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seem to approach the emperor even unwillingly, show some good will to counterbalance your previous injustice, and sending an embassy to the emperor, ask forgiveness for the offenses you committed during the war. Being by 1.492 nature gentle and ready to grant forgiveness to wrongdoers, if they appease his anger, he will also forgive you easily, especially with me urging him toward this. And when you have appeased the emperor's anger, take the son of Sarchanes and the other Persians, who are guarded by you under the guise of hostages, bring them like gifts to the emperor, and hand over Mytilene and Phocaea. And he, in return for your good will toward him, along with the pardon which he will grant, will also forgive the money spent on the war against you and the damages you inflicted on the Lesbians, which the commune of Genoa is obliged to repay from your properties according to the treaties. Moreover, for those registered as enemies of the commune and owing penalties for their faithlessness, he will secure for you immunity from harm, by ordering the council to grant pardon, so that they may again participate in civic life without fear, deprived of none of their own property. And in addition to this, he will permit you to rule Phocaea again as before, with it being subject to the Romans, but with the emperor granting the rule to you, for as long as he himself wishes. And he will make a treaty for you with Sarchanes, so that you may again enjoy the revenues from his land, which you also had before. And in all the islands and cities which are subject to the Romans, he will order that your trade be unimpeded. Consider then how many evils the war has brought upon you, and perhaps it will bring even worse; and how many goods peace 1.493 will be worth, if you are persuaded by me. It will be possible for you to do these things either today or tomorrow. For if you postpone, not considering them necessary, you will no longer find the emperor similarly easy toward reconciliation. For if the money is distributed to the trierarchs and the other mercenaries, who are about to besiege you this winter—money which the emperor has now ordered the treasurers to distribute, but I have prevented for the sake of these discussions—I fear that he may not receive the embassy after this, reasoning, as is likely, that he will reduce you to the status of slaves, until the time of their paid service is used up, and he will take back the money in addition to what is now and what was previously spent. Since, therefore, the deliberation will be about necessary matters and does not admit of delay, decide quickly yourselves and make known