[Footnote5:SeeProcopiusdeBell。Gothico，l。i。c。12，intom。
ii。p。81。ThecharacterofGrotiusinclinesmetobelieve，thathehasnotsubstitutedtheRhinefortheRhoneHist。Gothorum，p。175withouttheauthorityofsomeMs。]
[Footnote6:Sidonius，l。viii。epist。3，9，intom。i。p。800。
JornandesdeRebusGeticis，c。47p。680justifies，insomemeasure，thisportraitoftheGothichero。]
[Footnote7:IusethefamiliarappellationofClovis，fromtheLatinChlodovechus，orChlodovoeus。ButtheChexpressesonlytheGermanaspiration，andthetruenameisnotdifferentfromLewis，Mem。de\'AcademiedesInscriptions，tom。xx。p。68。]