Note 038
This verbal summons of Pope Clement VI., which rests on the authority of the Roman historian and a Vatican Ms., is disputed by the biographer of Petrarch, (tom. ii. not. p. 70-76.) with arguments rather of decency than of weight. The court of Avignon might not choose to agitate this delicate question.

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The History Of The Decline And Fall Of The Roman Empire —Fall In The East —Chapter 70