The Historia Brittonum Commonly Attributed To Nennius PDF Download

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1819 edition. Excerpt: ...Lamus, a king of the Lestrygones, (Her. I. '3.0. 17.) the Mamilli from Ulisses, (Vaillant. Nam. Fain. and it was the boast of Caesar, " aVener"e J ulii cujus gentls familii est nostra. Est ergo in genere et sanctitas regum, qui pliiriinuth inter homines pollent: et ceremonia Deonnn, quorum ipsi in potostate sunt reges." (V. Jul. Ca. 16. 6.) This tradition was iievef lost to posterity. " So universal was this humour, and carried to' such an absurd excess of eztmvagance, that, under the reign oi Justinian, even the Greeks were ambitions of being thought t3 be descended from the Trojans, their ancient and notorious eoel aiies."-Wamm's Hist. of English Poetry, vol. i. Dias. 1.) Vain, perhaps, of. claiming a descent iirfiilai to that of tlii masters of the world, the vanquislied nations 'of western.Europs adopted a similar 'persuasion. In tlr'e fourth century, Aniraiernul reports a tradition, which prevailed among the Ga'rils, that they were descendants of fugitive Trojans. " Aiunt quidam paucos, ''1 The Ganlish Bretons were proud of this origin so late as the iixteerflli century. Parvi, iii his funeral oration, pronounced 'over Ann of Bremgne, (1514) Queen of Louis the Twelfth, traces her genealogy up to Brutus and Ynoge, daughter of Pandrasus, a noble Emperor of Greece. (lnbineiv, con. i. p. 187.) post excidinm Trojae, fugitantis Graecos undique dispersos, _lpca hzec occupasse tunc vacua." (l. 15.) And in the sixth, Hnnibaldus Francus deduced the Franks, from Francio son of Priarn, and exhibits a regular line of sovereigns down to Pharamond, " and.the Trojan extraction of the French was a favourite opinion in France in the seventh and eighth...