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NOTES TO THE DEVOTED ONE.
(5) By the Pelibogc,
Our gods of brightness p. 143.
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Hofprediger Mascb asserts, that among the Slavi, Velibogc
was the name applied to the beneficent, or white divinities
whom they worshipped.
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( ) Of whom a troop will fly before the lance
Of one Sclavonian soldier p. 143.
Lupus, an Anglo-Saxon bishop cotemporary with Ethelred
the Unready, says, in one of his Sermons, speaking of the
Danes, "Two or three will always drive a troop of captive
Christians through the country, from sea to sea. This also
clearly intimates, that the Danes at this period still remained
pagans, at least the greatest portion of them.
( 7 ) When, in merry mood,
Thou liffst the wine-cup in the hall of shields,
Drink deep to Christ and all the blessed saints. . p. 143.
Malmesbury says, that the Anglo-Saxons
and Danes were
addicted to excessive drinking, spending whole days and nights
in riot and debauchery ; and that they used to swallow large
draughts to Christ, the Virgin Mary, the Apostles, and the Saints.
That the custom of drinking healths is of high antiquity
among the northern and eastern nations, may be easily proved.
When the ambassadors of Theodosius visited the camp of Attila,
" Maximin and his colleagues were stopped on the threshold,
till they had made a devout libation to the health and prosperity
of the King of the Huns The barbarian monarch received
from his cup-bearer a goblet filled with wine, and courteously
drank to the health of the most distinguished guest, who rose
from his seat, and expressed, in the same manner, his loyal and
respectful vows. This ceremony was performed for all, or at
least for the illustrious persons of the assembly/ 1
How nearly are allied the manners of our public meetings in
the present day, to those of the wild Huns of Tartary in the
fifth century !
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( )
He delegates the rule of all below
To his celestial offspring p. 144.
The German historians assert, and Procopius confirms it,
that the Sclavonic tribes, although they worshipped inferior
gods, believed in the existence of one supreme Deity. Holmoldus,
in his Chronica Sclavorum, published at Lubeck in
1702, says, " Among the various deities whom they believed to