| Carradoc Of Lhancarvan - 1697 - 492 pages
...Complaints to &tius in thefe Tragical Words ; To jEtius thrice Conful, the Groans of the Britains : the Barbarians drive us to 'the Sea, and the Sea drives us back, to them ; andfo, diftrafled betwixt two Deaths, toe are either drowned, or. perijh by the Stoord. But... | |
| Isaac Kimber - 1722 - 656 pages
...Words: ' To ALtius thrice They addrdi Conful, the Groans of the Britains. The Barbarians *™>fck'« drive us to the Sea, and the Sea drives us back to the Bar- L^n^T* barians; fo that we muft either be Cain by the one or in vain.. . drowned by the other... | |
| William Blennerhassett - 1751 - 1018 pages
...dstius, then in GYJ«/, the Roman Emperor, in the following Manner : " We " kcow not what Way to turn us. The " Barbarians drive us to the Sea ; and the " Sea drives us back to the Barbarians, " Thus of the two kinds of Death, always " preient before our Eyes, one or the other " muft be our... | |
| Sharon Turner - 1823 - 1256 pages
...country becoming but the residence of wild animals ; of the antithetical letter to JEtins in Gaul, " the barbarians drive us to the sea, and the sea drives us back to the barbarians ; so that between the two we must be either .slaughtered or drowned ; " of part of the natives enslaving... | |
| Thomas Walker Horsfield - 1824 - 496 pages
...service, whilst the continental auxiliaries would be employed in their armies here. 1 " To JEtiuii thrice Consul— THE GROANS OF THE BRITONS : — "...sea, and the sea drives us back to the barbarians ; so that between both we are reduced to the wretched alter8 " Thus then was Britaine first made weake... | |
| Isaac Taylor - 1824 - 288 pages
...be won. The oppressed Britons at first entreated the Romans to return back and help them ; saying, " the barbarians drive us to the sea, and the sea drives us back upon the barbarians." Rome, however, was too busily employed to assist them. Vortigern at last begged... | |
| T. Comerford - 1826 - 626 pages
...and wrote a very moving letter to JStius then in Gaul: "We know not (say they) what, course to steer. The barbarians drive us to the sea, and the sea drives us back to the barbarians. Thus, of two kinds of death, always in our view, one or other must be chosen, either to be swallowed... | |
| George Buchanan, James Aikman - 1827 - 710 pages
...thus, ' To ./Etius, thrice consul, the groans of the Britons ;' and a little after, complaining, ' The barbarians drive us to the sea, and the sea drives us back to the bar-? barians, leaving us, only, the choice of being put to the sword, or drowned: nor have we any... | |
| Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) - 436 pages
...Aetius.' The contents of this letter were answerable to the direction. ' The barbarians (say they) drive us to the sea; and the sea drives us back to the barbarians; between which we have only the choice of two deaths, either to be swallowed up by the waves, or to be cruelly... | |
| Mrs. Markham - 1829 - 452 pages
...help them; and I will repeat to you the letter they wrote to ^Etius, the governor of Gaul. " To Mtius, thrice Consul. The groans of the Britons. The Barbarians drive us to the sea. The sea throws us back on the swords of the Barbarians : so we have nothing left but the wretched choice... | |
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