yed, andonly the religious houses were left. And there were slain in this same war good20,000 men on the two sides, but chiefly of Genoese and Spaniards. {Letire dejeanrierre Sarrasin, in MicheVs Joinville, p. 308.) % The origin of these columns is, however, somewhat uncertain. [See Cicogna, I- P-… … Figures from St. Sabbas, sent to Venice. [ To face p. 42. WARS OF VENICE AND GENOA 43 their success, and both in seamanship and in splendour theybegan almost to surpass their old rivals. The fall of Acre (1291),and the total expulsion of the Franks from Syria, in greatmeasure barred the southern…
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