The story of the middle ages; an elementary history for sixth and seventh grades . r organized, and there was garbaroLanot so much hardship as there had beenbefore. Except for one battle which they had to fightwith the Greek Em-peror, all went welluntil the armyreached Asia ]\, alas! theold Emperor wasdrowned, while swim-ming a river one hotday, to refresh him-self and shorten hisway. After that theGerman army wentto pieces, and mostof its members losttheir lives in themountains anddeserts o f A s i a]\Iinor, or else they were cut down by Turkish Germany the people refus
The story of the middle ages; an elementary history for sixth and seventh grades . r organized, and there was garbaroLanot so much hardship as there had beenbefore. Except for one battle which they had to fightwith the Greek Em-peror, all went welluntil the armyreached Asia ]\, alas! theold Emperor wasdrowned, while swim-ming a river one hotday, to refresh him-self and shorten hisway. After that theGerman army wentto pieces, and mostof its members losttheir lives in themountains anddeserts o f A s i a]\Iinor, or else they were cut down by Turkish Germany the people refused to believe that theirKing was dead. Long after tiiis, stories were told ofthe good Barbarossa, who slept from year to year ina rocky cavern high up on a lonely mountain side, withhis head resting on his hand and his long red beardgrown round the granite blocks by his side. There,the people said, he lay sleeping throughout the ages;but when tlie ravens should cease to fly about themountain, the Emperor would wake to punish thewicked and bring back the golden age to the TIIIO LICCJKM) OF HAKBAKOSSA 152 IRE STOin OF THE MIDDLE AGES Philip ofFrance andRichard ofEngland. When, at last, Philip of France and Richard ofEngland were ready, they took ship in order to avoidthe hardships of the journey by the beginning, however, things wentwrong. Richard and Philip were veryjealous of each other, and could not get along together. Philip was only half-hearted in the Crusade,and longed to bo backin France; while Rich-ard allowed hiiiis(>lf tobe turned aside for awhile to other things. AVhen they reached the Holy Laud, they found the Christians laying siege to Acre, one of the sea-ports near Jerusalem. The siege had already lasted more than a year. and for several months longer it dragged on. It was a dreary time for the C h r i s t i a n s. The Lord is not in the camp, wrote one of their number; there is none that doeth good. The leaders strive with one an- Awe! °^ o
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