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020 - Book X Part 2 Arthur defeats the Roman army · History of the Kings of Britain

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  Speaker 1: Book ten, Part two of History of the Kings of
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  Speaker 1: Britain by Geoffrey of Monmouth, translated by Aaron Thompson and J. A. Giles.
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  Speaker 1: This LibriVox recording is in the public domain. Chapter six,
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  Speaker 1: Lucius Tiberius goes to Langrie. Arthur, deciding to vanquish him
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  Speaker 1: by a stratagem, possesses himself of the valley of Suezia.
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  Speaker 1: These repeated disasters wrought no small disturbance in the mind
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  Speaker 1: of Lucius Tiberius, and made him hesitate whether to bring
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  Speaker 1: it to a general battle with Arthur, or to retire
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  Speaker 1: into Augusta Dunam and states for the Emperor Leo, with
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  Speaker 1: his forces, could come to his assistance. At length, giving
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  Speaker 1: way to his fears, he entered Langriai with his army,
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  Speaker 1: intending to reach the other city the night following. Arthur,
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  Speaker 1: finding this, and being desirous to get before him in
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  Speaker 1: his march, left the city on the left hand, and
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  Speaker 1: the same night entered a certain valley called Suezia, through
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  Speaker 1: which Lucius was to pass. Then he divided his men
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  Speaker 1: into several bodies, commanding one legion, over which Morviid, Consul
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  Speaker 1: of Gloucester, was appointed general to wait close by, that
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  Speaker 1: he might retreat to them if there should be occasion,
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  Speaker 1: and from thence rally his broken forces for a second battle.
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  Speaker 1: The rest he divided into seven parts, in each of
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  Speaker 1: which he placed five thousand, five hundred and fifty five men,
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  Speaker 1: all completely armed. He also appointed different stations to his
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  Speaker 1: horse and foot, and gave command that just as the
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  Speaker 1: footred advanced the attack, the horse, keeping close together in
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  Speaker 1: their ranks, should at the same moment, marched up obliquely
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  Speaker 1: and endeavored to put the enemy into disorder. The companies
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  Speaker 1: of foot were, after the British manner, drawn out into
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  Speaker 1: a square, with the right and left wing under the
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  Speaker 1: command of ugusl, King of Albania and Cador, Duke of Cornwall,
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  Speaker 1: the one presiding over the right wing, the other over
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  Speaker 1: the left. Over another party replaced the two famous consuls,
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  Speaker 1: Guerinius Carnateensis and Bozo of Richardon, called in the Saxon
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  Speaker 1: tongue Oxenford. Over a third were Ascilius of the Dacians
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  Speaker 1: and Lot King of the Norwegians, the fourth being commanded
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  Speaker 1: by Earl, Duke of the Armoricans, and Walgan, the king's nephew.
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  Speaker 1: After these were four other parties placed in the rear,
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  Speaker 1: the first commanded by Caius the Sewer and bed for
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  Speaker 1: the butler, the second by Holdin, Duke of the Routini
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  Speaker 1: and Guetard of the Pictavians, the third by Viginis of Legicestor,
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  Speaker 1: Jrothal of Dorchester and Coursalem of Chisester, the fourth by
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  Speaker 1: Obgenius of Bath. Behind all these, Arthur, for himself and
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  Speaker 1: the legion that was to attend near him, made choice
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  Speaker 1: of a place where he set up a golden dragon
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  Speaker 1: for a standard, whither the wounded or fatigued might, in
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  Speaker 1: case of necessity, retreat as into their camp. The legion
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  Speaker 1: that was with him consisted of six thousand, six hundred
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  Speaker 1: and sixty six men. Chapter seven Arthur's exhortation to his soldiers.
