I.5. de gré à gré, amicably

1. 7. comme celui qui avait eu lieu , the division, A.D. 51 1, between the four sons of Chlodowig, Theodoric, Chlothar, Childebert and Chlodomer.

1. 11. Neustrie et Austrasie. Austrasia or Oster-rike means the Eastern Kingdom , like Austria (Oesterreich) ; Neustria, or Ne-osterrike, the Not-eastern, i.e. Western Kingdom.

1. 26. Il semble , au reste , &c. The explanation of this singular division probably lies in the fact that the Roman Impérial System of

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