ThehonorofthemonarchyandthesafetyofthecapitalweredeeplywoundedbytherevoltoftheBulgariansandWalachians。
SincethevictoryofthesecondBasil，theyhadsupported，aboveahundredandseventyyears，theloosedominionoftheByzantineprinces；butnoeffectualmeasureshadbeenadoptedtoimposetheyokeoflawsandmannersonthesesavagetribes。BythecommandofIsaac，theirsolemeansofsubsistence，theirflocksandherds，weredrivenaway，tocontributetowardsthepompoftheroyalnuptials；andtheirfiercewarriorswereexasperatedbythedenialofequalrankandpayinthemilitaryservice。PeterandAsan，twopowerfulchiefs，oftheraceoftheancientkings，^20
assertedtheirownrightsandthenationalfreedom；theirdaemoniacimpostorsproclaimedtothecrowd，thattheirgloriouspatronSt。DemetriushadforeverdesertedthecauseoftheGreeks；andtheconflagrationspreadfromthebanksoftheDanubetothehillsofMacedoniaandThrace。Aftersomefaintefforts，IsaacAngelusandhisbrotheracquiescedintheirindependence；
andtheImperialtroopsweresoondiscouragedbythebonesoftheirfellow—soldiers，thatwerescatteredalongthepassesofMountHaemus。BythearmsandpolicyofJohnorJoannices，thesecondkingdomofBulgariawasfirmlyestablished。ThesubtleBarbariansentanembassytoInnocenttheThird，toacknowledgehimselfagenuinesonofRomeindescentandreligion，^21andhumblyreceivedfromthepopethelicenseofcoiningmoney，theroyaltitle，andaLatinarchbishoporpatriarch。TheVaticanexultedinthespiritualconquestofBulgaria，thefirstobjectoftheschism；andiftheGreekscouldhavepreservedtheprerogativesofthechurch，theywouldgladlyhaveresignedtherightsofthemonarchy。
[Footnote20:Ducange，Familiae，Dalmaticae，p。318，319，320。