, King of Wallachia and Bulgaria, had with him all his
power, and he occupied the whole land; and the country, and the
cities, and the castles held for him; and his Comans over-ran the land
as far as Constantinople. Henry the regent of the empire, and the Doge
of Venice, and Geoffry the Marshal, were still at Rodosto, which is a
three days' journey from Constantinople. And they took council, and
the Doge of Venice set a garrison of Venetians in Rodosto -for it was
theirs. And on the morrow they put their forces in array, and rode,
day by day, towards Constantinople.
When they reached Selymbria, a city which is two days' journey from
Constantinople, and belonged to the Emperor Baldwin, Henry his brother
set there a garrison of his people, and they rode with the rest to
Constantinople, where they were received right willingly, for the
people were in great terror. Nor is that to be wondered at, for they
had lost so much of the country, that outside Constantinople they only
held Rodosto and Selymbria; the whole of the rest of the
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country being held by Johannizza, King of Wallachia and Bulgaria. And
on the other side of the straits of St. George, they held no more than
the castle of Piga, while the rest of the land was in the hands of
Theodore Lascaris.
Then the barons decided to send to the Apostle of Rome, Innocent, and
to France and Flanders, and to other lands, to ask for succour.
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