_Pharamond, the Salique Law, and Twelve Peers of France._
LXVI. We have said before, that Charles Sorrel doubted the existence of
Pharamond, whom the French consider as their first king. Mons. du Haillan
does not go quite so great a length as this, but denies positively that
that prince ever passed to the Gallic side of the Rhine. He denies
likewise he instituted the Salique law; and holds as fabulous also the
story of Charles the Great having been the institutor of the twelve peers
of France.