of you and a compromise of love will be made between you; and let a place also be given by him to you with certain agreements. 41.2 Therefore, after deliberating with his own men, the Despot thought it good that George Raoul should go to the emir, and his son-in-law John Rales should go to the pope, so that the one might declare both these things and the Despot's offense to Corfu to the pope, and the other might see what the purpose of the emir's word was. And they departed, the one on the 9th, the other on the 11th of August. 41.3 And since a plague had broken out also in the castle of Corfu, the Despot and we departed to villages, awaiting also the results from the ambassadors. 41.4 So George Raoul, having passed through Angelokastro, reached the emir in the region of Berrhoea; and immediately upon his order, both Raoul and all those with him were bound and their feet were secured with irons. Therefore, after they had passed some days in this way, when the emir departed and they too thus in chains, after a journey of some days to the mountains around Mauron Oros he freed them, saying, "I was expecting that when I was near the Morea the Despot would come or send his son with archons and favor would be shown to him and he might settle and live. Since, therefore, nothing happened, we say again, if he wishes, let it be so, and when you have departed, let the Despot come, or let him send one of his children and we shall do well by him." 41.5 When Raoul returned unsuccessful in October of the 69th year, on the 10th of November of the same year, having embarked on one of the Corfiote small ships, the Despot lord Thomas, with most of his archons, crossed over to Ancona, so that from there he might go both to the pope and the duke of Milan and elsewhere, having left behind in Corfu both the queen and his children and some of the archons, but also indeed the families of those who followed him. 41.6 And when he had many times appointed and asked me to go with him, or to be present here with the queen, also as archon of her household, I, both from the mercy of God who arranges all things well, and from the grief for those whom I had begotten, and from the disorder of all those of his household, became disobedient to both, but remaining for another time in the very village Molivotina, where I was, when the Despot also was in Chlomos because of the fear of the plague, as has been declared. 