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he granted entry to all in a body, but opening the gates by tens he granted the Celts admission.

11.3.1 But the emperor, still staying near Pelecanum and wishing that as many of the counts as had not yet sworn should also give oaths to him, instructed Butumites by letters to advise all the counts jointly not to take the road leading to Antioch before taking leave of the emperor; for thus it would be possible for them to receive still more gifts. But Bohemond first of all, hearing of money and gifts, was immediately persuaded by the words of Butumites and advised them all to return to the emperor, such was the ungovernable desire for gain that he had. And when they reached Pelecanum, the emperor received them magnificently, deeming them worthy of much care; then, having gathered them together, he said: “You know the oath which you all made to us, and if you are not henceforth transgressors, advise as many as you know who have not sworn to take the same oath.” And they immediately sent for those who had not sworn; and indeed they all came together and fulfilled the oath. 11.3.2 But Bohemond's nephew Tancred, being of an independent mind, insisted that he owed fealty to Bohemond alone and wished to keep this until his death. But being pressured by those present and even by the emperor's own kinsmen, feigning reluctance, as it were, he gazed at the tent in which the emperor was presiding (for it was of a size such as no one had ever seen before); “If you will give me this,” he said, “full of money, and as much else as you have given to all the counts, I too will take the oath.” But Palaeologus, because of the zeal he had for the emperor, unable to bear Tancred's contrived speech, scorned him and sent him away. But he, being most impetuous, rushed at him; seeing this, the emperor rose from his throne and stood between them. And Bohemond also restrained him from his rush, saying that “it is not proper to behave shamelessly towards the emperor's kinsmen.” Then Tancred, ashamed at having behaved so outrageously toward Palaeologus, and also persuaded by the exhortations of Bohemond and the others, gave the oaths himself as well. 11.3.3 And so, when all had taken their leave of the emperor, he handed over to them Taticius with the forces under him, who at that time held the office of Grand Primicerius, on the one hand to accompany them in all things and share their dangers, and on the other to take possession of the cities captured by them, if God should grant this. Therefore, having crossed over again, the Celts on the next day all took the road to Antioch. Then the emperor, considering that not all had necessarily departed with the counts, indicated to Butumites that he should hire for the garrison of Nicaea as many of the Celts as had been left behind from their own army. 11.3.4 But Taticius with the army under him and all the counts and the countless Celtic multitudes under them, having reached Leucae in two days, they assigned to Bohemond the position in front, as he had requested this; and they, drawn up behind him, marched at a slow pace. But as he made a quicker movement, when the Turks saw him near the plains of Dorylaeum, thinking they had encountered the entire army of the Celts and despising him, they immediately joined battle with him. But that arrogant Latin, the one who had dared to sit on the imperial throne, having forgotten the emperor's counsel, held the extremity of Bohemond's line of battle and, becoming fainthearted, ran out ahead of the rest. Therefore, forty of those with him were killed at that time; but he, having been struck a mortal blow, turning his back to the enemy, into the middle of the

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πᾶσιν ὁμαδὸν τὴν εἰσέλευσιν συνεχώρει, ἀλλὰ κατὰ δεκάδας ὑπανοίγων τὰς πύλας παρεχώρει τοῖς Κελτοῖς τῆς εἰσόδου.

