. Paris and its story, by T. Okey; illustrated by Katherine Kimball & O. F. M. Ward . : * Seest thou not what I perceive abovethis roof? I answered, I see only a second buildingwhich the king has had built. He asked again, Seestthou naught else ? I weened he spoke in jest and didbut answer— If thou seest aught else, prithee show itunto me. Then uttering a deep sigh, he said : I seethe sword of Gods wrath suspended over this after this conversation Chilperic having returnedfrom the chase to his royal villa of Chelles, was leaning onthe shoulder of one of his companions to descend
. Paris and its story, by T. Okey; illustrated by Katherine Kimball & O. F. M. Ward . : * Seest thou not what I perceive abovethis roof? I answered, I see only a second buildingwhich the king has had built. He asked again, Seestthou naught else ? I weened he spoke in jest and didbut answer— If thou seest aught else, prithee show itunto me. Then uttering a deep sigh, he said : I seethe sword of Gods wrath suspended over this after this conversation Chilperic having returnedfrom the chase to his royal villa of Chelles, was leaning onthe shoulder of one of his companions to descend from hishorse, when Landeric, servant of Fredegonde, stabbed him todeath. Thirty years were yet to pass before the curtain falls onthe acts of the rival queens, their sons and grandsons, butthe heart revolts at the details of the wars and lusts of thesesavage potentates. Gregory begins the fifth book of hisAnnals by expressing the weariness that falls upon him whenhe recalls the manifold civil wars of the Franks. ^ The palace in the Cite, where now stands the Palais de ;^ yjf^T^^f^^ KuE St Jacques. THE MEROVINGIAN DYNASTY 23 Let us make an end of this part of our story. By herson, Clothaire II., Fredegonde continued to dominateNeustria : Brunehaut ruled over Austrasia and Burgundythrough her sons Theodobert II. and Thierry II. Battleand murder had destroyed Brunehauts children and herchildrens children until none were left to rule overthe realms but herself and the four sons of Thierry nobles, furious at the further tyranny of a cruel and im-perious woman, plotted her ruin, and in 613, when Brunehaut,sure of victory, marched with two armies against ClothaireII., she was betrayed to him, her implacable enemy. Hereproached her with the death of ten kings, and sether on a camel for three days to be mocked and insultedby the army. The old and fallen queen was then tiedto the tail of a horse : the creature was lashed into furyand soon all that remained of the
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