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ST; JOHN ON JERUSALEM.

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In 1104, Bohemond,Tancred, Baldwin deBourg, at that time Count of Edessa, and hisfirst cousin, Joscelin de Courtenai, Lord of Turbes-sel, laid siege to Carrhes, beyond the Euphrates, thatcity of Abraham’s father, and of Crassus, and arescue of Turcomans coming, the Christians fled,and Bohemond and Tancred followed them withdifficulty, and Joscelin and Baldwin de Bourgwere made prisoners, and remained in captivity forfive years. So the Mahometans resuming courage,besieged Edessa several times, and threatened bothTurbessel and Antioch, and ravaged the wholecountry. 1

Bohemond, leaving his capital, stole off toEurope to seek succours; and married the daughterof the King of France, and ended his stormy daysby coming to die at Tarentum; though others sayat Antioch, on the last of February, 1105. 2 Theindefatigable and aged Count of Tripoli, about 1106,was killed by a fall from the roof of the castle ofMonte Pellegrino, to-day that of the citadel ofTripoli. 3 His son came with a fleet in 1108, and diedin 1109. 4

1 Michaud : Hist., ii. 25.

2 Oderic Yitalis.—Bib. Crois., i. 318.

3 Michaud: Histoire, ii. 41.—Cod. Dip. Geros., i. 405,407.—Arab. Chron., 22.

4 Michaud: Hist., ii. 41.