The crusaders; or, Scenes, events, and characters, from the times of the crusades . A Christian Turkish Horseman. 1097.] MAKC^ OF THE PILGKIMS. 67 goats, sheep, and even the swine, which they had withthem. Soon these also failed beneath the heat and thefatigue. Many men now died of exhaustion, and women broughtforth the untimely fruit of their womb in the midst of thecamp and on the march. Yet never did the nobler quali-ties of the pilgrim shine forth so gloriously as amidst thesesufferings ; their patience was invincible, their brotherlylove most ardent, their unity unbroken, their c
The crusaders; or, Scenes, events, and characters, from the times of the crusades . A Christian Turkish Horseman. 1097.] MAKC^ OF THE PILGKIMS. 67 goats, sheep, and even the swine, which they had withthem. Soon these also failed beneath the heat and thefatigue. Many men now died of exhaustion, and women broughtforth the untimely fruit of their womb in the midst of thecamp and on the march. Yet never did the nobler quali-ties of the pilgrim shine forth so gloriously as amidst thesesufferings ; their patience was invincible, their brotherlylove most ardent, their unity unbroken, their confidencein the guidance of a higher power was never shaken evenfor a moment. At length, to their inexpressible joy, led by the sagacityof their dogs, they reached an abundant river, and enteredon the fruitful region of the Phrygian Antioch; but theeagerness with which they sought to quench the thirstwhich tormented them, proved as fatal to many of the pil-grims as the preceding scarcity. They were also at thistime very near losing two of their most distinguishedleaders. Count Kaymond had been for s
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