[Footnote 133: A la terre perdue, tout fut perdu, is the
vigorous expression of the Assise, (c. 281.) Yet Jerusalem
capitulated with Saladin; the queen and the principal
Christians departed in peace; and a code so precious and so
portable could not provoke the avarice of the conquerors. I
have sometimes suspected the existence of this original copy
of the Holy Sepulchre, which might be invented to sanctify
and authenticate the traditionary customs of the French in
Palestine.]