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The History of The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire

CHAPTER LXI: Partition Of The Empire By The French And Venetians
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[30] [Footnote 27: The truth of geography, and the original text of Villehardouin, (No.

194,) place Rodosto three days' journey (trois jornees) from Adrianople: but Vigenere, in his version, has most absurdly substituted _trois heures_; and this error, which is not corrected by Ducange has entrapped several moderns, whose names I shall spare.] [Footnote 28: The reign and end of Baldwin are related by Villehardouin and Nicetas, (p.

386--416;) and their omissions are supplied by Ducange in his Observations, and to the end of his first book.] [Footnote 29: After brushing away all doubtful and improbable circumstances, we may prove the death of Baldwin, 1.

By the firm belief of the French barons, (Villehardouin, No.

230.) 2.


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