tribulationi s in c,od ~m sitis periculo" uiro. eT muli eres mi scro. cru,,;aTus perlulisse. qlwd menS hu mana horrnc:lt, auditus expaue,,'al el de tam mi __ ~Tllhili siti. in formni" wntremisc.\. Quam plures namque fete mu lieres, exsiccalis faudbus . arefaclis uisceribus uenisque omnibus corporis solis' t t to rrid c plage antore inestimabi li exhaltstis, media I plalea in omnium as\>t"um
.1~O
• 1'1,00,","'- ,II /IISS hm,' /"" "c~",,",II)' H .. ",t",,,... ACN • llu,g"ooJi<me> ACII, 1lu,S"lHiir.e. N ' di>c;ony• • T"T' OJI; Ikr.de. i. Erieul .-teIlS
f
"""ci'''i, .<jell{\! '
polotruOl'
A
, ,m, fI ' (,. , and was pursuing him as he ned round a Iroc to dc,-our him, just as it was accU5tomed to dcmor shepherds of the distrin , or at least tho", who went inw the forest, according to their aCcoont. 'l'he duke, then, as he was accustomed and ready to hell' his Christian comrades at alltim~..., ofmisforrun~, hastil y d rew his sword, vigoft)usly spurred his horse and ",HKll'ed down up"n the wretched man; he hastened \0 "RaTch the diSlT< of ,be dt1""h"'d been ~,of the Dr,,,,'i,,,, empiruch :os eon.....,ine om of Rl,lat us, ex]>auit, Tu rw< "'lSe arhitrat us qui sociis urbi inc1usis ad" sltbucnicndum propcrASSC1l1 . lli is tandem descendentibus , uite dim~ i s, fame scm iuiui" Tancradus ut milc~ acerrim us socius ammonCl Ul cis res sil pro anima dcfemknda ,
}4
7. Turci autem qui turrit is mcnibus· .d ~l"'claculum e( dcfcllSio"~m circiter quingenti' conuenerant et ipsi pariler Baldwimtm eiltsque comil. tum .cics Turcorum cs.'" cstim.mes, Tancr.d" iml'TOpcr:mtcs in huc mudo min.b.ntur: 'Ecce m.nuS nobis .uxili"i properantium. Nos nOll in lu a UI eS\illlaOOS, sed III luique in manu" ct uirtute nostra' hudic mmerendi e, Broch I,,,•• Bruhc ,",,, ' Toul N • tl'" II ..... ,\' , ,.(j"'1i A " "«-",,'-;'''"mq'''' ACHY , for< CllN - cum;n< II • .0 A
7 • N.JJs ot k/o" mland firm, bccau,", our sin prC\'cnL~ us, yct you will never escape the hands of llt,hemond and his arm)' which is fonow ing' T his s.id. Ta ncred. with all his co mpan y whn hod ridJcn ahead with him. ha st~ncd on swift horses to me..,t Haldwin. term. ,"",oneil>!>lc: F . Kuhn. 'Zu,
jii. -"i'm . 6. (6.1.); l : 14 (75); 7, A!.uL
,: f .; '
;d
pp.
5~o'o---J
Ci. FC lp. U>6) , 00 RC " M,,~~, 40.
IfI S H)JlI,I. IfJlOS OI.IMI '/',I.NA
111 .
7
ra pidi,simis,· Ilald wino in uCCurSum prop."."L T ,m::; ucro tubis C1 e..m ibus horris..nis ad t~rr~n d um ipsum Ta ncradum a muris fortit~r inwnan t S~d utrimq u~ Christi.nitat;'s signis r~cognit is, et uis is ami cis ~t' compatriotis, pre gaud i.. in lacrim.. dcnuu m, quod sic J)ei g .... tia a penis et ]>~ricu lis mmc liberati SUn!. N~c morn, d~in ce]>s cmnm i ~lis co]>i i. lemoria com mu ni co n.;cnsu pariter ante urbis menia reponunl: el ex preda quam contraxeram a' montanis el regione in bobus" et armentis, ci bos m"Clam el l,"rant, igni appumont. ~'os sine sale COCIOS diuluma fames manducare coegil, prorsus pane cuncti. i1Jic deficiente. Eral enim ciu;tas ex omni parte murala , habitatoribus riuis ct pra lis apta tl cummo,h, sila in ca mpis ftrlili bu. , Cuius mcni~ ,dn) admiramu r fortissi ma, ul nu ll i.. uinci humanis uiri b"s nisi 0.,0 ann ucOl e' credamr.
