Boudica , a Breton Queen !
" Sonj a zalc'hi eus an hent hir ... "
Adlezenn - 8 , 2 .
Pennad Pemp
18 a viz here 2006
" Y Gwyr Yn Erbyn Byd ! "
( Ar Gwir a-enep d'ar Bed - The Truth against the World - Wahrheit gegen die Welt )
... Back from the City of Westminster where I had been photographed in front of " Big Ben " and the Houses of Parliament , near the statue of the famous breton queen Boudica , emblem of the british nation ! ( 22 )
Like Vercingetorix in Gaul , this woman resisted for two years the roman legions of " Claudius Imperator " . It was the first century A.C ( about 61 ) .
But did she also inspire later one of the most ambitious Shakespeare 's heroins , Lady Macbeth ? ( 23 )
Some people say that .
However , contemplating , by a beautiful " Indian " summer sun at the beginning of the afternoon in London , her grandiose bronze allegory , I thought the Bretons from " Little Brittany " ( West of France ) should also be considered as " Native Britons " like their Amerindian brothers in the United States .
After all , having fought rude battles against Angles and Saxons during the Vth and VIth centuries , we were finally expelled from our own country . King Arthur , with his Knights Of The Round Table , was not strong enough to prevent us , forced , to travel further west overseas to other lands !
( 24 )
It might sound unbelievable , isn't it ?
Anyway , in my opinion , we should ask the present queen Elisabeth , distant heiress of Boudica , the right for Bretons to be granted an Honour Citizenship .
... Then , of course ,
God will Save the Queen !
ECHU / END
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Notes :
22 - Boudica ( Boadicea or Buddug in Welsh , around 30 - 61) , queen of the british Iceni tribe , celtic people living in the Norfolk region ( south-east of present day Britain ) who led an uprising against the conquering forces of the Roman empire in AD 60 or 61 .
23 - Claudius ( 10 BC - 54 AD ) , 4th Roman emperor .
- Lady Macbeth , one of the main characters in the tragedy of William Shakespeare ,
" Macbeth " , written between 1599 and 1606 , published in 1623 .
24 - King Arthur ( Pendragon ) , surrounded by his " Knights of the Round Table " , would have , according to the legend , organized the defence of the celtic peoples of Brittany and British Isles against the germanic invaders of the end of the 5th century .
" Tremener an eneoù , ar buhezioù keizh e vin ,
Tremen a rin anezho war aod va Bro
Ma vez gwelet pep tra en o C 'haerder kuzh enni ... "
Alain-Fournier - Lizher da Jacques Rivière
( 26 / 12 / 1906 )
