Godefroy ; Godfrey, Hugh, and Raymond had separated
froni ilie rest at Leuca and taken the southern route.
., 10. Arnould : hère stated to be the chaplain of Robert, Duke of Normandy ; later he was givcn charge of the Church of Jérusalem.
,, 14. Albert d'Aix (1093-1120), the most unreliable chronicler of ihc crusade, though largely followed by Micbaud ; see note p. 12, 1. 30.
, , 29. du côté de . . , 'in the direction of . . '
,, 30. Robert le moine : Robert, a monk of the St. Remr}' convent in Reims, wrote, about 11 18, a History of Jérusalem up to 1099. He was an eye-witness of what lie tlcscribed.
, , fondant : fondre sur, ' to Ihrowoneself upon ' ; fonder, ' to found.'
.. 31. être à jeun, ' to hâve had no breakfast yet ' ; Jeûner, ' to fast ' ; di'jturier (no circumflex).
45. 17. les chemins : cf. note p. 41, 1. 2. From Dorylaeum roads
go to Iconium, Pessinus, and Apamea.
., 28. ils résolurent de . .: notice thatonesays «/A-zf/t-r and /-/yw/i/r^ lie faire quelque chose, but se décider and se résoudre à faire quelque chose. Être décidé and être résolu are followed by (/forà.
46. Tarse : Tarsus, in Cilicia, in the kingdom of Lesser Armenia,
on the river Cydnus at the foot of Mount Taurus. After passing through Iconium, Herakleia, and the Pisidian Antioch, Tancred, with an advanced guard, found hiniself at Tarsus. Édesse, a very ancient city in the north of Mesopotamia, called Antioch Callirhoji to distinguish it from the S}Tian Antioch ; now called Orfa. The Grcck tyrant of Edessa, Thoros or Théodore, had so far maintaincd himself there by paying tribute to the Saraccns. He now invited Baldwin's aid with a view to escape this tribute. The principality of Edessa, under Baldwin, extended to Mount Taurus, and cmbraced a part of Mesopotamia and both banks of the Euphrates. In iioo baldwin resigned Edessa to his kinsman of the same name. and he in 1 1 18 invested Joceline de Courtenay with the principality. It fell before Zenghi, Sultan of Aleppo, 1145.
,, 4. Phrygie brûlée : i.e. <ï>/)iry/a 7; Karo\-e»rai'/oi^v77, or the part lying south-ciibt from the plain of Dorylaeum to the southern fronticr.
,, 5. Antiochette : Antioch, the capital of Pisidia, known as the scène of St. Paul's first missionary journey, and as the Roman colony also called Caesarea.
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46. 6. à travers le Taurus : à fra7'ers + ace. and au iravers de are
used without distinction. Notice the adverbial expressions — de iravers, ' slanting.'
«7 a mis son bo)inet de travers, ' he is eut of temper.' toui va de travers, ' ail goes vvrong. ' regarder quelqu'un de travers, ' to look at one angrily.' en travers, ' crossvvise. '
u?îe porte avec des barres de fer en travers, ' . . across. ' à tort et à travers, ' topsy-turvy,' 'without any order or
System. ' il parle à tort et à travers de toutes choses.
, , , , le Taurus, the range of the Taurus mountains in the south of Asia Minor, beginning from the south-east angle of Lycia and extending to the south margin of the lake Arsissa.
7- Cosor, or Cocson, in the north of Armenia, whither Chrysostom was banished, 404.