Note 011
Anne, who states these later swarms at 40,000
horse and 100,000 foot, calls them Normans, and places at
their head two brothers of Flanders. The Greeks were
strangely ignorant of the names, families, and possessions
of the Latin princes.
Extra note by the Rev. H. H. Milman 1782 (Written), 1845 (Revised)
It was this army of pilgrims, the first body of which
was headed by the archbishop of Milan and Count Albert
of Blandras, which set forth on the wild, yet, with a
more disciplined army, not impolitic, enterprise of
striking at the heart of the Mahometan power, by
attacking the sultan in Bagdad. For their adventures
and fate, see Wilken, vol. ii. p. 120, &c., Wichaud,
book iv.
The History Of The Decline And
Fall Of The Roman Empire
—Fall In The East
—Chapter 59