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How the emperor was deliberating about his own absolution and from whom. 18. How Joseph advised Germanus to lay aside the patriarchate. 19. Concerning Hyacinthus, who he was and whence he came, and those around him. 20. How the emperor also made an attempt on the patriarch Germanus through Chalazas of Sardis. 21. How Germanus departed from the patriarchate. 22. Concerning Basil of Adrianople, or rather Barlaam. 23. How Joseph is elected patriarch by the high priests. 15 24. How, when Pinakas of Heraclea was passed over as being from the ordination of Germanus, Gregory of Mitylene ordains Joseph. 25. How the emperor was absolved from the excommunication by Joseph. 20. Concerning the marriage alliance of Andronicus Tarchaneiotes, son of the emperor's sister Martha, and the daughter of John of the West. 27. How, while the despot was campaigning with so many forces and frequently lingering in the western parts, the eastern parts were lost. 28. Concerning the schism in the church and concerning the monks of Pantepoptes. 29. How the former patriarch Germanus is sent to Paeonia with the megas doux Lascaris and from there brought a bride for the emperor's son and how they were crowned. 30. The desertion of the megas konostaulos Tarchaneiotes to his father-in-law John. 31. The campaign of the despot John with thousands of soldiers against John and the deeds of valor of John. 32. How by sea the protostrator Philanthropenus decisively defeats the Italians, with the despot John also cooperating from without.

{CHAPTERS OF THE FIFTH BOOK}. How the ruler was between grief and pleasure on account of the events in the

West. 2. How, as matters in the East were divided, the patriarch for this reason visited those there. 3. How Maria, the daughter of Eulogia, was given in marriage to the emperor of the Bulgarians, Constantine. 4. The matters concerning Nogai and the Tochars, how they were before, and concerning their first emperor and lawgiver. 5. The matters concerning Mytzes and how he gave Mesembria to the emperor. 6. Concerning the emperor's marriage alliance with the Serbs and for this reason the visit there of the patriarch Joseph. 7. The matters concerning Dyrrachium and the earthquake that struck there. 8. The matters concerning king Charles and how he was fitting out a fleet against the city. 9. How the emperor for these reasons sent ambassadors to the king of France. 10. How the emperor made preparations in the city, as the fleet of Charles was being heard of. 17 11. How, when Gregory who had been called to be pope sent to the emperor, the emperor, bypassing the patriarch and those of the church, pressed for peace. 12. How the emperor contended with those of the church on behalf of that peace and what supporters he had, and how Bekkos, having been excommunicated, confessed. 13. How the emperor, having put John Choumnos in charge, brought Bekkos under accusations and the matters concerning Bekkos. 14. The matters concerning the tome which the emperor had sent to the church and the church's defense to him. 15. How Bekkos, confined in prison, was supposedly persuaded from the scriptures by the emperor's learned men to make peace. 10. How the patriarch, making a formal written statement, swore not to accept the peace. 17. Concerning the emperor's apocrisiarii and the patriarch's withdrawal to the monastery of the Peribleptos. 18. Concerning the compulsion from the emperor towards the clergy on account of the things being performed. 19. How, being slandered as disloyal, the clergy signed a tome of confirmation of their goodwill toward the emperor and concerning this same annoyance. 20. The narrative concerning the rhetor of the church and of the

