Note 052
Syropulus (p. 63) simply expresses his intention: 
and the Latin of Creyghton may afford a specimen of his florid paraphrase.
Ut pompâ circumductus noster Imperator Italiae populis aliquis deauratus Jupiter crederetur, aut Croesus ex opulenta Lydia.
The History Of The Decline And
Fall Of The Roman Empire
—Fall In The East
—Chapter 66