Note 050
From Chapter 60 of the Decline & Fall

The emperor Isaac is styled by Villehardouin, Sursac (No. 35, etc.), which may be derived from the French Sire, or the Greek Ancient Greek melted into his proper name; the further corruptions of Tursac and Conserac will instruct us what license may have been used in the old dynasties of Assyria and Egypt.

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