INDEX OF ARTHURIAN PASSAGES FROM THE HISTORY OF THE KINGS OF BRITAIN
by GEOFFREY OF MONMOUTH

Edited and Translated by J.A. Giles, D.C.L.

BOOK VI
I.--Gratian, being advanced to the throne, is killed by the common people. The Britons desire the Romans to defend them against Guanius and Melga.
II.--Guethelin's speech to the Britons when the Romans left them.
III.--The Britons are again cruelly harassed by Guanius and Melga.
IV.--Guethelin desires succours of Aldroen.
V.--Constantine, being made king of Britain, leaves three sons.
VI.--Constans is by Vortigern crowned king of Britain.
VII.--Vortigern treacherously contrives to get king Constans assassinated.
VIII.--Aurelius Ambrosius and Uther Pendragon flee from Vortigern, and go to Lesser Britain.
IX.--Vortigern makes himself king of Britain.
X.--Vortigern takes the Saxons that were new-comers, to his assistance.
XI.--Hengist brings over great numbers of Saxons into Britain: his crafty petition to Vortigern.
XII.--Vortigern marries Rowen, the daughter of Hengist.
XIII.--The bishops, Germanus and Lupus, restore the Christian faith that had been corrupted in Britain. Octa and Ebissa are four times routed by Vortimer.
XIV.--Vortimer's kindness to his soldiers at his death.
XV.--Hengist, having wickedly murdered the princes of Britain, keeps Vortigern prisoner.
XVI.--Eldol's valiant exploit. Hengist forces Vortigern to yield up the strongest fortifications in Britain, in consideration of his release.
XVII.--Vortigern, after consultation with magicians, orders a youth to be brought that never had a father.
XVIII.--Vortigern inquires of Merlin's mother concerning her conception of him.
XIX.--Merlin's speech to the king's magicians, and advice about the building of the tower.

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BOOK VII: CONCERNING THE PROPHECIES OF MERLIN
I.--Geoffrey of Monmouth's preface to Merlin's prophecy.
II.--Geoffrey's letter to Alexander, bishop of Lincoln.
III.--The prophecy of Merlin.
IV.--The continuation of the prophecy.

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BOOK VIII
I.--Vortigern asks Merlin concerning his own death.
II.--Aurelius Ambrosius, being anointed king of Britain, burns Vortigern besieged in a tower.
III.--The praise of Aurelius's valour. The levity of the Scots exposed. Forces raised against Hengist.
IV.--Hengist marches with his army against Aurelius, into the field of Maisbeli.
V.--A battle between Aurelius and Hengist.
VI.--Hengist, in a duel with Eldol, is taken by him. The Saxons are slain by the Britons without mercy.
VII.--Hengist is beheaded by Eldol.
VIII.--Octa, being besieged in York, surrenders himself to the mercy of Aurelius.
IX.--Aurelius, having entirely routed the enemies, restores all things in Britain, especially ecclesiastical affairs, to their ancient state.
X.--Aurelius is advised by Merlin to remove the Giant's Dance from the mountain Killaraus.
XI.--Uther Pendragon is appointed with Merlin to bring over the Giant's Dance.
XII.--Gillomanius being routed by Uther, the Britons bring over the Giant's dance into Britain.
XIII.-- Pascentius brings in the Saxons against the Britons.
XIV.--Pascentius, assisted by the king of Ireland, again invades Britain. Aurelius dies by the treachery of Eopa, a Saxon.
XV.--A comet presignifies the reign of Uther.
XVI.--Pascentius and Gillomanius are killed in battle.
XVII.--Uther Pendragon is made king of Britain.
XVIII.--Octa and Eosa are taken in battle.
XIX.--Uther, falling in love with Igerna, enjoys her by the assistance of Merlin's magical operations.
XX.--Gorlois being killed, Uther marries Igerna.
XXI.--Octa and Eosa renew the war. Lot, a consul, marries the king's daughter.
XXII.--Uther, being ill, is carried in a horse-litter against the enemy.
XXIII.--Octa and Eosa, with a great number of their men, are killed.
XXIV.--Uther, upon drinking spring water that was treacherously poisoned by the Saxons, dies.

