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Chronicon i

Historical Compositions(libri vi de Michaele Palaeologo)

CHRONICLE OF GEORGE PACHYMERES, PROTEKDIKOS AND DIKAIOPHYLAX

CHAPTERS OF THE FIRST BOOK

1. Proem of the author and concerning the truth of what is said. 2.

A disclaimer about not speaking of matters earlier than the author's time. 3. How the ancients fortified the citadels. 4. How they took care of the men and affairs in the citadels. 5. How, when the city was long ago captured by the Italians, affairs in the East were weakened, and the affairs concerning Chadenos. 6. How the Persians seized the mountains of Rhomais. 7. How during the reign of Emperor John, Michael Palaeologus was secured by his loyalty to the emperors. 8. How the second emperor Lascaris, scorning many of those in high office, replaced them with others. 9. How Kotys prepares Palaeologus to desert to the Persians. 10. How, having returned again and been accepted through the mediation of the Sultan of Iconium, he is sent as general in the western regions together with Chalkoutzes of Dyrrachium. 11. How Chadenos is sent to bring back Palaeologus in iron chains and the events that followed these things and how he was brought and imprisoned. 12. How the ailing emperor suspected everyone of sorcery and the affair concerning the great domestikissa Maria, or Martha. 13. The death of the emperor Theodore and his achievements while still alive. 5 14. How Theodore Lascaris was educated by his father John, being raised to the emperorship. 15. How the protovestiarios George Mouzalon was regent for the youth John. 10. Public address of the protovestiarios Mouzalon. 17. Reply of Palaeologus to the public address. 18. The attack against the Mouzalons. 19. How the murder of the Mouzalons was dared by the army. 20. How on account of these things some of the magnates withdrew, while those who remained were on their guard. 21. How the nobles contended over the guardianship of the emperor. 22. How Palaeologus was preferred over the others for the regency of the minor emperor, with the patriarch being absent. 23. How Palaeologus was honored as megas doux. 24. How, having fallen ill, Emperor John, the father of Theodore, provided many things to the poor. 25. How the megas doux, by casually handling the imperial funds, won for himself the goodwill of the many. 20. How, when the patriarch arrived, the megas doux showed great deference toward him. 27. How those speaking on behalf of the megas doux won over the majority, so that he might even become despot. 28. How the patriarch consented to those speaking on behalf of Palaeologus. 29. How Palaeologus, winning over the many, demanded through them even the greatest thing. 30. How the despot in the west, Michael, was puffed up by the state of affairs. 31. How the prince of Achaia was captured by the Romans. 32. How the despot Michael, having gathered his forces, defeats the Romans and captures the Caesar.

{CHAPTERS OF THE SECOND BOOK}.

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Chronicon i

Συγγραφικαὶ ἱστορίαι(libri vi de Michaele Palaeologo)

ΧΡΟΝΙΚΟΝ ΓΕΩΡΓΙΟΥ ΠΑΧΥΜΕΡΗ ΤΟΥ ΠΡΩΤΕΚ∆ΙΚΟΥ ΚΑΙ ∆ΙΚΑΙΟΦΥΛΑΚΟΣ

ΚΕΦΑΛΑΙΑ ΤΟΥ ΠΡΩΤΟΥ ΛΟΓΟΥ

αʹ. Προοίμιον τοῦ συγγραφέως καὶ περὶ τῆς ἀληθείας τῶν λεγομένων. βʹ.

