Gesta Francorum: Liber X

[xxx] Et cum iam essent omnes inimici nostri (Deo trino et uno summoque dignas referimus grates) per omnia deuicti huc illucque fugientes, alii semiuiui, alii uulnerati, in uallibus et in nemoribus et in aruis et in uiis deficiebant mortui. Populus uero Christi uictores scilicet peregrini, reuersi sunt gaudentes felici triumpho deuictis hostibus in ciuitatem. Statim omnes nostri seniores, uidelicet dux Godefridus, comes Sancti Egidii Raimundus, Boamundus, et comes Nortmanniae, comesque Flandrensis, et alii omnes miserunt nobilissimum militem Hugonem Magnum imperatori Constantinopolim, ut ad recipiendam ciuitatem ueniret, et conuentiones quas erga illos habebat expleret.

[xxx] And when now all our enemies (to God triune and one, and most high, we render worthy thanks) were in every respect defeated, fleeing hither and thither, some half-alive, others wounded, in the valleys and in the groves and in the fields and on the ways they were collapsing dead. But the people of Christ, the victors—namely the pilgrims—returned rejoicing with a happy triumph, the foes conquered, into the city. Straightway all our elders, namely Duke Godfrey, Count Raymond of Saint-Gilles, Bohemond, and the Count of Normandy, and the Count of Flanders, and all the others, sent the most noble knight Hugh the Great to the emperor at Constantinople, that he might come to receive the city and fulfill the agreements which he had toward them.

Iuit, nec postea rediit.

He went, nor did he return thereafter.

Postquam uero haec omnia facta sunt, congregati omnes nostri maiores ordinauerunt concilium, quemadmodum hunc feliciter ualerent conducere et regere populum, donec peragerent iter Sancti Sepulchri, pro quo hucusque multa erant passi pericula. Inuentum est in concilio, quia nondum auderent intrare in paganorum terram, eo quod ualde in aestiuo tempore est arida et inaquosa; ideoque acceperunt terminum attendendum ad kalendas Nouembris. Denique diuisi sunt seniores, et unusquisque profectus est in terrain suam, donec esset prope terminus eundi.

After, however, all these things were done, all our elders, having gathered, ordained a council, as to how they might be able successfully to conduct and rule this people, until they should accomplish the journey of the Holy Sepulchre, for which hitherto they had suffered many perils. It was found in the council that they did not yet dare to enter into the land of the pagans, because in the summer season it is very arid and waterless; and therefore they accepted a terminus to be attended at the Calends of November. Finally the elders were divided, and each set out into his own land, until it was near the terminus of going.

Feceruntque principes preconari per urbem uniuersam, ut si forte aliquis egens illic adesset et auro argentoque careret, conventione facta cum illis remanere si uellet, ab eis cum gaudio retentus esset.

And the princes caused to be proclaimed through the whole city, that if perchance any needy person were present there and lacked gold and silver, upon a convention made with them, if he should wish to remain, he would be retained by them with joy.

Erat autem ibi quidam miles de exercitu comitis Sancti Egidii, cui nomen Raimundus Piletus. Hic plurimos retinuit homines, milites ac pedites. Egressus est ille cum collecto exercitu ut uiriliter introiit in Saracenorum terram, et profectus est ultra duas ciuitates et peruenit ad quoddam castrum cui nomen Talamania.

There was, moreover, a certain knight from the army of the Count of Saint-Gilles, whose name was Raymond Pilet. He retained very many men, knights and footmen. He went out with the collected army and manfully entered into the land of the Saracens, and he set out beyond two cities and came to a certain castle whose name was Talamania.

Habitatores castri, scilicet Suriani, confestim sua sponte se tradiderunt ei. Cumque omnes essent ibi fere per octo dies, nuntii uenerunt ad eum dicentes quoniam hic prope nos est castrum Saracenorum multitudine plenum. Ad hoc castrum ilico ierunt Christi milites peregrini, et undique inuaserunt illud, quod continuo ab illis captum est Christi adiutorio. Apprehenderunt igitur omnes illius loci colonos, et qui christianitatem recipere noluerunt, occiderunt; qui uero Christum recognoscere maluerunt, uiuos conseruauerunt.

The inhabitants of the castle, namely Syrians, immediately of their own accord surrendered themselves to him. And when they had all been there for nearly eight days, messengers came to him saying that here near us there is a castle of the Saracens full with a multitude. To this castle straightway went Christ’s pilgrim soldiers, and they invaded it on every side, which was immediately taken by them with Christ’s aid. They seized therefore all the colonists of that place, and those who were unwilling to receive Christianity they killed; but those who preferred to recognize Christ they preserved alive.

Reuersi sunt itaque hoc peracto nostri Franci cum magno gaudio ad prius castrum. Tertia uero die exierunt et uenerunt ad quamdam urbem cui nomen Marra, quae illic erat prope illos. Erant autem ibi multi Turci congregati, et Saraceni ab Aleph ciuitate, et ab omnibus urbibus et castris quae circa illam sunt.

Thus, this having been accomplished, our Franks returned with great joy to the former castle. But on the third day they went out and came to a certain city whose name was Marra, which was there near them. Moreover, many Turks were gathered there, and Saracens from the city Aleph, and from all the cities and castles which are around it.

Exierunt ergo barbari contra illos ad bellum, nostrique aestimantes luctari cum illis preliando, coegerunt eos in fugam; et tamen reuersi per totum diem inuadebant nostros adinuicem, et usque ad uesperam perdurauit illa inuasio. Aestus namque erat immensus. Nequibant iam nostri sufferre tantam sitim, quoniam nullatenus ibi ad bibendum inuenire aquam poterant; uoluerunt tamen ad illorum castrum secure redire.

The barbarians therefore went out against them to battle, and our men, thinking to wrestle with them by battling, forced them into flight; and yet, returning, throughout the whole day they kept invading our men in turn, and that invasion endured until evening. For the heat was immense. Our men could no longer suffer so great a thirst, since they were by no means able to find water there for drinking; nevertheless they wished to return securely to their castle.

Pro illorum enim peccatis Suriani et minuta gens nimio pauore correpti, mox coeperunt uiam carpere retrorsum. Vt autem Turci uiderunt illos retrocedentes, statim coeperunt illos persequi, et uictoria illis ministrabat uires. Multi namque ex ipsis reddiderunt animas Deo, cuius amore illic congregati fuerant.

For their sins, indeed, the Syrians and the lesser folk, seized by excessive fear, soon began to take the road backward. But when the Turks saw them retroceding, they immediately began to pursue them, and victory supplied them with strength. For many of them gave back their souls to God, for whose love they had been gathered there.

Haec occisio facta est quinto die in mense Iulio. Reuersi sunt autem Franci illi qui remanserant in suum castrum; et fuit ibi Raimundus cum sua gente per plures dies.

This slaughter was done on the fifth day in the month of July. But the Franks who had remained returned to their camp; and Raymond was there with his people for several days.

Alii uero qui in Antiochia remanserant steterunt in ea cum gaudio et laetitia magna, quorum rector et pastor extitit Podiensis episcopus. Qui nutu Dei graui aegritudine captus est; et ut Dei uoluntas fuit migrauit ab hoc saeculo, et in pace requiescens obdormiuit in Domino, in solempnitate scilicet sancti Petri quae dicitur Ad Vincula. Vnde magna angustia et tribulatio immensusque dolor fuit in tota Christi militia, quia ille erat sustentamentum pauperum, consilium diuitum, ipseque ordinabat clericos, predicabat et summonebat milites, dicens quia: ,Nemo ex uobis saluari potest nisi honorificet pauperes et reficiat, uosque non potestis saluari sine illis, ipsique uiuere nequeunt sine uobis.

But the others who had remained in Antioch stayed there with joy and great gladness, whose ruler and pastor was the Bishop of Le Puy. By the nod of God he was seized by a grave sickness; and as the will of God was, he migrated from this age, and, resting in peace, fell asleep in the Lord, on the solemnity namely of Saint Peter which is called In Chains. Whence great anguish and tribulation and immeasurable grief arose in the whole militia of Christ, because he was the sustentation of the poor, the counsel of the rich, and he himself ordained clerics, preached, and summoned the knights, saying that: ,No one of you can be saved unless he honor the poor and refresh them, and you yourselves cannot be saved without them, and they themselves cannot live without you.

Oportet igitur ut ipsi cotidiana supplicatione pro uestris orent delictis Deum, quem in multis cotidie offenditis. Vnde uos rogo ut pro Dei amore eos diligatis, et in quantum potestis eos sustentetis."

It is fitting therefore that they themselves, with quotidian supplication, should pray to God for your delicts, whom you daily offend in many things. Wherefore I ask you that, for the love of God, you love them, and, in so far as you can, sustain them."

[xxxi] Non post multum uero temporis uenit uir uenerabilis Raimundus comes de Sancto Egidio, et intrauit in Saracenorum terram, et peruenit ad quamdam urbem quae uocatur Albara, quam inuasit una cum suo exercitu, eamque continuo cepit; et occidit omnes Saracenos et Saracenas, maiores et minores, quos ibi repperit. Quam postquam suo continuit imperio, ad Christi reuocauit fidem; quaesiuitque consilium a suis sapientissimis uiris, ut episcopum in hac urbe deuotissime preordinari faceret, qui illam ad Christi cultum fideliter reuocaret, et de domo diabolica templum Deo uiuo et uero et oracula sanctorum consecraret. Nouissime elegerunt quemdam honorabilem ac sapientissimum uirum et duxere illum in Antiochiam ad consecrandum.

[31] Not long after, indeed, there came the venerable man Raymond, count of Saint-Gilles, and he entered into the land of the Saracens, and he came to a certain city which is called Albara, which he invaded together with his army, and he immediately took it; and he killed all the Saracen men and women, the greater and the lesser, whom he found there. Which, after he held it under his dominion, he recalled to the faith of Christ; and he sought counsel from his most wise men, that he might have a bishop most devoutly preordained in this city, who would faithfully recall it to the worship of Christ, and out of a diabolic house would consecrate a temple to the living and true God and the oratories of the saints. Finally they chose a certain honorable and most wise man and led him to Antioch to be consecrated.

Factumque est ita. Alii autem qui in Antiochia remanserant, fuerunt ibidem cum gaudio et laetitia.

And so it was done. But the others who had remained in Antioch were there with joy and gladness.

Appropinquante uero termino uidelicet festo Omnium Sanctorum, regressi sunt omnes maiores nostri in unum, in Antiochiam, omnesque simul coeperunt quaerere qualiter Sancti Sepulchri iter ualerent peragere, dicentes, quoniam appropinquauerat eundi terminus, nulla erat hora conturbandum amplius. Boamundus autem quaerebat cotidie conuentionem quam omnes seniores olim habuerant ei in reddendam ciuitatem; sed comes Sancti Egidii ad nullam conuentionem uolebat se emollire erga Boamundum, eo quod timebat se peierare erga imperatorem. Tarnen sepe fuerunt congregati in ecclesia sancti Petri, ad faciendum quod iustum erat.

