scus_, in his Life of _Probus_, tells us, That the
_Franks_ were discomfited by _Probus_ in their inaccessible
Marshes.--_Testes sunt Franci inviis strati paludibus._ Also _Sidonius
Apollinaris_ says thus;

"_Francorum & penitissimas paludes,
Intrares venerantibus Sicambris._"

Now what we have said concerning the Neighbourhood of the _Franks_ to
the _Chauci_, may be plainly proved by comparing of Places, and the
Descriptions of their particular Seats. Those of the _Chauci_ are
described by _Pliny_, _lib._ 16. _cap._ 1. Those of the _Franks_ by the
_Rhetorician Panegyrist_, above mentioned: For _Pliny_ says thus, "We
have seen in the _Northern_ parts the Nations of the _Chauci_, called
_Majores & Minores_, where twice every 24 Hours the Ocean is forcibly
driven in a great way over the Land; thro' a vast Passage which is
there, making it a perpetual Controversy of Nature; and a Doubt, whether
it ought to be reckon'd part of the Land or of the Sea."

The Panegyrist speaks in these Terms, "_--Quanquam illa Regio_, &c. When
thy noble Expeditions, O _Caesar_, have proceeded so far, as to clear and
conquer that Country, which the _Rhine_ runs through, with his cunning
Maeanders or Windings, [_Meatibus callidis_, for so it must be read, and
not _Scaldis_, as in some Copies,] and embraces in his Arms a Region,
which I can scarce call Land; 'tis so soak'd with Water, that not only
the Marshy part of it gives way, but even that which seems more firm,
shakes when trod upon, and trembles at a Distance under the Weight of
the Foot."

We think therefore we have made it plain from what _Seats_ the Nation of
the _Franks_ first came into _Gallia_; that is to say, from that marshy
Country which lies upon the _Ocean_, between the Rivers _Elb_ and _Rhine_:
which may be further confirm'd by this Argument. That the _Franks_ were
very well skill'd in maritime affairs, and sail'd far and near all about
those Coasts; For so says _Eutropius_, _lib._ 9. where he gives a short
History of the Emperor _Galienus_. "After this time, when _Carausius_
had in charge to scour the Sea-coasts of _Belgia_ and _Armorica_, then
infested by the _Franks_ and _Saxons_, &c." The very same thing _Paulus
Orosius_ mentions, _lib._ 7. Also what the _Panegyrist_, before cited,
says in a certain Place, has Reference to this.--"The _Franks_ (says he)
are cruel above all others; the tide of whose warlike Fury surmounting
that of their very Ocean it self, carrie