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already counts, having sent some chosen leaders with the forces under them, he again instructed them to advise him and to compel him to cross over. The Latins, seeing them, and not waiting even a little while, nor indeed asking what they might want, proceeded to war and battles. And when a fierce war broke out between them, a considerable number fell on both sides, and those of the emperor were wounded, as many as attacked him more shamelessly. But as these fought more furiously, the Latins turned their backs. 10.9.11 And so Godfrey, after not long, complied with the will of the emperor. Therefore, approaching the emperor, he swore the oath which was demanded of him, that whatever cities and lands or forts he might first succeed in taking, which had previously been subject to the Roman empire, he would hand over to the commander sent by the emperor for this very purpose. Therefore, having sworn these things, and having received sufficient money, and having become his table-companion and messmate, and having been sumptuously feasted, he crossed over and encamped at Pelecanum. The emperor then ordered sumptuous festivities to be held for them.

10.10.1 After this, the count called Raoul also arrived with fifteen thousand cavalry and infantry and, having encamped along the Propontis near the so-called monastery of the Patriarch, with the counts under him he stationed the rest as far as Sosthenium itself. But as he himself held the same opinions as Godfrey and was putting things off, for the time being awaiting the arrival of those coming from behind, the emperor, guessing what was to come, feared their arrival and was hastening their crossing with all his might and mind. Therefore, sending for Opos, he summoned him (this man was noble in wisdom and inferior to none in military experience), and when he was present, he sent him to him by land with other brave men, ordering him to compel this man's crossing. But when he saw that this man was in no way obeying the royal command, but was being insolent and boasting much against the emperor, he armed himself and drew up for battle, perhaps to frighten the barbarian and thinking by this to persuade him to sail to the other side. But he, quicker than words, having drawn up for battle with the Celts who were with him, rejoiced like a lion that has chanced upon a great carcass and then joined in a great war with Opos. 10.10.2 And Pegasius, having arrived from across the sea for the purpose of ferrying them over, and seeing the battle on the mainland and the Celts attacking the Roman army rather rashly, having disembarked from the ships, he himself also attacks the Celts from the rear. Therefore many were killed at that time; and very many were wounded. And so the survivors requested the crossing. But the emperor, being a most resourceful man, considering that they might unite with Godfrey and, by relating what had happened to them, provoke him against him, gladly accepting their request, he put them on ships and sent them across the sea to the tomb of the Savior, since they themselves had also asked for this. And he also sent to the expected counts and conveyed words of friendship, giving them good hopes. And they, on arriving, eagerly fulfilled all that was commanded. 10.10.3 Such then were the affairs of Count Raoul; but as another innumerable multitude was coming from behind, gathered together promiscuously from almost all the Celtic lands with their leaders, both kings and dukes and counts and even bishops, the emperor, sending emissaries, received them kindly and sent out words of fairness, as he was clever at foreseeing the future and seizing the advantage. And he also instructed to supply provisions to them as they came, to those for this very purpose

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ἤδη κόμητας, ἀποστείλας τῶν ἡγεμόνων ἐκκρίτους τινὰς μετὰ τῶν ὑπ' αὐτοὺς δυνάμεων ἐπέσκηψεν αὖθις συμβουλεύσασθαι αὐτῷ καὶ καταναγκάσαι διαπερᾶσαι. Τούτους οἱ Λατῖνοι θεασάμενοι καὶ μηδὲ μικρὸν ἀναμεί ναντες μήτε μὴν τὸ τί ἂν βούλοιντο ἐπερωτήσαντες πρὸς πολέμους καὶ μάχας ἐχώρουν. Πολέμου δὲ ἀναμεταξὺ συρ ραγέντος ἰσχυροῦ πίπτουσιν ἐξ ἑκατέρου μέρους ἱκανοί, τιτρώσκονται δὲ οἱ τοῦ αὐτοκράτορος, ὁπόσοι ἀναισ χυντότερον αὐτῷ προσέβαλον. Ἐκθυμότερον δὲ τούτων μαχομένων τὰ νῶτα οἱ Λατῖνοι ὑπεῖχον. 10.9.11 Καὶ οὕτως ὁ Γοντοφρὲ μετ' οὐ πολὺ τῷ τοῦ βασιλέως ἐστοίχει θελή ματι. Προσελθὼν οὖν τῷ βασιλεῖ ἐπωμόσατο ὅνπερ ἀπῃ τεῖτο ὅρκον, ὥστε ὁπόσας πόλεις καὶ χώρας ἢ φρούρια φθάσει κατασχεῖν ὑπὸ τὴν βασιλείαν Ῥωμαίων τὸ πρῶτον τελοῦντα, πρὸς τὸν ἐπ' αὐτῷ τούτῳ παρὰ τοῦ βασιλέως ἀποστελλόμενον ἀρχηγὸν παραδιδόναι. Ταῦτ' οὖν ἐπομοσά μενος χρήματά τε ἱκανὰ λαβὼν ὁμέστιός τε καὶ ὁμοτράπε ζος αὐτῷ γεγονὼς καὶ δαψιλῶς εὐωχηθεὶς διαπεράσας κατὰ τὸν Πελεκάνον ηὐλίσατο. Ὁ δὲ βασιλεὺς τηνικαῦτα ἐπέσκηψε δαψιλεῖς πανηγύρεις ἐξάγειν αὐτοῖς.