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  Speaker 1: After he had thus placed them in all their stations,
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  Speaker 1: he made the following speech to his soldiers, My brave countrymen,
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  Speaker 1: who have made Britain the mistress of thirty kingdoms. I
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  Speaker 1: congratulate you upon your late noble exploit, which to me
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  Speaker 1: is a proof that your valor is so far from
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  Speaker 1: being impaired that it is rather increased. Though you have
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  Speaker 1: been five years without exercise, wherein the softening pleasures of
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  Speaker 1: an easy life had a great a share of your
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  Speaker 1: time than the use of arms. Yet all this has
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  Speaker 1: not made you degenerate from your natural bravery, which you
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  Speaker 1: have shown in forcing the Romans to flee. The pride
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  Speaker 1: of their leaders has animated them to attempt the invasion
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  Speaker 1: of your liberties. They have tried you in battle with
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  Speaker 1: numbers superior to yours, and have not been able to
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  Speaker 1: stand before you, but have basely withdrawn themselves into that
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  Speaker 1: city from which they are now ready to march out,
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  Speaker 1: and to pass through this valley in their way to
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  Speaker 1: Augusta Dunam, so that you may have an opportunity of
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  Speaker 1: falling upon them unawares, like a flock of sheep. Certainly
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  Speaker 1: they expected to find in you the cowardice of the
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  Speaker 1: eastern nations, when they thought to make your country tributary
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  Speaker 1: and you their slaves. What have they never heard of
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  Speaker 1: your wars with the Dacians, Norwegians and princes of the Gauls,
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  Speaker 1: whom you reduced under my power and freed from their
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  Speaker 1: shameful yoke. We, then, that have had success in a
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  Speaker 1: greater war, need not doubt of it. In a less
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  Speaker 1: If we do but endeavor with the same spirit to
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  Speaker 1: vanquish these poltroons, you shall want no rewards of honor if,
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  Speaker 1: as faithful soldiers, you do but strictly obey my commands,
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  Speaker 1: For as soon as we have routed them, we will
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  Speaker 1: march straight to Rome and take it. And then all
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  Speaker 1: the gold, silver palaces, towers, towns, cities, and other riches
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  Speaker 1: of the vanquished shall be yours. He had hardly done
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  Speaker 1: speaking before they all with one voice, declared that they
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  Speaker 1: were ready to suffer death rather than quit the field
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  Speaker 1: while he had Life Chapter eight, Lucius Tiberius, discovering Arthur's
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  Speaker 1: design in a speech, animates his followers to fight. But
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  Speaker 1: Lucius Tiberius, discovering the designs that were formed against him,
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  Speaker 1: would not flee as he had first intended, but, taking
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  Speaker 1: new courage, resolved to march to the same valley against them, and,
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  Speaker 1: calling together his principal commanders, spoke to them in these words,
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  Speaker 1: venerable fathers, to whose empire both the Eastern and Western kingdoms,
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  Speaker 1: o obedience. Remember the virtues of your ancesters, who were
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  Speaker 1: not afraid to shed their blood when the vanquishing of
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  Speaker 1: the enemies of the commonwealth required it, but to leave
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  Speaker 1: an example of their courage and military virtues to their posterity,
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  Speaker 1: behaved themselves in all battles with that contempt of death,
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  Speaker 1: as if God had given them some security against it.
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  Speaker 1: By this conduct they often triumphed, and by triumphing escaped death.
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  Speaker 1: Such was the reward of their virtue from divine providence,
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  Speaker 1: which overrules all events. The increase of the commonwealth and
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  Speaker 1: of their own valor was owing to this and all
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  Speaker 1: these virtues that generally adorned the great as integrity, honor,
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  Speaker 1: and munificence, flourishing a long time in them, raised them
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  Speaker 1: and their posterity to the empire of the whole world.
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  Speaker 1: Let their noble examples animate. You rouse up the spirit
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  Speaker 1: of the ancient Romans, and be not afraid to march
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  Speaker 1: out against our enemies that are lying in ambush for
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  Speaker 1: us in the valley, but boldly, with your swords demand
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  Speaker 1: of them your just rights. Do not think that I
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  Speaker 1: retired into this city for fear of engaging with them.
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  Speaker 1: But I thought that, as their pursuit of us was
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  Speaker 1: rash and foolish, so we might, hence honor sudden intercept
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  Speaker 1: them in it, and by dividing their main body, make
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  Speaker 1: a great slaughter of them. But now, since they have
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  Speaker 1: altered the measures which we supposed they had taken, let
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  Speaker 1: us also alter ours. Let us go in quest of
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  Speaker 1: them and bravely fall upon them. Or if they shall
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  Speaker 1: happen to have the advantage in the beginning of the battle,
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  Speaker 1: let us only stand our ground during the fury of
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  Speaker 1: their first assaults, and the victory will undoubtedly be ours.
