knows the difference in manners which it does not railon but this contradiftion vanishes when we consider that in the last part of this paflage he speaks of the people he called Blaque, and forms to their caufe two doubts: the first, ignoring the Wallachians Peloponnefus, or those on the mainland, are come down the inhabitants of Epirus, the other how he himself Wallachians The fact that do not have the same manners as Tribalks &; other tribes of the same nation. At these two doubts attach it appears a third, as the manner in which the Wallachians themfelves established in the different countries they occupy. It thus continues, fans & i always repeat the name of Blaque, as in previous phrafe.
Chalcondyle acid certainly speaks to the high Myfie the occasion of îlaques, whose country has alfo been defi-sised under that name by some Westerners, and not without some reason, fince> Wallachians that most neighbors Danube were the former Myfiens, fled Nicetas-Vant. Let us now all Blac ^ jes we believe we have found Chalcocondyle.Les Lit. Wallachians of Peioponnèfe must be the 'same people whose * 3 Phrantfa a portrait of little benefit all the name of Al-Banite, when he speaks of wars Peloponnefus: these treacherous changeoient several times in a masters alone femainC) & they are always ftipuloient laifferoit custody of their towns & they called their cities cif-tras, in their language mingled barbarism. This language, as we see, was to be half Latin. <ß<> <ß <> The same author, speaking of an expedition of Muhammad II. in Aetolia, and around Neupaâe, then we ap-pelloit Galata. "Mahomet," he said, "flavery reduced them by all the inhabitants" of this country, not Leul those who "were Venetians but alfo his tri-"the little bit of Wallachia. We see by then what can bring himself to doubt the first Chalcondyles. Epirus, country voifm of Aetolia, had "the Wallachians habhans-for, and that knew not where they were seen to form as venus.Oa Albanians affermages tions relating to the doubts they had iur the Wallachians. It begins with a/Tu- rer they are not Illyrians, 'tis to say they do pafcîl'origine Efcla-Vonne, but I do, he says, to be evidence 5c the aroir heard to people instructed that the Albanians are parties Epidamnus stretches-, rent in the maritime parts of Europe who watch the east, & Having fubdued Etolia, Acarnania, and much of Macedonia, they settled in these regions, and extends to nearly till the Euxine Getting to the Danube, and till 'in Thessaly.
Through the notions of the author confufed little instructed, we see that the Albanians were the same ones we call Wallachians-Loit, between Dace & Pindus, in Aetolia, they were not different small Vlachs ; in the Peloponnesian fe, we called them indifferently or Wallachians Albanity: but we can never deny that a people-party Dyrra chium made all the conquests that assigns this Chalcocondy le.Tout there is truth in his aflertion, is that desAlbanines themselves, 'was voifm Dyrrachium.
Acropolita George, speaking of the main c of your contemporaries of Theo-Epirus "IORE Lafcaris, said that after the death of Michael, his brother Theodore ruled Epirus & his domination stretched too far," he added, because said - he, in his dominions *> a large extent of country-it,> up to the Italians, and a much larger 9 yet he conquered as "Bulgarians. We reckoned among his "conquests of Thessaly, Achrida, Pri-'laps, Albanum, and even Dyrrachium." ft He captured the latter city, " lofque Pierre (Courtenay) * came to re-proclaim the rights of his wife, who "was sister of Emperor Baldwin & Henry. Peter was beaten nearly Dirr-'v, chium, shortly after his landing,' "the patted river, and went to commit *> in the mountainous territory & difficult. "Cult of Albanum or shortly after, he said Perjes * & a battle of life." Throughout this passage does Albanum pa-roof be a city, which should rather have given his name to Albanity Aibanois only, and that we ought to do ~ not fufpect that the inhabitants themselves fuf-ient in till tranfported the Pelo-ponèfe; but when Cians another in ^ '
g. 49, right ',' George Acropolita speaks of a "Toyen of Albano, named Gulam, who encamped in the territory deCaftorie, with an army that had closed at AI-bench, you start to believe that this name could become that of a great and ftrong people: and there is no doubt that Albania does Foit the same we just talk when we con-fi'dere that défeftton of Gulam, who is handler, gave the emperor John , put in im unfortunate state of affairs Michael, despot of Epirus & the Thessaly; & lorfque shortly after we see the same yield to the emperor Michael Castle Prilape, Bolofe & Croas in Albania, he shall flay the more we doubt that this name has been the 'one country confiderable, and the same-precife, lies that we have always called for Albania, &: in which the fortrefs became so fameufe to believe, to have been the bulwark of the Christians; when the Scan-derberg defended, & enfortoit like a lion from his lair, the cons * formidable armies of the Ottomans.
