Note 093
The joyful Anna Comnena scatters some flowers
over the grave of an enemy, (Alexiad, l. v. p. 162 - 166;)
and his best praise is the esteem and envy of William the
Conqueror, the sovereign of his family Graecia (says
Malaterra) hostibus recedentibus libera laeta quievit:
Apulia tota sive Calabria turbatur.]
The History Of The Decline And
Fall Of The Roman Empire
—Fall In The East
—Chapter 56