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The History of The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire

CHAPTER LX: The Fourth Crusade
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xxii.,) Blondus, Sabellicus, and Rhamnusius.] [Footnote 541: This description rather belongs to the first setting sail of the expedition from Venice, before the siege of Zara.

The armament did not return to Venice .-- M.] [Footnote 55: Villehardouin, No.62.His feelings and expressions are original: he often weeps, but he rejoices in the glories and perils of war with a spirit unknown to a sedentary writer.] [Footnote 56: In this voyage, almost all the geographical names are corrupted by the Latins.

The modern appellation of Chalcis, and all Euba, is derived from its _Euripus_, _Evripo_, _Negri-po_, _Negropont_, which dishonors our maps, (D'Anville, Geographie Ancienne, tom.i.

p.
263.)] [Footnote 57: Et sachiez que il ni ot si hardi cui le cuer ne fremist, (c.

66.)..


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