Note:Asingular\"allegoric\"explanationofthisstrangefacthasrecentlybeenbroached:itisconnectedwiththechargeofidolatryandEasternhereticalopinionssubsequentlymadeagainsttheTemplars。\"WehavenodoubtthattheywereManicheeorGnosticstandards。\"Theauthorsaystheanimalsthemselveswerecarriedbeforethearmy。—M。\"Thegoose，inEgyptiansymbols，aseveryEgyptianscholarknows，meant\'divineSon，\'or\'SonofGod。\'ThegoatmeantTyphon，orDevil。ThuswehavetheManicheeopposingprinciplesofgoodandevil，asstandards，attheheadoftheignorantmobofcrusadinginvaders。CananyonedoubtthatalargeportionofthishostmusthavebeeninfectedwiththeManicheeorGnosticidolatry?\"AccountoftheTempleChurchbyR。W。Billings，p。5London。1838。Thisis，atallevents，acuriouscoincidence，especiallyconsideredinconnectionwiththeextensivedisseminationofthePaulicianopinionsamongthecommonpeopleofEurope。Atanyrate，insoinexplicableamatter，weareinclinedtocatchatanyexplanation，howeverwildorsubtile。—M。]
[Footnote36:BenjaminofTudeladescribesthestateofhisJewishbrethrenfromColognealongtheRhine:theywererich，generous，learned，hospitable，andlivedintheeagerhopeoftheMessiah，Voyage，tom。i。p。243—245，parBaratier。InseventyyearshewroteaboutA。D。1170theyhadrecoveredfromthesemassacres。]
[Footnote37:ThesemassacresanddepredationsontheJews，whichwererenewedateachcrusade，arecoollyrelated。Itistrue，thatSt。Bernardepist。363，tom。i。p。329admonishestheOrientalFranks，nonsuntpersequendiJudaei，nonsunttrucidandi。Thecontrarydoctrinehadbeenpreachedbyarivalmonk。
Note:ThisisanunjustsarcasmagainstSt。Bernard。HestoodaboveallrivalryofthiskindSeenote31，c。lx。—M]
BetweenthefrontiersofAustriaandtheseatoftheByzantinemonarchy，thecrusaderswerecompelledtotraverseasintervalofsixhundredmiles；thewildanddesolatecountriesofHungary^38andBulgaria。Thesoilisfruitful，andintersectedwithrivers；butitwasthencoveredwithmorassesandforests，whichspreadtoaboundlessextent，whenevermanhasceasedtoexercisehisdominionovertheearth。BothnationshadimbibedtherudimentsofChristianity；theHungarianswereruledbytheirnativeprinces；theBulgariansbyalieutenantoftheGreekemperor；but，ontheslightestprovocation，theirferociousnaturewasrekindled，andampleprovocationwasaffordedbythedisordersofthefirstpilgrimsAgriculturemusthavebeenunskilfulandlanguidamongapeople，whosecitieswerebuiltofreedsandtimber，whichweredesertedinthesummerseasonforthetentsofhuntersandshepherds。Ascantysupplyofprovisionswasrudelydemanded，forciblyseized，andgreedilyconsumed；andonthefirstquarrel，thecrusadersgavealoosetoindignationandrevenge。Buttheirignoranceofthecountry，ofwar，andofdiscipline，exposedthemtoeverysnare。TheGreekpraefectofBulgariacommandedaregularforce；atthetrumpetoftheHungarianking，theeighthorthetenthofhismartialsubjectsbenttheirbowsandmountedonhorseback；theirpolicywasinsidious，andtheirretaliationonthesepiousrobberswasunrelentingandbloody。^39AboutathirdofthenakedfugitivesandthehermitPeterwasofthenumberescapedtotheThracianmountains；andtheemperor，whorespectedthepilgrimageandsuccoroftheLatins，conductedthembysecureandeasyjourneystoConstantinople，andadvisedthemtoawaitthearrivaloftheirbrethren。Forawhiletheyrememberedtheirfaultsandlosses；