Note 115 Gaillard, tom. ii. p. 361 - 365, 471 - 476, 492. I have borrowed his judicious remarks on Charlemagne's plan of conquest, and the judicious distinction of his enemies of the first and the second enceinte, (tom. ii. p. 184, 509, &c.)

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