But with the term approaching, namely the feast of All Saints, all our elders returned together into Antioch, and all at once began to seek how they might be able to accomplish the journey of the Holy Sepulchre, saying that, since the term for going had drawn near, there was no time to be disturbed any further. Boamundus, however, was seeking daily the compact which all the seniors had formerly had with him for handing over the city; but the count of Saint-Gilles was willing to soften himself to no agreement toward Boamundus, because he feared to perjure himself toward the emperor. Nevertheless they were often gathered in the church of Saint Peter, to do what was just.

Boamundus recitauit suam conuentionem, suumque ostendit compotum. Comes Sancti Egidii similiter sua patefecit uerba, et iusiurandum quod fecerat imperatori, per consilium Boamundi. Episcopi, et dux Godefridus, Flandrensisque comes, et comes de Nortmannia, aliique seniores diuisi sunt ab aliis, et intrauerunt ubi est cathedra sancti Petri, ut ibi iudicium inter utrumque discernerent.

Boamundus recited his convention, and showed his account. The Count of Saint-Gilles likewise laid open his words, and the oath which he had made to the emperor, by the counsel of Boamundus. The bishops, and Duke Godfrey, and the Count of Flanders, and the Count of Normandy, and other elders were separated from the others, and entered where the chair of Saint Peter is, so that there they might discern the judgment between the two.

Postea uero timentes ne Sancti Sepulchri uia proturbaretur, noluerunt aperte dicere iudicium. Ait denique comes Sancti Egidii: ,Priusquam uia Sancti Sepulchri remaneat, si Boamundus nobiscum uenire uoluerit, quicquid nostri pares uidelicet dux Godefridus et Flandrensis comes et Rotbertus Nortmannus, aliique seniores laudauerint, ego fideliter consentiam, salua fidelitate imperatoris." Hoc totum laudauit Boamundus, et promiserunt ambo in manibus episcoporum, quod nullo modo per se uia Sancti Sepulchri deturbaretur. Tunc accepit Boamundus consilium cum suis hominibus, quomodo muniret castrum de alta montanea, hominibus et uictu.

Afterwards indeed, fearing lest the way of the Holy Sepulchre be driven off, they were unwilling to declare the judgment openly. At last the Count of Saint-Gilles said: ,Before the way of the Holy Sepulchre be left behind, if Bohemond shall be willing to come with us, whatever our peers—namely Duke Godfrey and the Count of Flanders and Robert the Norman, and the other elders—shall approve, I will faithfully consent, saving my fidelity to the emperor." Bohemond approved all this, and both promised into the hands of the bishops that in no way through themselves would the way of the Holy Sepulchre be overthrown. Then Bohemond took counsel with his men how he might fortify the castle of the high mountain with men and victuals.

Similiter comes Sancti Egidii accepit consilium cum suis, quomodo muniret palatium Cassiani ammiralii, et turrim quae est super portam pontis qui est ex parte portus sancti Symeonis, muniret inquam hominibus et uictu qui non deficeret longo tempore.

Likewise the Count of Saint-Gilles took counsel with his men, how he might fortify the palace of Cassian the admiral, and the tower which is over the gate of the bridge which is on the side of the port of Saint Symeon—fortify, I say, with men and with victuals that would not fail for a long time.

[xxxii] Status Urbis. Haec urbs Antiochia scilicet ualde est pulchra et honorabilis, quia infra muros eius sunt quatuor montaneae maximae et nimis altae. In altioti quoque est castellum aedificatum mirabile, et nimis forte.

[32] State of the City. This city, Antioch namely, is very beautiful and honorable, because within its walls are four very great mountain-heights and exceedingly high. On the higher one as well there is a castle built, marvelous and very strong.

De deorsum est ciuitas honorabilis et conueniens, omnibusque ornata honoribus, quoniam multae ecclesiae sunt in ea aedificatae. Tercenta et sexaginta monasteria in se continet. Sub suo iugo continet patriarcha centum quinquaginta tres episcopos.

Down below it is a city honorable and convenient, adorned with all honors, since many churches have been built in it. It contains 360 monasteries. Under his yoke the patriarch holds 153 bishops.

Clauditur ciuitas duobus muris. Maior quoque ualde est altus et mirabiliter latus, magnisque lapidibus compositus; in quo sunt ordinatae quater centum et quinquaginta turres; modisque omnibus est ciuitas formosa. Ab oriente, clauditur quatuor magnis montaneis.

The city is enclosed by two walls. The greater, too, is exceedingly high and wonderfully broad, and constructed of great stones; in it are arranged four hundred and fifty towers; and in every way the city is comely. From the east, it is enclosed by four great mountains.

Ab occidente, secus muros urbis fluit quoddam flumen, cui nomen Farfar. Quae ciuitas magnae auctoritatis est. Nam eam prius septuaginta quinque reges constituerunt, quorum fuit caput Antiochus rex, a quo dicitur Antiochia.

From the west, along the city’s walls flows a certain river, whose name is Farfar. Which city is of great authority. For previously seventy-five kings constituted it, whose head was King Antiochus, from whom it is called Antioch.

Istam ciuitatem tenuerunt Franci obsessam, per octo menses et unum diem. Postea fuerunt intus inclusi per tres ebdomadas a Turcis et ab aliis paganis quorum numero nunquam fuit maior congregatio hominum, uel Christianorum uel paganorum. Tamen adiutorio Dei et Sancti Sepulchri deuictis illis a Christianis Dei, requieuimus cum gaudio et letitia magna in Antiochia, per quinque menses et octo dies.

The Franks held that city besieged for eight months and one day. Afterwards they were shut in within for three weeks by the Turks and by other pagans, in whose number there was never a greater congregation of men, whether of Christians or of pagans. Yet, by the aid of God and of the Holy Sepulchre, those being vanquished by the Christians of God, we rested with joy and great gladness in Antioch for five months and eight days.

[xxxiii] Quibus expletis, mense Nouembrio discessit Raimundus comes Sancti Egidii cum suo exercitu ab Antiochia, uenitque per unam ciuitatem, quae uocatur Rugia, et per aliam quae dicitur Albaria. Quarto uero die exeunte Nouembrio peruenit ad Marram ciuitatem, in qua maxima multitudo Saracenorum et Turcorum et Arabum aliorumque paganorum est congregata, ipseque comes in crastinum inuasit eam. Non post multum uero temporis Boamundus cum suo exercitu secutus est comites, et applicitus est cum eis in die dominica.

[33] These things completed, in the month of November Raymond, count of Saint-Gilles, departed from Antioch with his army, and he came through one city which is called Rugia, and through another which is called Albaria. On the fourth day, with November drawing to a close, he arrived at the city of Marra, in which a very great multitude of Saracens and Turks and Arabs and other pagans had congregated, and the count himself on the morrow assailed it. Not long after, however, Bohemond with his army followed the counts, and joined with them on the Lord’s Day.

Secunda uero feria nimis fortiter inuaserunt undique ciuitatem, et tam acriter tamque fortiter, ut scalae starent erectae ad murum. Sed tam maxima uirtus paganorum erat, quod illa die nichil eos offendere aut nocere potuerunt. Videntes autem seniores quia nichil agere poterant, et frustra laborabant, facit Raimundus comes de Sancto Egidio fieri quoddam ligneum castrum forte et altum.

On the second weekday (Monday) they assaulted the city on every side exceedingly strongly, and so sharply and so stoutly that the ladders stood erected against the wall. But so great was the prowess of the pagans that on that day they were able to do nothing to strike or harm them. Seeing, however, that they could do nothing and were laboring in vain, Raymond, count of Saint-Gilles, had a certain wooden castle, strong and high, made.

Quod castrum ingeniatum et aedificatum erat super quatuor rotas; super quod stabant plures milites, et Eurardus Venator tubam fortiter sonans. Subter uero erant armati milites, qui deduxerunt castrum usque prope urbis murum iuxta turrim quamdam. Quod uidens gens pagana, statim fecerunt instrumentum quo iactabant maximos lapides super castrum, ita ut pene nostros milites occiderent.

That fortress had been engineered and built upon four wheels; upon it stood several soldiers, and Eurard the Hunter, sounding the trumpet stoutly. Beneath, moreover, there were armed soldiers, who drew the fortress down as far as close to the city’s wall next to a certain tower. Seeing this, the pagan people at once made an engine by which they hurled very great stones upon the fortress, so that they nearly killed our soldiers.

Iaciebant quoque grecos ignes super castrum, putantes illud ardere et deuastari. Sed Deus omnipotens noluit ut castrum arderet hac uice. Supereminebat uero omnes muros ciuitatis.

They were also hurling Greek fires upon the tower, thinking that it would burn and be devastated. But Almighty God did not will that the tower should burn on this occasion. It overtopped all the walls of the city.

Milites igitur nostri qui erant in superiori solario, uidelicet Willelmus de Monte Pislerio et alii multi, iactabant immensos lapides super illos qui stabant in muro urbis, et ita percutiebant eos super clipeos, ut clipeus et inimicus caderent deorsum in ciuitatem in mortem. Ita faciebant isti, alii uero tenebant in hastis honorabilia signa, et cum lanceis et hamis ferreis putabant eos trahere ad se, et sic preliati sunt usque ad uesperam. Retro castrum stabant presbyteri, clerici, sacris uestibus induti, orantes et obsecrantes Deum ut suum defenderet populum, et Christianitatem exaltaret, ac paganismum deponeret.

Therefore our soldiers who were on the upper gallery, namely William of Mont-Pisler and many others, were casting immense stones upon those who stood on the wall of the city, and they struck them upon their shields in such a way that both the shield and the enemy fell down into the city to their death. Thus did these, but others held on spears honorable standards, and with lances and iron hooks they thought to drag them toward themselves, and thus they fought until evening. Behind the siege-castle stood priests and clerics, clothed in sacred vestments, praying and beseeching God that He would defend His people, and would exalt Christianity, and would cast down paganism.

In alia uero parte certabant nostri milites cotidie cum illis, erigentes scalas ad murum urbis, sed uirtus paganorum erat tanta, ut nichil proficere nostri possent. Tamen Gulferius de Daturre primus ascendit per scalam in murum, sed statim fuit fracta scala pro multitudine aliorum; tamen ascendit ipse cum aliquantis supra murum. Illi autem qui ascenderant, expediebant circa illos murum.

In another part, however, our soldiers were contending daily with them, raising ladders to the wall of the city, but the prowess of the pagans was so great that our men could make no progress. Nevertheless Gulferius of Daturre first ascended by the ladder onto the wall, but immediately the ladder was broken on account of the multitude of others; yet he himself climbed up with several above the wall. Those, however, who had gone up were fighting around them along the wall.

