rebuilt._

After that the city of Florence was destroyed, Totila went into the
hill where had been the ancient city of Fiesole, and encamped there
with his banners and tents and booths, and commanded that the said
city should be rebuilt, and issued a proclamation that whosoever
desired to return and dwell there, swearing to him to oppose the
Romans, should abide in safety and freedom, and this in order that the
city of Florence should never be rebuilt. For the which thing many
which were descended from of old from Fiesole, returned to dwell
thither, and of the Florentines themselves which had escaped, which
did not know where to dwell or whither to go; and thus in a short time
the city of Fiesole was restored and rebuilt, and made strong by walls
and by inhabitants, and afterwards, as before so now, it continually
rebelled against Rome.

Sec. 3.--_How Totila departed from Fiesole to go towards Rome, and
destroyed many cities, and died an evil death._

Sec. 4.--_How the Goths remained lords of Italy after the death of
Totila._

[Sidenote: Circ. 470 A.D.]

[Sidenote: Cf. Inf. xxxii. 62. De Vulg. El. i. 10: 18, 19.]

* * * * And the King Theodoric held the Empire of Rome for the said
Zeno, the Emperor, doing him homage therefor and paying him tribute.
In these times, about the year of Christ 470, while Leo, Emperor of
Rome, was reigning in Constantinople, was born in Great Britain, which
is now called England, Merlin the prophet (of a virgin, they say, by
conception or machination of a devil), which wrought in that country
many marvels by necromancy, and ordained the Round Table of Knights
Errant in the time when Uther Pendragon reigned in Britain, which was
descended from Brutus, grandson of Aeneas, the first inhabitant of that
land, as afore we made mention; and afterwards the Round Table was
restored by the good King Arthur, his son, which was a lord of great
power and valour, and more gracious and knightly than all other lords,
and he reigned long time in happy state, as the Romances of the
Britons make mention, and whereof the Martinian Chronicle is not
silent when treating of those times.

Sec. 5.--_How the Goths were driven the first time out of Italy, and
how they recovered their sovereignty by means of the young Theodoric,
their king._ Sec. 6.--_How the Goths were entirely driven out of Italy
by Belisarius, patrician of the Romans._ Sec. 7.--_Of the coming of the
Lombards into Italy._ Sec. 8.--_Of