Near the bridge the Crusaders, under Godfrey de Bouillon, encamped in 1096.[613] Over it the Crusaders, under the Emperor Conrad, passed in 1147, to ravage the suburbs on the northern side of the harbour.[614] To it, in 1203, the army of the Fourth Crusade marched, from Galata, in battle array, and, finding it had been cut down by the Greeks, repaired it, and crossed to encamp on the hill fronting the Palace of Blachernæ. “Et là (_i.e._ au bout du port),” to quote the picturesque language of Ville-Hardouin,[615] “il y a un fleuve qui se jette dans la mer, qu’on ne peut pas passer sinon par un pont de pierre. Les Grecs avaient coupé le pont; et les barons firent travailler l’armée tout le jour et toute la nuit pour arranger le pont. Le pont fut ainsi arrangé, et les corps de bataille armés au matin; et ils chevauchèrent l’un après l’autre, ainsi qu’ils avaient été ordonnés. Et ils vout devant la ville.” Twice in 1328, and once in 1345, Cantacuzene[616] encamped his troops on the meadows beside the bridge, while he endeavoured to gain the city by parleying with its defenders at the Gate of Gyrolimnè. Footnote 556: _Paschal Chron._, p. 726, Τούτῳ τῷ ἔτει ἐκτίσθη τὸ τεῖχος πέριξ τοῦ οἴκον τῆς δεσποίνης ἡμῶν τῆς θεοτόκου, ἔξωθεν τοῦ καλουμένου Πτεροῦ. Footnote 557: _Ibid._, Procopius, _De Æd._, lib. i. c. 3; _Paschal Chron._, p. 702. Footnote 558: Theophanes, p. 361. Footnote 559: For account of the siege, see _Paschal Chronicle_, pp. 715-726; Nicephorus Patriarcha CP., pp. 20, 21. Footnote 560: Theophanes, pp. 568, 592. Footnote 561: Theophanes Cont., p. 618. Footnote 562: Pages 37, 38. Footnote 563: Theophanes, p. 592; Cedrenus, vol. i. p. 787. Footnote 564: Paspates, p. 19. Footnote 565: _Paschal Chron._, p. 726; Nicephorus, _Patriarcha CP._, p. 21. Footnote 566: See above, Chapter IX. Footnote 567: Theophanes Cont., pp. 612-618; Συναθροίσας λαὸν πολὺν καὶ τεχνίτας ἤρξατο κτίζειν ἕτερον τεῖχος ἔξωθεν τοῦ τείχους τῶν Βλαχερνῶν, κόψας καὶ τὴν σούδαν πλατεῖαν. Footnote 568: Theophanes, p. 785; Theophanes Cont., pp. 612-618. Footnote 569: Anna Comn., ii. p. 104. Footnote 570: Leunclavius, _Pand Hist. Turc._, s. 200. The Pentapyrgion mentioned by Constantine Porphyrogenitus was a piece of furniture in the form of a castle with five towers, kept in the Great Palace. Footnote 571: Theophanes Cont., pp. 60, 61; Cedrenus, vol. ii. pp. 81-83. Footnote 572: Procopius, _De Æd._, i. c. 6; _Paschal Chron._, pp. 724, 725. Footnote 573: Anna Comn., x. p. 48; _Itinéraires Russes en Orient._, p. 124. The church was dedicated to SS. Priscus and Nicholas (Procopius, _ut supra_). The Holy Well is now regarded as that of St. Basil (Patriarch Constantius, _Ancient and Modern Consple._, p. 44). Whether the church should be identified with the Church of St. Nicholas, τὰ Βασιλίδου (Codinus, p. 125, Paspates, p. 34), is doubtful.