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Show The defcript ionofBritaine. The defctiption ofBritaine. innine opi darnand not to eat peator with Wae mt mp sebias that iforcafion ferued, it as able to recciue the tehole bodiesnf mothan one ofthe greateft mens Zmoane of fuch as wwe be insour dates. When this carcale was thus found, eueric man mate urlled stif,z god caule thy.Anieilenger was font fo Acowitee: > Tibefins theemporour'alfo toknoin his pleature, tthe: bute Wome Hecrmadeot hep hetpould hatte thefame beonghthisoucr Legate not to anyi 0? Hof; but he forbad thenr, willing inhabtted within the pomtnfow of Zp20ll) Weennt, thofe feate was on the mount Weeibhere parcel of the Alpes, tthat elfe fanifieth the two MWearedich in 232ttity,from thence thetye2 Scordifci commeth,but to be dDiniwded? Wereby ther, andfundste other the like tefttmonies, gather that the Wzttith and the Celtity (pew ches had great affinitie one with another ,asZ fain, whid) Cefar({peaking of the fimtlitude o2 lkeneffe of religion tn both nations) doth alfo auerre, ¢ Tacitus 7» isnot to beaccompted,ofias apart of our felicitic, fith they hich pofletten the fame , twere not onelic tyzants, poitity,ecnillincn,butalfo oftentimes onercome cuen by the weakea feeble. F inallicthep were fuch indeed as in ohomthe Lord delited not, according fo the faieng que of the prophet Baruths thifuernnt ¢icantes nommnatt ll ab wmteofnernat fh itura mag nas fcrente be umn, hos non legit Dominnw, nequet an difcipiune dex dit, hf ¥ op tered p ertcrunt, ~" quaniam non hab vant fap nentiamynterter ent propter (juan apa ap, 3, 6, : Essay onetooth ta: gpmtaite the Dead out 'ef histefting place,but rather |, InfipLentraMnse7-. that is, ibere were the giants famous ken out of from the beginning, thatiwere of great fature and fometthat folatiffiohisantatie tofendhim afathout thebead. expert in fwarre , thole did not the Lo2d chofe,neither Shitshead; ahich beivig Done,be gate it toa cunning trorkemany cottmanding him to thape a carcale of light matterjattertheproportion ofthe torth,that atthe leattipfuch moans he might fatifiie bis curious mind, and thefatitaliosbf (uch agave Delited with noucltics. gaue be the waicof knowledge bute them, but thep twere deftroted,beranfe thep had i190 twifedome, and perithentinough their ofynefolifhnetle. Ahat the bodies of men alfo ne Dailie decaic in fature,befine Plinic Ll. Thiemm Dobe thartiberwthe imagetoas once made and fet bp 7-Eldrasliketwite confetteth 4b.4.cap.5.abofeanthoritic +E wasmore ts fogad herein as that of Homer? Plinic,ftho dm af: gienditapered rather anhage colofiie thanthe true Tuoradleo arcafe ofa mamand tien it had fod tn Rome ontill firme fo much,bhereas Goropius fill continuing bis thanoncpa: thepeopleinere tpearie ¢ theoughlic fatiffien with the ,. Lvantedpertinacitic alfo in this behalfe, maketh bis sepabiese Habt thereof,be caufepit to be broker all topecces, and proportionfrit by the old Aomane fot, and thenby bis thedean who the fioth fentagaine to the tavcafe fro. tenceit came, dione, € therebpon concludeth that men in thele daies ware & Spilling themmozeouer to cour it diligentlic, and tt befullie fo great as cuer theywere, whereby ag in the makemoney antic Wife notte difmmemberthe corps,rio2 front thences former dealing be thinketh it nothing to conclude a otthem, fenzth to be fo hardie as to open the fepuldhze anie moze, gaintt the (erfptures , chofen inziters and teftimonies Paufan. ib. 8. tellethinlike manerof Hiplodanus ¢his of the oldeft pagans. iBut fee boty be would falue all at fellotwes abolined tijen Rhea twas with child ofOfyris laft in the end of bis Gigantomachia , abere be fatth, by Cham,anhwere called to bir-aid at fuch time as fhe dente not but that od huge perfonages hauc bene feene, feared fo be molefted by Hammonpir firhufband, as a omanof fer, and a manof nine fot long, which hilet Hhyremainedopon