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History of the Franks
St Gregory of Tours, tr. Dalton, 1927
Book 6, 21. Of Portents Revealed
In this year again appeared1 the following portents. The moon was eclipsed. In the territory of Tours real blood flowed from broken bread. The walls of Soissons fell down. The earth quaked at Angers. Wolves entered the walls of Bordeaux, and without any fear of men devoured dogs. A fiery light was seen to traverse the sky. The city of Bazas was burned, so that the churches and the houses belonging to them were destroyed. We learned, however, that all the sacred vessels were saved from the flames.
Notes
- Cf. ch. 8 (14), above.