They are described and named by Pachymer, (l.ii.c.

14.)] [Footnote 60: It is needless to seek these Comans in the deserts of Tartary, or even of Moldavia.

A part of the horde had submitted to John Vataces, and was probably settled as a nursery of soldiers on some waste lands of Thrace, (Cantacuzen.l.i.c.

2.)] [Footnote 601: According to several authorities, particularly Abulfaradj.
Chron.Arab.p.336, this was a stratagem on the part of the Greeks to weaken the garrison of Constantinople.

The Greek commander offered to surrender the town on the appearance of the Venetians .-- M.] [Footnote 61: The loss of Constantinople is briefly told by the Latins: the conquest is described with more satisfaction by the Greeks; by Acropolita, (c.