Gregory of Tours (1. viii. c. 30, in tom. ii. p. 325-326) relates, with much indifference, the crimes, the reproof, and the apology.
Nullus Regem metuit, nullus Ducem,
nullus Comitem reveretur; et si fortassis alicui ista
displicent, et ea, pro longævitate vitæ vestræ, emendare conatur, statim seditio in populo, statim tumultus exoritur,
et in tantum unusquisque contra seniorem, sævâ intentione
grassatur, ut vix se credat evadere, si tandem silere
nequiverit.