Lazamons Brut, or Chronicle of Britain, Vol. 1

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Excerpt from Lazamons Brut, or Chronicle of Britain, Vol. 1: A Poetical Semi-Saxon Paraphrase of the Brut of Wace, Now First Published From the Cottonian Manuscripts in the British Museum, Accompanied by a Literal Translation, Notes, and a Grammatical Glossary In some few instances Iagamon has purposely omitted passages of the French original, but in general they are very short and insignificant. The most striking are - the notice of the death of Labienus, vol. I. P. 323, a string of nautical terms, vol. Iii. P. 32, the account of King Bitons mantle, trimmed with the beards of vanquished monarchs, vol. Iii. P. 37, and the legend respecting the disposition of Cadwalans corpse within a brazen figure, vol. I1i. P. 277. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.