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OF THE DRUIDS. 107fables which the aiitient Greecs had about theGods, some were derived from the Mages, somefrom the Egyptians and Gauls, others from theAfricans and Phrygians, and others from other nations*:for which he cites Homer as a witness,nor is there any tiling that bears a greater witnessto itself. This, however, is not all : for, over andabove the several helps I have mention'd, thereare likewise numerous monuments of the worshipof the Druids, their valor, policy, and manner ofhabitation, still remaining in France, in Britain, inIreland, and in the adjacent islands;many of 'emintire, and the rest by the help of these easily conceiv'd.Most are of stone, as the lesser ones areof glass, and others of earth bak'd extremely hard.The two last kinds were ornaments or magicalgems, as were also those of chrystal and agat,either pei fectly spherical, or in the figure of a lentill; or sliap'd after any of the other w ays, whichshall be describ'd and portray'd in our book. Theglass amulets or ornaments are in the Lowlandsof Scotland, call'd Adder-stanes, and by the WelshGh'hii na Droed/i, or Druid-glass, which is in IrishGlaine nan Druidke^ Glaine in this language signifyingGlass, tho' obsolete now in the Welsh dia* Ttf ?£ TCaWat; xai TratxiXajTrspi Qeu)/ ysyoHvoLi. ita^a. roii; TraXaiois ^EWns-i y,v9s7:o»ixcy aiq aWcA (xiy I'm Uxyxq ytyoma-iv^ oKKai Js Trap' AtyvKTM; uat iCeXt5{j, utaAi^vTij Hxi f'j^i, Km TC)