Alii quoque inuenerunt aliam scalam, erexeruntque eam festinanter ad murum, et ascenderunt per eam multi milites et pedites, statimque ascenderunt super murum. Saraceni igitur tam robuste inuaserunt illos per murum et per terram, sagittando et spiculando comminus cum suis lanceis; ut multi ex nostris timore perterriti demitterent se per murum. Tamdiu uero illi prudentissimi uiri qui remanserant in muro sufferebant illorum persecutionem, quamdiu alii qui subter castrum erant foderunt murum urbis.

Others likewise found another ladder, and they set it up hastily against the wall, and many knights and foot-soldiers climbed up it, and straightway they mounted upon the wall. The Saracens therefore assailed them so robustly from the wall and from the ground, shooting with arrows and darting at close quarters with their lances, that many of our men, terrified with fear, let themselves down over the wall. Meanwhile those most prudent men who had remained on the wall endured their persecution as long as the others who were beneath the castle were digging (undermining) the city wall.

Videntes uero Saraceni quod nostri fodissent murum, statim timore perterriti inierunt fugam in ciuitatem. Hoc totum factum est in die sabbati ad horam uesperi occidente sole, undecima die intrante Decembri.

But when the Saracens saw that our men had dug (undermined) the wall, immediately, terrified with fear, they entered upon flight into the city. All this was done on the day of Saturday at the hour of Vespers, the sun setting, as the eleventh day of December was beginning.

Boamundus igitur fecit per interpretem loqui Saracenis maioribus, ut ipsi cum suis mulieribus et infantibus aliisque substantiis mitterent se in unum palatium quod est supra portam, ipseque defenderet eos de mortali sententia. Intrauerunt uero omnes nostri in ciuitatem, et quicquid boni inuenerunt in domibus et in foueis, hoc unusquisque ad suum continebat proprium. Facto autem die, ubicunque reperiebant quemquam illorum siue masculum siue feminam, occidebant.

Therefore Bohemond caused, through an interpreter, the chief Saracens to be addressed, that they, with their women and infants and other possessions, should betake themselves into a certain palace which is above the gate, and that he himself would defend them from a sentence of death. But all our men entered the city, and whatever good things they found in the houses and in the pits, each one held this to his own property. However, when day came, wherever they found any of them, whether male or female, they killed them.

Nullus angulus ciuitatis deerat uacuus Saracenorum cadaueribus, uixque poterat aliquis per uias ire ciuitatis, nisi calcando super Saracenorum cadauera. Boamundus denique illos quos iusserat in palatium intrare apprehendit, illisque abstulit omnia quae habebant, uidelicet aurum, argentum, aliaque ornamenta; alios uero fecit occidi, alios autem iussit conduci ad uendendum Antiochiae.

No corner of the city was free from the corpses of the Saracens, and scarcely could anyone go through the streets of the city, except by treading upon the corpses of the Saracens. Bohemond, finally, apprehended those whom he had ordered to enter the palace, and took from them all that they had, namely gold, silver, and other ornaments; others he caused to be killed, and others he ordered to be led off to be sold at Antioch.

Mora autem Francorum fuit in illa urbe, per unum mensem et quatuor dies; in qua fuit mortuus Oriensis episcopus. Fuerunt ibi ex nostris qui illic non inuenerunt sicuti opus eis erat, tantum ex longa mora, quantum ex districtione famis, quia foris nequiuerant aliquid inuenire ad capiendum, sed scindebant corpora mortuorum, eo quod in uentribus eorum inueniebant bisanteos reconditos; alii uero caedebant carnes eorum per frusta, et coquebant ad manducandum.

The sojourn of the Franks, however, was in that city for one month and four days; in which the bishop of Oria died. There were among our men some who there did not find what was needful for them, as much from the long sojourn as from the severity of famine, because outside they had been unable to find anything to seize; but they were cutting open the bodies of the dead, for in their bellies they found bezants concealed; others, however, were cutting their flesh into pieces, and cooking it to eat.

[xxxiiii] Boamundus autem non potuit apud comitem Sancti Egidii concordari super id quod petebat, iratusque reuersus est Antiochiam. Comes igitur Raimundus non diu moratus mandauit per suos legatos Antiochiae, duci Godefrido et Flandrensi comiti ac Rotberto Nortmanno et Boamundo, ut ipsi uenirent ad Rugiam ciuitatem loqui cum eo. Veneruntque illuc omnes seniores feceruntque concilium quomodo honeste possent tenere uiam Sancti Sepulchri pro qua moti sunt et huc usque peruentum sit. Nequiuerunt concordare Boamundum cum Raimundo, nisi Raimundus comes redderet Antiochiam ei. Noluit comes ad hoc assentire, pro fiducia quam fecerat imperatori.

[34] Bohemond, however, could not come to terms with the count of Saint-Gilles regarding that which he was seeking, and, angered, he returned to Antioch. Count Raymond therefore, not having tarried long, sent by his envoys to Antioch—to Duke Godfrey and to the Flemish count and to Robert the Norman and to Bohemond—that they should come to the city of Rugia to speak with him. And all the elders came there and held a council as to how honorably they might keep the way of the Holy Sepulcher for which they had been moved and to which point they had come thus far. Nor could they reconcile Bohemond with Raymond, unless Count Raymond would return Antioch to him. The count did not wish to assent to this, on account of the pledge which he had made to the emperor.

Comites denique et dux reuersi sunt in Antiochiam una cum Boamundo. Comes uero Raimundus reuersus est ad Marram, ubi peregrini erant. Mandauit quoque suis militibus honestare palatium et castellum quod erat supra portam pontis ciuitatis.

The counts and the duke, finally, returned to Antioch together with Bohemond. But Count Raymond returned to Marra, where the pilgrims were. He also commanded his soldiers to put in good order the palace and the castle which was above the gate of the bridge of the city.

Videns autem Raimundus quod nullus seniorum uoluisset causa eius ire in uiam Sancti Sepulchri, exiuit nudis pedibus de Marra decima tertia die intrante Ianuario, et peruenit usque Capharda, fuitque ibi per tres dies. Illic adiunxit se comes Normanniae comiti Raimundo. Rex autem Caesareae multotiens mandauerat per suos nuntios comiti Marrae et Caphardae quod cum eo pacem uellet habere, et de suo precium ei daret; et Christianos peregrinos diligeret, fiduciamque faceret quia quantum continet eius imperium, peregrinis non esset offendiculum; et mercatum de equis et de corporalibus alimentis daret gaudenter.

Seeing, however, that none of the elders had been willing for the sake of his cause to go on the Way of the Holy Sepulcher, Raymond went out barefoot from Marra on the thirteenth day, as January was entering, and he came as far as Capharda, and he was there for three days. There the Count of Normandy joined himself to Count Raymond. But the king of Caesarea had many times sent through his messengers to the count at Marra and at Capharda that he wished to have peace with him, and would give him a price out of his own; and that he would love the Christian pilgrims, and would give assurance that, in so far as his dominion extends, there would be no hindrance to the pilgrims; and that he would gladly grant a market for horses and for bodily provisions.

Exierunt autem nostri et uenerunt hospitari iuxta Caesaream, super fluuium Farfar. Cumque uidisset rex Caesareae contubernium Francorum tam prope ciuitatem hospitatum esse, doluit animo, et iussit illis deuetari mercatum, nisi discederent a ciuitatis confinio. Crastina uero die misit cum illis duos Turcos suos uidelicet nuntios, qui eis monstrarent fluminis uadum, eosque conducerent ubi inuenire possent ad capiendum.

Now our men went out and came to lodge near Caesarea, upon the river Farfar. And when the king of Caesarea saw that the encampment of the Franks had been quartered so near the city, he was grieved in spirit, and ordered that the market be forbidden to them, unless they should depart from the confines of the city. But on the morrow he sent with them two of his Turks, namely messengers, to show them the ford of the river, and to conduct them where they might find something to seize.

Denique uenerunt in uallem quamdam subter quoddam castrum, ibique depredati sunt plus quam quinque animalium milia, et satis frumenti atque alia bona, unde ualde fuit refecta tota Christi militia. Tamen illud castrum reddidit se comiti, eique dedit equos et aurum purissimum; et iurauerunt sua lege quod peregrinis nil exinde fieret mali. Fuimusque ibi per quinque dies.

Finally they came into a certain valley beneath a certain castle, and there they plundered more than five thousand animals, and sufficient grain and other goods, whence the whole militia of Christ was greatly replenished. Nevertheless that castle surrendered itself to the count, and gave him horses and the purest gold; and they swore by their own law that nothing evil would from then on be done to the pilgrims. And we were there for five days.

Egressi etenim inde peruenimus gaudentes hospitari ad quoddam Arabum castrum. Exiuit igitur dominus castri, et concordatus est cum comite. Exeuntes uero inde, peruenimus ad quamdam ciuitatem pulcherrimam et omnibus bonis refertam, in quadam ualle sitam, nomme Kephaliam.

Having gone out from there, we arrived rejoicing to lodge at a certain fortress of the Arabs. Accordingly the lord of the castle came out, and came to concord with the count. Going out from there, we arrived at a certain most beautiful city, replete with all goods, situated in a certain valley, named Kephalia.

Habitatores uero illius audientes Francos uenisse dimiserunt urbem, et ortos plenos oleribus, et domos plenas alimentis corporalibus, et fugerunt. Tertia die egressi ab illa urbe, transiuimus per altam et immensam montaneam, et intrauimus in uallem de Sem; in qua erat maxima ubertas omnibus bonis; fuimusque ibi per dies fere quindecim. Hic prope nos erat quoddam castrum, in quo erat congregata maxima paganorum multitudo.

But the inhabitants of that place, hearing that the Franks had come, abandoned the city, and the gardens full of vegetables, and the houses full of bodily aliments, and fled. On the third day, having gone out from that city, we passed through a high and immense mountain-land, and entered into the valley of Sem; in which there was a very great abundance of all goods; and we were there for nearly fifteen days. Here near us there was a certain castle, in which a very great multitude of pagans had been gathered.

Quod castrum aggressi sunt nostri, idque fortiter superassent, nisi Saraceni iactassent foras immensas turmas animalium. Reuersi sunt nostri, deferentes omnia bona ad sua tentoria. Summo autem diluculo collegerunt nostri suos papiliones, et uenerunt obsidere idem castrum, ibique putabant extendere tentoria; sed genus pagana omnino dedit sese fugae, ac dimiserunt castrum uacuum.

Our men attacked that castle, and they would have bravely overborne it, had not the Saracens driven out enormous herds of animals. Our men returned, carrying all the goods to their tents. But at the very dawn they gathered up their pavilions and came to besiege the same castle, and there they thought to spread their tents; but the pagan race altogether gave itself to flight, and they left the castle empty.

