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1、HistoryOfTheBritonsHistoryOfTheBritonsNenniusTranslatedbyJ.A.Giles1HistoryOfTheBritonsI.ThePrologue.1.Nennius,thelowlyministerandservantoftheservantsofGod,bythegraceofGod,discipleofSt.Elbotus,*toallthefollowersoftruthsendethhealth.*OrElvod,bishopofBangor,A.D.755,whofirstadoptedi
2、ntheCambrianchurchthenewcycleforregulatingEaster.Beitknowntoyourcharity,thatbeingdullinintellectandrudeofspeech,IhavepresumedtodeliverthesethingsintheLatintongue,nottrustingtomyownlearning,whichislittleornoneatall,butpartlyfromtraditionsofourancestors,partlyfromwritingsandmonume
3、ntsoftheancientinhabitantsofBritain,partlyfromtheannalsoftheRomans,andthechroniclesofthesacredfathers,Isidore,Hieronymus,Prosper,Eusebius,andfromthehistoriesoftheScotsandSaxons,althoughourenemies,notfollowingmyowninclinations,but,tothebestofmyability,obeyingthecommandsofmysenior
4、s;Ihavelispinglyputtogetherthishistoryfromvarioussources,andhaveendeavored,fromshame,todeliverdowntoposteritythefewremainingearsofcornaboutpasttransactions,thattheymightnotbetroddenunderfoot,seeingthatanamplecrophasbeensnatchedawayalreadybythehostilereapersofforeignnations.Forma
5、nythingshavebeeninmyway,andI,tothisday,havehardlybeenabletounderstand,evensuperficially,aswasnecessary,thesayingsofothermen;muchlesswasIableinmyownstrength,butlikeabarbarian,haveImurderedanddefiledthelanguageofothers.ButIboreaboutwithmeaninwardwound,andIwasindignant,thatthenameo
6、fmyownpeople,formerlyfamousanddistinguished,shouldsinkintooblivion,andlikesmokebedissipated.Butsince,however,IhadrathermyselfbethehistorianoftheBritonsthannobody,althoughsomanyaretobefoundwhomightmuchmoresatisfactorilydischargethelabourthusimposedonme;Ihumblyentreatmyreaders,who
7、seearsImayoffendbytheineleganceofmywords,thattheywillfulfilthewishofmyseniors,andgrantmetheeasytaskoflisteningwithcandourtomyhistory.Forzealouseffortsveryoftenfail:butboldenthusiasm,wereitinitspower,wouldnotsuffermetofail.May,therefore,candourbeshownwheretheinelegance2HistoryOfT
8、heBritonsofmywordsisinsufficient,andmaythetruth
