. Our young folks [serial]. , withtheir tunics embroidered with devices, marshalled the crowd in order as theypressed into the square, and from time to time made proclamation by soundof trumpet as they were directed by the great nobles present. Messengers 206 The First Crusade. [April, on swift horses pushed through the throng, and galloped from noble to last the great multitude filled the square and the streets leading to it,until there was no more room. The bishops and priests, bearing crosses ofsilver and gold, swinging censers of burning incense, and singing anthemsand Latin hymns
. Our young folks [serial]. , withtheir tunics embroidered with devices, marshalled the crowd in order as theypressed into the square, and from time to time made proclamation by soundof trumpet as they were directed by the great nobles present. Messengers 206 The First Crusade. [April, on swift horses pushed through the throng, and galloped from noble to last the great multitude filled the square and the streets leading to it,until there was no more room. The bishops and priests, bearing crosses ofsilver and gold, swinging censers of burning incense, and singing anthemsand Latin hymns, passed around to the side of the platform. The noblessat on their horses directly in front, with their men-at-arms at their back,the spear-heads of the warriors gleaming like a constellation of stars. Thepeople of lower rank and the peasants filled up the space beyond, and pushedto get nearer the front, until driven back by the spears of the soldiers. On the platform in the middle of the square stood a throne, and on this. sat Pope Urban, the cardinals being seated on stools and benches by hisside. When the time for opening the meeting arrived, the heralds blew theirtrumpets, and commanded silence. Then, from behind the Pope dressed in robes of silk and velvet, sparklingwith gold and jewels, and from behind the cardinals with their furred gownsand broad red hats with hanging tassels, came a small, spare man, wearing acoarse woollen robe, tied around the waist with a woollen rope, from whichhung a heavy cross. His head was bare and his feet naked. Slowly he 1868.] TJie First Cmsade. 207 walked to the front of the platform, for he was thin from long fastings andfeeble from weary journeyings ; but his eyes were keen, and lit with enthu-siasm. At sight of that well-known figure a whisper ran through the crowd :• It is Peter of Amiens, — Peter the Hermit. Slowly and solemnly he lifted the heavy cross he wore, until it was stretchedat the full length of his arms above his head.
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