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Fellow soldiers, I ask you but for one more proofof your affection; I conjure you not to leave myremains in the land of the infidel; ” and, perceiv-ing some demur, as if he asked a thing impossiblefrom the natural corruption, particularly in thathot country, he added: “ As soon as I have givenmy last sigh, rip up my body with a knife, andtaking out my intestines, fill it with salt, and allthe aromatic drugs you can get; and wrapping itup in carpets, and putting it into a leathern case,you can carry it to the foot of Mount Calvary,and there inter it with the rites of the ChristianChurch, alongside of my brother Godfrey’s grave.”Then calling one of his household, he addressedhim in these identical words, only in NormanFrench—“You see, my dear serf Edon, I amgoing to die; if you have loved me in life, continueto do so after my death, and execute exactly whatI bid you; open my body, and rub it well with saltand aromatics, both within and without, no sparingof the salt; and fill my eyes with it, my nostrils,my ears, my mouth; then join my other servantsand my dear associates, in transporting me to theHoly City; it will be to fulfil my last wishes, anda proof of your fidelity to me to the end.” Thenhe spoke of the succession of the Jerusalem throne,advising them to choose his brother Eustace of