DLH VI.40

English, pp.

There arrived from Spain an envoy called Oppila, who brought with him many presents for Chilperic. Leuvigild, the King of Spain, was afraid that Childebert might march against him to avenge the insult done to his sister Ingund. He had seized hold of his son Hermangild, who had married Childebert's sister, and he had locked him up in prison, leaving his wife to the good graces of the Greeks. The envoy arrived in Tours in time for Easter Sunday, and I asked him if he was a member of our faith. He replied that he believed what Catholics believe.

Latin, pp.

40. De altercatione nostra cum heretico.

Legatus vero Oppila nomen de Hispaniis advenit, multa munera Chilperico rege deferens. Timebat enim rex Hispanorum, ne Childeberthus exercitum ad ulciscendam sororis suae iniuriam commoverit, quia Leuvichildus adpraehensum filium suum Herminichildum, qui sororem Childeberthi regis acciperat, retruserat in custodia, ipsa mulierem cum Grecis relictam. Igitur cum die sancto paschae hic legatus Toronus advenisset, sciscitati sumus, utrum nostrae relegionis esset. Respondit ipse, se hoc credere quod catholici credunt. Exinde procedens nobiscum ad eclesiam, missarum sollemnia tenuit; sed neque pacem cum nostris fecit neque de sacrificiis sacris communicavit. Cognitumque est, mendum esse, quod dixerat se esse catholicum.

Notes:

• Tamar or Bathsheba?