| Quotation |
Aliud experimentum inveni de isto Bruto ex veteribus libris veterum nostrorum. Tres filii Noe diviserunt orbem in tres partes post diluvium. Sem in Asia, Cham in Africa, Jafeth in Europa dilataverunt terminos suos. Primus homo venit ad Europam de genere Jafeth Alanus cum tribus filiis suis, quorum nomina sunt Hessitio, Armenon, Negue. Hessitio autem habuit filios quattuor: hi sunt Francus, Romanus, Britto, Albanus. Armenon autem habuit quinque filios: Gothus, Valagothus, Gebidus, Burgundus, Langobardus. Negue autem habuit tres filios: Wandalus, Saxo, Boguarus. Ab Hisitione autem ortae sunt quattuor gentes: Franci, Latini, Albani et Britti. Ab Armenone autem quinque: Gothi, Valagothi, Gebidi, Burgundi, Langobardi. A Neguio vero quattuor: Boguarii, Vandali, Saxones et Turingi. Istae autem gentes subdivisae sunt per totam Europam. (...) Hanc peritiam inveni ex traditione veterum. |
| Translation |
I found another explanation about Brutus in the old books of our elders. The three sons of Noah divided the world into three parts after the Flood. Sem extended his boundaries in Asia, Cham in Africa, Japheth in Europe. The first man who came to Europe was Alanus, of the race of Japheth, with his three sons, whose names are Hessitio, Armenon, and Negue. Hessitio had four sons, Francus, Romanus, Britto, and Albanus. Armenon had five sons, Gothus, Walagothus, Gepidus, Burgundus, Langobardus; Negue had three sons, Vandalus, Saxo, Bavarus. From Hessitio derive four peoples, the Franks, the Latins, the Albans and the British; from Armenon five: the Goths, the Valagoths, the Gepids, the Burgundians, the Langobards; from Negue four, the Bavarians, the Vandals, the Saxons, and the Thuringians: These peoples are subdivided throughout Europe. (...) This learning I found in the tradition of our elders. (J. Morris, p. 22) |
