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 346 DESTRUCTION OF THE GREEK EMPIRE The story told by Chalcondylas is that in reply to the emperor's question whither he was going, Justiniani said that he was going where God Himself had opened a way for the Turks. It may well be doubted. He was accompanied, say Critobulus and others, by his own men, a statement, however, which can hardly apply to the whole four hundred. The unlocking of the gate proved at once to be a dangerous temptation to soldiers who had been fighting continuously for hours and who had seen the departure of their leader. Justiniani made his way to his ship, which was stationed at the boom, and escaped to Chios, where he died within a few days — or possibly on the way thither. 1 justi- His departure was calamitous and at once created a panic, departure He was a commander who had the full confidence of those panf c eS a under him, and his absence struck dismay into their hearts. Barbaro says that it was through his flight that the shout was then raised, ' The Turks have got in ; ' that everybody then cried in alarm to God for mercy, and that men wept like women. It was through him, and ' he lied in his throat, because they had not yet got in.' 2 Leonard, himself a the stockade were, as I have placed it, near the Military Gate of St. Eomanus. ThePodesta of Pera, however, says that Justiniani went 'per ipsam portam per quam Teucri intra verunt ' (p. 648), which would indicate St. Eomanus. Andrea Cambini, the Florentine already quoted, in his Libro della Origins de Turchi, published by the sons of the writer, says that Justiniani, who had behaved so well that the salvation of the city was largely attributed to him, was seriously wounded, and, seeing that the blood flowed ' in great quantity ' and being unwilling that they should fetch a doctor, withdrew secretly from the fight ... all the gates which led from the Antimuro [i.e. the Outer Wall] being closed, because thus the fighters had to conquer or die (p. 25). 1 His monument still exists in the church of S. Domenico at Chios with an epitaph which contains the phrase ' lethale vulnere ictus interiit.' Phrantzes says that Justiniani was wounded in the right foot by an arrow ; Leonard, by an arrow in the armpit ; Chalcondylas, in the hand, by a ball ; Critobulus, by a ball in the chest or throat which pierced through his breastplate. The latter statement would be consistent with Tetaldi's which speaks of the wound inflicted by a culverin. Biccherio says Justiniani was wounded by one of his own men. Barbaro (who, it must always be remembered where he is speaking of the Genoese, was a Venetian and incapable of doing justice to a citizen of the rival republic) does not mention any wound, but states roundly that Justiniani decided to abandon his post and hasten to his ship, which was stationed at the boom. 2 Barbaro, p. 55.