Jon and Minerva and the founding of Athens

Now will we write how it is gone with Jon. ¹
This is written at Texland. 10 years after Jon was wandered away, came here three ships into the Flymeer, the folk cried ho-n-seien (Huzza!) (What a blessing!), of their tales has the Mother let this be written.

When Jon came upon the Mediterranean, were the stories of the Gauls gone far out everywhere, so that he was nowhere safe on the coast of near Greece. He struck thus with his fleet toward Lydia, that is Lyda’s land.⁵

There would the black people catch them and eat them.
At last they came to Tyre but Minerva said, Hold off, for here is the air long infected by the priests.
The king was descended from Tunis, so we later heard, but because the priests would have a king who was, to their thinking, of an old line, so had they raised Tunis to a god, to the distress of his followers.

When now Tyre was behind our back, came the Tyrians to rob a ship out of our rear guard, after that it was too far, could we not win it back, but Jon swore venegance therefor.
When night came, went Jon to the far Greeces, at last they came to a land which looked very bleak, but they found there a harbour mouth.¹⁰

Here, said Minerva, shall apparently no fear of princes nor priests be needed, for they always like fat pasture, though when they ran into the harbour, they found not yet room enough to hold all the ships, however, most all were too fearful to go on.

So went Jon who would (go) further, with his spear and flag, calling to the young folk, whoever willingly would rally by him.
Minerva who would remain did likewise.
The greatest deal went to Minerva, but the youngest seamen went to Jon.¹⁵

Jon took the foddik of Kalta and her maids with him, and Minerva kept her own foddik and her own maids.
Betwixt the far and near Greeces, found Jon some islands which he liked.
Upon the greatest, went he into the forest between the mountain ridges to build a burgh.
From the little islands went he out of wrack to reave the Tyrian ships and lands, therefore are the islands called Rawer (Robber) islands as easily as Jon’s islands (Ionia Islands).

When Minerva had seen that land, which is called Attica by the inhabitants, saw she that the folk were all goatherds, they sustained their bodies with meat, vegetables, wild roots and honey.²⁰
They were clad in skins and they had their shelters on the slopes of the mountains.
Thereby are they called Hellinggar (slopers) by our folk.

At first, went they on the run, though as they saw that we coveted not after their possessions, came they back and let great friendship be seen.

Minerva asked whether we, in their grace might settle down.
That was come to be under the stipulation that we help them to fight with their neighbors who always come to steal their children and rob their possessions.²⁵
Then we built a burgh one and a half poles from the harbour.

Upon the advice of Minerva, was it called Athenia: for, said she, posterity aught to wit that we are come here not through slight nor force, but received as friends.

While we worked on the burgh came the princes, when they saw that we now had no slaves, they agreed not with such (a condition) and they gave the look to Minerva, as though they thought she were a princess.
But Minerva asked, how art thou come well to own thy slaves?

They answered, some have we bought, others won in battle.
Minerva said, if ever no one would buy people so should no one steal your children and ye should not therefore have no war, wilt thou thus remain our allies, so must ye let thy slaves free.³⁰
That now will the princes not, they will drive us away.
But the stoutest of their people come to help build our burgh, which we now make of stone.

This is the story of Jon and of Minerva
Dr. Ottema’s interjection
When they now had told it all, asked they, with reverence, for iron fortification weapons, for said they our injurers are mighty, though as soon as we have true weapons, shall we well withstand them. ³⁵

When she agreed thereto, the people asked whether Frya’s morals would thrive at Athenia and the other Greeces, the Mother answered, if the far Greeces belong to the legacy of Frya, so shall they there bloom,
if they belong not thereto, then shall they needs long be fought over, for the Kroder shall yet have gone around fivethousand years with his yule before Finda’s folk shall be ripe for freedom.