Hirelgas

Family: Briton · Role: warrior · First appears: Book X 8–9

Life events

Hirelgas kills Boccus and brings his body to Bedver's corpse.(Book X 8–9)
- With: Boccus
- “At length he reached the place, killed the king, brought off his body to his companions, and laid it by that of his uncle”

elder kin: Bedver (Bedver is Hirelgas's uncle.) “Therefore Hirelgas, the nephew of Bedver, being extremely enraged at his death,”
enemies with Boccus (Hirelgas killed Boccus, the king of the Medes.) “Therefore Hirelgas, the nephew of Bedver, being extremely enraged at his death, called up to him three hundred men, and like a wild boar amongst a pack of dogs, broke through the enemies' ranks with his horse, making towards the place where he had seen the standard of the king of the Medes; little regarding what might befall him, if he could but revenge the loss of his uncle. At length he reached the place, killed the king, brought off his body to his companions, and laid it by that of his uncle, where he mangled it in the same manner.”
younger kin: Bedver (Bedver is Hirelgas's uncle.) “Therefore Hirelgas, the nephew of Bedver, being extremely enraged at his death,”
with Boccus (Hirelgas kills Boccus in revenge for Bedver.) “At length he reached the place, killed the king, brought off his body to his companions, and laid it by that of his uncle, where he mangled it in the same manner.”

Extracted from the original text of The History of the Kings of Britain. Made with Rho MD.