And when these came before the castle, Renier of Trit and his
men knew them; and you may well think what joy they had 1 They issued
forth and came to meet their friends, and all made great joy of each
other.
The barons quartered themselves in a very good city that lay at the
foot of the castle, and had aforetime besieged the castle. Then said
the barons that they had often heard tell that the Emperor Baldwin had
died in Johannizza's prison, but that they did not believe it. Renier
of Trit, however, told them of a truth that the emperor was dead, and
then they believed it. Greatly did many then grieve; alas I if only
their grief had not been beyond remedy I
So they lay that night in the city; and on the morrow they departed,
and abandoned Stanimac. They rode for two days., and on the third they
came to the camp, below the castle of Moniac, that lies on the river
Arta, where Henry, the Emperor's brother, was waiting for them.
Greatly did those of the host rejoice over Renier of Trit, who had
thus been rescued from durance, and great was the credit given to
those who had brought him back, for they had gone for him in great
peril.
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HENRY CROWNED EMPEROR - JOHANNIZZA RAVAGES THE COUNTRY AGAIN - THE EMPEROR
MARCHES AGAINST HIM
The barons now resolved that they would go to Constantinople, and
crown Henry, the brother of the Emperor Baldwin as emperor, and leave
in the country Vemas, and all the Greeks of the land, together with
forty knights, whom Henry, the Regent of the empire, would leave with
him.
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