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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, most ambitious; and since he was a slave to these...

Yet in spite of this there was no dearth of astrologers at that time, for the Seth I have mentioned flourished then, and there was also a famous Egyptian, Alexandreus, who was a strong...

And he himself did not cease making promises and offering bribes with a view to their surrendering Dyrrachium. to him. The Latins allowed themselves to be persuaded (for their whole race is very fond...

His men dispersed in various directions to seek water when a native said to them, “You see the island there, Ithaca. On that a large town was built long ago called Jerusalem, and now...

At the same time he asked whether they wished for peace; and this is the answer they sent: “Know, Duke Robert, that even if we were to see our women and children slaughtered by...

This the admirals of both the fleets learnt and, emboldened by their recent success, attacked him again on the third day and gained a brilliant victory over him, and after it sailed back to...

And they flocked together from distant towns just as much as from nearer ones. Thus Robert made great preparations in order to avenge his son’s defeat, and finally sent for his other sons, Roger...

The Emperor received daily news of his doings and with an eye to the future, he did his best to reconcile him by letters and promises as he suspected the evil that would be...

Then he ordered the guardians of the ‘brevia’ to unroll them again with the object of making a clear statement of what had been taken. And he immediately awarded a fairly large sum of...

And when it appeared that nothing else had been taken away except the gold and silver ornaments which lay on the tomb of the Queen Zo6 and a few other vessels of no great...