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

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OF THE DRUIDS. 231IX. Whe<strong>the</strong>r <strong>the</strong> Britons had noblemen bearin^^<strong>the</strong>hanie <strong>of</strong> Duces, Comites, Baroms? and what<strong>the</strong>y were called in Brittish? In <strong>the</strong> book <strong>of</strong> Lau-(laff I hnd it thus written, Gancleleius Rex totamQ-egionem siiam Cadoco filio suo commejidavit, primlcgiumqiieconcessit, quatenus a fontc Faennunhaeyi doiiec adingressumjli(minis Nadavan pervenittir,omnes Reges et Comites, Optimates, Tribiini^atque domestici in CoenoUj sui coemeterio de Lan--carvaii sepeliantur. And K. Ed. I. enquiring <strong>of</strong><strong>the</strong> laws <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>Brittons, demandethhow <strong>the</strong> Welshbarons did administer justice, and so distinguisht<strong>the</strong>m ffom Lords Marchers,X. W^hat is <strong>the</strong> signification <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> word Assach?A statute <strong>of</strong> K. Hen. 6, saith, some <strong>of</strong>fered toexcuse <strong>the</strong>mselves by an Assach after <strong>the</strong> custom<strong>of</strong> Wales; that is to say, by an oath <strong>of</strong> 30 men.XI. What <strong>of</strong>ficer is he that in <strong>the</strong> laws <strong>of</strong> IlowelDa is called Distei?i, and <strong>the</strong> signification <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>w;ord ?XII. What do you think <strong>of</strong> this place <strong>of</strong> PetrusRamus in his book de moribus veterum Gallorum:Ilae civitates Brutos suos hahehant.Sic a Caesarenominantur Senatus Ehuronicum, Lexohiorum, Venetorwn.Was <strong>the</strong>re any counsil or senate in <strong>the</strong>Brittish government, and by what name were <strong>the</strong>ycalled?

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