Pélecane : at the south-west end of the Bosphorus

, , 6. Butumite, a trusted officer of Alexius, to whom the conduct of Hugh of Vermandois from Dyrrachium to Constantinople

was entrusted.

,, 21. services: cf. p. 38, 1. i. Alexius had supplied beats.

,, 29. quelque temps : Nicaea was taken on 20th Jane 1097. The Crusaders set out again on 26th or 27th June.

40. 4. Ce pont : this bridge is at the point where the Gallus or

Gos-.Su river joins the Sangaris, or Sacaria, a fine Phrygian river, with its source in the uplands of Angora, and flowing into the Euxine Sea.

7. Leuca, now Lefké, a small Phrygian village at the junction of the t\s o rivers mentioned above.

,, 19. bestiaux, 'cattle'; il sigtiijie la même chose que bétail (Académie).

41. 2. la vallée : the valley in which Bohemond, Tancred, and

Robert of Normandy, who had turned south-east froni Leuca, now found themselves, follows the course of the Gallus river till it reaches Dorylaeum [Eski-Cker), a place whence the roads lead into Asia Minor.

,, II. les chroniqueurs latins: Michaud hère quotes frora the chronicle of Raymond of Agiles.

, , 23. assis : asseoir un camp, ' to pitch a camp ' ; cf. lez'cr le camp, ' to break up the camp. '

42. 17. acculés au pied des monts: acculer=pousserquelqu'undans

un endroit oii il ne peut plus reculer. Mont: in prose mont only with proper nouns — le mont Cents, les motits Pyrénées.

, , 30. une chronique : this was the chronicle of Fulcher of Chartres.

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43. 3. aux prises avec : être aux prises avec, ' to be engagée! in

tighting. •