te populo vrbē luſtrare: auxiliū de celo petere. affligere corꝑa ieiunijs atꝫ orōibus vniuerſi ciues intenderoSubſecuta nocte ad ſua quiſqꝫ loca defendēda rediere. erāt muri vrbis ⁊ altitudine ⁊ craſſitudine toto qꝛbe celebres ſed ob vetuſtatē ⁊ grecoꝝ incuriā pīnis ac ꝓpugnaculis nudi. antemuralia vero oportune cōmunita. in his greci ſalutē poſuere. armati milites inter muros ⁊ an̄muralia pugnā ſuſtinere decreueruntTriangularē pene vrbis formā fuiſſe tradūt. duas ꝑtes alluit mare. nec muri deſunt ad pulſandos naualetimpetus idonei. qd̓ reliquū ē ad terrā vergēs poſt alta menia ⁊ an̄muralia q̄ annotauimꝰ ingenti clauditfoſſa. Ceptū ē p̄liū paululū an̄ lucē cū miles turchꝰ ꝑiculi qͣꝫ more patientior eſſet ac vulnera ⁊ ſanguinemp̄daꝝ dulcedīe penſaret pugnatū eſt in tenebrꝭ maiore turchoꝝ ꝑnicie in qͦs tela ſuꝑna librabant̉. At poſtqͣꝫdies illuxit dato ſigno vndiqꝫ nō ſolū cōſtātinopolis ſꝫ etiā ip̄a qͦꝫ pera ne qͥd auxilij grecis p̄ſtaret. oppugnari cepta eſt ſua cuiqꝫ legioni muroꝝ ꝑs ac portaꝝ attributa vt diſcretus labor fortes atqꝫ ignauos deſtingueret ⁊ ip̄a cōtentione decoris militū virtꝰ magis ac magis accēderet̉. Pari mō ⁊ nauales ſocij attributas partes inuadere iuſſit. Admouent̉ vrbi lignee turres. conectāt milites dolabras falces ſcalaſqꝫ. Etiā elatis ſuꝑ capita ſcutis denſa teſtudine ſuccedūt. Greci ſaxoꝝ pōdera ꝓuoluūt diſiectā fluitātēqꝫ teſtudinē lanceis contiſqꝫ ꝑſcrutant̉ donec ſoluta cōpage ſcutoꝝ exangues laceroſqꝫ ꝓſternūt. fit ſtrages ⁊ iā turchi deficientibꝰ animis lāguidiꝰ pugnāt. ſꝫ adeſt maomethes fortiſſimū quēqꝫ noīatim vocitās vtqꝫ in p̄lipredeant adhortat̉. hos p̄mijs allicit. illos minis deterret. inſtaurauit ex integro certamen. turchi rurſus ſbꝫruere murū portaſqꝫ quatere innixi humeris ⁊ ſuꝑ iteratā teſtudinē ſcādentes p̄henſare hoſtiū tela brachiaqꝫ nitunt̉. iteꝝ integri cū ſaucijs. ſemianimes cū expirantibꝰ euoluūt̉. cernit̉ varia pereūtiū forma ⁊ plirima mortis imago. Iohānes iuſtinianꝰ apud Genuā ligirū metropolī nobili loco natus qui ſuꝑioribusdiebꝰ ſolꝰ vrbē defendiſſe videbat̉ in hoc certamīe vulneratus vbi fluitare ſanguinē ſuū aīaduertit ne ceteros deterreret querēs medicū clā ſeſe pugne ſubtraxit. ſꝫ imꝑator vt abeſſe Iuſtinianū cognouit quo ierit ꝑcōtat̉ inuentūqꝫ rogat ne pugnā deſerat. ille nihilo magis flexus aꝑire portā iubet qua curaturꝰ vulnꝰ invrbem redeat. Erāt aūt obſerate vrbis ianue quibꝰ ad antemuralia patebat iter ne qua fugiendi facultasmiliti eſſet ac ꝓpterea hoſti fortius reſiſteret. fit interea remiſſior defenſio. qd̓ turchi aduertētes acriꝰ incumbunt. Et qm̄ ꝑs muri iā tormentis eneis diſiecta foſſam magna exꝑte oppleuerat ꝑ ruinas ip̄as ſcādētesantemurale cōſcendūt grecoſqꝫ loco deturbāt. porta que iohani patuerat oībus aꝑta fugā ꝓfuſiorē redditTūc imꝑator nō vt regē decuit pugnādo ſꝫ fugiēs in ip̄is porte anguſtijs quoniā cecidiſſet oppreſſus calcatuſqꝫ obijt. in tāta multitudine pugnatoꝝ duo tm̄ reꝑti ſunt qui ſe viros oſtēderūt alter grecus alter dalmata Theophilꝰ Paleologus ⁊ iohānes ſclauus. qui fugere turpe putātes quom diu turchoꝝ impetu ſuſtinuiſſent multoſqꝫ obtrūcaſſent. deniqꝫ nō taꝫ victi qͣꝫ vincendo fatigati inter cadauera hoſtiū occubuere. Iuſtinianus ī perā quom diuertiſſet inde chiū nauigauit ibiqꝫ ſeu vulnere ſeu moleſtia morbū incidēs ingloriꝰ vitā finiuit. felix ſi in ip̄is Bizantij menibus aīam exalaſſet