to us your decisions.” Such were the things the megas domestikos suggested the Latins should do. But when Giustiniani heard, he was distressed about the time that had passed, because he had not met with the megas domestikos sooner; for he would have been delivered from many evils himself, and had become a cause of them for the others. Nevertheless, he said that it was not possible to undo what had been done. But he thought it necessary to go to Phocaea and make the plan clear to the others, and coming the next day, to report what had been jointly decided by all. And since it was permitted, going to Phocaea, and having reported to D'Oria and the rest 1.494 all that the megas domestikos had suggested, since the plans seemed to them also to be best and advantageous for themselves and they were ready to act, coming again to the megas domestikos, he said that the plans were pleasing to D'Oria and the others who were besieged at Phocaea, and that they especially wished to go to the emperor and ask him to grant forgiveness for their errors. But it was necessary also for Domenico, who was besieged at Mytilene and who especially held the first place among them, to share in the decision. For they would be able to do nothing, if he did not approve as well. And a ship having been provided to him, he went to Mytilene; and having met with Domenico and discussed the peace, since the proposals were welcome to him also and he professed much gratitude to the emperor for his forbearance, returning from there, he crossed over to Phocaea, bringing also a certain other person, who was destined to from

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δοκεῖν καὶ ἄκοντας προσιέναι βασιλεῖ, ἐνδείξασθε εὔνοιάν τινα ἀντίῤῥοπον πρὸς τὴν προτέραν ἀδικίαν, καὶ πρεσβείαν πέμψαντες πρὸς βασιλέα, συγγνώμην αἰτήσατε ἐφ' οἷς προσκεκρούκατε κατὰ τὸν πόλεμον. φύ 1.492 σει δὲ ὢν ἐκεῖνος πρᾶος καὶ τοῖς ἀδικοῦσιν ἕτοιμος παρέχειν συγγνώμην, ἂν παραιτῶνται τὴν ὀργὴν, καὶ ὑμῖν συγγνώσεται ῥᾳδίως, καὶ ἐμοῦ πρὸς τοῦτο μάλιστα ἐνάγοντος. ἐπειδὰν δὲ τὴν βασιλέως ἐκμειλίξησθε ὀργὴν, τὸν παῖδα Σαρχάνη καὶ τῶν ἄλλων Περσῶν, οἳ ἐν ὁμήρων προσχήματι φρουροῦνται παρ' ὑμῖν, λαβόντες ὥσπερ δῶρα προσκομίσατε τῷ βασιλεῖ καὶ Μιτυλήνην καὶ Φώκαιαν παράδοτε. κἀκεῖνος ἀμειβόμενος ὑμᾶς τῆς εὐνοίας ἕνεκα τῆς πρὸς αὐτὸν, μετὰ τῆς συγγνώμης, ἣν παρέξεται, καὶ τά τε ἀναλωθέντα χρήματα εἰς τὸν πόλεμον τὸν καθ' ὑμῶν καὶ ἃ ἐζημιώσατε Λεσβίους, ἃ τὸ κοινὸν Γεννούας ἐκ τῶν ὑμετέρων κτημάτων κατὰ τὰς συνθήκας ὀφείλει ἀποτίνειν, χαριεῖται. οὐ μὴν ἀλλὰ καὶ πολεμίους ἀναγεγραμμένους τῷ κοινῷ καὶ δίκας ὀφείλοντας τῆς ἀπιστίας, ἀπάθειαν κακῶν καταπράξεται ὑμῖν, τῇ βουλῇ συγγνώμην κελεύσας παρασχεῖν, ὥστε ἀδεῶς πάλιν ἐμπολιτεύεσθαι