[Footnote 81: The epistle itself (Alexias, l. iii. p. 93,
94, 95) well deserves to be read. There is one expression
which Ducange does not understand. I have endeavored to
grope out a tolerable meaning: The first word is a golden
crown; the second is explained by Simon Portius, (in Lexico
Graeco-Barbar.,) by a flash of lightning.]