Chapter IV: Book III: A.d. 1097-1099

The Crusaders everywhere triumphant—Their sufferings in
passing Mount Taurus—Enter Syria—Damascus—Aleppo—Capture
of Chalcis and Artesia—Siege of Antioch—Sweno, king of
Denmark—Barbarous treatment of the Turks—Ambassadors from
Egypt—City of Harem—The Crusaders relieved by the Pisans
and Genoese—-Baldwin, prince of Edessa—Antioch captured—
Quarrel of Godfrey de Bouillon and Bohémond—Kerbogha,
sultan of Mossoul—Sultan of Persia sends an immense army
against the Crusaders—Contests before Antioch—Sufferings
of the Crusaders—Subtle policy of Alexius—Kerbogha
besieges Antioch—Pretended miracles—The sacred lance—
Speech of Peter the Hermit to the Saracen leaders, and
Kerbogha’s haughty reply—Saracens defeated by the
Crusaders—Instances of heroic bravery—Magnificent
encampment of Kerbogha—The miraculous influence of the
holy lance doubted—Death of Baldwin count of Hainault—
Fatal epidemic at Antioch—Death of Bishop Puy—Docility of
a lion—Geoffrey de la Tour—Foulque and his widow—Hezas,
the emir, allies himself with the Crusaders, and defeats
the sultan of Aleppo—Letters conveyed by pigeons—
Miraculous prodigies—Capture of Maarah—Conquests in Syria
by the Crusaders pp. 126-186.