Intrantes autem nostri inuenerunt ibi omnem abundantiam frumenti, uini, farinae, olei, et quicquid eis opus erat. Illic deuotissime celebrauimus festiuitatem purificationis sanctae Mariae, ueneruntque illic nuntii de Camela ciuitate. Rex namque illius mandauit comiti equos, aurum, et pactus est cum eo quod Christianos nullomodo offenderet, sed eos diligeret et honoraret.

But when our men entered, they found there every abundance of grain, wine, flour, oil, and whatever was needful to them. There we most devoutly celebrated the festivity of the Purification of Saint Mary, and messengers came there from the city of Camela. For the king of that place sent to the count horses and gold, and made a pact with him that he would in no way offend the Christians, but would love and honor them.

Rex autem Tripolis mandauit comiti, quoniam cum eo fideliter pactum iniret et amicitiam haberet, si ei placeret, misitque illi equos decem et quatuor mulas et aurum. Sed comes ait nullomodo cum eo pacem se recipere, nisi ille Christianus efficeretur.

The King of Tripoli sent word to the count that he would faithfully enter a pact with him and hold friendship, if it should please him, and he sent him ten horses, fourteen mules, and gold. But the count said that by no means would he accept peace with him, unless he were made a Christian.

Exeuntes autem de optima ualle, peruenimus ad quoddam castrum quod dicitur Archae, in die lunae scilicet secunda feria mediante Februario; circa quod tentoria tetendimus. Quod castrum plenum erat innumerabili gente paganorum, uidelicet Turcorum, Saracenorum, Arabum, Publicanorum, et mirabiliter munierant castrum illud et defendebant se fortiter. Tunc exeuntes quatuordecim ex nostris militibus, ierunt contra Tripolim urbem, quae erat secus nos.

Going out, however, from the best valley, we arrived at a certain castle which is called Archae, on Monday, namely the second weekday, in mid-February; around it we pitched our tents. That castle was full of an innumerable people of pagans, namely Turks, Saracens, Arabs, Publicans, and they had marvelously fortified that castle and were defending themselves bravely. Then, fourteen of our knights going out, went toward the city of Tripolis, which was beside us.

Isti quatuordecim inuenerunt circa sexaginta Turcos, et alios quosdam; qui habebant ante se collectos homines, et animalia plus quam mille quingenta. Qui signo crucis muniti inuaserunt eos, et Deo iuuante mirabiliter superauerunt illos, et occiderunt sex ex illis, apprehenderuntque sex equos.

These fourteen found about sixty Turks, and certain others; who had before them collected men and animals, more than 1,500. Fortified with the sign of the cross they invaded them, and, God aiding, marvelously overcame them, and killed 6 of them, and apprehended 6 horses.

De exercitu uero Raimundi comitis exierunt Raimundus Piletus, et Raimundus uicecomes de Tentoria, ueneruntque ante Tortosam ciuitatem, et fortiter aggrediuntur illam. Quae nimis erat munita multitudine paganorum. Sero autem iam facto, secesserunt in quemdam angulum, ibique hospitati sunt; feceruntque innumerabiles ignes, ita ut tota hostis esset ibi.

From the army indeed of Count Raymond there went out Raymond Pilet and Raymond, the viscount of Tentoria, and they came before the city of Tortosa, and stoutly assault it. Which was exceedingly fortified by a multitude of pagans. But when it was now late, they withdrew into a certain corner, and there they took lodging; and they made innumerable fires, so that it seemed a whole host was there.

Pagani uero timore perterriti nocte latenter fugerunt, et dimiserunt ciuitatem plenam omnibus bonis, quae etiam ualde optimum portum secus mare in se retinet. Crastina autem die uenerunt nostri, ut undique inuaderent illam inueneruntque illam uacuam. Et intrantes habitauerunt in ea usque dum obsessio esset ante urbem Archae.

But the pagans, terrified with fear, fled secretly by night and left the city full of all goods, which moreover retains within itself a very excellent port beside the sea. On the next day our men came, to assault it from every side, and found it empty. And, entering, they dwelt in it until the siege was before the city of Arqa.

Est prope istam alia urbs, quae dicitur Maraclea. Amiralius qui eam regebat pactus est cum nostris, et misit nostros in ciuitatem, nostraque uexilla.

There is near to that one another city, which is called Maraclea. The amir who was ruling it entered into a pact with our men, and sent our men into the city, and our standards.

[xxxv] Dux quoque Godefridus et Boamundus, Flandrensisque comes, uenerunt usque ad Lichiam ciuitatem. Disseparauit enim se Boamundus ab eis, et reuersus est Antiochiam. Illi uero uenerunt, et obsederunt quandam urbem cui nomen Gibellum.

[35] Duke Godfrey and Bohemond, and the Count of Flanders, likewise came as far as the city Lichia. For Bohemond separated himself from them and returned to Antioch. But they came and besieged a certain city whose name is Gibellum.

Audiens itaque Raimundus comes de Sancto Egidio quod innumerabilis paganorum gens rueret super nos ad certum bellum, ilico consilium habuit cum suis ut mandet senioribus qui sunt in obsidione Gibelli, quatinus eis subuenirent. Quod illi audientes, statim pacti sunt cum amiralio, facientes pacem cum eo, et acceperunt equos, et aurum; dimiseruntque urbem uenientes ad nos in adiutorium; sed illi non uenerunt ad bellum contra nos. Itaque comites predicti hospitati sunt ultra flumen, ibique obsederunt castrum illud.

Hearing, therefore, Count Raymond of Saint-Gilles that an innumerable nation of pagans was rushing upon us to a set battle, straightway he took counsel with his men to send word to the elders who are in the siege of Gibellum, so that they might subvene them. Which they, hearing, immediately made a pact with the admiral, making peace with him, and they received horses and gold; and they left the city, coming to us for aid; but they did not come to the battle against us. Therefore the aforesaid counts were quartered beyond the river, and there they besieged that castle.

Non multo post equitauerunt nostri contra Tripolim, inueneruntque extra ciuitatem Turcos, Arabes, et Saracenos, quos inuaserunt nostri, et miserunt eos in fugam; et occiderunt maximam partem nobilium urbis. Tanta fuit paganorum occisio, et sanguinis effusio, ut etiam aqua quae in ciuitate fluebat, uideretur rubere et fluere in cisternas eorum, unde ualde fuerunt tristes alii dolentesque. Iam uero erant tanto timore perterriti, ut nullus eorum auderet exire extra ciuitatis portam.

Not long after, our men rode against Tripoli, and they found outside the city Turks, Arabs, and Saracens, whom our men attacked and put to flight; and they killed the greatest part of the nobles of the city. So great was the slaughter of the pagans, and the effusion of blood, that even the water which flowed in the city seemed to be red and to flow into their cisterns, whereat the others were very sorrowful and grieving. And indeed by now they were so terrified with fear that none of them dared to go out beyond the gate of the city.

Alia uero die equitauerunt nostri ultra de Sem, et inuenerunt boues et oues et asinos, multaque animalia, camelos quoque depredati sunt fere tria milia. Obsedimus uero castrum supra dictum per tres menses, minus una die; ibique pascha Domini celebrauimus IIII idus Aprilis. Naues quippe nostrae uenerunt prope nos in quendam portum, quamdiu fuimus in illa obsidione deferentes maximum mercatum, scilicet frumentum, uinum et carnem et caseum, et ordeum, et oleum, unde maxima ubertas fuit in tota expeditione.

On another day our men rode beyond Sem, and they found oxen and sheep and donkeys, and many animals; they also depredated nearly 3,000 camels. We besieged the aforesaid castle for three months, less one day; and there we celebrated the Lord’s Pasch on the 4th day before the Ides of April. For indeed our ships came near us into a certain port, the whole time we were in that siege bringing a very great market, namely grain, wine and meat and cheese, and barley, and oil, whence there was very great abundance in the whole expedition.

In illa denique obsidione feliciter acceperunt martyrium plures ex nostris, uidelicet Anselmus de Riboatmont, Willelmus Picardus, et alii plures quos ignoro. Rex quoque Tripolis sepe nuntios mittebat senioribus ut dimitterent castrum, et cum eo concordarentur. Audientes itaque nostri hoc, scilicet dux Godefridus, et Raimundus comes Sancti Egidii, ac Rotbertus Normannus, Flandrensisque comes, uidentesque nouos fructus properasse, quia in medio Martio comedebamus nouellas fabas, medio quoque Aprili frumentum, consiliati sunt nostri dicentes, bonum ualde esse Hierosolimitanum iter explere cum nouis fructibus.

In that siege at last, several of ours happily received martyrdom, namely Anselm of Ribemont, William the Picard, and many others whom I do not know. The king of Tripoli also often sent messengers to the elders that they should relinquish the castle and come to concord with him. Hearing this, then, our men—Duke Godfrey, and Raymond, Count of Saint-Gilles, and Robert the Norman, and the Count of Flanders—and seeing that the new fruits had come early (for in mid-March we were eating new beans, and in mid-April grain as well), took counsel, saying that it would be very good to complete the Jerusalem journey with the new fruits.

[xxxvi] Discessimus igitur a castro, et peruenimus Tripolim in sexta feria, XIIImo die intrante Maio, ibique fuimus per tres dies. Tandem concordatus est rex Tripolis cum senioribus, illisque continuo dissoluit plus quam trecentos peregrinos, qui illic capti erant; deditque illis quindecim milia bisanteos, et quindecim equos magni precii. Dedit etiam nobis magnum mercatum equorum, asinorum, omniumque bonorum, unde nimis ditata est omnis Christi militia.

[xxxvi] We departed therefore from the castle, and we arrived at Tripoli on Friday, as the 13th day of May was beginning, and there we were for three days. At length the king of Tripoli made concord with the elders, and for them he immediately released more than 300 pilgrims who had been taken there; and he gave them 15,000 bezants, and fifteen horses of great price. He also granted to us a great market of horses, asses, and of all goods, whence all the militia of Christ was exceedingly enriched.

Pactus est uero cum illis, quia si bellum quod eis amiralius Babiloniae parabat possent deuincere, et Hierusalem apprehendere, ille Christianus efficeretur, terramque ab eis recognosceret, atque tali modo factum est placitum.

A pact was indeed made with them, that if they could vanquish the war which the Admiral of Babylon was preparing against them, and seize Jerusalem, he would be made a Christian, and would recognize the land from them; and in such a manner the agreement was made.

Nos autem discessimus ab urbe in secunda feria mensis Maii, transiuimusque per uiam artam et arduam tota die et nocte et peruenimus ad castrum cui nomen Bethelon; deinde ad urbem quae dicitur Zebari secus mare, in qua passi sumus nimiam sitim, et sic defessi peruenimus ad flumen cui nomen Braym. Deinde transiuimus nocte ac die ascensionis Domini per montem, in quo est uia nimis angusta, et illic putauimus inimicos insidiantes nobis inuenire, sed Deo annuente nullus eorum audebat properare ante nos. Nostri denique milites precedentes nos liberauerunt ante nos uiam illam, et applicuimus ad ciuitatem iuxta mare quae dicitur Baruth, et inde uenimus ad aliam urbem quae uocatur Sagitta, dehinc ad aliam, quae dicitur Sur, et de Sur ad Acram ciuitatem.

