Note 029
I shall copy his characteristic or flattering
epithets of the different countries of Europe:
Furens ac
fervens ad arma Germania, strenuae militiae genitrix et
alumna Francia, bellicosa et audax Hispania, virtuosa viris
et classe munita fertilis Anglia, impetuosis bellatoribus
referta Alemannia, navalis Dacia, indomita Italia, pacis
ignara Burgundia, inquieta Apulia, cum maris Graeci,
Adriatici et Tyrrheni insulis pyraticis et invictis, Cretâ,
Cypro, Siciliâ, cum Oceano conterminis insulis, et
regionibus, cruenta Hybernia, cum agili Wallia palustris
Scotia, glacialis Norwegia, suam electam militiam sub
vexillo Crucis destinabunt, &c. (Matthew Paris, p. 498.)
The History Of The Decline And
Fall Of The Roman Empire
—Fall In The East
—Chapter 64