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mediately recognized, and all was joy. 

 He then took out of his pocket a large 

 purfe, filled with gold, and giving it to 

 her, '? Here," faid he, " take this, as a 

 " reward for your hofpitality to the old 

 " Englifh ft ranger, who is now more than 

 " fourfcore years of age ; he requires no 

 " more for it, than a bed every night, 

 " and flummery and milk every day while 

 " he lives." From this time, I believe, 

 he reiided with them till the day of his 

 death, which was not till fome years af- 

 terwards. 



Near Ffeftiniog ran the antient mili- 

 tary way, paved with ftones, even along 

 thefe fteep, and almoft, inacceffible moun- 

 tains, called Sarn Helen, or Helen's Way, 

 the work of Helen, the wife of the Em- 

 peror Maximus.* 



^-Rowland's Mona Antiqua, 165. 



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