Chap. III Corineus Resents the Affront Put Upon His Daughter
He went, therefore, to the king, and wielding a battle-axe in his right hand, vented his rage against him in these words: “Do you thus reward me, Locrin, for the many wounds which I have suffered under your father’s command in his wars with strange nations, that you must slight my daughter, and debase yourself to marry a barbarian? While there is strength in this right hand, that has been destructive to so many giants upon the Tyrrhenian coasts, I will never put up with this affront.” And repeating this again and again with a loud voice, he shook his battle-axe as if he was going to strike him, till the friends of both interposed, and after they had appeased Corineus, obliged Locrin to perform his agreement.