principalities; and Count Raymond exhausted
his troops and treasures in an idle expedition into the heart of Syria.
[1031] The winter was consumed in discord and disorder; a sense of honor
and religion was rekindled in the spring; and the private soldiers, less
susceptible of ambition and jealousy, awakened with angry clamors the
indolence of their chiefs. In the month of May, the relics of this
mighty host proceeded from Antioch to Laodicea: about forty thousand
Latins, of whom no more than fifteen hundred horse, and twenty thousand
foot, were capable of immediate service. Their easy march was continued
between Mount Libanus and the sea-shore: their wants were liberally
supplied by the coasting traders of Genoa and Pisa; and they drew
large contributions from the emirs of Tripoli, Tyre, Sidon, Acre, and
Caesarea, who granted a free passage, and promised to follow the example
of Jerusalem. From Caesarea they advanced into the midland country;
their clerks recognized the sacred geography of Lydda, Ramla, Emmaus,
and Bethlem, [1032] and as soon as they descried the holy city, the
crusaders forgot their toils and claimed their reward. [104]

[Footnote 1031: This is not quite correct: he took Marra on his road.
His excursions were partly to obtain provisions for the army and fodder
for the horses Wilken, vol. i. p. 226.--M.]

[Footnote 1032: Scarcely of Bethlehem, to the south of Jerusalem.-- M.]

[Footnote 104: The greatest part of the march of the Franks is traced,
and most accurately traced, in Maundrell's Journey from Aleppo to
Jerusalem, (p. 11-67;) un des meilleurs morceaux, sans contredit qu'on
ait dans ce genre, (D'Anville, Memoire sur Jerusalem, p. 27.)]

Chapter LVIII: The First Crusade.--Part V.

Jerusalem has derived some reputation from the number and importance of
her memorable sieges. It was not till after a long and obstinate contest
that Babylon and Rome could prevail against the obstinacy of the people,
the craggy ground that might supersede the necessity of fortifications,
and the walls and towers that would have fortified the most accessible
plain. [105] These obstacles were diminished in the age of the crusades.
The bulwarks had been completely destroyed and imperfectly restored: the
Jews, their nation, and worship, were forever banished; but nature is
less changeable than man, and the site of Jerusalem, though somewhat
softened and somewhat removed, was still strong against the assaults
of a