andtheScythianmonarch，howeverignorantofthevalueofscienceandphilosophy，mightperhapslamentthathisilliteratesubjectsweredestituteoftheartwhichcouldperpetuatethememoryofhisexploits。
[Footnote5:Priscus，p。39。ThemodernHungarianshavededucedhisgenealogy，whichascends，inthethirty—fifthdegree，toHam，thesonofNoah；yettheyareignorantofhisfather\'srealname。
DeGuignes，Hist。desHuns，tom。ii。p。297。]
[Footnote6:CompareJornandesc。35，p。661withBuffon，Hist。
Naturelle，tom。iii。p。380。Theformerhadarighttoobserve，originissuaesiguarestituens。ThecharacterandportraitofAttilaareprobablytranscribedfromCassiodorus。]