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 THE FOURTH BOOK ' 95 had lost, and the whole household uttered cries of lamentation. Nevertheless he was carried to the monastery of Cournon and buried there, but without being placed near the bodies of Chris- tians or receiving the solemn service of the mass. And this evi- dently happened to him for nothing else than his insult to the bishop. [40. Justin, a man of many vices, succeeds the emperor Justin- ian. He associates with himself Tiberius ''who was just, chari- table, a discerner of the right and winner of victories and — a feature that surpasses all other excellences — a most orthodox Christian."] 41. Albin, king of the Lombards, who had married Chlotsinda, daughter of king Clothar, abandoned his country and set out for Italy with all the Lombard people. They put their army in motion and went with their wives and children, purposing to remain there. They entered the country and spent seven years chiefly in wandering through it, despoihng the churches, killing the bishops, and bringing the land under their control. When his wife Chlot- sinda died, Albin married another wife whose father he had killed a short time before. For this reason the woman always hated her husband and awaited an opportunity to avenge the wrong done her father, and so it happened that she fell in love with one of the household slaves and poisoned her husband. When he died she went off with the slave but they were overtaken and put to death together. Then the Lombards chose another king over them. 42. Eunius, who was also named Mummulus, was made patri- cian by king Gunthram. I think that certain details should be given as to the beginning of his mihtary service. He was a son of Peonius and native of the city of Auxerre. Peonius governed this town as count. And when he had sent gifts to the king by his son to secure reappointment, the son gave his father's presents and asked for his father's office, and took his place when he should have helped him. From this start he gradually rose and attained a greater prominence. And upon the invasion of the Gauls by the Lombards the patrician Amatus, who had lately succeeded Celsus, went against them and engaged in battle, but was defeated and slain. And it is said that the slaughter of the Burgundians by the