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  Speaker 1: For in many battles this manner of conduct has been
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  Speaker 1: attended with victory. As soon as he had made an
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  Speaker 1: end of speaking these and other things, they all declare
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  Speaker 1: the ascent, promised with an oath to stand by him,
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  Speaker 1: and hastened to arm themselves, which when they had done,
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  Speaker 1: they marched out of Langriae to the valley where Arthur
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  Speaker 1: had drawn out his forces in order of battle. Then
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  Speaker 1: they also began to marshal their army, which they divided
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  Speaker 1: into twelve companies, and, according to the Roman manor of battle,
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  Speaker 1: drew out each army into the form of a wedge,
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  Speaker 1: consisting of six thousand, six hundred and sixty six men.
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  Speaker 1: Each company also had its respective leaders, who were to
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  Speaker 1: give direction when to advance or went to be upon
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  Speaker 1: the defensive. One of them was headed by Lucius Catalus
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  Speaker 1: the Senator and Alphantinum, King of Spain, another by Hertaceous,
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  Speaker 1: King of the Parthians, and Marius Lepidus, a senator, a
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  Speaker 1: third by Bocchus, King of the Medes, and Caius met Senator,
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  Speaker 1: a fourth by Setorius, King of Libya, and Quintus Milvius,
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  Speaker 1: a senator. These four companies were placed in the front
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  Speaker 1: of the army. In the rear of these there were
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  Speaker 1: four others, whereof one was commanded by Circes, King of
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  Speaker 1: the Arturians, another by Pandrasus, King of Egypt, a third
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  Speaker 1: by Polytetes, King of Bithynia, a fourth by Tusa, Duke
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  Speaker 1: of Phrygia, and again behind all these four others, whereof
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  Speaker 1: the commanders were Quintius Carucius, a senator, Vailius Hostiensis, Sulpitius Sebuculus,
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  Speaker 1: and Mauritius Sylvanus. As for the general himself, he was
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  Speaker 1: sometimes in one place, sometimes another to encoura bridge and
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  Speaker 1: direct as there should be occasion for a standard, he
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  Speaker 1: ordered a golden eagle to be firmly set up in
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  Speaker 1: the center for his men to repair to whenever they
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  Speaker 1: should happen to be separated from their company. Chapter nine
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  Speaker 1: a battle between Arthur and Lucius Tiberius, and now the
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  Speaker 1: Britons and Romans stood, presenting their arms at each other,
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  Speaker 1: went forthwith at the sound of the trumpets. The company
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  Speaker 1: that was headed by the King of Spain and Lucius
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  Speaker 1: Catellus boldly rushed forward against that which the King of
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  Speaker 1: Scotland and Duke of Cornwall led, but were not able
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  Speaker 1: to make the least breach in their firm ranks, so
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  Speaker 1: that while these stood their ground up came Guerillius and Boso,
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  Speaker 1: with a body of horse, upon their full speed, broke
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  Speaker 1: through the party that began the assault, and met with
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  Speaker 1: another which the King of the Parthians was leading up against,
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  Speaker 1: a Scileus, king of Dasia. After this first onset there
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  Speaker 1: followed a general engagement of both armies with great violence,
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  Speaker 1: and several breaches were made on each side. The shouts,
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  Speaker 1: the slaughter, the quantity of blood spilt, and the agonies
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  Speaker 1: of the dying made a dreadful scene of horror. At
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  Speaker 1: first the Briton sustained a great loss by having bed
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  Speaker 1: for the butler killed and Caius the Sewer, mortally wounded,
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  Speaker 1: for as Bedford met Bacchus, king of the Meades, he
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  Speaker 1: fell dead by a stub of his lance amidst the
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  Speaker 1: enemy's troops, and Caius, in endeavoring to revenge his death,
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  Speaker 1: was surrounded by the Medean troops and there received a
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  Speaker 1: mortal wound. Yet as a brave soldier, he opened himself
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  Speaker 1: away with the wing which he led, killed and dispersed
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  Speaker 1: the meat, and would have made a safe retreat with
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  Speaker 1: all his men had he not met the King of
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  Speaker 1: Libya with the forces under him, who put his whole
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  Speaker 1: company to disorder. Yet not so great but that he
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  Speaker 1: was still able to get off with a few and
