13. Fortissimarum gentium dominus, qui inaudita ante se
potentia, solus Scythica et Germanica regna possedit.
Jornandes, c. 49, p. 684; Priscus, p. 64, 65 [p. 199-201,
ed. Bonn]. M. de Guignes, by his knowledge of the Chinese
has acquired (tom. ii. p. 295-301) an adequate idea of the
empire of Attila.