Possessions of their Neighbours, and invaded them Sword in Hand. The
_Goilaus_, who at that Time inhabited it, and whose Pleasures were
heightened by Liberty, made some Efforts to preserve that valuable
Blessing; but being not so vigorous as the Juncture required, they were
unsuccessful, and the Consequence of their Inactivity was Slavery. After
some Shews of Resistance, in which their Multitudes were easily defeated
by an handful of _Manoris_, they underwent the Fate of several other
Nations, whom this fierce People had reduced.

However, by an Intercourse with the _Manoris_, they became sensible of
their wretched and disgraceful Condition. After they had been conquer'd,
they learned the Art of War from their Conquerors; who, also in a short
Time, declined from the Love of Glory, and a martial Spirit, that they
were no longer formidable but by their Numbers. They grew intoxicated
with Luxury, and run into Extremes opposite to their original Ferosity,
so as to become more despicable than those they had conquered.

It was at this Time, that the _Nodais_, the _Guernonies_, the _Duesois_,
and the _Sokans_ issuing from the North of _Africa_, over-run their
finest Provinces. A Body of these Barbarians fell upon the Territories
of the _Goilaus_, and having forced them to share this delightful
Country, settled themselves there under the Name of _Kranfs_. These new
Conquerors were for some Time molested by the _Manoris_, but as Luxury
had brought their flourishing Empire to Decay, the _Kranfs_ forced them
to desist, and remained in quiet Possession of the _Goilaus_:

I shall omit the first rude Ages, when these Conquerors train'd up to
the Licentiousness of War, were under no Regulation or Law, and whose
Towns, like those of other Nations, were only a confused Assemblage of
Huts. It is true, that there were Kings among them from their first