1.4.3–4

(October–December 1096)  Bohemond's contingent arrives in what he calls "Bulgaria" (modern Albania) and he orders his men not to plunder the local Christians. Bohemond's men spend Christmas in Kastoria (Western Macedonia, a province of Greece), then burn a castle full of heretics in Palagonia (modern Bitola, in North Macedonia).

1.4.3

ad Boamūndī famulātum: “in Bohemond’s service.”

applicuērunt Bulgāriae partibus: In late October they landed at various points on the coast of Epirus (modern Albania), especially at modern Valona; “Bulgaria” evidently extended to the Adriatic.

in vallem dē Andronopoli: Drupuli (Dropoli) in Albania, near the modern border with Greece.

nisi quod: "except that which," "unless it was something that."

1.4.4

per nimiam plēnitūdinem: i.e., the countryside was prosperous and rich in provisions. nimius –a –um in ML often means “much, a great deal of” (vs. CL “excessive”).

pervēnimus:  Notice the change to the 1st person plural; this is the first of a number of indications that our author was a member of the contingent led by Bohemond.

Castoriam: Modern Kastoria, in the modern Greek province of Western Macedonia.

Nātīvitātem Dominī: December 25, 1096.

ipsī nōluērunt: the locals were unwilling.

Palagōniam: later called Manastir or Monastir, now modern Bitola, in North Macedonia.

hereticōrum: perhaps Paulicians, Christian dualists associated with Armenia. Our author will later use the term Publicani (3.9.6), which in CL means "tax collectors" or "government contractors."

succubuit: the subject is quod (= castrum).

moxque nostrō succubuit imperiō: the subject is castrum ... quod.