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A new edition of Toland's History of the druids: - Free History Ebooks

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iOLIFE OF TOLAND.illegitimate, Mliich was not <strong>the</strong> case, no infamycould have attached to him on that account, unlesshe can be supposed tohave had <strong>the</strong> power <strong>of</strong> directing<strong>the</strong> mode <strong>of</strong> his coming into existence.The following testimonial, given him at Prague,where he was residmg in 1708, will, however, sufficientlyremove so foolish and groundless an imputation.It runs thus:htfra scriptitestamur Dom. Jocmnem Tolaml,ortiim esse ex honesta, nobili ei cmtiquissimafaniiUa,quce per i^hires centenos cmnos, ut Regni Historia eteontimia mo7istrantmemoria, in Peninsula HihernueEnis-Owen dicta prope nrhem Londino-Deriensemin Ultonia, perduravit. In ciijus reijirmioremjidem,nos ex eadempatria oriundi propriismanihus suhscripsimus,Pragce in Bohemia, hac die 2. Ja7i. 1708.Joannes O'Niellsuperior Collegii Hihernorum,i. S, Francisus O'Deulin, S. Theologice Pr<strong>of</strong>essor,Rvdolphus O'Neill, S. Theol Lector.TRANSLATION." Vv e subscribers testify, that Mr. John Toland is" dos({^nded <strong>of</strong> an honourable, noble, and very an-" cient fcuuily, which resided several centuries on" <strong>the</strong> Peninsula <strong>of</strong> Ireland, called Enis-Owen, near" <strong>the</strong> city <strong>of</strong> l^ondonderry in Ulster, which <strong>the</strong>"" history <strong>of</strong> that kingdom, and continual mention*'<strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> family clearly establish. For <strong>the</strong> surer*'credence <strong>of</strong> this, we, natives <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> same country^

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