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EGO Nemnius Elvodugi discipulus,
aliqua excerpta scribere curavi, i. e. I have taken pains to write certain fragments, and I am Nenamnis a disciple of Eludach, because the folly and ignorance of the nation of Britannia have given to oblivion the history and origin of its first people, so that...
[HERE FOLLOWS OF THE ORIGIN OF THE CRUITHNIANS.]
Cruithne, son of Cing, pater Pictorum habitantium in hac insula, c. annis regnabat. He had seven sons. These are their names, viz., Fib, Fidach, Foltlaig, Fortrend, Caitt, Ce, Circing.Circing lx. annis regnavit.Fidach xl. annis regnavit.Fortrend xl. annis regn...
Chapter VIII
§ 42. [Thus to the one stead the men of Ulster assembled in councilconcerning the heroes. The three alike haughty and overweening. Theconclusion the Ulster nobles in Conchobar’s following arrived at was, toaccompany the heroes and have the difficulty adjudged ...
Chapter VII
§ 34. “I accept that then,” quoth Cuchulainn. “I agree (lit. I allow it)then,” quoth Loigaire. “Let us go then,” quoth Conall the Victorious.“Let horses be brought us and thy chariot yoked, O Conall,” quothCuchulainn. “Woe is me!” cried Conall. “Every one,” qu...
Chapter VI
§ 33. Again it was their hap to quarrel about the Champion’s Portion.Conchobar with the nobles of Ulster interposed with the view of settlingupon the adjudication of the heroes. “Go to Curoi mac Dairi, the manwho will undertake to intervene,” quoth Conchobar. ...
Chapter V
§ 29. Once more the hall became a babel of words, the women laudingtheir men. Then essayed Conall and Loigaire and Cuchulainn to stir updissension. Sencha, son of Ailill, got up and shook his sceptre. To him theUltonians gave ear, and then to restrain the ladi...
Chapter III
§ 17. Bricriu, however, and his queen were in their soller. From hiscouch the condition of the palace was observable to him, and how thingswere going on withal. He exercised his mind as to how he shouldcontrive to get the women to quarrel as he had likewise in...
Chapter II
§ 8. The hostages of the braves had gone security on his behalf, andBricriu accordingly bethought him how he should manage to set theUlster men at variance. His deliberation and self-scrutiny being ended,he betook himself to the company of Loigaire the Triumph...
Chapter I
Here beginneth the Feast of Bricriu, and the Champion’s Portion ofEmain, and the Ulster Women’s War-of-Words, and the Hosting of theMen of Ulster to Cruachan, and the Champion’s Wager in Emain.Chapter I§ 1. Bricriu of the Evil Tongue held a great feast for Con...
OF THE CRUITHNIANSC INCIPIT.
The Cruithnians came from the land of Thracia; they are the race of Gueleon, son of Ercal Hercules. Agathyrsi was their name. Six brothers of them came at first, viz., Solen, Ulfa, Nechtan, Drostan, Aengus, Leithenn. The cause of their coming was this, viz, Po...
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; and it is from him was named the month of January. Saturn after him. Joib Jove after him. Dardan, son of Joib, after him. Piccus, son of Joib, after him. Faunus, ...
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 which fills when the tide flows, and decreases when the tide ebbs.The third is a stone which moves at night in Glenn Cindenn, and though it should be cast into the s...
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 in it, and sixty streams flow into it, and one stream out of it, that is the Leamain.The second wonder is the mouth of the stream Tranon, which is filled from the...
OF THE WARFARE OF GORTIMER.
After this, Gortimer the victorious, son of Gortigern, with his brother Catigern, rose up against Hengist and Orsa, and the Britons fought fiercely along with them, so that they drove the Saxons to the island of Teineth, and the Britons took this island thrice...
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 proper to be done. The Druids said to him, ‘Seek the borders of the island of Britain, and thou shalt find a strong fortress to defend thyself against the foreigners 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 whose name was Benli to preach to him. German stopped with his clerics at the door of the fortress. The porter went to the king with the message of the clergyman; the ...
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 three times by the Britons, after they had been four hundred and forty-nine years under the Roman tribute, that Gortigern, son of Gudal, took the chief sovereignty ...
OF THE ADVENTURES OF GAEDEL, AS FOLLOWS.
The learned of the Gaels give the following account of the adventures of their ancient chiefs. There was a certain nobleman in exile in Egypt, after he had been banished out of the kingdom of Scythia, at the time when the children of Israel passed through the ...
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 women; and they multiplied in Eri, into many thousands, until they died of a plague in one week, in judgment for the murder that he committed on his father and on ...
Chapter IX
§ 57. One night as their portion was assigned them, three cats fromthe Cave of Cruachan were let loose to attack them, i.e. three beasts ofmagic. Conall and Loigaire made for the rafters, having left their foodwith the beasts. In that wise they slept till the ...