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Winning His Spurs

CHAPTER IV
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The fate of these was no better than that of those who had perished in Hungary and Bulgaria.

After grievous suffering and loss they at last reached Nicaea.
There they fell into an ambuscade; and out of the whole of the undisciplined masses who had followed Peter the Hermit, it is doubtful whether 10,000 ever returned home.
"This first attempt to rescue the holy sepulchre was followed by others equally wild, misguided, and unfortunate.

Some of them indeed began their evil deeds as soon as they had left their home.

The last of these bodies fell upon the Jews, who are indeed enemies of the Christian faith, but who have now, at least, nothing to do with the question of the holy sepulchre.

As soon as they entered into Germany the Crusaders put them to death with horrible torture.


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