1362-1385,) and Mosheim, (Institut.Hist.Eccles.secul.viii.

et ix.) The Protestants, except Mosheim, are soured with controversy; but the Catholics, except Dupin, are inflamed by the fury and superstition of the monks; and even Le Beau, (Hist.

du Bas Empire,) a gentleman and a scholar, is infected by the odious contagion.] [Footnote 78: See the Acts, in Greek and Latin, of the second Council of Nice, with a number of relative pieces, in the viiith volume of the Councils, p.

645-1600.

A faithful version, with some critical notes, would provoke, in different readers, a sigh or a smile.] [Footnote 79: The pope's legates were casual messengers, two priests without any special commission, and who were disavowed on their return.
Some vagabond monks were persuaded by the Catholics to represent the Oriental patriarchs.