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lately settled down, William of Malmesbury, afterwards 

 Bishop of Tyre, has left us a striking account in his Chroni- 

 cle. Having said that after the great council of Clermont 

 every one retired to his home, he continues thus: "Imme- 

 diately the fame of this great event being spread through 

 the universe, penetrates the minds of Christians with its 

 mild breath, and wherever it blew there was no nation, how- 

 ever distant or obscure it might be, that did not send some 

 of its people. This zeal not only animated the provinces 

 bordering on the Mediterranean, but all who had ever heard 

 the name of a Christian in the most remote isles and among 

 barbarous nations. Then the Welshman abandoned his 

 forests and neglected his hunting ; the Scotchman deserted 

 his fleas, with which he is so familiar; the Dane ceased to 

 swallow his intoxicating draughts, and the Norican turned 

 his back upon his raw fish. The fields were left by the cul- 

 tivators and the houses by the inhabitants; all the cities 

 were deserted. People were restrained neither by ties of 

 blood nor the love of country; they saw nothing but God. 

 All that was in the granaries or destined for food was left 

 under the guardianship of the greedy agriculturist. The 

 voyage to Jerusalem was the only thing hoped for or thought 

 of. Joy animated the hearts of those who set out; grief 

 dwelt in the hearts of those who remained. Why do I say 

 of those who remained? You might have seen the husband 

 setting forth with his wife, with all his family; yea, you 

 would have laughed to see all the penates put in motion and 

 loaded upon carts. The road was too narrow for the pas- 

 sengers, more room was wanted for the travelers, so great 

 and numerous was the crowd." 



From this great movement, which lasted two hundred 