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  Speaker 1: flee with Bedv's corpse to the Golden Dragon. The Neustrians
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  Speaker 1: grievously lamented at the sight of their leader's mangled body,
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  Speaker 1: and so did the Anderngavians when they beheld their consul wounded,
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  Speaker 1: But there was now no room for complaints, for the
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  Speaker 1: furious and bloody shocks of both armies made it necessary
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  Speaker 1: to provide for their own defense. Therefore, hirol Gas, the
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  Speaker 1: nephew of Bedver, being extremely enraged at his death, called
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  Speaker 1: up to him three hundred men, and like a wild
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  Speaker 1: boar amongst a pack of dogs, broke through the enemy's
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  Speaker 1: ranks with his horse, making towards the place where he
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  Speaker 1: had seen the standard of the King of the Meads,
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  Speaker 1: little regarding what might befall him, if he could but
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  Speaker 1: revenge the loss of his uncle. At length he reached
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  Speaker 1: the place killed the king, brought off his body to
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  Speaker 1: his companions, had laid it by that of his uncle,
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  Speaker 1: where he mangled it in the same manner. Then, calling
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  Speaker 1: with a loud voice to his countrymen, he animated their
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  Speaker 1: troops and vehemently pressed them to exert themselves to the utmost.
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  Speaker 1: Now that their spirits were raised and the enemy disheartened,
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  Speaker 1: and especially as they had the advantage of them in
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  Speaker 1: being placed in better order, and so might the more
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  Speaker 1: grievously annoy them. Encouraged with this exhortation, they began a
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  Speaker 1: general assault upon the enemy, which was attended with a
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  Speaker 1: terrible slaughter on both sides. From the part of the Romans.
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  Speaker 1: Besides many others, fell Alphantinum, king of Spain, Mikipsa of Babylon,
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  Speaker 1: as also Quintus Mulvius, and Marius Lepidus, senators on the
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  Speaker 1: part of the Britons holdin King of the Routini, Lodo
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  Speaker 1: Garius of Bologna, and three consults of Britain, Courselom of Cysester,
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  Speaker 1: Galluc of Salisbury, and Obgenius of Bath, so that the
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  Speaker 1: troops which they commanded, being extremely weakened, returned till they
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  Speaker 1: came to the army of the Armorican Britons commanded by
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  Speaker 1: hurl and Wogan. But these, being inflamed at the retreat
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  Speaker 1: of their friends, encouraged them to stand their ground and
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  Speaker 1: caused them, with the help of their own forces, to
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  Speaker 1: put the pursuers to flight. While they continued this pursuit,
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  Speaker 1: they beat down and killed several of them, and gave
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  Speaker 1: them no respite till they came to the general's troops, who,
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  Speaker 1: seeing the distress of his companions, hastened to their assistance.
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  Speaker 1: Chapter ten, hurl and Wargan signalized their valor in the fight,
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  Speaker 1: and now in this latter encounter, the Britons were worsted
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  Speaker 1: with the loss of Kimarkok, Consul of Trigeria, and two
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  Speaker 1: thousand with him, besides three famous noblemen, Ritramarcus, Blocovius and
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  Speaker 1: Dregivius of Bodlone, who had they but enjoyed the dignity
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  Speaker 1: of princes, would have been celebrated for their valor through
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  Speaker 1: all succeeding ages. For during this assault, which they made
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  Speaker 1: in conjunction with Earland Wolgan, there was not an enemy
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  Speaker 1: within their reach that could escape the fury of their
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  Speaker 1: sword or lance. But upon their falling in Lucius's party,
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  Speaker 1: they were surrounded by them and suffered the same fate
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  Speaker 1: with the consul and other men. The loss of these
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  Speaker 1: men made those matchless heroes hurl and Wolgan much more
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  Speaker 1: eager to assault the general's ranks and to try, on
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  Speaker 1: all sides where to make the greatest impression. But Wolgan,
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  Speaker 1: whose valor was never to be foiled, endeavored to gain
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  Speaker 1: access to Lucius himself that he might encounter him, and
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  Speaker 1: with this view, beat down and killed all that stood
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  Speaker 1: in his way, and who not inferior to him. Did
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  Speaker 1: no less service in another part, by spiriting up his
