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and after him calleil this island Alto-ion (AXokiu)', Albion), i. e. the islini 
of Alw *. 
iind. The Aedui, who took tlieir name from their god Aed (the AeddMar 
of the triads), and after him called this island Aeddon ov Eiddyn (Edipn 
name preserved in that of tiu? town of Edinbujgh (Welsh Caerml^ 
Eitidt/n, (taelic Dm Eidin t). The name nnder which the Aedui of Gw; 
Hi-itaiii and Ireland are most frequently and which, contrasiwl " i. 
the other, mav be called their secular name, is that of the Brigantcs (ideuiW 
with the Welsh family name Bryehan, and the Irish Breoghan), and toi 
derived from the Welsh word ItT^ch, ii^Wc lreag,f(isnis. 
Srd. The Dritorts (Brython), who took their name from their god Brrt i 
Pryd (the J’rydyn ap Aedd Mawr of the Triads), and after him called r 
island lin/fain, En/dain (Ynj'S Prydain), Great Britain|. 
Tlic respective order in which these three names were bestowed upon 
island is also evident from the situation of tlio»e parts to winch they Irfi* 
gradually applied after having lost their general sigiiification. each tribe, 
rctreate<i on the arrival of fresh conquerors to a more norlliern 
ing to the district which it occupied what had been »mce the name ofil 
wholo country. Thus the name Albion, the most ancient of the dm 
- liritaiiiria a/ttr Ihv Iloiaaiis, p. "I- 
■ j .'spnnuu, *. uritoues veiierimt in t«rtia atalf Muidi ad Briianniuni. The wo™,*’ 
p Pryrf-Bin, which is avnonvuious with the words ton (ia .Alw-ion) u*!* 
bidd.yn), ugnifics circle, enclosure, island. The simple name of the god 
in one of the must ancieiil mimumcnts of Welsh litmtuir, a aacriiicial hrau 
the TOl Pryd in hu character as god of the sun. The text of this poem, as H i* 
the Mj^nan, nr Welsh ArehmiJogy fvol. i. pp. 72, 7.t), being very comipt, I did! S ' 
uilz, tnuiaUtion of it in JiiiglUh, and a clow metrical one in GcflMS- 
iTyd, ^ of Great Britain, splendid Uu, listen to me! King of heaven, do o«n» 
my office hide thyself from me ! A fair repast is spread before thee by the castle bs*" 
the two lakes (a religious expression for Great Britaiu): the lakes surrouud the 
wall surrounds the city, the city invokes thee, king almighty i a pure offeritig 
'ictim in Its sacrificial veil (instead of mteyedig tain, lege vain 
Mrpent (a common epithet of the sun. reforing to its circuitous course), encircle &<)«»' 
the place where the sacred vases stand." 
" Pryd Prydain, 
Hen- im Scbriii, 
fibre michs 
Himmelsfurxt, 
Nicht im Dienst 
Unidiistre micb: 
Pest dir beul 
Die Seeltur^ heut. 
See urn Ifali 
Wall uin Bury 
Burg dich ruft, 
^ Herr, mit Scliall! 
Sebbnes Opfer 
llierim Schleier 
Dir ich bring, 
Goldner Draclie, 
Hold iimfache 
Den Opferring! ” 
