væus &c. Windeline & Bucher, two of the most diligent searchers
into the originals of this kingdom, make it begin the same year with
the Barbarian invasions of Gallia, that is, A.C. 407. Of the first
kings there is in Labbee's Bibliotheca M.S. this record.

Historica quædam excerpta ex veteri stemmate genealogico Regum Franciæ
Franciæ.

Genobaldus, Marcomerus, Suno, Theodemeris. Isti duces vel Reguli ex-
titerunt a principio gentis Francorum diversis temporibus. Sed incertum
relinquunt historici quali sibi procreationis lineâ successerunt.

Pharamundus: Sub hoc rege suo primo Franci legibus se subdunt,
quas Primores eorum tulerunt Wisogastus, Atrogastus, Salegastus.

Chlochilo. Iste, transito Rheno, Romanos in Carbonaria sylva devicit,
Camaracum cœpit & obtinuit, annis 20 regnavit. Sub hoc rege Franci
usqꝫ Sum\m/am progressi sunt.

Merovechus. Sub hoc rege Franci Trevirim destruunt, Metim succen-
dunt, usqꝫ Aurelianum perveniunt.

Now for Genobaldus, Marcomer & Suno, they were capitains of the
Transrhenane Franks in the reign of Theodosius, & concern us not. We
are to begin with Theudemer the first king of the rebelling Salij, called
Didio by I |I|vo Carnotensis, & Thed |ie|do & Theudemerus by Rhenanus. His face
is extant in a coy |i|n of gold found with this inscription, THE [illeg] VDEMER REX,
published by Petavius; & still or lately extant, as Windeline testifies: which
shews that he was a king, & that in Gallia, seeing that rude Germany under-
stood not then the coining of money, nor used either Latin words or letters.
He was the son of Richemer, or Richomer, the favourite of the Emperor
Theodosius; & so being a Roman Franck, & of the Salian royal blood, they
therefore upon the rebellion made him king. The whole time of his reign
you have stated in Excerptis Gregorij Turonent |s|is e Fredigario, cap. 5, 6,
7, 8, where the making him king, the tyranny of Iovinus, the slaughter of
the associates of Iovinus, the second taking of Trevirs 1 by the Franks, & their
war with Castinus in which this king was slain, are as a series of
successive |t| [illeg] |h|ings thus set down in order. Extinctis Ducibus in Francis,
denuo Reges creantur ex eadem stirpe qua prius fuerant. Eodem
tempore Iovinus ornatus regios assumpsit. Constantinus2 fugam versus
Italiam dirigit; missis a Iovino Principe percussoribus super Mentio flumine
capite truncatur. Multi nob|i|lium jussu Iovini apud Avernis3 capti, et a
ducibus Honorij crudeliter interempti sunt. Trevirorum civitas, factione
unius ex senatoribus nomine Lucij, a Francis capta & incensa est. —
— Castinus Domesticorum c |C|omes expeditionem accipit contra Francos, &c.
Then returning to speak of Theudemir, he adds: Franci electum a se
regem| [|] | |,| sicut prius fuerat| [|] | |,| crinitum| [|] | |,| inquirentes diligenter ex genere
Priami, Frigi et Francionis, super se crearunt nomine Theudemerum
filium Richemeris, qui in hoc prælio quod supra memini, a Romanis inter-
fectus est ; that is, in the battel with Castinus his army. Of his death Gre-
gory Turonensis makes this further mention: In consularibus legimus
Theodemerem regem Francorum & filium Ricimeris quondam, et Ascilam
matrem ejus, gladio interc[illeg] |fec| [illeg] tos.

Vpon this victory of the Romans, the Franks & rebelling Gal \u/ls, who
in the time of Theudemir were [in] \at/ war with one another, united to
strengthen themselves, as Ordericus Vitalis ^a 4 thus mentions. Cum Galli prius
contra Romanos rebellâssent, Franci ijs sociati sunt, et pariter juncti
Ferramundum Sunonis Ducis Filium, sibi regem præfecerunt . Prosper
sets down the time; Anno 25 Honorij, Pharamundus regnat in Francia . This
Bucher well observes 5 , referrs to the end of the year \ of Christ / 416, or the beginning
of the next year, dating the years of Honorius from the death of Valen-
tinian; & argues well, that at this time Pharamund was not only king
by the constitution of the Franks, but crowned also by the consent of Ho-
norius, & had a part of Gallia assigned to him by covenant. And this might
be the cause that Roman writers recc |k|oned him the first king: Which some
not understanding, have reputed him the founder of this kingdom by an army
of the transrhenane Franks. And he might come with such an army, but
he succeeded Theudemir by right of blood & consent of the people. For the