[Footnote 69: Bohadin, p. 180; and this massacre is neither
denied nor blamed by the Christian historians. Alacriter
jussa complentes, (the English soldiers,) says Galfridus a
Vinesauf, (l. iv. c. 4, p. 346,) who fixes at 2700 the
number of victims; who are multiplied to 5000 by Roger
Hoveden, (p. 697, 698.) The humanity or avarice of Philip
Augustus was persuaded to ransom his prisoners, (Jacob a
Vitriaco, l. i. c. 98, p. 1122.)]