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

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434 NOTES.but on <strong>the</strong> fspu-slon <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Druids from tfipse kingdoms, it wasenriched with <strong>the</strong> spoils <strong>of</strong> both. The Irish Iiave, <strong>the</strong>refore, anobvious interest in not publishing <strong>the</strong>se manuscripts. The moment<strong>the</strong>y are published, a great part <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>se records would infalliblyturn out to be, not <strong>the</strong> history <strong>of</strong> Ireland, but that <strong>of</strong>Gaul and Britain. This is evidently <strong>the</strong> case with <strong>the</strong> DnanAlbanack, which is strictly and literally <strong>the</strong> history <strong>of</strong> Argyleshire.But having this important document in <strong>the</strong>ir custody,

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