The Description of Wales. Cambrensis Giraldus

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      Published by Good Press, 2019

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      Table of Contents

       BOOK I

       CHAPTER I OF THE LENGTH AND BREADTH OF WALES, THE NATURE OF ITS SOIL, AND THE THREE REMAINING TRIBES OF BRITONS

       CHAPTER II OF THE ANCIENT DIVISION OF WALES INTO THREE PARTS

       CHAPTER III GENEALOGY OF THE PRINCES OF WALES

       CHAPTER IV HOW MANY CANTREDS, ROYAL PALACES, AND CATHEDRALS THERE ARE IN WALES

       CHAPTER V OF THE TWO MOUNTAINS FROM WHICH THE NOBLE RIVERS WHICH DIVIDE WALES SPRING

       CHAPTER VI CONCERNING THE PLEASANTNESS AND FERTILITY OF WALES

       CHAPTER VII ORIGIN OF THE NAMES CAMBRIA AND WALES

       CHAPTER VIII CONCERNING THE NATURE, MANNERS, AND DRESS, THE BOLDNESS, AGILITY, AND COURAGE, OF THIS NATION

       CHAPTER IX OF THEIR SOBER SUPPER AND FRUGALITY

       CHAPTER X OF THEIR HOSPITALITY AND LIBERALITY

       CHAPTER XI CONCERNING THEIR CUTTING OF THEIR HAIR, THEIR CARE OF THEIR TEETH, AND SHAVING OF THEIR BEARD

       CHAPTER XII OF THEIR QUICKNESS AND SHARPNESS OF UNDERSTANDING

       CHAPTER XIII OF THEIR SYMPHONIES AND SONGS

       CHAPTER XIV THEIR WIT AND PLEASANTRY

       CHAPTER XV THEIR BOLDNESS AND CONFIDENCE IN SPEAKING

       CHAPTER XVI CONCERNING THE SOOTHSAYERS OF THIS NATION, AND PERSONS AS IT WERE POSSESSED

       CHAPTER XVII THEIR LOVE OF HIGH BIRTH AND ANCIENT GENEALOGY

       CHAPTER XVIII OF THE ANTIQUITY OF THEIR FAITH, THEIR LOVE OF CHRISTIANITY AND DEVOTION

       BOOK II

       PREFACE

       CHAPTER I OF THE INCONSTANCY AND INSTABILITY OF THIS NATION, AND THEIR WANT OF REVERENCE FOR GOOD FAITH AND OATHS

       CHAPTER II THEIR LIVING BY PLUNDER, AND DISREGARD OF THE BONDS OF PEACE AND FRIENDSHIP

       CHAPTER III OF THEIR DEFICIENCY IN BATTLE, AND BASE AND DISHONOURABLE FLIGHT

       CHAPTER IV THEIR AMBITIOUS SEIZURE OF LANDS, AND DISSENSIONS AMONG BROTHERS

       CHAPTER V THEIR GREAT EXACTION, AND WANT OF MODERATION

       CHAPTER VI CONCERNING THE CRIME OF INCEST, AND THE ABUSE OF CHURCHES BY SUCCESSION AND PARTICIPATION

       CHAPTER VII OF THEIR SINS, AND THE CONSEQUENT LOSS OF BRITAIN AND OF TROY

       CHAPTER VIII IN WHAT MANNER THIS NATION IS TO BE OVERCOME

       CHAPTER IX IN WHAT MANNER WALES, WHEN CONQUERED, SHOULD BE GOVERNED

       CHAPTER X IN WHAT MANNER THIS NATION MAY RESIST AND REVOLT