6/44 485) as strongly for acquittal. 420) delivers no decided opinion. This crime was also attributed to Saladin, who is said, by an Oriental authority, (the continuator of Tabari,) to have employed the assassins to murder both Conrad and Richard. It is a melancholy admission, but it must be acknowledged, that such an act would be less inconsistent with the character of the Christian than of the Mahometan king .-- M.] [Footnote 75: See the distress and pious firmness of Saladin, as they are described by Bohadin, (p. |