Polydore Vergils English History From An Early Translation Preserved Among the
Polydore Vergils English History From An Early Translation Preserved Among the
Polydore Vergil
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' The mowrninge of the Brittons sent to Aetius three times, beeinge Consul : Wee implore and beeseeche thee that thow wilte vouchsafe to sende succours to us, the Romane province, oure contrie, our wives and children, being at this instant in extreme daunger. The barbarus people raginge, drivethe us to the verie seas ; the sea repelleth us againe unto them. Thus are wee extinguished in doble funerall ; ether the swoorde of savage creatures cuttethe our throtes, or otherwise wee are drenched in ...surge of water ; nether have wee lefte enie succor or releefe in these mischeves ; wherefore generallie wee are all thie peticioners that, accordinge to the singuler disposition of thie naturall clemencie, it shall please thee to assiste and releeve us. ' Bie these woordes wee may well knowe that the Brittons in fine didd not forsake the Romaines but gretlie against their wills, for now, beinge accustomed to imperie, thei hadd them in estimation of whome they hadde learned civile and goodd manners, as Corne- lius Tacitus makethe minde; for the sonnes of princes weare THE THIRD BOOK.
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