BOHEMOND ALONE MOUNTS THE RAMPART OF ANTIOCH
BOHEMOND ALONE MOUNTS THE RAMPART OF ANTIOCH
Book III.. Joseph-Francois Michaud .. Illustrated by Gustave Dore

History of the Crusades
History of the Crusades

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BOHEMOND ALONE MOUNTS THE RAMPART OF ANTIOCH

The night was dark, and a rising storm increased the depth of the obscurity. The wind, which rattled among the roofs of the buildings, and the peals of thunder, prevented the sentinels from hearing any noise around the ramparts. The heavens seemed inflamed towards the west, and the sight of a comet, which then appeared in the horizon, seemed to announce to the suspicious minds of the Crusaders the destined moment for the ruin and destruction of the infidels. But all at once fear took possession of the soldiers ; at the moment of execution all saw the whole extent of the danger, and not one of them put himself forward to mount the rampart. In vain Godfrey and the prince of Tarentum employed by turns promises and threats ; both leaders and soldiers remained motionless. Bohemond himself ascended by a ladder of ropes, in the hope that he should be seconded by the most brave ; but nobody felt it his duty to follow in his footsteps. - Book III * A comet appeared on the very night of the taking of Antioch, June 3, 1098

 

 

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Note: Bohemond's plotting with Phirous pages 79 to 87 page 84 Accien suspects treason and questions even Phirous, he decides to load with chains all the Christians within Antioch and put them to death during nightfall. Phirous appeals to his brother to help salvage the lives of their brother christians, when his brother replies he is surprised that Phirous would pity them when most were traitors to Antioch and the Crusaders brought so much upon them. prior they were loaded with benefits, since the city was besieged they passed their lives in danger and alarm. Phirous, answered his brother's refrain by plunging his dagger into his heart. page 85 to 86, mounting the ramparts described. Bohemond reached the tower alone, where Phirous reproached him warmly for his delay. Bohemond hastily descended to his soldiers, and repeated to them that all was ready to receive them. His discourse, and still more, his example, at length reanimated their courage, and sixty of them commenced the escalade. They ascended by the ladder of leather, led by one Foulcher de Chartres, whom the historian of Tancred compares to an eagle conducting her young ones, and flying at their head. Among these sixty brave men was the count of Flanders, together with several of the principal chiefs. * All these details of the siege and the taking of Antioch, which appear to belong to the epopea, are taken literally from the ancient historians of the crusades. Including Albert of Aix, William of Tyre, Robert the Monk, and the authors of the Collection of Bongars.