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Assur capitulated next, and Cesarea fell byassault with frightful carnage; in all which enormi-ties theGenoese took a conspicuous part, as their ownhistorian testifies, who was there present ; 1and there the great emerald was taken whichin our own days turned out to be a bit of glass,as all could see, when it was broken by accident . 2A second and greater victory was gained over theEgyptians; Baldwin the First, on his courser namedGazelle, from its swiftness, leaving no safety butto such Moslems as had horses of wondrous rapid-ity. In new battle, Count Harpin having volun-teered some prudent counsels : “ Harpin,” repliedthe monarch, “ if you are afraid, go back toBourges.” Yet the Christian army was for themost part slaughtered, and, if Baldwin was saved,he owed it to the generous gratitude of the Turkhe had been kind to the year before. Old Ray-mond of St. Gilles had taken Tortosa and Gibel, andAcre also yielded to the Christians, but after themost cruel breach of faith in the Genoese allies;till at length, by Baldwin’s personal interposition,those of the Mahometans that were yet unmur-dered were permitted to retire, and Acre becameinhabited by Christians.

1 Caftaro : book 1.

2 Michaud: Hist., ii. 24.—Bosio, par. 1, lib. i., anno 1131.