aéO STUpIES OF NATURE. 



Bardus went, and found out Carnut, and faid to 

 him : " Son. of Tendais it is not fufBcient for a 

 " King to maintain his fubjeâis, and to be firm 

 " and confiant in his labours : he ought to know, 

 ** likewife, how to banifli from their minds thofe 

 *' miferies of opinion which.render them unhappy : 

 " for, it is opinion which exercifes influence over 

 '^ Mankind, and renders them good or bad. Let 

 " us fee, whether of the two, thou or I, can exert 

 *f the greateft power over their minds. It was not 

 *' by fighting merely that Hercules attracted fol- 

 *' lowers in Gaul, but by divine fongs, which 

 *' flowed from his mouth like chains of gold, 

 *' charmed the ears of thofe who liflened,and con-r 

 *' flrained them to follow him.'* 



Carnut^ with joy, accepted this third challenge. 

 He fung the combats of the Gods of the North on 

 the icy mountains ; the tempefts of Niorder upon 

 the Seas ; the tricks of Fidar in the air ; the ra- 

 vages of Tho7- on the Earth ; and the empire of 

 Hoeder in the dark regions of Hell. To thefe he 

 added the rehearfal of his own viélories, and his 

 tremendous ftrains transfufed the emotions of fury 

 into the heart of his warriors, who were on tip- 

 toe to fpread univerfal deftrudion. 



As to King Bardus i the following were his milder 

 itrains: i 



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