The sleepers awoke to the cry of "St.Peter! St.Peter!" and perished ere they could grasp their arms.

The chivalry and nobility of Lombardy were well-nigh exterminated.

In a few hours, corpses and tents alone remained of the hostile array.

Why should not Sorbara be as magical a word as Thermopylae?
It _would_ be, if the Christian chroniclers had shared the pride or shown the polish of Grecian historians, and if modern Christians felt a Grecian enthusiasm for the deeds of their Christian ancestors.

Matilda differed from Leonidas but in one respect--in surviving the action and remaining victor on the field.
Some days after the battle, Gilbert was summoned into Matilda's presence.
"I owe you more," she said, "than I can ever repay.