The age of the crusades . throughout the city. They murdered themwithout stint and looted their houses. The king,essaying an investigation, found that the chief dig-nitaries and citizens were leaders of the mob, andstayed further inquiry. Other cities emulated thecruelty and greed of the Londoners. At York fivehundred Jews, who had fled for safety to the castle,unable to defend themselves, slaughtered their ownwives and children to save them from worse fate,threw the dead bodies to the Christians without thewalls, and then set fire to their refuge, perishing inthe flames. The people to whom th
The age of the crusades . throughout the city. They murdered themwithout stint and looted their houses. The king,essaying an investigation, found that the chief dig-nitaries and citizens were leaders of the mob, andstayed further inquiry. Other cities emulated thecruelty and greed of the Londoners. At York fivehundred Jews, who had fled for safety to the castle,unable to defend themselves, slaughtered their ownwives and children to save them from worse fate,threw the dead bodies to the Christians without thewalls, and then set fire to their refuge, perishing inthe flames. The people to whom the Jews had loanedmoney, the bonds of which were kept in the cathe- Richards Cruelty, 205 dral, seized these evidences of debt and burned themin pious offering before the altar. The chief interest of Richard, even surpassing thecare of his throne, was to fulfil the vow he had takentwo years before (1187) to join a new crusade againstthe Infidels in Palestine. THE THIRD CRUSADE. CHAPTER XXVIII. WILLIAM OF TYRE— .-WW. jITH the news of the fall of Jerusalemcame William, Archbishop of Tyre (thechief chronicler for this time), to stir upEurope to avenge the great man possessed powers of speechequal to those of his pen. He appeared before anassembly near Gisors, where were gathered the brav-est knights of England and France under their respec-tive kings, Henry II. and Philip Augustus. Thesemonarchs had laid aside the arms they were bearingagainst each other, that they might hear the appeal toholier warfare. The presence of such royalty did notrestrain the fiery and indignant eloquence of Wil-liam of Tyre. He cried, To meet you here I havetraversed fields of carnage. But whose blood haveyou been shedding? Why are you armed with theseswords? You are fighting here for the banks of a river, for the limit of a province, for transient renown, 206 Call to Crusade. 207 while Infidels trample the banks of Siloam. Doesyour Europe no longer produce warriors like Godfr
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