2oè 1 V ¥ # ft l i p p ©
Uties;* didfrfehefip§ople- generallyIgive: £&e®<4^ns.,^tk% mtfc-i
j tiff/- fi^e of teln-dfcer,J oh£ Bears\flari,» a n d f e a t h e r s ,
$gj®P# ja^ teF teate
: afifayfriy long, one fiaadb'df
fhfiPOf fe a^ h ^ , Wj
fte ^og’krieti^yAfCQnfifti tot tlfiMid#yiS offipns- fChe|^i§'ial^Qd^
aKsdfuite
«g^yl «lbsdfimthti
.pa»tfcHkr^r...Jth^?T-TOd5:gJ{:^afc, paj:1#;S|ge<ien. apd
Norway M {they aifo five ;ifi th^waods, ap'd onthe.ferrgn, topjj^f the
mountains, ^ ^ f t g p gctodjnarkfmen, apdfiive partly,,by Jiunt-
ingf iandpartiyby IMtOag^wP i^ $ J 9<$sb
ami fn\^ing tye^from which they are .called. Rye^Epdandq:^, pTfiey
db then? ^ cpuntfy a $ gaod r, df&jfjg damage by this
many finfi]woods .pfe ddto^edj,jb| ^efnr and ,th&; pKfir^ei'fNCpp-
njve atj it. fop a finall- firibe, 3riThofewdiat ^^^edtfliyipg^by
hunting,' do lefe, hart. tottbe community, ;vpn|y, 4 4 ^
makes ;their -habitations imipttled,, ^ d thek fpppligs pncertaip^
and infihpifarmdrs^
and partly,by-dne^.a®ivp ^ ^ v ^ ^ g ^ g | ^ % ^ t i i^
|p reficye-vtiydp nceciffitics,;;.fo .fimgHbf-..war 4 y t y \
as; guides, 'apd fometimes is ^ ^ jan d ,lp a^ ^ p f,'^|^
way, or make -ope, ,thfd}phq wildeft and ^c&ejdi^^d^iii^ .a|r;
moft ljn^|«Tfla^^-<tii^«Ejnta^s>Jjandif^^^rally a f^pty,
pepplerfi^m; to me |q tbe,
Mrrrlaic nation, . which. wanders 1 pbQpt.^&^Ewniat^n^ ififti®;?.
tains. They, leldom ^fotiake the tops ofrthp roe(ty,pand in, time
of war are.ivay ferviceable to.,the Venetians. ... 'd',huyi;hye chiefly
by hunting ,;ri but I don’t know whether, t£.ey am^lookedf^on W
as deipicable a light by .the Dalmatian^, as the Finlanders- arp by
the Norwegians, who command them like flaves, and treat mem
iyitfi inch contempt, as. in other countries tfie |iedp'ie !’do the
Jews *. I have already treated'ofbird-catching,and. how it is
I 'price:
* Inforiner times,. dieir,. jOra^nd' horae- by^ the Bothnic
guljpfr, the Fitis lived then in contempt and^pyerty,|
citus de mor. Germanor. “Fennis-mira feritas, faeM jiauper.tas,*li6h ariiiia, non asqui,
non penates, viiiEui herba, veftitui pelbt» cubiie huriius. , Sola in fagittk, fees, -quas
'■ rabpia.
* M i m i h i m x y .r Y;of j v o R w A r . 287
pfpdtifddjdp^rticularlyittfey th^ Inhabitót|t^®® ^Nordland,' at the
hazard o f their fiyes,’ in Imothtfikplace. .; 2
. 'dlgstirtg enumerated tHe/.éxïiployntents; ;aöd öccüpatidns of ti^Nobiiity;
d^monalityS'.amöixg the|Nogwegims, : \which eol!Lftitutes; the bulk
of the ■ nation, ,of thp. ,fi^ lity of Norway.
There are at prefent hu^i,*few of this clafs lefif, for which this
rëafon may be affigned, thatinl rioblemanis'!eftate has not the. pri-
vilód^esjhelónging toi-.phe .demefice of, the npbilityi-ilonger than it
is'iinhab3EedibyItho lórd, in perfiin;. j'Korölerlyiphenobifity were
very powerful here, andF confifted. off .dukes,,- jarlfer, and herzer,
that is, earls and baronst^. Theitï.rWerits. and atchievements may
be^feerom'fhe.ther'Norwelian'-Hira. Skïaa,'r ot:'H'0f, rek eap. vii.
& leq, J ens; IDolmet-, whotpTiblifhed this work, which. nOtwithr.
Handing its antiquity,^^ve^r intelligible, fays in his dedicatiori
of k/to.kingij'Frederic. third,.- ic.a rnore magpifiefept and:,.numqrqus
courk%aS;n©'t in ihofe' time'S inany/kih^doröii'.iheh tiieilting'with
and leemt attacks. - of-ihik epemies.j or meeting, them openly in
the field, . . ..
ft They Bravely conqfier’3; of they bravely died.,.
t Thus the .valiant kino- Hanen■ Adëlfteen. and his rioblèfietrotited
fhejibn® of EricKModoxif. In.thofe days every courtier gave, proofs
oftkeit fidelity to their king, of courage,; yalput 'towards:', fheir
enemies, gdad-manners and civility, toward-their equals, ^andijaf
fability towards: theiriimferidrsi’ yiSo far the laid. Holrneiy j
-;". Thotighitoy. plalr ddelhot. requixe- if5i.yfet it ixia^ not :bé thought
Impertinent pr iiipeifiuous in this- place^ to enquire into a fiibjedl
ijlöpïaSBrn bffibüs^p«yit.'nfaeiH^e^ftMiï^^ffSs^OTlfef'aG'fÉAtyas al^^i ^The
Bpygde Fins in -Nordland, livfe fometliihg; better, and have a more eertaiii livelihood,
but ftill keep up;tför cuftonis,.anid language, diough tliey.liKewife talk the Norwegian
dialedh. ^
r jitSi
PolyKlftor Shed^sjcap' ll p iz^Hic obiter notandum, regem l^okegite Haconem
-A. G; f 0 § i ‘ 'ÊèlSniimimWmi^que^mMï -
guiA? epiumiéfu', öe^iffp,;i(ëfte J jfeang .Tw-f®p
hiitoria Dread." lib. u ad meAoratuma mhupkT", The ihff-mentioned .author alfo
ipeaks of it m hift. Nofy p iv f xvi c xii. p gffS^aadlfays the'feragbrde^edi, that
all thofehonorary titles flioyld be" qhanged tö a general one, viz. Herre^dicitu;,circa
htec térnpora restjfna-gSS titiilós' procêrum
ac .eqüites'i:. t^tröïqué communi donijnorum yocabulo, nomini-bus ;prtefi>xo appellari-ju- '
bens, s
I • . . -' - fi- titó..