commerce。　　The　Britons　were　once　very　populous；　and　exercised
  extensive　dominion　from　sea　to　sea。
  10。*　　Respecting　the　period　when　this　island　became　inhabited
  subsequently　to　the　flood；　I　have　seen　two　distinct　relations。
  According　to　the　annals　of　the　Roman　history；　the　Britons　deduce
  their　origin　both　from　the　Greeks　and　Romans。　　On　the　side　of　the
  mother；　from　Lavinia；　the　daughter　of　Latinus；　king　of　Italy；　and
  of　the　race　of　Silvanus；　the　son　of　Inachus；　the　son　of　Dardanus；
  who　was　the　son　of　Saturn；　king　of　the　Greeks；　and　who；　having
  possessed　himself　of　a　part　of　Asia；　built　the　city　of　Troy。
  Dardanus　was　the　father　of　Troius；　who　was　the　father　of　Priam　and
  Anchises；　Anchises　was　the　father　of　Aeneas；　who　was　the　father
  of　Ascanius　and　Silvius；　and　this　Silvius　was　the　son　of　Aeneas
  and　Lavinia；　the　daughter　of　the　king　of　Italy。　　From　the　sons
  of　Aeneas　and　Lavinia　descended　Romulus　and　Remus；　who　were　the
  sons　of　the　holy　queen　Rhea；　and　the　founders　of　Rome。　　Brutus
  was　consul　when　he　conquered　Spain；　and　reduced　that　country　to
  a　Roman　province。　　He　afterwards　subdued　the　island　of　Britain；
  whose　inhabitants　were　the　descendants　of　the　Romans；　from　Silvius
  Posthumus。　　He　was　called　Posthumus　because　he　was　born　after　the
  death　of　Aeneas　his　father；　and　his　mother　Lavinia　concealed
  herself　during　her　pregnancy；　he　was　called　Silvius；　because　he
  was　born　in　a　wood。　　Hence　the　Roman　kings　were　called　Silvan；
  and　the　Britons　from　Brutus；　and　rose　from　the　family　of　Brutus。
  *　The　whole　of　this；　as　far　as　the　end　of　the　paragraph；　is
  omitted　in　several　MSS。
  Aeneas；　after　the　Trojan　war；　arrived　with　his　son　in　Italy；　and
  Having　vanquished　Turnus；　married　Lavinia；　the　daughter　of　king
  Latinus；　who　was　the　son　of　Faunus；　the　son　of　Picus；　the　son　of
  Saturn。　　After　the　death　of　Latinus；　Aeneas　obtained　the　kingdom
  Of　the　Romans；　and　Lavinia　brought　forth　a　son；　who　was　named
  Silvius。　　Ascanius　founded　Alba；　and　afterwards　married。　　And
  Lavinia　bore　to　Aeneas　a　son；　named　Silvius；　but　Ascanius　＇1＇
  married　a　wife；　who　conceived　and　became　pregnant。　　And　Aeneas；
  having　been　informed　that　his　daughter…in…law　was　pregnant；　ordered
  his　son　to　send　his　magician　to　examine　his　wife；　whether　the　child
  conceived　were　male　or　female。　　The　magician　came　and　examined　the
  wife　and　pronounced　it　to　be　a　son；　who　should　become　the　most
  valiant　among　the　Italians；　and　the　most　beloved　of　all　men。　＇2＇
  In　consequence　of　this　prediction；　the　magician　was　put　to　death
  by　Ascanius；　but　it　happened　that　the　mother　of　the　child　dying
  at　its　birth；　he　was　named　Brutus；　ad　after　a　certain　interval；
  agreeably　to　what　the　magician　had　foretold；　whilst　he　was　playing
  with　some　others　he　shot　his　father　with　an　arrow；　not　intentionally
  but　by　accident。　＇3＇　　He　was；　for　this　cause；　expelled　from　Italy；
  and　came　to　the　islands　of　the　Tyrrhene　sea；　when　he　was　exiled
  on　account　of　the　death　of　Turnus；　slain　by　Aeneas。　　He　then　went
  among　the　Gauls；　and　built　the　city　of　the　Turones；　called　Turnis。　＇4＇
