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(1095–96) The idea of a crusade spreads through the lands of Gaul. To signal their commitment, crusaders sew red crosses on their right shoulders, and set off.

Oportet…prō nomine meo: Acts 9:16 (loosely): Ego enim ostendam illi quanta oporteat eum pro nomine pati.

dabō vōbīs ōs et ēloquium: 2 Timothy 1:8: Noli itaque erubescere testimonium Domini nostri, neque me vinctum eius: sed collabora Evangelio secundum virtutem Dei; Luke 21.15: ego enim dabo vobis os et sapientiam, cui non poterunt resistere et contradicere omnes adversarii vestri.

Persequētur vōs larga retribūtiō: Matthew 5:12: gaudete, et exsultate, quoniam merces vestra copiosa est in caelis. Sic enim persecuti sunt prophetas, qui fuerunt ante vos.

per ūniversās regiōnēs ac Galliārum patriās: regiōnēs and patriae rerfer to the various duchies and counties in the French lands that the author identifies with Gaul.

Francī: "Franks," originally a Germanic tribe in what is now France, means by this time western Christians in general.

suere: "they sewed"; either a historical infinitive or dependent on an understood coepissent.

Iamiamque Galliae suīs remōtae sunt domibus: “So they set out at once from their homes in the lands of the Franks” (Hill). Literally “So at once the Gallic lands were removed from their homes.” Lees has Iam iamque Galli e suis remoti sunt domibus, which seems much easier.