FOOTNOTES

[148] [The reader will be cautious in giving some of these numbers his full credence, but there are often no existing documents on which to base a modification or substitution, and we can only quote the old chronicler and take his figures with a liberal pinch of salt.]

2[49] Peter and William fled, during the night, from the distress which prevailed in the camp of the crusaders before the capture of Antioch. In the morning they were pursued by Tancred, brought back, and obliged to swear publicly that they would never again desert the army.--WILKEN,[c] I, p. 184.

3[Illustration: HORSE ARMOUR OF THE THIRTEENTH AND FOURTEENTH CENTURIES]

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