d office, (p. 76, &c.) It is of the second
siege that we possess an original narrative, which he has published in
his great collection, (tom. vi. p. 921-946.)]

[Footnote 116: We derive this anecdote from an anonymous chronicle of
Fossa Nova, published by Muratori, (Script. Ital. tom. vii. p. 874.)]

[Footnote 117: Cinnamus (l. iv. c. 14, p. 99) is susceptible of this
double sense. A standard is more Latin, an image more Greek.]

[Footnote 118: Nihilominus quoque petebat, ut quia occasio justa et
tempos opportunum et acceptabile se obtulerant, Romani corona imperii a
sancto apostolo sibi redderetur; quoniam non ad Frederici Alemanni,
sed ad suum jus asseruit pertinere, (Vit. Alexandri III. a Cardinal.
Arragoniae, in Script. Rerum Ital. tom. iii. par. i. p. 458.) His second
embassy was accompanied cum immensa multitudine pecuniarum.]

But these Italian conquests, this universal reign, soon escaped from the
hand of the Greek emperor. His first demands were eluded by the
prudence of Alexander the Third, who paused on this deep and momentous
revolution; [119] nor could the pope be seduced by a personal dispute to
renounce the perpetual inheritance of the Latin name. After the reunion
with Frederic, he spoke a more peremptory language, confirmed the
acts of his predecessors, excommunicated the adherents of Manuel,
and pronounced the final separation of the churches, or at least the
empires, of Constantinople and Rome. [120] The free cities of Lombardy
no longer remembered their foreign benefactor, and without preserving
the friendship of Ancona, he soon incurred the enmity of Venice. [121]
By his own avarice, or the complaints of his subjects, the Greek emperor
was provoked to arrest the persons, and confiscate the effects, of the
Venetian merchants. This violation of the public faith exasperated a
free and commercial people: one hundred galleys were launched and armed
in as many days; they swept the coasts of Dalmatia and Greece: but after
some mutual wounds, the war was terminated by an agreement, inglorious
to the empire, insufficient for the republic; and a complete vengeance
of these and of fresh injuries was reserved for the succeeding
generation. The lieutenant of Manuel had informed his sovereign that he
was strong enough to quell any domestic revolt of Apulia and Calabria;
but that his forces were inadequate to resist the impending attack
of the king of Sicily. His prophecy was soon verified: the death of
Palaeol