Note 001
As in this and the following chapter I shall
display much Arabic learning, I must profess my total
ignorance of the Oriental tongues, and my gratitude to the
learned interpreters, who have transfused their science into
the Latin, French, and English languages. Their
collections, versions, and histories, I shall occasionally
notice.]
The History Of The Decline And
Fall Of The Roman Empire
—Fall In The East
—Chapter 50