[Footnote 97: The Paschal Chronicle (p. 392 - 397) gives a
minute and authentic narrative of the siege and deliverance
of Constantinople Theophanes (p. 264) adds some
circumstances; and a faint light may be obtained from the
smoke of George of Pisidia, who has composed a poem (de
Bello Abarico, p. 45 - 54) to commemorate this auspicious
event.]