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to those assigned, so that they had no handle at all nor from any cause whatsoever. But they were hurrying to the great city. And perhaps someone might say that these were the stars of heaven or sand poured out on the shore of the sea. For they were as many as the leaves and flowers that come in their season, according to Homer, now hurrying to approach the city of Constantine. 10.10.4 But the names of the leaders, although I am eager to tell them, I do not wish to. For my speech grows numb, on the one hand being unable to pronounce barbarian sounds because of their harshness, and on the other hand looking at their multitude. And why should we try to enumerate the names of so great a multitude, whom even those present at the time were filled with weariness at seeing? When therefore they had already reached the great city, their armies encamped at the bidding of the emperor near the monastery of Cosmidion and extending as far as the Hieron. 10.10.5 And not nine heralds, as once the Greek army, restrained them by shouting, but a sufficient number of noble hoplites who followed them were persuading them to obey the emperor's commands. And the emperor, wishing to bring them under Godfrey's oath, summoned them separately, speaking with each privately about whatever he wanted, and using the more reasonable ones as mediators for the more disobedient. But since they were not persuaded, eagerly awaiting the arrival of Bohemond, but finding various kinds of excuses and making other demands, the emperor, very easily refuting what was put forward by them and having pursued them in every way, drove them to Godfrey's oath, having summoned him also from Pelecanum across the sea to be present when the oath was administered. 10.10.6 So when all had come together, including Godfrey himself, since the oath had already been completed by all the counts, a certain nobleman dared to sit upon the emperor's seat. The emperor tolerated this without saying anything, knowing for a long time the arrogant nature of the Latins. But Count Baldwin approached, and taking him by the hand, raised him from there, and rebuking him severely, said: "It was not right for you to do such a thing here, especially having promised service to the emperor. For it is not the custom for the emperors of the Romans to have those under them sit with them; but those who have become sworn servants of his majesty must also observe the customs of the country." But he said nothing to Baldwin, but having stared rather sharply at the emperor, he uttered some words to himself in his own dialect, saying: "Look, what a rustic sits alone while such leaders stand by him." 10.10.7 Not even the movement of the Latin's lips escaped the emperor's notice; and calling one of those who interpreted the Latin dialect, he asked about what had been said. And having heard the words spoken by him, he said nothing to the Latin for the time being, but nevertheless kept the saying to himself. And when all were taking their leave of the emperor, he summoned that arrogant and shameless Latin and inquired who he was and whence he came and from what family. He said: "I am a pure Frank of the nobles; but one thing I know, that at a crossroads in the country from which I myself have come, there is a shrine built long ago, in which everyone who desires to undertake single combat, having put himself in the position of a single combatant, comes and asks for divine aid there, and he waits, awaiting the one who dares against him. At which crossroads I myself also spent time at leisure, and seeking the one who would fight with me; but the one who would dare this was nowhere." The emperor, having heard these things, said: "If you were seeking war then and did not find it, now is the time that will fill you with many wars; but I advise you to stand neither in the rearguard nor in the vanguard of the phalanx, but to hold the middle of the file-leaders; for I have long had knowledge of the method of the wars of the Turks." Not to him alone

