And the Emperor
Alexius answered that he should be as welcome as if he were his own
son, and that he would give him his daughter to wife, and make of him
his son. So the Emperor Mourzuphles encamped before Messinopolis, and
pitched his tents and pavilions, and Alexius was quartere within the
city. So they conferred together, and Alexius gave him his daughter to
wife, and they entered into alliance, and said they should be as one.
They sojourned thus for I know not how many days, the one in the camp
and the other in the city, and then did the Emperor Alexius invite the
Emperor MourzupWes to come and eat with him, and to go with him to the
baths. So were matters settled. The Emperor Mourzuphles came
privately, and with few people, and when he was within the house, the
Emperor Alexius called him into a privy chamber, and had him thrown on
to the ground, and the eyes drawn out of his head. And this was done
in such treacherous wise as you have heard. Now say whether this
people, who wrought such cruelty one to another, were fit to have
lands in possession I And when the host of the Emperor Mourzuphles
heard what had been done, they scattered, and fled this way and that;
and some joined themselves to the Emperor Alexius, and obeyed him as
their lord, and remained with him.
BALDWIN MARCHES AGAINST ALEXIUS-HE IS JOINED BY BONIFACE
Then the Emperor Baldwin moved from Constantinople, with all his host,
and rode forward till he came to Adrianople.
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