. Saladin and the fall of the Kingdom of Jerusalem. :1 Look to thyself and save thy life !—and lo ! Sha-wars trumpets and drums were heard, entering fromthe Gate of the Bridge. Then at last the deserted leader rode through theZuweyla gate out into the streets beyond, calling onthe people, who had once adored him and battenedon his favour, to rise and do battle in his cause ; theyonly hooted and cursed, as is the manner of the mul-titude towards fallen favourites. Still he rode on,till his horse, maddened by the tumult, threw itsrider, beside the sacred chapel of our Lady the f
. Saladin and the fall of the Kingdom of Jerusalem. :1 Look to thyself and save thy life !—and lo ! Sha-wars trumpets and drums were heard, entering fromthe Gate of the Bridge. Then at last the deserted leader rode through theZuweyla gate out into the streets beyond, calling onthe people, who had once adored him and battenedon his favour, to rise and do battle in his cause ; theyonly hooted and cursed, as is the manner of the mul-titude towards fallen favourites. Still he rode on,till his horse, maddened by the tumult, threw itsrider, beside the sacred chapel of our Lady the fickle folk hacked off his head, and boreit in triumph through the streets ; his body they leftto be worried by the curs. Such was the tragic endof a brave and gallant gentleman, poet, and paladin ;courteous and comely in face and bearing, cultivatedin mind and accomplished in every manly sport; one who could write like Ibn-Mukla, and composedpoems with double rhymes ; the best horseman ofhis age, and as stout an archer as ever drew bow NICHE FROM THE CHAPEL OF SITTA NEFISA, ARAB MUSEUM, CAIRO. 1164] Amalric before Bilbeys. 83 Sh^waiv-P^tored to power, in May, 1164, * waseager to see the backs of the allies who had effectedhis reinstatement. He cautiously excluded Shirkuhfrom the fortified city of Cairo, and kept him in thesuburbs. Then safe, as he thought, within his ownstrong walls, he defied his ally, broke all his pro-mises, and refused to pay the indemnity. Shirkuhwas not the man to forego his rights or condonebroken faith; he sent Saladin to occupy Bilbeys andthe eastern province. This hostile movement com-pelled Shawar in turn to appeal to Amalric. Nowthe King of Jerusalem plainly foresaw the ruin ofthe Christian cause in Palestine, penned in be-tween the devil and the deep sea, if Nur-ed-dinshould once gain a firm footing in Egypt, and hewillingly sent the same army with which he hadintended to support Dirgham against the very manwhom he was now to protect. T
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