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11.8.1 While these things were thus being accomplished, since, Godfrey having died, it was necessary for another to become king again, filling his place, immediately the Latins in Jerusalem summoned Isangeles from Tripoli, wishing to make him king of Jerusalem. But he for a time put off his departure there. Therefore, when he had entered the great city, since the men in Jerusalem knew that he was delaying, they sent for Baldwin, who was then dwelling near Edessa, and appointed him king of Jerusalem. The emperor, therefore, having received Isangeles gladly, since he had learned that Baldwin had undertaken the rule in Jerusalem, kept him with him, at the time when the army of the Normans also arrived, having as leaders two brothers called Flandras. 11.8.2 To whom the emperor often gave much counsel, that they should travel the same road as the preceding armies and reach Jerusalem through the coastal regions and thus be united with the rest of the army of the Latins, he did not find them persuaded, since they did not wish to unite with the Franks, but thinking to travel another road through the east and to proceed straight for Khorasan and to seize it. But the emperor, knowing this to be altogether disadvantageous and not wanting the destruction of so great a host (for there were fifty thousand horsemen and one hundred thousand foot soldiers), since he saw they were not persuaded, taking a second course, as they say, he sent for Isangeles and Tzitas and sent them out with them, in order that they might both advise on what was advantageous and, as far as possible, restrain them from their irrational impulses. Having crossed, therefore, the strait of Kibotos and hastening towards the Armeniakon theme they took Ankyra and seized it by assault. And thus, having crossed the Halys, they took a certain small town; and since the Romans held this, the priests, taking courage and putting on the sacred vestments, carrying a Gospel and crosses, approached them as fellow Christians. But they inhumanly and cruelly killed not only the priests, but also the rest of the Christians and, heedless of the rest, they made their way, having turned towards Amaseia. 11.8.3 But the Turks, being experienced in war, having seized all the villages beforehand, burned all the fodder, and having overtaken them, they attacked them swiftly. It was the second day on which the Turks prevailed over them. And then, having encamped thereabouts and pitched a palisade, they deposited their baggage. On the day after it, both armies fought again. But the Turks, having encamped in a circle, gave them no room for foraging, nor indeed did they permit them to lead out their pack-animals and horses to water. The Celts, therefore, already seeing their own utter destruction before their eyes, disregarding their own lives, on the next day, it was a Wednesday, heavily armed they took up the war with the barbarians. But the Turks, having them at close quarters, no longer fought against them with spears or through bows, but drawing their swords from their sheaths, they made the battle a close combat and straightway put the Normans to flight. And they, having reached their own palisade, sought a counselor. 11.8.4 But the most excellent emperor, who had suggested better things to them and had not been listened to, was not present. So they had recourse to the opinion of Isangeles and Tzitas, and at the same time they also inquired if any territory under the emperor lay nearby, searching for it. And indeed, leaving behind their baggage and their tents and all the infantry right there, mounted on their own horses, they rode as fast as they could towards the coastal regions of the Armeniakon and of Paurae. And the Turks, falling suddenly upon their palisade, took everything. Then, pursuing after them the

