. History of France and Normandy, from the earliest times to the revolution of 1848. ent Gaul. THE GAULS. From Isters icy stream a barbarous crowdIn horrent furs, a herd promiscuous stood,Swift as their savage game, far wide they roam;In tribes and nations ignorant of home. EpiffONIAD. 1. The difficulties that impede our inquiries into the originof nations are so many, and so various, that we must, in mostcases, be contented with probability, since the most laborious (?) 8 HISTORY OF FRANCE. researches fail to supply us with certain information. But asthe Gauls were a conspicuous portion of th
. History of France and Normandy, from the earliest times to the revolution of 1848. ent Gaul. THE GAULS. From Isters icy stream a barbarous crowdIn horrent furs, a herd promiscuous stood,Swift as their savage game, far wide they roam;In tribes and nations ignorant of home. EpiffONIAD. 1. The difficulties that impede our inquiries into the originof nations are so many, and so various, that we must, in mostcases, be contented with probability, since the most laborious (?) 8 HISTORY OF FRANCE. researches fail to supply us with certain information. But asthe Gauls were a conspicuous portion of that great Celticfamily by which all the western continent of Europe and theBritish Isles were peopled, some brief sketch of their severalmigrations, as far as they have been ascertained, cannot failto be interesting. The offspring of Japhet, we are told inScripture, colonized the isles of the Gentiles, as Europe isdesignated in the Old Testament; of these the Cimmerians,or Cimbrians, who were descended from Gomer,* settled inthe north and east of Europe, and gradually spread them-. A Romanized Gaul. * The numerous descendants of Gomer are usually called theCeltic tribes; but the names given to the Cushite warriors are asnumerous as their conquests ; to them belong the Scythians, the Tartars the Goths, the Scots, and almost all the tribes of wanderingwarriors who have at different periods effected the greatest revolu-tions in the Eastern and Western world. THE GAULS. 9 selves westwards. 2. The descendants of Cush, known bythe names of Scythians and Tartars, have, from the earliestages, been the greatest wanderers and the most warlike of na-tions. A horde of these barbarians attacked the Cimmeriancolonies, expelled the inhabitants, and gave their own nameto the country they had subdued. The Cimmerians, drivenfrom their former settlements, fled through the extensive forestsof Germany, and took up their residence in Gaul, of whichthey appear to have been the first inhabitants. 3. Th
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