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894 |
| Text |
Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum (731 - 731) Bede |
| Quotation |
XIIII. Vt Brettones, fame famosa coacti, barbaros suis e finibus pepulerint; nec mora, frugum copia
luxuria pestilentia et exterminium gentis secutum sit.
XV. Vt inuitata Brittaniam gens Anglorum primo quidem aduersarios longius eiecerit, sed non multo
post iuncto cum his foedere in socios arma uerterit.
XVI. Vt Brettones primam de gente Anglorum uictoriam duce Ambrosio Romano homine sumserint. |
| Translation |
14. How the Britons, rendered desperate by famine, drove the barbarians out of their land; and how there quickly followed, first abundance of corn and then riotous living and pestilence and finally doom uponthe race.
15. How the Angles were invited to Britain and at first drove the enemy away; but not long afterwards the Angles made a treaty with them and turned their weapons against their allies.
16. How the Britons gained their first victory over the Angles under the leadership of a Roman named Ambrosius. (Translation: Colgrave/Mynors, Oxford Medieval Texts, pp. 10-11) |
| Quotation source |
I, Capitula (p. 106) |
| Temporal Coverage |
410 - 500 |
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