  At　length　he　came　to　this　island　named　from　him　Britannia；　dwelt
  there；　and　filled　it　with　his　own　descendants；　and　it　has　been
  inhabited　from　that　time　to　the　present　period。
  ＇1＇　Other　MSS。　Silvius。
  ＇2＇　V。R。　Who　should　slay　his　father　and　mother；　and　be　hated　by
  all　mankind。
  ＇3＇　V。R。　He　displayed　such　superiority　among　his　play…fellows；
  that　they　seemed　to　consider　him　as　their　chief。
  ＇4＇　Tours。
  11。　Aeneas　reigned　over　the　Latins　three　years；　Ascanius　thirty
  three　years；　after　whom　Silvius　reigned　twelve　years；　and　Posthumus
  thirty…nine　*　years：　the　latter；　from　whom　the　kings　of　Alba　are
  called　Silvan；　was　brother　to　Brutus；　who　governed　Britain　at　the
  time　Eli　the　high…priest　judged　Israel；　and　when　the　ark　of　the
  covenant　was　taken　by　a　foreign　people。　　But　Posthumus　his　brother
  reigned　among　the　Latins。
  *　V。R。　Thirty…seven。
  12。　After　an　interval　of　not　less　than　eight　hundred　years；　came
  the　Picts；　and　occupied　the　Orkney　Islands：　whence　they　laid　waste
  many　regions；　and　seized　those　on　the　left　hand　side　of　Britain；
  where　they　still　remain；　keeping　possession　of　a　third　part　of
  Britain　to　this　day。　*
  *　See　Bede's　Eccles。　Hist。
  13。　Long　after　this；　the　Scots　arrived　in　Ireland　from　Spain。
  The　first　that　came　was　Partholomus；＇1＇　with　a　thousand　men　and
  women；　these　increased　to　four　thousand；　but　a　mortality　coming
  suddenly　upon　them；　they　all　perished　in　one　week。　　The　second
  was　Nimech；　the　son　of。。。；＇2＇　who；　according　to　report；　after
  having　been　at　sea　a　year　and　a　half；　and　having　his　ships　shat…
  tered；　arrived　at　a　port　in　Ireland；　and　continuing　there　several
  years；　returned　at　length　with　his　followers　to　Spain。　　After　these
  came　three　sons　of　a　Spanish　soldier　with　thirty　ships；　each　of
  which　contained　thirty　wives；　and　having　remained　there　during　the
  space　of　a　year；　there　appeared　to　them；　in　the　middle　of　the　sea；
  a　tower　of　glass；　the　summit　of　which　seemed　covered　with　men；　to
  whom　they　often　spoke；　but　received　no　answer。　　At　length　they
  determined　to　besiege　the　tower；　and　after　a　year's　preparation；
  advanced　towards　it；　with　the　whole　number　of　their　ships；　and　all
  the　women；　one　ship　only　excepted；　which　had　been　wrecked；　and　in
  which　were　thirty　men；　and　as　many　women；　but　when　all　had　disem…
  barked　on　the　shore　which　surrounded　the　tower；　the　sea　opened　and
  swallowed　them　up。　　Ireland；　however；　was　peopled；　to　the　present
  period；　from　the　family　remaining　in　the　vessel　which　was　wrecked。
  Afterwards；　other　came　from　Spain；　and　possessed　themselves　of
  various　parts　of　Britain。
  ＇1＇　V。R。　Partholomaeus；　or　Bartholomaeus。
  ＇2＇　A　blank　is　here　in　the　MS。　　Agnomen　is　found　in　some　of　the
  others。
  14。　Last　of　all　came　one　Hoctor；＇1＇　who　continued　there；　and　whose
  descendants　remain　there　to　this　day。　　Istoreth；　the　son　of
  Istorinus；　with　his　followers；　held　Dalrieta；　Buile　had　the　island
  Eubonia；　and　other　adjacent　places。　　The　sons　of　Liethali＇2＇　obtained
  the　country　of　the　dimetae；　where　is　a　city　called　Menavia；＇3＇　and
  the　province　Guiher　and　Cetgueli；　＇4＇　which　they　held　till　they
