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History of the Franks
St Gregory of Tours, tr. Dalton, 1927
Book 7, 30. Of the Envoys Sent by Gundovald
Now Gundovald dispatched two messengers, both of the clergy, to his partisans. One of these, the abbot of Cahors, carried a letter hidden under the wax of sunk wooden tablets. He was taken by King Guntram’s men, and the letter discovered. Brought before the king, he was severely beaten and thrust into prison.