103

to manage. But the pope, suffering from insolence at these things, finding an energetic man, who was the brother of the king of the Franciscans and ranked among the counts, Charles, he entrusted the war against them, as if they were apostates, appointing him as their king and from there cast an undeclared war upon them. How then were those who were so at variance with Charles ever going to be allies against the emperor? Nevertheless, the plan was thwarted, and the emperor remained in place and managed his own affairs. These affairs were to weave plans with his officials, so that 251 the city might be rebuilt quickly in uncertainty of what the Italians might be thinking concerning it—for there was fear that they might attack secretly—so that it might be kept for the Romans, should they attack, and that they might not appear and plunder it, having attacked more powerfully out of necessity; for they were heard to be resting not even a little, but to be preparing a very great fleet by land and sea against the city.

9. How the walls of the city by the sea were raised with wooden planks and why, and concerning the preparation of the emperor. It seemed best, therefore, in view of the circumstances, to quickly raise the walls of the city, and especially those by the sea, which were indeed understandably low, since Constantine, who first raised them, no less great in reverence than in deeds, was master of the sea at that time, and since time was pressing, because they could not complete the rebuilding with stones and mortar, they raised both the towers and the walls with wooden towers, broad and long planks, which were also sturdy in order to withstand assaults; and in order to have a sufficient number of defenders within, to settle a multitude of soldiers from outside, except for the light-armed, so that they might remain within at the time of battle, and if it were necessary to wage war from land, there would be those to withstand it from the great imperial armies; and their provisions, if they remained in a siege for a very long time, were to be readily prepared from the city; for when enough oxen had been brought in for the cultivation of the fields, wherever these might be and by whomever they were held, I mean those within the city, they were to be able to farm, plowing and sowing and reaping, so that there might be sufficient food for the people, in addition to the fact that salted provisions had been brought in beforehand, on the one hand from pork, and on the other hand from sheep's milk; and fodder was to remain for the horses, and there were also for those farming within the necessary byproducts from the animals for human food, so that they had enough to eat; and coverings of ox 253 hides were to be placed on the planks, lest the enemy set them on fire by shooting flaming missiles. The work with the planks, therefore, was carried out, and the towers were raised by about three cubits, and the walls received an increase in proportion to the towers; but the rest was postponed, as they would do it when the time was right. And to populate the city with light-armed soldiers was a matter of great necessity; since indeed, having assigned places to very many Laconians, who had later arrived from the Morea, he allowed them to dwell in the city as natives and, bestowing annual stipends and very many other honors, he employed them in many affairs both inside and outside, as they had valuable experience in wars. And to the Gasmoulikon, whom the language of the Italians would call mixed—for they were born of both Romans and Latins—he also gave rest by sending them out on ships; for they had on the one hand the foresight in wars and intelligence from the Romans, and on the other hand the impetuosity and audacity from the Latins; and indeed from them he both equipped a moderate fleet and acquired the nearer of the islands, assigning them stipends from the common treasury and increasing their zeal with honors, and in return receiving more from their eagerness and labor. For in truth he was beneficent to all and drew from both hands, with much laid up beforehand, I know not whether being such a man by nature, or feigning generosity for other very great reasons, cultivating compulsory goodwill, as one who had supposedly ruled unjustly,