8. e raslina ucro luce non a, F.\aldwinus cxu r~ns, suique 'nurgeOl~s ad urhi, m~n ia len dcOlCS, signum Tanerndi quod ~rat n01issimum' ;n eminenl.iori lu rris arce' ex conscnsu el fo:>edere percusso Turcor u", posil"m contemplalltur. Vllde lIimia indignatione et ira accellsi, in ucrb" amaT'a el scditiosa aduersus Tancr~d u m suosque eruper um, T at.cradi, Boemut.di" iactantiam el pr incipatum llocci1"endcn tes, IUlo ct feci equiperamcs, Hi is ct 11lIiuscemodi ucrbis amaris fere ad arma ucmllm CSI, nisi ui ri pacifici CI pr"dcmiorcs ta li consilio inlcrucnisscm, ill ab ipsis l'iuibus Armtnil'is ex amboTllm kg"lionc cxpcri r~l u r' 'rub cuius do mi nio ct dit ionc u.[,.,m magis ~uhcsse int~n dc rcOl , f et cuiusl pani mel ion oplionc fa uerem, Continuo res pon""m CSt ab omnibus magis uclle subi ei et crderc Tancrado quam aherius prillcipis ditioni. J)icehant enim hoc non ex cordis deu ntion~, sed ex F.Ioemundi quam semper habebant in uasionis su,>picionc. Nee miTttm, cum lon~ ante hanc expeditionem. in pm ibus Gredc, I Romanic e( S}'rie Boemundi rama semper c1aruil, bellum inhorruit," G"dtrridi duds n unc prim um nomen sdnlill~b~l.!j ~t'
lH
• u.!oci"';m ",1.
• "" CN
, "
II
, .u , ili.!nl< A , nomi ...... >imum A
g •• >t'"liIk Ix.,,'« n T.IlT"lis sic allocul us est: 'Bot mu ndum el hune Tanl·radum quos sic uencra mi ni ac romliduis, nequaquam m"ior~~ cl polentimes mag-isuos cTedalis Chri ~liani exereil u waste any more Ijm~ in this disagreemenT. but wenT across 10 a neighhouring lown. ca lkt.! At.!ana, lS whi,'h w"' (onified and prospero us. He found its )., w"' ,)., rdin, to lUdulf of c.cn (1'1'· 634";), .n Am>
'6. '99)-
IfI S H)JlI,l IfJlOS OI.IMI '/',lNA
In.
rr
consilio maioTUm urbs' CI ianu. imcrdil1. CSt. Hi; unO longo res,; itiner~, et r~bus neeessariis uaeu i el ex haust i, multum preamtur' orhis ho~pir .lil 'l cm, u rcrum neeessoriarum uena litalcm. P r~Cll i 347 ,urn cr' uniuersi; plebeii ordinis d~ mOl i,",u HaJJ",ini, I co quod l,,,,fratres ct Christiane es""m p",(es recei,'e or admit anyone except his own men into Ihe ons. and , in IT'-cnge for the blood of their .. Th< ri'",i' N
t6 • Gi, i!be" . , r; .KIIN '
""";u"' A
Monte
n.m A
'
K;':f..... p . • " . PrO>". Po,,,,, ... It.ly. Room .... "!Or ; ..nted ,he """"""" of tit< ""'" of Ar-:!ur (bdo ..·• ,·ii. "I. S« Jami>oo. 'Som< 00' ''''. 1'1'. W, _ .].
IfI SH) JlI,I. IfJlOSOI.IMI'/',I.NA
iii. 16
capti ac ' rrtcnti sum; pluTimi ~-quites cl pedilcs de 'mc;"late Tancradi alii extincti , ali i uulnerat i perieru nt. Solu~ Gise1bertus de C laro Monte oimiurn inSc the Armenians wished rather to SenT under a Christian duke than under gent ile power, And I.] when thi s lm"n with its ("rtress citadd had ocen sl1hj ugated, and his men pla~..,d in iI , he la id sieg.: 10 and capll1red in the ,a rne way Rawndd," a fortrL"Ss im preS"".ble by human fu rces. The T urh, fr;g h !en~d hr the capture uf T urocsse1, a~ reported It> have ned and gone away from there. He also took many ci(ies w;!h their surrounding fortifica1ions . as 1hey were frightened by th e look of 1he ~rmy making for Antioch,'! The T urks ""n, also gua rdin g these, long subjugated, but uow 1hey we~ struck with terror and took flight by night, abandoning them. When Ra,'endel had thus been 1aken Baldwin cntrusted it 10 Pakmd, the aforesaid Armmian, an untru stwurthy man and one or grea t treachery, whum he detained at "iicaea " Ro,·...... uk. Tu, ~< c"",.o.1"" ~""., .hey c..,lo no< . fford I.,.", it behind tbern On cr><m)' hmds .. 