FALL OF THE CITY. 359 The widows and children of those who had fallen at Tiberias came to him weeping and crying. "When Saladin saw them weeping, he was moved with great pity ; and, hearing who they were, he told them to inquire if their husbands and fathers were yet living, and in prison, those who were his captives he ordered to be released; and, in those cases where it was proved that their husbands were dead, he gave largely from his own private purse to_ all the ladies and the noble maidens, BO that they gave thanks to God for the honour and wealth that Saladin bestowed upon them." Clearly a magnanimous prince, this Saladin, and one who was accustomed to return good for evil. There were so many Christians who came out of the city that the Saracens marvelled how they could have all got in. Saladin separated them into three divisions ; the Templars led one, the Hospitallers another, and Balian the third. To each troop he assigned fifty of his own knights to conduct them into Christian territory. . . . These, when they saw men, women, or children fatigued, would make their squires go on foot, and put the wearied exiles on horseback, while they themselves carried the children. Surely this is a tender and touching picture of the soft-hearted soldiers of Islam, too pitiful to let the little children cry while they had arms to carry them, or to drive the weary forward while they could walk on foot themselves. When the exiles got to Tripoli they found themselves worse off than on the march. Baymond would not let them enter, but sent out his knights, who caught all the rich bourgeois, and brought them prisoners into the city. Then Baymond deprived them of all that they brought out of Jerusalem. The poorer of them dispersed into Armenia and the neighbouring countries, and disappear from history. The names of the Christians linger yet, however, in the Syrian towns, and many of their descendants, long since