Note 099
In this action the famous Rutland, Rolando, Orlando, was slain - cum compluribus aliis. See the truth in Eginhard, (c. 9, p. 51 - 56,) and the fable in an ingenious Supplement of M. Gaillard, (tom. iii. p. 474.) The Spaniards are too proud of a victory, which history ascribes to the Gascons, and romance to the Saracens.

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The History Of The Decline And Fall Of The Roman Empire —Fall In The East —Chapter 49