[Footnote 34: Both the Hungarian and Russian annals suppose,
that they besieged, or attacked, or insulted Constantinople,
(Pray, dissertat. x. p. 239. Katona, Hist. Ducum, p. 354 -
360;) and the fact is almost confessed by the Byzantine
historians, (Leo Grammaticus, p. 506. Cedrenus, tom. ii. p.
629: ) yet, however glorious to the nation, it is denied or
doubted by the critical historian, and even by the notary of
Bela. Their scepticism is meritorious; they could not
safely transcribe or believe the rusticorum fabulas: but
Katona might have given due attention to the evidence of
Liutprand, Bulgarorum gentem atque daecorum tributariam
fecerant, (Hist. l. ii. c. 4, p. 435.)]