MODERN HISTORY. 145 



jn any degree difperfed that thick darknefs with 



which it is iurrounded j and have given a rcgu- 



.nd clear plan, at Icaft, by which it may ba 



:bf ully ilud. 



CHAP. VII. 



MODERN HISTORY 



ARLEM A GN E appeared upon the 

 earth. He was the Ton of Pepin, mayor 

 of the palace of Childeric III. and tiie lalt king 

 or" I-rancc, of the Merovingian family. In the 

 year 751, Pepin himfelf was made king, and 

 died in ji ' . Charts was born in 741. He was 



^ German extradlion, of the nation called 

 Francs, and was born in Germany, lie efta- 

 blilhcd the lent of the empire he founded at Aix- 



hapclle : he and his courtiers Ipoke German; 

 and the public .; wrote in (icnmn. He 



lubducd tlic other tribes of his nation, converted 



a to Chriibanity, antl taught them to read 



and write their :, nguage. When he . 



to the throne of France, HI it j( 8, Con- 



Jlaminc [ t an j ? after 



b HI. K him, 



