Book 4

1. Queen Clotilda's death.

2. King Clothar attempts to take a third of the revenues of the churches.

3. His wives and children.

4. The counts of the Bretons

5. The holy bishop Gallus.

6. The priest Cato.

7. The episcopate of Cautinus.

8. The kings of the Spaniards.

9. Theodovald's death.

10. Rebellion of the Saxons.

11. The people of Tours at the bidding of the king invite Cato to be their bishop.

12. The priest Anastasius.

13. Chramnus's frivolity and wickedness and about Cautinus and Firmin.

14. Clothar makes a second expedition against the Saxons.

15. Episcopate of the holy Eufronius.

16. Chramnus and his followers and the crimes he committed and how he went to Dijon.

17. How Chramnus deserted to Childebert.

18. Duke Austrapius.

19. Death of the holy bishop Medard.

20. Death of Childebert and killing of Chramnus.

21. King Clothar's death.

22. Division of the kingdom among his sons.

23. Sigibert marches against the Huns and Chilperic seizes his cities.

24. The patrician Celsus.

25. Gunthram's wives.

26. Charibert's wives.

27. Sigibert marries Brunhilda.

28. Chilperic's wives.

29. Sigibert's second war with the Huns.

30. The people of Auvergne at King Sigibert's bidding go to take Arles.

31. About the town of Tauredunum and other marvels.

32. The monk Julian.

33. The abbot Sunniulf.

34. The monk of Bordeaux.

35. The episcopate of Avitus in Auvergne.

36. The holy Nicetius of Lyons.

37. The holy recluse Fiard.

38. The Spanish kings.

39. Death of Palladius at Clermont.

40. Emperor Justinus.

41. Albin and the Lombards settle in Italy.

42. Wars between them and Mummulus.

43. The archdeacon of Marseilles.

44. The Lombards and Mummulus.

45. Mummulus goes to Tours.

46. The killing of Andarchius.

47. Theodobert takes possession of the cities.

48. The monastery of Latta.

49. Sigibert goes to Paris.

50. Chilperic enters into a treaty with Gunthram; death of Theodobert his son.

51. Death of king Sigibert.

      [1. Queen Clotilda dies at Tours and is buried at Paris.]

       2. King Clothar had ordered all the churches of his kingdom to pay into his treasury a third of their revenues. But when all the other bishops, though grudgingly, had agreed to this and signed their names, the blessed Injuriosus scorned the command and manfully refused to sign, saying, "If you attempt to take the things of God, the Lord will take away your kingdom speedily because it is wrong for your storehouses to be filled with the contributions of the poor whom you yourself ought to feed." He was irritated with the king and left his presence without saying farewell. Then the king was alarmed and being afraid of the power of the blessed Martin he sent after him with the gifts, praying for pardon and admitting the wrongfulness of what he had done, and asking also that the bishop avert from him by prayer the power of the blessed Martin.