Underthetremendouspenaltiesofperjury，excommunication，anddeath，theLatinswereboundtodelivertheirplunderintothecommonstock:threechurcheswereselectedforthedepositanddistributionofthespoil:asinglesharewasallottedtoafoot—soldier；twoforasergeantonhorseback；fourtoaknight；
andlargerproportionsaccordingtotherankandmeritofthebaronsandprinces。Forviolatingthissacredengagement，aknightbelongingtothecountofSt。Paulwashangedwithhisshieldandcoatofarmsroundhisneck；hisexamplemightrendersimilaroffendersmoreartfulanddiscreet；butavaricewasmorepowerfulthanfear；anditisgenerallybelievedthatthesecretfarexceededtheacknowledgedplunder。Yetthemagnitudeoftheprizesurpassedthelargestscaleofexperienceorexpectation。
^88AfterthewholehadbeenequallydividedbetweentheFrenchandVenetians，fiftythousandmarksweredeductedtosatisfythedebtsoftheformerandthedemandsofthelatter。TheresidueoftheFrenchamountedtofourhundredthousandmarksofsilver，^89abouteighthundredthousandpoundssterling；norcanI
betterappreciatethevalueofthatsuminthepublicandprivatetransactionsoftheage，thanbydefiningitasseventimestheannualrevenueofthekingdomofEngland。^90
[Footnote85:Ceciderunttameneadieciviumquasiduomillia，&c。，Gunther，c。18。Arithmeticisanexcellenttouchstonetotrytheamplificationsofpassionandrhetoric。]