thattenpiecesofgoldshouldbepaidforeachman，fiveforeachwoman，andoneforeverychild；andthatthosewhowereunabletopurchasetheirfreedomshouldbedetainedinperpetualslavery。OfsomewritersitisafavoriteandinvidiousthemetocomparethehumanityofSaladinwiththemassacreofthefirstcrusade。Thedifferencewouldbemerelypersonal；butweshouldnotforgetthattheChristianshadofferedtocapitulate，andthattheMahometansofJerusalemsustainedthelastextremitiesofanassaultandstorm。JusticeisindeedduetothefidelitywithwhichtheTurkishconquerorfulfilledtheconditionsofthetreaty；andhemaybedeservedlypraisedfortheglanceofpitywhichhecastonthemiseryofthevanquished。Insteadofarigorousexactionofhisdebt，heacceptedasumofthirtythousandbyzants，fortheransomofseventhousandpoor；twoorthreethousandmoreweredismissedbyhisgratuitousclemency；
andthenumberofslaveswasreducedtoelevenorfourteenthousandpersons。Inthisinterviewwiththequeen，hiswords，andevenhistearssuggestedthekindestconsolations；hisliberalalmsweredistributedamongthosewhohadbeenmadeorphansorwidowsbythefortuneofwar；andwhiletheknightsofthehospitalwereinarmsagainsthim，heallowedtheirmorepiousbrethrentocontinue，duringthetermofayear，thecareandserviceofthesick。IntheseactsofmercythevirtueofSaladindeservesouradmirationandlove:hewasabovethenecessityofdissimulation，andhissternfanaticismwouldhavepromptedhimtodissemble，ratherthantoaffect，thisprofanecompassionfortheenemiesoftheKoran。AfterJerusalemhadbeendeliveredfromthepresenceofthestrangers，thesultanmadehistriumphalentry，hisbannerswavinginthewind，andtotheharmonyofmartialmusic。ThegreatmosqueofOmar，whichhadbeenconvertedintoachurch，wasagainconsecratedtooneGodandhisprophetMahomet:thewallsandpavementwerepurifiedwithrose—water；andapulpit，thelaborofNoureddin，waserectedinthesanctuary。Butwhenthegoldencrossthatglitteredonthedomewascastdown，anddraggedthroughthestreets，theChristiansofeverysectutteredalamentablegroan，whichwasansweredbythejoyfulshoutsoftheMoslems。Infourivorycheststhepatriarchhadcollectedthecrosses，theimages，thevases，andtherelicsoftheholyplace；theywereseizedbytheconqueror，whowasdesirousofpresentingthecaliphwiththetrophiesofChristianidolatry。Hewaspersuaded，however，tointrustthemtothepatriarchandprinceofAntioch；andthepiouspledgewasredeemedbyRichardofEngland，attheexpenseoffifty—twothousandbyzantsofgold。^64
[Footnote63:Renaudot，Hist。Patriarch。Alex。p。545。]
[Footnote64:FortheconquestofJerusalem，Bohadinp。67—75
andAbulfedap。40—43areourMoslemwitnesses。OftheChristian，BernardThesaurariusc。151—167isthemostcopiousandauthentic；seelikewiseMatthewParis，p。120—