Interpolations in Bede's Ecclesiastical History and Other Ancient Annals Affecting the Early History of Scotland and Ireland (Classic Reprint)

Book excerpt: Excerpt from Interpolations in Bede's Ecclesiastical History and Other Ancient Annals Affecting the Early History of Scotland and Ireland The Venerable Bede, author of the history before us was born in the year 673. There being some uncertain tv regarding the place of his birth, it will be necessary to endeavour to ascertain its true situation, especially a: it has a close relation to the subject on hand, for it i: possible he may be found to have been born near thl Firth of Forth. William of )ialmesbury says: Britaii contains in its remotest parts, bordering on Scotia, th: place of Bede's birth and education. Through the dis trict runs the'river Wira, of no mean width, and o tolerable rapidity.1 This is taken by modern writer. To refer to the borders of present Scotland, and the rive Wear in England. The ancient British name of th Forth, however, was and there are reasons f0 believing that this is one of the many instances of th. Transference of the history of places in the south 0 Scotland to England on account of the similarity of th ancient names of rivers, towns, &c., in the differen countries. In several cases this appears to have bee done designedly, as an opportunity will afterwards b taken to show. Mean while it will be sufficient to say that incidents which Fordun narrates as having take place on the north bank of the Forth, are transferred i' an apparently interpolated passage in one of Simeon c Durham's works, to the banks of the Wear in England. It may be remembered also that the mistake in Ptolemy. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.