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not acting as women do. For since the innate spirit is occupied with digestion after food and penetrates within, it is necessary for the senses either to be idle in those sleeping or weak in those awake, as it does not 207 rise to the surface for them, and then even if something should happen regarding the things of sense, as it is not settled in its place in those sleeping, and they should be forced to some perception, if what is perceived is smooth and of the usual sort, they, hearing it suddenly, will receive it with indifference, but if it is otherwise harmful or on the contrary pleasant and one of the unusual things, since they are not yet sufficiently capable of perception, they are disturbed and, their soul immediately being disturbed, they affect and produce amazement. Then, therefore, she took thought for the emperor's safety no less than for saying pleasant things and gradually brought him to wakefulness; for taking hold of the largest of his toes, she squeezed it moderately with her fingers, so as to rouse him gently, and she roused him at once; and he, seeing the nun standing there, inquired what had happened to her that she should do such things. She, with laughter and a cheerful disposition, was clearly about to say pleasing things, but she did not at once announce what was on her mind, until his thinking should be settled as was likely. And when it was settled and he asked again, longing to learn the pleasant thing, as he supposed, then she added the good news, that the city had been captured, and that the Caesar with the Scythian force was living freely within, and that she had brought good news from a man who had come from there, who insisted most strongly on these things as having been present when they were done there. And when he also inquired if this man had been sent by the Caesar, she said that she did not know, but that he being present was sufficient to answer. The emperor, however, considering both the strangeness of the matter and indeed that the Caesar would not send for these reasons, and considering the small number of followers being less than what was needed to do these things and that, if he wished, he would not have been able, did not at all give himself over to what was said; but that it was a mockery again, lest he who was concocting these things be a simpleton. He himself therefore decided to sit and question the one who had come, not with the intention of being readily persuaded by what would be said, but because he thought that the man, having been brought into the emperor's fear, would speak the truth, hoping to learn the truth. He was brought in, therefore, at the emperor's command, and when questioned he spoke and affirmed that he had seen the capture accomplished; so speaking on each point, he produced belief in many, and amazement in all. The emperor, however, wishing to seem to know more than the many, and especially in military matters, and at the same time, if what was said were false, not to bear the charge of being carried away, but if true, to gain the advantage of taking hold of what was reported to him with seeming security, ordered 209 him to be kept bound; yet all were glad, if they could believe that the Italians were thus being driven out of the city. But when on the same day there were more men sent by the Caesar and among them the one who brought the headdress and the sword of Baldwin as sure proof, and the letters to the emperor also revealed how the city had been taken, he was no longer in doubt, but believed. And he gave back in return for the words greater things; but he magnified the prime mover and provider of these things as much as possible; for he did not think that such a great achievement had been added to his reign in a small way. And so, celebrating that day as a great festival, he changed his clothes for more magnificent ones, and summoned those who would rejoice with him, themselves also adorned as was fitting in various garments, and addressing them he rejoiced with them, not leaving even those far away devoid of pleasure, but sending letters to them as well, he summoned all to give thanks to the Almighty.

