I. Albert d'Aix : cf. note p

I40 Histoire de la Première Croisade

Page LiNE

102. 3. Césaree : Caesarea Philippi, or Panium, at the south base

of Alount Hermon, called after Philip the tetrarch and the Emperor Augustus.

, , Ptolémaïs : Akka, or Acre, the most important seaport town on the S}Tian coast.

II. besants, or byzants : the byzant was a gold coin worth from six to eight shillings of our money.

16. guerre : Tancred was at war with the Emir Dekak of Damascus.

17. Liban : Lebanon, the famous mountain range in the north of Palestine. Cf. note p. 67, 1. 12.

22. Judas Machabée : cf. note p. 72, I. i. Judas, ' the Maccabee,' gave the name to the whole of the family. His distinguished feats in the war against Antiochus Epiphanes are well known. ,, 23. Samson': cf. Judges .\iv. 19 ; xv. 15 ; .\vi. 3, 29, 30. ,, Salomon pour la sagesse : cf. i Kings iii. 28 ; x. 7.