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He rapidly returned to the shores of the Rhine and, reinforcing his following as he proceeded on his march, appeared before Andernach at the head of a formidable force, composed of many of his former subjects, together with Thuringian auxiliaries. The people of Andernach, unable to resist this overwhelming argument, again accepted Childeric as their king. Basina the Sorceress
While in Thuringia Childeric had seduced the affections of Basina, the queen of his protector. When he regained his throne he induced her to leave her husband, and made her his queen. Basina was a sorceress, one who could divine the future and also bestow the gift upon others.
Ah! he is eating them up swallowing them all one after another. As he looked the light, the plain, the animals all vanished, and darkness fell. Basina then read to him the meaning of his vision. The first vision you saw indicated the character of our immediate successors. They will be as bold as lions, terrible as tigers, strong as elephants, uncommon as unicorns, beautiful as the pard.
Through this she gained great influence over Childeric, who desired to see and know what fate had in store for himself and his race. Basina agreed to satisfy his curiosity, and one night, at the midnight hour, they climbed together to the summit of the hill behind Andernach. There she bade him stand and look out over the plain while she performed her magical operations.
These are the men of an age; for a century shall they rule over the land. At this Childeric was delighted and ejaculated a fervent Praise be to the gods! The second, pursued Basina, are the men of the following century our more remote descendants rude as the bear, fell as the wolf, fawning as the jackal, cruel as the hyena the curse of their people and themselves.
After his restoration, Basina escaped from her husband's bed to the arms of her lover; freely declaring, that if she had known a man wiser, stronger, or more beautiful, than Childeric, that man should have been the object of her preference.
He paused; then, at her bidding, proceeded again: I see an immense concourse of wild animals the lion, the tiger, the spotted pard, the elephant, the unicorn ah! they are coming this way they will devour us! and he turned to flee in great terror. Basina bade him stay in peremptory tones and again to look out over the plain.