ThehonorofthemonarchyandthesafetyofthecapitalweredeeplywoundedbytherevoltoftheBulgariansandWalachians。

　　SincethevictoryofthesecondBasil，theyhadsupported，aboveahundredandseventyyears，theloosedominionoftheByzantineprinces；butnoeffectualmeasureshadbeenadoptedtoimposetheyokeoflawsandmannersonthesesavagetribes。BythecommandofIsaac，theirsolemeansofsubsistence，theirflocksandherds，weredrivenaway，tocontributetowardsthepompoftheroyalnuptials；andtheirfiercewarriorswereexasperatedbythedenialofequalrankandpayinthemilitaryservice。PeterandAsan，twopowerfulchiefs，oftheraceoftheancientkings，^20

　　assertedtheirownrightsandthenationalfreedom；theirdaemoniacimpostorsproclaimedtothecrowd，thattheirgloriouspatronSt。DemetriushadforeverdesertedthecauseoftheGreeks；andtheconflagrationspreadfromthebanksoftheDanubetothehillsofMacedoniaandThrace。Aftersomefaintefforts，IsaacAngelusandhisbrotheracquiescedintheirindependence；

　　andtheImperialtroopsweresoondiscouragedbythebonesoftheirfellow—soldiers，thatwerescatteredalongthepassesofMountHaemus。BythearmsandpolicyofJohnorJoannices，thesecondkingdomofBulgariawasfirmlyestablished。ThesubtleBarbariansentanembassytoInnocenttheThird，toacknowledgehimselfagenuinesonofRomeindescentandreligion，^21andhumblyreceivedfromthepopethelicenseofcoiningmoney，theroyaltitle，andaLatinarchbishoporpatriarch。TheVaticanexultedinthespiritualconquestofBulgaria，thefirstobjectoftheschism；andiftheGreekscouldhavepreservedtheprerogativesofthechurch，theywouldgladlyhaveresignedtherightsofthemonarchy。

　　[Footnote20:Ducange，Familiae，Dalmaticae，p。318，319，320。

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