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τοῖς ὅλοις ἐξα πορήσας καὶ ἄκων τοῖς φεύγουσιν εἵπετο καὶ πρὸς τὴν εἰρημένην πόλιν καὶ οὗτος ἀπεδραπέτευσεν. 14.2.12 Ὁ δέ γε Βουτουμίτης εἰσελθὼν εἰς τὰς Κυπρίους τριήρεις (δυο καίδεκα δὲ ἦσαν αἱ πᾶσαι) καὶ παραπλέων τὰς ἀκτὰς τῆς πρὸς τὸ Ἄκε φερούσης, κεῖθι τὸν Βαλδουῖνον καταλαμβά νει καὶ ἅπαντα τηνικαῦτα ἀπήγγειλεν, ὁπόσα ὁ αὐτοκράτωρ πρὸς αὐτὸν ἀπαγγεῖλαι παρεκελεύσατο· προσεπιβαλὼν δὲ τοῖς λόγοις καὶ τὸν βασιλέα μέχρι Σελευκείας ἐφθακέναι ἔλεγε. Τὸ δὲ ἄρα ἀληθὲς μὲν οὐκ ἦν, ἀλλά τις οἰκονομία ἵν' οὕτω καταπλήξῃ τὸν βάρβαρον καὶ ταχὺ ἀπολύσῃ ἐκεῖ θεν αὐτόν. Ἀλλὰ τὸ δρᾶμα τὸν Βαλδουῖνον οὐκ ἔλαθε, καὶ πολλὰ τοῦτον ὡς ψευσάμενον κατεμέμψατο. Προέφθη γὰρ παρά του τὰ κατὰ τὸν αὐτοκράτορα μεμαθηκέναι ὡς εἰς τὸν μακρὸν ἐξεληλύθει αἰγιαλόν, ὡς τὰς λῃζομένας παρὰ τὴν θάλασσαν κατέσχε λῃστρικὰς ναῦς, ὡς νοσήσας ἐκεῖθεν ὑπεχώρησε, καθά γε δὴ σαφέστερον ὁ λόγος κατωτέρω δηλώ σειε. Ταῦτα τῷ Βουτουμίτῃ ὁ Βαλδουῖνος ἀντειρηκὼς καὶ ὡς ψευσάμενον ὑπὸ μέμψιν ἀγαγὼν ἔφη· «Μετ' ἐμοῦ χρὴ μέχρι τοῦ ἁγίου τάφου ἐληλυθέναι κἀκεῖθεν τὰ ἡμῖν συνδό ξαντα μετὰ πρέσβεων ἐμῶν δηλωθήσεται τῷ αὐτοκράτορι». 14.2.13 Ἅμα γοῦν τῷ τὴν ἁγίαν πόλιν καταλαβεῖν ἐπεζήτει ἐξ αὐτῶν τὰ παρὰ τοῦ βασιλέως ἀποσταλέντα οἱ χρήματα. Ὁ δὲ Βουτουμίτης· «Εἴπερ βοηθήσειν κατὰ τοῦ Ταγγρὲ τῷ αὐτοκράτορι αὐτοὶ ἐπαγγέλλεσθε, τὸν ὅρκον ὃν ἐν τῷ διέρχεσθαι πρὸς αὐτὸν ἐποιήσατε φυλάττοντες, καὶ τὰ πρὸς ὑμᾶς ἀποσταλέντα τηνικαῦτα λήψεσθε χρήματα». Ὁ δὲ τὰ μὲν χρήματα λαβεῖν ἤθελε, βοηθεῖν δὲ μὴ τῷ βασιλεῖ προθυμούμενος, ἀλλὰ τῷ Ταγγρέ, μὴ λαμβάνων τὰ χρήματα ἠνιᾶτο. Τοιοῦτον γὰρ τὸ βάρβαρον ἅπαν ἦθος· πρὸς μὲν τὰς δωρεὰς κέχηνε καὶ τὰ χρήματα, πράττειν δὲ ὑπὲρ ὧν τὰ χρήματα δίδοται ἥκιστα βούλεται. Γραφὰς οὖν ψιλὰς ἐγχειρίσας αὐτῷ ἀπέλυσεν. Ἐντετυχηκότες δὲ οἱ πρέσβεις καὶ τῷ κόμητι Ἰατζουλίνῳ, κατὰ τὴν ἀναστάσιμον τοῦ Σωτῆρος ἡμέραν εἰς προσκύνησιν τοῦ ἁγίου τάφου ἐλη λυθότι, καὶ αὐτῷ τὰ εἰκότα ὁμιλήσαντες, ἐπεὶ σύμφωνα τῷ Βαλδουίνῳ καὶ αὐτὸν λέγοντα ἑώρων, ἄπρακτοι ἐκεῖθεν ὑποχωρήσαντες. 14.2.14 Καὶ μὴ ἐν τοῖς ζῶσι τῷ Πελκτράνῳ ἐντυχόντες, ἐπεζήτουν τὰ κατατεθέντα παρ' αὐτῶν εἰς τὴν ἐπισκοπὴν χρήματα. Ὁ δὲ υἱὸς ἐκείνου καὶ ὁ Τριπό λεως ἐπίσκοπος ἀνεβάλλοντο τέως τὴν τῶν χρημάτων παροχήν. Οἱ δὲ μετὰ ἀπειλῆς αὐτοῖς ἔλεγον· «Εἰ μὴ τὰ χρήματα ἡμῖν ἀποδοίητε, οὐκ ἐστὲ ἀληθεῖς δοῦλοι τοῦ βασιλέως οὔτε τὴν εἰς αὐτὸν πίστιν φαίνεσθε ἔχοντες καθὼς ὅ τε Πελκτράνος καὶ ὁ τούτου πατὴρ Ἰσαγγέλης. Λοιπὸν οὐδὲ τὴν ἀπὸ Κύπρου δαψιλῆ τῶν χρειωδῶν ἀρδείαν τοῦ λοιποῦ ἕξετε, οὔτε μὴν ἐπαρήγοντα ὑμῖν τὸν δοῦκα Κύπρου, κἀντεῦθεν λιμοῦ παρανάλωμα γενήσεσθε». Ὡς δὲ πάντα κάλων κινοῦντες πῆ μὲν διὰ μειλιχίων λόγων, πῆ δὲ δι' ἀπειλῶν πειρώμενοι τὰ χρήματα ἀναλαβέσθαι οὐκ ἔπειθον, δεῖν ἐλογίσαντο τὸν υἱὸν τοῦ Πελκτράνου εἰς σώαν πίστιν ὁρκίσαι τοῦ αὐτοκράτορος καὶ οὕτω τὴν πρὸς τὸν πατέρα αὐτοῦ ἀποσταλεῖσαν μόνην ἐπιδοῦναι αὐτῷ δωρεὰν ἀπό τε χαράγματος χρυσοῦ καὶ ἀργύρου καὶ πέπλων παντοίων. Ὁ δὲ λαβὼν ταῦτα εἰς σώαν πίστιν ὀμωμόκει τοῦ αὐτοκράτορος. Τὰ δέ γε λοιπὰ χρήματα ἀποκομίσαντες πρὸς τὸν Εὐμάθιον δι' αὐτῶν ἐξωνήσαντο ἵππους τῶν εὐγενῶν ἀπό τε ∆αμάσκου καὶ Ἐδέσης καὶ αὐτῆς Ἀραβίας. Ἐκεῖθεν δὲ τό τε Συριακὸν πέλαγος καὶ τὸν Παμφύλιον παραμείψαντες κόλπον, τὸν πλοῦν τε παρῃτήσαντο καὶ τὴν ἤπειρον ἀσφαλεστέραν τῆς θαλάττης ἡγησάμενοι πρὸς τὴν Χερρόνησον ἀφορῶσι τὸν αὐτοκράτορα ἔχουσαν καί, τὸν Ἑλλήσποντον διαβεβηκότες, τὸν βασιλέα καταλαμβά νουσιν.