Note 058
For the emperor's hunting, see Syropulus, (p.
143, 144, 191.) The pope had sent him eleven miserable
hacks; but he bought a strong and swift horse that came from
Russia. The name of Janizaries may surprise; but the name,
rather than the institution, had passed from the Ottoman, to
the Byzantine, court, and is often used in the last age of
the empire.
The History Of The Decline And
Fall Of The Roman Empire
—Fall In The East
—Chapter 66