Oh, the Magyars soon showed themselves a mighty people.

Besides Hungary and Transylvania, they subdued Bulgaria and Bosnia, and the land of Tot, now called Sclavonia.

The generals of Zoltan, the son of Arpad, led troops of horsemen to the banks of the Rhine.

One of them, at the head of a host, besieged Constantinople.

It was then that Botond engaged in combat with a Greek of gigantic stature, who came out of the city and challenged the two best men in the Magyar army.