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** been other Kings to join him; and 

 ** it feems the Welfh were plaguy trou- 

 " blefome when there mufl have been 

 " a wall to feparate them. But I can- 

 " not be of the common opinion, that 

 " this was a defence againft the Welfh ; 

 " for how foon would they demolifh a 

 t( mud wall if they Were fuch terrible 

 " creatures? If they were a parcel of 

 " poltroons, as fome modern wits will 

 " infer from this filly fortification, what 

 " occafion was there for a wall againft 

 *' fuch worthlefs animals? Doth it not 

 " feem more likely, that upon a peace 

 betwixt the Englifh and Britifli prin* 

 " ces, this was made an everlafting 

 " boundary line between the two na* 

 ** tions, and that they all joined in it?" 

 Parallel with two other dykes acrofs 

 this hill, runs a flupendous rampart of 

 loofe ftones, accompanied with a deep 

 fofs, which turning, follows the brow of 

 C 2 the 



