[Footnote 13: The dates of years int he in the contents may
throughout his this chapter be understood as tacit
references to the Annals of Muratori, my ordinary and
excellent guide. He uses, and indeed quotes, with the
freedom of a master, his great collection of the Italian
Historians, in xxviii. volumes; and as that treasure is in
my library, I have thought it an amusement, if not a duty,
to consult the originals.]