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Titre | The British history of Geoffrey of Monmouth. In twelve books by Thompson, Aaron |
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https://archive.org/details/b29349850/page/122/mode/1up Pages 121-123 The British history of Geoffrey of Monmouth. In twelve books by Geoffrey, of Monmouth, Bishop of St. Asaph, 1100?-1154. n 50072242; Thompson, Aaron, 1681- or 1682; Giles, J. A. (John Allen), 1808-1884. n 50027753 Publication date 1842 Topics Great Britain Publisher London : J. Bohn Collection wellcomelibrary; ukmhl; medicalheritagelibrary; europeanlibraries Digitizing sponsor Wellcome Library Contributor Wellcome Library Language English 1 unnumbered leaf, xxvii, 282 pages including geneal. tab : (8vo) Addeddate 2017-07-17 13:13:20 Associated-names Thompson, Aaron, 1681- or 1682; Giles, J. A. (John Allen), 1808-1884 Bookplateleaf 0003 External-identifier urn:oclc:record:1045106507[WorldCat (this item)] Foldoutcount 0 Identifier b29349850 Identifier-ark ark:/13960/t1fj8gc68 Invoice 1008 Ocr ABBYY FineReader 11.0 Page-progression lr Pages 322 |
Pages 121 to 123 (primarily 122) At that time came St. Germanus, bishop of Auxerre, St.Germanus and Lupus, bishop of Troyes, to preach the Gospel to the p us Britons.... Let us invite over my son Octa, and his brother Ebissa, who are brave soldiers, and give them the countries that arc in the northern parts of Britain, by the wall, between Deira and Albania. For they bill hinder the inroads of the barbarians, and so you shall enjoy peace on the other side of the Humber.'” Vortegirn complied with his request, and ordered them to invite over whomsoever they knew able to assist him. Immediately upon the receipt of this message, came Octa, Ebissa, and Cherdich, with three hundred ships filled with soldiers, who were all kindly received by Vortegirn, and had ample presents made them. For by their assistance, he vanquished his enemies, and in every engagement proved victorious. Hengist in the meantime continued to invite over more and more ships, and to augment his numbers daily... ...upon the ford of Epiffrod, where Horsus and Katigorn, another son of Vortegirn, met, and after a sharp encounter killed each other... |