[Footnote 15: The charge of the deacon against Narses (l. ii. c.
5) may be groundless; but the weak apology of the Cardinal
(Baron. Annal Eccles. A.D. 567, No. 8 - 12) is rejected by the
best critics - Pagi (tom. ii. p. 639, 640,) Muratori, (Annali d'
Italia, tom. v. p. 160 - 163,) and the last editors, Horatius
Blancus, (Script. Rerum Italic. tom. i. p. 427, 428,) and Philip
Argelatus, (Sigon. Opera, tom. ii. p. 11, 12.) The Narses who
assisted at the coronation of Justin (Corippus, l. iii. 221) is
clearly understood to be a different person.]