. The historians' history of the world; a comprehensive narrative of the rise and development of nations as recorded by over two thousand of the great writers of all ages:. ss throughThrace and Romania, and everywhere on his passage, was saluted by the THE LATIN EMPIRE 289 [1204 ] noisy acclamations of a people always more skilful in flattering their con-querors than in combating their enemies. When he arrived at Hadrianopolis,where he was received in triumph, the new emperor announced his intentionof pursuing his march as far as Thessalonica. This unexpected resolutionsurprised the marqui
. The historians' history of the world; a comprehensive narrative of the rise and development of nations as recorded by over two thousand of the great writers of all ages:. ss throughThrace and Romania, and everywhere on his passage, was saluted by the THE LATIN EMPIRE 289 [1204 ] noisy acclamations of a people always more skilful in flattering their con-querors than in combating their enemies. When he arrived at Hadrianopolis,where he was received in triumph, the new emperor announced his intentionof pursuing his march as far as Thessalonica. This unexpected resolutionsurprised the marquis of Montferrat, who entertained the desire of goingalone to his own kingdom. Boniface promised to be faithful to the emperor,to be always ready to employ his forces against the enemies of the empire ;but he feared the presence of Baldwins army in his cities, already exhaustedby war. A serious quarrel broke out between the two princes. The marquis ofMontferrat accused the emperor of wishing to get possession of his states ;Baldwin fancied he could perceive in the resistance of Boniface the secretdesign of denying the sovereignty of the head of the empire. Both loved. War Galley of the Eleventh Century (From an old print) justice, and were not wanting in moderation ; but now one had become kingof Thessalonica and the other emperor of Constantinople, they had courtierswho endeavoured to exasperate their quarrel and inflame their spite of all the representations of the marquis of Montferrat, Baldwinled his army into the kingdom of Thessalonica. Boniface considered thisobstinacy of the emperor as a flagrant outrage, and swore to take vengeancewith his sword. Impelled by passion, he departed suddenly with severalknights who had declared in his favour, and got possession of Didymatica, acity belonging to the emperor. The marquis of Montferrat took with him his wife, Mary of Hungary,the widow of Isaac ; and the presence of this princess, with the hopes ofkeeping up the di
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