| |
| | Nennius5a |
 | | When Hengist was dead, Octha, his son, passed over from the northern part of Britain to the kingdom of 75 the Kentishmen and from him are sprung the kings of the Kentishmen. |
 | | and the kingdom was never renewed in his stock, because none of his race escaped from that battle, but they were all slain with him by the army of Catguollaun, king of the region of Gwynedd. |
 | | Hengist is a supposititious figure, possibly added from Bede (ii, 5), who also says, “Æthelbert was the son of Eormenric, whose father was Octa, whose father was Oeric, surnamed Oisc, from whom the Kings of Kent are often called Oiscingas.” The last statement is basic for a study of the foundations of the Kentish kingdom. |
| www.elfinspell.com /Nennius5a.html (1516 words) |
|