[Footnote 36: The foundation and independence of Venice, and
Pepin's invasion, are discussed by Pagi (Critica, tom. iii.
A.D. 81), No. 4, &c.) and Beretti, (Dissert. Chorograph.
Italiae Medii Aevi, in Muratori, Script. tom. x. p. 153.)
The two critics have a slight bias, the Frenchman adverse,
the Italian favorable, to the republic.]