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    Such an account as this , one would imagine , could impose upon no man in his sober senses ; and yet , strange as it may seem , it has actually done so ,. —Like many other idle tales , it has had its advocates , and appears to have obtained no small share of credit in the relifrious world .

    But it certainly deserved none ; and of all the accounts of the event in question , \ it bears the most improbable ^ absurd , wild , and legendary aspect . How wretched must have been the condition of our popish ancestors ^ when they could give heed to such a stupid tale as . this ! And how striking is the contrast between their blind credulity , and the arrogant scepticism of their descendants of the present day ! The right path surely lies somewhere between these two extremes .

    Eusebius , as has been already observed ^ speaks as if some of the apostles had preached here , which may not be altogether improbable ; but he mentions none of them by name . Others however , as we have seen ^ have amply supplied that deficiency ; but unfortunately their testimonies or assertions bear not the stamp of authenticity . None of them have any thing to support them like the evidence that appears in favour of Bran , the son of Llyr Llediaith * , and

    lather of the celebrated Caractacus ; which is , in fact , the only account of the event in question that may he depended upon , or that seems any way worthy of credit . The respectability of the Triades as a historical document , the consistency of its statement of this interesting event , and its natural coincidence with all known facts , cannot fail of recommending this account to the attention of every serious inquirerf .

    * Llyr Llediaith , or Llyr of barbarous speech ^ is supposed to have reigned over the Silures about the time of the birth of Christ- There have been x > ther British princes of the name of Llyr ; as Llyr Lluyddog , Hyr Mcrini , and also Llyr ab Kleiddyd , whose story is said to be the original of Shakespear ' s tragedy © f King Lear . Llyr Llediaith had a son named Manawydan , who was of the bardic , or druidical order , and refused the succession to the Silurian sovereignty , when his brother Bran and family were carried captive to jfcome ; on which account he was called one of the three unambitious princes of Britain ; the other two were Llywarch Hen , and Gwgon Gwroa : all of whom declined the offer of- dominion and royalty , after they had been initiated in bardism * * nd when they couW not be debarred from the offered dignity . After his brother ' s return , Manawydan is supposed to have embraced the gospel , of which some of his descendants also appear to have become zealous and shining professors .

    f Those who wish to see more upon this subject , may consult Bishop Uoyd * » Hist . Acct . ; Bishop Stillin ^ fleet ' s Orig . Brit . ; Dr . Calamy ' s Gods Concern for his dory in the Brit . Isles ; Owen ' s Cambrian Biography ; Carte and Raping Histories of England ; and Henry ' s His . Gt . Brit

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    The first Introduction of the Gospel into Britain . 293

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), June 2, 1807, page 293, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2381/page/5/