[Footnote 76: See Pachymer, (l. v. c. 29,) Nicephorus
Gregoras, (l. ii. c. 1,) Sherefeddin, (l. v. c. 57,) and
Ducas, (c. 25.) The last of these, a curious and careful
observer, is entitled, from his birth and station, to
particular credit in all that concerns Ionia and the
islands. Among the nations that resorted to New Phocaea, he
mentions the English; an early evidence of Mediterranean
trade.]