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On the other hand he was very thrifty and fond of money, very business-like and greedy of gain, and, in addition to all this,...

Yet in spite of this there was no dearth of astrologers at that time, for the Seth I have mentioned flourished then, and there...

And he himself did not cease making promises and offering bribes with a view to their surrendering Dyrrachium. to him. The Latins allowed themselves...

His men dispersed in various directions to seek water when a native said to them, “You see the island there, Ithaca. On that a...

At the same time he asked whether they wished for peace; and this is the answer they sent: “Know, Duke Robert, that even if...

This the admirals of both the fleets learnt and, emboldened by their recent success, attacked him again on the third day and gained a...

And they flocked together from distant towns just as much as from nearer ones. Thus Robert made great preparations in order to avenge his...

The Emperor received daily news of his doings and with an eye to the future, he did his best to reconcile him by letters...

Then he ordered the guardians of the ‘brevia’ to unroll them again with the object of making a clear statement of what had been...

And when it appeared that nothing else had been taken away except the gold and silver ornaments which lay on the tomb of the...