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the_o falsehood_n of_o king_n philip._n philip_n greedy_a of_o greece_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d philip_n victory_n at_o cherronea_n diod._n lib._n 16._o plin._n lib._n 2._o cap._n 27._o attalus_n pausanias_n
diverse_a name_n of_o the_o frenchman_n strabo_n live_v in_o agustus_n time_n neumagi_n call_v sicambri_n cambra_n bellinus_n daughter_n aemil._n lib._n 1._o the_o frenchman_n challenge_v to_o come_v from_o the_o trojan_n 400._o odd_a year_n reign_v the_o king_n of_o sicambri_n tritemius_fw-la the_o victory_n of_o sicambri_n the_o roman_n much_o affright_v marius_n the_o roman_a consul_n be_v appoint_v general_n against_o these_o sicambrian_n who_o the_o roman_n call_v cimbri_n the_o frenchman_n come_v from_o scythia_n about_o 400._o year_n before_o the_o birth_n of_o christ._n what_o the_o roman_n lose_v the_o frenchman_n win_v in_o time_n read_v jornandus_n the_o reb_n get._n marcomanni_n cambra_n a_o wise_a woman_n a_o britain_n teach_v her_o husband_n and_o her_o people_n civility_n neopagus_fw-la neomagus_n neumagi_n marcomani_fw-la sicambri_n gaul_n greek_n helenus_z the_o four_o king_n of_o sicambria_n consent_v oft_o time_n of_o king_n in_o other_o country_n diocles_n 4._o 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franco_n lollius_n with_o his_o roman_a army_n put_v to_o flight_n by_o clogio_fw-la 200000._o gaul_n slay_v by_o francus_n sicambria_n now_o be_v call_v france_n janus_n temple_n shut_v in_o all_o august_n time_n clogio_fw-la 2._o king_n for_o his_o knowledge_n and_o skill_n in_o astrology_n surname_v magus_n a_o battle_n between_o clogio_fw-la and_o tiberius_n the_o emperor_n phrisius_n the_o son_n of_o clogâ—…_n make_v king_n in_o friesland_n tribute_n of_o 260._o ox_n pay_v out_o of_o friesland_n into_o the_o crown_n of_o france_n tacis_n 4._o 5._o herimer_n 5._o king_n after_o francus_n herimerus_n slay_v caesarea_n before_o call_v turris_n stratonis_n tacitus_n lib._n 4._o marcomirus_n 4._o king_n clodomirus_fw-la 5._o king_n after_o francus_n this_o king_n with_o 60._o of_o his_o noble_a man_n be_v drown_v in_o the_o river_n mosa_n gallia_n sore_o plague_v raterus_fw-la 7._o king_n alani_n joseph_n lib._n 7._o cap._n 27._o richimerus_n 8._o king_n joseph_n write_v his_o history_n de_fw-fr bello_fw-la judaico_fw-la in_o richimerus_n time_n sunno_n the_o gaul_n &_o the_o roman_n sore_o plague_v by_o richimer_n odemarus_n 9_o king_n of_o france_n the_o 4._o persecution_n in_o richimer_n time_n odemarus_n conclude_v peace_n with_o the_o roman_n vow_n and_o oath_n make_v the_o frenchman_n for_o gallia_n read_v paul_n aemil._n lib._n 1._o the_o west_n kingdom_n begin_v to_o flourish_v the_o name_n of_o those_o king_n that_o reign_v in_o france_n from_o francus_n to_o farabertus_n marcomir_n 10._o king_n clodomirus_fw-la 11._o king_n farabartus_fw-la 12._o king_n the_o roman_n do_v stomach_n the_o greatness_n of_o the_o frenchman_n farabertus_n con_v clude_v peace_n with_o the_o german_n &_o other_o nation_n about_o they_o to_o keep_v war_n with_o the_o samanes_n commodus_n the_o emperor_n force_v to_o fly_v bellum_fw-la marcomannicum_fw-la orosius_n lib._n 7._o cap._n 15._o the_o christian_a faith_n receive_v into_o britain_n franford_n build_v by_o sunno_n and_o also_o sunnia_n which_o be_v now_o call_v sunda_n tritemius_fw-la and_o hunibaldus_n variety_n of_o opinion_n in_o time_n the_o mean_a state_n of_o france_n in_o heldericus_n time_n batharus_fw-la 15._o king_n itale_n spoil_v with_o the_o sword_n unto_o ravenna_n mosa_n clodius_n king_n after_o farabertus_n gallia_n not_o yet_o get_v by_o the_o frenchman_n uproar_n in_o many_o country_n in_o claudius_n time_n eutrop._n lib._n 9_o alectas_fw-la slay_v by_o asclepiadotus_n gualterus_n 5._o king_n after_o farabartus_n clogio_fw-la 7._o after_o farabertus_n clodomirus_fw-la his_o valour_n &_o courage_n to_o revenge_v his_o brother_n death_n clodomirus_fw-la victory_n clodomirus_fw-la succeed_v his_o brother_n clogio_fw-la 2686_o husband_n man_n with_o their_o family_n menigavia_n when_o genebaldus_n reign_v pay_v tribute_n unto_o his_o brother_n clodomirus_fw-la gebrich_n king_n of_o the_o goth_n the_o victory_n of_o richimerus_n richimerus_n slay_v theodoricus_n 38._o king_n from_o this_o hector_n degenâ—…bart_n charles_n the_o great_a descend_v marcomirus_n a_o great_a name_n in_o france_n the_o saxon_n invade_v the_o roman_n confine_n four_o noble_a captain_n under_o marcomirus_n the_o fall_n of_o rome_n be_v the_o rise_n of_o fraumce_n the_o kingdom_n of_o france_n without_o a_o king_n 26._o year_n interregnum_fw-la war_n between_o the_o roman_n and_o the_o frenchman_n faramundus_n by_o common_a consent_n make_v king_n of_o france_n the_o french_a nation_n be_v 800_o year_n and_o more_o in_o get_v of_o gallia_n from_o faramundus_n i_o use_v p._n aemilius_n these_o king_n reign_v from_o farabertus_n to_o faramundus_n faramundus_n appoint_v his_o brother_n marcomirus_n east_n france_n p._n aemil._n lib._n 1._o faramundus_n the_o first_o king_n of_o gallia_n plini_n lib._n 4._o cap._n 17._o 18._o lex_fw-la salica_n make_v in_o faramundus_n time_n clodius_n the_o second_o king_n of_o france_n clodius_n be_v surname_v crinitus_n the_o diverse_a victory_n of_o 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