17. I
have learned another account of this Brutus from the ancient
books of our ancestors.1 After the deluge, the
three sons of Noah severally occupied three different parts
of the earth: Shem extended his borders into Asia, Ham into
Africa, and Japheth in Europe. The first
man that dwelt in Europe was Alanus, with his three sons,
Hisicion, Armenon, and Neugio. Hisicion had four sons,
Francus, Romanus, Alamanus, and Brutus. Armenon had five
sons, Gothus, Valagothus, Cibidus, Burgundus, and
Longobardus. Neugio had three sons, Vandalus, Saxo, and
Boganus. From Hisicion arose four nations--the Franks, the
Latins, the Germans, and Britons: from Armenon, the Gothi,
Balagothi, Cibidi, Burgundi, and Longobardi: from Neugio,
the Bogari, Vandali, Saxones, and Tarinegi. The whole of
Europe was subdivided into these tribes. Alanus is
said to have been the son of Fethuir;2 Fethuir,
the son of Ogomuin, who was the son of Thoi; Thoi was the
son of Boibus, Boibus of Semion, Semion of Mair, Mair of
Ecthactus, Ecthactus of Aurthack, Aurthack of Ethec, Ethec
of Ooth, Ooth of Aber, Aber of Ra, Ra of Esraa, Esraa of
Hisrau, Hisrau of Bath, Bath of Jobath, Jobath of Joham,
Joham of Japheth, Japheth of Noah, Noah of Lamech, Lamech of
Mathusalem, Mathusalem of Enoch, Enoch of Jared, Jared of
Malalehel, Malalehel of Cainan, Cainan of Enos, Enos of
Seth, Seth of Adam, and Adam was formed by the living God.
We have obtained this information respecting the original
inhabitants of Britain from ancient tradition. 18. The
Britons were thus called from Brutus: Brutus was the son of
Hisicion, Hisicion was the son of Alanus, Alanus was the son
of Rhea Silvia, Fhea Silvia was the daughter of Numa
Pompilius, Numa was the son of Ascanius, Ascanius of Eneas,
Eneas of Anchises, Anchises of Troius, Troius of Dardanus,
Dardanus of Flisa, Flisa of Juuin, Juuin of Japheth; but
Japheth had seven sons; from the first named Gomer,
descended the Galli; from the second, Magog, the Scythi and
Gothi; from the third, Madian, the Medi; from the fourth,
Juuan, the Greeks; from the fifth, Tubal, arose the Hebrei,
Hispani, and Itali; from the sixth, Mosoch, sprung the
Cappadoces; and from the seventh, named Tiras, descended the
Thraces: these are the sons of Japheth, the son of Noah, the
son of Lamech. 1 This
proves the tradition of Brutus to be older than
Geoffrey or Tyssilio, unless these notices of
Brutus have been interpolated in the original work
of Nennius. 2 This
genealogy is different in almost all the
MSS. The
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