The Irish version of the Historia Britonum of Nennius
EGO Nemnius Elvodugi discipulus,
aliqua excerpta scribere curavi, i. e. I have taken pains to write certain fragments, and I am Ne...
OF THE KINGS OF THE ROMANS HERE.
Janus, i. e. Jan, King of Eperda, was the first king that took possession of the Roman territory;...
OF THE CONQUEST OF ERI, AS RECORDED BY NENNIUS.
The first man that took Eri was Parrtalon, with a thousand men, i. e. a thousand between men and ...
OF THE ADVENTURES OF GAEDEL, AS FOLLOWS.
The learned of the Gaels give the following account of the adventures of their ancient chiefs. Th...
HERE FOLLOWS OF THE CONQUEST OF THE SAXONS.
Now it came to pass after the aforesaid battle, and after the slaughter of the Roman chieftains t...
OF THE MIRACLES OF GERMAN HERE.
After the arrival of German in the island of Britain, he went to the fortress of the warrior whos...
THE FORTRESS OF AMBROSE, AND OF HIS CONTEST WITH THE DRUIDS.
And afterwards Gortigern invited to him twelve Druids, that he might know from them what was prop...
OF THE WARFARE OF GORTIMER.
After this, Gortimer the victorious, son of Gortigern, with his brother Catigern, rose up against...
INCIPIT CONCERNING THE WONDERS OF THE ISLAND OF BRITAIN HERE.
The first wonder of the island of Britain is Loch Lemnon; there are sixty islands and sixty rocks...
THE WONDERS OF MANANN DOWN HERE.
The first wonder is a strand without a sea.The second is a ford which is far from the sea, and wh...
OF THE CRUITHNIANSC INCIPIT.
The Cruithnians came from the land of Thracia; they are the race of Gueleon, son of Ercal Hercule...
[HERE FOLLOWS OF THE ORIGIN OF THE CRUITHNIANS.]
Cruithne, son of Cing, pater Pictorum habitantium in hac insula, c. annis regnabat. He had seven ...