But we departed from the city on Monday in the month of May, and we passed by a narrow and arduous way through the whole day and night, and we arrived at a castle by the name Bethelon; then to a city which is called Zebari beside the sea, in which we suffered excessive thirst, and thus, worn out, we came to a river by the name Braym. Then we passed, on the night and the day of the Ascension of the Lord, over a mountain on which the road is exceedingly narrow, and there we thought we would find enemies lying in ambush for us; but God assenting, none of them dared to hasten to get ahead of us. Our soldiers, finally, going before us, cleared that road in advance of us, and we put in at a city by the sea which is called Baruth, and from there we came to another city which is called Sagitta, then to another which is called Sur, and from Sur to the city of Acre.

De Acra uero uenimus ad castrum cui nomen Cayphas, ac deinceps hospitati sumus iuxta Caesaream, ibique celebrauimus Pentecosten, tertia die exeunte Maio. Denique uenimus ad urbem Ramola, quam Saraceni dimiserant uacuam propter metum Francorum. Iuxta quam erat honorabilis ecclesia in qua requieuit preciosissimum sancti Georgii corpus, quia illic a perfidis paganis pro Christi nomine feliciter martyrium suscepit.

From Acra indeed we came to the castle whose name is Cayphas, and thereafter we were lodged near Caesarea, and there we celebrated Pentecost, on the third day, with May drawing to a close. Finally we came to the city Ramola, which the Saracens had left empty on account of fear of the Franks. Near it there was an honorable church in which the most precious body of Saint George rested, because there at the hands of perfidious pagans he for the name of Christ happily received martyrdom.

Ibi consiliati sunt nostri maiores, ut illic eligerent episcopum, qui hanc custodiret et erigeret ecclesiam. Cui suas dederunt decimas, et auro argentoque ditauerunt, et equis ac animalibus aliis, quo deuote et honeste uiueret cum illis qui cum eo essent.

There our elders took counsel, that there they should choose a bishop who would guard and erect this church. To whom they gave their tithes, and enriched him with gold and silver, and with horses and other animals, so that he might live devoutly and honorably with those who were with him.

[xxxvii] Remansit ipse illic cum gaudio, nos autem letantes et exultantes, usque ad ciuitatem Hierusalem peruenimus feria tertia, VIII idus Iunii, eamque mirabiliter obsedimus. Rotbertus namque Normannus eam obsedit a septentrione, iuxta sancti Stephani prothomartyris ecclesiam, ubi lapidatus est pro nomine Christi. Iuxta Rotbertum Flandrensis comes.

[37] He himself remained there with joy, but we, rejoicing and exulting, came as far as the city of Jerusalem on Tuesday, the 8th day before the Ides of June (June 6), and we wondrously besieged it. For Robert the Norman besieged it from the north, near the church of Saint Stephen the Protomartyr, where he was stoned for the name of Christ. Next to Robert, the Count of Flanders.

Ab occidente uero obsedit eam dux Godefridus et Tancredus. A meridie obsedit eam comes Sancti Egidii, scilicet in monte Sion circa ecclesiam sanctae Mariae matris Domini, ubi Dominus cum suis cenauit discipulis.

From the west indeed Duke Godfrey and Tancred besieged it. From the south the Count of Saint-Gilles besieged it, namely on Mount Zion around the church of Saint Mary, Mother of the Lord, where the Lord supped with his disciples.

Tertia uero die ex nostris, scilicet Raimundus Piletus et Raimundus de Taurina et alii plures causa preliandi sequestrauerunt se ab exercitu inueneruntque bis centum Arabes, et preliati sunt Christi milites contra illos incredulos; et Deo adiuuante fortiter illos superauerunt, et occiderunt multos ex eis, et apprehenderunt triginta equos. Secunda uero ueniente feria, aggredimur fortissime ciuitatem, tam mirabiliter, ut si scalae fuissent paratae, in nostra fuisset ciuitas manu. Tamen minorem strauimus murum, et unam scalam ereximus ad maiorem murum.

But on the third day, some of our men—namely Raimundus Piletus and Raimundus of Taurina and many others—sequestered themselves from the army for the sake of fighting, and they found two hundred Arabs, and the soldiers of Christ fought against those unbelievers; and, God helping, they strongly overcame them, and killed many of them, and captured thirty horses. But with the second feria coming, we assailed the city most vigorously, so marvelously that, if ladders had been prepared, the city would have been in our hand. Nevertheless we laid low the lesser wall, and we raised one ladder to the greater wall.

Super quam ascendebant nostri milites, et comminus percutiebant Saracenos suis ensibus et lanceis, et defensores ciuitatis. Fueruntque mortui multi ex nostris, sed plures ex illis. In illa autem obsidione panes ad emendum inuenire non poteramus fere per spatium dierum decem, donec uenit nuntius nostrarum nauium.

Upon which our soldiers were climbing, and at close quarters they were striking the Saracens with their swords and lances, and the defenders of the city. And many of our men were killed, but more of them. In that siege, however, we could not find bread to buy for nearly the span of 10 days, until a messenger from our ships came.

Et in nimia pressura sitis detenti fuimus, ita ut per nimium terrorem et pauorem per sex milia nostros potaremus equos, et alia animalia. Syloa namque fons qui est ad radicem montis Syon, sustinebat nos; sed tamen cara uendebatur aqua inter nos.

And we were held in excessive pressure of thirst, so that, amid extreme terror and fear, we watered our horses, about six thousand, and the other animals. For the Siloam spring, which is at the root of Mount Sion, sustained us; yet the water was sold dear among us.

Postquam enim uenit nuntius nostrarum nauium, acceperunt inter se nostri seniores consilium, quemadmodum mitterent milites qui fideliter custodirent homines et naues in portu Iaphie. Summo autem diluculo, exierunt centum milites de exercitu Raimundi, comitis Sancti Egidii, Raimundus Piletus et Achardus de Mommellou, et Willelmus de Sabra, et ibant cum fiducia ad portum. Diuiserunt denique se triginta milites ex nostris ab aliis, et inuenerunt septingentos Arabes et Turcos ac Saracenos de exercitu ammirauisi.

After the messenger of our ships came, our elders took counsel among themselves how they might send soldiers to guard faithfully the men and the ships in the port of Jaffa. But at first light, one hundred knights went out from the army of Raymond, Count of Saint-Gilles—Raymond Pilet, and Achard of Mommellou, and William of Sabra—and they were going with confidence to the port. Finally, they divided themselves, thirty of our knights separating from the others, and they found seven hundred Arabs and Turks and Saracens from the army of the amir.

Quos inuaserunt fortiter Christi milites, sed tam magna fuit uirtus illorum super nostros, ut undique circumcingerent illos. Et occiderunt Achardum de Mommellou, et pauperes homines pedites. Cum autem tenerent nostros iam inclusos, qui omnes putabant mori, uenit aliis quidam nuntius, dicens Raimundo Pileto: ,Quid hic astas cum his militibus?

Whom the soldiers of Christ bravely attacked; but so great was their prowess over our men that they surrounded them on every side. And they killed Achard of Mommellou, and poor foot-soldiers. However, when they already held our men enclosed, who all thought they would die, there came to the others a certain messenger, saying to Raymond Pilet: ,Why do you stand here with these knights?

Ecce omnes nostri in nimia districtione Arabum et Turcorum ac Saracenorum sunt; et forsitan in hac hora omnes mortui sunt. Succurrite ergo illis, succurrite!" Audientes nostri haec, statim cucurrerunt celeri cursu, et festinanter peruenerunt usque ad illos preliando. Paganorum uero gens uidens Christi milites, diuisit se; et fecerunt duo agmina.

“Behold, all our men are in the extreme constriction of the Arabs and Turks and Saracens; and perhaps at this hour they are all dead. Therefore, succor them, succor them!” Our men, hearing these things, immediately ran at a swift run, and hastily, fighting, they came up to them. But the nation of the pagans, seeing the soldiers of Christ, divided itself; and they formed two battle-lines.

Nostri autem inuocato Christi nomine, tam acriter inuaserunt illos incredulos, ut quisque miles prosterneret suum; Videntes uero illi quod non possent stare ante Francorum fortitudinem, timore nimio perterriti, uerterunt scapulas retro. Quos nostri persequentes fere per spatia quatuor milium, occiderunt multos ex eis, unumque retinuerunt uiuum, qui noua eis per ordinem diceret; retinuerunt quoque centum et tres equos.

Our men, however, having invoked the name of Christ, so keenly assailed those unbelievers that each knight laid low his own; but they, seeing that they could not stand before the fortitude of the Franks, excessively afraid and dread-struck, turned their shoulders to the rear. Pursuing them for nearly the space of four miles, our men killed many of them, and kept one alive, to tell them the news in order; they also retained one hundred and three horses.

In eadem obsidione tanta oppressione sitis fuimus grauati, ut sueremus coria boum et bufalorum, in quibus deferebamus aquas fere per spatium sex miliariorum. Ex illis quippe uasculis foetida utebamur aqua, et quantum ex olida aqua et ordeaceo pane in nimia districtione et afflictione eramus cotidie. Saraceni namque in cunctis fontibus et aquis latentes, insidiabantur nostris, eosque ubique occidebant et dilaniabant, animalia quoque secum in suas cauernas et speluncas deducebant.

In the same siege we were burdened by so great an oppression of thirst that we sewed the hides of oxen and buffaloes, in which we carried waters for nearly a distance of 6 miles. From those little vessels indeed we used foetid water, and how greatly, because of the rank water and barley bread, we were daily in excessive constraint and affliction. For the Saracens, lurking at all the springs and waters, laid ambush for our men, and everywhere killed and tore them to pieces, and they also led the animals with them into their caverns and caves.

[xxxviii] Tunc seniores nostri ordinauerunt quomodo ingeniare possent ciuitatem, ut ad adorandum nostri Salvatoris intrarent Sepulchrum. Feceruntque duo lignea castra, et alia plura machinamenta. Dux Godefridus suum fecit castrum cum machinis, et Raimundus comes similiter; quibus de longinquis terris attrahebant ligna.

[38] Then our elders ordained how they might engineer the city, so that they might enter the Sepulcher of our Savior to adore. And they made two wooden castles, and many other machines. Duke Godfrey made his own castle with machines, and Count Raymond likewise; for which they were drawing timber from far-distant lands.

