31. Si ego ibidem cum Francis meis fuissem, injurias ejus
vindicassem. This rash expression. which Gregory has
prudently concealed, is celebrated by Fredegarius (Epitom.
c. 21, in tom. ii. p. 400), Aimoin (1. i. c. 16, in tom.
iii. p. 40), and the Chroniques de St. Denys (1. i. c. 20,
in tom. iii. p. 171), as an admirable effusion of Christian
zeal.