Christian Society and the Crusades, 1198-1229 by Peters Edward;

Author:Peters, Edward;
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Published: 1971-01-01T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 33

Damietta! renowned among kingdoms, very famous in the pride of Babylon, ruler of the sea, plunderer of Christians, seized in the pride of your persecutors by means of a few small ladders, now you are “humbled under the mighty hand of God”;1 and casting out the adulterer whom you kept for a long time, you have returned to your former husband; and you who first brought forth bastards, now shall bear legitimate sons for the faith of the Son of God, being firmly held by the faithful of Christ. The Bishop of Acre2 released from you the first fruits of souls for God by cleansing in the sacramental waters of baptism your little ones, who were found in you, alive by His power, even though they were near death. You have been subjected to manifold punishments because besides those who were taken alive in you, your dead of both sexes from the time of the siege round about you are computed at thirty thousand and more. The Lord struck them down without sword and fire, scorning henceforth to endure the uncleanness comitted in you.

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