Saraceni igitur uidentes nostros facientes has machinas, mirabiliter muniebant ciuitatem, et turres nocte accrescebant. Videntes autem nostri seniores ex qua parte esset ciuitas magis languida, illuc in quadam nocte sabbati deportauerunt nostram machinam et ligneum castrum in orientalem partem. Summo autem diluculo erexerunt ea, et aptauerunt et ornauerunt castrum, in prima et secunda ac tertia feria.

The Saracens therefore, seeing our men making these machines, were marvelously fortifying the city, and the towers were increasing by night. But our elders, seeing from which side the city was weaker, on a certain Saturday night carried our engine and the wooden castle to the eastern part. And at the very break of dawn they erected them, and fitted and adorned the castle, on the first and second and third feria.

Comes namque Sancti Egidii, a meridiana plaga reficiebat suam machinam. Interea in tanta pressura sitis filimus districti, ut unus homo non posset pro uno denario ad sufficientiam habere aquam, aut exstinguere sitim suam.

For the Count of Saint-Gilles, on the meridian (southern) flank, was refitting his machine. Meanwhile we were constrained in so great a pressure of thirst that a single man could not, for one denarius, have water in sufficiency, or extinguish his thirst.

Nocte uero ac die in quarta et quinta feria mirabiliter aggredimur ciuitatem, ex omni parte; sed antequam inuaderemus eam, ordinauerunt episcopi et sacerdotes predicando et commonendo omnes, ut processionem Deo in circuitu Hierusalem celebrarent, et orationes ac elemosinas et ieiunia fideliter facerent. Sexta uero feria summo mane undique aggredimur urbem, et nichil ei nocere potuimus, eramusque omnes stupefacti ac in nimio pauore. Appropinquante autem hora scilicet in qua Dominus noster Iesus Christus dignatus est pro nobis sufferre patibulum crucis, nostri milites fortiter pugnabant in castello, uidelicet dux Godefridus, et comes Eustachius frater eius.

By night indeed and by day on the fourth and fifth day of the week we marvelously assailed the city from every side; but before we invaded it, the bishops and priests, by preaching and admonishing all, ordered that they should celebrate a procession to God around Jerusalem, and faithfully perform prayers and alms and fasts. But on the sixth day at first light we attack the city from every side, and we were able to do it no harm, and we were all stupefied and in exceedingly great fear. However, as the hour was approaching—namely the hour in which our Lord Jesus Christ deigned for us to endure the gibbet of the cross—our soldiers were fighting bravely in the castle, namely Duke Godfrey and Count Eustace his brother.

Tunc ascendit quidam miles ex nostris Laetholdus nomine super murum urbis. Mox uero ut ascendit, omnes defensores ciuitatis fungerunt per muros et per ciuitatem, nostrique subsecuti persequebantur eos occidendo et detruncando usque ad Templum Salomonis. Ibique talis occisio fuit, ut nostri in sanguine illorum pedes usque ad cauillas mitterent.

Then a certain knight of ours, by name Laetholdus, ascended upon the wall of the city. Straightway, as soon as he ascended, all the defenders of the city fled along the walls and through the city, and our men, following after, were pursuing them, killing and hewing them down, even to the Temple of Solomon. And there such a slaughter took place that our men put their feet in their blood up to the ankles.

At Raimundus comes a meridie conduxit suum exercitum et castellum usque prope murum, sed inter castellum et murum erat quaedam fouea nimis profunda. Tunc consiliati sunt nostri ut implerent foueam, feceruntque preconari, ut si aliquis in illam foueam portasset tres petras, unum haberet denarium. Perdurauit uero haec impletio per tres dies et noctes.

But Count Raymond at midday led his army and the siege-tower up to near the wall, but between the tower and the wall there was a certain fosse exceedingly deep. Then our men took counsel to fill the fosse, and they had it proclaimed by a herald, that if anyone had carried three stones into that fosse, he would have one denarius. This filling, indeed, lasted for three days and nights.

Tandem plena fouea conduxerunt castellum iuxta murum. Illi autem qui intus erant mirabiliter preliabantur cum nostris, igne et lapidibus. Audiens itaque comes quod Franci essent in urbe, suis dixit hominibus: ,Quid tardatis?

At last, with the ditch full, they brought the tower up next to the wall. But those who were inside fought marvelously with our men, with fire and stones. Hearing therefore that the Franks were in the city, the count said to his men: ,Why do you delay?

Ecce omnes Francigenae iam sunt in urbe." Amiralius itaque qui erat in Turri David, reddidit se comiti, eique aperuit portam ubi peregrini persoluere solebant tributa. Intrantes autem nostri ciuitatem peregrini, persequebantur et occidebant Saracenos usque ad Templum Salomonis. In quo congregati, dederunt nostris maximum bellum per totum diem, ita ut sanguis illorum per totum templum flueret.

Behold, all the Franks are already in the city." Therefore the Amir, who was in the Tower of David, surrendered himself to the count, and opened for him the gate where pilgrims were accustomed to pay tribute. But our men, the pilgrims, entering the city, pursued and killed the Saracens up to the Temple of Solomon. In which, having gathered, they gave our men a very great battle through the whole day, so that their blood flowed through the whole temple.

Tandem superatis paganis, apprehenderunt nostri masculos et feminas sat in templo, et occiderunt quos uoluerunt, et quos uoluerunt retinuerunt uiuos. Super Templum uero Salomonis erat maxima paganorum congregatio utriusque sexus, quibus Taucredus et Gaston de Beert dederunt sua uexilla.

At length, the pagans having been overcome, our men apprehended males and females in plenty in the temple, and they killed whom they wished, and those whom they wished they retained alive. But atop the Temple of Solomon there was a very great congregation of the pagans of both sexes, to whom Tancred and Gaston of Béarn gave their banners.

Mox cucurrerunt per uniuersam urbem, capientes aurum et argentum, equos et mulos, domosque plenas omnibus bonis. Venerunt autem omnes nostri gaudentes et prae nimio gaudio plorantes ad nostri Saluatoris Iesu sepuichrum adorandum, et reddiderunt ei capitale debitum. Mane autem facto ascenderunt nostri caute supra tectum templi, et inuaserunt Saracenos masculos et feminas, decollantes eos nudis ensibus.

Soon they ran through the whole city, seizing gold and silver, horses and mules, and houses full of all goods. Then all our men came rejoicing and, because of excessive joy, weeping, to adore the sepulcher of our Savior Jesus, and they rendered to him the capital debt. But when morning had come, our men cautiously went up onto the roof of the temple, and assailed the Saracens, males and females, beheading them with naked swords.

Alli uero dabant se precipites e templo. Hoc uidens Tancredus iratus est nimis.

But others, however, were casting themselves headlong out of the temple. Seeing this, Tancred became exceedingly angry.

[xxxix] Tunc nostri tenuerunt concilium, ut unusquisque faceret elemosinas cum orationibus, quatinus sibi Deus eligeret quem uellet regnare super alios et regere ciuitatem. Iusserunt quoque Saracenos mortuos omues eici foras, prae nimio foetore; quia omnis urbs fere plena erat illorum cadaueribus. Et uiui Saraceni trahebant mortuos ante portarum exitus, et ordinabant montes ex eis, quasi essent domos.

[39] Then our men held a council, that each should make alms with prayers, so that God might choose for them whom he wished to reign over the others and to rule the city. They also ordered that all the dead Saracens be cast out, on account of the excessive fetor; for almost the whole city was filled with their corpses. And the living Saracens were dragging the dead before the outlets of the gates, and were arranging mounds from them, as if they were houses.

Tales occisiones de paganorum gente nullus unquam audiuit nec uidit; quoniam pyrae erant ordinatae ex eis sicut metae, et nemo scit numerum eorum nisi solus Deus. Fecit uero comes Raimundus conduci amiralium et alios qui cum eo erant, usque Scalonam, sanos et illaesos.

Such slaughters of the pagan folk no one ever heard nor saw; for pyres were arranged of them like stacks, and no one knows their number except God alone. Count Raymond indeed caused the Admiral and the others who were with him to be conducted as far as Scalona, safe and unharmed.

Octauo autem die quo ciuitas fuit capta, elegerunt ducem Godefridum principem ciuitatis, qui debellaret paganos et custodiret Christianos. Similiter elegerunt patriarcham sapientissimum et honorabilem uirum nomine Arnulfum, in die sancti Petri ad Vincula. Haec ciuitas fuit capta a Christianis Dei XV die Iulii, in sexta feria.

On the eighth day after the city was taken, they chose Duke Godfrey as prince of the city, who would war down the pagans and guard the Christians. Likewise they chose a patriarch, a most wise and honorable man by the name of Arnulf, on the day of Saint Peter in Chains. This city was taken by the Christians of God on the 15th day of July, on a Friday.

Interea nuntius uenit Tancredo et comiti Eustachio, ut prepararent se et pergerent ad recipiendam Neopolitanam urbem. Exierunt illi et duxerunt secum multos milites et pedones, et peruenerunt ad urbem. Habitatores vero illius reddiderunt se ilico.

Meanwhile a messenger came to Tancred and to Count Eustace, that they should prepare themselves and go to receive the Neopolitan city. They went out and led with them many knights and footmen, and they arrived at the city. The inhabitants of it, indeed, surrendered themselves immediately.

Denuo mandauit illis dux, ut cito uenirent ad bellum quod nobis ammirauisus Babyloniae preparat urbi Scalonae. Illi autem festinando intrauerunt montaneam quaerentes Saracenorum bella, et uenerunt Caesaream. Itaque uenientes illi iuxta mare ad urbem Ramole, illic inuenerunt multos Arabes, qui precursores erant belli.

D anew he commanded them, that they should come quickly to the war which the amir of Babylon is preparing against us at the city of Ascalon. They, however, hastening, entered the mountain-land seeking the wars of the Saracens, and came to Caesarea. And so, coming along the sea to the city of Ramla, there they found many Arabs, who were the precursors of the war.

Quos nostri persequentes, apprehenderunt plures ex eis, qui dixerunt omnia belli noua, ubi essent et quot essent, aut ubi bellare disponerent contra Christianos. Quod audiens Tancredus statim misit nuntium Hierusalem duci Godefrido et patriarchae, omnibusque principibus dicens: ,Sciatis quod nobis paratum est bellum Scalonae, uenite ergo festinanter cum omni uirtute quam habere poteritis!" Tunc iussit dux summoneri omues, ut fideliter irent preparati Scalonam, obuiam inimicis nostris. Ipse uero cum patriarcha et Rotberto Flandrensi comite exiuit de urbe in feria tertia, et Marturanensis episcopus cum eis.

Pursuing them, our men seized many of them, who told all the news of the war—where they were and how many they were, or where they were setting themselves to wage war against the Christians. Hearing this, Tancred at once sent a messenger to Jerusalem to Duke Godfrey and to the patriarch, and to all the princes, saying: ,Know that a war is prepared for us at Ascalon; come therefore in haste with all the might you will be able to have!" Then the duke ordered all to be summoned, that they should go faithfully, prepared, to Ascalon to meet our enemies. He himself, moreover, with the patriarch and Robert, count of Flanders, went out from the city on Tuesday, and the bishop of Marturana with them.

