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7 OF THE FOURTH. 1. The expedition of the emperor to Thessalonica. 2. Concerning the arrival of the

patriarch at Selymbria. 3. How the emperor acted while staying in Thessalonica. 4. Concerning the exchanged hostages for the marriage alliance. 5. How the emperor received the king of Serbia. 6. Concerning the embassy of the Venetians to Thessalonica. 7. Concerning the daughter of the keeper of the imperial inkstand. 8. Concerning the return of the emperor, and how he made his entry. 9. How the emperor goes to the patriarchate and persuades him to ascend. 10. Concerning the affairs of John of Ephesus. 11. Concerning the accusations of the bishops against the patriarch. 12. How the patriarch met with the emperor without being summoned. 13. How the despotes Michael took the daughter of Terter to wife. 14. Concerning the comet appearing in the evening sky. 15. Concerning the total eclipse of the moon. 16. Concerning the Alans who came over to the emperor. 17. Concerning the emperor Michael and his expedition to the East. 18. How the emperor Michael failed in a military enterprise. 19. How the Alans forced the emperor Michael to abandon the war. 20. The departure of the emperor from Magnesia. 21. The revolt of the eastern provinces. 22. The departure of the Alans from the emperor, and the affairs of the megas domestikos Raoul. 23. Concerning the Venetian ships that attacked the city. 24. Concerning the things done by the pirates at the island of Prinkipo. 25. The defeat of the hetaireiarch Mouzalon near Nicomedia. 26. The flight of those outside with their whole households to the city. 27. Concerning the harassment by the bishops and the bishop of Selymbria. 28. The abuse suffered by the patriarch on account of the slander, and his departure. 29. The resignation of the patriarch John. 30. Concerning the affairs of Kouximpaxes the Tocharan. 31. Synodal deliberations concerning the resignation of the patriarch. 32. Concerning the arrival of the patriarch of Alexandria to John and the latter's defense. 33. Concerning the examination of the Arsenites. 8 34. Concerning the message and the speech of counsel of Athanasius. 35. Concerning the assembly of the holy men and the emperor's question. 36. Concerning the public speech of the emperor and his arrival to Athanasius.

OF THE FIFTH.

1. How the emperor, together with the bishops and the people, went to Athanasius. 2. Concerning

the schism of the bishops over Athanasius. 3. Concerning the arrival of the emperor to John and the excommunication that was pronounced. 4. Concerning the death of the despoina Theodora. 5. The matters concerning the departure of the despoina Eirene and the marriages of her children. 6. Deliberations concerning the excommunication pronounced by John. 7. Concerning the assembly of the bishops in the church of the Holy Apostles for these reasons. 8. Concerning Melitas. 9. Concerning the total corruption and revolt. 10. Concerning the departure of the emperor Michael to Cyzicus, then to Pegai. 11. Concerning the earthquakes that occurred in the region of Rhodes. 12. Concerning the Latins who came by invitation, and what things they did. 13. Concerning Michael the despotes, how he was arrested on suspicion. 14. The battle of the Catalans and the Genoese, and the murder of the megas droungarios. 15. Concerning the monstrous wonder near Magnesia. 16. Concerning the feat of our men near Sardis, accomplished through ingenuity. 17. Concerning the return of the emperor Michael to the city. 18. Concerning the raid of Sventsislav in the region of Haemus. 19. Concerning the condemnation of the despotes Michael the

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7 ΤΗΣ ΤΕΤΑΡΤΗΣ. 1. ἐξέλευσις τοῦ βασιλέως ἐπὶ Θεσσαλονίκης. 2. περὶ τῆς εἰς Σηλυβρίαν τοῦ

