. The historians' history of the world; a comprehensive narrative of the rise and development of nations as recorded by over two thousand of the great writers of all ages:. of age, and plunged aknife into his heart; theyounger, who was not seven,terrified at the sight, kneltbefore Childebert, and patheti-cally prayed for life. Childebert was suddenly sensible of pity ; and, withtears in his eyes, he begged that the childs life might be spared. It wasthyself that urged me to this ! replied the fiendish Clotaire: give me thechild, or die in his stead ! The survivor was immediately murdered ;thei
. The historians' history of the world; a comprehensive narrative of the rise and development of nations as recorded by over two thousand of the great writers of all ages:. of age, and plunged aknife into his heart; theyounger, who was not seven,terrified at the sight, kneltbefore Childebert, and patheti-cally prayed for life. Childebert was suddenly sensible of pity ; and, withtears in his eyes, he begged that the childs life might be spared. It wasthyself that urged me to this ! replied the fiendish Clotaire: give me thechild, or die in his stead ! The survivor was immediately murdered ;their nurses, pages, and servants shared the same fate, and the kingdom ofClodomir was divided between the two royal assassins. With an increasedarmy, they again invaded Burgundy, which they conquered and dividedbetween them, as they had before divided that of their brother Clodomir. On the death of Thierry, in 534, he was succeeded by his son Theudibert,who inherited his martial character, and was consequently too formidable tobe served like the sons of Clodomir. He headed several expeditions intoItaly and Spain, which, however, were not distinguished by much success ;. Clotairb [Based on an old print] THE FRANKS TO THE TIME OF CHARLES MARTEL 479 [555-575 ] nor was his son and successor Theudebald (548-555) more fortunate. Onthe death of the latter, Clotaire, his uncle, married his widow and seized hiskingdom, without dividing it with Childebert: the whole kingdom of theFranks was consequently in the hands of the two sons of Clovis. Inrevenge, Childebert excited a civil war ; but dying before its conclusion(558), his kingdom was forcibly seized by Clotaire, now sole monarch ofthe Franks, who exiled his wife and daughters. A year before his death,Clotaire condemned to the fire his eldest son, who had rebelled against him,and that princes wife and daughters, with as much coolness as he could haveordered the execution of the most guilty stranger. In fact, in the wide cata-logue o
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