12 THE HISTORY OE THE ORDER OF [i !0 ok i.

credit towards their expenses for two years, ingoing, staying, and returning. “ Formidable indeedto the enemy in arms, hut also entitled to the admi-ration of those who wished for peace in whose lands,and under whose roofs they lived, without oppres-sion or harm.” 1 One would think it impossible toraise an army on such terms, to pay, instead ofbeing paid. Yet, it is said, many more offeredthan were accepted . 2 The infantry was similar.Frederick I. was ill-treated early. “ I have made histroops so suffer, that they will not be able to giveyour Excellency much trouble,” wrote the traitorof Constantinople, the imperial Greek, to Saladin . 3But the celebrated Frederick I. was lost in a smallrapid river of Cilicia, or Thessaly , 4 whether inbathing , 5 or at a hunt , 6 or to avoid the mountains,or to speak to his son, whose wing had encampedon the other side, as appears was most likely , 7 islittle matter. Frederick I. was the greatest soldierof his day, as all agree . 8 “ The only one that resem-

1 Milton.

2 Michaud: ii. 317.—Vinisauf: 1.—Bib. Crois., ii. 668.

3 Michaud : ii. 323.

4 Alhi Chron., 15.—Bih. Crois., iii. 218.

5 Canisius, 24.—Bih. Crois.. iii. 183.

6 Robert du Mont.—Bih. Crois., iii. 104.

7 Anspert (Dubrowsky)).—Bib. Crois., iii. 269, and ii. 670.—Yinisauf: who also affirms it was close under a rock, on whichhad been cut long before, here shall the greatest of mortals perish.

8 Michaud: ii. 333.