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和墮云慕

耶紗慕禰

historical lectures and essays(臥櫛帽署帽旋煽雰讐恙)- 及5准


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single parish or a single street of shops。 There�察�jumbled together�察�he will 

find names marking the noblest Saxon or Angle bloodKenward or Kenric�察�

Osgood or Osborne�察�side by side with Cordery or Banisternow names of 

farmers in my own parishor other Norman´French names which may be�察�

like   those   two   last�察  �in   Battle   Abbey   rolland   side   by   side   the   almost 

ubiquitous      Brown�察     �whose     ancestor    was    probably      some    Danish     or 

Norwegian       house´    carle�察  �proud   of   his  name    Biorn    the  Bear�察  �and   the 

ubiquitous Smith or Smythe�察�the Smiter�察�whose forefather�察�whether he be 

now peasant or peer�察�assuredly handled the tongs and hammer at his own 



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forge。     This   holds   true   equally   in   New   England   and   in   Old。    When   I 

search through ��as I delight to do�� your New England surnames�察�I find the 

same jumble of namesWest Saxon�察�Angle�察�Danish�察�Norman�察�and French´ 

Norman likewise�察�many of primaeval and heathen antiquity�察�many of high 

nobility�察�all worked together�察�as at home�察�to form the Free moners of 

England。 

     If any should wish to know more on this curious and important subject�察�

let me remend them to study Ferguson's ;Teutonic Name System�察─�a 

book     from    which    you   will   discover    that  some    of   our   quaintest�察  �and 

seemingly       most    plebeian     surnamesmany        surnames�察     �too�察 �which     are 

extinct in England�察�but remain in Americaare really corruptions of good 

old Teutonic names�察�which our ancestors may have carried in the German 

Forest�察�before an Englishman set foot on British soil�察�from which he will 

rise with the fortable feeling that we English´speaking men�察�from the 

highest to the lowest�察�are literally kinsmen。            Nay�察�so utterly made up now 

is   the   old   blood´   feud   between   Norseman   and   Englishman�察  �between   the 

descendants of those who conquered and those who were conquered�察�that 

in   the   children   of   our   Prince   of   Wales�察  �after   800  years�察  �the   blood  of 

William of Normandy is mingled with the blood of the very Harold who 

fell at Hastings。      And so�察�by the bitter woes which followed the Norman 

conquest   was   the   whole   population�察  �Dane�察  �Angle�察  �and   Saxon�察  �earl   and 

churl�察    �freeman     and    slave�察   �crushed     and   welded      together    into   one 

homogeneous   mass�察  �made   just   and   merciful   towards   each   other   by   the 

most   wholesome   of   all teachings�察  �a   munity  of   suffering�察�and   if they 

had been�察�as I fear they were�察�a lazy and a sensual people�察�were taught 

       That   life is not   as   idle ore�察  �But heated   hot   with   burning   fears�察�And 

bathed in baths of hissing tears�察�And battered with the strokes of doom To 

shape and use。 

       But how did these wild Vikings bee Christian men�拭                   �It is a long 

story。    So stanch a race was sure to be converted only very slowly。 Noble 

missionaries   as   Ansgar�察  �Rembert�察  �and   Poppo�察  �had   worked   for   150   years 

and   more   among   the   heathens   of   Denmark。         But   the   patriotism   of   the 



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Norseman always recoiled�察�even though in secret�察�from the fact that they 

were German monks�察�backed by the authority of the German emperor�察�and 

many a man�察�like Svend Fork´beard�察�father of the great Canute�察�though he 

had     the   Kaiser    himself     for  godfather�察    �turned     heathen     once    more    the 

moment        he  was    free�察  �because     his   baptism     was    the   badge    of   foreign 

conquest�察�and neither pope nor kaiser should lord it over him�察�body or soul。 

St。   Olaf�察  �indeed�察  �forced   Christianity   on   the   Norse   at   the   sword's   point�察�

often by horrid cruelties�察�and perished in the attempt。                    But who forced it 

on the Norsemen of Scotland�察�England�察�Ireland�察�Neustria�察�Russia�察�and all 

the    Eastern     Baltic�拭    �It   was    absorbed      and    in  most    cases�察   �I  believe�察�

gradually and willingly�察�as a gospel and good news to hearts worn out with 

the   storm  of   their   own   passions。       And   whence   came   their   Christianity�拭�

Much   of   it�察  �as   in   the   case   of   the   Danes�察  �and   still   more   of   the   French 

Normans�察       �came    direct    from    Rome�察    �the   city   which�察   �let  them     defy   its 

influence as they would�察�was still the fount of all theology�察�as well as of all 

civilisation。       But     I  must     believe    that    much     of   it  came     from     that 

mysterious ancient Western Church�察�the Church of St。 Patric�察�St。 Bridget�察�

St。   Columba�察  �which   had   covered   with   rude   cells   and   chapels   the   rocky 

islets of the North Atlantic�察�even to Iceland itself。                  Even to Iceland�察�for 

when   that   island   was   first   discovered�察  �about   A。D。   840�察  �the   Norsemen 

found in an isle�察�on the east and west and elsewhere�察�Irish books and bells 

and wooden crosses�察�and named that island Papey�察�the isle of the popes 

some   little   colony  of   monks�察  �who   lived   by  fishing�察  �and   who   are   said   to 

have left the land when the Norsemen settled in it。                    Let us believe�察�for it 

is   consonant   with   reason   and   experience�察  �that   the   sight   of   those   poor 

monks�察�plundered and massacred again and again by the ;mailed swarms 

of   Lochlin�察─  �yet   never  exterminated�察  �but springing   up   again   in the   same 

place�察�ready for fresh massacre�察�a sacred plant which God had planted�察�and 

which   no   rage   of   man   could   trample   outlet   us   believe�察  �I   say�察  �that   that 

sight   taught   at   last   to   the   buccaneers   of   the   old   world   that   there   was   a 

purer manliness�察�a loftier heroism�察�than the ferocious self´assertion of the 

Berserker�察  �even   the   heroism   of   humility�察  �gentleness�察  �self´restraint�察  �self´ 



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sacrifice�察�that there was a strength which was made perfect in weakness�察�a 

glory�察�not of the sword but of the cross。             We will believe that that was the 

lesson   which   the   Norsemen   learnt�察  �after   many   a   wild   and   blood´stained 

voyage�察�from the monks of Iona or of Derry�察�which caused the building of 

such churches as that which Sightrys�察�king of Dublin�察�raised about the year 

1030�察�not in the Norse but in the Irish quarter of Dublin�此                   �a sacred token 

of   amity   between   the   new   settlers   and   the   natives   on   the   ground   of   a 

mon faith。         Let us believe�察�too�察�that the influence of woman was not 

wanting   in   the   good   workthat   the   story   of   St。   Margaret   and   Malcolm 

Canmore   was   repeated�察�though   inversely�察  �in   the   case   of   many  a   heathen 

Scandinavian jarl�察�who�察�marrying the princely daughter of some Scottish 

chieftain�察�found in her creed at last something more precious than herself�察�

while his brother or his cousin became�察�at Dublin or Wexford or Waterford�察�

the husband of some saffron´robed Irish princess�察 �fair as an elf�察─�as the 

old saying was�察�some ;maiden of the three transcendent hues�察─�of whom 

the old book of Linane says�此�

       Red as the blood which flowed from stricken deer�察�White as the snow 

on   which   that   blood   ran   down�察  �Black   as   the   raven   who   drank   up   that 

blood�察�

       ´ and possibly�察�as in the case of Brian Boru's mother�察�had given his 

fair´haired sister in marriage to some Irish prince�察�and could not resi
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