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of Fingolfin's march to Angband immediately on his arrival,
whereas it appears in AV (p. 320); again as in Q and in con-
trast to AV (p. 318) the Battle under Stars was fought, and
Feanor died, before the encampment in Mithrim. Further, the
names Dagor-os-Giliath and Eredwethion are added in pencil
in AB I, whereas in AV they appear in the text as first written,
and Erydlomin still means the Shadowy Mountains (see
p. 333). That AB I is later than Q is shown by a multiplicity
of features, as will be seen from the Commentary.
There follows the text of AB I.

ANNALS OF BELERIAND.

Morgoth flees from Valinor with the Silmarils, the magic
gems of Feanor, and returns into the Northern World and,
rebuilds his fortress of Angband beneath the Black Moun-
tain, Thangorodrim. He devises the Balrogs and the Orcs.
The Silmarils are set in Morgoth's iron crown.
The Gnomes of the eldest house, the Dispossessed, come
into the North under Feanor and his seven sons, with their
friends Orodreth, Angrod, and Egnor, sons of Finrod.' They
burn the Telerian ships.
First of the Battles with Morgoth,' the Battle under Stars.
Feanor defeats the Orcs, but is mortally wounded by

Gotmog captain of Balrogs, and dies. Maidros, his eldest
son, is ambushed and captured and hung on Thangorodrim.
The sons of Feanor camp about Lake Mithrim in the North-
west, behind the Shadowy Mountains.(3)

Year 1. Here Sun and Moon, made by the Gods after the
death of the Two Trees of Valinor, appear. Thus
measured time came into the Hither Lands.
Fingolfin leads the second house of the Gnomes
over the straits of Grinding Ice into the Hither
Lands. With him came the son of Finrod,
Felagund,4 and part of the third or youngest
house. They march from the North as the Sun
rises, and unfurl their banners; and they come to
Mithrim, but there is feud' between them and
the sons of Feanor. Morgoth at coming of Light
retreats into his deepest dungeons, but smithies
in secret, and sends forth black clouds.

2. Fingon son of Fingolfin heals the feud by rescu-
ing Maidros.

1-100. The Gnomes explore and settle Beleriand, and
all the vale of Sirion from' the Great Sea to the
Blue Mountains,' except for Doriath in the cen-