103

διοικεῖν. Ὑβριοπαθῶν δ' ὁ πάπας πρὸς ταῦτα, εὑρὼν δραστήριον ἄνδρα, ἀδελφὸν ῥηγὸς τῶν Φραντζίσκων ὄντα καὶ εἰς κόντους τεταγμένον, τὸν Κάρουλον, τὸν κατ' ἐκείνων ὡς δῆθεν ἀποστατῶν ἐγχειρίζει πόλεμον, τάξας ἐκεῖνον εἰς τὴν αὐτῶν ῥῆγα καὶ πόλεμον ἐμβαλὼν ἐκείνοις ἐντεῦθεν ἀκήρυκτον. Πῶς οὖν οἱ τόσον διαφερόμενοι πρὸς τὸν Κάρουλον ὁμαιχμεῖν κατὰ τοῦ βασιλέως ἔμελλον πώποτε; Ὅμως τὸ μελετώμενον ἀπεκρούσθη, καὶ ὁ βασιλεὺς ἔμενεν ἐπὶ τρόπου καὶ τὰ αὐτοῦ ἔπραττε. Τὰ δ' ἦσαν τὸ βουλὰς ὑφαίνειν σὺν ἄρχουσιν, ὅπως 251 ἀνακτίζοιτο μὲν ἡ πόλις διὰ ταχέων ἐπ' ἀδήλῳ τοῦ τί Ἰταλοὶ φρονοῖεν περὶ αὐτῆςδέος γὰρ μὴ ἀφανῶς ἐπιθοῖντο, ὅπως δὲ φυλαχθείη Ῥωμαίοις, ἐπιστάντων ἐκείνων, καὶ μὴ φανέντες λαφύξαιεν, ὡς ἐξ ἀνάγκης κραταιότερον ἐπιθέμενοι· οὐδὲ γὰρ ἠρεμεῖν οὐδὲ μικρὸν ἠκούοντο, ἀλλὰ στόλον μέγιστον ἀπὸ γῆς καὶ θαλάσσης κατὰ τῆς πόλεως ἐξαρτύεσθαι.

