most beautiful. And she was buried for a time in one of the churches of Glarentza; and after this they brought her to the monastery of the Zoodotos in Myzithras. 20.10 And in the month of January of the same year, the young lord, kyr Thomas, was also blessed in marriage in Myzithras to kyra Aikaterina, the daughter of the aforementioned prince.

21.1 And on the 20th of March of the same year, on the day and hour when the Patrenes seized me, as I was departing for the despotate as an ambassador at their request for the sake of peace for the nephew of Despot Karolos and brother-in-law of my lord and of the natural sons of this Karolos himself, Hercules and Menon—for they had made sworn agreements that whatever the ruler sent by Despot kyr Constantine at our request should decide in our disputes, both parties would be content—near the small islands of Hagia Mavra the Catalans carried me off, along with many people and valuable possessions. And holding me for some time and taking me as far as Kephallonia, as if intending to cross over to the region of Neapolis, we finally returned to Glarentza and they sold both me and those with me. 21.2 In this month of March, the emir Murat Bey also took Thessaloniki from the Venetians by war. 21.3 And my despot and lord, kyr Constantine, in May of the same year, took the fortress of Patras because of famine and the other suffering of those within it. 21.4 And on the 17th of July of the same year, the Catalans took Glarentza, and holding it for some time, they sold it again. 21.5 And in the month of August of the same year, upon their return, the ambassadors from the emperor kyr John to Pope Martin, both Markos Iagros the megas stratopedarches, and the megas protosyn-gellos and hegoumenos of the venerable imperial monastery of the Pantokrator, the hieromonk and spiritual father Makarios called Makrys, an excellent man in both word and virtue and understanding, by order of the emperor made the young lord kyr Thomas a despot. 21.6 And in the 39th year, in the month of September, I was granted the governorship of Patras. 21.7 And in the same year, in the month of October, the beylerbey of the Turks, Sinan, took Ioannina and its region. 21.8 And on the 20th of March of the same year, on the same day and hour on which the previous events had happened to me, I also received the abominable message for me by order of my lord from Vostitza, that on the 7th of the past January, my most excellent friend Makarios, who was in deed and in name Makrys, had died of the plague, who in the eyes of the proud patriarch with his insatiable Hagarine heart was a heretic, but in the sleepless eye of the Almighty that judges with truth, was orthodox. He it was who returned to Constantinople from the Holy Mountain and received the monastery of the Pantokrator through my own prompting and cooperation, as all knew. And firstly by the assistance of God the Almighty, and then by the zeal and care of both me and him, everything good for the constitution and good order of this monastery advanced. 21.9 And at the end of spring of this same year, Turahan came and again destroyed the Hexamilion. And a great plague occurred in Patras. 21.10 And on the 31st of January of the 40th year, having been appointed, I went as an ambassador both to the emperor, from whom I was then granted the office of protovestiarios, and to the emir. 21.11 In which year, during the month of March, the exchange of territories of both the brothers and despots, kyr Constantine and kyr Thomas, took place; and the one took Kalavryta and all the possessions of kyr Thomas there, and the other in turn took Glarentza and all the lands around Androusa. 21.12 And in the 41st year died the daughter of Malatesta, the wife of the despot kyr Theodore the porphyrogennetos, kyra Kleope; and she was buried in the

καλλίστην. Ἐτάφη δὲ μέχρι τινὸς εἰς μίαν τῶν ἐκκλησιῶν τῆς Γλαρέντζας· καὶ μετὰ ταῦτα ἀπῆγαν αὐτὴν εἰς τὴν ἐν τῷ Μυζηθρᾷ τοῦ Ζωοδότου μονήν. 20.10 Καὶ τῷ Ἰαννουαρίῳ μηνὶ τοῦ αὐτοῦ ἔτους εὐλογήθη καὶ ὁ αὐθεν τόπουλος κὺρ Θωμᾶς εἰς τὸν Μυζηθρᾶν κυρὰν Αἰκατερῖναν, τὴν θυγατέρα τοῦ ῥηθέντος πρίγκιπος.

