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** and empurpled with rage, rifes toward Heaven 

 ** in divergent crimfon radiationsj and the garment 

 '* which covered his murderous arms, is bridled 

 " into prickles. The Druid is transformed into a 

 « thiftle. 



'* Thou, faid the Goddefs of the Harvefts, who 

 wouldft perfevere in feeding men like beafts, be- 

 " come thyfelf food for animals. Continue to be 

 the enemy of the harvefts after thy death, as thou 

 *' wert during thy life. As for thee, beautiful 

 " flower of Lets, be thou the ornament of the 

 *' Seine, and may thy vidorious flower, in the 

 *' hand of her Kings, one day prevail triumphantly 

 " over the miftletoe of the Druids. 



*' Gallant followers of Gamut, come and dwell 

 ** in my city. The flower of Lc'is perfumes my 

 ** gardens ; the virgins, night and day, chant his 

 ** adventure in my plains. Every one there en- 

 " gages in eafy and cheerful labour : and my gra- 

 *' naries, beloved by Ceres, overflow with piles of 

 " grain." 



Scarcely had Bardus finirtied his fong, when the 

 warriors of the North, who were perifliing with 

 hunger, abandoned the fon of Tendal, and fixed 

 their refidence in Liitetia. This good King fre- 

 quently faid to me ; *' Ah ! why have I not here 



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