  were　expelled　from　every　part　of　Britain；　by　Cunedda　and　his　sons。
  ＇1＇　V。R。　Damhoctor；　Clamhoctor；　and　Elamhoctor。
  ＇2＇　V。R。　Liethan；　Bethan；　Vethan。
  ＇3＇　St。　David's。
  ＇4＇　Guiher；　probably　the　Welsh　district　Gower。　　Cetgueli　is　Caer
  Kidwelly；　in　Carmarthenshire。
  15。　According　to　the　most　learned　among　the　Scots；　if　any　one
  desires　　to　learn　what　I　am　now　going　to　state；　Ireland　was　a
  desert；　and　uninhabited；　when　the　children　of　Israel　crossed　the
  Red　Sea；　in　which；　as　we　read　in　the　Book　of　the　Law；　the　Egyptians
  who　followed　them　were　drowned。　　At　that　period；　there　lived　among
  this　people；　with　a　numerous　family；　a　Scythian　of　noble　birth；
  who　had　been　banished　from　his　country　and　did　not　go　to　pursue
  the　people　of　God。　　The　Egyptians　who　were　left；　seeing　the
  destruction　of　the　great　men　of　their　nation；　and　fearing　lest　he
  should　possess　himself　of　their　territory；　took　counsel　together；
  and　expelled　him。　　Thus　reduced；　he　wandered　forty…two　years　in
  Africa；　and　arrived；　with　his　family；　at　the　altars　of　the　Philis…
  tines；　by　the　Lake　of　Osiers。　　Then　passing　between　Rusicada　and
  the　hilly　country　of　Syria；　they　travelled　by　the　river　Malva
  through　Mauritania　as　far　as　the　Pillars　of　Hercules；　and　crossing
  the　Tyrrhene　Sea；　landed　in　Spain；　where　they　continued　many　years；
  having　greatly　increased　and　multiplied。　　Thence；　a　thousand　and
  two　years　after　the　Egyptians　were　lost　in　the　Red　Sea；　they　passed
  into　Ireland；　and　the　district　of　Dalrieta。*　At　that　period；　Brutus；
  who　first　exercised　the　consular　office；　reigned　over　the　Romans；
  and　the　state；　which　before　was　governed　by　regal　power；　was
  afterwards　ruled；　during　four　hundred　and　forty…seven　years；　by
  consuls；　tribunes　of　the　people；　and　dictators。
  *　North…western　part　of　Antrim　in　Ulster。
  The　Britons　came　to　Britain　in　the　third　age　of　the　world；　and　in
  the　fourth；　the　Scots　took　possession　of　Ireland。
  The　Britons　who；　suspecting　no　hostilities；　were　unprovided　with
  the　means　of　defence；　were　unanimously　and　incessantly　attacked；
  both　by　the　Scots　from　the　west；　and　by　the　Picts　from　the　north。
  A　long　interval　after　this；　the　Romans　obtained　the　empire　of　the
  world。
  16。　From　the　first　arrival　of　the　Saxons　into　Britain；　to　the
  fourth　year　of　king　Mermenus；　are　computed　four　hundred　and　twenty
  eight　years；　from　the　nativity　of　our　Lord　to　the　coming　of　St。
  Patrick　among　the　Scots；　four　hundred　and　five　years；　from　the
  death　of　St。　Patrick　to　that　of　St。　Bridget；　forty　years；　and　from
  the　birth　of　Columeille＇1＇　to　the　death　of　St　Bridget　four　years。＇2＇
  ＇1＇　V。R。　Columba。
  ＇2＇　Some　MSS。　add；　the　beginning　of　the　calculation　is　23　cycles
  of　19　years　from　the　incarnation　of　our　Lord　to　the　arrival　of
  St。　Patrick　in　Ireland；　and　they　make　438　years。　　And　from　the
  arrival　of　St。　Patrick　to　the　cycle　of　19　years　in　which　we　live
  are　22　cycles；　which　make　421　years。
  17。　I　have　learned　another　account　of　this　Brutus　from　the　ancient
  books　of　our　ancestors。*　After　the　deluge；　the　three　sons　of　Noah
  severally　occupied　three　different　parts　of　the　ea