Infine，asthisconstitutionwasmadetoredressgrievances，itcannotrelatetoClothariusI，sincetherewerenocomplaintsofthatkindinhisreign，andhisauthoritywasperfectlyestablishedthroughoutthekingdom，especiallyatthetimeinwhichtheyplacethisconstitution；
whereasitagreesextremelywellwiththeeventsthathappenedduringthereignofClothariusII，whichproducedarevolutioninthepoliticalstateofthekingdom。Historymustbeillustratedbythelaws，andthelawsbyhistory。
3。AuthorityoftheMayorsofthePalace。InoticedthatClothariusII
hadpromisednottodepriveWarnachariusofhismayor’splaceduringlife；arevolutionproductiveofanothereffect。Beforethattimethemayorwastheking’sofficer，butnowhebecametheofficerofthepeople；hewaschosenbeforebytheking，andnowbythenation。BeforetherevolutionProtariushadbeenmademayorbyTheodoric，andLandericbyFredegunda；[28]butafterthatthemayors[29]werechosenbythenation。[30]
Wemustnotthereforeconfound，assomeauthorshavedone，thesemayorsofthepalacewithsuchaswerepossessedofthisdignitybeforethedeathofBrunehault；theking’smayorswiththoseofthekingdom。WeseebythelawoftheBurgundiansthatamongthemtheofficeofmayorwasnotoneofthemostrespectableinthestate；[31]norwasitoneofthemosteminentunderthefirstKingsoftheFranks。[32]