10.10.1 Κατόπιν δὲ τούτου ἐφθακὼς καὶ ὁ Ῥαοὺλ καλούμενος κόμης μετὰ πεντεκαίδεκα χιλιάδων ἱππέων τε καὶ πεζῶν καὶ κατὰ τὴν Προποντίδα περὶ τὴν καλουμένην μονὴν τοῦ Πατριάρχου σκηνώσας μετὰ τῶν ὑπ' αὐτὸν κομήτων τοὺς λοιποὺς μέχρις αὐτοῦ Σωσθενίου κατέθετο. Ὡς δὲ καὶ αὐτὸς τὰ αὐτὰ τῷ Γοντοφρὲ φρονῶν ἀνεβάλλετο τέως τὴν τῶν ὄπισθεν ἐρχομένων ἀπεκδεχόμενος ἔλευσιν, ὁ βασιλεὺς στοχαζόμενος τοῦ μέλλοντος ἐδεδίει τὴν τού των ἄφιξιν καὶ αὐτῶν ὅλῃ χειρὶ καὶ γνώμῃ τὴν διαπε ραίωσιν ἐπέσπευδεν. Ἀποστείλας τοίνυν τὸν Ὦπον μετεκαλεῖτο (εὐγενὴς δὲ οὗτος φρονήσει καὶ τῇ περὶ τὰ στρατιωτικὰ ἐμπειρίᾳ μηδενὸς ἀποδέων) καὶ ἐπειδὴ παρῆν, μεθ' ἑτέρων γενναίων ἀνδρῶν διὰ τῆς ἠπείρου πρὸς αὐτὸν ἐξέπεμψε παρακελευσάμενος καταναγκάσαι τούτου τὴν διαπεραίωσιν. Ἐπεὶ δὲ τοῦτον ἑώρα τῷ βασιλικῷ μηδαμῶς ὑπείκοντα προστάγματι, ἀλλ' ἀναισχυντοῦντα καὶ πολλὰ κατὰ τοῦ βασιλέως φρυαττόμενον, ὁπλισάμενος παρετά ξατο μορμολυττόμενος τάχα τὸν βάρβαρον καὶ διὰ τοῦτο οἰόμενος πείσειν αὐτὸν πρὸς τὴν περαίαν διαπλώσασθαι. Ὁ δὲ θᾶττον ἢ λόγος μετὰ τῶν συνόντων αὐτῷ Κελτῶν παραταξάμενος ὡς λέων ἐχάρη μεγάλῳ ἐπὶ σώματι κύρσας καὶ τηνικαῦτα μετὰ τοῦ Ὤπου μέγαν συνίστησι πόλεμον. 10.10.2 Καταλαβὼν δὲ καὶ ὁ Πηγάσιος διαπόντιος ἐφ' ᾧ τού τους διαπερᾶν καὶ θεασάμενος τὴν κατὰ τὴν ἤπειρον μάχην καὶ τοὺς Κελτοὺς ἰταμώτερον τῷ ῥωμαϊκῷ στρατεύματι προσβάλλοντας τῶν νηῶν ἐξεληλυθὼς ἐξ ὀπισθίων προσβάλ λει καὶ αὐτὸς τοῖς Κελτοῖς. Ἀναιροῦνται τοίνυν τηνικαῦτα πολλοί· πλεῖστοι δὲ καὶ τιτρώσκονται. Καὶ οὕτως οἱ σωθέντες ἀνακαλοῦνται τὴν διαπεραίωσιν. Ὁ δὲ βασιλεύς, μηχανικώτατος ὢν ἀνήρ, σκεψάμενος μὴ τῷ Γοντοφρὲ ἑνωθέντες καὶ τὰ συμβάντα τούτοις ἀφηγησάμενοι τοῦτον κατ' αὐτοῦ ἐρεθίσωσι, τὴν αἴτησιν τούτων ἀσμένως δεξά μενος ἐν πλοίοις τούτους ἐνίησι καὶ διαποντίους πρὸς τὸν τοῦ Σωτῆρος τάφον ἐκπέμπει, τοῦτο καὶ αὐτῶν ἐξαιτησα μένων. Ἀποστέλλει δὲ καὶ πρὸς τοὺς ἐλπιζομένους κόμη τας καὶ φιλοφροσύνης μηνύει ῥήματα χρηστὰς αὐτοῖς ἐλπίδας διδούς. Οἱ καὶ καταλαβόντες πᾶν τὸ προσταττό μενον προθύμως ἐπλήρουν. 10.10.3 Τοιαῦτα μὲν οὖν καὶ τὰ τοῦ κόμητος Ῥαούλ· ἀναριθμήτου δὲ καὶ ἑτέρου πλήθους ὄπισθεν ἐρχομένου συμμίγδην ἐξ ἁπασῶν μικροῦ τῶν Κελ τικῶν χωρῶν συνειλεγμένου μετὰ τῶν ἀγόντων αὐτοὺς ἡγε μόνων, ῥηγῶν τε καὶ δουκῶν καὶ κομήτων καὶ αὐτῶν ἐπι σκόπων, ἀποστέλλων ὁ αὐτοκράτωρ φιλοφρόνως αὐτοὺς ὑπεδέχετο καὶ ἐπιεικείας ἐξέπεμπε λόγους, ὁποῖος ἐκεῖνος δεινὸς τὸ μέλλον προμηθεύσασθαι καὶ προαρπάσαι τὸ συμ φέρον. Ἐπισκήπτει δὲ καὶ τὰ ζωαρκῆ τούτοις ἐρχομένοις ἐπιχορηγεῖν τοῖς ἐπ' αὐτῷ τούτῳ