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τεταγμένοις, ὡς μὴ λαβὴν αὐτοὺς τὸ παράπαν ἐσχηκέναι μηδ' ἐξ οἵας οὖν αἰτίας. Οἱ δὲ πρὸς τὴν μεγαλόπολιν ἠπείγοντο. Τάχα δὲ εἶπέ τις οὐρανοῦ ἀστέρας εἶναι τούτους ἢ ψάμμον παρὰ τῷ χείλει τῆς θαλάττης ἐκκεχυμένην. Ἦσαν γὰρ ὅσα φύλλα καὶ ἄνθεα γίνεται ὥρῃ καθ' Ὅμηρον τῇ Κωνσταντίνου πελά ζειν ἤδη κατεπειγόμενοι. 10.10.4 Τὰς δὲ τῶν ἡγεμόνων κλή σεις καὶ προθυμουμένη περ ἐξειπεῖν οὐ βούλομαι. Ναρκᾷ γάρ μοι ὁ λόγος τὸ μέν τι βαρβαρικὰς φωνὰς ἀπαγγέλλειν ἀδυνατούσῃ διὰ τὸ ἄναρθρον, τὸ δέ τι καὶ πρὸς τὸ πλῆθος ἐκείνων ἀποβλεπούσῃ. Καὶ ἵνα τί τοσούτου πλήθους κλήσεις ἀπαριθμεῖσθαι πειρώμεθα, οὓς καὶ οἱ τότε παρόν τες ἀκηδίας ἐπληροῦντο ὁρῶντες; Ὡς οὖν τὴν μεγαλόπο λιν ἤδη κατέλαβον, κατατίθενται τὰ τούτων στρατεύματα ἐπισκήψει τοῦ αὐτοκράτορος ἀγχοῦ τῆς μονῆς Κοσμιδίου καὶ μέχρις αὐτοῦ διήκοντα Ἱεροῦ. 10.10.5 Οὐκ ἐννέα δὲ κήρυκες, καθάπερ ποτὲ τὸ Ἑλληνικόν, τούτους βοόωντες ἐρήτυον, ἀλλ' ἱκανοὶ καὶ γενναῖοι ὁπλῖται οἱ τούτοις ἐφε πόμενοι τοῖς τοῦ αὐτοκράτορος κελεύσμασιν ὑπείκειν ἀνέ πειθον. Τούτους δὲ ὁ βασιλεὺς βουλόμενος ὑπὸ τὸν τοῦ Γοντοφρὲ συνελάσαι ὅρκον διῃρημένως προσεκαλεῖτο ἰδίᾳ προσομιλῶν, ἅττα καὶ βούλοιτο, καὶ τοῖς εὐγνωμονεστέροις χρώμενος μεσασταῖς τῶν ἀπειθεστέρων. Ἐπεὶ δ' οὐκ ἐπεί θοντο τὴν τοῦ Βαϊμούντου καραδοκοῦντες ἔλευσιν, ἀλλὰ ποικίλους τρόπους εὑρίσκοντες ἐξαιτήσεων ἄλλα τινὰ προσαπαιτοῦντες ἦσαν, ὁ βασιλεὺς τὸ παρ' αὐτῶν προτι θέμενον ῥᾷστα διαλύων καὶ παντοίως τούτους μετελθὼν συνήλασεν εἰς τὸν τοῦ Γοντοφρὲ ὅρκον μεταπεμψάμενος καὶ αὐτὸν ἀπὸ τοῦ Πελεκάνου ἐπὶ τῷ παρεῖναι τοῦ ὅρκου τελουμένου διαπόντιον. 10.10.6 Πάντων οὖν συνεληλυθότων καὶ αὐτοῦ δὴ τοῦ Γοντοφρέ, ἐπεὶ καὶ ὁ ὅρκος ἤδη τετέ λεστο ὑπὸ πάντων τῶν κομήτων, τολμήσας τις εὐγενὴς εἰς τὸν σκίμποδα τοῦ βασιλέως ἐκάθισεν. Ὁ δὲ βασιλεὺς ἠνεί χετο τούτου μηδέν τι φθεγξάμενος, πάλαι τὴν ἀγέρωχον τῶν Λατίνων φύσιν εἰδώς. Προσελθὼν δὲ ὁ κόμης Βαλ δουῖνος καὶ ἁψάμενος αὐτοῦ τῆς χειρὸς ἤγειρεν ἐκεῖθεν καὶ πολλὰ καταμεμψάμενος ἔφη· «Οὐκ ἐξῆν σοι τοιοῦτον ἐνταῦθα ποιῆσαι δουλείαν τῷ βασιλεῖ καὶ ταῦτα ὑποσχο μένῳ. Οὐδὲ γὰρ ἔθιμον τοῖς βασιλεῦσι Ῥωμαίων συνέδρους ἔχειν τοὺς ὑπ' αὐτούς· δούλους δὲ ὀμότας τῆς αὐτοῦ βασι λείας γεγονότας χρὴ καὶ τὰ ἔθη τῆς χώρας τηρεῖν». Ὁ δὲ πρὸς μὲν τὸν Βαλδουῖνον ἐφθέγξατο οὐδέν, δριμύτερον δὲ ἐνατενίσας τῷ βασιλεῖ πρὸς ἑαυτὸν τῇ οἰκείᾳ διαλέκτῳ λόγους τινὰς ἀπεφθέγξατο λέγων· «Ἴδε, ποῖος χωρίτης κάθηται μόνος παρισταμένων αὐτῷ τοιούτων ἡγεμόνων». 10.10.7 Οὐδ' ἡ κίνησις τῶν χειλέων τοῦ Λατίνου τὸν βασιλέα διέλαθε· καλέσας δ' ἕνα τῶν τὴν λατινικὴν διάλεκτον μεθερμηνευόντων ἠρώτα περὶ τῶν λεχθέντων. Ἀκούσας δὲ τὰ παρ' αὐτοῦ ῥηθέντα οὐδὲν μὲν τέως πρὸς τὸν Λατῖνον εἰρήκει, ἐτήρει δ' ὅμως τὸν λόγον παρ' ἑαυτῷ. Συντασσο μένων δὲ τῷ βασιλεῖ πάντων μετεκαλεῖτο τὸν ὑψηλόφρονα Λατῖνον ἐκεῖνον καὶ ἀναιδῆ καὶ ἐπυνθάνετο τίς τέ ἐστι καὶ ὅθεν ὥρμηται καὶ ἐκ ποίου γένους. Ὁ δὲ· «Φράγγος μέν εἰμι καθαρός» ἔφη «τῶν εὐγενῶν· ἓν δὲ ἐπίσταμαι, ὅτι ἐν τριόδῳ τῆς χώρας ὅθεν αὐτὸς ὥρμημαι, τέμενός ἐστι πάλαι οἰκοδομηθέν, ἐν ᾧ πᾶς ὁ προθυμούμενος μόνος πρὸς μόνον μάχην ἀναδήσασθαι εἰς μονομάχου τάξιν ἑαυτὸν καταστήσας προσερχόμενος βοήθειαν μὲν τὴν τοῦ θείου ἐκεῖθεν αἰτεῖται, βραδύνει δὲ τὸν κατ' αὐτοῦ τολμήσαντα ἀπεκδεχόμενος. Καθ' ἣν τρίοδον ἐχρόνισα καὶ αὐτὸς σχο λάζων καὶ ζητῶν τὸν μετ' ἐμοῦ μαχεσόμενον· ὁ δὲ τοῦτο τολμήσων οὐδαμοῦ.» Ταῦτα ὁ βασιλεὺς ἀκηκοὼς ἔφη· «Εἰ πόλεμον τότε ζητῶν οὐχ εὗρες, πάρεστί σοι καιρὸς ὁ πολ λῶν σε πολέμων ἐμπλήσων· παρεγγυῶμαι δέ σοι, μήτε πρὸς οὐραγίαν μήτε πρὸς λοχαγίαν ἵστασθαι φάλαγγος, ἀλλὰ τὸ μέσον ἔχειν τῶν ἡμιλοχιτῶν· ἐπιστήμην γὰρ τῆς μεθόδου τῶν πολέμων τῶν Τούρκων ἐκ μακροῦ ἔσχηκα». Οὐκ αὐτῷ δὲ μόνῳ