4--30,) himself an eye-witness, and an honest bigot.] [Footnote 55: In many works, particularly Joseph's well in the castle of Cairo, the Sultan and the Patriarch have been confounded by the ignorance of natives and travellers.] [Footnote 56: Anonym.

Canisii, tom.iii.p.ii.p.

504.] [Footnote 57: Bohadin, p.

129, 130.] During his short existence, the kingdom of Jerusalem [58] was supported by the discord of the Turks and Saracens; and both the Fatimite caliphs and the sultans of Damascus were tempted to sacrifice the cause of their religion to the meaner considerations of private and present advantage.
But the powers of Egypt, Syria, and Arabia, were now united by a hero, whom nature and fortune had armed against the Christians.

All without now bore the most threatening aspect; and all was feeble and hollow in the internal state of Jerusalem.