but their conference had scarcely begun when it was interrupted by another messenger from Palestine, charged with news of a catastrophe more awful than even that of Tiberias. Three months after Guy’s capture, in October 1187, Jerusalem itself had fallen into the hands of the Infidels;[1191] and the archbishop of Tyre now came to tell with his own lips the sad and shameful story. [1182] _Ib._ vol. i. pp. 358, 359. [1183] According to the pathetic story in _Itin. Reg. Ric._ (Stubbs), p. 15, it was rather the king who fell with the Cross, in a desperate effort to save it. See also _Gesta Hen._ (Stubbs), vol. ii. pp. 13, 22, 37; R. Coggeshall (Stevenson), p. 21; _Expugn. Terræ Sanctæ_ (_ibid._), pp. 209–227. [1184] Cf. Will. Newb., l. iii. c. 21 (Howlett, vol. i. p. 267), and Rigord (Duchesne, _Hist. Franc. Scriptt._, vol. v.), p. 24. [1185] Will. Newb. as above. See also _Gesta Hen._ as above, p. 15, and Rog. Howden (Stubbs), vol. ii. p. 322. [1186] R. Diceto (Stubbs), vol. ii. p. 50. Cf. Will. Newb., l. iii. c. 23 (Howlett, vol. i. p. 271). Gir. Cambr. _De Instr. Princ._, dist. iii. c. 5 (Angl. Christ. Soc., p. 98). [1187] Gerv. Cant. (Stubbs), vol. i. p. 389. [1188] Rog. Howden (Stubbs), vol. ii. p. 302. [1189] Will. Newb. as above. [1190] _Gesta Hen._ (Stubbs), vol. ii. p. 29. Rog. Howden as above, p. 334. R. Diceto as above, p. 51. Gerv. Cant. as above, p. 406. Rigord (Duchesne, _Hist. Franc. Scriptt._, vol. v.), p. 24. Will. Armor. _Gesta Phil. Aug._ (_ibid._), p. 74. The date is either S. Hilary’s day, January 13 (Rigord and Will. Armor.), or that of S. Agnes, January 21 (_Gesta Hen._, Rog. Howden and R. Diceto). Gerv. Cant. makes it “about S. Vincent’s day” (January 22). [1191] _Gesta Hen._ as above, p. 24. R. Coggeshall (Stevenson), pp. 22, 23. _Expugn. Terræ Sanctæ_ (_ibid._), pp. 241–248. _Itin. Reg. Ric._ (Stubbs), pp. 20–22.