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

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THETHIR ID ILETTER,TO THERIGHT HONOURABLETHELORD VISCOUNT MOLESWORTILI. A TAKE <strong>the</strong> liberty, my lord, to troble you athird time with <strong>the</strong> company <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Druids; who,like o<strong>the</strong>r priests, resort always to <strong>the</strong> piace wheretlie best intertaiiiment isto be found: and yet Imust needs own, it derogates much from <strong>the</strong> me*rit <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>ir visit; that, in <strong>the</strong> quality <strong>of</strong> philosophers<strong>the</strong>y know not where to find a heartier wel*com than in your lordship's study. Tho' I havevery particularly explain'd <strong>the</strong> plan <strong>of</strong> my <strong>History</strong><strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Druids^ in <strong>the</strong> two lastletters I did myself<strong>the</strong> honor to send you on this subject, yet <strong>the</strong>work being considerably large, and containinggreat variety <strong>of</strong> matter, I have stillsomething toimpart, in order to give <strong>the</strong> clearer idea <strong>of</strong> my design.And it is, that, besides <strong>the</strong> citations <strong>of</strong> autliors,indispensably rerpiisite in proving matters<strong>of</strong> fact <strong>new</strong> ly advanc'd, or in deciding <strong>of</strong> antientdoubts and controveries (not to speak <strong>of</strong> such as

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