son domaine le plus voisin ; this was Compiègne

1. 27. Haribert, Gonthramn , Hilperik et Sighebert. Thierry’s accuracy in names consists chiefly in putting in an h and a k whenever possible. Charibert, Guntchramn, Gunthramn or Gontran, Chilperich or Chilperic and Sigibert or Sigebert are the more usual forms.

1. 28. Soissons (Suessiones) on the Aisne was the capital of the Northern dominion of the Franks in Gaul. It was taken from the Roman Syagrius by Chlodowig in 486 a.d.

1. 29. flambeaux de cire , or cierges (L. cereus , made of wax). Note, however, that a cùrge is exclusively reserved for Church purposes.

1. 33. les clefs du trésor . Compare the action of Henry I. of England in seizing the traasure at Winchester on the death of William Rufus.

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1. 11. le conquérant de la Gaule . Julius Cæsar occupied Lutetia B.c. 57.

1. 27. Sicambres. The Sicambri or Sigambri were a German tribe mentioned by Cæsar, which later on united with others to form the confederacy of the Franks. The word was used as a classical équivalent for Frank, as by St Rémy (Remigius) in baptizing Chlodowig, “ Mitis depone colla, Sigamber

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