Παραίτησις τοῦ μὴ τὰ πρότερα ἢ κατὰ τὸν συγγραφέα λέγειν. γʹ. Ὅπως οἱ παλαιοὶ κατωχύρουν τὰς ἄκρας. δʹ. Ὅπως τῶν ἐν ταῖς ἄκραις ἐπεμελοῦντο ἀνδρῶν καὶ πραγμάτων. εʹ. Ὅπως, παρὰ τῶν Ἰταλῶν ἁλούσης πάλαι τῆς πόλεως, ἐξησθένησαν τὰ κατὰ τὴν ἀνατολήν, καὶ τὰ κατὰ τὸν Χαδηνόν. ʹ. Ὅπως οἱ Πέρσαι κατέσχον τὰ τῆς Ῥωμαΐδος ὄρη. ζʹ. Ὅπως ἐπὶ τοῦ βασιλέως Ἰωάννου ἐπὶ τῇ εἰς βασιλεῖς πίστει ὁ Παλαιολόγος Μιχαὴλ κατησφαλίζετο. ηʹ. Ὅπως ὁ δεύτερος Λάσκαρις βασιλεύς, πολλοὺς τῶν ἐν ἀξιώμασιν ὑπερορῶν, ἑτέρους ἀντικαθίστη. θʹ. Ὅπως ὁ Κότυς τὸν Παλαιολόγον παρασκευάζει αὐτομολῆσαι πρὸς Πέρσας. ιʹ. Ὅπως, πάλιν ἐπανελθὼν καὶ δεχθεὶς ἐκ μεσιτείας τοῦ Ἰκονίου, στέλλεται στρατηγὸς ἐν τοῖς κατὰ δύσιν συνάμα τῷ ∆υρραχίου Χαλκούτζῃ. ιαʹ. Ὅπως ἀποστέλλεται Χαδηνὸς ἀναγαγεῖν τὸν Παλαιολόγον σιδηρόδετον καὶ τὰ ἐπὶ τούτοις συμβάντα καὶ ὅπως ἀχθεὶς καθείργνυται. ιβʹ. Ὅπως νοσῶν ὁ βασιλεὺς πάντας ἐπὶ μαγείαις ὑπώπτευε καὶ τὰ κατὰ τὴν μεγάλην δομεστίκισσαν Μαρίαν, εἴτ' οὖν Μάρθαν. ιγʹ. Θάνατος τοῦ βασιλέως Θεοδώρου καὶ τὰ ἔτι ζῶντος αὐτοῦ κατορθώ ματα. 5 ιδʹ. Ὅπως ἐπαιδεύετο ὁ Λάσκαρις Θεόδωρος παρὰ τοῦ πατρὸς Ἰωάννου, εἰς βασιλείαν ἀναγόμενος. ιεʹ. Ὅπως ὁ πρωτοβεστιάριος Γεώργιος ὁ Μουζάλων τοῦ μειρακίσκου Ἰωάννου ἐπετρόπευεν. ιʹ. ∆ημηγορία τοῦ πρωτοβεστιαρίου Μουζάλωνος. ιζʹ. Ἀπολογία πρὸς τὴν δημηγορίαν τοῦ Παλαιολόγου. ιηʹ. Ἐπίθεσις κατὰ τῶν Μουζαλώνων. ιθʹ. Ὅπως παρὰ τοῦ στρατοῦ ἐτολμήθη ὁ φόνος τοῖς Μουζάλωσιν. κʹ. Ὅπως τῶν μεγιστάνων διὰ ταῦτά τινες ἀπεχώρουν, οἱ δὲ καὶ μένοντες ἐφυλάττοντο. καʹ. Ὅπως ἐφιλονείκουν οἱ ἄρχοντες περὶ τὴν τοῦ βασιλέως κηδεμονίαν. κβʹ. Ὅπως προετιμήθη τῶν ἄλλων ὁ Παλαιολόγος εἰς τὴν τοῦ ἀφήλικος βασιλέως ἐπιτροπήν, καὶ τοῦ πατριάρχου ἀπόντος. κγʹ. Ὅπως ὁ Παλαιολόγος ἐτιμήθη εἰς μέγαν δοῦκα. κδʹ. Ὅπως νοσήσας ὁ βασιλεὺς Ἰωάννης ὁ τοῦ Θεοδώρου πατὴρ πολλὰ τοῖς πένησιν ἐχορήγησεν. κεʹ. Ὅπως ἐπιπολαίως ὁ μέγας δοὺξ τῶν βασιλικῶν χρημάτων ἁπτόμενος περιεποίει ἑαυτῷ τὴν τῶν πολλῶν εὔνοιαν. κʹ. Ὅπως, ἐλθόντος τοῦ πατριάρχου, πολλὴν ὁ μέγας δοὺξ πρὸς ἐκεῖνον ἐπεδείξατο τὴν ὑπόπτωσιν. κζʹ. Ὅπως κατεδημαγώγουν τοὺς πλείστους οἱ ὑπὲρ τοῦ μεγάλου δουκὸς λέγοντες, ὥστε καὶ δεσπότην γενέσθαι. κηʹ. Ὅπως ὁ πατριάρχης συνῄνει τοῖς ὑπὲρ τοῦ Παλαιολόγου λέγουσιν. κθʹ. Ὅπως ὑποποιούμενος ὁ Παλαιολόγος τοὺς πολλοὺς δι' αὐτῶν ἀπῄτει καὶ τὸ μέγιστον. λʹ. Ὅπως ὁ ἐν τῇ δύσει δεσπότης Μιχαὴλ κατεπήρθη τῶν πραγμάτων. λαʹ. Ὅπως ὁ τῆς Ἀχαΐας πρίγκιψ Ῥωμαίοις ἑάλω.λβʹ. Ὅπως ὁ δεσπότης Μιχαήλ, συναθροίσας τὰς δυνάμεις, νικᾷ Ῥωμαίους καὶ αἱρεῖ καίσαρα.

{ΚΕΦΑΛΑΙΑ ΤΟΥ ∆ΕΥΤΕΡΟΥ ΛΟΓΟΥ}.