[Footnote 40: Henry Dandolo was eighty-four at his election,
(A.D. 1192,) and ninety-seven at his death, (A.D. 1205.) See
the Observations of Ducange sur Villehardouin, No. 204. But
this extraordinary longevity is not observed by the original
writers, nor does there exist another example of a hero near
a hundred years of age. Theophrastus might afford an
instance of a writer of ninety-nine; but instead of Prooem.
ad Character.,)I am much inclined to read with his last
editor Fischer, and the first thoughts of Casaubon. It is
scarcely possible that the powers of the mind and body
should support themselves till such a period of life.]