"In this year [793] dire portents appeared over Northumbria and sorely frightened the people. They consisted of immens…"

"With Hengist, Saxons, Danes with Sueno came, In search of plunder, not in search of fame."

"Lie still! Thy mother-land herself Would know thee not again: no more The Raven from the northern shore Hails the bol…"

"Thorkill and Thorston from Jutland came To torture us Saxons with sword and flame."

"Bring me my armour, Sigurd, I'll die as my fathers died, Not like a wolf in a shepherd's trap, But in all a warrior's…"

"The land, though varied to a considerable extent in its aspect, is yet universally shagged with forests, or deformed …"

"No people are more addicted to divination by omens and lots. The latter is performed in the following simple manner. …"

"Germany is separated from Gaul, Rhaetia, and Pannonia by the rivers Rhine and Danube; from Sarmatia and Dacia by moun…"

"In the Rhine itself, nearly 100 miles in length, is the most famous island of the Batavi and the Canninefates, as als…"

"The people of Germany appear to me indigenous, and free from intermixture with foreigners, either as settlers or casu…"