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Afterwards directly he saw that the Emperor had commenced battle with the Latins on the land-side, he himself was to come as quickly as...

Norman West : Death of Robert Guiscard : The TurksI now Bryennius was holding Castoria, as told above, so the Emperor who was eager...

Another very great light has been extinguished too, or rather that brightly shining moon, the great achievement and pride of the East and the...

Then I let go the Emperor’s hand and . . . to the Empress … I again applied to his wrist … asphyxia....

Now the Emperor’s successor had already gone away secretly to the house set apart for him, seeing the Emperor’s … and hastened his going...

For Mary, acting like another Mary, though not sitting at his feet then, as the other did on that occasion, but up by his...

For the future all our outlook was in confusion and tempesttossed, our normal course of life was disturbed, and fear and danger hovered together...

For during this oppression he found a little refreshment in being moved, and the Empress contrived that he should have it continually, for she...

But, however that was, the Emperor was in a very bad state; for not even for a moment could he draw breath freely. He...

“What in the world is this disease which has attacked my breathing? for I should like to take a deep, full breath and get...