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Rh he went into Gaul, and there he slew the Emperor Gratian, and he drove his brother named Valentinian out of the country, and this Valentinian afterwards gathered together an army, and slew Maximus, and possessed himself of the Empire. At this time the heresy of Pelagius spread itself throughout the world.

403. "This year Pope Innocent sent an epistle to Victricius, Archbishop of Rouen, and decreed that men should fast on the seventh day, because on that day the Lord lay in the sepulchre."

410418 [sic]. This year the Romans collected all the gold that was in Britain, and hid some of it in the earth, so that none could afterwards find it, and some they carried with them into Gaul.

423. This year Theodosius the younger succeeded to the Empire.

425. "At this time the series of French Kings began to reign: Pharamond was the first."

429. This year the Bishop Palladius was sent by Pope Celestine to the Scotch, that he might confirm their faith.