πατριάρχου ἀφίξεως. 3. ὅπως ἐν Θεσσα λονίκῃ διατρίβων ἐνήργει ὁ βασιλεύς. 4. περὶ τῶν ἀντιδοθέντων ὁμή ρων διὰ τὸ κῆδος. 5. ὅπως ὑπεδέξατο βασιλεὺς τὸν κράλην Σερβίας. 6. περὶ τῆς τῶν Βενετικῶν περὶ τὴν Θεσσαλονίκην πρεσβείας. 7. περὶ τῆς θυγατρὸς τοῦ ἐπὶ τοῦ κανικλείου. 8. περὶ τῆς ὑποστροφῆς τοῦ βα σιλέως, καὶ ὅπως εἰσήγετο. 9. ὅπως ὁ βασιλεὺς εἰς τὸ πατριαρχεῖον παραγίνεται καὶ πείθει ἀνιέναι. 10. περὶ τῶν κατὰ τὸν Ἐφέσου Ἰωάννην. 11. περὶ τῶν κατὰ τοῦ πατριάρχου κατηγοριῶν τῶν ἀρχιερέων. 12. ὅπως πρὸς βασιλέα ὁ πατριάρχης ἀπήντα καὶ μὴ κληθείς. 13. ὅπως Μιχαὴλ ὁ δεσπότης τὴν τοῦ Τερτερῆ θυγατέρα εἰς γάμον ἠγάγετο. 14. περὶ τοῦ φαινομένου κατ' οὐρανὸν ἑσπέρας κομήτου. 15. περὶ τῆς ἐκλείψεως τῆς σελήνης δι' ὅλου. 16. περὶ τῶν προσχωρησάντων τῷ βα σιλεῖ Ἀλανῶν. 17. περὶ τοῦ βασιλέως Μιχαὴλ καὶ τῆς αὐτοῦ ἐπ' ἀνα τολῆς ἐξελεύσεως. 18. ὅπως ὁ βασιλεὺς Μιχαὴλ ἀπέτυχε θήρας πολεμι κῆς. 19. ὅπως οἱ Ἀλανοὶ κατηνάγκαζον τὸν βασιλέα Μιχαὴλ ἀνεθῆναι τοῦ πολέμου. 20. ἀναχώρησις τοῦ βασιλέως ἀπὸ Μαγνησίας. 21. ἀπα νάστασις τῶν κατὰ ἀνατολὴν χωρῶν. 22. ἀναχώρησις Ἀλανῶν ἐκ βασι λέως, καὶ τὰ κατὰ τὸν μέγαν δομέστικον Ῥαούλ. 23. περὶ τῶν προσ βαλουσῶν τῇ πόλει Βενετικῶν νεῶν. 24. περὶ τῶν κατὰ τὴν νῆσον Πριγκίπων τελεσθέντων τοῖς πειραταῖς. 25. ἧττα τοῦ ἑταιρειάρχου Μουζάλωνος κατὰ Νικομήδειαν. 26. καταφυγὴ τῶν ἔξω πανοικὶ πρὸς τὴν πόλιν. 27. περὶ τῆς τῶν ἀρχιερέων ἐνοχλήσεως καὶ τοῦ Σηλυβρίας. 28. ὑβριοπάθησις πατριάρχου διὰ τὴν συκοφαντίαν καὶ ἀναχώρησις. 29. παραίτησις τοῦ πατριάρχου Ἰωάννου. 30. περὶ τῶν κατὰ τὸν Κου ξίμπαξιν Τόχαρον. 31. συνοδικαὶ σκέψεις περὶ τῆς τοῦ πατριάρχου πα ραιτήσεως. 32. περὶ τῆς πρὸς Ἰωάννην τοῦ Ἀλεξανδρείας ἀφίξεως καὶ τῆς ἀπολογίας ἐκείνου. 33. περὶ τῆς δοκιμασίας τῶν Ἀρσενιατῶν. 8 34. περὶ τοῦ διαμηνύματος καὶ τοῦ λόγου τῆς συμβουλῆς τοῦ Ἀθανα σίου. 35. περὶ τῆς τῶν ἱερῶν ἀνδρῶν συνάξεως καὶ τῆς τοῦ βασιλέως ἐρωτήσεως. 36. περὶ τῆς δημηγορίας τοῦ βασιλέως καὶ τῆς πρὸς τὸν Ἀθανάσιον ἀφίξεως.

ΤΗΣ ΠΕΜΠΤΗΣ.

1. ὅπως ὁ βασιλεὺς ἅμ' ἀρχιερεῦσι καὶ λαῷ ἀπῆλθεν εἰς Ἀθανάσιον. 2. περὶ

τοῦ τῶν ἀρχιερέων ἐπὶ τῷ Ἀθανασίῳ σχίσματος. 3. περὶ τῆς εἰς τὸν Ἰωάννην τοῦ βασιλέως ἀφίξεως καὶ τοῦ ἐκφωνηθέντος ἀφορισμοῦ. 4. περὶ τοῦ θανάτου τῆς δεσποίνης Θεοδώ ρας. 5. τὰ περὶ τῆς ἐξελεύσεως τῆς δεσποίνης Εἰρήνης καὶ τῶν γάμων τῶν παίδων αὐτῆς. 6. συσκέψεις περὶ τοῦ ἐκφωνηθέντος παρ' Ἰωάννου ἀφορισμοῦ. 7. περὶ τῆς τῶν ἀρχιερέων ἐν τῷ τῶν ἁγίων ἀποστόλων ναῷ συνάξεως διὰ ταῦτα. 8. περὶ τοῦ Μελιτᾶ. 9. περὶ τῆς τῶν ὅλων διαφθορᾶς καὶ ἐπαναστάσεως. 10. περὶ τῆς τοῦ βασιλέως Μιχαὴλ εἰς Κύζικον, εἶτα εἰς Πηγὰς ἀναχωρήσεως. 11. περὶ τῶν γεγονότων σει σμῶν ἐν τῷ διὰ Ῥόδου κλίματι. 12. περὶ τῶν ἐκ προσκλήσεως ἐλθόν των Λατίνων, καὶ ὁποῖα ἔδρασαν. 13. περὶ Μιχαὴλ τοῦ δεσπότου, ὅπως ὑποπτευθεὶς ἐπεσχέθη. 14. μάχη Κατελάνων καὶ Γεννουϊτῶν, καὶ φόνος τοῦ μεγάλου δρουγγαρίου. 15. περὶ τοῦ κατὰ τὴν Μαγνη σίαν τεραστικοῦ θαύματος. 16. περὶ τοῦ κατὰ τὰς Σάρδεις τῶν ἡμετέ ρων ἐκ περινοίας ἀνδραγαθήματος. 17. περὶ τῆς τοῦ βασιλέως Μιχαὴλ εἰς τὴν πόλιν ἐπανελεύσεως. 18. περὶ τῆς καταδρομῆς κατὰ τὸν Αἷμον τοῦ Σφεντισθλάβου. 19. περὶ τῆς καταδίκης τοῦ δεσπότου Μιχαὴλ τοῦ