Gold, too, they had in abundance, derived partly from the sandy beds of their rivers, partly from some mines which these had led them to discover.

It was worn in ornaments by every Gaul of rank.

In battle he bore gold chains on his arms and heavy gold collars round his neck, even when the upper part of his body was in other respects quite naked.

For they often threw off their parti-coloured chequered cloaks, which shone with all the hues of the rainbow, like the picturesque dress of their kinspeople the Highlanders, who have laid aside the trousers of the ancient Gauls.

Their duels and gross revels are an image of the rudest part of the middle ages.