[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。