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

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22^THE HISTORYSO farr abroad and to such wise irations, about affairsno less arduous tlian important. But if weattentively consider his moderation in eatuig,drinking, and <strong>the</strong> nse <strong>of</strong> all those things, whichour natural appetites incessantly crave ;adding <strong>the</strong>candor and simplicity <strong>of</strong> hismanners, with <strong>the</strong>solidity and wisdom <strong>of</strong> his answers (all which wellfind sufficiently attested) it must be own'd, that<strong>the</strong> world at that time had few to compare withAbaris.Thus I have laid before your lordship a specimen<strong>of</strong> my <strong>History</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Druids. Give me leaveto send you with this letter two small pieceswhich I don't doubt w^ill be agreeable to you.One is 3L\ Jones's Answer to Mr. Tides questionsahoiit <strong>the</strong> Druids, and <strong>the</strong> o<strong>the</strong>r Brittish antiquities,which I transcrib'd from amannscript in <strong>the</strong>Cotton Library^; and <strong>the</strong> o<strong>the</strong>r, some collectionsmentioned in one <strong>of</strong> my letters!, shewing <strong>the</strong> affinitybetween <strong>the</strong> Armoric and Irish language, &c.—I am,April 18, 1719.My Lord,Your Lordship's most obliged,And very humble Servant.* YUcl. E. Y. 6,^- Letter II. h- 18. pag. 159.

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