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Ὅπως ὁ βασιλεὺς ἐβουλεύετο τὰ περὶ τῆς ἑαυτοῦ λύσεως καὶ πρὸς τίνος. ιηʹ. Ὅπως ὁ Ἰωσὴφ τῷ Γερμανῷ συνεβούλευεν ἀποθέσθαι τὴν πατριαρχίαν. ιθʹ. Περὶ Ὑακίνθου ὅστις καὶ ὅθεν, καὶ τῶν περὶ αὐτόν. κʹ. Ὅπως καὶ διὰ τοῦ Σάρδεων Χαλαζᾶ ἐπιχειρεῖ ὁ βασιλεὺς τῷ πατριαρχοῦντι Γερμανῷ. καʹ. Ὅπως ἐξῆλθε τοῦ πατριαρχείου ὁ Γερμανός. κβʹ. Περὶ τοῦ Ἀδριανουπόλεως Βασιλείου, εἴτ' οὖν Βαρλαάμ. κγʹ. Ὅπως εἰς πατριάρχην ψηφίζεται παρὰ τῶν ἀρχιερέων ὁ Ἰωσήφ. 15 κδʹ. Ὅπως, παρευδοκιμηθέντος τοῦ Ἡρακλείας Πινακᾶ ὡς ὄντος ἐκ τῆς χειροτονίας τοῦ Γερμανοῦ, ὁ Μιτυλήνης Γρηγόριος χειροτονεῖ τὸν Ἰωσήφ. κεʹ. Ὅπως ἐλύθη τοῦ ἀφορισμοῦ ὁ βασιλεὺς παρὰ τοῦ Ἰωσήφ. κʹ. Περὶ τοῦ κήδους τοῦ τε Ταρχανειώτου Ἀνδρονίκου καὶ υἱοῦ τῆς τοῦ βασιλέως ἀδελφῆς Μάρθας καὶ τῆς θυγατρὸς τοῦ δυτικοῦ Ἰωάννου. κζʹ. Ὅπως καὶ ὁπόσαις δυνάμεσι στρατηγοῦντος τοῦ δεσπότου καὶ ἐπὶ τοῖς δυτικοῖς συχνάκις ἐπιχωριάζοντος, τὰ ἀνατολικὰ ἀπώλοντο. κηʹ. Περὶ τοῦ κατὰ τὴν ἐκκλησίαν σχίσματος καὶ περὶ τῶν Παντεποπτηνῶν μοναχῶν. κθʹ. Ὅπως ἀποστέλλεται εἰς Παιονίαν μετὰ τοῦ μεγάλου δουκὸς τοῦ Λάσκαρι ὁ προπατριαρχεύσας Γερμανὸς κἀκεῖθεν ἤγαγε νύμφην τῷ τοῦ βασιλέως υἱῷ καὶ ὅπως ἐστέφθησαν. λʹ. Τοῦ μεγάλου κονοσταύλου τοῦ Ταρχανειώτου πρὸς τὸν πενθερὸν αὐτοῦ Ἰωάννην αὐτομόλησις. λαʹ. Ἐκστρατεία τοῦ δεσπότου Ἰωάννου συνάμα χιλιάσι στρατοῦ πρὸς τὸν Ἰωάννην καὶ τὰ τῆς ἀνδραγαθίας τοῦ Ἰωάννου. λβʹ. Ὅπως κατὰ θάλασσαν ὁ πρωτοστράτωρ Φιλανθρωπηνὸς νικᾷ τοὺς Ἰταλοὺς κατὰ κράτος, συνεργοῦντος ἔξωθεν καὶ τοῦ δεσπότου Ἰωάννου.

{ΚΕΦΑΛΑΙΑ ΤΟΥ ΠΕΜΠΤΟΥ ΛΟΓΟΥ}. Ὅπως μεταξὺ λύπης καὶ ἡδονῆς ἐγένετο ὁ κρατῶν διὰ τὰ συμβάντα ἐν τῇ

