[Footnote 49: See Cantacuzenus, l. iii. c. 95. Nicephorus
Gregoras, who, for the light of Mount Thabor, brands the
emperor with the names of tyrant and Herod, excuses, rather
than blames, this Turkish marriage, and alleges the passion
and power of Orchan, Turkish, (l. xv. 5.) He afterwards
celebrates his kingdom and armies. See his reign in
Cantemir, p. 24 - 30.]