21.1 Τῇ δὲ κ-ῃ Μαρτίου τοῦ αὐτοῦ ἔτους ἡμέρᾳ καὶ ὥρᾳ, ὁποῦ με ἐπίασαν οἱ Πατρηνοί, ἀπερχομένου μου εἰς τὸ δεσποτᾶτον ὡς ἀποκρι σιαρίου, ζητήσει αὐτῶν ἕνεκα εἰρήνης τοῦ ἀνεψιοῦ δεσπότου τοῦ Καρού λου καὶ γυναικαδελφοῦ τοῦ αὐθεντός μου καὶ τῶν φυσικῶν υἱῶν αὐτοῦ δὴ τοῦ Καρούλου· Ἕρκουλα καὶ Μενώνου, ἐποίησαν γὰρ ἐνόρκους συμφωνίας, ὅτι εἴτι ἄρα διακρίνῃ ὁ ζητήσει ἡμῶν σταλεὶς ἄρχων τοῦ δεσπότου κυροῦ Κωνσταντίνου εἰς τὰ μέσα ἡμῶν διαφερόμενα, στέρξομεν καὶ ἀμφότερα τὰ μέρη, κατὰ τὰ πλησίον νησύδρια τῆς Ἁγίας Μαύρας ἀπήρασί με οἱ Καταλάνοι μετὰ πολλῶν καὶ ἀνθρώπων καὶ σκευῶν πο λυτίμων ὄντα με. Καὶ κρατήσαντες μέχρι τινὸς καὶ ἀπαγαγόντες μέχρι καὶ τῆς Κεφαλλωνίας, ὡς δῆθεν περάσοντες εἰς τὰ περὶ τὴν Νεάπολιν, τέλος ἐγυρίσαμεν εἰς τὴν Γλαρέντζαν καὶ ἐπούλησαν καὶ ἐμὲ καὶ τοὺς σὺν ἐμοί. 21.2 Ἐν ᾧ δὴ Μαρτίῳ μηνὶ καὶ ὁ ἀμηρᾶς Μουράτμπεϊς τὴν Θεσσα λονίκην ἀπῆρεν ἀπὸ τοὺς Βενετίκους πολέμῳ. 21.3 Ὁ δὲ δεσπότης καὶ αὐθέντης μου κὺρ Κωνσταντῖνος, τὸν Μάϊον τοῦ αὐτοῦ ἔτους, τὸν κουλᾶν τῆς Πάτρας ἀπῆρεν ἀπὸ λιμοῦ καὶ τῆς ἄλ λης κακοπαθείας τῶν εὑρισκομένων ἐντὸς αὐτοῦ. 21.4 Καὶ τῇ ιζ-ῃ Ἰουλίου τοῦ αὐτοῦ ἔτους ἀπῆραν οἱ Καταλάνοι τὴν Γλαρέντζαν, ἣν καὶ κρατήσαντες μέχρι τινὸς πάλιν ἐπούλησαν αὐτήν. 21.5 Καὶ τῷ Αὐγούστῳ μηνὶ τοῦ αὐτοῦ ἔτους ἐπαναστρέψαντες οἱ ἀπὸ τοῦ βασιλέως κυροῦ Ἰωάννου πρὸς τὸν πάπαν Μαρτῖνον πρέσβεις ὅ τε Μάρκος ὁ Ἴαγρος καὶ μέγας στρατοπεδάρχης, καὶ ὁ μέγας πρωτοσύγ-γελος καὶ ἡγούμενος τῆς σεβασμίας βασιλικῆς μονῆς τοῦ Παντοκρά τορος ἱερομόναχος καὶ πνευματικὸς Μακάριος ὁ Μακρὺς ὀνομαζόμενος, ἀνὴρ ἄριστος κατά τε λόγον καὶ ἀρετὴν καὶ σύνεσιν, ἐποίησαν ὁρισμῷ τοῦ βασιλέως δεσπότην τὸν αὐθεντόπουλον κὺρ Θωμᾶν. 21.6 Καὶ τῷ λθ-ῳ ἔτει μηνὶ Σεπτεβρίῳ εὐεργετήθην ἐγὼ τὸ κεφαλά τικον τῆς Πάτρας. 