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  Speaker 1: men and giving and receiving blows among the enemy with
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  Speaker 1: the same undaunted courage. It was hard to determine which
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  Speaker 1: of them was the stoutest soldier. Chapter eleven, Lucius Tiberius
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  Speaker 1: being killed, the Britons obtained the victory. But Wolgan, by
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  Speaker 1: forcing his way through the enemy's troops, as we have
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  Speaker 1: said before, found at last what he had wished for
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  Speaker 1: access to the general, and immediately encountered him. Lucius, being
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  Speaker 1: then in the flower of his youth and a person
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  Speaker 1: of great courage and vigor, desired nothing more than to
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  Speaker 1: engage with such a one as might put his strength
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  Speaker 1: into its full trial. Putting himself therefore into a posture
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  Speaker 1: of defense. He received Wolgan with joy, and was not
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  Speaker 1: a little proud to try his courage with one of
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  Speaker 1: whom he had heard such great things. The fight continued
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  Speaker 1: between them a long time, with great force of blows
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  Speaker 1: and no less dexterity in warding them off, each being
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  Speaker 1: resolved upon the other's destruction. During this sharp conflict between them,
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  Speaker 1: the Romans, on a sudden recovering their courage, made an
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  Speaker 1: assault upon the Omoricans, and, having relieved their general, repulsed
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  Speaker 1: hurl and Wogan with their troops, till they found themselves,
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  Speaker 1: unawares met by Arthur and the forces under him. For
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  Speaker 1: he hearing of the slaughter that was little before made
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  Speaker 1: of his men, had speedily advanced with his legion, and,
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  Speaker 1: drawing out his caliburn, spoke to them with a loud voice,
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  Speaker 1: after this manner, what are you doing, soldiers? Will you
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  Speaker 1: suffer these effeminate to wretches to escape? Let not one
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  Speaker 1: of them get off alive? Remember the force of your
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  Speaker 1: arms that have reduced thirty kingdoms under my subjection. Remember
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  Speaker 1: your ancestors, whom the Romans were, at the height of
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  Speaker 1: their powers made tributary. Remember your liberties, which these pitiful
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  Speaker 1: fellows that are much your inferiors attempt to deprive you of.
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  Speaker 1: Let none escape alive? What are you doing with these expostulations?
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  Speaker 1: He rushed upon the enemy, made terrible havoc among them,
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  Speaker 1: and not a man did he meet, But at one
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  Speaker 1: blow he laid either him or his horse dead upon
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  Speaker 1: the ground. They, therefore, in astonishment, fled from him, as
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  Speaker 1: a flock of sheep from a fierce lion, whom raging
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  Speaker 1: hunger provokes to devour whatever happened to come near him.
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  Speaker 1: Their arms were no manner of protection to them against
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  Speaker 1: the force which this valiant prince wielded his caliburn. Two kings,
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  Speaker 1: Sir Taurus of Libya and Poltetes of Bithynia unfortunately felt
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  Speaker 1: its fury and had their heads cut off by it.
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  Speaker 1: The Britons, when they saw their king performing such wonders,
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  Speaker 1: took courage again. With one consent, they assaulted. The Romans
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  Speaker 1: kept close together in their ranks, and while they assailed
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  Speaker 1: the foot in one part, endeavored to beat down and
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  Speaker 1: pierce through the horse in another. Notwithstanding, the Romans made
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  Speaker 1: a brave defense, and at the instigation of Lucius, laboured
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  Speaker 1: to pay back their slaughter upon the Britons. The eagerness
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  Speaker 1: and force that were now shown on both sides were
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  Speaker 1: as great as if it were the beginning of the battle.
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  Speaker 1: Arthur continued to do great execution with his own hand,
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  Speaker 1: and encouraged the Britons to maintain the fight as Lucius
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  Speaker 1: Tiberius did the Romans, and made them perform many memorable exploits.
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  Speaker 1: He himself, in the meantime, was very active in going
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  Speaker 1: from place to place, and suffered none to escape with
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  Speaker 1: life that happened to come within the reach of his
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  Speaker 1: sword or land. The slaughter that was now made on
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  Speaker 1: both sides was very dreadful, and the turns of fortune various.
