[Footnote63:TheAbbeDubosHistoireCritique，tom。i。p。29—
36hastrulyandagreeablyrepresentedtheslowprogressofthesestudies；andheobserves，thatGregoryofTourswasonlyonceprintedbeforetheyear1560。AccordingtothecomplaintofHeineccius，Opera，tom。iii。Sylloge，iii。p。248，&c。，GermanyreceivedwithindifferenceandcontemptthecodesofBarbariclaws，whichwerepublishedbyHeroldus，Lindenbrogius，&c。Atpresentthoselaws，asfarastheyrelatetoGaul，thehistoryofGregoryofTours，andallthemonumentsoftheMerovingianrace，appearinapureandperfectstate，inthefirstfourvolumesoftheHistoriansofFrance。]
[Footnote64:Inthespaceof[about]thirtyyears1728—1765
thisinterestingsubjecthasbeenagitatedbythefreespiritofthecountdeBoulainvilliers，MemoiresHistoriquessurl\'EtatdelaFrance，particularlytom。i。p。15—49；thelearnedingenuityoftheAbbeDubos，HistoireCritiquedel\'EtablissementdelaMonarchieFrancoisedanslesGaules，2
vols。in4to；thecomprehensivegeniusofthepresidentdeMontesquieu，EspritdesLoix，particularlyl。xxviii。xxx。