'hey m",d>«l OIl '0 JJ6----?, BU. p . 8, (in,:>= " ... chiJdkM. b'JE OCOOI'o inl lo Cl1 ., pan 0( II>< .. m< < AClIN • in««m gh'c him 10 redeem their vines and crops. Bald"in did not rduse this firsl r"ql,est of the duke and the leading citizens; h,·t"ok "ilh him two hu ndred comrades and the wwn 's entire com pan)" of ca"a lry and infantry, and attacknl the fim at Samo"'la, directing a great fi ora: againsl the enemy in the srrength of his men. Il'" the mack was strongly resiSTed by Ilalduk and hi s men, who met them with a hail of arrows .nd a biaS! of lTumpets. For an innumerable hand of The dfem in.te Armenian Townsmen . who wcre fighTing carelessly and slow ly, fel l in That place, and as man y as six of Baldwin's excellent and "igorous sol diers wcre shot with arro,,"S and died. In their funeral rit,,", ca rried OUI according to the Christia n cuswm, Ihere was lamentation and gTC:l1 b'Tief thro ugho ut the whole city. BaJJ"in reali'lcd thai the citadel of the fortress al Samosala "as unconquerable, and thai the Turh in il wert: 'Try resolute and tirdess in war, so he len his men, armed with h a~berh ami helmets and hmsC!;,. t SI J"h n,511 in a fortress wb ich waS not nry far fro", Ihe ciudd. SO Ihat they would always ride out To oppose Ihe Turh and tmoble them wilh conslant warfare, while he reTUrned \0 E my.'lC lf as falher, and I<J whom I h.,·e al"" g:iven my piedg-:. Hut I beg of you nm 10 leI me be di~honoured by his bklodsh~d or death,': ",, d.y he foun d pretexts II> pUT orr gi"ing These hostages. ~5 . After Baldwin had thus becn raised up as duke, and his milila ry repUiatiorl was widely known, Balak,s, "'ho was himself also a prince, and usurper of Ihe fonress of the town of Sororgia;'Ssent. delegation to Duh Ha ldwin asking th. t he ,hould come d,m'n with a joint army
IIlsrORI ;l 1!;JIOSOI.I ,IJlrAN;I
que • pres idio et rnomamS disuthat e! rebdli s . dllue resi,tebat dcscenderet, et" presidium in tius manu ciu ibus el urbe super~lis absquc ulli dill rionc repon erct. Enm! Clli rn ciues Sarraccni qui ~ibi ""istebam, et tributa darc wntcmncb,m. S6 H. ldwinus pmmi,si, iIlius credens, rucderc adinuiccm percuss, cum om ni 'p p", lU suo urbem oDsi(]ere c! upug nare disposuit, donee ciues uie!i ccdcrcn! et deincc]>' tributorii fie", m. Vernm eilK'S Bald wini aduentum e! eius indignationem ex Balas suggcs!ione in tcl li gmlcs, Bald uc conum lione solidorutn celerosqlte Turcorum nti litcs tnu ltis premiis sibi acciucrunt, sperante< sub eOrum tutamine menia urbi, p,",se ret iner; ac ddendi. [hlduc, miles c! unus de principib,,,; Turcorum, auaricia hisamiorum iam eorrupllts, cum suis ad UTbem descendit , sperans cidcm urbi .dhue pr""""" et dominari. Baldwinus du~' hoc cumperto, in manu C,mi die Sl:ltuW ad oDsidionem uTbi, Sororgie proficisci disposuit, cum mangenis el omni armorum apparalu qllibus urbs seindi c\" c~pugnari' puSSet. (iues uero r SaITaeeni uires e! apparalum imolcrabikm audientes rormidinc concussi, nuncia ill i miserun t, ut pacifiC
•
oJJJ CI
• ilk>
4'" ucm
/I
. .... /1 '
ill""
. 0-«3;;;, A
A
' .... ;I("/IN • dicion< A - c""odi. AN
" 0,11 • pugn,,,, N f II , ,jb;qu< "CIIN ' '" "CII
