publicly charged by St. Germanus and the clergy in the sight of God, he betook himself to flight; and, that deserted and a wanderer, he sought a place of refuge, till broken hearted, he made an ignominious end.
Some accounts state, that the earth opened and swallowed him up, on the night his castle was burned; as no remains were discovered the following morning, either of him, or of those who were burned with him.
He had three sons: the eldest was Vortimer, who, as we have seen, fought four times against the Saxons, and put them to flight; the second Categirn, who was slain in the same battle with Horsa; the third was Pascent, who reigned in the two provinces Builth and Guorthegirnaim,[1] after the death of his father. These were granted him by Ambrosius, who was the great king among the kings of Britain. The fourth was Faustus, born of an incestuous marriage with his daughter, who was brought up and educated by St. Germanus. He built a large monastery on the banks of the river Renis, called after his name, and which remains to the present period.[2]
§ 49.This is the genealogy of Vortigern, which goes back to Fernvail,[3] who reigned in the kingdom of Guorthegirnaim,[4] and was the son of Teudor; Teudor was the son of Pascent; Pascent of Guoidcant; Guoidcant of Moriud; Moriud of Eltat; Eltate of Eldoc; Eldoc of Paul; Paul of Meuprit; Meuprit of Braciat; Braciat of Pascent; Pascent of Guorthegirn; Guorthegirn of Guortheneu; Guortheneu of Guitaul; Guitaul of Guitolion; Guitolion of Gloui. Bonus, Paul, Mauron, Guotelin, were four brothers, who built Gloiuda, a great city upon the banks of the river Severn, and in British is called Cair Gloui, in Saxon, Gloucester. Enough has been said of Vortigern.
§ 50.St. Germanus, after his death, returned into his own country.
[5]At that time, the Saxons greatly increased in Britain,
- ↑ In the northern part of the present counties of Radnor and Brecknock.
- ↑ V.R. The MSS. add, 'and he had one daughter, who was the mother of St. Faustus.
- ↑ Fernvail, or Farinmail, appears to have been king of Gwent or Monmouth.
- ↑ V.R. 'Two provinces, Builth and Guorthegirnaim.'
- ↑ V.R. All this to the word 'Amen,' in other MSS. is placed after the legend of St. Patrick.
