Note 008
Paul Warnefrid, the deacon of Friuli, de Gest.
Langobard. l. i. c. 23, 24. His pictures of national manners,
though rudely sketched are more lively and faithful than those of
Bede, or Gregory of Tours]
The History Of The Decline And
Fall Of The Roman Empire
—Fall In The East
—Chapter 45