Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire

Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility. See the original treaty of partition, in the Venetian Chronicle of Andrew Dandolo, p. 326 - 330 [tafel und Thomas, Urkunden zur altern Handels und Staatsgeschichte der Republik Venedig, i. 454. The treaty was con cluded and drawn up before the city was taken], and the subsequent election in Villehardouin, No. 136 - 140, with Ducange in his Observations, and the Ist book of his Histoire de Constantinople sous i'empire des Frangois.