prince of Antioch had been in great peril.  But the pious and warlike enthusiasm of the crusaders at length prevailed over the savage bravery of the Turks; and Corbogha, who had promised the khalif of Bagdad a defeat of the Christians, fled away towards the Euphrates with a weak escort of faithful troops.  Tancred pursued till nightfall the sultans of Aleppo and Damascus and the emir of Jerusalem.  According to the Christian chroniclers, one hundred thousand infidels, and only four thousand crusaders, were left on the field of battle.  The camp of the Turks was given over to pillage; and fifteen thousand camels, and it is not stated how many horses, were carried off.  The tent of Corbogha himself was, for his conquerors, a rich prize and an object of admiration.  It was laid out in streets, flanked by towers, as if it were a fortified town; gold and precious stones glittered in every part of it; it was capable of containing more than two thousand persons; and Bohemond sent it to Italy, where it was long preserved.  The conquerors employed several days in conveying into Antioch the spoils of the vanquished; and “every crusader,” says Albert of Aix, “found himself richer than he had been at starting from Europe.”

This great success, with the wealth it was the means of spreading, and the pretensions and hopes it was the cause of raising amongst the crusaders, had for some time the most injurious effects.  Division set in amongst them, especially amongst the chiefs.  Some abandoned themselves to all the license of victory, others to the sweets of repose.  Some, fatigued and disgusted, quietly prepared for and accomplished their return home; others, growing more and more ambitious and bold, aspired to conquests and principalities in the East.  Why should not they acquire what Baldwin had acquired at Edessa, and what Bohemond was within an ace of possessing at Antioch?  Others were jealous of the great fortunes made before their eyes:  and Raymond of Toulouse was vexed at Bohemond’s rule in Antioch, and refused to give up to him the citadel.  One and another troubled themselves little more about the main end of their crusade, the deliverance of Jerusalem, and devoted themselves to their personal interests.  A few days after the defeat of the Turks, the council of princes deliberated upon the question of marching immediately upon Jerusalem, and then all these various inclinations came out.  After a lively debate, the majority decided that they should wait till the heat of summer was over, the army rested from its fatigues, and the reinforcements expected from the West arrived.  The common sort of crusaders were indignant at this delay:  “Since the princes will not lead us to Jerusalem,” was said aloud, “choose we among the knights a brave man who will serve us faithfully, and, if the grace of God be with us, go we under his leading to Jerusalem.  It is not enough for our princes that we have remained here a whole year, and that