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The Legend Of The Introduction Of Masons Into England.
indulges , and the fables that he is so fond of relating , adds some information as to matters of building . It is stated * that his history was a translation from that written in the Welsh language by Saint Tysilio who flourished A . D . 660-680 . In the work by Geoffory of Monmouth Ave readf of a castle being
again fortified ; that a city [ London ] was built by the imaginary King Brutus , which he called New TroyJ , " But afterwards , when Lud , the brother of Cassibellaun , Avho made war against Julius Caasar , obtained government of the kingdom , he surrounded it with stately Avails , and towers of admirable AA orkmauship , & c . "—that at a
vault § " under the River Sore , in Leicester , and which had been built originally under the ground to the honour of the God Janus "" all the workmen of the city j | upon the anniversary solemnity of that festival used [ here ] to be begin their yearly labours . " ^* At the time Belinus is said to have been king of Britain ** he
" summoned all the Avorkmen [ operarios ] of the island , together , and commanded them to pave a causeway of stone and mortar [ viam ex cceniento et lapidibus fabricari ] which should run the Avhole length of the island "f f from Cornwall to Caithness . He is also said to have built ^ cities and " a gate of wonderful structure in
Trinovantum [ London ] , upon the banks of the Thames , which the citizens after him name Billingsgate to this day . " Over it he built a prodigiously large tower . §§ His son || || ornamented the city of Legions
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
The Legend Of The Introduction Of Masons Into England.
indulges , and the fables that he is so fond of relating , adds some information as to matters of building . It is stated * that his history was a translation from that written in the Welsh language by Saint Tysilio who flourished A . D . 660-680 . In the work by Geoffory of Monmouth Ave readf of a castle being
again fortified ; that a city [ London ] was built by the imaginary King Brutus , which he called New TroyJ , " But afterwards , when Lud , the brother of Cassibellaun , Avho made war against Julius Caasar , obtained government of the kingdom , he surrounded it with stately Avails , and towers of admirable AA orkmauship , & c . "—that at a
vault § " under the River Sore , in Leicester , and which had been built originally under the ground to the honour of the God Janus "" all the workmen of the city j | upon the anniversary solemnity of that festival used [ here ] to be begin their yearly labours . " ^* At the time Belinus is said to have been king of Britain ** he
" summoned all the Avorkmen [ operarios ] of the island , together , and commanded them to pave a causeway of stone and mortar [ viam ex cceniento et lapidibus fabricari ] which should run the Avhole length of the island "f f from Cornwall to Caithness . He is also said to have built ^ cities and " a gate of wonderful structure in
Trinovantum [ London ] , upon the banks of the Thames , which the citizens after him name Billingsgate to this day . " Over it he built a prodigiously large tower . §§ His son || || ornamented the city of Legions