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And what coine either of brasse, siluer or gold there was, the same to be stamped with the image of the emperour." Thus farre Gildas. Mon. Matth.
Gildas, thirty years before, stated directly that the Britons were contrary to the whole world, and hostile to the Roman custom, both in the Mass and in the tonsure. A very early Irish statement, usually accepted as historical, shews that the British custom of the Mass was different from that which the Irish had from St.
The princes were extremely savage and violent, and their contemporary historian, Gildas, gives a melancholy account of their wickedness, not even excepting the great Pendragon, Arthur, in spite of his twelve successful battles with the Saxons.
Much less valuable than, let us say, ordinary mud or clay. In fact, it is absolutely good for nothing." They were silent for a moment, watching the blue flames above the brazier. Then Gildas spoke again. "Oddly enough," he said, "the first set of samples were undoubtedly pure gold not the faintest doubt of that. That is the really interesting part of the matter.
It is to such monks that we owe all our knowledge of the earliest history of England and Ireland; though doubtless the hand that wrote the histories of Gildas and Bede grew as tired as that of Brandan, or as that of the monk who wrote in the corner of a beautiful manuscript: "He who does not know how to write imagines it to be no labor; but though only three fingers hold the pen, the whole body grows weary."
* Notwithstanding this remark of Gildas, the Britons must have shown great bravery and resolution in their battles against the Saxons, or they would not have resisted their encroachments so Long. When Gildas was writing, a hundred years had elapsed, and The Britons still possessed a large portion of their native country.
The traveler comes from Vannes, and even further. He wishes to see you." "Why does he not step in?" "He is shaking off the snow that covers him from head to foot." "Good God, Gildas! Is the man a peddler?" "Roselyk, Roselyk, does not that also sound like mother? You are right, all mothers' hearts are alike." "No, Martha; the young man does not look like a peddler to me.
Had their records not been destroyed, it might well have been that many a manuscript work of British bishops would have remained till the middle ages and been now in print. Fastidius and Gildas are sufficient evidence of the literary tendencies of the British mind.
Josserande's heart sank within her, and she murmured, "My beloved one, my beloved one, whom I have borne in my arms and nourished with my milk, ah! me, can the Lord God inflict this cruel martyrdom upon me?" No one replied, not even Gildas the Wise, who silently adjured the All-Powerful, and recalled to Him the sacrifice of Abraham.
"Little folk, little folk all a-wing, More honey is yours when ye do not sting, And that is a very sensible thing," Said Brother John to the bees. They found Brother Gildas a-fishing for trout, Oblivious that any one was about. "Finny folk, finny folk, deep in the fen, There's a bait for each fish if we only know when, And that is the way to fish for men," Said Brother Gildas to the fishes.
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