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The History Of France.
In the reign of Probtis , the Franks were : compelled b > the « ctorious arms of that monarch to repass the Rhine , [ AD 277 . J and 0 shelter themselves in the flat maritime country which hey had Iv iouslv occupied , intersected and overflowed by he s agitating ^ e ° s of the redundant river ; but a colony established by the e , nperor on the sea-coast of Pontus , animated by their unconqueiseized fleet stationed in the harbours of he
bi love of freedom , a Sine , and resolved to explore their way from the mouth of the P 1 , ' sis to that of the Rhine . They escaped through the fcosphorrs and Hellespont , and spread their depredations along die coas . s Lf ( he Mediterranean ; the defenceless and unsuspecting shores of and Africa afflicted by their frequent descents ;
Asia , Greece , , were he citv of Syracuse was surprised , her treasures rifled , and her habitants massacred . Thence directing their course to the co" mns of Hercules , they committed themseves to the wide excuse of the ocean ; and steering through the British channel , landed triumphant on the Batavian or tnsian shores . , uie riai uie
During a long period of barbaric darkness , . w . concealed from our view ; but they emerged again when the throne 01 Vn lentinian the Third was shaken hy the Scythian torrent , and Attila poured on the empire the tempest of his arms . I he !• ranks , who had already established the rig ht of hereditary succession . in the Merovingian race , eagerly seized the favorab e moment of enremrise , and embraced the opportunity of extending the limits of confined to the neighbourhood of die Rhine
iheir monarchy , still . Di'paro-um , a Village between Louvain and Brussels , was the residence of Clodion , the first of their kings mentioned 111 authentic historv : informed by his spies of the defenceless state of the adjacent country , [ A . D . jLiO . ] he pressed through that part of the forest of Ardennes between the Scheldt and the Meuse , occupied tne cities of Tournay and Cambray , and extended his conquests as far as the river Somme . Thoug h surprised and routed by tne Roman ° - » neral Otitishe soon retrieved his strength and
reputa-, tion , and maintained the possession of his new acquisitions . But his death exposed his kingdom to the discord and ambition ot his two sons ; and while the elder sought the formidable alliance of Attila , the Scythian monarch , the younger implored and obtained the protection of'the court of Rome . The western empire of Rome , separated from that of the east , _ dissolutionand the ot
already rapidly verged towards its ; authority Otloacer , a barbarian mercenary , was extinguished by the reign of Theodoric the Ostrogoth ;' when the kindred tribes of the FraiiKs seated a ! on « - the Scheldt and the Meuse , the Moselle and the Rhine , were attracted by the superior merit of Clovis , who had succeeded to the command of the Salic tribe by the death of his . father
Chiideric . Tlie narrow limits of his kingdom were confined to the island of the Batavians , with the ancient dioceses of Tournay and Arras ; but his martial bands were swelled by the voluntary ailegiance of his countrymen ; and his victorious banner was followed by
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
The History Of France.
In the reign of Probtis , the Franks were : compelled b > the « ctorious arms of that monarch to repass the Rhine , [ AD 277 . J and 0 shelter themselves in the flat maritime country which hey had Iv iouslv occupied , intersected and overflowed by he s agitating ^ e ° s of the redundant river ; but a colony established by the e , nperor on the sea-coast of Pontus , animated by their unconqueiseized fleet stationed in the harbours of he
bi love of freedom , a Sine , and resolved to explore their way from the mouth of the P 1 , ' sis to that of the Rhine . They escaped through the fcosphorrs and Hellespont , and spread their depredations along die coas . s Lf ( he Mediterranean ; the defenceless and unsuspecting shores of and Africa afflicted by their frequent descents ;
Asia , Greece , , were he citv of Syracuse was surprised , her treasures rifled , and her habitants massacred . Thence directing their course to the co" mns of Hercules , they committed themseves to the wide excuse of the ocean ; and steering through the British channel , landed triumphant on the Batavian or tnsian shores . , uie riai uie
During a long period of barbaric darkness , . w . concealed from our view ; but they emerged again when the throne 01 Vn lentinian the Third was shaken hy the Scythian torrent , and Attila poured on the empire the tempest of his arms . I he !• ranks , who had already established the rig ht of hereditary succession . in the Merovingian race , eagerly seized the favorab e moment of enremrise , and embraced the opportunity of extending the limits of confined to the neighbourhood of die Rhine
iheir monarchy , still . Di'paro-um , a Village between Louvain and Brussels , was the residence of Clodion , the first of their kings mentioned 111 authentic historv : informed by his spies of the defenceless state of the adjacent country , [ A . D . jLiO . ] he pressed through that part of the forest of Ardennes between the Scheldt and the Meuse , occupied tne cities of Tournay and Cambray , and extended his conquests as far as the river Somme . Thoug h surprised and routed by tne Roman ° - » neral Otitishe soon retrieved his strength and
reputa-, tion , and maintained the possession of his new acquisitions . But his death exposed his kingdom to the discord and ambition ot his two sons ; and while the elder sought the formidable alliance of Attila , the Scythian monarch , the younger implored and obtained the protection of'the court of Rome . The western empire of Rome , separated from that of the east , _ dissolutionand the ot
already rapidly verged towards its ; authority Otloacer , a barbarian mercenary , was extinguished by the reign of Theodoric the Ostrogoth ;' when the kindred tribes of the FraiiKs seated a ! on « - the Scheldt and the Meuse , the Moselle and the Rhine , were attracted by the superior merit of Clovis , who had succeeded to the command of the Salic tribe by the death of his . father
Chiideric . Tlie narrow limits of his kingdom were confined to the island of the Batavians , with the ancient dioceses of Tournay and Arras ; but his martial bands were swelled by the voluntary ailegiance of his countrymen ; and his victorious banner was followed by