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mar, ftruclure, and nomenclature; but 

 of thefe, the two lafl referable each other 

 theneareft: and the Irifii, and Erfe ? or 

 ^ Gallic, are fundamentally the fame with 



// yc /-'c tne Welih, though differing much in the 

 dialect and pronunciation. They all 

 proceeded from one common head or 

 fountain, the ancient Celtic, or Britifh 

 tongue. 



There is fo great an analogy between 

 the primitive and derivative words of the 

 Hebrew and Welfh, (allowing for the 

 different modes of pronouncing in dif- 

 ferent languages) that it is plainly evi* 



// if dent, that feveral of the Britifh words 



CL t-y*+* .* /*'- 



.* 



&h owed their origin to that firft and mofl 

 ^*- ancient language of mankind; and the 

 Britiili, even of the prefent day, having 



fc^/ 2*> . 



^^^ //^/ Jnore wtttidg m it agreeing with that 



primitive tongue, than all the reft put 

 ^ ^ ~ together, it certainly appears, in it's 

 ? eZj~- ^ r -^ ftrueture and origin, to have been 



* one of tlie P rimar J 

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