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οὐ κατὰ γυναῖκας ποιοῦσα. Τοῦ γὰρ ἐμφύτου πνεύματος μετὰ τὴν τροφὴν περὶ τὴν πέψιν ἀσχολουμένου καὶ ἐντὸς εἰσδύνοντος, ἀνάγκη τὰς αἰσθήσεις ἢ ἀργεῖν ὑπνούντων ἢ ἀτονεῖν γρηγορούντων, μὴ σφίσιν ἐπιπο 207 λάζοντος, εἶτα κἄν τι περὶ τὰ αἰσθητὰ συμβαίη, μὴ καταστάντος κατὰ χώραν ὑπνούντων, καί τι καὶ πρὸς ἀντίληψιν προσβιάζωνται, εἰ μὲν ὁμαλὸν καὶ τῶν συνήθων ἐστὶ τὸ ἀντιλαμβανόμενον, αἴφνης ἀκούσαντας, κατερρᾳθυμημένως προσέσθαι, εἰ δ' ἀτηρὸν ἄλλως ἢ τοὔμπαλιν χάριεν καί τι τῶν ἀσυνήθων, μὴ ἱκανῶς ἔτι πρὸς ἀντίληψιν ἐχούσας, θορυβεῖσθαι καί, τῇ ψυχῇ εὐθέως τεθο ρυβημένας προσπαιούσας, ἔκπληξιν ἀπεργάζεσθαι. Τότε τοίνυν ἐκείνη τῆς τοῦ βασιλέως ἀσφαλείας οὐχ ἧττον τοῦ τὰ ἡδέα λέγειν προὐνόει καὶ κατ' ὀλίγον πρὸς γρήγορσιν ἀνελάμβανε· τῶν γὰρ τοῦ ποδὸς δακτύλων τὸν μέγιστον κατασχοῦσα, μετρίως ἐπίεζε τοῖς δακτύλοις, ὡς ὁμαλῶς διυπνίσουσα, καὶ διύπνιζε παραυτίκα· καὶ ὅς, τῇ μοναχῇ ἐνιδὼν ἱσταμένῃ, ὅ τι παθοῦσα πράττοι τοιαῦτα διεπυνθάνετο. Ἡ δὲ γέλωτι μὲν καὶ χαροπῷ τῷ ἤθει ἐμφανὴς ἦν τὰ καθ' ἡδονὴν ἐροῦσα, οὐ μὴν δ' ἐκ τοῦ παραυ τίκα τὰ κατὰ νοῦν ἐξήγγελλε, μέχρις ἂν κατασταίη κατὰ τὸ εἰκὸς τὸ φρονοῦν. Ἐπεὶ δὲ καθίστατο καὶ αὖθις ἠρώτα, μαθεῖν γλιχόμενος τὸ ἡδυνοῦν, ὡς ὑπε νόει, τότε προσετίθει τὰ εὐαγγέλια, ὡς ἥ τε πόλις ἁλῴη, ὅ τε καῖσαρ μετὰ τοῦ Σκυθικοῦ ἐντὸς ἀνέδην διάγοι, καὶ ὡς εὐαγγέλια ἐκεῖθεν κομίσαιτο παρ' ἀνδρὸς ἐκεῖθεν ἥκοντος, ἐπὶ τούτοις ἰσχυριζομένου τὰ μάλιστα ὡς ἐκεῖ πραττομένων παρόντος. Ἐπεὶ δὲ καὶ εἰ ἀποσταλείη παρὰ τοῦ καίσαρος οὗτος ἀνεπυνθάνετο, ἡ δὲ οὐκ εἰδέναι μὲν ἔφασκεν, ὅμως αὐτὸν παρόντα αὐτάρκη εἶναι ἀποκρινεῖσθαι. Ὁ μέντοι γε βασιλεύς, ἐννοῶν μὲν καὶ τὸ τοῦ πράγματος ξένον καὶ δὴ καὶ ὡς οὐκ ἀποστέλλοι ὁ καῖσαρ ἐπὶ τούτοις, ἐννοῶν δὲ καὶ τὸ τῶν ἐφεπομένων πλῆθος ὡς ἔλαττον ὂν ἢ ταῦτα πράττειν καὶ ὡς, εἰ βου ληθείη, οὐκ ἂν ἠδυνήθη, οὐδ' ὅλως τοῖς λεγομένοις ἑαυτὸν ἐδίδου· τὸ δὲ χλεύην