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    nguageandthis

    aanid

    likefranceshouldspeakalatintongue.

    therandsongottheeastepart,thelandh

    theronshadcalledgernia.thoseinhospitableregions

    hadneverbeenpartoftheoldeire.augustushad

    triedtohis``fareast,buthislegionshadbeen

    annihilatediheyear9andthepeoplehad

    neverbeeninfluehehigherroncivilisation.they

    spokethepopulargernigue.theteutonwordfor

    ``peopleissioherefore

    calledthegernlanguagethe``linguatheotiscaorthe

    ``linguateutisca,the``populardialedthisword

    ``teutiscae

    ``deutsd.

    asforthefausierialcroverysoonslipped

    offtheheadsofthecarolingiansuessorsandrolledbato

    theitalianplain,easortofplaythingofa

    nueroflittlepotentateseachother

    adstchbloodshedandission

    ofthepopeuntilitereaitious

    neighbour.thepope,onceresorelybesetbyhis

    enees,sentnorthforhelp.hedidnotappealtotheruler

    ofthe,thisti.hisssengers

    selvestootto,asaxon

    princehegreatestchieftainofthe

    differentgernictribes.

    otto,ionfortheblueskies

    andthegayaifulpeopleoftheitalianpeninsula,

    hasteherescue.iuforhisservices,thepope,

    leoviii,deotto``eeror,aehalfof

    hknohe``holy

    rohegernnation.

    thisstrangepolitiaolivetotheripe

    oldageofeighthundredandthirtynineyears.intheyear

    1801,duringthepresidenasjefferson,itwas

    stuniouslyrelegatedtothehistorirapheap.

    thebrutalfelloaniceirewas

    thesonofarsiotarypublicadeabrilliant

    careerintheserviceofthefren.hewasruler

    ofeuropebythegraousguardregints,but

    hedesiredtobesothingre.hesenttoroforthe

    popeandthepopedstoodbywhilegeneralnapoleon

    placedtheierialcroed

    hielfheirtothetraditionofcharlegne.forhistoryis

    likelife.therethingsain

    thesa.

    thenorsen

    hepeopleoftheteury

    prayedthelordtoprotectthebr>

    frohefuryofthenorsen

    ihirdandfourthturies,thegernictribesof

    pire

    thattheyghtplunderroandliveoofthe

    land.ihans

    tobethe``plunderedoheydidnotlikethisatall,even

    iftheireneesen,who

    livedindenrkandswedenandnorway.

    forcedthesehardysailorstotupirate

    knooheyhaddisveredtheadvantagesandpleasures

    ofabueeringcareerthereop

    thetheyen