Note 124
They were called by derision Poullains, Pallani, and their name is never pronounced without contempt, (Ducange, Gloss. Latin. tom. v. p. 535; and Observations sur Joinville, p. 84, 85; Jacob. à Vitriaco Hist. Hierosol. i. c. 67, 72; and Sanut, l. iii. p. viii. c. 2, p. 182.) Illustrium virorum, qui ad Terrae Sanctae .... liberationem in ipsâ manserunt, degeneres filii .... in deliciis enutriti, molles et effoe minati, &c.

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The History Of The Decline And Fall Of The Roman Empire —Fall In The East —Chapter 58