英国民族1

In the last decades of the 13th century, the nations of Britain found their voices, loud, confident and defiant, and they were raised against England.

The people of Snowdon assert that even if their prince should give over lordship of them to the English King, they would refuse to do homage to any foreigner of whose language, customs and law they were ignorant.

On account of the endless perfidy of the English and to recover our native freedom, the Irish are compelled to enter a deadly war.

For as long as but 100 of us remain alive, we will yield in no least way to English dominion.

We fight not for glory, nor riches, nor honour, but for freedom.

We know these voices. They've been with us a long time now.

All the same, it's a shock to hear them this early, to discover the politics of birthplace uttered with such passion and such pain.

Once said, they could not be unsaid.