But how cruel and inhuman the Domination of the _Romans_ was in _Gallia_: How intolerable their Exactions were: What horrible and wicked Lives they led; and with how great Inveteracy and Bitterness they were hated upon that Account by the _Gauls_, (especially by the _Christians_) may best be learn'd from the Works of _Salvianus_, Bishop of _Marseilles_, which treat of Providence: Therefore 'tis incredible to tell, what Multitudes of _Germans_ pour'd themselves into _Gallia_; the _Gauls_ not only not hindring, but even favouring and calling them in. _Latinus Pacatus_, in his Speech to _Theodesius_, has this Passage; "From whence shou'd I begin my Discourse, but from thy Mischiefs, O _Gallia_! who may'st justly challenge a Superiority in Sufferings, above all the Nations of the Earth, that have been vexed with this Plague?"--Now 'tis most plain both from _Sidonius Apollinaris_, and especially from the above-mentioned _Salvianus_, in many Places of his Writings, that our _Franks_ were a Part of those _German_ Nations, who thus entred into _Gallia_. * * * * * CHAP. IV. _Of the Original of the_ Franks; _who having possessed themselves of_ Gallia, _changed its Name, into that of_ Francia, _or_ Francogallia. The Order of our Discourse requires, that we should now enquire into the Original of the _Franks_, and trace them from their first Habitations, or (as it were) their very Cradles: In which Disquisition 'tis very much to be admired, that no mention has been made of them by _Ptolomy_, _Strabo_, or even by _Tacitus_ himself, who of all Writers was most accurate in describing the Names and Situations of all the _German_ Nations: and 'tis plain, the _Franks_ were a _German_ People, who possessed most part of _Europe_ for many Years, with great Reputation; of which we will quote but a few Instances out of many. First, _Joannes Nauclerus_ says thus,--"_Charles_ the Great was call'd _King_ of the _Franks_; which is as much as to say, _King_ of _Germany_ and _France_." Now 'tis demonstrable, that at that time all _Gallia Transalpina_, and all _Germany_ from the _Pyrenaeen_ Mountains, as far as _Hungary_, was called _Francia_: This last was called _Eastern France_, the former _Western France_; and in this all true Historians agree.