Alacriter jussa complentes, (the English soldiers,) says Galfridus a Vinesauf, (l.iv.c.4, p.

346,) who fixes at 2700 the number of victims; who are multiplied to 5000 by Roger Hoveden, (p.

697, 698.) The humanity or avarice of Philip Augustus was persuaded to ransom his prisoners, (Jacob a Vitriaco, l.i.c.98, p.
1122.)] [Footnote 70: Bohadin, p.14.He quotes the judgment of Balianus, and the prince of Sidon, and adds, ex illo mundo quasi hominum paucissimi redierunt.

Among the Christians who died before St.John d'Acre, I find the English names of De Ferrers earl of Derby, (Dugdale, Baronage, part i.p.

260,) Mowbray, (idem, p.