the Thoumatiandill, 216 o Amy lelfe alfo haue beholden,but as now fo inold time Grandidque ofofft mira loco, faith he,ppettantur off maiora multo quam vt humana? the common fort did fo much fumnder at the itke as Litur offa fe» ¢xi/timart poffisnts coc. DE Protophanes tho had but one lve do at thele, becaufe they iuere feloomie ferne, and palchris, Seat and broad bone in feedofall his ribs on ech foe notcommontic to be heard of, J aie nothingLith it concerneth nothis ftature, J could rebearfe mante mo eramples ofthe bodies of Of the languages fpokenin futtl ment,out of Solinus, Sabellicus, D.Cooper, and 0 this Iand, thers Asof Ocras and Ephialtes, frho twere fatd to be Cap.6. witte. orgies orpaces in heigthann foure in brenth,tehich ate fakert for fo many cubits, bicaufe there ig {mall dif: >S) Wat language came fir totth pith ference betinenca mans o2dinariepace andbis cubit Samothes and afterward {with aNd finallic of our Aichard the firt, who is noted to it Ke G) Albion, and the giants of his beareanareitthe wars,the iron of tote head onelic jo3 companie, it ishard for me £9 Lweighed tiventic poundafterour greateft tucight,and Adetermine,fith nothing of found Hhoreof ar old twriter that 3 haue feene, faith thus; SX ctedit remaineth in iweiting, This king Richard I ynderftand, Britity YN 4 bic map tefolue bs in the Yerhe wentout.ofEngland, > truth hereof, Bet of fomudjare sual! Letmake anaxe for thenones, Therewith tocleaue the Saracensbones, ine certeite.that the (peach of the ancient i3sitons,and of the Celts, had great affinitie one fwith another, {0 syti! The head in foodw as wroughtfull weele, so ther ration tofth fmail belpe of tnterpeetors might o- ™ And when he camein Cyprus land, Thatilkon axe he tooke in hand,&c. % coulo {peakealts of Gerards ftaffe o2 lance > bet fo ‘ be feone in Getards hall at London in Bafing lane, Lthich is fo great and long that noman can betueld it Heithergo to the top thereof without aladber, tbich of (et putpofe and for greater countenance of the wonder ts fired bythe fame, J haue fenea man imp (elfe offe Uen fot in heigth, but lame of his legs. he chronicies AO OFCathal poake of one in Wales rho was halfe Afotthither, but though infirmitie and wounds not Able to betweld himtelfe, I might (if F thought gad) {peake alto of another of no Leffe beigth than either ofthefe and lining oflate veares,bu t thefe here remeny bed Mall uitice to PHOUC ny purpofe Wwithall,y might tell pou iit like fort of the marke ftone hic) Turnus RW at neds, , and twas fudy as that tin: ele cho ANd pick ed mei(faith Virgil > ( Qtli i aninc hominun produ Coprupred Dpthe La tine ann Daron(pee- that thep were either all one,o2 at leattinite uc as et: Cat! Thetcon were twentie poundof ftecle, VAvnbe ie o product it Corora telu ll s ) ae oieoe Able te tur and tema fas ~ it - add diuerfe neont of the place : but of thelike, concluding that =e ee locks Were orei ned and created by Gon: Atettimonie wnto ANd Cecondlie fox a conf vs of his potwer and mights itmation, thar bugene s of bovic detfand other, and readilie difcerne that the fpeake meant, Someare oftheopinion that the Celts {paker GCrecke,and hot the sritith tong refemblen the fante, e tf sbut 3 fee that thete mon do fpeakewithout authos t ficandtherefore ¥ reicct then, for if the Celts ubich tore properlic called Galles nip {peake Grek did Cefar in bis letters fent to omeble e, thy that lar guage,becauf fihich was fpokenin Grecia before Homerdid refoum e that if thep fhould be intercepted they Might not Nderfand them, 02 thp nin he not onder? fandthe Galles, he being fo fhilful l in the language without an interpreterBet F denie not but that the Celtith anv 1pittth tpeackes might haue great affint : olo time between the Celts « the Ath tongs, twill not a little helpe thofe that thinke fhe old Celtith:to bane fee fariour of the Grebe . (ut how focuerthat matter faudethafter