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piter, and how Saturn fled to Italy, and wa? called Niord, 

 6th, Of Priam seventh from Jupiter, and of Hector, and how 

 Odin fled from Pompey. [iV. B. This last pafsage is the 

 sole foundation for the foolifti idea of Mallet, concerning 

 Odin and Pompey.] This chapter proceeds, 7th, To tell 

 how Odin, with many followers, went from Asia to Saxony, 

 where he gave Westphalia to one of his sons, France to 

 another j and thence to Reid Gotland, which the author 

 says exprefsly is now called Jut/and, which he gave to 

 Skiold, whence the Danifh kings called Skioldunsgar. 8th, 

 Odin goes to Sweden, where Gylf reigned, who offers 

 him and his followers what territory they pleased : Odin 

 chooses Sigtun, and afsumes the name of Niord. He in- 

 stitutes twelve princes on the plan of Troy, who were to 

 give judgement in the Turkilh fathion, secundum consuetu- 

 dines Turcicas ! 9th, Odin goes to Norway, and gives it 

 to Seming, his son, from whom the kings and chiefs oi 

 Norway descend. Then the tongue of the Asae spread 

 all over Saxony and the North. 



It is almost needlefs to remark, that this strange chap- 

 ter differs altogether from Snorro's history, and from the 

 Edda itself ; so that it roust have been an interpolation 

 by some ignorant modern hand. 



EDDA. 



The Edda itself consists of Mythologies and Histories: 

 They are arranged as under. 



Mythologies, 



Fable I. Is not In Goranson nor Mallet. It tells how 

 Gylf gave Gefiona as much land as four oxen could 

 plough ; and who made with her plough the island of Se- 

 land. Brag, the poet Is quoted. It is from Snorro's his- 

 tory, c. $. 



