. Saladin and the fall of the Kingdom of Jerusalem. fidence, sacked and burnedRamla and Lydda, and dispersed over the land, evenup to the gates of Jerusalem, in a joyous orgy ofplunder and devastation. So secure were they in their strength that theytreated the enemy with contempt, and allowed KingBaldwin to get into Ascalon, and the Templars ofGaza to join him, without taking any precautionsagainst a sudden attack. It is true the King of Jeru-salem had only 375 knights to his back; but Saladinmust have known by this time that 375 knights werenot to be despised, especially when led by such war-
. Saladin and the fall of the Kingdom of Jerusalem. fidence, sacked and burnedRamla and Lydda, and dispersed over the land, evenup to the gates of Jerusalem, in a joyous orgy ofplunder and devastation. So secure were they in their strength that theytreated the enemy with contempt, and allowed KingBaldwin to get into Ascalon, and the Templars ofGaza to join him, without taking any precautionsagainst a sudden attack. It is true the King of Jeru-salem had only 375 knights to his back; but Saladinmust have known by this time that 375 knights werenot to be despised, especially when led by such war-riors as Balian, Reginald of Sidon, Odo the Masterof the Temple, and Joscelin the Seneschal, and en-couraged by the presence of the True Cross,borne by the Bishop of Bethlehem. How it hap-pened is not clear, but this much is certain, that onthe 25th of November, 1177, in the absence of the * Perhaps Taushiin, Peacocky, for taush is used of goodlymen. Toassin can hardly be from TawasAi, eunuch, thoughmany of this class commanded in Saladins
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