Lew is and Caroloman, or Carlon, the 28. King of France, An. 879.

THis Lewis and Carlon or Carolo∣man, sonnes of Lewis the Stut, and of Ausgarde whom hee had taken to wife without the knowledge of his father, and after by his command divorced her, according to the Almaine Chronicles, were crowned Kings of Page  124 France, An. Dom. 879. according to the appointment of Lewis the Stut at his death to the Peeres of his Realme. Up∣on which occasion some Abbots and great Lords partializing against them, appealed Lewis King of Almany, to take charge of the affaires of France in∣to his hands. To which purpose being arrived at Verdun, he was pacified with the part of the Kingdome of Loraine, which was given him, upon which he and his late Father had quarrelled with the Kings of France. This fire being thus quenched, another controversie grew concerning the County of Au∣thun, betweene the Counts Theodoric, to whom it was given by the late decea∣sed Emperour, and Boson, who layd a claime thereunto, to whom it was ad∣judged by Hugh the Abbot, upon con∣dition that he should leave the Abbies with their revenues which were in those parts, to Theodoric.

The State of France being thus troub∣led, Boson grew more turbulent, cau∣sing Page  125 himselfe to be crowned King of Burgundy, as also did the Normans, whom the Kings overthrew upon Saint Andrews day, Anno Dom. 879, slaying 5000. of them in the field. After in the yeare 880, they made a partage of the Kingdome of France, by which all the Neustrick France befell to Lewis, and A∣quitan with Burgundy with the Marches to Caroloman. This being done, they went to surprise the Normans, whom they cut in peeces in the Carbonary For∣rest, to the number of 9000, the yeare after he deceased. The Normans not de∣sisting from wasting and sacking the Countrey of France, came up as farre as Paris. Carloman was enforced to buy a peace of them for 12. yeares, which he enjoyed not long, for in the yeare 884. he was slaine by a wild Boare a hunting, having reigned five or sixe yeares; or running after a Gentlewoman, his horse carried him away, and crush'd him under a gate, or at the Chace hee fell downe and broke his necke, for report differing Page  126 in the manner of his death, agrees that it was violent and accidentall.