καὶ πάλιν εἶναι, μὴ καὶ ἀβέλτερος εἴη ὁ ταῦτα συσκευαζόμενος. Αὐτὸς οὖν ἔγνω καθίσας διερωτᾶν τὸν ἥκοντα, οὐ τῷ τοῖς ῥηθησομένοις ἐξ ἑτοίμου θήσεσθαι, τῷ δὲ νομίζειν ἐκεῖνον, εἰς φόβον καταστάντα βασιλι κόν, τἀληθῆ λέξειν, τἀληθὲς ἐλπίζων πυθέσθαι. Εἰσήγετο τοίνυν, τοῦ βασι λέως προστάξαντος, καὶ ἐρωτώμενος ἔλεγε καὶ ὡς ἴδοι ἐπιτελεσθεῖσαν τὴν ἅλωσιν ἐβεβαίου· λέγων οὖν καθ' ἕκαστον, πολλοῖς μὲν ἐνειργάζετο πίστιν, πᾶσι δὲ κατάπληξιν. Ὁ μέντοι γε βασιλεύς, παρὰ τοὺς πολλοὺς δοκεῖν θέλων εἰδέναι, καὶ μᾶλλον ἐπὶ στρατείαις, καὶ ἅμα, ψευδῶν μὲν ὄντων τῶν λεγομένων, μὴ ξυναρπαγῆς ἔγκλημα φέρειν, ἀληθινῶν δέ, τὸ μετὰ δοκούσης ἀσφαλείας τῶν ὡς αὐτὸν ἀναφερομένων ἐπιλαμβάνεσθαι κερδαίνειν, προσέ 209 ταττε φυλάττεσθαι δεδεμένον· πλὴν ἄσμενοι ἦσαν ἅπαντες, εἰ πιστεύοιντο Ἰταλοὶ οὕτω τῆς πόλεως ἐξωθούμενοι. Ὡς δὲ τῆς αὐτῆς ἡμέρας πλείους οἱ πεμπόμενοι πρὸς καίσαρος ἦσαν καὶ ἐπὶ τούτοις ὁ τὴν καλύπτραν καὶ τὴν σπάθην τοῦ Βαλδουίνου ὡς βέβαιον κομίζων τεκμήριον, βασιλεῖ δὲ καὶ τὰ γράμματα ὅπως εἴη ἡ πόλις συνειλημμένη ἐδήλουν, οὐκέτι ἀμφίβολος ἦν, ἀλλ' ἐπίστευε. Καὶ ἀντεδίδου μὲν τῶν λόγων τὰ μείζω· τὸν μέντοι γε πρύτανιν τούτων καὶ παροχέα ὡς δυνατὸν ἐμεγάλυνεν· οὐδὲ γὰρ μικρὸν οὕτως ᾤετο τῇ ἐκείνου βασιλείᾳ προστεθῆναι τοιοῦτον κατόρθωμα. Καὶ δὴ μεγίστης ἑορτῆς ἄγων ἡμέραν ἐκείνην, μετημφιάζετο μὲν πρὸς τὸ μεγαλειό τερον, συνεκάλει δὲ τοὺς συνησομένους, καὶ αὐτοὺς ὡς εἰκὸς ἐστολισμένους ποικίλοις, καὶ σφίσι δημηγορῶν συνήδετο, μηδὲ τοὺς πόρρω κενοὺς ἀφιεὶς ἡδονῆς, ἀλλά γε καὶ πρὸς ἐκείνους γράμματα πέμπων, συνεκάλει πάντας πρὸς εὐχαριστίαν τοῦ Κρείττονος.

λʹ. ∆ημηγορία βασιλέως ἐπὶ τῇ ἁλώσει τῆς πόλεως. «Οἴδατε, λέγων πρὸς τοὺς παρόντας, ἄνδρες βασιλείας ὑπήκοοι τῆς Ῥωμαίων, ὅσοι τε μεγιστᾶνες καὶ ἡμῖν πρὸς αἵματος καὶ ὅσοι τοῦ πλήθους, ὅπως πάλαι, τοῦ θείου μηνίσαντος, ἀνέμοις ἐξώσταις οἷον τοῖς Ἰταλοῖς ἐξώσθησαν τῆς πατρίδος οἱ ἡμέτεροι πρόγονοι καὶ ὡς εἰς στενὸν