 He built Kaerbadus, now Bath, and made hot baths in it for the benefit of the public, which he dedicated to the goddess Minerva; in whose temple he kept fires that never went out nor consumed to ashes, but as soon as they began to decay were turned into...  The History and Antiquities of Bath Abbey Church - Page 7by John Britton - 1825 - 9 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Geoffrey (of Monmouth, Bishop of St. Asaph) - Arthurian romances - 1842 - 332 pages
...SUCCEEDS HUDIBRAS IN THE KINGDOM, AND PRACTISES MAGICAL OPERATIONS. NEXT succeeded Bladud, his son, and reigned twenty years. He built Kaerbadus, now...soon as they began to decay were turned into balls of stone. About this time the prophet Elias prayed that it might not rain upon earth ; and it did not... | |
 | John Allen Giles, Gildas - Great Britain - 1848 - 546 pages
...succeedi Hudibras in the kingdom^ and practise* magical operations. NEXT succeeded Bladud, his son, and reigned twenty years. He built Kaerbadus, now...soon as they began to decay were turned into balls of stone. About this time the prophet Elias prayed that it might not rain upon earth ; and it did not... | |
 | John Allen Giles - Great Britain - 1848 - 552 pages
...succeeds Hudibras in the kingdom, and practise! magical operations. NEXT succeeded Bladud, his son, and reigned twenty years. He built Kaerbadus, now...soon as they began to decay were turned into balls of stone. About this time the prophet Elias prayed that it might not rain upon earth ; and it did not... | |
 | Mrs. Thomas Geldart - Great Britain - 1860 - 292 pages
...the same Geoffrey, of a certain King Bladud, who had a temple to Minerva, at Bath, where the fires never went out, nor consumed to ashes, but as soon as they began to decay, turned to balls of stone. There is mention too, of hot baths, made by this king, or his son ; so you... | |
 | Jehan de Wavrin (seigneur du Forestel) - Great Britain - 1864 - 904 pages
...(cap. 35), " to the Goddess " Minerva in whose temple he kept fires that were never " extinguished nor consumed to ashes, but as soon as they " began to decay were turned into balls of stone." (Lib. ii. o. 10.) une cite sur la riviere de Sorre. This clearly refers to Leicester. The allusion... | |
 | John Allen Giles - Great Britain - 1872 - 554 pages
...succeeds Hudibras in the kingdom, and practiset magical operations. NEXT succeeded Bladud, his son, and reigned twenty years. He built Kaerbadus, now...soon as they began to decay were turned into balls of stone. About this time the prophet Elias prayed that it might not rain upon earth ; and it did not... | |
 | William George Fretton - 1879 - 398 pages
...monkish stories, tells us that Bladud, a British king, founded Bath, and constructed there hot baths, which he dedicated to the Goddess Minerva, in whose temple he kept fires that never went out, or consumed to ashes; he adds that he was a very ingenious man, and taught necromancy, and never left... | |
 | Robert Edward M. Peach - 1885 - 58 pages
...and made hot baths in it for the benefit of the public, which he dedicated to the goddess Minei-va, in whose temple he kept fires that never went out,...as they began to decay, were turned into balls of stone. About this time the prophet Elias prayed that it might not rain for three years and six months.... | |
 | Mrs. Edmund Boger - Folklore - 1887 - 692 pages
...with our story. Old Geoffrey's account of Bladud is as follows : " Next succeeded Bladud, his son, and reigned twenty years. He built Kaerbadus, now...soon as they began to decay were turned into balls of stone. About this time the Prophet Elias prayed that it might not rain upon earth ; and it did not... | |
 | Henry William Freeman - Bath (England) - 1888 - 472 pages
...short paragraph in the old British History of Geoffrey of Monmouth. " Next succeeded Bladud, his son, and reigned twenty years. He built Kaerbadus, now...soon as they began to decay were turned into balls of stone. About this time the prophet Elias prayed that it might not rain upon the earth ; and it did... | |
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