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11.8.1 Τούτων οὕτω τελουμένων, ἐπεὶ τετελευτηκότος τοῦ Γοντοφρὲ ἕτερον ἔδει πάλιν ῥῆγα γενέσθαι τὸν ἐκείνου ἀναπληροῦντα τόπον, εὐθὺς οἱ ἐν Ἱεροσολύμοις Λατῖνοι μετεκαλοῦντο τὸν Ἰσαγγέλην ἀπὸ Τριπόλεως ῥῆγα τῶν Ἱεροσολύμων ποιῆσαι ἐθέλοντες. Ὁ δὲ ἀνεβάλλετο τέως τὴν ἐκεῖσε ἀπέλευσιν. Εἰσελθόντος οὖν εἰς τὴν μεγαλόπο λιν, ἐπεὶ ἀναβαλλόμενον αὐτὸν οἱ ἐν Ἱεροσολύμοις ἐγνώ κεσαν, μεταπεμψάμενοι τὸν Βαλδουῖνον περὶ τὴν Ἔδεσαν τότε ἐνδιατρίβοντα ῥῆγα Ἱεροσολύμων κατέστησαν. Ὁ μὲν οὖν βασιλεὺς τὸν Ἰσαγγέλην ἀσμένως ἀποδεξάμενος, ἐπεὶ τὸν Βαλδουῖνον μεμαθήκοι τὴν ἐν Ἱεροσολύμοις ἀρχὴν ἀναδέξασθαι, παρακατεῖχε μεθ' ἑαυτοῦ, ὁπηνίκα καὶ τὸ τῶν Νορμάνων φοσσάτον κατέλαβεν ἡγεμόνας ἔχον ἀδελ φοὺς δύο Φλάντρας καλουμένους. 11.8.2 Οἷς πολλὰ πολλάκις ὁ βασιλεὺς συμβουλευόμενος τὴν αὐτὴν τοῖς προλαβοῦσι φοσσάτοις ὁδεῦσαι καὶ διὰ τῶν παραλίων τὰ Ἱεροσόλυμα καταλαβεῖν καὶ οὕτως τῷ λοιπῷ στρατεύματι τῶν Λατίνων ἑνωθῆναι, πειθομένους τούτους οὐχ εὕρισκεν ἅτε τοῖς Φράγγοις ἑνωθῆναι μὴ βουλομένους, ἀλλ' ἑτέραν ὁδεῦσαι ὁδὸν διὰ τοῦ ἀνατολικοῦ καὶ κατευθὺ χωρῆσαι τοῦ Χοροσὰν οἰομένους κατασχεῖν τὸ τοιοῦτον. Ὁ δὲ βασιλεύς, πάντη ἀσύμφορον τοῦτο γινώσκων καὶ τὴν ἀπώλειαν μὴ θέλων τοῦ τοσούτου λαοῦ (πεντήκοντα γὰρ ἦσαν χιλιάδες ἱππέων ἀνδρῶν καὶ ἑκατὸν πεζῶν), ἐπεὶ μὴ πειθομένους τούτους ἑώρα, τὸν δεύτερον, ὅ φασι, πλοῦν ἐρχόμενος, μεταπεμψά μενος τὸν Ἰσαγγέλην καὶ τὸν Τζίταν συνεκπέμπει τούτοις ἐφ' ᾧ συμβουλεύειν τε τὰ συνοίσοντα καὶ τῶν παραλόγων ὁρμῶν ὡς ἐνὸν ἀνασειράζειν αὐτούς. ∆ιαπεραιωθέντες οὖν τὸν τῆς Κιβωτοῦ πορθμὸν καὶ πρὸς τὸν Ἀρμενιακὸν ἐπειγόμενοι τὴν Ἄγκυραν καταλαβόντες ἐξ ἐφόδου ταύτην κατέσχον. Καὶ οὕτω τὸν Ἅλυν διαβάντες πολίχνιόν τι κατ έλαβον· ἐπεὶ δὲ τοῦτο Ῥωμαῖοι κατεῖχον, θαρρήσαντες καὶ τὰς ἱερὰς ἐπενδυθέντες οἱ ἱερεῖς στολὰς εὐαγγέλιόν τε καὶ σταυροὺς κομιζόμενοι ὡς Χριστιανοῖς τούτοις προσῄεσαν. Οἱ δὲ ἀπανθρώπως καὶ ἀπηνῶς οὐ τοὺς ἱερεῖς μόνον, ἀλλὰ καὶ τοὺς λοιποὺς τῶν Χριστιανῶν ἀναιροῦσι καὶ ἀφροντίσ τως τοῦ λοιποῦ ὡς πρὸς Ἀμάσειαν ἀπονεύσαντες τὴν ὁδοι πορίαν ἐποιοῦντο. 11.8.3 Οἱ δὲ Τοῦρκοι, ἐμπειροπόλεμοι ὄντες, προκαταλαβόντες τὰς κώμας πάσας καὶ τὰ χορτάσ ματα πάντα ἐνέπρησαν, ἐφθακότες δὲ τούτους ὀξέως προσ έβαλον. ∆ευτέρα δὲ ἦν καθ' ἣν ὑπερίσχυσαν τούτων οἱ Τοῦρκοι. Καὶ τηνικαῦτα αὐτοῦ που κατασκηνώσαντες χάρακά τε πηξάμενοι τὰς σκευὰς ἐναπέθεντο. Τῇ δὲ μετ' αὐτὴν αὖθις ἄμφω ἐμάχοντο τὰ στρατεύματα. Οἱ δὲ Τοῦρκοι κυκλοτερῶς κατασκηνώσαντες οὐ χορταγωγίας χώραν τούτοις ἐδίδουν οὔτε μὴν τὰ ὑποζύγια καὶ τοὺς ἵππους ἐς ποτὸν ἐξάγειν συνεχώρουν. Τὴν ἑαυτῶν οὖν πανωλεθρίαν ἐπ' ὀφθαλμῶν ἤδη ὁρῶντες οἱ Κελτοὶ τῆς ἑαυτῶν ζωῆς ἀφειδήσαντες τῇ μετ' αὐτήν, τετρὰς δὲ ἦν, καρτερῶς ὁπλισάμενοι τὸν μετὰ τῶν βαρβάρων ἀνεδέξαντο πόλεμον. Οἱ δὲ Τοῦρκοι, εἰς χεῖρας τούτους ἔχοντες, οὐκέτι μετὰ τῶν δοράτων οὐδὲ διὰ τόξων πρὸς αὐτοὺς ἀπεμάχοντο, ἀλλὰ τὰ ξίφη σπασάμενοι καὶ τῶν κουλεῶν ἐξελκύσαντες ἀγχέμαχον τὴν μάχην ἐποιοῦντο καὶ παρευθὺ τρέπουσι τοὺς Νορμάνους. Οἱ δὲ καταλαβόντες τὸν ἴδιον χάρακα σύμβουλον ἀνεζήτουν. 11.8.4 Ὁ δ' ἄριστος αὐτοκράτωρ ὁ τὰ λῴονα τούτοις ὑποτιθέμενος καὶ μὴ εἰσακουσθεὶς οὐ παρῆν. Λοιπὸν ἐπὶ τὴν τοῦ Ἰσαγγέλη καὶ τοῦ Τζίτα γνώ μην καταφεύγουσιν, ἅμα δὲ καί, εἰ χώρα τις τῶν ὑπὸ τὸν αὐτοκράτορα πλησίον παράκειται, ἐπυνθάνοντο ἀναζητοῦν τες αὐτήν. Καὶ δὴ τάς τε σκευὰς καὶ τὰς σκηνὰς καὶ τὸ πεζὸν ἅπαν αὐτοῦ που καταλιπόντες τοῖς ἰδίοις ἵπποις ἐποχηθέντες ὡς εἶχον τάχους πρὸς τὰ παρὰ θάλασσαν τοῦ Ἀρμενιακοῦ καὶ τῆς Παυράης ἔθεον. Ἐπεισπεσόντες δ' ἀθρόον οἱ Τοῦρκοι τούτων τῷ χάρακι πάντα ἀφείλοντο. Εἶτα κατόπιν τούτων διώξαντες τὸ