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of David, and Jerusalem, and the royal banner; ’’but as they are somewhat in contradiction 1 withMichaud, the original shall be in the Appendix. 2

The Jerusalem people complained of their ridi-culous passionate patriarch, and that as a Hera-clius found the cross, so it would bp lost nowthrough fault of a Heraclius, whose violent tem-per made him odious to the whole world. 3 Andto these murmurings were added the fearful prog-nostics, a dying king, a minor his successor, andan ambitious, irreligious regent, suspected of a par-tiality for the infidels, and of aspiring to thecrown. 4 After all which, Baldwin IV., departedon the 15th of March, 1185; and a few days later,Baldwin V., feeble and fragile hope of the Chris-tians, his sudden death being ascribed to poison,whether from Tripoli, or Guy, or the child’s ownmother, desirous to become queen, and make herlover (now husband) king. Neither Sybilla norGuy were satisfied with her brother’s deci-

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sion; and they resolved on a plot, thatrequired time, to get the mass of their opponentsout of the way.

1 Michaud : Hist., ii. 260.

2 Hoveden : 2.—Bib. Crois., ii., 773.—Appendix, Hum. xxiv.

3 Vertot: ii. 256. 4 Id.: ii. 257.

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