King Askar Time for yoke and Sward, Tales of Britain Scottish folk, Near Greeces and Phonecians

… therefore will I first write about Black Adel.¹
Black Adel was the fourth king after Friso.
In his youth has he studied at Texland, afterwards has he studied at Staveren, and forth has he travelled throughout all states.
When he was four and twenty years old, has his dad arranged it that he was chosen to be Asega-Askar.

Once he was asker, asked he always for the benefit of the poor.⁵
The rich, said he, practice enough unright things by means of their money, therefore aught we to take care that the poor are looked after by us.
Through these and other pronouncements was he the friend of the poor and the dread of the rich.
So far is it come that his dad saw through his eyes.

When his dad was dead, and he ascended the throne, then would he hold his office even as well as the kings of the East are wont to do.
The rich would not abide that but now leaped all other folk together, and the rich were glad that they came away from the meeting unscathed.¹⁰
From then on, heard one never any more talk of equal right.
He persecuted the rich and flattered the poor, with whose help he demanded all purses upon which he had recokoned.

King Askar, as he was always named, was nearly seven earthfeet tall, so great as his figure was also his strength.
He had a bright understanding, so that he understood all, that was spoken of, though in his deeds might one sense no wisdom.
Along with a beautiful countenance had he a glib tongue, but yet blacker than his hair is his soul to be found.¹⁵
When he was king for a year, obliged he all youths of his state, they should yearly come to camp and there make seeming warfare (manuvers).

At first had he trouble therewith, but at last became it so fashionable, that old and young out of all regions came to ask whether they might participate.
When he had brought it thus far, he let war schools be founded.

The rich came to complain and said that their children now learned neither to read nor to write.
Askar answered it not, but when manuvers again were held, went he to stand upon a high place, and quoth loudly.²⁰

The rich are come to me to complain, that their youths neither learn to read nor to write, I haven’t thereupon said nothing, though here will I speak my mind, and let the general assembly decide.
When everyone now looked curiously up towards him, said he further, according to my understanding must one today leave the reading and writing to the maids and old lights.

I will speak no ill of our forbears, I will only say, during the times which were so ardently revered by some, have the burghmaids brought conflict into our land, and the Mothers before and after could not drive the conflict back out of the land.

Yet worse, while they chattered and talked over needless customs, are the Gauls come and have robbed all our beautiful southern lands.
Nowadays are they all come over the Scheldt with our degenerate brothers and their mercenaries, with us rests thus to choose between the bearing of the yoke or the sword.²⁵

If we will remain free, so should the youths leave reading and writing alone for now and instead of playing idle games in their fellowships, must they play with the sword and spear.
If we are in all parts trained, and the youths big enough to wear helmet and shield and to handle weapons, then shall I throw myself, with your help, upon the enemy.

The Gaulsmay then write the defeat of their helpers and mercenaries upon our fields with blood, which drips out of their wounds.
Have we once driven the foe out before us, so must we therewith go forth, until there are no more Gauls nor Slavs nor Tartars to be driven from Frya’s legacy.
That’s right, cried the majority and the rich dared not open their mouths.³⁰

This address had he surely contrived and ordered transcribed, for on the evening of the same day were the copies there of well in twenty hands, and they were all alike.

Afterwards commanded he the shipwrights, they should make double stems whereupon one might fasten a steel cross-bow.
He who remained derelict herein was fined.
If one could swear that he possessed no means, then must the rich of the town pay it.
Today shall one see whereupon all this bother has proceded.³⁵

Tales of Britain Scottish folk Near Greeces and Phonecians
On the north end of Britain which is full of high mountains, there reside a Scottish folk, of which the majority sprout from Frya’s blood, of which a part are Kaltana followers (Celts), of which the other part are Britains and exiles, who fled thither gradually with time, out of the tin mines.

Those who came out of the tin mines have altogether foreign wives of a foreign race.
They are under the authority of the Gauls, their weapons are wooden bows and arrows with points of stag horn and flint.
Their houses are of sod and straw and some dwell in caves in the mountains.⁴⁰
Sheep which they have stolen is their only wealth.

Among the descendants of the Kaltana followers have some yet iron weapons, which they have inherited from their forebears.

In order now to be well understood, must I let my telling about the Scottish folk rest and write a wit about the near Greeces (Italy).

The near Greeces have heretofore belonged to us alone, but since the unfavourable times have also the descendants of Lyda and Finda settled themselves down, from the latter came a whole heap from Troy.
Troy was thus a city called, which the folk of the far Greeces (Greece) have taken in and ruined.⁴⁵
When the Trojans were nestled into the near Greeces, then have they built, with time and industry, a strong city with walls and burghs, called Rome which is room.
When that was done, had that folk made itself master of the whole land through guile and force.

The folk which dwelt on the southside of the Mediterranean, is for the most part Phoenicians.
The Phoenicians are a bastard folk, they are of Frya’s blood and of Finda’s blood and of Lyda’s blood.
The folk of Lyda are there as slaves, but through the adultery of the women have these black folk made bastards of all other folk and coloured them brown.⁵⁰
This folk and them of Rome fought steadily for the mastery of the Mediterranean.

Furthermore, them of Rome who live in enmity with the Phoenicians and their priests, who will alone rule a whole empire over the earth, would not see (were loath to see) the Gauls.
At first have they taken Marseilles from the Phoenicians, thereafter are thousands of Gauls moved to north Britain.

Shortly later was the foremost of the Gauls set upon the burgh which is called Kerenak that is horn, whence he gave his commands to all others Gauls.
Also was all their gold brought together.⁵⁵

Keren hern or Kerenak is a stone burgh, which belonged to Kalta.
Therefore would the maids of the descendants of the Kaltana followers have the burgh back.
Thus was through the enmity of the maids and the Gauls, feuding and strife come over the land with murder and fire.

Our seamen came there often to fetch wool, which they traded for prepared hides and linen.
Askar had often been with them;⁶⁰
in secret had he closed a friendship with the maids and with some of the princes, and bound himself to chase the Gauls out of Kerenak.

When he thereafter returned gave he the princes and most warlike men iron helmets and steel bows.
Warfare was come with him and shortly afterwards flowed streams of blood down by the slopes of the mountains.
When Askar thought, that the chance lay before him, went he hence with forty ships and took Kerenak and the foremost of the Gauls with all his gold.

The folk with whom he had fought against the soldiers of the Gauls, had he lured out of the Saxonmarks with promises of great plunder and booty.⁶⁵
Thus was nothing left to the Gauls.

Afterwards took he two islands as safe keeping for his ships, and whence he later went out to rob all Phoenician ships and cities which he could approach.

When he came back brought he with him six hundred of the stoutest youths of the Scottish highlanders.
He said that they were given him as hostages, until he might be sure that the parents should remain true to him, but it was a falsehood, he held them as bodyguards at his court, where they daily got lessons in riding and in the handling of all kinds of weapons.

The Denmarkers who, for a long time, proudly called themselves seafighters above all other seamen, had not as soon heard of Askar’s glorious deeds, when they became envious thereof, so that they would bring war over sea and over his lands.⁷⁰
See here how he managed to avoid war.