MOSAÏQUE - I - PENTATEUC'H / AMAN HAG AHONT - 5 - Boudica , a Breton Queen ! - Bouddica , Reine Bretonne ! - Boudika , Rouanez Vreizh !

18 Octobre 2006 , Rédigé par Dan Ar Wern Publié dans #MOSAÏQUE I

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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DAN AR WERN - MOSAÏQUE - I - PENTATEUC'H / Aman Hag Ahont - 5 - Boudica , a Breton Queen ! - October , the 17th , 2006 - Pep gwir miret strizh / All rights reserved / Tous droits reservés . " Aman Hag Ahont " , Copyright , 2006 .

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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 )