...champions of Chriftendom. His magnanimity accepted a truft as full of danger as of glory ; but in a crty where his Saviour had been crowned with thorns, the devout pilgrim rejected the name and enfigns of royalty ^ and the founder of the kingdom of Jerufalem contented himfelf with the modeft...

...proclaimed Godfrey of Bouillon the first and most worthy of the champions of Christendom. His magnanimity accepted a trust as full of danger as of glory ; but...in a city where his Saviour had been crowned with diorns, the devout pilgrim rejected the name and ensigns of royalty ; and the founder of the kingdom...

...In imitation of his Saviour he was crowned with thorns; he rejected the appendages of royalty, and contented himself with the modest title of Defender, and Baron of the holy sepulchre. (AD 1099.) His companions, with the exception only of the gallant Tancred and his adherents, returned...

...proclaimed Godfrey of Bouillon the -first and most worthy of the champions of Christendom. His magnanimity accepted a trust as full of danger as of glory ; but...title of Defender and Baron of the Holy Sepulchre. His government of a single year *, too short for the public happiness, was interrupted in •the first...

...proclaimed him the first and most worthy of the champions of Christendom. His magnanimity magnanimity accepted a trust as full of danger. as of glory ;...title of Defender and Baron of the Holy Sepulchre. In a period of two centuries, each spring and summer produced a new emigration of pilgrim warriors,...

...first and most worthy of the champions of Chris- i — v— -J tendom. His magnanimity accepted ari .trust as full of danger as of glory ; but in a city...with thorns, the devout pilgrim rejected the name ancj ensigns of royalty ; and the founder of tne, kingdom of Jerusalem contented himself with , thea...

...y o £ g ou iu on t h e fj rst an d mos t W orthy of the champions of Christendom. His magnanimity accepted a trust as full of danger as of glory ; but...title of Defender and Baron of the Holy Sepulchre. His government of a single year *, too short for the public happiness, was interrupted in the first...

...name and ensigns of royalty in a city where his Saviour had been crowned with thorns : he con tented himself with the modest title of ' Defender and Baron of the Holy Sepulchre.' did not live to hear of the memorable event ; he died 29th of July 1099, fourteen days after the conquest...

...Bouillon the first and most worthy of the champions of Christendom. His magnanimity accepted a tnist as full of danger as of glory; but in a city where...title of Defender and Baron of the Holy Sepulchre. His government of a single year,(115) too short for the public happiness, was interrupted in the first...

...ordinatione, populi Christiani benevolentia, Godefrido in solio regni Jerusalem exaltato. thorns. He contented himself with the modest title of defender and baron of the Holy Sepulchre. It has been pretended that in this he only acted in obedience to the insinuations of the clergy, who...