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History of the Franks
St Gregory of Tours, tr. Dalton, 1927
Book 9, 11. What the Kings Saw
King Guntram concluded peace with his nephew and the queens;1 they exchanged gifts, and having settled affairs of state on a firm footing, sat down together at a banquet. And King Guntram praised the Lord, saying: ‘I render Thee most hearty thanks, O Almighty God, who hast granted me grace to see the sons of this my son Childebert; therefore I do not deem myself all forsaken of Thy majesty since Thou hast granted me thus to see the sons of my son.’ Then Childebert received Dynamius and Duke Lupus, who now returned to him, and gave back Cahors to Queen Brunhild. And so they went each to his own city in peace and rejoicing, after signing the treaty,2 rendering thanks again and again to God, making each other presents, and giving each other the kiss of peace.
Notes
- 28th November 587. By ‘the queens’, Brunhild, the queen mother, and Faileuba, consort of Childebert, are meant.
- The text of the pact is given in ch. 20 below.