Hardly were our men put to it to
escape discomfiture; and the knights had, of necessity, to dismount
and go on foot. But by God's help they returned to the camp, though
not without great loss and damage.
On the morrow the Emperor Henry, and the host of the French departed
thence, and marched day by day till they came to Adrianople; and they
stored therein the corn and other provisions that they brought with
them. The emperor sojourned in the field before the city some fifteen
days.
HOMAGE RENDERED BY BONIFACE TO THE EMPEROR, AND BY GEOFFRY OF VILLEHARDOUIN
TO BONIFACE
At that time Boniface, the Marquis of Montferrat, who was at Seres,
which he had fortified, rode forth as far as Messinopolis, and all the
land surrendered to his will. Then he took messengers, and sent them
to the Emperor Henry, and told him that he would right willingly speak
with him
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by the river that runs below Cypsela. Now they two had never been able
to speak together face to face since the conquest of the land, for so
many enemies lay between them that the one had never been able to come
to the other. And when the emperor and those of his councilheardthat
themarquis Boniface was at Messinopolis, they rejoiced greatly; and
the emperor sent back word by the messengers that he would speak with
the marquis on the day appointed.
So the emperor went thitherward, and he left Conon of Bethune to guard
the land near Adrianople, with one hundred knights.
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