[342] Robertus; Guibert.
[343] Raimond d’Agiles.
[344] Guibert, lib. v.; Fulcher, cap. 7.
[345] Will. Tyr.; Albert; Fulcher, cap. 8.
[346] Raimond d’Agiles.
[347] William of Tyre says he was a noble Armenian, chief of the tribe of Benizerra, or the sons of the armour-forgers, and calls him Emir Feir. Abouharagi, however, says he was a Persian, and calls him Ruzebach.
[348] Guibert; Will. Tyr.; Albert.
[349] Guibert.
[350] William of Tyre, lib. v.; Robert, lib. v.; Guibert, lib. v.
[351] This transaction is reported variously. Albert of Aix says, that the proposal of Boemond was at once received with joy. Raoul of Caen gives a different account, and states that the bishop of Puy, on the suggestion of Boemond, suggested that the town should be given to him who could first obtain it. Guibert and Robert relate it as I have done above. The archbishop of Tyre declares that no one opposed the proposal of Boemond but the Count of Toulouse.