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Methods where Hiftories are filent) and to fuch others as 
to whom I may think it grateful, which makes me to 
fendit to you, to dommunicate as you (hall fee caufe. 
To which My n Heer Ldhnitz fubjoins fomc Thoughts 
of his own' to that purpofe, He thinks this French 
Author may be perhaps inclinable to be fomewhat par- 
tial in favour of his Gauls or Celta^ but however that 
fome good Difcoveries may be hence made. He tells 
us, as his own ftnfe. That Celta olim Gerwianos & GaU 
los compleilehantur. Quod Walltca feu Camlrica noftra 
Lingua^ e^^ oemi-germanica , veteri Gallica prosima, 
Tutatque^faltem ft^fpicdtur^ Camros vel Cambros noftros^ 
pro parte, ex :pJorum Cimhr'm antiq^uis hahitatorilus 
ven{(f€y ut pojlea Angli ex polier 'torihtu Junt egrejfi, Ti* 
tamm cum Diis bello^veteres tntellexiffe put at ^ Scytharum 
wl Celt arum antiques in Afiant & Gr^ciam trruptiones ; 
Sum cum ihi regnahant qui poftea Dii [unt hahiti. Et 
Fromethei (^Titanis^ alligationem ad Caucafum^ forte non 
aliud defignare, quam\ coercitos copiis ad Cafpias portas 
locatis Scythas. Sed nihil ( inquit ) efi in his ultra con' 
jeSuras. 
III. An Account of the Abbot Charmoy*/ Booh^y 
according to hk own Relation^ fent to Abbot 
ISicaife, in form of a Letter^ %s>bich he cjUsy 
U Origin des Nations* 
T H E Author firft fays, his Book (hall be publifty 
under the Name of. The Origin (f Nations. That 
it (hall be an Hiftorical Comment upon the Tenth Chap- 
ter of Genejisj where Mofes mentions the firft Fathers 
and Repleniihers of the Earthy after the Deluge. This 
Work the Author divides into Five Books. 
In 
