THE EMPEROR ALEXIUS POISONED AND STRANGLED BY MOURZOUFLE
Book VI.. Joseph-Francois Michaud .. Illustrated by Gustave Dore

History of the Crusades

BOOK VI FROM THE RESTORATION OF ISSAC TO THE DEATH OF BALDWIN
A. D. 1198 TO 1204

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THE EMPEROR ALEXIUS POISONED AND STRANGLED BY MOURZOUFLE

Mourzoufle then presented himself before Alexius ; he employed every means to aggravate the alarm of the young prince, and, under the pretext of providing for his safety, drew him into a secluded apartment, where his creatures, under his direction, loaded him with irons, and cast him into a dungeon. Coming forth, he boldly informed the people what he had done for the salvation of the empire ; and the throne, from which he had dragged his master, benefactor, and friend, appeared but a just recompense for the devotedness of his services ; he was carried in triumph to the church of St. Sophia, and crowned emperor amidst the acclamations of the people. Scarcely was Mourzoufle clothed with the imperial purple, than he resolved to possess the fruit of his crime in security ; dreading the caprice of both fortune and the people, he repaired to the prison of Alexius, forced him to swallow an empoisoned draught, and because death did not keep pace with his impatience, strangled him with his own hands. - Book VI *Notes; page 324

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