and that so far from our being entitled to affirm that a practice obtained among the Franks because it was established among the Ostrogoths we have on the contrary just reason to think that a custom of the Ostrogoths was not in force among the Franks.
eta gauza bat ostrogodoen artean erabiltzen zelako frankoen artean ere erabiltzen zela esan ordez, alderantziz pentsatu behar da, alegia ostrogodoen artean usatzen zen zerbait ez zela usatzen frankoen artean.