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230 
therefore joined with those of Prydain, and 
Dyfnwal Moelmud, as one of the three who 
healed the disorders of the kingdom; Triad 
36. Of the descendants of Caractacus none 
returned, Triad 61. It is therefore to be 
presumed, that Claudia Rufina was of it, to 
whose beauty Martial has paid so handsome 
a compliment, in the well frokn epigram of 
which this is the purport: 
© If Claudia’s of the woad-stained British 
race 
Whence is that lovely form, that heavenly 
face? 
Why does th; Roman, and the Grecian 
dame 
Dispute her birth, and urge a jealous claim? 
Thus blest, ye Gods, still bless the happy 
; pair, 
And make their offspring your peculiar care ; 
Her love his only, mutual be their will, 
And may her sons her latest wish fulfil.’ 
«© That this Claudia was a christian is 
confirmed by St. Paul’s second epistle to Ti- 
mothy, chap. iv. ver. 21, in the ‘salutation 
‘from Bidens, Linus, and Claudia; as Pu- 
dens was the husband of Claudia, and Linus 
most probably their son. The assertion that 
Bran wasa christian is therefore countenanc- 
ed, not only by this circumstance, but by the 
unceasing and lively exertions of the primi- 
tive christians in the relief, consolation, and 
instruction of all who were in affliction, ‘as 
he must have been, where he was a captive 
and a stranger.” 
An attempt, but not a very successful 
one, is made to illustrate the history of 
Ambrosius, or Merlin, The reign of 
HISTORY, POLITICS, AND STATISTICS. 
Arthur is on every account highly and 
generally curious ; but until the publica-— 
tion of all the romances concerning him 
shall be completed, (and there are» no 
doubt several in Welsh) it will be impos- 
sible to appreciate the antiquity, and 
consequently the probability of the diffe- 
rent and often discordant traditions. 
Some observations also occur on the 
nineteenth triad, in which it is said, that 
the three blessed guests of Britain (that 
means the missionaries who first con- 
verted the British) were Dewi, Padam, 
and Teilo. Here is obvious mention of | 
David, the favourite saint of the Welsh, 
and of Patrick, the favourite saint of the 
Trish; but who is Teilo? Is this the St. 
Olave, of whose ancient popularity so 
many churches and streets bear witness? 
St. Tooley, as the English say. 
Among the Cimbric antiquaries, a 
little national vanity gleams forth, which 
leads them into credulous ‘and injudi- 
cious propositions; but with a few dee 
ductions for the diverting hallucinations 
of their provincial patriotism, they are 
pouring into the reservoirs of antiqua- 
rian science, new, important, and nu. 
merous discoveries. We rejoiceatevery 
aecession to the number of labourers; 
but we wish that to translate exactly, 
and to publish with integrity, every re- 
maining document, were considered as a 
business essentially prior to the discus 
sion of their historical contents. 
Art. IV. The History of England, from the Peace of \783, to the Treaty concluded at 
Amiens in 1802; being a Continuation of Coore’s History of England. By the Author 
of the former Part. 8vo. pp. 446. 
“ COOTE’s History of England, 
from the Dawn of Record to the Peace 
of 17838,” has not been received by the 
public with a welcome proportioned to 
the length of toil, the neatness of redac- 
tion, and the equity of estimate dis- 
played. It bas here been continved 
with patient expedition, and undeviating 
propriety to the conclusion of the treaty 
at Amiens in 1802. Only this conclud- 
ing volume belongs within the limits of 
our horizon of observation. 
In a history of England, during our 
own times, the leading facts are of 
course familiar. The plan of detailing 
them is in some degree pre-established. 
There must be alternations of debates . 
and of narrative. Pariiaméntary dis- 
cussions and practical operations must 
succeed and influence each other, like 
the strife of gods and men in the Iliad. 
But as parliament is become rather more 
an organ of public instruction, and rather 
less a seat of national volition than for- 
merly, it ought in some degree to make 
room for the political controversies of 
the press, which now chiefly call forth 
what there is of independent opinion in 
the country. We could have wished, 
therefore, to sce distinct chapters conse- 
crated to the literature of the leading’ 
questions in discussion ; and shouldete.. 
commend the annexation of regular no- 
tices of the principal topics of publi 
attention, whether political or not. We 
value tranquillity the less, and ‘those 
talents which it evolves; because his- 
torians neglect to record and appreciate 
their exertion. The art of amusing the 
peace of the civilised, is one of the arts 
of preserving it. From the insipid 
feasts of the Aithiopians, Jupiter returns 
