"God Wills It!" A Tale of the First Crusade.

by William Stearns Davis

CONTENTS

	[PROLOGUE]
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	[How Hildebrand gave a Battle Cry]	1
CHAPTER
[I.]	How Baron William sallied forth	13
[II.]	How Richard won Three Friends	24
[III.]	How Richard won a Brother	37
[IV.]	How Richard went to Palermo	46
[V.]	How Richard won Two Foes	53
[VI.]	How Rollo met Insult	64
[VII.]	How De Valmont sent his Gage	74
[VIII.]	How Iftikhar sped a Vain Arrow	81
[IX.]	How Trenchefer drove Home	94
[X.]	How Iftikhar said Farewell to Sicily	113
[XI.]	How Richard fared to Auvergne	121
[XII.]	How Richard came to St. Julien	127
[XIII.]	How Richard sinned against Heaven	138
[XIV.]	How Richard's Sin was rewarded	148
[XV.]	How Richard found the Crucifix	158
[XVI.]	How Lady Ide forgave Richard	168
[XVII.]	How Richard saw Peter the Hermit	179
[XVIII.]	How Richard met Godfrey of Bouillon	187
[XIX.]	How Richard took the Cross	195
[XX.]	How Richard received Great Mercy	206
[XXI.]	How Richard returned to La Haye	214
[XXII.]	How Richard parted with his Brother	224
[XXIII.]	How Iftikhar's Messenger returned	235
[XXIV.]	How they slew the First Infidel	247
[XXV.]	How Duke Godfrey saved the Day	258
[XXVI.]	How Richard was again chastened	272
[XXVII.]	How the Army came to Antioch	283
[XXVIII.]	How Richard regained his Brother	293
[XXIX.]	How Iftikhar bore Home his Prize	302
[XXX.]	How there was Festival at Aleppo	315
[XXXI.]	How Mary redeemed her Soul	328
[XXXII.]	How Morgiana proffered Two Cups	341
[XXXIII.]	How Eybek turned Gray	354
[XXXIV.]	How Musa practised Magic	367
[XXXV.]	How Richard heard a Song	381
[XXXVI.]	How the Ismaelians saw Trenchefer	402
[XXXVII.]	How Rollo carried Weight	415
[XXXVIII.]	How Richard and Musa again parted	428
[XXXIX.]	How Peter Barthelmy had a Dream	444
[XL.]	How the Holy Lance was found	457
[XLI.]	How Light smote Darkness	472
[XLII.]	How Morgiana wound her Last Spell	483
[XLIII.]	How the Army saw Jerusalem	489
[XLIV.]	How Morgiana brought Warning	499
[XLV.]	How Richard had Speech with Musa	510
[XLVI.]	How Iftikhar ceased from Troubling	522
[XLVII.]	How Trenchefer was broken	535
[XLVIII.]	How Richard saw the Sun rise	546

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LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

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["In a twinkling Richard was at the head of the raging brute"]	16
["The cup trembled, as at the very thought she shuddered"]	40
["The lad lay with his bright locks in a crimson pool"]	146
["'How may I lift eyes to you when I belong to the cause of Christ?'"]	222
["Iftikhar took from the seat a little lute, touched the strings, and sang"]	327
[All blindly, he knew they were mounting stairways"]	401
["And in his hand the rusted head of a lance"]	462
["The infidel gave way"]	542

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GOD WILLS IT!

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PROLOGUE

HOW HILDEBRAND GAVE A BATTLE CRY