δύσει. βʹ. Ὅπως, σχιζομένων τῶν κατ' ἀνατολήν, ὁ πατριάρχης διὰ ταῦτα τοῖς ἐκεῖ ἐπιδημεῖ. γʹ. Ὅπως τῷ Βουλγάρων βασιλεῖ Κωνσταντίνῳ ἡ τῆς Εὐλογίας θυγάτηρ Μαρία εἰς γάμον ἐξεδόθη. δʹ. Τὰ περὶ τοῦ Νογᾶ καὶ Τοχάρων, ὅπως εἶχον τὸ πρίν, καὶ περὶ τοῦ πρώτου βασιλέως καὶ νομοθέτου αὐτῶν. εʹ. Τὰ περὶ τοῦ Μυτζῆ καὶ ὅπως δέδωκε βασιλεῖ τὴν Μεσέμβρειαν. ʹ. Περὶ τοῦ πρὸς τοὺς Σέρβους κήδους τοῦ βασιλέως καὶ διὰ ταῦτα τῆς τοῦ πατριάρχου Ἰωσὴφ ἐπιδημίας ἐκεῖσε. ζʹ. Τὰ περὶ τοῦ ∆υρραχίου καὶ τοῦ σεισμοῦ τοῦ ἐκεῖ ἐνσκήψαντος. ηʹ. Τὰ κατὰ τὸν ῥῆγα Κάρουλον καὶ ὅπως κατὰ τῆς πόλεως ἐξηρτύετο στόλον. θʹ. Ὅπως πρέσβεις ὁ βασιλεὺς διὰ ταῦτα πρὸς τὸν ῥῆγα Φραγγίας ἀπέστελλεν. ιʹ. Ὅπως τὰ κατὰ τὴν πόλιν ὁ βασιλεὺς παρεσκευάζετο, ἀκουομένου τοῦ στόλου τοῦ Καρούλου. 17 ιαʹ. Ὅπως, τοῦ εἰς πάπαν προσκληθέντος Γρηγορίου πρὸς βασιλέα πέμψαντος, ὁ βασιλεύς, ὑπερχόμενος πατριάρχην καὶ τοὺς τῆς ἐκκλη σίας, κατήπειγε τὴν εἰρήνην. ιβʹ. Ὅπως ὁ βασιλεὺς διεμάχετο τοῖς τῆς ἐκκλησίας ὑπὲρ τῆς εἰρήνης ἐκείνης καὶ τίνας μὲν συλλήπτορας εἶχεν, ὅπως δὲ ὁ Βέκκος ὡμολόγει ἀφορισθείς. ιγʹ. Ὅπως τὸν Χοῦμνον Ἰωάννην ὁ βασιλεὺς προστησάμενος κατηγορίαις ὑπῆγε τὸν Βέκκον καὶ τὰ κατὰ τὸν Βέκκον. ιδʹ. Τὰ περὶ τοῦ τόμου ὃν ἀπεστάλκει πρὸς τὴν ἐκκλησίαν ὁ βασιλεὺς καὶ τοῦ πρὸς ἐκεῖνον ἀπολογοῦ τῆς ἐκκλησίας. ιεʹ. Ὅπως ὁ Βέκκος, εἰς φυλακὴν εἱργμένος, παρὰ τῶν λογίων τοῦ βασιλέως ἐκ γραφῶν ὡς δῆθεν εἰς τὸ εἰρηνεύειν κατετίθετο. ιʹ. Ὅπως ὁ πατριάρχης, γνωματεύων ἐγγράφως, ὤμνυε τὴν εἰρήνην μὴ καταδέχεσθαι. ιζʹ. Περὶ τῶν ἀποκρισιαρίων τοῦ βασιλέως καὶ τῆς τοῦ πατριάρχου ἀποχωρήσεως εἰς τὴν τῆς Περιβλέπτου μονήν. ιηʹ. Περὶ τῆς ἀπὸ τοῦ βασιλέως πρὸς τοὺς κληρικοὺς ἀνάγκης ἕνεκα τῶν τελουμένων. ιθʹ. Ὅπως, εἰς δύσνοιαν διαβαλλόμενοι, οἱ κληρικοὶ ὑπέγραφον τόμον βεβαιώσεως τῆς πρὸς τὸν βασιλέα εὐνοίας καὶ περὶ τῆς αὐτῆς ἐνοχλή σεως. κʹ. Τὸ κατὰ τὸν ῥήτορα τῆς ἐκκλησίας διήγημα καὶ τοῦ