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Polydore Vergil's English History, From an Early Translation Preserved Among the Mss. of the Old Royal Library in the British Museum
Polydore Vergil's English History From an Early Translation Preserved Among the Mss of the Old Royal Library in the British Museum Author:Polydore Vergil Subtitle: Vol. I., Containing the First Eight Books, Comprising the Period Prior to the Norman Conquest General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1846 Original Publisher: Printed for the Camden society, by J. B. Nichols and son Subjects: Great Britain Fiction / Classics Fiction / Literary History / Europe / Gre... more »at Britain Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: 59 THE PREFACE OF THE IJ. BOOKE. I Have with celeritee passed throughe that which I promised from the beginnige, that is to weete, the lives of Lx. and vm. kinges; for mean suppose that there were soe manie accordinge to the discowrs of the newe Historie, annexinge thereunto the life of Cassivellaunus: a littel moreover have I towched Theomantius and Cinbellinus, whoe succeeded Cassivellaunus in governinge and administration. This Cassivellaunus being prince, Brittaine became tributarie to the people of Rome, as wee showede bee- fore, and soe continued litell lesse then five hundred and three yeares after, untill suche time as the Brittons (being forsaken of Aetius, which in Fraunce was cheefe ruler of the armie of Theo- dosius the yonger) beganne to be soe overcharged with the longe battayles of the Pictes and Scottes beinge joyned in amitee, that of a great whiles they hadde hardelie susteined theire pilferinges and assaultes; in conclusion, misdoubtinge their power, weere constreined to sende for the Englishe Saxons, a warlike and stowte people of Germanie, for theire aide and succours; but it happened farre otherwise then thei misdeamed, for these Englishe- menne reduced into there owne dominion that parte of the Ilonde which thei possessed: soe that howe mutche the renowne and glorie of the Brittishe nation did increase i...« less