.. Albt."CIIllC trihutaries. When the citizen, found olll abolll Baldwin's appmach and his anger, at Balak's instigation they summoned Balduk with.n agreed sum of monq', an d the other Torkish soldiers with many prizes. hoping they would be able to hold and defend the cil y walls under their protection. Sald uk . a soldier and One of the princes of the Tllrks, whu was already corrupted by greed for bc.zanlS, arne down wil h his men to the cily, hoping he might yel become the chief and master of that same city. Duke Baldwin, knowing this , arranged to SCI olll un the appointed da,' with a stwng f<mx: to ocsieg~ the cil y of SowCKia, equipped with mangonds and all s"rL~ "f weapons with which the city could be torn ap" rt "nd overcome. When th e Saracen cit izens learnt of Baldwin's fim;"s and irres i,tible w~apon s the y were horwr-struek and ""nt messages to him 10 cume down t" them pcacefull r and w t.ke the cit y wit hout oppmition; rhen they "'ould not refuse rhe revenues each year to his alllhorit y. Baldwin yielded to their cntrt,." "' ""J Ibis F ukl>l b< frum lho h;",,.;.. , ~ ho hoJ . ... ) . ",,,,,,,,.n;..! fl..JJ.·;n ,,, t~ dr.s> 1'\'. [6, ..... >06-8), 000 [I>< Folcl>"s cum oniuersiS"' scqua~ibus legiunibus "" ml"'",mm a qui busJam Christianis Syrie sibi ()a.:urr~mibos ciuirat.,m Artesi.m"'" llolll'rocul ahesse. rebus uite Ilcccssariis locuplet.,m sed a T urcis obsessatn.' Hoc ~"ml"'rlO R"bertus J e FlanJria, •."ompt';s secum oi ri s bell" cautis~ i mis, Rotge. o de Roseit,'" G07e1one fi1io cotniu. Cononis" de " Ionle ACUIO, cum mille loricatis ab exercilll eXllrgens, aJ .-\rtesiam JescenJil ci uilalcm, muro d m.,nibus .,\ presiJio \UrriiO munitissi mam. in qua Turci manentes Armenicos Christ ianos seruili iugo subegcran1. Vrbi itaque el eius'" menibus appropinq uanles in signis cm;tis cui usque coloris pukhcrrirn is, in galei. eni is auro luciJissirnis, h)l,m regionern ra ma soi .Juen!o, cuncuS"'runl. Turci in mcnibo, Arlesic cl presiJ io causa Jeftns i,,"is"l rcpug-naliunis r"p~ntina hac Gallorum tongressione ' p"ncrrili .•st ilemnl, ronas ciuit . ti. obice ct seris tnun1cmes . V.,rum ciues Armenici quos idem Turci lonp ""milulc J Cl'rc,..,ranl, ..,cum in ei~Jtm muni li"n ihus' r~m i n i ""cntes in;uriam 'Uarum quas ab eisdcm Turcis diu pcrluk n nl . in ral'l ione' • OM .
N
, Gud ..... ~
' op!""""runt ~(;IIN f .... II , Udeludus~: Ud of lire hut occup ied by Turks. Wh en hIi,,,' POrt of S, S)' '''''''"
iii. JI
H I S T ORY OF THE JOURNEY TO JERUSALD\
18;
thty were in no "1Iy allowed to enter the gates with the Gauls. "lany anned men, both ~":l"~lr y and infantry, "'ere wounded on this side and that in Ibe ..,uddm bombardment of arrows, al", mules and horses . The Turks. therefore. seeing that Ihey had not sllcce<Xied, and still trusting in thdr numm'rs, dccid~d on a siege around Ihe aforesaid (·ily. BUI Ihe (.ilb{ul people shut in,id" remainnl safe and ca lm hee1Us~ thcy had a sufliciem suppl)' o( food, di scmw~d in th~ fortl"
intim>b;Tj, m"ronom firmi" ,... _ftC"
.r>'
ron,,,,~"i
.unt £
• 11 .J.is
.. Willi.." of T,.,,, " Y' Il"d~;" m..-r..d ,.., d.u~h .. t of "1',(',,im' ;" ,10 ul tra aliquus C' nostcis diuisionem fa~~re, nec t~ mere prccurrere, sed in comm uni et unanim; ui rt ute in crastino usque ad pontem Ferne nos rommeare consi lio caltlissimo dirtiniltimlts.''' P()d ; ~n"is
Omni. igitur"' popu lus umnabili, ""cadoti. ammonitioni adquieuit, et crastino sole cxorto, n ,m sociis .b Artesia rccepti", Tanerado, Wdfonc Bulon ien>e, a maritimi., cum' uniu~T N .-fClIS f
• _ . 11 [ ...
rh...Ju • .-fClI,\'
" u. CU. ~,"'" "54[-"] (i . [(6)
"
om";"",,!u. AClIN ,
r.m. N
f
R,,,,,,,n;, E
. "'
" he"",1 lit. >on of lIugh I of L< Pu;"', (d of Lc Puis< c,o=d'. S,.,","m . .w i i ([Q~' ~ [0-,8 ... pp. [00_ ' .
