IN WONDERFUL SAVAGENESS
IN WONDERFUL SAVAGENESS
LIVE THE NATION OF THE FENNI
AND IN BEASTLY POVERTY
DESTITUTE OF ARMS, OF HORSES, AND OF HOMES
What did he meant by this?
THEIR FOOD, THE COMMON HERBS
THEIR APPAREL, SKINS
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THEIR BED, THE EARTH
THEIR ONLY HOPE IN THEIR ARROWS
WHICH FOR WANT OF IRON THEY POINT WITH BONES
THEIR COMMON SUPPORT THEY HAVE FROM THE CHASE
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WOMEN AS WELL AS MEN
FOR WITH THESE THE FORMER WANDER UP AND DOWN
AND CRAVE A PORTION OF THE PREY
NOR OTHER SHELTER HAVE THEY EVEN FOR THEIR BABBIES
AGAINST THE VIOLENCE OF TEMPESTS AND RAVENING BEASTS
THAN TO COVER THEM WITH THE BRANCHES OF TREES TWISTED TOGETHER
THIS IS A RECEPTION FOR THE OLD MEN
AND HITHER RESORT THE YOUNG
SUCH A CONDITION THEY JUDGE MORE HAPPY THAN THE PAINFUL OCCUPATION OF CULTIVATING THE GROUND
THAN THE LABOUR OF REARING HOUSES
THAN THE AGITATIONS OF HOPE AND FEAR ATTENDING THE DEFENSE OF THEIR OWN PROPERTY OR THE SEIZING OF THAT OF OTHERS
SECURE AGAINST THE DESIGNS OF MEN
SECURE AGAINST THE MALIGNITY OF THE GODS
THEY HAVE ACCOMPLISHED A THING OF INFINITE DIFFICULTY
THAT TO THEM NOTHING REMAINS EVEN TO BE WISHED
t. Tacitus
( & t. Titus Livius)