Michael IV part 4
9. Clearly it was not a noble beginning for a man promoted to supreme power, as I have shown. Nevertheless, for a short period...
Antiochus Strategos part 5
I know that it may seem very bold on my part to write this book when there are so many holy priests capable of...
Alexius Part 14
But Bryennius, in fear of his life resembled a maniac, and was by no means in need of rest, for how should a man...
Antiochus Strategos part 12
If Miletus is meant, the pilgrims must have landed there before reaching Patara. The only place between Patara and Chelidonia is a town,...
Antiochus Strategos part 13
At that time there were seven companions with Willibald and he made the eighth. Almost at once they were arrested by the pagan Saracens,...
Antiochus Strategos part 14
This Spaniard had a brother at the king’s court, who was the chamberlain of the King of the Saracens. And when the governor who...
Antiochus Strategos part 15
Then they made for the town called Tiberias. It stands at the edge of the sea on which our Lord walked dry¬shod and where...
Alexius Part 22
So from tip to toe this man was well-proportioned, as I have repeatedly heard many say. Now, Homer says of Achilles that when he...
Michael IV part 17
Those who took part in these ceremonies with him and faked the apparitions, will know whether the story is true or false. If it...
Alexius Part 23
Since the aforesaid Gulielmus Mascabeles far surpassed him in wealth and influence, Robert renounced all idea of meeting him openly in battle, and concocted...