iii. 33
H I S T ORY OF THE J O U R NEY TO JERUSALE .\ I
'9'
dday bishop Adhemar of Le Pu y, making a speech to the people, gave 11mn all a (athnl), warn ing, and told them , with encouragement of this SOrt, UJ which thc prc>Cnt ~mcrgenc)' and constant ncws fmm nearby Antioch wcre dri ving him: "0 dearest broth~rs and sons, bc Sure that t h~ \"try nearh)' town of !\mi()ch, as we ha\"c on good authority, is secured with a v~ry strong Jef~n,i\"e wall which ~.,.nnot be broken down WiTh iron or by ST on ~-Throwin g, b! prai",,,,"orlh y knighl< ill ev~ry mi lilary engagement, "'ere h~aring Ih~ STan dards and controlling rhe cava lry, umi l Ihey look up posiT ion without delay at thc aforesaid bridge. This bridge took the form of an areh of wonderful craft and ancient workma nship. bcneath which the river Farfar of Damascus.7! commonly called Orontes, scoured the rivcr bed ,..ith its ,'cry swift 110w. O n each side of thc bridge t"o towe l'< ""nhung, indestructible b}' iron an d perfectly adaptcd (Hr
iii. 33
'9' in ,,,lubiks ct ad n:,islen d" m a"l iss;""" ill q uibus '['"rcorum
s~mpn
~ral cu s{ odia, 7< S uh~cul" ~SI "",jeta. "r{ is, transire .qU"~ propcrant ex de,ide';" odium' oommirtcndi, icTuS pcrc .. ,so rum et fuodib .. larios sustinentes, 'et ccco' aggressll Turcos impetentes, et a st ationc effugantes, in altern nurninis sicc" lil011:: oonsistunl. Walu dapifer rt'gis Francie7~ "quo cl lanc(':l Turcus incurrit. Ikinoklus Bduaccnsis, tiro aspcnimus, minime iae .. la sagiltanlillm curans, in med io' hoslium lancea et gladio prccurrcns, S{'u;ss;mas stragCli ornat"r. ,\ liscrmur mrinquc uch cmem; jmpctu agrnin, fiddium ct infiJcJium, J . 00 ...
IT Ci. CU, Ii".. ');'_; (i. '5(0), uhi1h in . 1"1< ,Ioni, N ' ~o> 'im
"ellN
Ji
• ciui ..,
~
•• qu,,,, feri, illu,;, .KIIN
• fen' iliu," II: 3d "', lis, 8.
,of""
f,,,",
be p!,sitioned the four insuperable !Owers, for the purpose of !,,,,ardi ng the middl e citadel in their mids t, .nd th ey ha,·e gi\"en th eir names tu the fimr amin; mentioned above, who were always King Yaghi-Siya n' s guardians and defen ders.
39. The bishop hi m>elf also assisted at the hcsieging of that same Ant ioch, which you h..·c h~... rd i, so large, at the gate which is callcd "'aiftr;;"' by modem people, which is ullctmquernhle. emm RaymOlld W;lS . ll i~d with him. an d with t h~m P ro,·ell ,~ l s .Ild Gascons alld al1 thdr followers took up position. In a further place, "·here afterwards a bridge was buih by joining sh ips, Duke Godfrey besieged olle gate of the tOWIl Oil the b.nk of the ri ver,"' with counlless thousands of Loth aringians, Saxons, Swab;ans, Baranans, murdero usly fi n~'{;. With this sam~ dl1ke were Rainald of To ul and Peter of Astenois, who had ocen SlOpa ratcd fmm Baldwin the dUKe's hwther at ~'la mi stra and had ret urned t the arm y an d the d uke. Con.. of Mon ta ;gu, Henry ..f Esch , and his brother Godfre~', >/,Idiers alway, \"cry dan):crous to the tnemy, likewise took up posi tion to f .. rh id emr)' alld egress to the Turks. T he more frequ cm all d greater task feU 10 these mell . ...,. Q,·er thi s ri\"cr we mentioned, wh ich reached righl to th e sea through a 'Try long channel, nllwin g pa st the walls , a stllne hridge " Willo.m ,.rTy'" "II, i, ,10< ( ~>g G". r""", ,,,ni,·), p. ' s> · TIo< n'mh""ling q( Ii"" '9'0 on ,10< COA (; .rbSI, ... " l"'"' de Fet·. '" b,OT equaquam uis corum in hu;u> pomis dampnationc ' prcualuil. Erat enim opu~ insolubile, antiquorum cememis el ingen iis fundalam_ Hine fruslralo in con amine malkorum ncrcitu, maehinam ex strue lignorum ct' uimineo opcre intexl am componere principes d~crcucrUnT, eui us lipluras rcrru fabricatas CI connnas coriis cq uinis, !aurini.: «Imelini. operucrUnT, n~ ip'e cum pice "I sulphurc inid iunt. li!i us uern interim el fi ddi um repllgnalinne Turci indignali, amp liori ira fe. uescu nt , el landem in unum eol kCTo robmc sun",m, rept:m c pml.m apt ri cmes cgres,i uirili lcr maeh inam assi lium, eust.odes sub i!.o inSTant el expugnam, ignem' pio:asque faces, et su lfltreum fomen tu m forl iter mach in e ingenml, lotam cam in fauill.m rcdigcmes," Cu stodes uem' mKhi ne peti ClOl um uite SUe mel uemcs, !ict,t in ui ti nire cog umUf in fugam prctipi tes uix defensi et clapsi , PeregrinoTlun .utem' mil it es et princi pes uid emes se hac .rte nil profictre, seq uen ti die instrument. trium mangenarum opponu m pomi , Que p-t>rtam \V.ifnii CI tuTT;m p-tlrte eiusQ ue menia erchro iaetu cl impclu ,""O. um Q UalCr~ m et . I\c. crcm, murosque eXle rinrL"s Qui crant ame mu l":llc in pl urima frust a' mi nllerutlt , QUod Franci hllfviwlms uocant'" Sed nco; sic in COtltr itionc 1>llrlc prcual UCrUllt. Cu m uero ni l' prolk,,"' nt, Qu.dam die ex communi consi lio roborn aroorea ingenlia, f et uix f mooi li a et sa.~ a miri pon deris et l magn it udinis, in uirtu te et con atu mill e loricaIOfUm trans pontem porte aduolucr um, impcdimentu Turci, cxire et nnCCre uokmibus. -fl. Ex hiis ambob"s pom ibliS cum 1>lurima dam n. et incursioncs exercillli Christ ianorum ingrllcrent, sed nllnc porta et ponte Waiferi i robore lignorum et s'.~is immanissimis occup.to et obstruelO , frcquemius ex co I)-nme < 'wo n;o...-.,i,u di' ""
iii.
