When the townspeople saw this, one of their number, taking a risk, rushed forth to eat the bread seeing the feces it contained, he became nauseated and brought and showed it to the townspeople. Then one of the Franks performed an act not pleasing to God breaking open a loaf of bread, he defecated in it and took and placed it before the gates of the town. They then descended upon Harran and vehemently besieged it, putting the town in danger of famine. They sent to Antioch and summoned the great Frankish count Bohemond and also Tancred moreover, they brought in all the Armenian troops and thus got together a formidable army. 18: In the year 553 of the Armenian era the count of Edessa (Baldwin I) and Joscelin collected troops and went against the town of Harran.
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