n'avaient : why is the verb in the plural

,, 25. les côtes de la mer : cf. note p. 67, !. 7. la côte, or les côtes de la France, l'armée navale parut à la côte (sur la côte, sur les côtes).

, , 26. des Pisans et des Génois : the fleets from Pisa in North- West Italy and Genoa had for some time traded at the coast towns of Syria ; cf. p. 19, 1. 31.

70. 2. porte-étendards : explain the formation of this plural.

,. 3. venaient ensuite : an intrans. verb, as predicate stands often in connexion wilh alors, ensuite, encore, at the head of a sentence, specially when enumeration follows ; e.g. sorit masculins les noms des métajix, des arbres, etc.

,, 17. s'avançait : for the main points of route see map.

,, 18. Jourdain (Esh-Sheriah del Kebir), the great river issuing at the foot of the east branch of the Lebanon mountains, and flowing into the Dead Sea.

,, 19. les vallées de Sichem : Shechem, in Samaria, situated in the valley between Mounts Ebal and Gerizim. From Vespasian it received the name of Neapolis = Nâbulus, Naplouse.

,, 30. Anathot, or Anath, the birthplace of Jeremiah, three to four miles distant from Jérusalem to the north ; modem Anâta.

,, Guillaume de Tyr : cf. note p. 3, 1. 25, and p. 17, 1. 10.

,, 31. Emmaus : the site of this village is not yet certain ; probably about seven and a half miles from Jérusalem to the north, according to St. Luke.

71. 5. la Galilée, in the time of our Lord the north division of

Palestine ; hère used more generally for North Palestine.