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;OF THE DRUIDS. 237and propagators of the learning invented Ijytheothers. The tliird kind is Arwt/ddvard, tliat isby interpretation an Ensign-hard, and indeed is aherald at arms; and his duly was togenealogy and to blazon thedeclare thearms of nobles andprinces, and to keep the record of them, and toalter theirarms according to their dignity or deserts.These were with the kings and princes inall battles and actions. As for their garments, 1tin'nk they were long, such as the Prydiddlon hadfor tliey challenge the name of Bcirdd \\t siij)ra.Whereas some writers, and for the most part allforeners that mention the Bcirdd, do write thatBard has his name given him from one Bardus,who was the first inventor of Barddonieth, andsome say he was the fourth king of Britain; T sayitis a most false, erroneous, and fabulous surmiseof foren writers, forthere never was any of thatname either a king or king's son of Britain.there was a greatButscholar and inventor both ofpoetical verses and musical lessons that was sometime king of Britain.His name was Blegyivrydap Geisyllt, and he was the 56th supreme king ofGreat Britain, and dy'd inthe 2067th year afterthe deluge, of whom it is written that he was theNofamousest musician that ever lived in Britain.writer can show that Bard had his name fromBardits, it being a primitive British word that haiiithe foresayd significations. And Barddonieth(which is the art,function, and profession of theHh