told you before out of _Cornelius Tacitus_, was formerly
practised by the _Caninesates_, (the _Franks_ own Country-men) _viz._
that they set their _Elected King_ upon a _Shield_, and carried him on
high on Men's Shoulders. So did we; for whoever was chosen by the Votes
of the People, was set upon a _Shield_, and carried thrice round the
place of publick Meeting for _Election_, or round about the Army on
Men's Shoulders, all the People expressing their joy by Acclamations,
and clapping of Hands. _Greg. Turen. lib._ 2. where he makes mention of
King _Clodoveus's_ Election,--"But they (says he) as soon as they heard
these things, applauding him both with their Hands and Tongues, and
hoisting him on a Shield, _appointed_ him to be their King--." Also
_lib._ 7. _cap._ 10. where he speaks of _Gondebaldus_,--"And there (says
he) placing their King upon a _Shield_, they lifted him up; but 'tis
reported, that as they were carrying him round the third time, he fell
down; so that he was scarcely kept from tumbling to the very Ground by
those that stood about him." Of which Accident _Aimoinus, lib. 3. cap.
6._ gives us this Account,--"They called forth _Gondebaldus_, and
according to the Custom of the ancient _Franks_, proclaimed him their
King, and hoisted him on a Shield; and as they were carrying him the
third time round the whole Army, of a sudden they fell down with him,
and could scarce get him up again from the Ground--." The like says
_Ado. Vien._ AEtat. 6.--_"Sigebertus_ consenting to the _Franks_, was
placed upon a Shield, according to the _Custom of that Nation_, and
proclaimed King": And peradventure from hence arose that Form among
those Writers, who treat of the Creation of a King;--_In Regem elevatus
est._

But now we come to the third Part of this Controversy, in order to
understand, how great the _Right and Power of the People_ was, both in
_making_ and _continuing_ their Kings. And I think it is plainly prov'd
from all our Annals, that the _highest Power_ of _abdicating_ their
_Kings_, was lodged in the _People_. The very first that was created
King of _Francogallia_, is a remarkable instance of his Power. For when
the People had found him out to be a profligate lewd Person, wasting his
time in Adulteries and Whoredoms, they removed him from his Dignity by
universal Consent, and constrain'd him to depart out of the Territories
of _France_: and this was done, as our Annals testify, in the Year of
Christ 469. Nay, e