[Footnote54:Atthetimeofthesynod，PhranzeswasinPeloponnesus:buthereceivedfromthedespotDemetriusafaithfulaccountofthehonorablereceptionoftheemperorandpatriarchbothatVeniceandFerrara，Dux……sedentemImperatoremadorat，whicharemoreslightlymentionedbytheLatins，l。ii。c。14，15，16。]

　　[Footnote55:TheastonishmentofaGreekprinceandaFrenchambassadorMemoiresdePhilippedeComines，l。vii。c。18，atthesightofVenice，abundantlyprovesthatinthexvthcenturyitwasthefirstandmostsplendidoftheChristiancities。ForthespoilsofConstantinopleatVenice，seeSyropulus，p。87。]

　　[Footnote56:NicholasIII。ofEstereignedforty—eightyears，A。D。1393—1441，andwaslordofFerrara，Modena，Reggio，Parma，Rovigo，andCommachio。SeehisLifeinMuratori，AntichitaEstense，tom。ii。p。159—201。]

　　[Footnote57:TheLatinvulgarwasprovokedtolaughteratthestrangedressesoftheGreeks，andespeciallythelengthoftheirgarments，theirsleeves，andtheirbeards；norwastheemperordistinguished，exceptbythepurplecolor，andhisdiademortiara，withajewelonthetop，HodydeGraecisIllustribus，p。

　　31。YetanotherspectatorconfessesthattheGreekfashionwaspiugraveepiudegnathantheItalian。VespasianoinVit。

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