11.3.1 Ὁ δὲ αὐτοκράτωρ ἔτι περὶ τὸν Πελεκάνον ἐνδιατρίβων καὶ θέλων ὁπόσοι μὴ ἔφθασαν τῶν κομήτων ὀμωμοκέ ναι καὶ αὐτοὺς ὅρκια πρὸς αὐτὸν δοῦναι, ἐνετείλατο διὰ γραμμάτων τῷ Βουτουμίτῃ συμβουλεῦσαι ἅπασι κοινῶς τοῖς κόμησι μὴ πρὸ τοῦ συντάξασθαι τῷ βασιλεῖ τῆς πρὸς Ἀντιόχειαν φερούσης ἅψεσθαι· οὕτω γὰρ ἂν γένοιτο τού τοις καὶ πλειόνων αὖθις δωρεῶν τυχεῖν. Ἁπάντων δὲ πρῶ τος ὁ Βαϊμοῦντος, χρήματα καὶ δωρεὰς ἀκούσας, τοῖς τοῦ Βουτουμίτου λόγοις παραυτίκα πεισθεὶς ἅπασι συνεβούλευε πρὸς τὸν βασιλέα ἐπανελεύσεσθαι, ὁποῖος ἐκεῖνος περὶ τὰς λήψεις ἀκάθεκτον ἔχων τὸν ἔρωτα. Καταλαβόντας δὲ τού τους τὸν Πελεκάνον ὁ αὐτοκράτωρ μεγαλοπρεπῶς δέχεται πολλῆς κηδεμονίας ἀξιώσας· εἶτα συναγαγὼν αὐτοὺς ἔφη· «Τὸν ὅρκον ἐπίστασθε, ὃν πρὸς ἡμᾶς ἅπαντες ἐποιήσατε, καὶ εἰ μὴ παραβάται ἀπεντεῦθέν ἐστε, ὁπόσους ἴστε μὴ ὀμωμοκότας ξυμβουλεύσασθε τὸν αὐτὸν ὅρκον ἐπιτελέσαι». Οἱ δὲ παραχρῆμα μετεπέμποντο τοὺς μὴ ὀμωμοκότας· καὶ δὴ συνεληλύθεσαν ἅπαντες καὶ ἐπλήρουν τὸν ὅρκον. 11.3.2 Ὁ δὲ τοῦ Βαϊμούντου ἀνεψιάδης Ταγγρῆς, ἐλευθέρας ὢν γνώμης, ἐνίστατο μόνῳ τῷ Βαϊμούντῳ πίστιν χρεωστεῖν καὶ ταύτην φυλάξαι μέχρις αὐτοῦ θανάτου βούλεσθαι. Ὀχλούμενος δὲ ὑπὸ τῶν παρεστώτων καὶ αὐτῶν δὴ τῶν τοῦ βασιλέως συγγενῶν, ἀκκιζόμενος οἷον, ἐνατενίσας πρὸς τὴν σκηνὴν ἐν ᾗ ὁ βασιλεὺς προὐκάθητο (ἦν γὰρ κατὰ μέγεθος ὁποίαν οὔπω τότε οὐδεὶς ἐθεάσατο)· «Ἐὰν ταύτην, ἔφη, πλήρη χρημάτων μοι δώσεις καὶ ἄλλα ὁπόσα τοῖς ἅπασι δέδωκας κόμησι, τελέσω τὸν ὅρκον κἀγώ» Ὁ δὲ Παλαιολόγος, δι' ὃν εἶχεν ὑπὲρ τοῦ αὐτοκράτορος ζῆλον, μὴ ἐνεγκὼν τὸν τοῦ Ταγγρῆ λόγον ἐσχηματισμένον ὄντα ἐξουθενήσας αὐτὸν ἀπεπέμψατο. Ὁ δὲ ἰταμώτατος ὢν ὥρμησε κατ' αὐτοῦ· τοῦτο ἰδὼν ὁ βασιλεὺς ἐξαναστὰς τοῦ θρόνου μέσος ἔστη. Καὶ ὁ Βαϊμοῦντος δὲ κατέσχε τοῦτον τῆς ὁρμῆς φάμενος ὡς «οὐ πρέπον ἐστὶ τοῖς τοῦ βασιλέως ἀναισχύντως προσφέρεσθαι συγγενέσιν». Εἶτα αἰσχυνθεὶς οὕτω πρὸς τὸν Παλαιολόγον παροινήσας ὁ Ταγγρῆς, τὸ δέ τι καὶ ταῖς τοῦ Βαϊμούντου καὶ τῶν ἄλλων πεισθεὶς παραι νέσεσι, δίδωσι καὶ αὐτὸς ὅρκια. 11.3.3 Καὶ δὴ συνταξαμένων ἁπάντων τῷ βασιλεῖ, παραδίδωσιν αὐτοῖς τὸν Τατίκιον μετὰ τῶν ὑπ' αὐτὸν δυνάμεων μέγαν τηνικαῦτα πριμική ριον χρηματίζοντα, πῆ μὲν συνεπαρήγοντα τούτοις ἐν πᾶσι καὶ προκινδυνεύοντα, πῆ δὲ καὶ τῶν παρ' αὐτῶν ἁλισκομένων πόλεων, εἴ γε καὶ τοῦτο δοίη Θεός, ἐπιδρατ τόμενον. ∆ιαπεράσαντες οὖν αὖθις οἱ Κελτοὶ τῇ μετ' αὐτὴν τῆς πρὸς Ἀντιόχειαν εἴχοντο ἅπαντες. Εἶτα στοχασάμε νος ὁ βασιλεὺς ὡς οὐ πάντες ἐξ ἀνάγκης συναπῆλθον τοῖς κόμησι, δηλοῖ τῷ Βουτουμίτῃ ἵν' ὁπόσοι τῶν Κελτῶν τῆς ἰδίας στρατιᾶς ἀπελείφθησαν, εἰς φρουρὰν τῆς Νικαίας μισθώσηται. 11.3.4 Ὁ δέ γε Τατίκιος μετὰ τοῦ ὑπ' αὐτὸν στρατοῦ καὶ οἱ κόμητες ἅπαντες καὶ τὰ ὑπ' αὐτοὺς ἀναρίθ μητα κελτικὰ πλήθη, ἐν δυσὶν ἡμέραις τὰς Λεύκας κατα λαβόντες, τῷ μὲν Βαϊμούντῳ τὸν ἔμπροσθεν ἀπεμερίσαντο τόπον τοῦτο αὐτοῦ ἐξαιτησαμένου· ἐκεῖνοι δ' ὄπισθεν αὐτοῦ παραταξάμενοι βραδεῖ ποδὶ ἔστειχον. Ὀξυτέραν δὲ τὴν κίνησιν ποιούμενον ἐπεὶ περὶ τὰς τοῦ ∆ορυλαίου πεδιάδας Τοῦρκοι τοῦτον ἐθεάσαντο, οἰηθέντες τῷ παντὶ στρατεύματι τῶν Κελτῶν ἐντετυχηκέναι καὶ καταπεφρονη κότες αὐτοῦ παραχρῆμα τὸν μετ' αὐτοῦ συνῆψαν πόλεμον. Ὁ δέ γε τετυφωμένος ἐκεῖνος Λατῖνος, ὁ ἐπὶ τοῦ βασιλι κοῦ σκίμποδος καθεσθῆναι τολμήσας, τῆς τοῦ αὐτοκράτορος ἐπιλαθόμενος ξυμβουλῆς, τὸ ἄκρον εἶχε τῆς τοῦ Βαϊμούν του παρατάξεως καὶ μικροψυχήσας τῶν λοιπῶν προεξέ δραμε. Κτείνονται μὲν οὖν τηνικαῦτα τεσσαράκοντα τῶν μετ' αὐτοῦ· ἐκεῖνος δὲ καιρίως πληγείς, νῶτα τοῖς ἐχθροῖς ὑποσχών, εἰς τὸ μέσον τῆς