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'''F. Minno’s Writings'''

'''3. Crete'''

'''[[039|39.05]]''' Third part of Minno’s writings: 

:When I had thus set sail with my people from Athenia, we finally landed on an island, which my people named Crete because of the wild cries that the inhabitants raised on our arrival.<ref>‘cries’ (<span class="fryas">KRÉTA</span>) — Dutch: kreten (noun plural), from verb krijten (to cry).</ref> But when they saw that we had not come to wage war, they calmed down, so that I could eventually trade a boat with iron goods for a harbor and a piece of land.<ref>Compare [[EN029.12 Precedents|'''29.12''']], precedent 1.</ref> 

:When we had been settled there for a while and they realized that we had no slaves, they were amazed. But once I had explained to them that we had laws by which everyone is judged equally, the people wanted to have such laws too. No sooner had they established them, however, but the whole land was plunged into chaos.

:The princes and priests came and charged that we had made their people unruly, and the folk came to us for aid and protection. But when the princes saw that they were about to lose their dominion, they granted their folk freedom and came to ask me for a book of laws. However, these folk were not used to freedom, and the masters continued ruling as they saw fit.

:When the storm had passed, they began to sow discord among us. They told my folk that I had called on their help to become a permanent king.<ref>Compare other examples of slander, for example '''[[EN033.22 Minerva|34.11]]''' and '''[[EN033.22 Minerva|39.04]]'''.</ref> '''[[040|[040]]]''' Once, I found poison in my meat. So when it chanced that a ship from the Flee sailed among us, I quietly took my leave.

: My own experiences aside, with these stories I wish merely to show that we should not live side-by-side with Finda’s folk, from wherever they may be, because they are full of false tricks, as much to be feared as their sweet wines with deadly venom.

The end of Minno’s writings.

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Chapter F: [[F Sandbach|Sandbach 1876]]

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