But I think it requisite that we should enquire a little more carefully into this Name of _Franks_; which, as we told you before, is not to be found in any of the ancient Descriptions of _Germany_. That I may no longer detain the Reader in Suspence, it must needs be, that either the Nation of the _Franks_, by which such mighty things were done, was at first very obscure and mean, (as we see in _Switz_, an ordinary Village) yet because the first beginning of the Liberty of those Countries proceeded from thence, gave the name of _Switzers_ to all the rest of the _Cantons_: Or (which seems to me most probable) this Appellation had its Original from the Occasion; _viz._ When those that set up for the prime Leaders and Beginners, in recovering the publick Liberty, called themselves _Franks_; by which name the _Germans_ understood such as were _Free_, and under no Servitude; as the Writers of that Nation do unanimously hold: And therefore in ordinary Speech, by a _Frank_ was meant a _Freeman_, by a _Franchise_, an _Asylum_, or Place of Refuge; and _Francisare_ signified to restore to liberty and freedom. The first Proof we shall give of this, is, what _Procopius_ in his first Book of the Gothick Wars relates. The _Franks_ (says he) were anciently by a general name call'd _Germans_; but after they exceeded their Limits, they obtain'd the name of _Franks_: Of the same Opinion I find _Gregory of Tours_, the _Abbot_ of _Ursperg_; _Sigibertus_ and _Ado_ of _Vienne_, and _Godfrey_ of _Viterbo_ to have been, _viz._ That they had the Name of _Franks_ from their _freedom_, and from their _ferocity_, (alluding to the sound, of the words _Francos Feroces_), because they refused to serve as Soldier under _Valentinian_ the Emperor, and to pay Tribute as other Nations did. A second Proof may be that of _Cornelius Tacitus_, who in his 20th Book, speaking of the _Caninesates_, whom we have formerly demonstrated to have been the very-next Neighbours, if not the true _Franks_ themselves, and, of their Victory over the _Romans_, he has this expression: _Clara ea victoria, &c._ "That Victory (says he) was of great Reputation to them immediately after it, and of great Profit in the Sequel; for having by that Means got both Weapons and Ships into their Possession, which before they were in great want of; their Fame was spread over all _Germany_ and _Gaul_, as being the first beginners of liberty;" _Libertatis Auctores celebrabantur._ For the _Germans_ thereupon sent Ambassadors, offering their Assistance. May the _Omen_ prove lucky! and may the _Franks_ truly and properly deserve that name; who after having shaken off that Yoke of _Slavery_, imposed upon them by _Tyrants_, have thought fit to preserve to themselves a commendable _liberty_ even under the Domination of _Kings_: _For to obey a King is not servitude_: neither are all who are govern'd by Kings, presently for that Reason to be counted _Slaves_, but such as submit themselves to the