Note 050 From the conclusion of the history, I should fix the date to the year 1444, four years after the synod, when great ecclesiarch had abdicated his office, (section xii. p. 330 -350.) His passions were cooled by time and retirement; and, although Syropulus is often partial, he is never intemperate.]

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The History Of The Decline And Fall Of The Roman Empire —Fall In The East —Chapter 66