Note 041 The modern Venetians (Laugier, tom. ii. p. 119) accuse the emperor Manuel; but the calumny is refuted by Villehardouin and the older writers, who suppose that Dandolo lost his eyes by a wound, (No. 31, and Ducange.)]

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The History Of The Decline And Fall Of The Roman Empire —Fall In The East —Chapter 60