had resumed their national freedom; and Vataces employed
the laudable policy of convincing the Greeks of every dominion
that it was their interest to be enrolled in the number of his
subjects. [Footnote 1: For the reigns of the Nicene emperors,
more especially of John Vataces and his son,
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George Acropolita, is the only genuine contemporary; but
George Pachymer returned to Constantinople with the Greeks
at the age of nineteen, (Hanckius de Script. Byzant. c. 33, 34,
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p. 564 - 578. Fabric. Bibliot. Graec. tom. vi. p. 448 - 460.) Yet
the history of Nicephorus Gregoras, though of the xivth
century, is a valuable narrative from the taking of
Constantinople by the Latins.]
[Footnote 2: Nicephorus Gregoras (l. ii. c. 1) distinguishes
between Lascaris,
beats by dre discount, and Vataces. The two portraits are in a very
good style.]
[Footnote 3: Pachymer, l. i. c. 23,
cheap Jimmy Choo Shoes, 24. Nic. Greg. l. ii. c. 6. The
reader of the Byzantines must observe how rarely we are
indulged with such precious details.]