in ingreſſu porte. d. ccc. circiter milites exlatinis greciſqꝫ periere. partī vulneribus ex tergo cōfoſſi partī cōcurſione opp̄ſſi. ⁊ iā hoſtis ſuperiorē murū tenebat ſaxaqꝫ in ciues deuoluēs ingrediētibus ſuis auxilio erat. Tū ſubito capta vrbe ceſis oībus quireſiſtere auſi ſunt in rapinas itur. Erat victorum infinitus numerus in libidinem ac ſeuiciam corruptiorNō dignitas nō etas nō ſexus quēqͣꝫ ꝓtegebat. Stupra cedibus cedes ſtupris miſcebāt̉. ſenes exacta etate feminas viles ad p̄dam in ludibriū trahebāt vbi adulta virgo aut quis forma cōſpicuus incidiſſet ī manus rapientiū diuulſus ip̄os poſtremo direptores in mutuā ꝑniciē agebat. dū pecuniā vel grauia tēplorūdona ſibi quiſqꝫ traherēt maiore alioꝝ vi trucabat̉. Cūqꝫ in exercitu maxīo ⁊ diſſono ex ciuibus ſocijs atꝫexteriꝰ ꝯflato diuerſe lingue varij mores atꝫ cupidines eſſent ⁊ aliud cuiqꝫ fas nihil illicitū toto triduo. Incōſtantinopoli fuit tēplū Sophie iuſtiniani ceſaris opus toto orbe famoſum ⁊ cui cōꝑari alterū nequeatnudatū ſacrū ſuꝑpellectile ad oēs ſpurcicias patuit. Oſſa martiꝝ que fuerant illa in vrbe p̄cioſiſſima canibus obiecta ⁊ ſuibus. Sanctoꝝ imagines aut luto fedate aut ferro delete. altaria diruta. in tēplis ip̄is autlupanaria meretricū facta aut equoꝝ ſtabula. coacti ſunt ſerui verberibus ac tormētis dn̄oꝝ abdita ſcrutari ac eruere. inuēti nō pauci theſauri quos in ip̄o belli principio infelices ſuffoderūt ciues. quibus ſi ꝓ defenſione vrbis vſi fuiſſent ſuā fortaſſe vitā ⁊ patrie libertate ſeruaſſent. ſꝫ auaro in aurū nulla ptās. captiuoēs in caſtra deducti. Pudet dicere xp̄ianoꝝ dedecus. dicā tn̄ ⁊ poſteritati tradere nō verebor qn̄ ꝑſuaſummihi eſt futuꝝ aliqn̄ ⁊ fortaſſe anteqꝫ moriar qui tātā ſaluatori nr̄o illatā ignominiā vlciſcant̉. Simulacrucrucifixi quē colimus ⁊ veꝝ deū eſſe fatemur tubis ac tympanis p̄eūtibus raptim ex vrbe hoſtes ad tētorria deferūt ſputo lutoqꝫ fedāt ⁊ ad noſtre religionis irriſionē iteꝝ cruci affigūt. Exin pileo que ſarculū vocant capiti eius impoſito corona vndiqꝫ facta. hic eſt inquiūt xp̄ianoꝝ deus. Tū lapides lutūqꝫ iactātes miris dehoneſtāt modis. ſꝫ nihil obſunt hec deo noſtro celū tenēti. nec maieſtatē eiꝰ quo qͦ mō imminuere poſſunt cuius ea gloria ea ſublimitas ē. ea btītudinis ꝑfectio vt nec laudibus hūanis extolli nec humiliari vttuperijs vllis poſſit. nos iſta ledūt atꝫ cōfundūt ꝑ ignauiā atꝫ deſidiā. dū veri dei cultū periri ſinimꝰ ⁊ ī hocſeculo bonū nomē ⁊ in altero ſpē ſalutis amittimꝰ. Poſt hec cōuiuatꝰ maomethes quom forte plus ſolitoadbibiſſet vt ſāguinē mero adderet prīcipes optimateſqꝫ ciuitatꝭ captos crudel̓ ⁊ ſanguinariꝰ carnifex fedemiſereqꝫ iugulari iuſſit. kirilucꝰ qͥ apd̓ īꝑatorē plurimū poterat ceſo an̄ ocl̓os maiori filio. altero ad illicitoſvſus reſeruato ſecuri ꝑcuſſus eſt. Duo alij eius filij occiderāt in bello. Iſidorus cardinalis in eo tumultūcaptus quom veſte mutata nō fuiſſet cognitus. ccc. aſperis ſeſe redemit. Id genus pecunie ē admodum leuis. Multi ⁊ veneti ⁊ ianuenſes ⁊ latinoꝝ. alij gladio ceſi ſunt. quidā multo redēpti auro. Inſignis hic annus fuit expugnatione cōſtātinopolitana tā xp̄iano populo fedus ac lugubrisqͣꝫ turchoꝝ genti fauſtus letuſqꝫ. qui ab ortu ſaluatoris xp̄i ſecūdus ⁊ qͥnquageſimus ſupra milleſimū qͣdrīgenteſimūqꝫ cucurrerit annū. Perēſes vetijs colonia genuēſiū qui ⁊ galathe nūcupāt̉ cognita bizātioꝝ clade priuſqͣꝫ rogarent̉ mao