Theoderik , son of Chlodowig, and King of Austrasia

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1. 11. au temps <P Attila. Attila, King of the Huns, invaded Gaul but was defeated by Aetius, the Roman general, and Theodoric, King of the Visigoths, at the battle of Chalons, 451 a.d.

1. 16. leur javelot à crochets . See in the Appendix No. 2 an illustrative quotation from M. Thierry ’s Lettres sur V histoire de France describing the appearance of the Barbarians.

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1. 5. un homme de rien. Nithing or niddering was the common term of infamy applied to cowards among Germanie peoples. We find it in English history.

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