And he sent the scarlet buskins, and the
imperial vestments, to the Emperor Baldwin, his lord, at
Constantinople, and the emperor took the act in very good part.
Shortly after the marquis sent the Emperor Alexius and the empress his
wife, to Montferrat, there to be imprisoned.
CAPTURE OF ABYDOS, OF PHILIPPOPOLIS, AND OF NICOMEDIA - THEODORE LASCARIS
PRETENDS TO THE EMPIRE
At the feast of St. Martin after this (11th November 1204), Henry, the
brother of the Emperor Baldwin, went forth from Constantinople, and
marched down by the straits to the mouth of Abydos; and he took with
him some hundred and twenty good knights. He crossed the straits near
a city which is called Abydos, and found it well furnished with good
things, with corn and meats, and with all things of which man has
need. So he seized the city, and lodged therein, and then began to war
with the Greeks who were before him. And the Armenians of the land, of
whom there were many, began to turn towards him, for they greatly
hated the Greeks.
At that time Renier of Trit left Constantinople, and went towards
Philippopolis, which the emperor had given him; and he took with him
some hundred and twenty very good knights, and rode day by day till he
passed beyond Adrianople, and came to Philippopolis. And the people of
the land received him, and obeyed him as their lord, for they beheld
his coming very willingly.
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