41.7 When I found after a time a seat in the name of Saint Elias, near the castle, I went there on the [-] of September of the 70th year, and I remained with my own, praying to God alone, that he might have mercy on us and provide for us through his love for mankind and goodness. Therefore, after I had passed there 5 months and a little more, as those who held such a seat did not intend for me to be at rest, and so that we might also have more nearness to the good and noble friend and spiritual father Dorotheos, he being in the monastery of the holy apostles Jason and Sosipatros, we also, having found from the order of the 32 priests the seat of Saint Nicholas which is named of Tarchaniotes, took it on the 15th of March of the same 70th year, that is. 41.8 But the Despot lord Thomas, having reached Ancona and from there Rome, accomplished nothing else, except that he gave to Pope Pius the head of the holy apostle and first-called Andrew, and he [the pope] in turn gave him barely enough to live on with his own, and only the necessary food. 41.9 And after some time had passed, it seemed good to him and he returned to the dominion of the Venetians and again from there to Ancona, his daughter the queen of Serbia having gone there; and having spent some days in seeing her, he on the one hand crossed again to Rome, while the queen passed over to Ragusa. 41.10 But the queen in Corfu and her mother, living badly, having been pitied by God in August of the same 70th year

σου καὶ γενήσεται συμβίβασις μέσον ὑμῶν ἀγά πης· καὶ δοθῇ παρ' ἐκείνου καὶ τόπος μετά τινων συμφωνιῶν πρός σε. 41.2 Συνδιασκεψάμενος οὖν μετὰ τοὺς αὑτοῦ ὁ δεσπότης ἔδοξε καλόν, ἵνα ὁ μὲν Ῥαοὺλ Γεώργιος ἀπέλθῃ εἰς τὸν ἀμηρᾶν, ὁ δὲ γαμβρὸς αὐτοῦ Ῥάλης Ἰωάννης ἀπέλθῃ εἰς τὸν πάπαν, ἵνα ὁ μὲν καὶ ταῦτα καὶ τὴν εἰς τοὺς Κορφοὺς τοῦ δεσπότου πλημμέλειαν δηλώσῃ τῷ πάπᾳ, ὁ δὲ ἴδῃ, τὶς ὁ τοῦ ἀμηρᾶ σκοπὸς τοῦ λόγου. Οἳ καὶ ἀπῆλθον ὁ μὲν τῇ θ-ῃ, ὁ δὲ τῇ ια-ῃ Αὐγούστου. 41.3 Θανατικοῦ δ' ἐπιγεγονότος καὶ εἰς τὸ κάστρον τῶν Κορυφῶν, ὁ δεσπότης καὶ ἡμεῖς ἀπήλθομεν εἰς χωρία, ἐκδεχόμενοι καὶ τὰ τῶν ἀπο κρισιαρίων ἀποτελέσματα. 41.4 Ὁ μὲν οὖν Ῥαοὺλ Γεώργιος διελθὼν διὰ τοῦ Ἀγγελοκάστρου ἔφθασε τὸν ἀμηρᾶν εἰς τὰ περὶ τὴν Βέῤῥοιαν· καὶ εὐθὺς προστάξαντος αὐτοῦ, ὅ τε Ῥαοὺλ καὶ οἱ σὺν αὐτῷ πάντες ἐδεσμεύθησαν καὶ οἱ πόδες αὐτῶν ἠσφαλίσθησαν σιδήροις. ∆ιαβιβάσαντες οὖν οὕτως ἡμέρας τινάς, ὡς ἐξῆλ θεν ὁ ἀμηρᾶς καὶ αὐτοὶ οὕτως δέσμιοι, μετά τινας ὁδοὺς ἡμερῶν εἰς τὰ περὶ τοῦ Μαύρου Ὄρους βουνὰ ἐλευθέρωσεν αὐτοὺς εἰπών, ὅτι ἐγὼ ἐκδεχόμην, ἵνα πλησίον τοῦ Μορέως εὑρισκομένου μου ἔλθῃ ὁ δεσπό της ἢ στείλῃ υἱὸν αὐτοῦ μετὰ ἀρχόντων καὶ γένηται χάρις πρὸς αὐτὸν καὶ κάθηται καὶ ζῇ. Ἐπεὶ οὖν οὐδὲν