Note 029
Bulgari, Boulgres, Bougres, a national appellation, has been applied by the French as a term of reproach to usurers and unnatural sinners. The Paterini, or Patelini, has been made to signify a smooth and flattering hypocrite, such as l'Avocat Patelin of that original and pleasant farce (Ducange, Gloss. Latinitat. Medii et Infimi Aevi). The Manichaeans were likewise named Cathari or the pure, by corruption, Gazari, &c.

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The History Of The Decline And Fall Of The Roman Empire —Fall In The East —Chapter 54