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270 NOTES P. 129, 1. 33 f. The reference may be to children of Gregory's niece who lived at Tours. Cf. p. 115. P. 131, 1. 16. Gregory's comment has provoked discussion. It should be borne in mind that to Gregory the keeping of an oath was an essential, that his attitude toward practitioners of medicine was hostile, and that Gunthram was a favorite. P. 132, 1. 24. Hilarius of Poitiers and Eusebius of Vercellae {Liber in Gloria Confessorum, 2, 3), two champions of orthodoxy. P. 133, 1. 8. Sedulius (first half of the fifth century), a Christian poet who composed a metrical account of Biblical history. P. 133, 1. 12. This passage may be taken for evidence that Gregory did not know the Greek alphabet. P. 133, 1. 28. The mayor of the palace was regularly tutor {nutricius) of a king under age. Pfister in Cambridge Medieval History, vol. II, p. 136. P. 135, 1. 8. See note on p. 106. P. 138, 1. II. The church of St. Medard at Soissons. Braine is a short distance away. P. 138, 1. 35. Perhaps Riguntha, daughter of Chilperic and Fredegunda, sympathized with Gregory out of enmity for her mother. Cf. p. 221. P. 140, 1. 6. We hear of this local jealousy between Clermont and Tours also at p. 137 ; another more serious inter-city feud is described on p. 172. P. 148, 1. 4. The recluse Hospicius had had himself immured in a tower. He had a window in it, but the only way to gain access to him was to take off the roof. For other recluses see pp. 151, 158, 199. P. 150, 1. II f. The interpretation of this passage is that the worms were demons or sent by demons to plague the holy man. P. 152, 1. II. Inter senatores sophisticos ac judices philosophicos. This passage illustrates the difference in culture at this time between Paris and southern Gaul. P. 152, 1. 22. The earliest mention of the office. In Gregory's time the major domo was of domestic rather than of political importance. B runner, Deutsche Rechtsgeschichte (1892), vol. II, p. 104. P. 154, 1. 2. For another observation of a comet, see p. 92. P. 158, 1. 8. Gundulf is a great-uncle of Gregory on his mother's side. Hist. Franc. VI, 11. It is worth while remarking that he has a barbarian name. Gregory had found it convenient to discard his own name for one more closely associated with the episcopal office, and Gundulf on his side may have had a similar motive. P. 158, c. 27. This agreement is referred to on p. 173 also. It was made by Chilperic, Gunthrum, and Sigibert in dividing the kingdom of Charibert in 567. Longnon, pp. 348-353- P. 159, 1. I. In the division of Prankish territory following Clothar's death, the territory of Marseilles was divided between Gunthram and Sigibert. When Sigibert died, Gunthram took the whole. Childebert II is here claiming his father's share.