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Flight of Mourzuphles – Second Fire in ConstantinopleAs they had settled, so was it done, and they encamped before the walls and before the towers by their ships. Count Baldwin of Flanders and Hainault...

“Now the Emperor Mourzuphles, the traitor, was near by, at less than a stone’s throw of distance, and he caused the silver horns to be sounded, and the cymbals, and a great noise to...

“Now there was there a clerk, Aleaume of Clari by name, who had shown his courage whenever there was need, and was always first in any assault at which he might be present; and...

Enough was there spoken, this way and in that; but the conclusion of their deliberation was this: that they would repair and refit on the following day, which was Saturday, and during the whole...

Attack of the Crusaders Repulsed – They Make Ready for Another AssaultThe fleet was very well prepared and armed, and provisions were got together for the pilgrims. On the Thursday after mid-Lent (8th April...

Agreement Between the Franks and Venetians before Attacking ConstantinopleNow let us leave speaking of those who avoided the host, and speak of those before Constantinople. Well had these prepared all their engines, and mounted...

By God’s help the Emperor Mourzuphles was discomfited, and came near to being taken captive; and he lost his imperial banner and an Eikon that was home before him, in which he and the...

But murder cannot be hid. Soon was it clearly known, both to the Greeks and to the French, that this murder had been committed, as has just been told to you. Then did the...

All the knights of the host, as soon as they heard the clamour, armed themselves; and the battalions marched out into the plain, each according to the order in which they had been quartered,...

Great was the tumult there within, and the envoys turned about and came to the gate and mounted their horses. When they got outside the gate, there was not one of them but felt...