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1、DeclineandFalloftheRomanEmpire,vol6Transcriber'sNoteThisisthesixthvolumeofthesixvolumesofEdwardGibbon'sHistoryOfTheDeclineAndFallOfTheRomanEmpire.Ifyoufindanyerrorspleasefeelfreetonotifymeofthem.Iwanttomakethisthebestetexteditionpossibleforbothscholarsandthegeneralpublic.Iwouldliketothankthosewhoha
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3、354页http://www.en8848.com.cn/原版英语阅读网ChapterLIX:TheCrusades.--PartI.PreservationOfTheGreekEmpire.--Numbers,Passage,AndEvent,OfTheSecondAndThirdCrusades.--St.Bernard.--ReignOfSaladinInEgyptAndSyria.--HisConquestOfJerusalem.--NavalCrusades.--RichardTheFirstOfEngland.--PopeInnocentTheThird;AndTheFourth
4、AndFifthCrusades.--TheEmperorFredericTheSecond.--LouisTheNinthOfFrance;AndTheTwoLastCrusades.--ExpulsionOfTheLatinsOrFranksByTheMamelukes.Inastylelessgravethanthatofhistory,IshouldperhapscomparetheemperorAlexius[1]tothejackal,whoissaidtofollowthesteps,andtodevourtheleavings,ofthelion.Whateverhadbee
5、nhisfearsandtoilsinthepassageofthefirstcrusade,theywereamplyrecompensedbythesubsequentbenefitswhichhederivedfromtheexploitsoftheFranks.HisdexterityandvigilancesecuredtheirfirstconquestofNice;andfromthisthreateningstationtheTurkswerecompelledtoevacuatetheneighborhoodofConstantinople.Whilethecrusader
6、s,withblindvalor,advancedintothemidlandcountriesofAsia,thecraftyGreekimprovedthefavorableoccasionwhentheemirsofthesea-coastwererecalledtothestandardofthesultan.TheTurksweredrivenfromtheIslesofRhodesandChios:thecitiesofEphesusandSmyrna,ofSardes,Philadelphia,andLaodicea,wererestoredtotheempire,whichA
7、lexiusenlargedfromtheHellesponttothebanksoftheMæander,andtherockyshoresofPamphylia.Thechurchesresumedtheirsplendor:thetownswererebuiltandfortified;andthedesertcountrywaspeopledwithcoloniesofChristians,whowe
