Have pity on me and go your ways, leaving the issue in the hand of God." "That is true," cried some.

"Saladin made no promises." Now Balian, the guardian of the city, who had followed them to the chapel and standing in the background heard what passed there, stepped forward and said: "My lord Patriarch, I pray you let this thing be, since from such a crime no good could come to us or any.

That altar is the holiest and most noted place of sanctuary in all Jerusalem.

Will you dare to tear a maiden from it whose only sin is that she, a Christian, has escaped the Saracens by whom she was stolen?
Do you dare to give her back to them and death, for such will be her doom at the hands of Saladin?
Surely that would be the act of cowards, and bring upon us the fate of cowards.

Sir Wulf, put up your sword and fear nothing.