αὐτοῖς ἀποστερηθέντας τῶν οἰκείων μηδενός. πρὸς τούτοις δὲ καὶ Φωκαίας ὥσπερ πρότερον καὶ αὖθις ἄρχειν ἐπιτρέψει, ὡς ὑπηκόου μὲν Ῥωμαίοις οὔσης, ὑμῖν δὲ παρέχοντος βασιλέως τὴν ἀρχὴν, ἄχρις ἂν αὐτὸς ἐθέλῃ. καὶ σπονδὰς ὑμῖν πρὸς Σαρχάνην θήσει, ὥστε καὶ αὖθις τὰς προσόδους, ἃς καὶ πρότερον εἴχετε, ἐκ τῆς χώρας τῆς αὐτοῦ καρποῦσθαι. καὶ κατὰ πάσας νήσους καὶ τὰς πόλεις, αἳ ὑπήκοοί εἰσι Ῥωμαίοις, ἀκώλυτον ὑμῖν τὴν ἐμπορίαν κελεύσει εἶναι. σκοπεῖτε οὖν ὁπόσα μὲν ὑμῖν ὁ πόλεμος ἐπήνεγκε κακὰ, ἴσως δὲ καὶ χείρονα ἐπάξει· ὁπόσων δὲ ἀγαθῶν ἡ εἰρήνη 1.493 γενήσεται ἀξία, ἂν πείθησθε ἐμοί. ταῦτα δὲ ὑμῖν ἢ σήμερον πράττειν ἢ εἰς τὴν ὑστεραίαν ἐξέσται. ἐὰν γὰρ οὐκ ἀναγκαῖα λογιζόμενοι ὑπέρθησθε, οὐκέθ' ὁμοίως εὑρήσετε βασιλέα ῥᾴδιον πρὸς τὰς καταλλαγάς. ἐὰν γὰρ τὰ χρήματα διαδοθῇ τοῖς τριηρίταις καὶ τοῖς ἄλλοις μισθοφόροις, οἳ μέλλουσι τοῦ χειμῶνος ὑμᾶς πολιορκεῖν, ἃ νυνὶ βασιλεὺς μὲν ἐκέλευσε διαδιδόναι τοῖς ταμίαις, ἐγὼ δὲ ἐκώλυσα τουτωνὶ τῶν λόγων ἕνεκα, δέδοικα μὴ οὐ προσδέξηται τὴν πρεσβείαν μετὰ ταῦτα, λογιζόμενος ὥσπερ εἰκὸς, ὡς παραστήσεται ὑμᾶς ἐν ἀνδραπόδων μοίρᾳ, ἄχρις ἂν ὁ χρόνος τῆς μισθοφορᾶς ἀναλωθῇ, καὶ τὰ χρήματα ἀπολήψεται πρὸς τοῖς νῦν καὶ τὰ πρότερον ἀναλωμένα. ὡς οὖν ἀναγκαίων πέρι ἐσομένης τῆς βουλῆς καὶ τριβὴν τοῦ χρόνου οὐκ ἐνδεχομένου, ταχέως τε αὐτοὶ βουλεύεσθε καὶ ἡμῖν τὰ βεβουλευμένα γνώριμα ποιεῖτε.» Τοιαῦτα μὲν Λατίνοις ὁ μέγας δομέστικος ὑπετίθετο ποιεῖν. Ντζιωὰν δὲ ὡς ἤκουσε περὶ τοῦ παρελθόντος ἠνιᾶτο χρόνου, ὅτι μὴ πρότερον μεγάλῳ δομεστίκῳ συνεγένετο· ἦ γὰρ ἂν αὐτός τε πολλῶν ἀπήλλακτο κακῶν καὶ τοῖς ἄλλοις αἴτιος κατέστη. ὅμως μέντοι ἔφασκε, τὰ μὲν γεγενημένα ἀναλῦσαι οὐκ εἶναι δυνατόν. δεῖν δὲ οἴεσθαι εἰς Φώκαιαν ἐλθόντα καὶ τοῖς ἄλλοις δήλην τὴν βουλὴν ποιεῖν, καὶ ἐς τὴν ὑστεραίαν ἐλθόντα, ἃ πᾶσιν ἂν κοινῇ δόξειεν ἀπαγγέλλειν. καὶ ἐπεὶ ἐπετέτραπτο, εἰς Φώκαιαν ἐλθὼν, Ντεάρδῳ τε καὶ τοῖς λοι 1.494 ποῖς ὅσα ὑπόθοιτο ὁ μέγας δομέστικος ἀπαγγείλας, ἐπειδὴ κἀκείνοις ἄριστα καὶ λυσιτελοῦντα ἑαυτοῖς ἐδόκει τὰ βεβουλευμένα καὶ ἕτοιμοι ἦσαν πράττειν, αὖθις πρὸς τὸν μέγαν δομέστικον ἐλθὼν, Ντεάρδῳ μὲν καὶ τοῖς λοιποῖς ὅσοι κατὰ Φώκαιαν πολιορκοῦνται, ἀρέσκειν ἔφασκε τὰ βεβουλευμένα καὶ μάλιστα ἐθέλειν ὡς βασιλέα ἐλθόντας, ὑπὲρ τῶν ἡμαρτημένων δεῖσθαι συγγνώμην παρασχεῖν. δεῖν δὲ καὶ ∆ομενίκῳ τῷ κατὰ τὴν Μιτυλήνην πολιορκουμένῳ τὰ πρῶτα μάλιστα φερομένῳ παρ' αὐτοῖς, κοινὴν ποιήσασθαι τὴν γνώμην. μηδὲ γὰρ ἂν δύνασθαι πράττειν μηδὲν, ἐκείνου μὴ συνεπιψηφιζομένου. καὶ παρασχεθείσης αὐτῷ νεὼς, εἰς Μιτυλήνην ἦλθε· συγγενόμενός τε ∆ομενίκῳ καὶ περὶ τῆς εἰρήνης διαλεχθεὶς, ἐπεὶ κἀκείνῳ ἀσμένως ἐγίνοντο οἱ λόγοι καὶ πολλὰς χάριτας ὡμολόγει βασιλεῖ τῆς ἀνεξικακίας, ἀναστρέψας ἐκεῖθεν, εἰς Φώκαιαν ἐπεραιώθη, ἄγων καὶ ἕτερόν τινα, ὃς ἔμελλεν ἐκ