Yet the distress of both parties interposed a temporary agreement; and the shame of the empire was disguised by a thin veil of dignity and power.
Summoning the chiefs of the colony, Cantacuzene affected to despise the trivial object of the debate; and, after a mild reproof, most liberally granted the lands, which had been previously resigned to the seeming custody of his officers.

[50] [Footnote 50: The events of this war are related by Cantacuzene (l.

iv.
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11 with obscurity and confusion, and by Nic.

Gregoras l.xvii.