[1482] The inhabitants of the Beauvoisis.
[1483] Vide Cæsar, lib. ii. c. 4.
[1484] This slashed garment is the smock frock of the English peasant and the blouse of the continent.
[1485] Conf. Cæsar, lib. vi. c. 13. Plebs pene servorum habetur loco, quæ per se nihil audet, et nulli adhibetur consilio.
[1486] By the others are probably meant the Bards and Vates.
[1487] These opinions are also to be found in the Pythagorean philosophy.
[1488] These particulars are taken from Posidonius. See also Diodorus Siculus, lib. v. c. 29.
[1489] A similar custom existed amongst the Spartans; the young people were obliged to present themselves from time to time before the Ephori, and if of the bulk thought proper for a Spartan, they were praised, if on the contrary they appeared too fat, they were punished. Athen. l. xii. p. 550. Ælian, V. H. l. xiv. c. 7. At Rome likewise it was the duty of the censor to see that the equites did not become too fat; if they did, they were punished with the loss of their horse. Aulus Gellius, Noct. Att. l. vii. c. 22.
[1490] Transalpine Gaul.
[1491] The coasts occupied by the Morini extended from la Canche to the Yser.