7. ment to Chabaron Constantine, and he himself, having been taken in these Uiffé; i
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ïrees, went to the Theffalonique Berroce, where he took the road to Albano, where he erriva by Beavers Achrida in laif-child behind Servia. He went to Albano with the most distinguished inhabitants of this country that led to Dyrra-thium. He had made himself from thence to Prilape "iorfqti'il learned that the" commander of Albano had been betrayed by his step-remover, & priibnnier was the despot Michael. As foon he took the road A-Chrid to try to recover upon a better footing Aibanltts affairs, and sent to meet a butler of the emperor, but he was afterwards to retire too fceureux of Albano; for fijoute there, the. Nation Albanity had entered into the conspiracy of Michel & s'étoit league with this perfidious despot, Peace himfelf Albanity fans that the obedience of fools rentraffent Theodore Lafcaris: thus he is not surprised, "am that being united with the remnants def-Fote, they have attributed the conquests made in different time, the princes of Epirus, and that we have confused the Wallachians the OVEC, which they différoient ford by their names.
he is not suspicious, methinks, 'Albania has been the name of a country few e Dyjraçhium, I n'aflureroiç not even there had a city
C. 6 It seems to me however that the name of Al-**, Ducas Banite that always gives Alba, is rather derived from a proper name of that city of a country name and finalize at least to prove that the name of Alba was not their own point, and they were pulling their main city or country or their country. There is every appearance that la'nature of this country was mountainous, gave rise to the name crazy
€ which was known, because they call Albss
fcrof. c. Alps or the mountains of this district, as apella Pyrenees mountains that were still not far away. But whatever the territory of Albania, or the mountains that gave their name to the Albanians, have no doubt that this name does Foit become that of all peoples reflernbloient them, and has been the fynonyme /,».!/ > or very nearly fromLondon Wallachians. Syr
*-*,*, Gianni said Cantacuzino, furrendered by Locri & Acarnania among the Albanians who live around the Thessaly (irf 6c. Kl. As the Achelous). Such are the shepherds in-
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4.iS, P. Murat, son of Orchan, still says * * "George Phrantza, I already As the small city of Aetolia Vlachs, Bulgarians Amurath takes away a small part of their country. It was Bajazet, Vant-fled the same author, who after Cosquer part of Albania, marched against Milfzas, Prince of Blache, 8c took away much of his statements. But he dared not fight Miltzas in difficult places where he had retired, and grant him peace, provided he alfo Ferci
conquered much of Servia & Bulgaria (but you can not see point he has ever pafîe the Danube, where I concluded that Wallachia, over which reigned Miltzas, was anffi voi "fine Servia as Bulgaria , And one of those who were south of the Danube).
Muhammad, son of Bazajet continues c. j "Phrantza do himself was no sooner made himself master of the whole empire had woven pofîedé his father, he increased the toll of Wallachia & Mauro on £ ogdiane. The "Mauro Wallachia Wallachia was black? or rather what qu'arrofoit fleuveMau-rus, near which Alexius Comnenus Avoi t beat Patzinaces, after being joined by Enos-fene melifera recruits in the country had made voifm, Oc Wallachians which were making a good party: it was alfo in this country. Confequently in le.voifinagc of J'Hebre , Mount qu'étoit Maurus. The Mauro-Wallachia was therefore a part of ancient Thrace or Macedonia.
Aftnirat, son of Mohammed, always says c. ; 'Phrantza, attacked, but without the 4 Vlachs & Mauro-Vlachs, and retired with loss. Having afterwards undertook another expedition against ^ e
< dépendans, avec lefquels Syrgiaone s'4; toit lié d'amitié, lorfqu'il commandent en Occident. Ils lui donnerent des gui- U. c.* des qui le conduisent chez le crales de Servie. Quelque tems après Andronic le jeune étant en Theflalie,les Albanois, qui fans avoir de rois menoient la vie paftorale fur les montagnes de cette province , & qu'on appelloitMalacafiens , Pocciens & Mafarites, du nom de leurs chefs, vinrent trouver cet empereur , au nombre de douze mille, le falucrent & lui offrirent leurs fervices. Ce n'étoit pas qu'ils vouluflent fe foumettre à lui ; mais comme l'hiver approchoit, ils crai- gnoient que les Romains n'en profitaf- icnt pour les détruire : car outre qu'ils n'avoient point de villes , le féjour des montagnes, où ils fe tenoient pendant l'été, leur devenoit infupportable par le froid qu'il y faifoit en hiver , & qui les obligeoit de defcendre dans la c plaine ; non que ces Albanois ne fuflent belliqueux ; ils l'avoient prouvé plus d'une fois aux dépens des villes voifi- nes, & le prouverent encore peu après en renouvellent leurs brigandages ordinaires dans le territoire de plufieurs villes fituées entre la Theflalie & Epi- damne ; mais ils n'ofoient attendre dans la praine la cavalerie Romaine qui étoic compofée alors de toutes les troupes na«
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