21.7 Καὶ τῷ αὐτῷ ἔτει ἐν μηνὶ Ὀκτωβρίῳ ἀπῆρεν ὁ μπεϊλαρμπεῒς τῶν Τουρκῶν ὁ Σινάνης τὰ Ἰωάννινα καὶ τὴν αὐτῶν περιοχήν. 21.8 Καὶ τῇ κ-ῃ Μαρτίου τοῦ αὐτοῦ ἔτους, ἐν ἡμέρᾳ καὶ ὥρᾳ τῇ αὐτῇ, ἐν ᾗ καὶ τὰ προγεγονότα μοι συνέβησαν, ἐδεξάμην καὶ τὸ ἀπευ κταῖον ἐμοὶ μήνυμα δι' ὁρισμοῦ τοῦ αὐθεντός μου ἀπὸ τὴν Βοστίτζαν, ὅτι τῇ τοῦ παρελθόντος Ἰαννουαρίου ζ-ῃ τέθνηκε λοιμώδει νόσῳ ὁ ἄρισ τος κἀμοῦ φίλος ὁ Μακάριος καὶ ὢν καὶ καλούμενος ὁ Μακρύς, ὁ παρ' ὀφθαλμῷ μὲν πατριαρχικῷ ὑπερηφάνῳ καὶ ἀπλήστῳ ἀγαρικῇ καρδίᾳ αἱρε τικός, παρὰ δὲ ὀφθαλμῷ παντοκρατορικῷ ἀκοιμήτῳ καὶ ἀληθείᾳ δικα ζούσῃ ὀρθόδοξος. Ὃς καὶ εἰς τὴν Κωνσταντινούπολιν ἐπανῆλθεν ἀπὸ τοῦ Ἁγίου Ὄρους καὶ τὴν μονὴν τοῦ Παντοκράτορος ἔλαβε παρακινήσει καὶ συνεργείᾳ ἰδικῇ μου· ὡς οἱ πάντες ἠπίσταντο. καὶ συνάρσει μὲν πρῶ τον τοῦ παντοκράτορος θεοῦ, ἔπειτα δὲ σπουδῇ καὶ ἐπιμελείᾳ ἐμοῦ τε κἀκείνου, πᾶν εἴ τι καλὸν καὶ πρὸς σύστασιν καὶ εὐκοσμίαν εἰς αὐτὴν μονὴν προεχώρησε. 21.9 Καὶ τῷ τέλει τοῦ ἔαρος αὐτοῦ δὴ τοῦ ἔτους ἦλθεν ὁ Τουραχά νης καὶ κατεχάλασε καὶ ἔτι τὸ Ἑξαμίλιον. Καὶ θανατικὸν ὅτι πολὺ εἰς τὴν Πάτραν ἐγένετο. 21.10 Καὶ τῇ λα-ῃ Ἰαννουαρίου τοῦ μ-οῦ ἔτους ὁρισθεὶς ἀπῆλθον ἀ ποκρισιάριος εἴς τε τὸν βασιλέα, ἀφ' οὗ καὶ τὸ τοῦ πρωτοβεστιαρίτου τότε ὀφφίκιον εὐεργετήθην, καὶ εἰς τὸν ἀμηρᾶν. 21.11 Ἐν ᾧ ἔτει κατὰ τὸν Μάρτιον μῆνα καὶ ἡ ἐναλλαγὴ τῶν τόπων ἀμφοτέρων τῶν ἀδελφῶν καὶ δεσποτῶν κυροῦ Κωνσταντίνου καὶ κυροῦ Θωμᾶ ἐγένετο· καὶ ὁ μὲν ἀπῆρε τὰ Καλάβρυτα καὶ πάντα τὰ ἐκεῖσε τοῦ Κυροῦ Θωμᾶ, ὁ δὲ πάλιν τὴν Γλαρέντζαν καὶ τὰ περὶ τὴν Ἀνδροῦσαν πάντα. 21.12 Καὶ τῷ μα-ῳ ἔτει τέθνηκεν ἡ τοῦ Μαλατέστα μὲν θυγάτηρ, γυνὴ δὲ τοῦ δεσπότου κυροῦ Θεοδώρου τοῦ πορφυρογεννήτου, κυρὰ Κλεώπη· καὶ ἐτάφη ἐν τῇ τοῦ