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Far back, the Near Greeklands belonged to us alone.<ref>The coastal areas of southern Italy were referred to as [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magna_Graecia Magna Graecia] (Greater Greece) by the Romans. There is still an ethnic minority called ‘Grecani’ or the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Griko_people ‘Griko’ people].</ref> But, from time immemorial, descendants of Lyda and Finda have also settled there. Of the latter, a whole host eventually came from Troy. (Troy was the name of a city that was conquered and destroyed by the folk of the Far Greeklands.) After the Trojans had nestled in the Near Greeklands, with time and vigor they built a bastion of walls and towers, named Rome — meaning: ‘expansive’ and ‘renowned’.<ref>‘Rome — meaning: ‘expansive’ or ‘renowned’’ (<span class="fryas">ROME THAT IS RUM</span>) — <span class="fryas">RUM</span> can either suggest expansive (Dutch: ‘ruim’) or renowned/fame, famous (Dutch: ‘roem’, ‘beroemd’).</ref> When that was done, this folk succeeded through deceit and force in mastering all the land. | Far back, the Near Greeklands belonged to us alone.<ref>The coastal areas of southern Italy were referred to as [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magna_Graecia Magna Graecia] (Greater Greece) by the Romans. There is still an ethnic minority called ‘Grecani’ or the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Griko_people ‘Griko’ people].</ref> But, from time immemorial, descendants of Lyda and Finda have also settled there. Of the latter, a whole host eventually came from Troy. (Troy was the name of a city that was conquered and destroyed by the folk of the Far Greeklands.) After the Trojans had nestled in the Near Greeklands, with time and vigor they built a bastion of walls and towers, named Rome — meaning: ‘expansive’ and ‘renowned’.<ref>‘Rome — meaning: ‘expansive’ or ‘renowned’’ (<span class="fryas">ROME THAT IS RUM</span>) — <span class="fryas">RUM</span> can either suggest expansive (Dutch: ‘ruim’) or renowned/fame, famous (Dutch: ‘roem’, ‘beroemd’).</ref> When that was done, this folk succeeded through deceit and force in mastering all the land. | ||
The folk living on the south coast of the Middle Sea mostly originate from Phoenicia. The Phoenicians are a debased folk; a mix of Frya’s blood and Finda’s blood, '''[[200|[200]]]''' and of Lyda’s blood. The Lyda folk are there as slaves, but through the lewdness of the women, the black men have bastardized all other folk and dyed them brown. This Phoenician folk and the Romans fight constantly for rule over the Middle Sea, and they live in enmity with one another.<ref>Probably referring to the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punic_Wars Punic Wars] | The folk living on the south coast of the Middle Sea mostly originate from Phoenicia. The Phoenicians are a debased folk; a mix of Frya’s blood and Finda’s blood, '''[[200|[200]]]''' and of Lyda’s blood. The Lyda folk are there as slaves, but through the lewdness of the women, the black men have bastardized all other folk and dyed them brown. This Phoenician folk and the Romans fight constantly for rule over the Middle Sea, and they live in enmity with one another.<ref>Probably referring to the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punic_Wars Punic Wars].</ref> | ||
And the Roman priests, who desire to have sole rule over the realm of Earth, cannot abide the Gola. First they wrested Massalia from the Phoenicians, then all lands south, west, and north of it, as well as the southern part of Britannia. Everywhere, they expelled the Phoenician priests, known as the Gola. In this way, thousands of Gola were compelled to flee to North Britannia. | And the Roman priests, who desire to have sole rule over the realm of Earth, cannot abide the Gola. First they wrested Massalia from the Phoenicians, then all lands south, west, and north of it, as well as the southern part of Britannia. Everywhere, they expelled the Phoenician priests, known as the Gola. In this way, thousands of Gola were compelled to flee to North Britannia. | ||
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Z. Era of Askar
Streams of Blood
198.19 In the mountainous, northernmost part of Britannia, a ‘skots’ (or ‘rough’) folk dwells,[1] mostly of Frya's blood. Half of them stem from the Kelta-Followers, the rest from exiled and banned men who, over time, have taken refuge there from the tin mines. All those from the tin mines have wives who are foreign, or of foreign descent. All are under the power of the Gola. Their weapons are wooden bows and javelins pointed with antler or [199] flint. Their houses are of sod and straw, and some of them live in mountain caves. Sheep they have stolen are their only wealth. Among the descendants of the Kelta-Followers, some still have iron weapons inherited from their ancestors.
