History of the Britons (Historia Brittonum)

HISTORY OF THE BRITONS (HISTORIA BRITTONUM)

by Nennius

Translated by J. A. Giles

I. THE PROLOGUE.

1. Nennius, the lowly minister and servant of the servants of God, by the grace of God, disciple of St. Elbotus,* to all the followers of truth sendeth health.

* Or Elvod, bishop of Bangor, A.D. 755, who first adopted in the Cambrian church the new cycle for regulat...