Clovis
August 30, 2009
Why this has got to be the cutest little thing a barbarian king ever did say… Clovis after his baptism:
“The mind of Clovis was susceptible of transient fervour: he was exasperated by the pathetic tale of the passion and death of Christ; and, instead of weighing the salutary consequences of that mysterious sacrifice, he exclaimed, with indiscreet fury, ‘Had I been present at the head of my valiant Franks, I would have revenged his injuries.'”