Émèse, now Homs, on the east bank of the Orontes, a town

fanions in Roman history as the birthplace of Alexander iseverus. Froni Enicsii KaNruond and Tancred maixhcd to the sea-coast.

,, II. Archas (Arka-Nahr), about five miles north-east of Tripoli, ncar Mount Lebanon. The siège bcgan February 14, 1099.

, , 12. Liban : Lëbanon mountains, running north-eiist and nortli in two branches from the Leontes river, near Tyre.

., Tripoli (thrce cities) stood on a headland formed by a spur of .Mount Lebanon.

68. 18. Laodicée (Ladakia). on the coast of Syria, half-way between

.\ntioch and Tripoli ; not the Laodicca of the New Testament, which was in tlie valley of the Nhieander, in Asia Minor.

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68. 25. Harold II., son of Godwin, elected by the Witan as Kiiig of

England on the death of Edward the Confessor, January 1066 ; he fell in the battle of Senlac, October 1066.

,, ,, Edgar Adeling, a grandson of Edmund Ironside, king 1026, was by descent the heir to the throne, but he was passed over by the Witan on account of his youth. The supporters of Harold and Edgar held out in England till 107 1.