onstantly victorious, and
crown'd with Success. On the contrary, we read that _Constantine_,
afterwards call'd the _Great_, took Prisoners two of their Kings, and
exposed them to the Wild Beasts at the publick shews. Which Story both
_Eutropius_ in his 9th Book, and the _Rhetorician_ in that Panegyrick so
often quoted, make mention of.

And because the same _Rhetorician_ in another place speaks of those Wars
in the Confines of the _Batavi_, which we have shewn not to be far
distant from the _Franks_, I will set down his Words at Length. _Multa
Francorum millia, &c._ "He slew, drove out, and took Prisoners many
thousand _Franks_, who had invaded _Batavia_, and other Territories on
this side the _Rhine_." And in another Place says, "He clear'd the
Country of the _Batavians_, which had before been possess'd by several
Nations and Kings of the _Franks_; and not satisfied with only
overcoming them, he transplanted them into the _Roman_ Territories, and
forced them to lay aside their Fierceness as well as their Weapons."
From which place we are given to understand, not obscurely, that
_Constantine_, (being constrain'd to do so by the _Franks_) granted them
Lands within the Bounds of the _Roman_ Empire. _Ammianus_, lib. 15.
writes, that the _Franks_, during the Civil Wars between _Constantine_
and _Licinius_, sided with _Constantine_, and fought very valiantly for
him. And in other places of the same Book he records, that during the
Reign of _Constantine_, the Son of _Constantine_, great numbers of
_Franks_ were at that _Court_ in high favour and authority, with
_Caesar_. "Afterwards, says he, _Malarichus_ on a sudden got power,
having gained the _Franks_; whereof at that time great numbers
flourish'd at Court."--During the Reign of _Julian_, call'd the
_Apostate_, the same _Franks_ endeavour'd to restore the City of
_Cologne_ (which was grievously oppress'd by _Roman_ Slavery) to its
liberty: and forced it, after a long Siege, to surrender thro' Famine;
as the same _Ammianus_ tells us, _lib._ 12. And because one Band of
those _Franks_ fix'd their Habitations upon the Banks of the River
_Sala_, they were thereupon called _Salii_; concerning whom he writes in
the same Book,--"Having prepar'd there things, he first of all march'd
towards the _Franks_; I mean those _Franks_ which were commonly called
_Salii_, who had formerly with great boldness fix'd their Habitations
within the _Roman_ Territories, near a place called _Toxiandr