166 Druidism in. connection with Wiltshire. 
many writers to intimate the downfall of the dynasty of the Hyesi 
“or Shepherd Kings, has given rise to much diversity of opinion, 
not merely in modern but also in ancient times. Originally inhabi- 
tants of Canaan, they are supposed to have followed Mizraim to 
Egypt, and to have dwelt in that country for a time on friendly 
terms with another branch of that family (who adopted the name 
of their leader), by whom they were ultimately expelled. This 
event Stukeley supposes to have taken place a.c. 1859, when the 
Hyesi or Royal Shepherds came over to Britain, under the guidance 
of their King Hercules or Assis, from Tyre. These Hycsi or Shep- 
herd Kings he supposes had retained possession of Lower Egypt 
for 200 years, being engaged during that period in constant warfare 
with the Mizraimites, another branch of Indian colonists or emi- 
grants, who inhabited Upper Egypt. The Hycsi were termed 
Titans or Fenmen by way of reproach, (from living on the banks 
of the Nile) by the Mizraimites, who called themselves Elohim or 
Gods, and inhabited the more mountainous regions; and on a com- 
pact with Tethmoris the Mizraim monarch, in 2120 a.m. they were 
finally compelled to quit Egypt to the number of 240,000, under 
Assis their King. These struggles for dominion between the Titans 
and Mizraimites, both originally of Eastern origin, have in all pro- 
bability given birth to the fable of the wars between the Titans 
and the Gods, or the inhabitants of Lower and Upper Egypt, in 
which the latter were victors. The Titans seem after their expulsion 
to have colonized the coasts of the Mediterranean, and subsequently 
Cornwall and Britain. We extract the following remarks from 
Mr. Penn, upon those fragments of tradition which connect the 
original occupants of Greece with the Celtic stock. 
He demonstrates that “Celtic terms are still preserved in the 
Orphic Hymns, and quotes the following authorities, in which the 
Titans are acknowledged as the old inhabitants, and which prove, 
that in them we find the parents of the Celtae. 
‘«Trrans, illustrious sons of earth and heaven, 
Our sire’s progenitors.” Orph. H. 36. 1. 
‘Against the Greeks, then shall a future race 
Of Titans, pouring from the utmost west, 
-Raise the barbaric sword and Celtic war.”—Callim, H. in Delph, 172. 