Comes uero Sancti Egidii ac Rotbertus Nortmannus dixerunt se non exituros, nisi certum bellum scirent. Iusserunt ergo militibus suis, ut pergerent uidere si bellum uere esset; et reuerterentur quantocius, qui ipsi mox essent parati ire. Ierunt illi, uideruntque bellum, et cito renuntiauerunt se uidisse oculis suis.

Now the Count of Saint-Gilles and Robert the Norman said that they would not go out unless they knew the battle to be certain. Therefore they ordered their soldiers to proceed to see whether there truly was a battle, and to return as quickly as possible, they themselves being soon ready to go. They went, and saw the battle, and quickly reported that they had seen it with their own eyes.

Continuo dux apprehenso Marturanensi episcopo, mandauit Hierusalem, quo milites qui ibi erant preparent se et ueniant ad bellum.

Immediately the duke, having taken hold of the Bishop of Marturana, sent word to Jerusalem, that the soldiers who were there should prepare themselves and come to the battle.

Quarta uero feria, illi principes exierunt, et militauerunt ad bellum. Episcopus uero Marturanensis rediit, reportans uerba missa patriarchae et duci, exieruntque Saraceni obuiam ei, et apprehensum secum duxerunt. Petrus uero Heremita remansit Hierusalem, ordinando et precipiendo Grecis et Latinis atque clericis, ut fideliter Deo processionem celebrarent, et orationes elemosinasque facerent, ut Deus populo suo uictoriam daret.

But on Wednesday, those princes went out and took the field for battle. The Bishop of Marturana, however, returned, reporting the message sent to the patriarch and the duke; and the Saracens went out to meet him, and, having seized him, led him off with them. But Peter the Hermit remained at Jerusalem, arranging and enjoining upon the Greeks and Latins and the clerics that they should faithfully celebrate a procession to God, and make prayers and alms, so that God might grant victory to His people.

Clerici et presbyten, induti sacris uestibus ad Templum Domini conduxere processionem, missas et orationes decantantes, ut suum defenderet populum.

The clerics and presbyters, vested in sacred vestments, led the procession to the Temple of the Lord, chanting masses and prayers, that He might defend His people.

Denique patriarcha et episcopi aliique seniores congregati sunt ad flumen, quod est ex hac parte Scalonae. Illic multa animalia, boum, camelorum, ouium, atque omnium bonorum depredati sunt. Venerunt autem Arabes fere trecenti irrueruntque nostri super illos, et apprehenderunt duos ex eis, persequentes alios usque ad eorum exercitum.

Finally the patriarch and the bishops and other elders were congregated at the river, which is on this side of Ascalon. There they plundered many animals—oxen, camels, sheep—and all sorts of goods. But about 300 Arabs came, and our men rushed upon them, and apprehended two of them, pursuing the others up to their army.

Sero autem facto, patriarcha fecit preconari per omnem hostem, ut in summo mane cras essent omnes parati ad bellum, excommunicans ne ullus homo intenderet ad ulla spolia donec bellum esset factum; sed eo facto reuerterentur cum felici gaudio ad capiendum quicquid eis predestinatum esset a Domino.

However, when it was late, the patriarch caused it to be proclaimed through the whole host, that at the very early morning tomorrow all should be ready for battle, declaring excommunication lest any man direct himself toward any spoils until the battle had been fought; but, that having been done, they should return with felicitous joy to take whatever had been predestined for them by the Lord.

Summo uero diluculo in sexta feria intrauerunt in uallem nimis puichram secus litus maris, in qua suas ordinauerunt acies. Dux instruxit suam aciem, et comes Nortmanniae suam, comes Sancti Egidii suam, comes Flandrensis suam, comes Eustachius suam, Tancredus et Gaston suam. Ordinauerunt quoque pedites et sagittarios qui precederent milites; et sic ordinauerunt omnia, statimque coeperunt militare in nomine domini Iesu Christi.

At the very dawn on Friday they entered a very fair valley alongside the sea-shore, in which they ordered their battle-lines. The duke drew up his battle-line, and the Count of Normandy his own, the Count of Saint-Gilles his own, the Count of Flanders his own, Count Eustace his own, Tancred and Gaston their own. They also arrayed the foot-soldiers and the archers to precede the knights; and thus, all being ordered, they straightway began to wage war in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ.

In sinistra uero parte fuit dux Godefridus cum sua acie; comesque Sancti Egidii equitauit iuxta mare in dextera parte, comes Nortmanniae et comes Flandrensis et Tancredus omnesque alii equitabant in medio. Tunc nostri coeperunt paulatim ambulare. Pagani uero stabant parati ad bellum.

On the left side, indeed, was Duke Godfrey with his battle-line; and the Count of Saint-Gilles rode next to the sea on the right side, the Count of Normandy and the Count of Flanders and Tancred, and all the others, were riding in the middle. Then our men began to advance little by little. But the pagans stood ready for battle.

Vnusquisque suum habebat uasculum pendens collo, ex quibus potarent persequentes nos; sed illis non licuit, gratia Dei.

Each one had his little vessel hanging from his neck, from which those pursuing us might drink; but to them it was not permitted, by the grace of God.

Comes autem de Nortmannia cernens ammirauissi stantarum habere quoddam pomum aureum in summitate hastae, quae erat cooperta argento, ruit uehementer super illum, eumque uulnerauit usque ad mortem. Ex alia parte, comes Flandrensis nimis acriter illos inuasit. Tancredus igitur impetum fecit per medium tentoriorum eorum.

But the count of Normandy, seeing the amir of the standards to have a certain golden apple at the summit of a spear, which was covered with silver, rushed vehemently upon him and wounded him unto death. From the other side, the count of Flanders assailed them very sharply. Therefore Tancred made an onrush through the midst of their tents.

Quod uidentes pagani, continuo inierunt fugam. Paganorum multitudo erat innumerabilis, numerumque eorum nemo scit nisi solus Deus. Bella uero erant immensa; sed uirtus diuina comitabatur nobiscum tam magna, tam fortis, quod statim superauimus illos.

Seeing this, the pagans immediately took to flight. The multitude of the pagans was innumerable, and the number of them no one knows save God alone. The battles, indeed, were immense; but divine virtue accompanied us—so great, so strong—that at once we overcame them.

Stabant autem inimici Dei excecati et stupefacti, ac uidentes Christi milites apertis oculis nil uidebant, et contra Christianos engere se non audebant, uirtute Dei tremefacti. Pro nimio timore ascendebant in arbores, in quibus putabant se abscondere; at nostri sagittando et cum lanceis et ensibus occidendo eos ad terram precipitabant. Alii autem iactabant se in terram, non audentes erigere se contra nos.

But the enemies of God stood blinded and stupefied, and, though looking upon the soldiers of Christ with open eyes, they saw nothing, and they did not dare to engage against the Christians, tremble-struck by the power of God. For excessive fear they were climbing into trees, in which they thought to hide themselves; but our men, by shooting, and by spears and swords killing them, were casting them headlong to the ground. Others, moreover, were throwing themselves onto the earth, not daring to raise themselves against us.

Nostri igitur illos detruncabant, sicut aliquis detruncat animalia ad macellum. Comes Sancti Egidii iuxta mare occidit ex eis sine numero. Alii uero se precipitabant in mare, alii fugiebant huc illucque.

Our men therefore were hewing them down, just as someone hews animals for the shambles. The Count of Saint Giles, near the sea, slew them without number. Others, however, were casting themselves into the sea, others were fleeing hither and thither.

Veniens itaque ammirauissus ante ciuitatem, dolens et maerens, lacrimando dixit: ,O deorum spiritus, quis unquam uidit uel audiuit talia? Tanta potestas, tanta uirtus, tanta militia quae nunquam ab ulla gente fuit superata, modo a tantilla gente Christianorum est deuicta! Heu mihi tristis ac dolens, quid amplius dicam?

Coming therefore the admiral before the city, grieving and mourning, weeping he said: ,O spirits of the gods, who ever has seen or heard such things? Such great power, such great virtue, such great militia, which never had been overcome by any nation, now by so tiny a people of Christians has been vanquished! Alas for me, sad and grieving, what more shall I say?

Superatus sum a gente mendica, inermi et pauperrima; quae non habet nisi saccum et peram. Ipsa modo persequitur gentem Aegiptiacam, quae illi plerumque suas largita est elemosinas, dum olim per omnem nostram patriam mendicarent. Huc conduxi ad conuentionem ducenta milia militum, et uideo ipsos laxis frenis fugientes per uiam Babylonicam, et non audent reuerti aduersus gentem Francigenam.

I am overcome by a mendicant people, unarmed and most poor; which has nothing except a sack and a scrip. This same now persecutes the Egyptian people, who for the most part had bestowed their alms upon it, while once they were begging through all our fatherland. Hither I led to the engagement two hundred thousand soldiers, and I see them, with lax reins, fleeing along the Babylonian way, and they do not dare to return against the Frankish nation.

Iuro per Machumet et per omnia deorum numina, quod ulterius non retinebo milites conuentione aliqua, quia expulsus sum a gente aduena. Conduxi omnia armorum genera, et omnia machinamenta ut eos obsiderem in Hierusalem, et ipsi preuenerunt me ad bellum itinere dierum duorum. Heu michi, quid amplius dicam?

I swear by Mahomet and by all the divine numina of the gods, that I will no longer retain the soldiers by any convention, since I have been driven out by an alien people. I assembled every kind of arms, and all the machinery so that I might besiege them in Jerusalem, and they forestalled me to battle by a march of two days. Alas for me, what more shall I say?

Inhonoratus ero semper in terra Babilonica."

I shall be dishonored always in the Babylonian land."

Nostri autem acceperunt eius stantarum, quod comparauit comes de Nortmannia uiginti marchas argenti, et dedit patriarchae in Dei honorem Sanctique Sepulchri. Ensem uero emit quidam sexaginta bisanteis. Superati sunt itaque inimici nostri Deo annuente.

Our men, moreover, captured his standards, which the count of Normandy purchased for twenty marks of silver, and gave to the patriarch in the honor of God and of the Holy Sepulchre. A certain man, indeed, bought the sword for sixty besants. Thus our enemies were overcome, with God assenting.

Omnes naues terrarum paganorum ibi aderant. Homines uero qui intus erant, uidentes ammirauisum fugientem cum suo exercitu, statim suspenderunt uela, et impulerunt se in alta maria. Reuersi sunt nostri ad tentoria eorum, acceperuntque innumera spolia auri, argenti, omniumque bonorum; omniumque animalium genera, ac omnium armorum instrumenta.

