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)