Note 113
Tiraboschi, (tom. vi. P. i. p. 104,) from the
preface of Janus Lascaris to the Greek Anthology, printed at
Florence, 1494. Latebant (says Aldus in his preface to the
Greek orators, apud Hodium, p. 249) in Atho Thraciae monte.
Eas Larcaris . . . . in Italiam reportavit. Miserat enim
ipsum Laurentius ille Medices in Graeciam ad inquirendos
simul, et quantovis emendos pretio bonos libros. It is
remarkable enough, that the research was facilitated by
Sultan Bajazet II.]
The History Of The Decline And
Fall Of The Roman Empire
—Fall In The East
—Chapter 66