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... five years , as the second emperor of the Greeks . At the head of an army he excited neither the fears of the enemy nor the jealousy of the court : his modesty and patience were never tempted to compute the years of his father ; nor was ...
... five years , as the second emperor of the Greeks . At the head of an army he excited neither the fears of the enemy nor the jealousy of the court : his modesty and patience were never tempted to compute the years of his father ; nor was ...
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... five years , ( 1321-1326 . ) was married to three wives . ( Anderson , p.628 . ) Anne of Savoy arrived at Constantinople in February , 1326 . x The noble race of the Cantacuzeni ( illustrious from the eleventh century in the Byzantine ...
... five years , ( 1321-1326 . ) was married to three wives . ( Anderson , p.628 . ) Anne of Savoy arrived at Constantinople in February , 1326 . x The noble race of the Cantacuzeni ( illustrious from the eleventh century in the Byzantine ...
Side 12
... five hundred acres of arable land . His pastures were stocked with two thousand five hundred brood mares , two hundred camels , three hundred mules , five hundred asses , five thousand horned cattle , fifty thousand hogs , and seventy ...
... five hundred acres of arable land . His pastures were stocked with two thousand five hundred brood mares , two hundred camels , three hundred mules , five hundred asses , five thousand horned cattle , fifty thousand hogs , and seventy ...
Side 13
... five hundred soldiers watched over his person and the palace ; the funeral of the late emperor was decently performed ; the capital was silent and submissive ; and five hundred letters which Cantacuzene dispatched in the first month ...
... five hundred soldiers watched over his person and the palace ; the funeral of the late emperor was decently performed ; the capital was silent and submissive ; and five hundred letters which Cantacuzene dispatched in the first month ...
Side 16
... five hundred volunteers . The cral , or despot of the Servians , received him with gene- rous hospitality ; but the ally was insensibly degraded to a suppliant , a hostage , a captive ; and , in this mise- rable dependance , he waited ...
... five hundred volunteers . The cral , or despot of the Servians , received him with gene- rous hospitality ; but the ally was insensibly degraded to a suppliant , a hostage , a captive ; and , in this mise- rable dependance , he waited ...
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