. Paganism, popery, and Christianity : or, The blessing of an open Bible, as shown in the history of Christianity, from the time of our Saviour to the present day. ccess, when the death of theemperor obliged them to quit the holy land, andreturn into Germany. The fifth crusade was published by pope InnocentIIr., in 1108. Those engaged in it made fruitlessefforts for the recovery of the holy land; for, thoughJohn de Neule, who commanded the fleet equipped inFlanders, arrived at Ptolemais a little after Simon ofMontfort, Renard of Dampierre, and others, yet theplague destroyed many of them, and
. Paganism, popery, and Christianity : or, The blessing of an open Bible, as shown in the history of Christianity, from the time of our Saviour to the present day. ccess, when the death of theemperor obliged them to quit the holy land, andreturn into Germany. The fifth crusade was published by pope InnocentIIr., in 1108. Those engaged in it made fruitlessefforts for the recovery of the holy land; for, thoughJohn de Neule, who commanded the fleet equipped inFlanders, arrived at Ptolemais a little after Simon ofMontfort, Renard of Dampierre, and others, yet theplague destroyed many of them, and the rest eitherreturning or engaging in the petty x^uarrels of theChristian princes, there was nothing done; so thatthe sultan of Aleppo easily defeated their troops in1204. The sixth crusade began in 1228; in which theChristians took the town of Damietta, but were forcedto surrender it again. In 122D, the emperor Frede-ric made peace with the sultan for ten years. About1240, Richard, earl of Cornwall, brother to Henry111., king of England, arrived at Palestine, at theLead of the English crusade ; but finding it most ad PUBLIC LTF ASTOR. LFr^ •* ^ u ^ Li-. THE CRUSADES. 153 vantageous to conclude a peace, he re-embarked, andsteered towards Italy. In 1244, the Karasmians being driven out ofTurkey by the Tartars, broke into Palestine, andgave the Christians a general defeat near Gaza. The seventh crusade was headed, in 1249, by , who took the town of Damietta; but a sick-ness happening in the Christian army, the king en-deavoured a retreat; in which, being pursued by theinfidels, most of his army were miserably butchered,and himself and the nobility taken prisoners. Atruce was agreed upon for ten years, and the kingand lords set at liberty. The eighth crusade, in 1279, was headed by thesame prince, who made himself master of the port andcastle of Carthage in Africa; but dying a short timeafter, he left his army in a very ill condition. Soonafter, the king of Sicily comi
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