56. As we are possessed of the authentic history of the
Huns, it would be impertinent to repeat or to refute the
fables which misrepresent their origin and progress, their
passage of the mud or water of the Maeotis in pursuit of an
ox or stag, les Indes qu'ils avoient decouvertes, etc.
(Zosimus 1. iv. [c. 20] p. 224. Sozomen, 1. vi. c. 37.
Procopius, Hist. Miscell. c. 5. Jornandes, c. 24. Grandeur
et Decadence, etc., des Romains, c. 17.)