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OF THE DRUIDS. 241all transgressors that ofieiided in their dominion,in the time of Kassibelanus there arose somecontroversy between the superial King Kasv»alhiwneand Ararwy, king of London, one of hisinferior kings, al)Out a murther committed. Tliecase is thus. The superial king keeping his courtwithin the dominion of one of the inferior kings,a controversy falling between twain within thecourt, and there and then one was slain, the questionis. Whether the inurtherer ought to be tryedby the officers and privilege of the snperior king,or of the inferior king. I think that the murthererought to be tried by the law and custom of theinferior king s court, because it is more seemlythat the superior king s court, which did indurein that country but a week or twain, or such liketime, should lose his privilege there for that time,than the inferior king's court should lose it forever. Vide in libra meo de legihus. It may seemto those that have judgment in histories, that thiswas tlie very cause that Ararwy would not havehis kinsman tried by the judges and laws or privilegeof Kaswallawne, whose court did remain inthe dominion of Ararwy but a little while, butwould have the felon tried by his judges and hiscourt.There is no mention made of Talaith anyw here amongst the Britons before the destructionof Britaifi, but that there were in Britain but onesuperial crown and three Talaith or coronets orPrince's crowns; one for the Alban, another for