[Footnote 44: The establishment and progress of the Genoese
at Pera, or Galata, is described by Ducange (C. P.
Christiana, l. i. p. 68, 69) from the Byzantine historians,
Pachymer, (l. ii. c. 35, l. v. 10, 30, l. ix. 15 l. xii. 6,
9,) Nicephorus Gregoras, (l. v. c. 4, l. vi. c. 11, l. ix.
c. 5, l. ix. c. 1, l. xv. c. 1, 6,) and Cantacuzene, (l. i.
c. 12, l. ii. c. 29, &c.)]