To be well understood, I must now interrupt my story of the Skots and write something about the Near Greeklands:
Far back, the Near Greeklands belonged to us alone.[2] But, from time immemorial, descendants of Lyda and Finda have also settled there. Of the latter, a whole host eventually came from Troy. (Troy was the name of a city that was conquered and destroyed by the folk of the Far Greeklands.) After the Trojans had nestled in the Near Greeklands, with time and vigor they built a bastion of walls and towers, named Rome — meaning: ‘expansive’ and ‘renowned’.[3] When that was done, this folk succeeded through deceit and force in mastering all the land.
The folk living on the south coast of the Middle Sea mostly originate from Phoenicia. The Phoenicians are a debased folk; a mix of Frya’s blood and Finda’s blood, [200] and of Lyda’s blood. The Lyda folk are there as slaves, but through the lewdness of the women, the black men have bastardized all other folk and dyed them brown. This Phoenician folk and the Romans fight constantly for rule over the Middle Sea, and they live in enmity with one another.[4]
And the Roman priests, who desire to have sole rule over the realm of Earth, cannot abide the Gola. First they wrested Massalia from the Phoenicians, then all lands south, west, and north of it, as well as the southern part of Britannia. Everywhere, they expelled the Phoenician priests, known as the Gola. In this way, thousands of Gola were compelled to flee to North Britannia.
Until recently, the supreme Gol resided there at the burg named Kearenek (‘chosen corner’), also called Kearenherne (‘chosen horn’),[5] whence he issued his commands to all the other Gola and where all their gold was hoarded. Kearenherne — or Kearenek — is a stone burg that once belonged to Kelta, which is why the maidens of the descendants of the Kelta-Followers wanted it back. Thus, due to the resentment between the maidens and the Gola, feud and strife [201] entered the hill country, bringing murder and flame in their wake.
Our navigators were wont to go there to obtain wool in exchange for prepared hides and linen. Askar had often joined them. Secretly, he forged alliances with the maidens and some nobles, promising that he would expel the Gola from Kearenek. At his next visit, he brought iron helmets and stout bows for the nobles and bravest men. War came with him and, ere long, streams of blood flowed down the slopes of the hills.
When Askar believed his chance had come, he went with forty ships and took Kearenek and captured the supreme Gol, along with all his gold. The folk with whom he fought the mercenaries of the Gola he had lured from the Saxonmarks with promises of great spoils of war and booty. Thus, nothing was left to the Gola.
After that, he took two islands as a base for his ships, from which he later went out to plunder all the Phoenician ships and cities he could reach. When he returned, he brought with him nearly six hundred of the strongest young men from the Skots mountain folk, saying they were given him as a guarantee [202] that their parents would remain loyal to him. But that was a lie. He kept them as guards at his court, where they received daily training in riding and the use of various weapons.
Notes
- ↑ SKOTS is elsewhere used in the meaning ‘coarse’ or ‘indecent’; in Dutch ‘schots’ can also mean messy or wrong.
- ↑ The coastal areas of southern Italy were referred to as Magna Graecia (Greater Greece) by the Romans. There is still an ethnic minority called ‘Grecani’ or the ‘Griko’ people.
- ↑ ‘Rome — meaning: ‘expansive’ or ‘renowned’’ (ROME THAT IS RUM) — RUM can either suggest expansive (Dutch: ‘ruim’) or renowned/fame, famous (Dutch: ‘roem’, ‘beroemd’).
- ↑ Probably referring to the Punic Wars.
- ↑ ‘Kearenek’ (KÉRENÀK) — this name may be related to Carnac on the south coast of Brittany (France) and Karnak in Egypt.
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