66. Latin appears to have been the original language of the
Salic law. It was probably composed in the beginning of the
fifth century, before the era (A.D. 421) of the real or
fabulous Pharamond. The preface mentions the four cantons
which produced the four legislators; and many provinces -
Franconia, Saxony, Hanover, Brabant, etc. - have claimed
them as their own. See an excellent Dissertation of
Heineccius, de Lege Salica, tom. iii. Sylloge iii. p.
247-267.