Note 019
See the first book of William Appulus. His words are applicable to every swarm of Barbarians and freebooters: -

Si vicinorum quis pernitiosus ad illos
Confugiebat eum gratanter suscipiebant:
Moribus et lingua quoscumque venire videbant
Informant propria; gens efficiatur ut una.

And elsewhere, of the native adventurers of Normandy: -

Pars parat, exiguae vel opes aderant quia nullae:
Pars, quia de magnis majora subire volebant.

The History Of The Decline And Fall Of The Roman Empire —Fall In The East —Chapter 56