Note 051
The second war is darkly told by Cantacuzene,
(l. iv. c. 18, p. 24, 25, 28 - 32,) who wishes to disguise
what he dares not deny. I regret this part of Nic.
Gregoras, which is still in Ms. at Paris.
Extra note by the Rev. H. H. Milman 1782 (Written), 1845 (Revised)
This part
of Nicephorus Gregoras has not been printed in the new
edition of the Byzantine Historians. The editor expresses a
hope that it may be undertaken by Hase. I should join in
the regret of Gibbon, if these books contain any historical
information: if they are but a continuation of the
controversies which fill the last books in our present
copies, they may as well sleep their eternal sleep in Ms. as
in print.
The History Of The Decline And
Fall Of The Roman Empire
—Fall In The East
—Chapter 63