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saltan had the town itself burned down, and utterlyrazed. Yet, until then, it had flourished, with anexcellent port of considerable traffic, and fourthousand silk manufactories, 1 many rich palaces,walls so thick that three knights could ride on themabreast, 2 and towers, and various strong fortifica-tions. Even as late as 1278, a document shows Bohe-mond’s tranquillity, choosing arbiters in a small dis-agreement. 3 Such sources of prosperity in peacefultimes, and security in time of war, all were broken,destroyed, consumed by fire, the hatchet, the sledge,every sort of violence. A new town was afterwardsbuilt near the spot, and took the name of Tripoli. 4Rapine, and murder, and destruction, even enteredinto Saracen policy, to exterminate the Christianstotally, and leave no trace of them or their powerand riches all along the Syrian coast; so as nothingshould remain to induce the princes and warriorsof the West to send it succours, or be tempted tounfurl their banners in that land evermore. Thus,1289 ° n ^ our ^ April, in 1289, 5 fell Tripoli,that had belonged to the Christians for onehundred and eighty years. 6 Yet one effect, quite

1 Michaud : Hist., v. 119. 2 Arab. Chron., 562.

3 Cod. Dipl. Geros., i. Hum. elv.—Appendix, lxxy.

4 Michaud: Hist., v. 188.

5 Arab. Chron., 561.— Appendix, lxxvi.

6 Id., 563.