he advantage
of the day; and four thousand Christians were pierced by the Turkish
arrows. In the evening, swiftness yielded to strength: on either side,
the numbers were equal or at least as great as any ground could hold, or
any generals could manage; but in turning the hills, the last division
of Raymond and his provincials was led, perhaps without design on the
rear of an exhausted enemy; and the long contest was determined. Besides
a nameless and unaccounted multitude, three thousand Pagan knights were
slain in the battle and pursuit; the camp of Soliman was pillaged; and
in the variety of precious spoil, the curiosity of the Latins was amused
with foreign arms and apparel, and the new aspect of dromedaries and
camels. The importance of the victory was proved by the hasty retreat
of the sultan: reserving ten thousand guards of the relics of his army,
Soliman evacuated the kingdom of Roum, and hastened to implore the aid,
and kindle the resentment, of his Eastern brethren. In a march of five
hundred miles, the crusaders traversed the Lesser Asia, through a wasted
land and deserted towns, without finding either a friend or an enemy.
The geographer [87] may trace the position of Dorylaeum, Antioch of
Pisidia, Iconium, Archelais, and Germanicia, and may compare those
classic appellations with the modern names of Eskishehr the old city,
Akshehr the white city, Cogni, Erekli, and Marash. As the pilgrims
passed over a desert, where a draught of water is exchanged for silver,
they were tormented by intolerable thirst; and on the banks of the first
rivulet, their haste and intemperance were still more pernicious to
the disorderly throng. They climbed with toil and danger the steep and
slippery sides of Mount Taurus; many of the soldiers cast away their
arms to secure their footsteps; and had not terror preceded their van,
the long and trembling file might have been driven down the precipice by
a handful of resolute enemies. Two of their most respectable chiefs,
the duke of Lorraine and the count of Tholouse, were carried in litters:
Raymond was raised, as it is said by miracle, from a hopeless malady;
and Godfrey had been torn by a bear, as he pursued that rough and
perilous chase in the mountains of Pisidia.

[Footnote 84: Baronius has produced a very doubtful letter to his
brother Roger, (A.D. 1098, No. 15.) The enemies consisted of Medes,
Persians, Chaldeans: be it so. The first attack was cum nostro
incommodo; true and t