Let us instance in some others: _Plectrudis_ got the Government into her Hands; a Widow not of the King, but of _Pipin_, who ruled the Kingdom whilst _Dagobert_ the Second bore the empty Title of King. This _Plectrudis_ having been divorced by her Husband _Pipin_, because of her many Adulteries and flagitious Course of Life; as soon as her Husband was dead, proved the Incendiary of many Seditions in France. She compell'd that gallant Man _Charles Martel_, Mayor of the Palace, to quit his Employment, and in his Place put one _Theobald_, a most vile and wicked Wretch; and at last She raised a most grievous Civil War among the _Franks_, who in divers Battels discomfited each other with most terrible Slaughters. Thus, says _Aimoinus_, [lib 4. cap. 50. & cap sequen.] Also the Author of a Book called, The State of the Kingdom of _France_ under _Dagobert_ the Second, has these Words: _"When the_ Franks _were no longer able to hear the Fury and Madness of_ Plectrude, _and saw no Hopes of Redress from King_ Dagobert, _they elected one_ Daniel _for their King, (who formerly had been a Monk) and called him_ Chilperick." Which Story we have once before told you. But let us proceed. The Queen-Mother of _Charles_ the _Bald_, (whose Name was _Judith_) and Wife of _Lewis the Pious_, who had not only been King of _Francogallia_, but Emperor of _Italy_ and _Germany_, got the Government into her Hands. This Woman stirred up a most terrible and fatal War between King _Lewis_ and his Sons, (her Sons in Law) from whence arose so great a Conspiracy, that they constrained their Father to abdicate the Government, and give up the Power into their Hands, to the great Detriment of almost all _Europe_: The Rise of which Mischiefs, our Historians do unanimously attribute, for the most Part, to _Queen Judith_ in a particular Manner: The Authors of this History are the _Abbot_ of _Ursperg_, _Michael Ritius_ and _Otto Frising._ [Chron. 5. cap. 34.] "_Lewis_ (says this last) _by reason of the Evil Deeds of his Wife_ Judith, _was driven out of his Kingdom_." Also _Rhegino_ [in Chron. ann. 1338.] "_Lewis_ (says he) _was deprived of the Kingdom by his Subjects, and being reduced to the Condition of a private Man, was put into Prison, and the Sole Government of the Kingdom, by the Election of the_ Franks, _was conferr'd upon_ Lotharius _his Son. And this Deprivation of_ Lewis _was occasioned principally through the many Whoredoms of his Wife_ Judith."