was ill written, inserting such Accounts as he had receiv'd from others. This Author likewise wrote the Life of St. Hugh Archbishop of Rouen, and a Tract concerning the Monastery of Fes∣camp, published in the Book called Neustria pia. To him also is attributed the Life of Robert d'Arbrisselles, which is in Surius, and the History of the Translation of St. Valentin's Head, which is extant in Bollandus's Collection in Febr. 14. Moreover it is observ'd that he is the Author of the Life of St. Samson, and that he promises certain Notes on the Pentateuch, in the Preface to his Hi∣story. Lastly, 'tis reported that there is a small Manuscript Tract of the same Bishop Baudry, con∣cerning the Visitation of the Sick, in the Library of Vienna in Austria. He was employ'd in writ∣ing his History near the end of his Life.
The Fifth is RAIMOND D'AGILES, Canon of Puy, and Chaplain to the Count of Thoulouse, who was an Eye-witness. He wrote this History at the Request of Peter Ponce de Baladin, a par∣ticular Friend of the said Count, who was kill'd in the Siege of Arache, and dedicated it to the Bishop of Viviers.
The Sixth is ALBERT, or ALBERIC, Canon of Aix in Provence, who compos'd his History from the Relations of others: It is extended to the Second Year of the Reign of Baldwin II. that is to say, to A. D. 1120.
The Seventh is FOUCHER, a Monk of Chartres, who accompanied Robert Duke of Normandy in the Expedition to the Holy Land, A. D. 1095. His History is carried on to the Year 1124. But Guibert of Nogent accuses him of having written fabulous Narrations.
GAUTIER, or GAUTERIUS, who assumes the Quality of Chancellor, is the Eighth: He published an History of the Advantages obtain'd by the Western Christians at Antioch, A. D. 1115. and of the Misfortunes that befel them in 1119. He was an Eye-witness of those Occurrences, and was taken Prisoner in the War; but his History is not very accurate.
The Ninth is GUIBERT, Abbot of Nogent, an Author of great Note, whose Works deserve to be specified in a separate Article.
The Tenth is a NAMELESS Writer, who has only made an Abridgment of Foucher's History, to the Year 1106. where he ended.
The Eleventh is another Anonymous Author, who compos'd a Relation of the same Transac∣tions, under the Title of the History of Jerusalem: It was divided into Two Parts, but the Second is only extant, which begins at the Year 1110. and ends in 1124. This Author has in like man∣ner only follow'd Foucher.
The Twelfth, and most considerable of the Writers of this History, is WILLIAM Archbishop of Tyre, who has deduc'd it from the beginning of the Crusade to the Year 1183. in XXIII. Books. It is probable that this Author was a Native of Syria; however he passed very young into the Western Countries, and having compleated his Studies, return'd to the Levant, where he was or∣dain'd Arch-deacon of the Church of Tyre, A. D. 1167. Afterwards he was employ'd in the Nego∣ciations that were transacted between the Kings of Jerusalem, and the Greek Emperors; and at last was advanc'd to the Dignity of Archbishop of Tyre, in the Month of May 1174. In 1179. he as∣sisted in the Council of Lateran, the Acts of which were drawn up by him: He return'd from Italy by Constantinople, and after having resided some time at the Court of the Emperor Manuel Comnenus, arriv'd at Tyre twenty Months after his departure. The Patriarchal See of Jerusalem be∣ing then vacant, William of Tyre was nominated to fill it up; but a certain Clerk of Auvergne, named Heraclius, Archbishop of Coesarea, was preferr'd before him; nevertheless William refus'd to acknowledge his Election, and cited him to Rome; where he went incontinently, and was kind∣ly entertain'd by the Pope. In the mean while Heraclius, before he came thither, sent a Physitian, who poyson'd William of Tyre: But the later foretold before his Death, that the Christians should lose the City of Jerusalem, and the real Cross, under the Government of Heraclius, which hap∣pen'd a little while after.
William of Tyre wrote his History by the Order of Amaury King of Jerusalem: He makes use of the Memoires of other Historians to the Reign of Baldwin III. and afterward relates such Matters as fel•• within the compass of his own knowledge, but the Twenty third Book is not finished. His Style is plain and natural, shewing much Sagacity of Judgment, Modesty, and Learning, with respect to the time when he liv'd. He likewise compos'd the History of the Levantine Princes, from the Year 614. to 1184. but this Work is not as yet come to our Hands.
The Thirteenth Historiographer is JAMES DE VITRY, who did not flourish till the following Century. This Author, after having been Curate of Argenteuil, became a Regular Canon in the Monastery of Oignies, in the Diocess of Namur. He preached up the Crusade against the Albigeois, and afterwards against the Saracens, and took upon him the Cross for the Holy War in Palestine▪ He was ordain'd Archbishop of Ptolemais, and at last, by way of Recompence for the Services he had done the See of Rome, was invited thither by Pope Honorius III. and created Cardinal: He was also sent into France in Quality of Legate, to preach up a new Crusade against the Albigeois, and at his return to Rome died there A. D. 1244. after having order'd his Body to be convey'd to Oignies. His History is divided into Three Books; in the First of which, he gives an Account of the State of the Eastern Churches; in the Second, of that of the Western; and in the last, of the Occurrences which happen'd in the Levant in his time. There is also extant a Letter by the same Author about the taking of Damietta, which follows his History; and another Letter, containing a Relation of the Transactions before Damietta, which was written in 1219. to Pope Honorius III▪ and published by Father Dachery in the Eighth Tome of his Spicilegium.