Note 027 The Greeks, Theophanes, Cedrenus, and the author of the Alexandrian Chronicle, confine themselves to vague and general expressions. For a more particular account of the vision we are obliged to have recourse to such Latin writers as William of Malmesbury. See Ducange, C. P.1. i. p. 24, 25.

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Note to Chapter 17 of Decline and Fall by Gibbon