MODERN HISTORY. iSt 



that we may not extend this chapter beyond its 

 due bounds. We therefore pafs directly to, 



XIII. VIII. ?be Hijlory of Switzerland, or the 

 Thirteen Cantons. The people that are now cal- 

 led Swifs, were anciently called Helvetians. A- 

 bout fifty fix years before the birth of Chrift, 

 they made an invafion upon Gaul , but the Gauls 

 calling the Romans to their aftiftance, thefe not 

 only drove out the Helvetians, but brought 

 them alfo entirely under the dominion of the fe- 

 nate and people of Rome. The capital of their 

 country was called Aventicum, a fmall town that 

 is now called Wifflisburg. The mod remark- 

 able periods in the hiftory of the Swifs, befide 

 the aforementioned epoch, are, 



1. The time the Helvetians were in fubjection 

 to the Romans. 



2. The time that the greateft part of Switzer- 

 land pafled under the power of the ancient Kings 

 of Bourgogne (fee feel. XI). 



3. The time when, after the extinction of the 

 kings of Bourgogne, Switzerland became a pro- 

 vince of France. 



4. The time when Switzerland war, annexed 

 to the kingdom of Lothair (regnum Lotbaringi<e, 

 or Lorrain). 



5. The time when it made a province of the 

 the empire of Germany, after the diflblution of 

 the kingdom of Lorrain. 



6. The time when it made a part of the king- 

 dom of Aries. 



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