Note 025
For the invasion of France and the defeat of
the Arabs by Charles Martel, see the Historia Arabum (c. 11,
12, 13, 14) of Roderic Ximenes, archbishop of Toledo, who
had before him the Christian chronicle of Isidore Pacensis,
and the Mahometan history of Novairi. The Moslems are
silent or concise in the account of their losses; but M
Cardonne (tom. i. p. 129, 130, 131) has given a pure and
simple account of all that he could collect from Ibn
Halikan, Hidjazi, and an anonymous writer. The texts of the
chronicles of France, and lives of saints, are inserted in
the Collection of Bouquet, (tom. iii.,) and the Annals of
Pagi, who (tom. iii. under the proper years) has restored
the chronology, which is anticipated six years in the Annals
of Baronius. The Dictionary of Bayle (Abderame and Munuza)
has more merit for lively reflection than original
research.
The History Of The Decline And
Fall Of The Roman Empire
—Fall In The East
—Chapter 52