THE NIGHT OF AUGUST 25TH,1270
Book XV.. Joseph-Francois Michaud .. Illustrated by Gustave Dore

History of the Crusades

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THE NIGHT OF AUGUST 25TH, 1270

We have spoken of the profound grief which prevailed among the Crusaders when Louis fell sick. There was not a leader or a soldier that did not forget his own ills in his anxiety for the king. At every hour of the day and night these faithful warriors crowded round the monarch's tent, and when they beheld the sad and apprehensive air of all who came out of it, they turned away, with their eyes cast to the earth, and their sould filled with the most gloomy thoughts. In the camp, the soldiers scarcely durst ask each other a question, for they heard none but sorrowful tidings. At length, when the event that all had dreaded was announced to the army, the French warriors abandoned themselves to despair ; they saw in the death of Louis a signal for all sorts of calamities, and anxiously inquired of each other what leader was to conduct them back to their homes. - Book XV

*Note; page 186, 187, 189, 190 . . . St Louis's last words and deeds. pages 190, 191 truce.

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