in whose hands he had remitted his cause; and they promised him safe
conduct, as also to those who might go with him.

The marquis took counsel with his men. Some there were who agreed that
he should go, and some who advised that he should not go. But the end
of the debate was such that he went with the envoys to Constantinople,
and took full a hundred knights with him; and they rode day by day
till they came to Constantinople. Very gladly were they received in
the city; and Count Louis of Blois and Chartres, and the Doge of
Venice went out to meet the marquis, together with many other right
worthy people, for he was much loved in the host.

Then was a parliament assembled, and the covenants were rehearsed
between the Emperor Baldwin and the Marquis Boniface; and Salonika was
restored to Boniface, with the land, he placing Demotica, which he had
seized, in the hands of Geoffry the Marshal of Champagne, who
undertook to keep it till he heard, by accredited messenger, or
letters duly sealed, that the marquis was seized of Salonika, when he
would give back Demotica to the emperor, or to whomsoever the emperor
might appoint. Thus was peace made between the emperor and the
marquis, as you have heard. And great was the joy

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thereof throughout the host, for out of this quarrel might very great
evil have arisen.

THE KINGDOM OF SALONIKA IS RESTORED TO BONIFACE - DIVISION OF THE LAND
BETWEEN THE CRUSADERS