85, expresses his belief in the first part of the "tragic legend."-- M.] [Footnote 30: See the story of this impostor from the French and Flemish writers in Ducange, Hist.

de C.P.iii.

9; and the ridiculous fables that were believed by the monks of St.Alban's, in Matthew Paris, Hist.
Major, p.

271, 272.] In all civilized hostility, a treaty is established for the exchange or ransom of prisoners; and if their captivity be prolonged, their condition is known, and they are treated according to their rank with humanity or honor.

But the savage Bulgarian was a stranger to the laws of war: his prisons were involved in darkness and silence; and above a year elapsed before the Latins could be assured of the death of Baldwin, before his brother, the regent Henry, would consent to assume the title of emperor.