[CA] P. =109=, l. 3 f. Felix was bishop of Nantes from 549 to 583. He was the builder of a large church and undertook embankment improvements on the Loire in Nantes. His relations with Gregory appear to have been usually bad. Cf. pp. 76, 154-5. For poems addressed to Felix by Fortunatus see _Carmina_, III, 4-10; V, 7 (edition by Leo in Mon. Germ. Hist.). [CB] P. =109=, l. 11. Tetricus died in 572. It was in 573 that Gregory became bishop of Tours. [CC] P. =109=, l. 21. =Creditor=, business agent. [CD] P. =109=, l. 21. It is of interest that Gregory’s own brother was accused of the practice of “evil arts” (_maleficiis_). Cf. _Introd._, p. xix. [CE] P. =110=, l. 6. Probably Alais. This bishopric probably became part of that of Nîmes. Longnon, pp. 538-543. [CF] P. =111=, l. 38. =Libri IV de Virtutibus S. Martini.= See _Introd._, pp. xvi and pp. 254-260. [CG] P. =112=, l. 32 f. This tale indicates one kind of limitation under which the profession of medicine labored at this time. Another is revealed in the tales of healing undertaken in connection with “evil arts” (pp. 205-8, 236-8). In the light of these passages the fate of the physician Marileif (pp. 115, 181-2) is the natural one. See also p. 131 and _Introd._, pp. xxii-xxiii. [CH] P. =113=, l. 3. A characteristic opinion. See _Introd._, pp. xvii-xviii. [CI] P. =116=, l. 15. “On its right bank” (_in dextera eius parte_). Tours was wholly on the left bank of the Loire. [CJ] P. =116=, l. 22. Cf. _Introd._, p. xix. [CK] P. =116=, l. 28. Note the terms of the prophecy and the statement that it was fulfilled. Chilperic was, however, succeeded by his son Clothar, who outlived Gregory. The doubts expressed as to Clothar’s legitimacy may have been inspired by this prophecy. See S. Hellman, in _Hist. Zeit._ vol. 107, p. 27 f. [CL] P. =117=, l. 1 f. For another glimpse of Frankish hunting see p. 235. [CM] P. =118=, l. 18. This is the earliest occurrence of the word _Austrasii_. Longnon, p. 193. [CN] P. =119=, l. 4. A more or less general custom among the early Germans, described by Tacitus, _Germania_, 31. [CO] P. =119=, c. 15. Chilperic’s enmity to Praetextatus, bishop of Rouen, arose from the latter’s favor for Merovech, Chilperic’s rebellious son. It was at Rouen that Merovech married Brunhilda. The legal side of the trial is hard to follow, the main interest lying in Gregory’s spirited resistance to Chilperic. How Chilperic would have described it might be another story. [CP] P. =120=, l. 29 f. From Sulpicius Severus’ life of St. Martin. See note on p. 16, l. 4. [CQ] P. =127=, l. 4 f. The boys were to die in fulfilment of the prophecy on p. 116. See also p. 141. [CR] P. =128=, l. 2. =Chilpericus … bannos jussit exigi.= _Bannus_ here means the fine for failure to obey the king’s _ban_ (order) requiring the service of all inhabitants. Brunner, _Deutsche Rechtsgeschichte_, vol. II, 1, p. 34.