Note 013 The whole process of Petrarch's coronation is accurately described by the abbe de Sade, (tom. i. p. 425 - 435, tom. ii. p. 1 - 6, notes, p. 1 - 13,) from his own writings, and the Roman diary of Ludovico, Monaldeschi, without mixing in this authentic narrative the more recent fables of Sannuccio Delbene.]

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The History Of The Decline And Fall Of The Roman Empire —Fall In The East —Chapter 70