li/SPORt A II; ROSOI.I ,lJlrAN,J
4~
fcstin,mCT occurrcntcS sui, subucnircnt 3 pOrlU mari, ~-;ca, ,ffcrentihus, ~t Tun~'" sine morn repdlacllL A I,ome lapiden predict; flum;nis usque ad pont em " auium funibus ~>! uimineis cTat ibus aptatum dimidium miti..e "om pUla1Ur .
J!)q
43. I'onle amen! ex nauium w liec!;o"c cl cun; und;onc pnfccto, C1lfj'lian; lam milites quam redi1e" quadam die \recent; [mll,meant fluu;unt F arrar ad querenda 1'.bul. eq uorum et UiC1U; necessaria.
Quod Turd agnosc< prinel ob>: P"th"'~d "on and the companions he had taken with him. When morning ('ame he left a Christian flM>! sold ier on the lnd pla in where he would i>t de ..ly visibk In Ihe T urks . T he Turks. th erefore, wirh their f)wn cru elt y and Christi an slaugh ter in mind, set out again from the city across the bridge over the ri,,:r Orontes or Farfar and halt ed on Ihe mountain
IllSPORt A II; ROSOI.I ,lJlr AN A
crant, umsistunt , de quo a montanis usq ue ad montalla pcr ""mrumm r lan itiem lun ge sp~C1acu l a fcrrnc ad duo mili. , ia da mu,. Ilhc solum peregrinnrum uapmem et sa,mcma legent cm comemplantes, ad cius ill1erfeC1it)ll~m udocila l~ ~qumum ct)lluulant, cl Tuden/i. eT uirili audaci. Talll noxii .d ucrsarii capti et adtriti su nt. Primorcs uero Tureorum tl omnis manus corum audita suorum contritionc doloribus acuunt ira", ron,i li a intun t, quibus in brt ui in llhionc suorum Chrisliani!>"' cruddiom damna rependant. Vnde quadam dic audaeiorcs animoquc fcmcio rts' c., milibu~ suis dceti ad lacescendos Christianos u'que ad pont~m Ilauium uiginti prcmissi sum, in cquis ucnlO ud'K~ taTc similihus. Q ui mul ti., eT pTOl'inquis discu rsibus in linore iu xla ]>OnlC(n l'rc1udentcs CI saginas in\Orquentcs, tolUm pOST S~ ex~rcitum commoutre conati sum, ul uires sociorum ' ab urbe rapt ;m cxu ndam es: graui marryrio aliquos sicut" soliti er~ nt conturbarcnt . Fidcles autem Christi satis ct sel' ius experti fa ll~ci~s illorum wmpese l/ cru nt ab insccutione' (cmeraria VOPllltlm. &d ne COs tedio beU i uiew,;! astrucrcnt,¥ Engcl r.ndum filium p,edicti HUi:oni s, cum q uibusdam sociis obuiam Turcis l',emisc run t. Qui trick rhe cunning eoe my inl " pitched battle. At once rhey crossed the bridge .nd spurred rhei r hors~'S to racts 10 .",1 fro among th emse h·cs, al1d some took turns \0 aim lances to st rike. some shot arro,,'s to picrce ..-\t the ,cry last, after rnuch strife and
,,'
iii. ~9
honor c! !au, uido.;c Engdrando, 0.,,, .uxiliarnc, culla!. cst. Nam
Turcum ceteris insign iorcrn e\ seuiorem ~peclu
CIITSU
exuper.ms. in coo-
patris sui' et omnium qui curmener.1li ad perspiciendum rei
euen!llm, .ltcTO COnS.;lul; in linure, equo dddens
h~s\a
perfudh.
