Note 254 — BOOK IX[156] (continued 2)
Alexander Teixeira de Mattos translation
"Ah, what will they say from the dust of the grave. The generous spirits of sovereigns brave? What will Pharamond say, Clodion and Clovis, Our Pepins, our Martels, our Charleses and Louis, Who by blood and by peril, a warrior band, Have acquired for their sons such a beautiful land?"—T.