Louis enters into an abject treaty with the sultan of Cairo, [ ii. 438], [ ii. 447].

The Christian forces evacuate Damietta, [ ii. 448].

Heavy ransom paid for the liberation of Louis IX., who quits Egypt for Syria, [ ii. 450].

A fresh crusade preached in Europe, [ ii. 464].

Numbers of Christians in Syria and Egypt embrace the Mohammedan religion, [ ii. 469].

Hostilities resumed in Palestine, [ ii. 474].

Louis quits Palestine, and arrives at Paris in 1254, [ ii. 478], [ ii. 480].

General reflections on the crusade, and its unhappy termination, [ ii. 481] et seq.

Desolating crusades against the idolaters of Lithuania, Prussia, &c., [ ii. 493].