[Footnote 97: This national reproach of perfidy (Procop.

Goth.
l.ii.c.

25) offends the ear of La Mothe le Vayer, (tom.viii.

p.
163--165,) who criticizes, as if he had not read, the Greek historian.] [Footnote 98: Baronius applauds his treason, and justifies the Catholic bishops--qui ne sub heretico principe degant omnem lapidem movent--a useful caution.

The more rational Muratori (Annali d'Italia, tom.v.