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102 "^THE HISTORYjust as ill Ireland, yet under the direction and controllof the Druids. This has led many to imagine,that, because the Druids iniluenc'd all,there were therefore no other judges, which isdoubtless an egregious mistake.XV. Further, tho' the Druids were exemptedfrom bearing arms, yet they finally determindconcerning peace and war :and those of that order,who attended theking and the nobles, wereobserv'd to be the greatest make-bates and incendiaries;the most averse to peace in council, andtlie most cruel of all others in action. Some of'em were ally'd tokings, and many of 'em wereking s sons, and great numbers of them cull'd outof the best families :which you see is an old trick,but has not been always effectual enough to perpetuatean order of men.This, however, made historiansnot to forget them, and indeed several'em render d themselves very remarkable; as theDruid Trosdan, who found an antidote againstthe poyson'd arrows of certain Brittish invaders:Cabadius*, grandfather to the most celebratedchampion Cuculandf; Tages J the father of Morna,mother to the no less famous Fin mac Cuil§:Dader, who was kill'd by Eogain, son to Oliil Olomking of Munster; which Eogan was marry'd toMoinic, the daugliter of the Druid Dill. TheDruid Moirruth, the son of Sinduinn, was theof* Cathbaid. f Cuchulaid. t Tadhg. § Fin mhac Cubhaill.