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to pursue, whenever the Turks should turn their backs to them. And so, by means of both money and words, having softened their savagery and suggesting what was advantageous, he urged the crossing. 10.11.9 But he loved Isangeles especially, both for his exceeding spirit and the genuineness of his reputation and the purity of his life, knowing at the same time how much truth mattered to him, as he never preferred anything to it; for he differed from all the Latins in all things as much as the sun from the stars. For this very reason he kept him with himself for a time. Therefore, when all had taken leave of the emperor and, via the strait of the Propontis, had reached Damalion, being relieved of the annoyance from them, he often sent for Isangeles, teaching him at the same time more clearly what was likely to happen to the Latins along the road, and he also laid bare the opinion he held concerning the mind of the Franks. Having repeated these things many times to Isangeles and, as it were, having opened the gates of his soul to him and made everything clear, he enjoined him to be ever vigilant against the wickedness of Bohemond, so that if he should wish to break the treaty, he might prevent him from the attempt and by every means undo his schemes. But he said to the emperor: "Bohemond, having acquired perjury and deceit from his ancestors like some inheritance, it would be a very great wonder if he should keep his oaths; I, however, will hasten as far as possible to always fulfill what has been commanded." And having taken leave of the emperor, he departed to be united with the whole army of the Celts. 10.11.10 The emperor, however, wished to go with the Celts against the barbarians, but he feared their countless multitude. He therefore reasoned that it was necessary to occupy Pelecanum, so that by staying near Nicaea he might learn what was happening to the Celts, and at the same time about the raids of the Turks from without and the situation of those within Nicaea. For he considered it a terrible thing if he himself should not achieve some strategic success in the meantime, and he was considering, so that if he should find circumstances favorable, he himself might take Nicaea and not receive it from the Celts according to what had been sworn by them. But he kept this plan submerged, and whatever he was arranging and the reason why it was happening, he and he alone knew, having entrusted this to Boutoumites alone and having sent him for the purpose of winning over the barbarians inside Nicaea through all sorts of promises and complete immunity, while in part also threatening that they would suffer so many and such things and become fodder for the sword if they were captured by the Celts, knowing Boutoumites of old to be most loyal and energetic in such matters. So these things had proceeded in this way from the beginning.

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11.1.1 But Bohemond and all the counts, having united where they were about to sail across to Cibotus, were awaiting the arrival of Isangeles with Godefrey. But being a countless multitude, since they could not wait for him there because of the shortage of fodder, although they were awaiting the arrival of the king with Isangeles, so that, after taking leave of him there, they might take the road to Nicaea, having divided into two groups, some marched towards Nicaea through the lands of the Bithynians and Nicomedia, while others, having crossed the strait of Cibotus, came together at the same place. And so, having approached Nicaea, they distributed the towers and the curtain walls between them among themselves, having decided to conduct the assault on the walls in certain divisions, so that from this, competing one against another, the more steadfast

