ell from the last _Will_ and _Testament_
of _Charles_ the _Great_, as from several other Authors: To which we
will add this one Passage more out of _Aimoinus_, lib. 5. cap. 17. where
speaking of _Charles_ the _Bald_, he says thus,--"Having summon'd a
_General Council_ at [Footnote: _Crecy._] _Carisiacum_, he there first gave
his Son _Charles arma virilia_; that is, he girt him with a Sword, or
knighted him, and putting a Regal Crown upon his Head, assign'd
_Neustria_ to him, as he did _Aquitain_ to _Pippin_."

Now concerning the _Administration_ of the _Kingdom_, _Aimoinus_ gives
us this remarkable Instance, _lib._ 5. _cap._ 35. speaking of _Charles_
the _Bald_. "_Charles_ (says he) being about taking a Journey to _Rome_,
held a general _Placitum_ on the Kalends of _June_ at _Compeign_; and
therein was ordained under particular Heads, after what Manner his Son
_Lewis_ should govern the Kingdom of _France_, in _Conjunction_ with his
_Nobles_, and the rest of the _Faithful People_ of the _Realm_, till
such time as he returned from _Rome_."

Also in the same Book, _cap._ 42. speaking of _Charles_ the _Simple_:
"Whose Youth (says he) the principal Men of _France_ judging (as it was
indeed) very unfit for the exercise of the Government of the Realm, they
held a _General Council_ touching these weighty Affairs; and the great
Men of the _Franks_, _Burgundians_, and _Aquitanians_ being assembled,
elected _Odo_ to be _Charles'_s _Tutor_ and _Governor_ of the Kingdom."

Now concerning _the Power_ of _making Laws_ and _Ordinances_, that
single Passage in _Gaguinus'_s Life of St. _Lewis_ is a sufficient
Proof. "As soon (says he) as King _Lewis_ arrived at _Paris_, he called
a _General Convention_, and _therein_ reformed the Commonwealth; making
excellent Statutes relating to the Judges, and against the Venality of
Offices, &c."

Concerning the _conferring_ the _great Honours and Employments_ upon
_Persons of approved Worth, Aimoinus lib. 5. cap. 36._ gives us this
Instance; speaking of _Charles_ the _Bald_, he tells us, "That whereas
he began (before his Inauguration) to distribute the Governments and
great Offices of the Realm according to his own liking; the _Great Men
summoned a General Council_, and sent Ambassadors to the King; neither
would they admit him to be crowned till he had made use of their Advice
and Authority in disposing of those great Employments. The Nobles (says
he) being very much displeas'd, because the Kin