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this was not done till about the middle times 

 of the Empire, when it began to decline. 

 yhc Greeks ftill retain this Name. For if 

 you ask any of the Greeks born upon the 

 Continent of Thrace^ what Country Man he 

 is ? he anfwers forthwith, P^ftA/®- Romios^ for 

 fo they pronounce it. The TvrKs in like 

 manner call a Greeks Chriftian Vr-um Gaour^ or 

 the Roman Infidel, as they will call fome- 

 times the Emperor of Germany^ Vrumler Pa^ 

 dijha or Emperor of the Romans, Hence it 

 was, that the latter Grecian Emperors ftiled 

 themfelves ?>cicriKa^ Vcoy,ctim^ Kings of the Ro- 

 mans, that is, fuch as were Born in Romania 

 and the other Countries, which made up the- 

 Eaften divifion of the Empire. Tho' per- 

 chance by thisfiourifhingTitle they pretended 

 a right to the Governmenment of the Weft:: 

 Upon which vain prefumption they alTumed 

 alfb the Title of ^oaixo^iro^z^y or Emperors of 

 the World, as if they had been the true Suc- 

 cellbrs of Augufins^ and the Wefl:ern Empe- 

 rors, Ufurpers, whom they called by way of 

 contempt and indignation, P">'S^, Reges, as 

 f Luitfrandus informs us in the accompt of his 

 Ambafly to Nkephorus Phocas^ and afforded the 

 People of Italy no other Titlethan that of g 

 Longobards or Lombards. YhcprQknt Greeks call 

 all the Weftern Chriftians Aarhoi or (pf^^^fyoi 

 Latins or Franks^ the Turh^ only making ufe of 

 the latter, when they fpeak civilly of us, and 

 calling Chrifiendom Pkrenkifian^ in the prefent 

 Greek (ppAfyU. 'The Turks now as proudly call 

 Co?j ft amino fie Alem jena^ or the refuge of the 



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