θʹ. Ὅπως σανίσιν ἀνυψοῦντο τὰ πρὸς τῇ θαλάσσῃ τείχη τῆς πόλεως καὶ διὰ τί καὶ περὶ ἑτοιμασίας τοῦ βασιλέως. Ἐδόκει γοῦν πρὸς τὰ παραστάντα διὰ ταχέων ἀνυψοῦν τὰ τείχη τῆς πόλεως, καὶ μᾶλλον τὰ πρὸς τῇ θαλάσσῃ, ἃ δὴ καὶ χθαμαλὰ ἦσαν εἰκότως, θαλασσοκρατοῦντος τότε τοῦ πρώτως ἀνεγείραντος Κωνσταντίνου τοῦ οὐχ ἧττον τὸ σέβας ἢ τὰς πράξεις μεγίστου, κατεπείγοντος δὲ τοῦ καιροῦ, ἐπεὶ οὐκ ἔχοιεν πέτραις σὺν τιτάνῳ τὴν ἀνοικοδόμησιν ἐκτελεῖν, μόσυσι, σανίσι πλατείαις καὶ ἐπιμήκεσι, σὺν τῷ καὶ στιβαραῖς πρὸς τὸ πρὸς τὰς ἐπιφορὰς ἀντέχειν εἶναι, τούς τε πύργους καὶ τὰ τείχη προσανυψοῦν· πρὸς δέ γε τὸ αὐτάρκως ἔχειν τῶν ἀνθεξόντων ἐντός, πλῆθος στρατιωτῶν ἔξωθεν εἰσοι κίζειν, πλὴν ἐλαφρῶν, ὡς ἐντὸς μενούντων ἐπὶ τοῦ τῆς μάχης καιροῦ, ἢν δέ τι δέοι καὶ ἀπὸ γῆς ἐκφέρειν πόλεμον, εἶναι τοὺς ὑποστησομένους ἐκ στρα τευμάτων μεγάλων βασιλικῶν· τὰ δέ γε τῆς τροφῆς αὐτοῖς, εἰ ἐπὶ μήκιστον παραμένοιεν προσκαθήμενοι, ἑτοίμως ἀπὸ τῆς πόλεως ἑτοιμάζεσθαι· εἰσα χθέντων γὰρ βοῶν ἱκανῶν εἰς γεωργίαν τῶν ἀρουρῶν, ὅπου ἂν εἴησαν αὗται καὶ παρ' ὧν κατέχοιντο, τῶν ἐντὸς λέγω τῆς πόλεως, αὐτοὺς γεωργεῖν ἔχειν, νεοῦντας καὶ σπείροντας καὶ θερίζοντας, ὡς εἶναι καὶ τοῖς ἀνθρώποις αὐτάρκη τροφήν, πρὸς τῷ καὶ ταρίχη προεισαχθῆναι τοῦτο μὲν ἐξ ὑείων κρεῶν, τοῦτο δέ γε καὶ ἐκ τοῦ τῶν προβάτων γάλακτος· καὶ χιλὸν τοῖς ἵπποις προσαπομέ νειν, εἶναι δὲ καὶ γεωργοῦσιν ἐντὸς τὰς ἐς τροφὴν ἀνθρωπίνην τῶν ζῴων ἐξ ἀνάγκης περιγινόμενα, ὡς τρέφειν ἱκανῶς ἔχουσι· περιβλήματα δὲ ἐκ βοείων 253 δερμάτων ταῖς σανίσιν ἐπιτεθεῖσθαι, μὴ καὶ πῦρ ἐναύσαντες ἐκκαίοιεν οἱ πολέμιοι. Τὰ μὲν οὖν τῶν σανίδων εἰς ἔργον ἐξέβη, καὶ πύργοι μὲν ὡς ἐπὶ τρεῖς ἀνυψοῦντο πήχεις, τείχη δὲ ἀναλόγως τοῖς πύργοις τὴν αὔξην ἐλάμβανον· τὰ δὲ λοιπὰ ὑπερετίθεντο, ὡς ἐπὶ καιροῦ πράξοντες. Τὸ δ' ἐλαφροῖς τῶν στρατιωτῶν οἰκίζειν τὴν πόλιν καὶ λίαν ἐπ' ἀνάγκης εἶχεν· ὅπου γε καὶ Λάκωσι πλείστοις, ὕστερον ἐκ τοῦ Μορέου ἀφιγμένοις, ἐπιμερίσας τόπους, ἐπὶ τῆς πόλεως παρεῖχε κατοικεῖν ὡς αὐτόχθοσι καί, ῥόγαις ἐτησίοις δωρού μενος καὶ πλείστοις ἄλλοις φιλοτιμήμασιν, ἐπὶ πολλοῖς καὶ ἐντὸς καὶ ἐκτὸς ἐχρᾶτο, ὡς ἀξίαν τριβὴν ἐν πολέμοις ἔχουσι. Τῷ δέ γε Γασμουλικῷ, οὓς δὴ συμμίκτους ἡ τῶν Ἰταλῶν εἴπειε γλῶσσαἦσαν γὰρ ἔκ τε Ῥωμαίων καὶ Λατίνων γεγεννημένοι, καὶ προσανεπαύετο ἐκπέμπων ἐπὶ νηῶν· ἦσαν γὰρ τὸ μὲν προμηθὲς εἰς πολέμους καὶ συνετὸν ἐκ Ῥωμαίων, τὸ δ' ὁρμητικόν τε καὶ αὔθαδες ἐκ Λατίνων ἔχοντες· καὶ δὴ ἐξ ἐκείνων καὶ στόλον μέτριον ἐξηρτύετο καὶ προσεκτᾶτο τὰ τῶν νήσων ἐγγύτερα, ῥόγας μὲν ἀποτάττων αὐτοῖς ἐκ τοῦ κοινοῦ ταμιείου καὶ φιλοτιμίαις αὔξων τὰς προθυμίας, ἀντιλαμ βάνων δ' ἐκ τῆς ἐκείνων σπουδῆς καὶ ἐργασίας πλείονα. Εἶχε γὰρ ταῖς ἀληθείαις καὶ τὸ εὐεργετικὸν πρὸς ἅπαντας καὶ ἀμφοτέραις ἐξήντλει, πολλῶν προαποκειμένων, οὐκ οἶδα εἴτε τις τὴν φύσιν τοιοῦτος ὤν, ἢ προσποιούμενος δι' ἄλλα μέγιστα τὸ φιλότιμον, ἀναγκαστικὰς τὰς εὐνοίας ὑποποιούμενος, ὡς δῆθεν οὐκ ἐνδίκως ἄρξας,