become the foundation of the treasury of the kingdom of Jerusalem, if they had not been squandered by the rapacious and greedy soldiers.

15. ein gewaltsamer Erwerber is a somewhat strange expression, denoting one who obtains possession by force and violence (wer durch Gewalt etwas erwirbt).—Geschicklichkeit=Fähigkeit. So also p. 85, 23. 16. allemal immer.-versagen=verweigern.

19. abgelegen‘remote.'

23. zur Mehrung=um G. u. E. zu (ver)mehren.

26. eigenthümlich=als sein Eigenthum. Thus we have the phrase, ich besize dies erb- und eigenthümlich 'this is my own property, obtained by inheritance.'

27. We might also say nachdem die größeren Massen ihrer Feinde auseinander gesprengt worden waren.

29. Raubhorde, a troop which sallies out for prey.

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3. Genid, the juncture of the head and neck. Compare der Nacken the back of the neck.

5. Both sprigen and sprüßen are in use.

7. The Jewish historian Josephus reports the same atrocities as having been practised at the time of the first capture of Jerusalem by Titus.

8. der Rettung wegen um dieselben zu retten.

14. bei längerer Zögerung=wenn man noch länger (damit) gezögert hätte. 22. Lösung Befreiung.

26. Ich kann mich nicht satt sehen an, 'I cannot satisfy myself by looking at,' i. e. 'I can never look at enough.'

29. beschwören 'to affirm with an oath.'

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I. ein erstaunt (adv.) Fragender 'one who asks a question in consequence of his surprise.' A soldier imagined that he saw bishop Ademar -whom he knew to have been dead long ago; in his surprise he asks him, how he came to be there.

6. un-wandel-bar 'im-muta-ble,' what cannot be changed.

9. Des Tags darauf, genitive of time, instead of which we might also say am Tage darauf or am nächsten Tage.

14. 'In case an Egyptian army should approach.'

30. The power of the Crusaders was in danger of falling asunder (sich zu zersplittern), in case it should not be kept together by strict and sovereign authority.

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The (Saracen) inhabitants of the whole country thought themselves justified in showing the same hatred towards the Christians as the Crusaders had shown towards them.

4. The pilgrims did not like to submit to authority, but strove to retain their former independence, though this meant nothing more than licence and self-will.

6. eine stete Folge, 'a consequence which always takes place.'

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15. eidlich on oath.' The servants were put on their oath, to speak the truth about their masters.

17. Wandel Lebenswandel, 'conduct.'

24. Widersacher= Gegner. There was great national antipathy between the Germans and the French.

27. gewissermaßen 'so to speak, as one might say.' Godfrey belonged to some extent to both these nations, as he was born in a border district, where the manners and the speech of both were known.

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I. It was customary to anoint and crown a king on his accession to the throne; Godfrey refused to go through the ceremony of a coronation.

3. verweise ermahne. The first syllable of the word Demuth is from the O. H. G. deo= Gothic pius 'servant' (identical with the root of ric-n-en).

4. der König der Ehren, see Ps. xxiv. 7.

5. anmaßlich (adv.) = mit (großer) Anmaßung, in an overbearing

manner.

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7. würdigen 'take into account, take notice of,' lit. ' appreciate.'

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