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

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;236 THE HISTORYa herald to record all <strong>the</strong> acts <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> princes andnobles, and to give arms according to deserts.They Avere also poets, and cou\l prognosticateAndcertain things, and gave <strong>the</strong>m out in metre.fur<strong>the</strong>r <strong>the</strong>re were three kinds <strong>of</strong> Beirdd (<strong>the</strong>plural <strong>of</strong> Bardd) viz. Privardd, Posivardd, Arwyddiardd.The Priveirdd{\A\ni\\\y)v^exeMerlmSilvester, Merlin Ambrosius, and Taliessin; and<strong>the</strong> reason <strong>the</strong>y were call'd Priveirdd Avas, because<strong>the</strong>y inventedand taught such philosophyand o<strong>the</strong>r learning as were never read or heard <strong>of</strong>by any man before. The interpretation <strong>of</strong> thisword Privarddis prince, or first learner, or learnedman: for Bardd was an appellation <strong>of</strong> all learnedmen, and pr<strong>of</strong>essors <strong>of</strong> learning, and prophets,as also were attributed to <strong>the</strong>m <strong>the</strong> titles <strong>of</strong> Prirardd,Posvardd, and Ariryddvard, Bardd Tehjn.And <strong>the</strong>y callBardd Gor<strong>the</strong>i/rn, that is,Merlin Ambrosins by <strong>the</strong> name <strong>of</strong>Vortigers Philosopher,or lear7ied man, or Prophesyer. Bardd Telyn ishe that is doctor <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> musicians <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> harp, andis <strong>the</strong> chief harp in <strong>the</strong>land, having his abode in<strong>the</strong> king's palace: and note no man may be calledPrivardd, but he that inventeth such learning,and arts, or science, as were never taught before.The second kind <strong>of</strong> Bardd is Posvardd, and thosePosveirdd were afterwards Prydiddion: for <strong>the</strong>ydid imitate and teach what <strong>the</strong> Priveirdd had setforth, and must take <strong>the</strong>ir author from one <strong>of</strong><strong>the</strong>mfor <strong>the</strong>y <strong>the</strong>mselves are no authors, but reg;ij$ters

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