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| ID |
1872 |
| Text |
Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum (731 - 731) Bede |
| Quotation |
Vnde rursum mittuntur Romam legati, flebili uoce auxilium implorantes, ne penitus misera patria deleretur, ne nomen Romanae prouinciae, quod apud eos tam diu claruerat, exterarum gentium improbitate obrutum uilesceret.
Rursum mittitur legio, quae inopinata tempore autumni adueniens magnas hostium strages dedit, eosque qui euadere poterant omnes trans maria fugauit, qui prius anniuersarias praedas trans maria
nullo obsistente cogere solebant.
Tum Romani denuntiauere Brettonibus non se ultra ob eorum defensionem tam laboriosis
expeditionibus posse fatigari; ipsos potius monent arma corripere et certandi cum hostibus studium
subire, qui non aliam ob causam, quam si ipsi inertia soluerentur, eis possent esse fortiores. |
| Translation |
Once more envoys were sent to Rome with pitiful appeals for help so that their wretched country might not be utterly destroyed, and the name of a Roman province, long renowned amongst them, might not be obliterated and disgraced by the barbarity of foreigners. Once again a legion was sent, which arrived unexpectedly in the autumn and did great destruction amongst the enemy, while all who succeeded in escaping were driven across the waters; before this they had been accustomed to carry off their booty every year across the same waters without any opposition. Then the Romans informed the Britons that they could no longer be burdened with such troublesome expeditions for their defence; they advised them to take p arms themselves and make and effort to oppose their foes, who would prove too powerful for them only if they were weakened by sloth. (Translation: Colgrave/Mynors, Oxford Medieval Text, p. 43) |
| Quotation source |
i.12 (p. 152, lin. 4) |
| Temporal Coverage |
410 - 423 |
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