Part 3: Elvis: The Book of the King, In King James English

THE BOOK OF THE KING, IN KING JAMES ENGLISH: BOOK THREE: CAESAR

 

Chapter 1.

 

1     Now fifty and eight years before the birth of Jesus Christ

2     Caesar, who was Governor of all the land beyond the mountains North of the Roman empire,

3     took his legions - all mighty men of valour, and armed and strong and very courageous,

4     and marched without fear into the land of the Barbarians, saying,

5    "I will destroy this people and possess them,

6     and my gods will give them up before my face,"

7     For he worshiped not one god but many.

8     And when the Barbarians saw him and his mighty army

9     terror fell upon them,

10   and they became faint and their hearts did melt,

11    neither did there remain courage in any man because of him.

 

Chapter 2

1     And for three years Caesar fought and destroyed these people

2     and dealt not kindly nor truly with any of them,

3     Nay, but he slew them with a great slaughter

4     for they had no great armies and no one great leader.

5     And he killed thousand upon thousand of them

6     and cut off the right hand of many other

7     so they could never raise a weapon against him.

8     Both man and woman, young and old, and ox, and sheep, and ass, fell with the edge of the sword. 

 

Chapter 3.

1     And so it was that all that fell in the three years of war,

2     were as the grains of sand by the sea, without number.

3     For Caesar drew not his hand back, wherewith he stretched his sword,

4     until he had utterly destroyed all the inhabitants North of the Mountains of Italy

5     and West unto the sea.

6     And every place that the sole of Caesar's shoe tread upon

7     was given unto him,

8     from the mountains unto the great rivers,

9     and even unto the great sea toward the going down of the sun,

10   became his coast.

11   And he beheld that all was in his hand.

12   Nay not a man dared stand before him.

13   For he smote all the country, with all the hills, and the valleys and the vales,

14   and the springs and the rivers,

15   and utterly destroyed all that did not flee quickly before him.

16    And the number of cities he destroyed was eight hundred,

17   And forty thousand people slew he in one city alone.

 

Chapter 4

 

1     And when he had finished possessing all these lands

2     then came he to the coast on the North,

3     And looking out across the brink of the salt sea

4     saw he a great white cliff across the water.

5     And he commanded his generals, saying,

6    "What land is this?"

7     And one answered saying, "That land hath no name. It is called but another world,

8     For before thee, few men dared come nigh unto it."

9     But Caesar asked, "But what is it? Is it an Isle? What be this land?"

10   And none among his generals knew,

11   for no man, not even the wisest of the Greeks knew the answer.

12   But one of his officers spake saying, "Though we know not a name, and we know not if it be an Island or no,  albeit, we know this:

13   We have heard with our own ears that the barbarians who dwell therein have oft strengthened the hand of those who oppose thee."

14   And hearing this Caesar said, "Then shall we destroy these people as we have all others before them.

15   Then lodged he and his legions on the shore, before passing over.

16   And his officers went through the host saying, "In this land wherein we go,

17   Ye will know not the way by which ye must go: for ye have not passed this way heretofore.

18    Therefore sanctify yourselves to our gods, for tomorrow they will do wonders among you.

19   And you will go forth to victory for Caesar and for Rome.

20   And they spake this for no man knew what awaiteth them on the land across the narrow sea.

 

Chapter 5.

1     Then with eighty ships and two great legions

2     crossed Caesar the sea unto this land.

3     Yea, with ten thousand men and six hundred horses prepared for war did he go.

4     And this was in the sixth month of the year,

5     And on the twenty and fifth day of the month.

6     And Caesar said "This day will I begin to magnify myself in the sight of all Rome, that they may know that I am of the gods.

7     Behold,  hereby shall they know that  a living god is among them, and that I will without fail drive out from before Rome all the barbarians wherever they may be, and all this good land shall be ours forever."

 

Chapter 6

1     And it came to pass that when all of his soldiers were hasted and clean passed over the water,

2     that armed men went before Caesar into the land

3     and rere ward came armed men after him,

4     And the sound of the blowing of many trumpets was heard.

5     And the Barbarians stood against them and feared for their lives,

6     for they had heard of the fame of Caesar,

7     and all that he had yet slain in the lands across the sea to the South.

8     And they were sore afraid for their lives.

9     And  when they saw the banners and the glistening swords of the soldiers and heard the call of the trumpets

10   their hears melted and became as water,

11   and there was no spirit in them any more.

12   And Caesar slew them in the field and in the wildneress where he chased them

13   all the Barbarians who were men of war,

14   until all were fallen on the edge of the sword and were consumed -

15   because that people had no great army and no great leader.

16   And Caesar pressed forward but the Barbarians said unto themselves,

17  "Shall Caesar eviron us around, and cut off our name from the earth?

18   Nay, he shall not."

19   And they scattered before Caesar as leaves in the wind.

20   And it came to pass that when Caesar saw that no man would stand to fight,

21   and no man more could be found to slay, and still knew he not the length and breadth of the land,

22   he remained but ten and four days on the island and thence departed.

23   Then the next year, in the begining of the year,

24   came he again with many more legions

25   and went far into the land and crossed a great river.

26   And there began he a city,

27   which is there yet even unto this day,

28   for the people had no great cities

29   but lived in small tribes of but a few people.

30   Then left Caesar again, never to return,

31   leaving a land he still knew not how great was,

32   and a people that still would not bow unto him.

 

Chapter 7

 

1     Then Caesar returned to Rome,

2     and because of the lies he told them

3     the Romans welcomed him as a champion

4     and feasted for twenty days and nights.

5     For Caesar said he had won a great victory on a new land,

6     and that it now belonged to Rome, and he had returned with many slaves as proof.

7     But a wise man among the Romans spake saying,

8    "It is a lie: He hath done naught but open our eyes unto a new people:

9     A people that will not bow before neither Caesar nor Rome, and never will."

10   And these people were the ancestors

11   of the very mother of the king

12   of whom this book is written.

 

End of Part 3. 

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Writer's Blog for Part 3:

There is so much more to the story of Elvis Aaron Presley than just white boy who loves his mother hears black music and sings and becomes loved by millions.

His ancestry - as ours is - is so rich in texture and meaning. From the English "Smith" side of  Glady's family, to the the "Preslars" of  Vernon's German ancestors - all that has happened to them and to us have made us what we are - and what made Elvis what he was.

Caesar began the Roman conquering of England, but the spirit of rebellion in Englandagainst tyranny never died. The people were never completely conquered by anyone.

And all that happened in the past came to fruition in an unexpected way one day, when a young Memphis boy refused to be like all the others around him.

And became a legend in the process.

Many readers of Elvis may only want to know what his 25th cousin says happened - which may or may not be true, depending on how much money they were paid, or if they have a personal axe to grind.

I on the other hand, only want to know what happened, from the begining to the end, that made him who he was, and made him do what he did.

From his ancestors who refused to bow to Caesar  on a small island, to his ancestors who one day would fight and defeat the "unbeatable " Roman army in a forgotten forrest in Germany.

And to all those we shall learn about after that.

And all, as much as possible, to be written about in the beautiful language... of the King James Bible.

Thanks for reading.

Will Bevis.

 

 

 

 

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