red, that they could no longer be moved, while that of
Raymond was falling into ruins. The combat had lasted eleven hours,
without victory having declared for the Crusaders. The Christians
retired to their camp, burning with rage and grief: their chiefs,
and especially the two Roberts, sought in vain to console them, by
saying that 'God had not judged them as yet worthy to enter into
his Holy City, and adore the tomb of his Son.'

"The night was passed on both sides in the utmost disquietude:
every one deplored the losses already discovered, and dreaded to
hear of fresh ones. The Saracens were in hourly apprehension of a
surprise: the Christians feared that the Infidels would burn their
machines, which they had pushed forward to the foot of the rampart.
The besieged were occupied without intermission in repairing the
breaches in their walls; the besiegers in putting their machines in
a condition to serve for a new assault. On the day following, the
same combats and dangers were renewed as on the preceding one. The
chiefs sought by their harangues to revive the spirits of the
Crusaders. The priests and bishops went through their tents
promising them the assistance of Heaven. On the signal to advance
being given, the Christian army, full of confidence, advanced in
silence towards the destined points of attack, while the clergy,
chanting hymns and prayers, marched round the town.

"The first shock was terrible. The Christians, indignant at the
resistance they had experienced on the preceding day, combated with
fury. The besieged, who had learned the near approach of the
Egyptian army, were animated by the hopes of approaching succour. A
formidable array of warlike engines lined the tops of their
ramparts. On every side was heard the hissing of javelins and
arrows: frequently immense stones, discharged from the opposite
side, met in the air, and fell back on the assailants with a
frightful crash. From the top of their towers, the Mussulmans never
ceased to throw burning torches and pots of Greek fire on the
storming parties. In the midst of this general conflagration, the
moving towers of the Christians approached the walls. The chief
efforts of the besieged were directed against Godfrey, on whose
breast a resplendent cross of gold shone, the sight of