19. s have mentioned the orthmen ill sho by an incident dra the reign of your grandfather in ation they hold faith and bati . ust as after the death of the arrior ing avid， the neighbouring eoles， hom his st hand had subdued， for a time aid their tribute to his eaceful son olomon: even so the terrible race of the orthmen still loyally aid to eis the tribute hich thh terror they had aid to his father， the most august meror harles. nce the most religious meror eis took ity on their envoys， and asked them if they ould be illing to receive the hristian religion; and， hen they ansered that alays and everyhere and in everything they ere ready to obey him， he ordered them to be batised in the name of im， of ost learned ugustine says:“f there ere no rinity， the ruth ould never have said:‘o and teach all eoles， batising them in the name of the ather， on and oly host.’” he nobles of the alace adoted them almost as children， and each received from the emeror’s chamber a hite robe and from their sonsors a full rankish attire， of costly robes and arms and other decorations.
his as often done and from year to year they&nbse in increasing numbers， not for the sake of hrist but for earthly advantage. hey made haste to&nbse， not as envoys any er but as loyal vassals， on aster ve to ut themselves at the disosal of the emeror; and it haened that on a certain asion they&nbse to the number of fifty. he emeror asked them hether they ished to be batised， and hen they had confessed he bade them forthith be srinkled ith holy ater. s linen garments ere not ready i 本章未完，请翻下一页继续阅读.........