ANTIQUITIES. 



Pacificnhon of LhuM— Little Soug. Translated front the Welsh nf the 

 Bard Thaliessin, tvho flourished in the Sixth Century of the Christian 

 JEra ; with Notes in support of the Opinion, that this little Poem re- 

 lates, riot to the first Colonists of Great Britain, but only to the In- 

 vasion by Julius Ccrsar. IFrom Mr. Davies's Mi/tholosv and Rites 

 of the British Druids.j 



IN the name of the God Trinity,* exhibit thy charity ! 

 A numerous race, of ungentle manners, 

 llepeat their invasion of Britain, chief of isles : f 

 Men from a country in Asia, and the region of Capys ; % 

 A people of iniquitous design : the land is not known 

 That vyas their mother.^ 'fhey made a devious course by sea. 

 In their flowing garments, || who can equal them? 

 With design are they called in.^f with their short spears,** those foes 



Of 



" Tlie Bard addresses himself to a Christian. 



t The subject of the poem is Csesar's second invasion. The particle d>/, in 

 composition, conveys the sense oi iteration. 



X The district of Troy, whence the Romans deduced their origin. 



§ When the oracle commanded j^neas and his comjiany 



Dardanidaj duri, quae vos a stirjie parentum 

 Prima tidit telliis, eadcm vos ubere lacto 

 Accijiiet reduces : antiquam exquirite Matrcm— . 



Virg. JEn. III. V. 93. 

 We are informed, that they knew not where to find this jmrent rcgiott, and con 

 sequently wandered through various seas in search of it. To this tale the Bard 

 evidently alludes. 



II The Roman toga, or govm. 



"^ A^'e learn from C«?sar, as well as from the British Triads and Chronicles, that 

 the Romans were invited hito this island by the princes of the Trinobantes, who 

 were at war with Cassivellaunus. 



*• Such was the formidable ^(7«w, as appears from a variety of Roman coins and 

 sculptures. 



