[Footnote 54: The birth and dignity of Andrew Dandolo gave
him the motive and the means of searching in the archives of
Venice the memorable story of his ancestor. His brevity
seems to accuse the copious and more recent narratives of
Sanudo, (in Muratori, Script. Rerum Italicarum, tom. xxii.,)
Blondus, Sabellicus, and Rhamnusius.]