those Germans, whether they were beaten by the Romans, or (which is more likely) were bought off by them, began by little and little, to settle themselves in the borders of Gallia.  This gave to Suetonius, in his Life of Augustus, to say,—­“He drove the Germans beyond the River Elb; but the Suevi and Sicambri (submitting themselves); he transplanted into Gallia where he assign’d them Lands near the river Rhine.”—­Also in his Life of Therius,—­“He brought (says he) forty thousand of those that had surrendred themselves in the German War, over into Gallia, and allotted them Settlements upon the Banks of the Rhine.”—­Neither must we omit what Flavius Vepiseus records, concerning the Reign of Probus the Emperor; in whose time almost all Gallia, that is, sixty Cities, revolted from the Romans; and with common Consent, took up Arms for the Recovery of’ their Liberty:—­“Having done these things (says he) he march’d with a vast Army into Gaul, which after Posthumus’s Death was all in Commotion, and when Aurelianus was kill’d, was In a Manner possessed by the Germans; there he gain’d so many Victories, that he recover’d from the Barbarians sixty of the most noble Cities of Gallia:  And whereas they had overspread all Gallia without Controul, he slew near four hundred thousand of those that had seated themselves within the Roman Territories, and transplanted the Remainders of them beyond the Rivers Neckar, and Elb.”

But how cruel and inhuman the Domination of the Romans was in Gallia:  How intolerable their Exactions were:  What horrible and wicked Lives they led; and with how great Inveteracy and Bitterness they were hated upon that Account by the Gauls, (especially by the Christians) may best be learn’d from the Works of Salvianus, Bishop of Marseilles, which treat of Providence:  Therefore ’tis incredible to tell, what Multitudes of Germans pour’d themselves into Gallia; the Gauls not only not hindring, but even favouring and calling them in. Latinus Pacatus, in his Speech to Theodesius, has this Passage; “From whence shou’d I begin my Discourse, but from thy Mischiefs, O Gallia! who may’st justly challenge a Superiority in Sufferings, above all the Nations of the Earth, that have been vexed with this Plague?”—­Now ’tis most plain both from Sidonius Apollinaris, and especially from the above-mentioned Salvianus, in many Places of his Writings, that our Franks were a Part of those German Nations, who thus entred into Gallia.

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CHAP.  IV.

    Of the Original of the Franks; who having possessed
    themselves of Gallia, changed its Name, into that of
    Francia, or Francogallia.