~""te ..."que illius ClSUj et inf"'''miu cunell,,,, )!; ct mox in fllg'Jm ucrsos' cum Christianis soda lib,, >' ~crilcr insecutus cst, ocd non
longe a rome propter insidias'" sepius .0 urbe occursanre., eT inocqucnlibus resistentcs. Saluo abhinc fili .. rcarlO, ali isque coo"uciis, cor longmi palris in nimi.m erigilllr !clitiom, omniumqu" fa .,oTe el plau. u ma;or"", 3, quindecim milia ped itum , duo' cqui tum elect orum in armis a.%umCnlcs rcgm gcnt;l;um sub sp.cio diCTU m Ir;um ;ngr~ss;, 'p rl~ darum pecoruttt el uniuersi' gClleri. aTTflentorum cop;a. inaudita. contrawrunt, quas sine impcdimcnw hiduo abducentes '! Sed die lercia uespcrc' ,\tpeTtlen;entc falig-Ati ilinere el onere rJpinarum • If.JJs . .... AellN • _ ptco3y and hear. Since Uohemond kn~w nuth ing of this and fo re""w no difficul ty. but was sleepin g souodly. as was Robe n. when at fi rst light on this day the thousandl of ~ncmy weIT at han d and they Saw tha t t h~y and th~ir men were ,urrouod~d by thm' , they were amazed that they had increased 00 all si dcs like a vcry thick fmes\. When they saw them the Christian leaders WeIT STu pefied am! despaired of th eir li ,·cs. so th ey assembled the cavalry . tthei r side. dec bring opeo ly thaI Ihey could nOl join bailie an d with sta nd The strengt h of so many thou sands. According ly. they ma de a shield roof and a massed front ran ~ of knights and they rewnnoitred possi bi lit ies of aCCeSS an d fli ght. but these made their assembly seem .,,,en thi nru:r and wcaker. Soon they drew their ,word" """e thei r horses their heads aod charged toget her, they p /I ' oI",,,,t..; N
I «de iI
• oo>ct u, A
." The ."ony"",u, "u,h ... of CF.t", ,ef", 10 tl>< I",Me r.min,"'O hiP. p,i"",. He <J nati,·< Ch,i>Ilg the p"0ple began 10 grow more widcspread ~ nd se,'crc, ~nd ~ very gre-~t mon"lit), ha ppened To Ihe humhle pc"ple, and the army began 10 be weakened_ No wonde r_ For a single lillie lo~r which pre"ious l)' could be pllTc h~sed for a penny of Luccan money \\"as now sold to thc poor for two shillings. An 0_' was sold for Iwo lOuks , which a shon time bdo rc could be ubt.ined fur ten shillings; a little l. mb CoSI fi,'C sh ill ings. '"' So, wilh th i, \'ery !<er;ou, sca rcily am icting the p"0p le uf the living God, tn.ny wandered \() .nd fro, tak ing themsdH:s away inw all the region of A" tioch w look filT fi",d , three hundred or two hun dred aCli ng 1Ogt:lh er for defem:" agai"SI Turk i.h ' lI ach, a"d for Ihe fair di,-;.ion ofa lllh e Ih;ng'S Ihey managed 10 find or TO tter~d all around and dcstruying th~m wi th a horrific sla ughtn. 53. One day, as Ihe fam ine gr",11«1
IllSPORt A II; ROSOI.I ,lJlrtlN A
ii i. 53
locum quo ui.m wnstitucran l sl'" rccul"'r-:lmli' alimenta . Quo, ferociter! indamantes aggr~diuntur, ".gina l>erforanteflO, fO!\O~· ins him, WTI. 111= ,,,",,,,for< SOOlN;,nesl>e,n LIbelled. liclio>n. bu, ,'" ]>fin« 1= b«n id"" ititrio>on (1041""-' ION) .nd III< ,wy ofhi. xoxpkO ; D...... cure their weak bodies, and thC) pierccd them through with arrows, turning all the water blo..d~' . And the), f.. reed ot hers, who hid their heads b suffiJml~ntis ""'put.1O coli" ]",remeront _b preeipue eX ac~uS;ll i onc Grecorum liddium occisus est, qui refcrehant h un~ plus mille ChristianoTUm propri is nunibus mortilicasse. 57. Hiis linitis "I Ch rislianurum ~li'luantulum persecmionc ex noua munilione et iSlius decollalione repressa , Chrisliani principes aduersilales suorum Bocmundi'luc "I societalis adlrilc rccok ntes, el' famis pl"d .nd ned, so Ihal he mighl carr)· b~ck 10 the fam ished ami ,,-eakencd people joy from ill -forlune_ Wilh God's appro"althis was done. But he did not bring back much plunder, For since that time
