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    On the Ruin of Britain
    On the Ruin of Britain
    On the Ruin of Britain
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    On the Ruin of Britain

    By J. A. (John Allen) Giles and Gildas

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    PublisherArchive Classics
    Release dateJan 1, 1978
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      On the Ruin of Britain - J. A. (John Allen) Giles

      The Project Gutenberg EBook of On the Ruin of Britain, by Gildas

      This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.net

      Title: On the Ruin of Britain

      Author: Gildas

      Posting Date: February 4, 2012 [EBook #1949] Release Date: November, 1999

      Language: English

      *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK ON THE RUIN OF BRITAIN ***

      Produced by Bert Olton

      On The Ruin of Britain (De Excidio Britanniae)

      by Gildas

      Translation by J.A. Giles

      The Works of Gildas surnamed Sapiens, or The Wise.

      I. The Preface

      1. Whatever in this my epistle I may write in my humble but well meaning manner, rather by way of lamentation than for display, let no one suppose that it springs from contempt of others or that I foolishly esteem myself as better than they; for alas! the subject of my complaint is the general destruction of every thing that is good, and the general growth of evil throughout the land;—but that I rejoice to see her revive therefrom: for it is my present purpose to relate the deeds of an indolent and slothful race, rather than the exploits of those who have been valiant in the field*. I have kept silence, I confess, with much mental anguish, compunction of feeling and contrition of heart, whilst I revolved all these things within myself; and, as God the searcher of the reins is witness, for the space of even ten years or more, [my inexperience, as at present also, and my unworthiness preventing me from taking upon myself the character of a censor. But I read how the illustrious lawgiver, for one word's doubting, was not allowed to enter the desired land; that the sons of the high-priest, for placing strange fire upon God's altar, were cut off by a speedy death; that God's people, for breaking the law of God, save two only, were slain by wild beasts, by fire and sword in the deserts of Arabia, though God had so loved them that he had made a way for them through the Red Sea, had fed them with bread from heaven, and water from the rock, and by the lifting up of a hand merely had made their armies invincible; and then, when they had crossed the Jordan and entered the unknown land, and the walls of the city had fallen down flat at the sound only of a trumpet, the taking of a cloak and a little gold from the accursed things caused the deaths of many: and again the breach of their treaty with the Gibeonites, though that treaty had been obtained by fraud, brought destruction upon many; and I took warning from the sins of the people which called down upon them the reprehensions of the prophets and also of Jeremiah, with his fourfold Lamentations written in alphabetical order. I saw moreover in my own

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