Note 036 The awkward apology of Cantacuzene, (l. iv. c. 39 -42,) who relates, with visible confusion, his own downfall, may be supplied by the less accurate, but more honest, narratives of Matthew Villani (l. iv. c. 46, in the Script. Rerum Ital. tom. xiv. p. 268) and Ducas, (c 10, 11.)]

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The History Of The Decline And Fall Of The Roman Empire —Fall In The East —Chapter 63