castinghimselfatthefeetoftheEmperorAlexius，heimploredhim，withtearsinhiseyes，tosendrelieftothefewsurvivorsatCivitot。TheEmperorconsented，andaforcewassent，whicharrivedjustintimetosavethemfromdestruction。TheTurkshadbeleagueredtheplace，andthecrusaderswerereducedtothelastextremity。
Negotiationswereenteredinto，andthelastthreethousandwereconductedinsafetytoConstantinople。Alexiushadsufferedtoomuchbytheirformerexcessestobeverydesirousofretainingtheminhiscapital:hethereforecausedthemalltobedisarmed，and，furnishingeachwithasumofmoney，hesentthembacktotheirowncountry。
Whiletheseeventsweretakingplace，freshhordeswereissuingfromthewoodsandwildsofGermany，allbentfortheHolyLand。Theywerecommandedbyafanaticalpriest，namedGottschalk，who，likeGautierandPetertheHermit，tookhiswaythroughHungary。Historyisextremelymeagreinherdetailsoftheconductandfateofthishost，whichamountedtoatleastonehundredthousandmen。Robberyandmurderseemtohavejourneyedwiththem，andthepoorHungarianswererenderedalmostdesperatebytheirnumbersandrapacity。Karloman，thekingofthecountry，madeaboldefforttogetridofthem；fortheresentmentofhispeoplehadarrivedatsuchaheight，thatnothingshortofthetotalexterminationofthecrusaderswouldsatisfythem。
Gottschalkhadtopaythepenalty，notonlyfortheravagesofhisownbands，butforthoseoftheswarmsthathadcomebeforehim。Heandhisarmywereinduced，bysomemeansorother，tolaydowntheirarms:
thesavageHungarians，seeingthemthusdefenceless，setuponthem，andslaughteredthemingreatnumbers。Howmanyescapedtheirarrows，wearenotinformed；butnotoneofthemreachedPalestine。