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174 THE HISTORYcame to Marseilles, and so into Gaule.Avent toThen hethe house ^vhere his wife was, belongingto a man of the greatest authority among theGauls, and intreated to be lodgd there; whereuponthose of the family,according to that nation'susual hospitality, cheerfully receiving him,he went in and saw his wife,who running to himwith open arms, very lovingly led him to hisapartment. Cavara^ the Gaul, who had beenabroad, returning soon after,Erippe acquaintedhim with the arrival of her husband; and that itwas for her sake he came, bringing with him theprice of her redemption. The Gaul extoird thegenerosity of Xanthus^ and strait inviting severalof his own friends and nearest relations, hospitablytreated him, making a feast on purpose, and placinghis wife by his side;then asking him by aninterpreter what his whole estate was worth, andXanthus answering a thousand pieces of gold, thebarbarian order'd him to divide that sum into fourparts, w hereof he should take back three, one forhimself, one for his wife, and one for his little son»but that he shou'd leave him the fourth for hiswife's ransom.When they went to bed, his wifeheavily chid Xanthus, as not having so great asum of gold to pay tlie barbarian, and that he wasin danger, if he could not fullill his promise. Hetold her, that he had yet a thousand pieces more* So he's aam'd by Aristodemus ; and it is to this day a commoaname in irelaud.Fid, Jet for attaintwi^ Shane O Neil,