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whereat_o solyman_n be_v desperate_o enrage_v as_o he_o flee_v away_o burn_v all_o before_o he_o and_o the_o better_a to_o prop_v up_o his_o break_a credit_n give_v out_o that_o he_o have_v obtain_v the_o victory_n and_o thereby_o please_v himself_o with_o the_o thought_n of_o be_v a_o conqueror_n though_o only_o in_o report_n from_o thence_o with_o invincible_a industry_n and_o patience_n they_o force_v their_o passage_n through_o valley_n up_o mountain_n and_o over_o river_n taking_z in_o as_o they_o go_v the_o famous_a city_n iconium_n heraclea_n tarsus_n â—nd_v conquer_a all_o the_o country_n about_o cilicia_n but_o be_v too_o much_o puff_v up_o with_o â—his_n great_a success_n heaven_n to_o cure_v they_o of_o the_o pleurisy_n of_o pride_n let_v they_o blood_n with_o the_o tedious_a and_o costly_a siege_n of_o anâ—iochia_n which_o city_n be_v call_v reblath_n by_o the_o hebrew_n be_v build_v by_o seleucus_n nicanor_n and_o water_v by_o the_o river_n brunt_n but_o enlarge_v by_o 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general_o observe_v that_o the_o sun_n as_o sympathize_v with_o the_o christian_n in_o their_o approach_a misery_n suffer_v a_o eclipse_n which_o be_v afterward_o look_v upon_o as_o a_o sad_a presage_n of_o the_o loss_n of_o thaâ—_n city_n but_o that_o which_o be_v much_o more_o deplorable_a and_o threaten_a than_o the_o sun_n eclipse_n be_v the_o total_a eclipse_n of_o piety_n wickedness_n abound_v in_o every_o corner_n and_o scarce_o one_o honest_a woman_n to_o be_v find_v in_o the_o whole_a city_n of_o jerusalem_n for_o heraclius_n the_o patriarch_n and_o the_o whole_a clergy_n be_v exceed_o debauch_v the_o laity_n imitate_v their_o bad_a example_n when_o this_o doleful_a news_n of_o jerusalem'â—_n loss_n arrive_v in_o europe_n it_o fill_v every_o eye_n with_o tear_n and_o swell_v all_o heart_n with_o sorrow_n and_o anguish_n chap._n xix_o conrade_z valiant_o defend_v tyre_n be_v choose_v king_n the_o voyage_n of_o frederick_n emperor_n of_o germany_n to_o the_o holy_a land_n the_o 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and_o it_o be_v usual_a with_o prince_n not_o to_o love_v the_o sight_n of_o those_o to_o who_o they_o know_v themselves_o oblige_v and_o yet_o care_v not_o to_o reward_v isaaccius_fw-la by_o the_o persuasion_n of_o some_o about_o he_o who_o envy_v his_o courage_n and_o bravery_n spur_v on_o conrade_n who_o be_v free_a enough_o of_o himself_o to_o any_o noble_a enterprise_n to_o go_v into_o palestine_n and_o endeavour_v to_o support_v the_o ruinous_a affair_n of_o the_o afflict_a christian_n and_o although_o he_o be_v sensible_a of_o their_o plot_n yet_o be_v weary_a of_o the_o grecian_n baseness_n he_o suffer_v himself_o to_o be_v prevail_v upon_o to_o undertake_v that_o honourable_a employment_n and_o therefore_o set_v forward_o with_o all_o convenient_a speed_n for_o the_o holy_a land_n with_o a_o gallant_a band_n of_o gentleman_n who_o fit_v out_o themselves_o at_o their_o own_o charge_n wherewith_o he_o march_v to_o the_o city_n of_o tyre_n where_o we_o will_v leave_v he_o for_o the_o present_a to_o return_v again_o to_o saladine_n who_o have_v win_v the_o city_n and_o possess_v himself_o of_o the_o great_a part_n of_o the_o kingdom_n of_o jerusalem_n lay_v close_a siege_n to_o the_o city_n of_o askelon_n which_o have_v refuse_v to_o surrender_v when_o ptolemais_n and_o the_o rest_n yield_v to_o his_o victorious_a arm_n but_o be_v now_o after_o a_o short_a siege_n deliver_v to_o he_o upon_o condition_n that_o king_n guy_n &_o gerard_n master_n of_o the_o templar_n shall_v be_v set_v at_o liberty_n and_o short_o after_o the_o castle_n of_o antioch_n be_v betray_v to_o he_o by_o the_o patriarch_n and_o antioch_n itself_o which_o cost_v the_o christian_n 11_o month_n siege_n be_v by_o that_o mean_v lose_v in_o a_o instant_n beside_o several_a province_n thereunto_o belong_v &_o five_o &_o twenty_o strong_a town_n more_o which_o follow_v the_o like_a fate_n with_o antioch_n and_o fall_v into_o the_o possession_n of_o the_o turk_n after_o which_o he_o sit_v down_o 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