[Footnote 51: The second war is darkly told by Cantacuzene,
(l. iv. c. 18, p. 24, 25, 28 - 32,) who wishes to disguise
what he dares not deny. I regret this part of Nic.
Gregoras, which is still in Ms. at Paris. Note: This part
of Nicephorus Gregoras has not been printed in the new
edition of the Byzantine Historians. The editor expresses a
hope that it may be undertaken by Hase. I should join in
the regret of Gibbon, if these books contain any historical
information: if they are but a continuation of the
controversies which fill the last books in our present
copies, they may as well sleep their eternal sleep in Ms. as
in print. M.]