IllSPORt A II; ROSOI.I ,lJlrANA
iii_ SN
tempore quo Boemundus terr.m Corum illl rauil, preda_"'-Jue .bduxit, prouisi armenta sua cu m uniuersis rebus el peeuniis per mont ana et lo"a inuestigahilia ahsennd~runt. Reimund u~ ~i mi1it er el cet~ri pri ncipes ex decreto c.~ercilus missi sunt. Sed pauos I""d.s eonlTaxerlmt, prnpler diffugium quod Sarraeeni ~um rehus, armentis :,; gra ui~~im a' diu ante c~pcdilioncm hane Chrisli.nurum era t diswrdia cl odium, pcr .blmem quendam Chrisli.noTum kgalione el intentione eognit., de pacis el I rq:n i sui .diouicenl confederal iooe, qoind~cim legaws lingue dioersi gennis pcritos ad cxncitum Dei oiuenli.. dir",il, hec fcrent~'S ouncia: ' Rex amm irabilis Habilonie gauisus aduenlu uestro, CI pm'pere . dhuc uos' cgisse, sal ulem prineipibus m'gIIis el humilibus Chrisl i.nurum _ Turd gens eXltra mihi
60. I nTcre~ Tu rd ob;;essi in urbe Antioch ia op;t",n nd ..;c •.-ding '" hi< """.. un' '" Engli«»r>T" ,h" Ab""
,,,.. t..... L.. (RA p.
Ho!e '0
R.p",m.l ofT,.,k,,,,,,,,,, Jem.nol .. h..nol
,0)11, "r~.d_ t.';O, ;;;_ H; "an._ S
6" Hec duce 11l0nenle Cl e~hort al1te, ;;ep' in ~nli equi'es ui r; pre!iawn"S e1iguntur, quos ta l1l~n res prorsu. !at~b.t , prel~r aliquo", pr;mores e:<ercilliS. J)efeceTanT enim p!erisquc equi, pre diuersis plagis lit predi~imus. et paucissimi ualentes fuere J • • ul<m A(,HN odd, in Hi-a p«libu, , insiJ"",i!.u.
ell
• iUuc<scrnt< A(,lIN r rct " ut from th~ city across t h~ aforesaid br idge to pursu~ tho"" army I~aders along paths known to them, the army being [otally unaware of this, and they set up an am bush in the mountains among the thornbushes and scrub at The point where the princes sent [0 the seaport would return. As the comrades were returning on horseback an d on foot- at Bohtmond's urgi ng and that of the other leaders ruur thousand of them had now g,uhcred---l he Turks leapt out ,uddm l)' fwm the ambush and a\tacked them, unprepared as they were and laden with supplies, piercing them with arrows thro ugh tanding, pUTrucd them ~"g{"fly and were in am'>Ilg them in " mom""t bt'-"usc thq' had mtt on e "" Ulkr dose at hand, alld Ih~)' inAietcd " cruel slaught~r On the Turks ill rntngc (or Ih~i r colkaguts kil led returning from th port of 51 Symeon. A.~ the Turks n~d and the Christi ans appmached , nm fallill!,: back bdore Ihem at all. ma ll)' m"' I's who had pther~d at Ihe gale from the ramparts all around were concerned wilh the reHtrn of the outside Turks, but now they saw (heir luck changed for the "orse,
iii. ('5
IllSPORt A II;ROSOI.I ,lJlrANA
JII6
CI """IS i!1orum' miscrrimo.., patcfal'iunt portam, Ct in pa tulis campi. am"ti I"..,,-~dunt , ut suis aug:erent uires et fiduciam da",m '-lrbem in tran di. Ex ut raque part e fidelium et infidelium perllliui sum ~qu it es et I",dit es. D ux u~m God~fridu~, cui us manu . bdlo docti s~illl a erat, plurima capita li cet galea teera ibidem amp utasse refertur , ex ore illorll m qu i presentes oculi s perspcxc runL Dlltn sic plurimo belli laborc dcs '-ldart't, Jet mcdi i.>" hostibus plurimam stragcm ncrcerct, T urcum, mirabiJe o.!i~1u, si bi arcu ioportunum acul issimo cnsc duas d iuisit in pUles, lorica ino.!utum, C uius corporis medicus ~ peclOre surs um sa bulo ceddit, ahera adhuc erurib us «!uum complexa in medium pomem ante urbis mcn ia r~fertur ubi lapsa remans i!. '" Hoc prosper" eu~nt u Idati, Rob~rtus Flandricn s i~, simi liler Rolxrlus cm~-[)tes et dcn s~los in ponlis margine et alu ei crcpidin e lanceis imperunt , ab oecisione manum; non ante contincntes, donee sanguine occj,orulll lotus illllllutalur" nuuius. Hiis it ~ que prosper
