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He is believed to have said that from craft, thathis soldiers might become desirous of knowing whatarmy he meant, while there was none. However heanimated them a little, yet only a little. And againhe addressed his soldiery, and hallooed them on tothe sack. “ They are now walking shadows re-duced to the last extremity by famine, and tooweak to make more than a show of resistance. Youcan go straight into the middle of the city. Theruins are the sole obstacle to the most delicatefoot. What can hinder the timidest? Only avery little boldness, and you have the inestimabletreasures of that whole city, and can crush everyman of those odious vermin who have made ussuffer so much. You cannot be cruel enoughtowards those most wicked scoundrels. Put everycreature of them to death; the more tortures thebetter ! ” Indeed, there was no other impedimentthan that there stood the Christians, armed inarray; and to the wonder of the enemy, as high-spirited as ever, without the least appearance ofsurrendering. Horrible beyond expression becamenow the infidels’ cruelty in firing artillery againsta town utterly unwalled; so that the cannon-ballsthrough the holes killed a number of people, and thebombs buried them under their own roof-trees; andthat most barbarous cannonade went on for hours.