the Writith {peach came once ouerinfo this Jlann,fure itis, that tf could neuer be cx tinguithed for all the attempts that the daomans, ofBathanafiusa capitaineofthe hameis mere Writith »fompounded Galles, tole of Bath¢ Ynad,t fignifieth a nobleo2comelie iunge.Sno ehera s he faith that the reliques of the Galles toke bp their firtt Diveiling about Feber, ann afferivard pinid ed then felues in fuch wife, that thep Sbich toent and divelled in Dungarie were calico Sordfai, anp the other that inha he Dt{ Bons DL ib 02 fome of bis band, even onto Ancas and other of the ‘ Leotans,and fo forth onto Poah without ante maner of Top, Ibutas J know not what crenit is ta be ginen bnito them in this bebalfe, although Jmuff neds confete that their anctent Bards twere berte diligent in there collection, and had allo publike allowance?'2 faz larie for the fantes(o J dare not abfointelie impugne their alicrtions fit that in times pat all nations(lears uta Agricole, tr like fot plainlie affirneth , orelfe it ro ning it no doubt sf the 1ebiues) vid berie folemnelic mut needs be that the Galles thtch inuancd Btalie and preferue the catalogs of their defcents , thereby either Greece were mere Wyitons,of hole likenes of fpwech totheto themfetues of ancient and noble race,o3 elfe twith the Grecke tong J need not make anie triall, titty ta be defcended from tome one of the gens, Wut no man (3 hope) itll readvilie deitic ff. Appianus tals Stemmata quidfaciunt ° quidprodest Pontice lingo Ring of the Beennt calleth them Cvmbzes, and by this Sangutnecenfert © aut quid auorum ducere turmastOrt. A gather alfo that the Celts and the Bzitons twere tiv Hert onto the wWritith fpcach,the Latine tong was Latine. Diffeventlic called Cymbri tn their otune language, nought in by the Romans, and i manet genevallie 02 elie that the Wzitons were the right Cymbri, tho planted through the tbole reaton, as the French was bnto this date Do not refule to be callen bp that name, after by the Powmans. Dé this tong F will not fap Bodinus writing of the means bythich the ovtginall of 20 mud), bicaufe there ate fetv Hhich be not thilfull ithe enerie kingdome and nation is to be had and diferre fame, olvbeit,as the {peachit felfets eafie and dele? ned, fetteth botune thee tates thereby the bnotwlenge table, fo hath it peruerted the names of the ancient ri thereof is to be found, one ts (faith he) the infallible te: hers.regtons,ecities of Writaine in fuch wife, that tir ftimonie of the fornid tyziters, the otherthe pefcription thefe our dates their old 1W5zitify ocnominations are and fite of the reqion, the third the relikes of the anct quite grotone ont of meniorie and pet thofte of the nets ent {prech remaining tn the fame. Gthich later tf it be LLatine leftas mo oneertaine. This vemaineth alfa of anvforee,then 4 musk conclude,that the {peccl of the bnto mp fime,borofued fromthe Womans, that all one Iritcus and Celts twas fometimecither all one o2 veDeedseuidences, charters, ¢ Writings of recor, ave fet ticlike one ts another, o2elfe it mutt follow that the dolwne inthe Latine tong, though note berie barba(Britons ouerflotved the continent bider the name of 30 Tous, and fherebnto the copics and court-zalles, and Cymizes, being peraducnture alfoctat tithis botage, proceiies of courts and lets reqiffren inthe fame, o2 mired by inuafion twith the Danes, and Poztvegi Che third language aparantlic botwne ts the Sci- Bie Saran cus, the are called Cymbri and Cymmerij, as moft fhiairo2 high Dutey,tnduced at the irk bythe Sarons inziters Dw remember. Dhisalfe is evident(as Plutarch (abich the IBzitons call Sayfonacc,as thep dm the fpcaz liketwile confefleth zn vita arary) that no man kuetv hers Sayfon)an hard and rough kind of fpeach,Gon from thence the Cpimbes came in his dates, and thers thot,fthen onr nation tuas brought fir into acquaine fore X belecue that they came out of Weitaine,for ail