Note 037
The birth, character, and first actions of
Robert Guiscard, may be found in Jeffrey Malaterra, (l. i.
c. 3, 4, 11, 16, 17, 18, 38, 39, 40,) William Appulus, (l.
ii. p. 260 - 262,) William Gemeticensis, or of Jumieges, (l.
xi. c. 30, p. 663, 664, edit. Camden,) and Anna Comnena,
(Alexiad, l. i. p. 23 - 27, l. vi. p. 165, 166,) with the
annotations of Ducange, (Not. in Alexiad, p. 230 - 232,
320,) who has swept all the French and Latin Chronicles for
supplemental intelligence.]
The History Of The Decline And
Fall Of The Roman Empire
—Fall In The East
—Chapter 56