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The Irish version of the Historia Britonum of Nennius (Author: [unknown])

Historia 32

Britinia insola occiani cui riondam Olbiian nocrat, ocht. c. m. ceimenn ina fad .cc. ina leithead, ina timceall imorro .i. u.m. uii. mogat fo h-ocht ceathracha. Ocht cathraca .xx. it indti, & .u. berla, .i. Saxain berla, & berla Breatan, & berla Cruitneach, & Gaedelg, & Laidean.

Anno .xl. ante natiuitatem Christi .i. ceatracha bliadan ria n-gein Crist, tanig Galus in inis Breatan co fargaib a longa & a sloig in ced feacht, & co fargaib Labianus tribrs rucsom fodeoig gialla indsi Breatan.

Cluids Ceissir in ceathhramad rig iar n-Iuil tanig a n-inis Breatan co h-Inis Orc.

Ab incarndatione Domini clui. Marcus Antonus cona brathair .i. Luicido Aurilio Commodo creidim inis Breatan.

Aib incarnatioine Domini .clxxx.ix. Seuerus Affer Tripolotanus tanig a n-inis Breatan. Leipis ainm na cathrach is in Afraic,


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in xuii. rig iar n-Iuil; is do do ronad clad Saxan; adbath a Cair Abrog. Da mac oca Basianus & Geta. Ba seisid ro gab in rigi, ainm do Anton.

Ab incarnatioine Domini iar n-Iul .cc.lxxx.ui. Dioclistan in treas rig ar trichad iar n-Iuil, & Maximin, tanig in n-inis Breatan. Is na h-aimsir ro gab Carausius rigi Breatan .uii. m-bliadna conad ro marb Alectus, co ro gab sidein rigi, tri m-bliadan, conad ro marb Asclipidotus, & ba rig side re .x. m-bliadan. Dioclisten i n-airter in domain ac ingreim na Cristaige, & Maiscimen ina h-iarthar.

Is in ingrim seo for doman Albain Naem & Aron & Iuil aircindeach catrach Leigonum as an amsir sea adbath.

Constanst ri Breatan athair Constantin mic Eiline .i. carat ban Constanndin, ro scrib Eotrobus conad ann ro gab Constantin rigi ar tus, a n-inis Breatan; daig ro gab a n-athair flatius Franc & Espaine i m-beathaid Dioclistein.

Ab incarnatioine .ccc.lx.iii. Gradianus cetracha rig o Iuil. Is na h-aimsir sidein ro gab araile Maxim rigi Breatan.


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Ab incarnatione Domini .cccc.xc.iiii. Arcatusi rigi in domain .i. Toetais in treas rig cetracha iar n-Augustus. Pilacius Brit do gabail irrsi, & do togail na Cristaide.

Ab incarndatioine .G. cccc.ui. Cetri bliadna cetrachad regsin de bliadnaib o h-Eolair rig na n-Gaeth rigad Gradian coraid a m-Breatnaib, & iardain Constanntin iarsin ri o amain incora ina ais o indracus conad ro marb Consatinus comaes tre forconra Honorii. Tanic Constans a mac a mancainde ro gab rigi.

Ro bris tra Roim iardain in milisimo .c. lx. iiii m-bliadan o ro cumtaitead; is e sin crich flathusa Roman for inis Breatan iar .cccc.lxx. bliadan, o ra gab n-Iuil inis Breatan, res dibadar Romanaig imm a miltneach, & nir fargaibseat ogbaid no aes eagna indte, & rugsat Romanaig, & nir legseat uadaib etir. Is airisin do ronsat Gaedil & Cruithnig no da cined comfocraib isen bruid & creith.

Do cuas o Breatnaib co n-ebairt lib co Romancu ar daig cobartha, & durucht milnech calma cuccu dar in n-insi ruacht


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Cruthneach & Gaedelu; & do cuadar dia dig iardain. Fo cedoir tangadar namaid & ro tumseatar Breatain amail gortabaid.

Ro faidit na techtaire do aris & do rocht legon do cobair Breatan, & ro caithaigseat fria naibdib Breatan & ro h-atnaigit in clad leo do rig in dala Seuerus; ba do cladaib in fecht sin .i. uii. traigte na leite & .xii. ina airde o muir co muir; a fotim da fuair, & daingniugid amail na tisdis doris dia cobair & lodar as.

Od cualadar Gaedil & Cruithnig amail cona alta fo cairdib do cuadar futib.

Ab incarnaitione .cccc. xx. iii. Teothas iunior post Honorium in ceathramad rig .xl. iar n-Augustus.