Note 046
From Chapter 58 of the Decline & Fall

Anna Comnena supposes, that Hugh was proud of his nobility riches, and power (l. x. p. 288): the two last articles appear more equivocal; but an Ancient Greek which seven hundred years ago was famous in the palace of Constantinople, attests the ancient dignity of the Capetian family of France.

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