“The princes hesitated over what to do. Should they abandon a great and costly expedition without hope of recovering their losses? Or should they allow the lord pope, the City and the church be cast into slavery, or rather destroyed?” […]
“King Harek came to his senses and suddenly turned into a wild boar. He seized Herraud with his tusks and tore off all his armor, and sunk his teeth in his breast and ripped off both his nipples to the bone.” […]
“They tumbled down from the tower and became stuck on the points of the standing lances. With arrows flying into them, they breathed their last and carried off their miserable souls in sorrow to hell.” […]
“He hewed off his lip and chin all the was down so that his teeth flew out of his head.” […]
“You would have gazed stupefied at the loathsome nature of their greed, this extravagant exhibition of rapacity.” […]
“Herraud seized a large beam from the deck and smashed him in the nose, so that his helmet visor was driven into his face, his nose broken and all his teeth knocked out.” […]
“Meanwhile the cities, having been stripped of their defenders in this way and abandoned except for a few simpletons who were devoid of all skill in defence, were surrounded by the Romans.” […]
“And the rays of the sun, falling on the damp garments of the barbarians, made a cloud of vapor rise up to the heavens, inspiring hope and trust in the people of God, the clarity and serenity of whose countenance shone upon them.” […]
“Thus he humbled the man beneath the powerful arm of God, whose affair it was, and made Drogo subject to the dominion of his will like some bedridden patient.” […]
“Yet all at once there was a mighty flame, caused by so many birds carrying fire with them and spreading it widely among the house roofs.” […]
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