( 96^ ) 
This Difcourfe being Written juft before the Author's 
Death, and not Perfefted, (as the Publifher tells us, a^d 
as doth appear in the Work itfelf,J w-as fafter his D^ath) 
publifned by another Hand 5 but, without telhng us the 
Author s Name^ or his own, (at leaft folar as to me ap- 
pears.J However, though Imperfeft, it is pity it (hould 
be loll:. 
He is of opinion fwith Mr Camden^ and other Antiqua- 
ries, whom he cites, ) That it is highly probable ( it not 
abfolutely certain ,) That France and EnglaTid (ox Gaul and 
Britanny^ were anciently Joyned by an Iflhmusy or Neck of 
Land ^ where now is the Narrow Paflage between Dover 
and Calais : Which, many Ages fince,. Cbeyond the reach 
of any Hiftory now extant) was by the Seas violently beat^ 
ing upon it on both fides) worn away, or broken through.. 
Whereby, what was once an Ijlhrnus^ is now become 
»ef;/«? or Narrov^*Sea. 
Mr Camden in his Britannia ( in that Chapter where he 
treats of Kent^ or Cantiumy gives us many cogent Argu-^ 
ments, or Iiidications, which (though briefly exprefledj if 
well: confidered,, and taken all together, leem to me a con- 
•vincing Evidence, that there had once been fuch a Con- 
Junftion ^ but not for many Ages now paft. I forbear to^ 
repeat his Arguments, becaufe the Book is well known, 
(and of good Authority,^ where they may be feen- 
To which I may add one more ( oi ^n\\\c\\ Vat Camden 
takes no notice in this place,J From the Unity of Language^ 
between the Ancient Gauls and Britains -^. and from the 
great Intercourfe between thofe in Gaul^ and the Druides 
in Britanny ( of which Ancient Writers take notice : ) 
Which is not likely to have been, if there had not been 
an eafie Communication between the one and the other.. 
Which, though it be not a ?hyfical Argument (as are thofe 
of Mr Camden^) is a good Moral Inducement^ in Confirma-* 
don of them. '^'^ f/- ■^'> 
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