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BOOK IX
I.--Arthur succeeds Uther his father in the kingdom of Britain, and besieges Colgrin.
II.--Hoel sends fifteen thousand men to Arthur's assistance.
III.--Arthur makes the Saxons his tributaries.
IV.--Dubricius's speech against the treacherous Saxons. Arthur with his own hand kills four hundred and seventy Saxons in one battle. Colgrin and Baldulph are killed in the same.
V.--The Saxons, after their leader Cheldric was killed, are all compelled by Cador to surrender.
VI.--Arthur grants a pardon to the Scots and Picts, besieged at the Lake Lumond.
VII.--Arthur relates the wonderful nature of some ponds.
VIII.--Arthur restores York to its ancient beauty, especially as to its churches.
IX.--Arthur honours Augusel with the sceptre of the Scots; Urian with that of Mureif; and Lot with the consulship of Londonesia.
X.--Arthur adds to his government Ireland, Iceland, Gothland, and the Orkneys.
XI.--Arthur subdues Norway, Dacia, Aquitaine, and Gaul.
XII.--Arthur summons a great many kings, princes, archbishops, &c. to a solemn assembly at the City of Legions.
XIII.--A description of the royal pomp at the coronation of Arthur.
XIV.--After a variety of sports at the coronation, Arthur amply rewards his servants
XV.--A letter from Lucius Tiberius, general of the Romans, to Arthur being read, they consult about an answer to it.
XVI.--Arthur, holding a council with the kings, desires every one of them to deliver their opinions.
XVII.--The opinion of Hoel, king of Armorica, concerning a war with the Romans.
XVIII.--The opinion of Augusel.
XIX.--They unanimously agree upon a war with the Romans.
XX.--Arthur prepares for a war, and refuses to pay tribute to the Romans.

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BOOK X
I.--Lucius Tiberius calls together the eastern kings against the Britons.
II.--Arthur commits to his nephew Modred the government of Britain. His dream at Hamo's Port.
III.--Arthur kills a Spanish giant who had stolen away Helena, the niece of Hoel.
IV.--Arthur's ambassadors to Lucius Tiberius deliver Petreius Cotta, whom they took prisoner to Arthur.
V.--The Romans attack the Britons with a very great force, but are put to flight by them.
VI.--Lucius Tiberius goes to Lengriæ. Arthur, designing to vanquish him, by a stratagem possesses himself of the valley of Suesia.
VII.--Arthur's exhortation to his soldiers.
VIII.--Lucius Tiberius, discovering Arthur's design, in a speech animates his followers to fight.
IX.--A battle between Arthur and Lucius Tiberius.
X.--Hoel and Walgan signalize their valour in the fight.
XI.--Lucius Tiberius being killed, the Britons obtain the victory.
XII.--Part of the Romans flee; the rest, of their own accord, surrender themselves for slaves.
XIII.--The bodies of the slain are decently buried, each in their respective countries.

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BOOK XI
I.--Modred makes a great slaughter of Arthur's men, but is beaten, and flees to Winchester.
II.--Modred, after being twice besieged and routed, is killed. Arthur, being wounded, gives up the kingdom to Constantine.
III.--Constantine meets with disturbances from the Saxons and Modred's sons.
IV.--Constantine, having murdered the two sons of Modred, is himself killed by Conan.
V.--Aurelius Conan reigns after Constantine.
VI.--Wortiporius, being declared king, conquers the Saxons.
VII.--Malgo, king of Britain, and a most graceful person, addicts himself to sodomy.
VIII.--Britain, in the flame of civil war under king Careticus, is miserably wasted by the Saxons and Africans.
IX.--The author upbraids the Britons.
X.--Loegria is again inhabited by the Saxons. The Britons, with their bishops, retire into Cornwall and Wales.
XI.--The Britons lose their kingdom.
XII.--Augustine, being sent by pope Gregory into Britain, preaches the gospel to the Angles.
XIII.--Ethelfrid kills a great number of the British monks, but is at last routed by the Britons.