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Burgundy and the French composed the rear-guard . 1 Their march was slow; for the Saracens,on their small, light Arabian horses, kept alwaysflying round them . 2 Stopping at every town, andhalting some days frequently, it was a continuouscombat ; and that the Christians lost immensely isproved by this, that a little beyond Caesarea theywere reduced to a third.

Richard himself had been wounded, by hisavowal, without deigning to say exactly on whatday, or by whom . 3 The sea was on their right ;the hills and the Mussulmen on their left. Then itwas that the Christians made great use of thezembourek, that kills horse and horseman together.They had a long line of carts,with mantles hanginglike curtains, behind which lay those with thatdestructive weapon. But the mantles were onlyon the Mussulmen’s side. In reprisals for themassacre, the soldan had the head of every pri-soner he took during the whole march, cut off.He said his evening prayers, and then, as was hiscustom, mounted on horseback, and ended his dayby having the Christian prisoner or prisonersbeheaded . 4 In September, one of the greatest of the

1 Vinisauf: 3.—Bib. Crois., ii. 695.

2 Michaud: Hist., ii. 398. 3 Id. : Id., ii. 400.

4 Arab. Chron., 327.