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  Speaker 1: Sometimes the Britons, prevailing sometimes the Romans. At last, while
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  Speaker 1: this sharp dispute continued, Morvid, Consul of Gloucester, with his legion, which,
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  Speaker 1: as we have said before, was placed between the hills,
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  Speaker 1: came up with great speed upon the rear of the enemy,
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  Speaker 1: and to their great surprise, assaulted, broke through, and dispersed
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  Speaker 1: them with great slaughter. This last and decisive blow proved
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  Speaker 1: fatal to many thousands of Romans, and even to the
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  Speaker 1: General Lucius himself, who was killed among the crowds by
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  Speaker 1: a lance by an unknown hand. But the Britons, by
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  Speaker 1: long maintaining the fight, at last, with great difficulty, gained
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  Speaker 1: the victory. Chapter twelve. Part of the Romans flee the
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  Speaker 1: rest of their own accord, surrendered themselves as slaves. The Romans,
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  Speaker 1: being now therefore dispersed, betake themselves through fear, some to
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  Speaker 1: the byways and woods, some to the cities and towns,
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  Speaker 1: and all other places where they could be most safe,
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  Speaker 1: but were either killed or taken and plundered by the Britons,
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  Speaker 1: who pursued, so that great part of them voluntarily and
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  Speaker 1: shamefully held forth their hands to receive their chains. In
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  Speaker 1: order to prolong for a while a wretched life in
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  Speaker 1: all which the justice of divine providence was very visible.
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  Speaker 1: Considering how untrustly the ancestors of the Britons were formerly
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  Speaker 1: invaded and harassed by those of the Romans, and that
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  Speaker 1: these stood only in defense of that liberty which the
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  Speaker 1: others would have deprived them of, and refused the tribute
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  Speaker 1: which the others had no right to demand. Chapter thirteen.
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  Speaker 1: The bodies of the slain are decently buried, each in
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  Speaker 1: their respective countries. Arthur, after he had completed his victory,
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  Speaker 1: gave orders for separating the bodies of his nobility from
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  Speaker 1: those of the enemy, and preparing a pompous funeral for them,
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  Speaker 1: and that when ready, they should be carried to the
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  Speaker 1: abbeys of their respective countries, there to be honorably buried,
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  Speaker 1: but bed for the Butler was, with great lamentation of
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  Speaker 1: the Neustrians carried to his own city, Padjoki, which bed
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  Speaker 1: for the first his great grandfather had built There. He
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  Speaker 1: was with great solemnity, laid close by the wall in
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  Speaker 1: a burying place on the south side of the city.
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  Speaker 1: But Judah was carried grievously wounded to Camus, a town
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  Speaker 1: which he had himself built, where in a short time
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  Speaker 1: he died of his wounds and was buried as became
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  Speaker 1: a Duke of Antagavia, in a convent of hermits, which
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  Speaker 1: was in a wood not far from the town. Also, Halden,
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  Speaker 1: Duke of the Routini, was carried to Flanders and buried
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  Speaker 1: in his own city, Terevanna. The other consuls and noblemen
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  Speaker 1: were conveyed to the neighboring abbeys according to Arthur's orders.
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  Speaker 1: Out of his great clemency. Also he ordered the country
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  Speaker 1: peaceeople to take care of the burial of the enemy,
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  Speaker 1: and to carry the body of Lucius to the Senate
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  Speaker 1: and tell them that this was the only tribute which
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  Speaker 1: Britain ought to pay them. After this, he stayed in
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  Speaker 1: those parts till the next winter was over, and employed
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  Speaker 1: his time in reducing the cities of the Annebroach. But
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  Speaker 1: at the beginning of the following summer, as he was
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  Speaker 1: on his march towards Rome and was beginning to pass
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  Speaker 1: the Alps, he had news brought him that his nephew Mordred,
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  Speaker 1: to whose care he had entrusted Britain, had, by tyrannical
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  Speaker 1: and treasonable practices, set the crown upon his own head,
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  Speaker 1: and that Queen Guanhumara, in violation of her first marriage,
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  Speaker 1: had wickedly married him. End of Book ten, Part two. Yeah.