Note 752 — Chapter X
Reading edition
Strada, De Bello Belgico, tom. I. p. 227.—Vandervynckt Troubles des Pays-Bas, tom. II. p. 143.
The word gueux is derived by Vander Haer from Goth, in the old German form, Geute. "Eandem esse eam vocem gallicam quæ esset Teutonum vox, Geuten, quam maiore vel Gothis genti Barbaræ tribuissent, vel odio Gothici nominis convicium fecissent." De Initiis Tumultuum, p. 212.