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διώκειν, ὁπηνίκα τούτοις οἱ Τοῦρκοι τὰ νῶτα διδόασι. Καὶ οὕτως διά τε χρημάτων διά τε λόγων καταμαλάξας αὐτῶν τὸ ἄγριον καὶ τὰ συνοίσοντα ὑποθέμενος τὴν διαπε ραίωσιν προὐτρέψατο. 10.11.9 Τὸν δέ γε Ἰσαγγέλην ἠγάπα διαφερόντως διά τε τὸ περιὸν αὐτῷ τοῦ φρονήματος καὶ τῆς ὑπολήψεως τὸ ἀνόθευτον καὶ τὸ τοῦ βίου καθαρόν, γινώσκων ἅμα καὶ ὁπόσον αὐτῷ τῆς ἀληθείας μέλει μηδὲν ταύτης μηδέποτε προτιμωμένῳ· τοσοῦτον γὰρ ἁπάντων τῶν Λατίνων ἐν πᾶσι διέφερεν ὅσον ἀστέρων ἥλιος. ∆ιά τοι τοῦτο παρακατέσχεν αὐτὸν τέως μεθ' ἑαυτοῦ. Ἁπάντων οὖν συνταξαμένων τῷ αὐτοκράτορι καὶ διὰ τοῦ τῆς Προ ποντίδος πορθμοῦ τὸ ∆αμάλιον καταλαβόντων ἀναθεὶς τῆς ἐξ αὐτῶν ὀχλήσεως συχνάκις τὸν Ἰσαγγέλην μετεπέμπετο, ἀναδιδάσκων ἅμα καθαρώτερον τὰ κατὰ τὴν ὁδὸν συμ βήσεσθαι μέλλοντα τοῖς Λατίνοις, παρεγύμνου δὲ καὶ ἣν περὶ τῆς τῶν Φράγγων γνώμης εἶχεν ὑπόληψιν. Ταῦτα πολλάκις ἀποστοματίσας τῷ Ἰσαγγέλῃ καὶ τὰς τῆς ψυχῆς οἷον ὑπανοίξας αὐτῷ πύλας καὶ πάντα διατρανώσας ἐπέσ κηψεν ἀεὶ πρὸς τὴν τοῦ Βαϊμούντου ἐγρηγορέναι κακίαν, ἵνα βουλόμενον παρασπονδῆσαι ἀπείργῃ τοῦτον τοῦ ἐγχει ρήματος καὶ διὰ πάσης μεθόδου διαλύῃ τὰς ἐκείνου μηχα νάς. Ὁ δὲ πρὸς τὸν αὐτοκράτορά φησιν· «Ἐκ προγόνων καθάπερ τινὰ κλῆρον τὴν ἐπιορκίαν καὶ τὸν δόλον ὁ Βαϊ μοῦντος κεκτημένος, θαῦμα μέγιστον εἰ τὰ ὀμωμοσμένα διατηρήσειεν· ἔγωγε δ' ὅμως ὡς ἐνὸν σπεύσω τὸ προσταχ θὲν ἀεὶ ἀποπληροῦν». Καὶ συνταξάμενος τῷ αὐτοκράτορι ἄπεισιν ἑνωθησόμενος τῷ παντὶ στρατεύματι τῶν Κελτῶν. 10.11.10 Ὁ μέντοι αὐτοκράτωρ ἤθελε μὲν μετὰ τῶν Κελτῶν κατὰ τῶν βαρβάρων ἀπιέναι, ἐδεδίει δὲ τὸ αὐτῶν ἀναρίθ μητον πλῆθος. ∆εῖν οὖν ἐλογίσατο τὸν Πελεκάνον κατα λαβεῖν, ἵν' ἐγγύθεν Νικαίας ἐνδιατρίβων μανθάνοι μὲν τὰ τοῖς Κελτοῖς συμβαίνοντα, ἅμα δὲ καὶ τὰς τῶν Τούρκων ἔξωθεν ἐφόδους καὶ τὴν τῶν ἐντὸς Νικαίας κατάστασιν. Ἐν δεινῷ γὰρ ἐποιεῖτο εἰ μή τι στρατηγικὸν ἐν τῷ μεταξὺ καὶ αὐτὸς κατορθώσοι, καὶ διεσκοπεῖτο, ἵνα εἰ ἐπιτήδεια τὰ πράγματα εὑρήσει, αὐτὸς τὴν Νίκαιαν ἀνέλῃ καὶ μὴ παρὰ τῶν Κελτῶν αὐτὴν σχοίη κατὰ τὰ παρ' ἐκείνων ὀμω μοσμένα. Εἶχε δὲ τὴν βουλὴν ταύτην ὑποβρύχιον καὶ πᾶν ὅπερ ἂν ᾠκονόμει καὶ τὴν αἰτίαν δι' ἣν γίνεται αὐτὸς καὶ μόνος ἠπίστατο μόνῳ τῷ Βουτουμίτῃ τοῦτο ἐμπεπιστευ κὼς καὶ τοῦτον ἀποστείλας ἐφ' ᾧ ὑποποιεῖσθαι τοὺς ἐντὸς Νικαίας βαρβάρους διὰ παντοίων ὑποσχέσεων καὶ ἀπαθείας τελείας, ἐν μέρει δὲ καὶ ἀπειλούμενος τόσα καὶ τόσα πεί σεσθαι καὶ παρανάλωμα ξίφους γενέσθαι, εἰ παρὰ τῶν Κελτῶν ἁλῷεν, καὶ πάλαι τὸν Βουτουμίτην γινώσκων εὐνούστατον καὶ περὶ τὰ τοιαῦτα δραστήριον. Ταῦτα μὲν οὖν ἐξ ἀρχῆς τοῦτον παρηκολουθήκει τὸν τρόπον.

11.t.1 ΑΛΕΞΙΑΣ ΙΑʹ

11.1.1 Ὁ δέ γε Βαϊμοῦντος καὶ πάντες οἱ κόμητες ἑνωθέν τες, οὗ διαπλῴσασθαι πρὸς τὴν Κιβωτὸν ἔμελλον, μετὰ τοῦ Γοντοφρὲ τὴν τοῦ Ἰσαγγέλη προσέμενον ἄφιξιν. Πλῆθος δὲ ὄντες ἀναρίθμητον, ἐπεὶ οὐκ ἠδύναντο αὐτοῦ που προσμένειν διὰ τὴν σπάνιν τῶν βοσκημάτων, εἰ καὶ τὴν τοῦ βασιλέως μετὰ τοῦ Ἰσαγγέλη ἀνέμενον ἄφιξιν, ἵνα κεῖθι συνταξάμενοι αὐτῷ τῆς πρὸς Νίκαιαν φερούσης ἅψωνται, διχῆ διαιρεθέντες οἱ μὲν διὰ τῆς Βιθυνῶν καὶ τῆς Νικο μηδείας πρὸς Νίκαιαν ἤλαυνον, οἱ δὲ τὸν τῆς Κιβωτοῦ διανηξάμενοι πορθμὸν ἐς ταὐτὸν συνεληλύθεσαν. Καὶ οὕτως τῇ Νικαίᾳ προσπελάσαντες τοὺς πύργους καὶ τὰς μεταξὺ κορτίνας σφίσιν αὐτοῖς διενείμαντο, κατὰ τάξεις τινὰς τὴν τειχομαχίαν ποιεῖν βουλευσάμενοι, ἵν' ἐντεῦθεν ἕτερος πρὸς ἕτερον ἐρίζοντες καρτερωτέραν τὴν