Memoirs or Chronicle of the Fourth Crusade part 39
Capture of Twenty-Five TowersNow may you hear of a strange deed of prowess; for the Doge of Venice, who was an old man, and...
Memoirs or Chronicle of the Fourth Crusade part 38
Assault of the CityThus their peril and toil lasted for nearly ten days, until, on a Thursday morning (I7th July I203) all things were...
Memoirs or Chronicle of the Fourth Crusade part 37
First Incidents of the AssaultThen did they bethink themselves of a very good device; for they enclosed the whole camp with good lists, and...
Memoirs or Chronicle of the Fourth Crusade part 36
They sojourned thus for four days. On the fifth day, the whole host were armed, and the divisions advanced on horseback, each in the...
Memoirs or Chronicle of the Fourth Crusade part 35
Well did they keep guard during the night; and on the morrow, at the hour of tierce, those who were in the tower of...
Memoirs or Chronicle of the Fourth Crusade part 34
The term fixed was now come; and the knights went on board the transports with their war-horses; and they were fully armed, with their...
Memoirs or Chronicle of the Fourth Crusade part 33
And after, it was settled that Henry his brother, and Matthew of Wallincourt, and Baldwin of Beauvoir, and many other good knights of their...
Memoirs or Chronicle of the Fourth Crusade part 32
It belongs to Ws nephew, who sits upon a throne among us, and is the son of his brother, the Emperor Isaac. But if...
Memoirs or Chronicle of the Fourth Crusade part 31
Message of the Emperor Alexius-Reply of the CrusadersThe next day after, the Emperor Alexius sent an envoy with letters to the counts and to...
Memoirs or Chronicle of the Fourth Crusade part 30
They soioumed thus in that palace the following day; and on the third day God gave them a good wind, and the mariners raised...
