ABSTRACT

A n d so, behold what sort of people the Greeks are and how God vented His wrath on them ; for Skyr Miqueli eldest son of the Emperor, went to Artaqui with full twelve thousand horsemen and full a hundred thousand afoot, but dared not fight the Turks, so that he had to return with ignominy. And to that place, Artaqui, where he had been and whence he had to return, there the Emperor sent the Grand Duke with his Company, which was not more than fifteen hundred horse and four thousand afoot.