[Footnote 125: By the failure of Cinnamus to Nicetas (in
Andronico, l. . c. 7, 8, 9, l. ii. c. 1, in Isaac Angelo, l.
i. c. 1 - 4,) who now becomes a respectable contemporary. As
he survived the emperor and the empire, he is above
flattery; but the fall of Constantinople exasperated his
prejudices against the Latins. For the honor of learning I
shall observe that Homer's great commentator, Eustathias
archbishop of Thessalonica, refused to desert his flock.]