By William Long, Esq. 219 



"The Giants' Daunce, a famous stone-worke stands, 



Art did her best in bringinj; it to passe, 



Vaine prating fame, reports by Merlin's hand, 



In maner strange this work effected was. 



The stones (men say) in that land first did lie 

 •Scythia. Whence * Cranes t in flockes so many use to ftie. t Palamedia aves. 



From thence conveied, as things of charie price, 



The Irish soil received them with joy. 



P'or why ? their vertue in a wondrous wise, 



Oft cures the griefe that doth sicke folke annoy. 

 For waters cast and sprinkled on these stones 

 Their vertue take, and heale the grieved ones. 



The noble Uther that Pendragon hight, 



Them over seas to Ambresburie brought ; 



Returning thence, where he by martial! might 



Had quel'd his foes in battell fiercely fought. 

 worthy wights, how many on that plaine. 

 Of you lie dead by Hengist's treason slaine ! 



The Britons bi-ave, that race of noble blood, 



Entrapt by little heed and too much trust, 



Were kild alas, in parley as they stood. 



Through faithless fraud of enemies unjust. 

 But Eldol Earle his manhood excellent 

 Then shewed, to death who seventie persons sent. 



Aubrey's " Monumenta Britanuica." 

 (Page 32.; 



Aubrey's sketch of Stonehenge in the " Monumenta Britannica " 

 is interesting, hut not worth the expense of reproduction. So much 

 of the "Templa Druidum" (the more important portion of the 

 work) has now been printed by the Society that it might be desirable, 

 in some future number or numbers of the Magazine, to print the re- 

 maining portion, together with a selection of the more interesting 

 notices from the other portions of the " Monumenta." 



By the courtesy of Mr. Allnutt, of the Bodleian Library, the 

 writer was shown the printed prospectus for the publication of the 

 " Monumenta." It is amongst Antony k Wood's collections (658 

 f. 811). It is as follows :— 



"PROPOSALS for printing fttotiumtnta Urttaunica, 



written by JNlr. John Avbrey, Fellow of the Royal Society, 

 Containing Four Parts, viz. 