ἐγένετο, πάλιν λέγομεν, ἂν θέλῃ, ἂς γένῃ, καὶ ἀπελθόντος σοῦ, ἂς ἔλθῃ ὁ δεσπότης, ἢ ἂς στείλῃ ἀπὸ τὰ παιδία αὑτοῦ καὶ θέλομεν ποιήσειν εἰς ἐκεῖνον καλά. 41.5 Ἐπιστρεψάντος τοῦ Ῥαοὺλ ἀπράκτου τὸν Ὀκτώβριον τοῦ ξθ-ουἔτους, τῇ ι-ῃ τοῦ Νοεμβρίου τοῦ αὐτοῦ ἔτους ἐμβὰς εἰς ἓν τῶν Κορφια τικῶν καραβοπούλων ὁ δεσπότης κὺρ Θωμᾶς μετὰ καὶ τῶν πλειόνων ἀρ χόντων αὑτοῦ διέβη εἰς τὸν Ἀγκῶνα, ἵνα ἀπ' ἐκεῖσε εἴς τε τὸν πάπαν καὶ τὸν δούκαν Μιλάνας καὶ ἀλλαχοῦ ἀπέλθῃ, εἰς τοὺς Κορφοὺς κατα λείψας τήν τε βασίλισσαν καὶ τὰ παιδία αὑτοῦ καί τινας τῶν ἀρχόντων, ἀλλὰ δὴ καὶ τὰς φαμελίας τῶν ἐκείνῳ ἀκολουθούντων. 41.6 Οὗ δὴ κἀμὲ πολλὰ διορισαμένου καὶ ζητήσαντος, ἵνα μετ' αὐτοῦ ἀπέλθω, ἢ ἐνταῦθα μετὰ τῆς βασιλίσσης, εὑρίσκωμαι καὶ ὡς ἄρχων τοῦ ὁσπιτίου αὐτῆς, ἐγὼ ἀπό τε τοῦ ἐλέους τοῦ πάντα καλῶς οἰκονομοῦντος θεοῦ, ἀπό τε τῆς λύπης ὧν ἐγέννησα, ἀπό τε τῆς ἀταξίας πάντων τῶν τοῦ ὁσπιτίου αὐτοῦ, ἀνήκους ἐγενόμην καὶ εἰς ἀμφότερα, ἀλλ' ἐπιμείνας καὶ ἕτερον καιρὸν εἰς αὐτὸ δὴ τὸ χωρίον τὰ Μολιβοτινά, ὅπερ εὑρισκό μην, ὅταν καὶ ὁ δεσπότης εἰς τὸν Χλομὸν διὰ τὸν φόβον τοῦ θανατικοῦ, ὡς δεδήλωται. 41.7 Ὡς εὗρον μετὰ καιρὸν κάθισμα τὸ εἰς ὄνομα τοῦ ἁγίου Ἠλίου, πλησίον τοῦ κάστρου, ἀπελθόντος μου ἐκεῖσε Σεπτεβρίου -ῃ του ο-ου ἔτους, κατέμεινον μετὰ τῶν ἐμῶν καὶ μόνου τοῦ θεοῦ δεόμενος, ἵνα ἡ μᾶς ἐλεήσῃ καὶ ἐξοικονομήσῃ ὑπὸ τῆς αὐτοῦ φιλανθρωπίας καὶ ἀγαθό τητος. ∆ιαβιβάσαντός μου οὖν ἐκεῖσε μῆνας εʹ καὶ μικρόν τι πρός, ὡς οὐδὲν ἐνοήσαμεν ἀναπαυθῆναί με τοὺς ἔχοντας τὸ τοιοῦτον κάθισμα, καὶ διὰ τὸ νὰ ἕξωμεν καὶ πλέον τὸν πλησιασμὸν τοῦ καλοῦ κἀγαθοῦ φίλου καὶ πνευματικοῦ πατρὸς ∆ωροθέου, εὑρισκομένου αὐτοῦ εἰς τὴν μονὴν τῶν ἁγίων ἀποστόλων Ἰάσωνος καὶ Σωσιπάτρου, εὑρόντες καὶ ἡμεῖς ἀπὸ τῆς τάξεως τῶν λβʹ ἱερέων τὸ τοῦ ἁγίου Νικολάου κάθισμα τὸ ἐπονομα ζόμενον τοῦ Ταρχανιώτου ἀπήραμεν αὐτὸ Μαρτίου ιε-ῃ τοῦ αὐτοῦ ο-οῦ ἔτους δηλονότι. 41.8 Ὁ δὲ δεσπότης κὺρ Θωμᾶς φθάσας εἰς τὸν Ἀγκῶνα καὶ ἀπ' ἐκεῖ εἰς τὴν Ῥώμην οὐδὲν ἄλλο κατώρθωσεν, εἰ μὴ ὅτι δέδωκε τῷ πάπᾳ Πίῳ τὴν τοῦ ἁγίου ἀποστόλου καὶ πρωτοκλήτου Ἀνδρέου κάραν κἀκεῖνος πρὸς αὐτὸν τὸ μόλις νὰ ζῇ μὲ τοὺς αὐτοῦ αὐτὴν καὶ μόνην τὴν ἀναγκαίαν τροφήν. 41.9 ∆ιαβιβάσαντος δὲ μερικὸν καιρὸν ἔδοξεν αὐτῷ καὶ ἐπανέστρεψεν εἰς τὴν αὐθεντίαν τῶν Βενετιῶν καὶ πάλιν ἀπ' ἐκεῖσε εἰς τὸν Ἀγκῶνα, τῆς θυγατρὸς αὐτοῦ τῆς βασιλίσσης Σερβίας ἐκεῖσε ἀπελθούσης· καὶ δια τρίψας ἡμέρας τινὰς εἰς θεωρίαν αὐτῆς, ἐκεῖνος μὲν διέβη πάλιν εἰς τὴν Ῥώμην, ἡ δὲ βασίλισσα εἰς τὸ Ῥαούζη ἐπέρασεν. 41.10 Ἡ δὲ εἰς τοὺς Κορφοὺς βασίλισσα καὶ μήτηρ αὐτῆς, κακῶς διαβιβάζουσα, ἐλεηθεῖσα ὑπὸ θεοῦ τῷ αὐτῷ ἔτει ο-ῷ Αὐγούστῳ