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ST. JOHN OF JERUSALEM.

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ing; brave, patient, sober, charitable as ever theycould, were those gallant warriors. Nor did theMoslem ever dare to stop them, such respect pre-ceded their advance; not even in those defiles ofwhich we read, <{ A hundred Saracen warriorswould have been sufficient to stop the entire of thehuman race.” Beyrout’s rich territory, and Sidon’sand Tyre’s they traversed, and reposed in thelaughing gardens of those ancient cities, and besidetheir delightful waters; the Moslem shut up peace-fully within their walls, and sending plenteousprovisions to the passing pilgrims, conjuring themnot to damage their flowers and orchards, deco-ration and wealth of their lands.

In a cool valley on the banks of the sweet riverthey encamped three days. No more dreamsof ambition—no attempt at getting rich, to be ableto pay their troops; the chiefs, who for the most parthad become poor, took service under the Count ofToulouse, though it must have galled their fiercespirit; but the nearer they drew to Jerusalem, themore they seemed to lose something of their worldlyloftiness and indomitable pride, and to have forgot-ten their pretensions, disputes, and piques. Theypassed Acre (accepting tribute from its emir),Joppa, and the plain of that St. George who had sooften aided them in battle, and thence struck off