All the ships of the lands of the pagans were present there. But the men who were inside, seeing the admiral fleeing with his army, immediately hoisted the sails and drove themselves into the high seas. Our men returned to their tents and took innumerable spoils of gold, silver, and of all goods; every kind of animals, and all the instruments of arms.

Quae uoluerunt asportarunt, reliqua igne consumpserunt.

They carried off what they wanted; the rest they consumed by fire.

Reuersi sunt nostri cum gaudio Hierusalem, deferentes secum omnia bona, quae illis erant necessaria. Hoc bellum actum est pridie idus Augusti, largiente haec domino nostro Iesu Christo, cui est honor et gloria nunc et semper et in secula seculorum. Dicat omnis spiritus: Amen.

Our men returned with joy to Jerusalem, carrying with them all the goods that were necessary for them. This war was conducted on August 12, by the largess of our Lord Jesus Christ, to whom are honor and glory now and always and unto the ages of ages. Let every spirit say: Amen.

INCIPIT DESCRIPTIO SANCTORVM LOCORVM HIERVSALEM

HERE BEGINS THE DESCRIPTION OF THE HOLY PLACES OF JERUSALEM

Si quis ab occidentalibus partibus Hierusalem adire uoluerit, solis ortum semper teneat, et Hierosolimitani loci oratoria ita inueniet, sicut hic notatur. In Hierusalem est cubiculum uno lapide coopertum, ubi Salomon Sapientiam scripsit. Et ibi inter templum et altare in marmore ante aram sanguis Zachariae fusus est.

If anyone from the western parts should wish to go to Jerusalem, let him always keep the rising of the sun, and he will find the oratories of the Jerusalem place thus, just as is noted here. In Jerusalem there is a chamber covered with a single stone, where Solomon wrote Wisdom. And there between the temple and the altar, on the marble before the altar, the blood of Zechariah was poured out.

Inde non longe est lapis, ad quem per singulos annos Iudaei ueniunt, et unguentes eum lamentantur, et sic cum gemitu redeunt. Ibi est domus Ezechiae regis ruda, cui ter quinos annos Deus addidit. Deinde est domus Caiphae, et columna ad quam Christus ligatus flagellis caesus fuit.

Not far from there is a stone, to which every single year the Jews come, and, anointing it, they lament, and so with a groan they return. There is the house of King Hezekiah in ruins, to whom God added fifteen years. Then there is the house of Caiaphas, and the column to which Christ, bound, was flagellated.

Ad portam Neapolitanam est pretonum Pilati, ubi Christus a principibus sacerdotum iudicatus fuit. Inde non procul est Golgotha, id est caluariae locus, ubi Christus Dei filius crucifixus est, et ibi primus Adam sepultus fuit, ibique Abraham Deo sacrificauit. Inde quasi ad magni lapidis iactum uersus occidentem locus est ubi Ioseph ab Arimathia domini Iesu corpus sanctum sepeliuit; ibique est ecclesia a Constantino rege speciose fabricata.

At the Neapolitan gate is the praetorium of Pilate, where Christ was judged by the chief priests. Thence not far is Golgotha, that is, the place of Calvary, where Christ, the Son of God, was crucified, and there the first Adam was buried, and there too Abraham sacrificed to God. Thence, about a stone’s throw toward the west, is the place where Joseph of Arimathea buried the holy body of the Lord Jesus; and there too is a church splendidly constructed by King Constantine.

A monte Caluariae sunt XIII pedes usque ad medium mundum contra occidentem. A sinistra parte est carcer, ubi Christus fuit carceratus. In dextera parte sepulchri prope est monasterium Latinum in honore sanctae Mariae Virginis, ubi eiusdem domus fuit.

From Mount Calvary it is 13 feet to the center of the world toward the west. On the left side is a prison, where Christ was incarcerated. On the right side of the sepulcher nearby is a Latin monastery in honor of Saint Mary the Virgin, where her house stood.

Ibi altare est in eodem monasterio, ibique stabat Maria mater uirgo, et cum ea soror matris eius Maria Cleophe, et Maria Magdalene, flentes dolentesque in cruce positum Dominum uidentes. Ibi dixit Iesus matri: "Mulier, ecce filius tuus"; discipulo: ,Ecce mater tua" Ab hoc loco quantum potest arcus bis mittere sagittam, in orientali parte est Templum Domini a Salomone factum, in quo a iusto Symeone presentatus est Christus. In dextera parte huius templi, Salomon templum suum aedificauit, et inter utrumque templum porticum speciosam struxit columnis marmoreis.

There an altar is in that same monastery, and there stood Mary the virgin mother, and with her her mother’s sister Mary of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene, weeping and grieving, seeing the Lord set upon the cross. There Jesus said to his mother: "Woman, behold your son"; to the disciple: ,Behold your mother" From this place, as far as a bow can twice send an arrow, on the eastern side is the Temple of the Lord made by Solomon, in which Christ was presented by the just Symeon. On the right-hand side of this temple, Solomon built his own temple, and between the two temples he constructed a beautiful portico with marble columns.

In sinistra parte probatica piscina est. Inde contra orientem quasi ad mille passus mons Oliueti conspicitur, ubi dominus Iesus ad patrem orauit dicens: "Pater, si fieri potest," et reliqua. Et in lapide Pater Noster scripsit; et inde ascendit in celum, dicens discipulis: ,Ite docete omnes gentes," et reliqua.

On the left side is the Probatica pool. Thence toward the east, at about a thousand paces, the Mount of Olives is seen, where the Lord Jesus prayed to the Father, saying: "Father, if it be possible," and the rest. And on the stone he wrote the Pater Noster; and from there he ascended into heaven, saying to the disciples: "Go, teach all nations," and the rest.

Inter Templum Domini et montem Oliueti est uallis Iosaphath, ubi uirgo Maria ab apostolis sepulta fuit. In qua ualle mundum iudicaturus ueniet Dominus. Ibi prope est uilla quae dicitur Gethsemani, ibique prope est ortus trans torrentem Cedron, ubi Iudas Iesum tradidit.

Between the Temple of the Lord and the Mount of Olivet is the Valley of Josaphat, where the Virgin Mary was buried by the apostles. In which valley the Lord will come to judge the world. There nearby is a village that is called Gethsemane, and there nearby is a garden across the torrent Cedron, where Judas betrayed Jesus.

Inde prope est sepulchrum Isaiae prophetae. Inde ad mille passus Bethania, ubi Lazarus quatriduanus resuscitatus est. In eadem parte contra Iericho ad milia XVIIII est arbor sicomorus, in quam Zacheus ascendit, ut uideret Iesum.

From there nearby is the tomb of Isaiah the prophet. From there, at a thousand paces, is Bethany, where Lazarus, four-days-dead, was raised. In the same direction toward Jericho, at 19 miles, there is the sycomore tree which Zacchaeus climbed, in order to see Jesus.

In alia parte ad mille passus de Iericho est fons Helisei, ab ipso benedictus commixtione salis. Inde ad V milia est fluuius Iordanis, in quo Dominus a Iohanne baptizatus est, ab Hierusalem distans VIII leugis. Inde non longe est mons unde Helias raptus est.

In another part, at 1000 paces from Jericho, is the spring of Elisha, blessed by him by the commixture of salt. Thence at 5 miles is the river Jordan, in which the Lord was baptized by John, distant 8 leagues from Jerusalem. Thence not far is the mountain whence Elijah was taken up.

A Iordane est uia XVIII dierum usque ad montem Synai; ubi Deus Moysi in igne rubi apparuit, eique legem dedit; ibique est ydria magna, quae indeficiens oleum parturit. Mons Thabor distat ab Hierusalem itinere trium dierum, ubi Dominus transfiguratus est. In cuius montis pede dicitur esse Galilea et mare Tyberiadis, quod non est mare sed stagnum de quo Iordanis egreditur.

From the Jordan there is a route of 18 days as far as Mount Sinai; where God appeared to Moses in the fire of the bush, and to him gave the Law; and there too is a great hydria, which, unfailing, brings forth oil. Mount Tabor is distant from Jerusalem by a journey of three days, where the Lord was transfigured. At the foot of which mountain Galilee and the Sea of Tiberias are said to be, which is not a sea but a pool from which the Jordan issues.

In dextera parte urbis Hierusalem contra meridiem extra murum quantum potest arcus iacere, est mons Syon; ibique est ecclesia a Salomone facta. Ibi Iesus caenauit cum discipulis ante passionem, ibique eos Spiritu Sancto repleuit; ibi etiam uirgo Maria migrauit a saeculo, et spiritum reddidit, cuius corpus sanctissimum apostoli in uallem Iosaphat transtulerunt. In cuius montis pede contra meridiem est fons Syloa, subito egrediens e terra.

On the right-hand side of the city of Jerusalem, toward the south, outside the wall as far as a bow can shoot, is Mount Zion; and there is a church built by Solomon. There Jesus supped with the disciples before the Passion, and there he filled them with the Holy Spirit; there also the Virgin Mary migrated from the world, and gave back the spirit, whose most holy body the apostles transferred into the Valley of Josaphat. At the foot of which mountain toward the south is the spring Siloam, suddenly emerging from the earth.

Inde non longe est Sychem, ubi Ioseph ueniens de ualle Ebron quaesiuit fratres. Ibi est uilla quam dedit Iacob Ioseph filio suo; ibique requiescit corpus eius. Inde ad mille passus est Sychar, ubi Dominus mulieri Samaritanae locutus est.

Thence not far is Shechem, where Joseph, coming from the valley of Hebron, sought his brothers. There is the villa which Jacob gave to Joseph his son; and there his body rests. Thence at a thousand paces is Sychar, where the Lord spoke to the Samaritan woman.

Inde non longe est locus ubi luctatus est angelus cum Iacob. Ibi Bethleem est, ciuitas Dauid, ubi Christus natus est, distans ab Hierusalem quattuor milibus contra meridiem; ibique est ecclesia marmoreis columnis aedificata, in qua est locus ubi Christus natus est. Non procul hinc in dextera parte est Domini presepe.

From there, not far off, is the place where the angel wrestled with Jacob. There is Bethlehem, the city of David, where Christ was born, lying four miles from Jerusalem toward the south; and there too is a church built with marble columns, in which is the place where Christ was born. Not far from here on the right-hand side is the Lord’s manger.

Inde ad XII milia est castellum Abraham, quod dicitur Tocor, ubi ipse Abraham et Isaac et Iacob sepulti sunt cum uxoribus suis. In sinistra parte est mons Dominus Vidit, ibique locus est ubi Abraham immolare filium uoluit.

From there, at 12 miles, is the castle of Abraham, which is called Tocor, where Abraham himself and Isaac and Jacob are buried with their wives. On the left side is the mount “The Lord Saw,” and there is the place where Abraham wished to immolate his son.

Explicit Itinerarium Hierosolimitanorum.

Here ends the Itinerary of the Jerusalemites.