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Cimhrians ; who inhabited afterwards the Cherfonefim 
Cimhiay then Denmark ; after this, they had the Name 
of CeUeSy and then Ganls ; thefe two laft Names jfigni- 
fying in their Language Valorous or Valiant. 
. Then the Author returns again to the Titans, who 
are called (he fays) by the ancienteft Greeks Tnm^j 
Cal'machus ( adds he ) knew it well, and in his Wri- 
tings fays, the Celtes or Eaftern Gauls were defcended 
from rhem. From hence he ttlls the Abbot Ntcaife , 
that they have done unexprefTible things under that 
Name (^(mct Air ahams time) which cannot be con- 
tained in a Letter ; but continues to give this Relation. 
.They afterwards made tlremfih es Makers of Afia Minor ^ 
Thrace^ Greece, and the Ifland of Crete, and then of all 
Europe^ and if I be not miftaken, part of Mauritania 
during their (lay in Phrygia^Greece^ and Ifland of Crefe^ 
their Princes lived in rhoie Provuices for near two Cen- 
turies, the Names of four amongft them (which An- 
tiquity hath preferv'd) I fhall htre iliew yoj. The 
fifrt is Acmon, his Son is called Ophion^ by the Poets^ 
VranesK he was Father to Saturn, whom the Titans or 
Celtes C3l\1 Satdorn in their Tongue,- and from him was 
born the famous Jupiter ;^his true Name with them be- 
ing J^iw, or Jou ; trom whence is formed the Ancient 
Latins Bat he was called fo before they gave 
him the Name of Jupiter, ^ as in feme cafes h^e iliJl re*- 
tains the Name of Jovisr ^^^tzd~oi Jupitris; neither 
parroy nor any other Laiin^ can give a reafbn for rhis', 
-the thing (tcms fo ftrange to them ; alfo amongft the 
Greeks Plato himfelf is ignorant, as appears by his be- 
lief of the Etim-)logy ihey gave; for which I render a 
plain and cafie Rea'on &om Vhe Celticks, By the three 
kft of their Princes (from whom I derive this my Dil» 
courie) you v\iU be informed of their wellknovvn An- 
tiquity : They had very Potent Kings amorgft them, 
bearing 