the tance Dithall, but noin changed with bs thto 4 farre maine was tocll knotwne Huto thent, J meane even mozefine a-Deafiebindof btterance, and fo polityen tothe bitermof partof the nozth, as map appeare furs and helped toith netw and milder twos,thatif ts to be thermoze bp the lanes thich were datlie bought front 49 aduouched how there is no one (peach buder the finne thence brite them, fhom of thefr countries thep called fpolientt our time,that batho2 can yaue more bavictia Daur fo? Daci, Getz foz Gothes, te 3 fo2 of their cor of tyo2ds,copieof yheales, 02 fiquresand floures ofclos quefts J nd not make rebearfall, fith thep are cont quence, than bath our Cnalith tong , although forme haue affivmed bs rather to barke as dogs, than talke monlic krofone and remembzedbp the tuziters;both of the Grerbes and iLatines. hike men,bicaule the motk ofour tuords(as they ote The Weitity tong called Camberacc poh pet ree bevdjincline buts one fpllable. his allo ts to be noter maine in that part of the Jland, eich ts now cailen as atefimonic remaining fill of onrlanguage, derts Gales, Hhither the wWeitons tuere detuen after the ued fromthe Sarons , that the generat? name for the Sarons hapmave a full conquett of the other,which we moft part of culbrie ilfull artifice in histrane enveth now call England, although the p2tftinate integritic §° in Here tuith v3,albeit the H beleft out,and er chlie tne thereof be not a little diminifhed by mirture of the ferfed,as Scrinenhere,twritehere,Aphere,ac: for ferts Latine and Saron {peaches wwithall. Hotwbeit, manic yener, titer, and thipper, ec: befive manic other rez poelirs and inzitings (in making thereof that nation likes of that (peec),neucr to be abolifyen, bath eucrimore delifen)are pet evtanttmptime, therAtter the Savon tong,came the Noman o2 French The Feeney bpfoie difference beftweenc the ancient and prefent language ouer inte our countrie,and therein inere our 199" language map eafilie be difcerned, notivithfanding lates twzittenfor along time. Dur dhilozen allo were that among all thefe thereis nothing to be found,ibich bp anrelpeciall vecree taught fir to fpeake the fame, canfet dotone anie foundand full teftiinonic of their amd therebnto inforced tolearne thetr conffrudtons in plone osiginall,in rementbzance tbereof, their Bards the French,thentoeuerthep were {etto the Orainmarc and cummiig nti haue bene moft flacke and neglt 60 (hole . Snlike fort fel bithops,abbats,o2other clergie gent. Giraldusin pratfing the Writons affirmeth that men,Were admitted onto anie eccleftatitdion there is not onc usw inall their language, thatis not here among 08,butfuc as canie out of religious how either Greeke 02 Latine . Which being rightly onder, franded and conferred twith the likenefle that twas in tie one with another, and' the Writith aboue . all other inith the Oyeke,for both do aypecre by certe ine {y020 as fil inti fox thee, marchfo: an boafle,€ trimarchia3,, tubereof Paufanias {peaketh,for boty.Achene usalfa tual teth L offhemcart reanilie verte the fame,ctther from IBiute's Sarons, Pommans; and. Guglifhmren coulp make a gaint that tiation,in ante manerof tuffe. Petignes and geycalogics allo the Cel Writons hauc plentic in their otone tong, infomad that manic fes from beponn the feas,totheend they thouln not bfe the Cnglith tong in thete ferns to fhe peaple, Fnthe courtallo it grety ints {uty contempt, that mott meit thougist tt no fmatldifkono2 to fpeake any Englity there,Wahich brauevie toke his hotat the lat likewtte ithe countrie tith cucrie plotwmsan,that euenthe be, tie carters began to war tuearie of there mother tong, labonved to fpeake French hichas then twas coun ted no (niall token of gentilitie.And 10 marucll,(63 e uieric French rafcall, then he came duce hither, teas taken fore gentleman, onclie bicanfe be tpasipronD, ana could bie bis olpise language.ann all bisfavite rile neea)mee 4 Ih |