obfcure Eabl^, that heil riow^ Ibarce tmderftood by the 
late Jjlarid Poets, by whom the ancient Jjla^td Tongue by 
degrees has been deprav'd, by introducing new words i 
The Author, confidering the Writings of this Semnothes, 
or Sefmudur-y arid the form of Words, efpecially that part 
of his Writings^ which is caird es^poiiriding things 
done near the times of the Deftruftion of Tro)^^ agrees iiv 
Judgment with Refenimy tjiz. that Saxo hsid another Ed^ 
^f/f, more ancient, and fuller of fabufous relations, thari> 
the Edda oi SemHndm^ or Smrra^ OlaM^M^msi oWi^lng 
fuch an one to have been, arid of which the pv^(^QM Bddlt> 
is a* fort of Compendium ^ Arid concludes^ that this uu?^;/^^^/^^ 
who liv'd about the year 1050, drew what he writ f^om 
another more ancient than himfelf, and is wholly of bj3i^ 
nion that there once was one of the rttoft aritient of theii^ 
Predeceflbrs in the North ufual!yfl§rtf ;Kftife, 'otmW, ^ll^ 
SemnOHy ot Sem^ from whom (as he Ilk 
the Royal Family, and all the tiioft aiicient and tiobI#^ 
fons were caird Semkngar ( Semmrtts^ and whofe 
were celebrated by the Traditions of many : And dthers 
after him upon reading his Writings have giot^ much Wlf- 
dom, and encreafing ihem,, mth the Hiftori^s 'of their 
Times, and keeping his f^rm oi^ Writing, either aflhrifd hi 
Name, br were given it by the People. Now, heffiys, if 
we diligently look over all the. Writings afcnb*(f to th^« 
Semnoms^ we (hall find ho fmall'^$v^rfity'befw 
Qf that moft ancient Semmidus:,^ i:k Semfon^^ M 
XhQ S^mmdi that foIlowU him j 1?efide tte^Be firft^i 
them compos 'd his Hiftory a long ^while before^the Tropittr 
War 5 the (econd came near the Age of the ^lVojarff^ a third^ 
brought his Writings to the time^ hi -Alexa^^td^^ GreaWt, 
the laft, which the Author has ieen, reaches the firfPy^eaF^ 
of Ghriftianity : And therefore htj willirigly fubfcribes^o^ 
the opinion of theCe Ijlandeny who conclude the E4ff:f of 
the mo(k ancient S^munduf was writ by the ^AVf ' that is; 
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