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The History Of France.
command of the sons of Clovis . . His brother Godemar still main- ' tained the war ; but his forces , in ' a-second battle , were routed by Clodomir : 3 'et the victory proved fatal to the victor ;[ A . D . 534 . " " ] and Clodomir , entangled in the pursuit , was in the moment of triumph surrounded and slain . Of his two sons , the elder was afterwards massacred , and the } munger was immured in a convent by the boundless ambition of their uncles .
The arms of Childebertand Clotaireatchieved the final conquest of Burgundy ; overwhelmed the remaining possessions of the Visigoths , whose youthful king , Amalaric , sunk into the grave ; and divided the dominions of their late brother Clodomir . [ A . D . 524 , 55 8 . 3 But an alliance founded in guilt was not likely to be of lonoduration ; their friendship was soon interrupted by mutual
complaints , and at length gave way to open hostilities . A temporary reconciliation was with difficulty effected ; and the natural death ofChiidebert preserved Clotaire from the commission of a crime which he had long contemplated , if not with pleasure , at least without horror . During these various transactionsThi . errithe king of AustrSsia
, , , acquired by arms the possession of Thuringia , and bequeathed it with the rest of his dominions to his son Theodebert ; who reduced under his authority Auvergne , resisted the ambitious enterprises of his uncles , Chiklebert and Clotaire , and invaded with impartial
rapacity the Italian territories of the Romans and the Ostrogoths . fA . E > . 511 , 553 . ] His premature death placed the Austrasian sceptre in the hands of his natural son Theodebalde ; and on the demise of that prince , his subjects consented to acknowled ge as their sovereign Clotaire , who by the subsequent decease ofChiidebert united the dominions of Clovis under his sole government . Clotaire had scarce time to taste the joys of undivided ire
emp before he was summoned by death , to account for the means by which he had acquired it ; and his four sons immediately divided the kingdom which be had cemented at the expence of so much blood . [ A . 'D . 5 62 , 613 . 2 Paris fell by lot to Caribert ; Orleans and Burgundy to Gontran ; Austrasia to Si gebert ; and Soissons to Childebert . The death of Caribert once more kindled the flames
pf discord among the Merovingian princes ; and a temporary compromise , which divided the city of Paris into three parts and confined each prince to ' his . separate district , was not likely to extinguish the glowing embers . It is unnecessary to disgust the , reader with the uninteresting' series of fraternal discord , or the immortal hatred of Brunehaut ' the wife of Sigebertand Fredegondefirst
, , , the concubine and afterwards the consort of Chiideric . During successive years open violence and secret intrigue , the sword and the dagger alternately interrupted the tranquility of the subject , grid pssailed the life of the sovereign . [ , To be continued . 2
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The History Of France.
command of the sons of Clovis . . His brother Godemar still main- ' tained the war ; but his forces , in ' a-second battle , were routed by Clodomir : 3 'et the victory proved fatal to the victor ;[ A . D . 534 . " " ] and Clodomir , entangled in the pursuit , was in the moment of triumph surrounded and slain . Of his two sons , the elder was afterwards massacred , and the } munger was immured in a convent by the boundless ambition of their uncles .
The arms of Childebertand Clotaireatchieved the final conquest of Burgundy ; overwhelmed the remaining possessions of the Visigoths , whose youthful king , Amalaric , sunk into the grave ; and divided the dominions of their late brother Clodomir . [ A . D . 524 , 55 8 . 3 But an alliance founded in guilt was not likely to be of lonoduration ; their friendship was soon interrupted by mutual
complaints , and at length gave way to open hostilities . A temporary reconciliation was with difficulty effected ; and the natural death ofChiidebert preserved Clotaire from the commission of a crime which he had long contemplated , if not with pleasure , at least without horror . During these various transactionsThi . errithe king of AustrSsia
, , , acquired by arms the possession of Thuringia , and bequeathed it with the rest of his dominions to his son Theodebert ; who reduced under his authority Auvergne , resisted the ambitious enterprises of his uncles , Chiklebert and Clotaire , and invaded with impartial
rapacity the Italian territories of the Romans and the Ostrogoths . fA . E > . 511 , 553 . ] His premature death placed the Austrasian sceptre in the hands of his natural son Theodebalde ; and on the demise of that prince , his subjects consented to acknowled ge as their sovereign Clotaire , who by the subsequent decease ofChiidebert united the dominions of Clovis under his sole government . Clotaire had scarce time to taste the joys of undivided ire
emp before he was summoned by death , to account for the means by which he had acquired it ; and his four sons immediately divided the kingdom which be had cemented at the expence of so much blood . [ A . 'D . 5 62 , 613 . 2 Paris fell by lot to Caribert ; Orleans and Burgundy to Gontran ; Austrasia to Si gebert ; and Soissons to Childebert . The death of Caribert once more kindled the flames
pf discord among the Merovingian princes ; and a temporary compromise , which divided the city of Paris into three parts and confined each prince to ' his . separate district , was not likely to extinguish the glowing embers . It is unnecessary to disgust the , reader with the uninteresting' series of fraternal discord , or the immortal hatred of Brunehaut ' the wife of Sigebertand Fredegondefirst
, , , the concubine and afterwards the consort of Chiideric . During successive years open violence and secret intrigue , the sword and the dagger alternately interrupted the tranquility of the subject , grid pssailed the life of the sovereign . [ , To be continued . 2