Saxo Grammaticus, Gesta Danorum 201 — ed. not skaldic
Not published: do not cite (Saxo, Gesta §viii. 14.1)
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Huic succedit Biorn. Itemque post ipsum Haraldus rerum assequitur summam. Cuius filio Gormoni inter priscos Danoruin duces non infime laudis locum rerum strennue gestarum titulus tribuit. Hie enim nouum audacie genus complexus hereditarium fortitudinis spiritum scrutandisa rerum nature uestigiis quam armis excolere maluit, utque alios regum ardor bellicus, ita ipsum cognos- cendorum mirabilium, quecumque uel experimento deprehensa uel rumore uulgata fuerant, precordialis stimulabat auiditas. Cumque esset externa atque inusitata uisendi cupidus, experiendam pre ceteris duxit Geruthi cuiusdam sedium acceptam a Tylensibus famam. Incredibilia enim ab eis super opum inibi congestarum magnitudine iactabantur, sed iter omnib refertum periculo ac pene mortalibus inuium ferebatur. Ambitorem namque terrarum Oceanum nauigandum, solem postponendum ac sydera, sub Chao peregrinandum ac demum in loca lucis expertia iugibusque tenebris obnoxia transeundum expertorum assertione constabat. Sed in iuuenili animo circum- stantis periculi metum non tarn prede quam glorie cupido calcabat, multum sibi claritatis accessurum sperante, si rem admodum inten- tatam auderet.
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