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 xii provincia Middelpadensi versus Boreales partes Suetiæ superioris, ubi ferè major pars virorum Huni nomine appellantur tamquam populi clarius contra Hunos olim belligerantes ac triumphantes." His statement is borne out by his colleague, Joannes Magnus, who asserts that "non desunt qui dicant ipsos Hunnos à Septentrionale parte Scandiae utra Helsingorum terras ex Medelphatia primum erupisse: in qua etiam hodie plurimi præstantissimse fortitudinis homines inveniuntur, qui Hunni proprio nomine appellantur, quique magna et præclara opera in tyrannos, qui patriæ libertatem vexaverat, peregerunt."

In the face of all this, it is quite evident how difficult a task awaits those who attempt to identify the lineal descendants of the Huns: and those who uphold the Hunnish descent of the Szekelys do not appear, as yet, to have advanced sufficient historical grounds to establish the connection of the modern Székelys with the Huns of Attila.