[238] Raimond de Agiles. [239] William of Tyre; Raimond de Agiles; Guibert de Nogent. [240] Fulcher, cap. 4; William of Tyre. [241] Ten at a time were admitted within the walls, but not more. [242] June 29, A. D. 1097. [243] Fulcher, cap. 5; Raimond d'Agiles; Orderic Vital; Raoul de Caen. [244] Mills avers that the chiefs separated by mutual consent. I have found nothing to confirm this opinion. Radulphus says that there was a rumour to that effect, but shows that it could not be just, as the baggage of the troops of Boemond and his party had, by the error that separated them, been left with the other division. William of Tyre leaves the question undecided. Fulcher says, absolutely, that the separation originated in a mistake. Orderic Vital follows the same opinion. Raimond d'Agiles is not precise, but he says that it was done inconsiderately; and Guibert decidedly affirms that it was accidental, and through the obscurity of the morning in which they began their march. [245] William of Tyre. [246] Fulcher; Raimond d'Agiles; Albert. [247] Fulcher makes it amount to nearly three hundred and sixty thousand combatants; and Raimond reduces the number to one hundred and fifty thousand. [248] Fulcher. [249] Ibid; Guibert. [250] William of Tyre; Guibert; Fulcher, cap. 5. [251] Guibert; Will. of Tyr. [252] Fulcher; Radulph. Cad. cap. 21. [253] William of Tyre; Guibert; Fulcher. [254] Fulcher, cap. 5; William of Tyre. [255] William of Tyre. [256] Raoul of Caen. [257] Albert; Raoul of Caen; William of Tyre. [258] Albert. [259] Raoul of Caen. [260] Fulcher; Albert; Raoul of Caen. [261] Albert of Aix informs us, that the ladies of Boemond's camp, seeing the merciless fury with which the Turks were dealing death to all ages and sexes, clothed themselves in their most becoming garments, and strove to display their charms to the best advantage, for the purpose of obtaining the durance of the harem rather than the grave. Albert was not present, and did not even visit the Holy Land; and I find his account in this respect confirmed by no other historian. The good canon, indeed, was somewhat fond of little tales of scandal, so that I feel inclined to doubt his authority, where such matters are under discussion. He has an anecdote in a similar style appended to his history of the taking of Nice. [262] Radulphus, cap. 22. [263] William of Tyre. [264] Orderic Vital; Guibert. [265] Albert of Aix; Fulcher, cap. 5; William of Tyre. [266] Radulph. Cadom. cap. 26. [267] Fulcher; Albert of Aix. [268] Albert; Radulphus Cadomachus, cap. 27, 28, _et seq._; William of Tyre.