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THE first section of the ensuing Essay, effects the principal objects of a Preface; yet the Author has not the confidence to intrude upon his Reader, without premising a few pages, to bespeak his attention, and conciliate his esteem without offering some apology for the nature of his subject, and the manner in which it has been treated. To some persons, the utility of such a work may not be obvious. It may be asked What interest has the present age, in a mew of the errors and prejudices of the Pagan Britons? To obviate this, and similar inquiries, I would suggest the reflection, that the history of mankind is, in a great measure, the history of errors and prejudices that the superstition we have now to contemplate, however absurd in itself, affected the general tone of thinking in several districts of Britain 'that its influence continued to recent times, and has scarcely vanished at the present day. To an age of general inquiry, an investigation of the form and principles of this superstition, must surely be a subject of interest. In our times, a split of research, which few are so unjust as to impute to idle curiosity, embraces all the regions of the known world: and is our own country the only spot that must be deemed unworthy of our attention?
The Secret Rites and Traditions of Ancient Britain Restored. with 8 drawings by Wendy Wood & other illustrations. Frontispiece (The Rite of Initiation). This volume reveals the former existence within the British Islands of a very ancient native mystic.
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1809 edition. Excerpt: ...knew that he who bad sold his life would cut with sharp blades. He should have declared this openly, then he would have been slain with pointed weapons. Notwithstanding his friendly covenant, he was meditating a convenient attack. He had boasted of the carcasses of brave and powerful men, whom he would pierce in the presence of Gwynedd.f "I drank of the wine and the mead of the water-dweller, "and because I had drunk, I made a stroke with a small "piercing blade." J "It was not thy excess of drinking "which emboldened the fell chief: when every one made a "stroke, thou didst the same. But when the issue comes, "it would have been well for thee not to have offended: the "present rewarder of your deed has displayed a mighty "and dreadful arm." Hengist's proposal of a friendly meeting, for the ostensible purpose of set? tling all disputes. + That is, Vartigern, Lord of Gwynedd, or North Wales. Golyddan, Bard of the seventh century, emphatically styles him Gwrtheyrn Gvynerfrf.--IV. Archaiol, p. 156. t This is the apology of a Saxon individual, for his atrocious conduct at the feast: to which the indignant Briton replies--" It was not thy excess," ice. Eidiol, or Aiubrosius, who retaliated upon the Saxons by the death f Hengist. SONG IX. "GWYl A AETH GATTRAETH."--p. 4. The Hard, pursuing his Subject, openly charges Vortigern as an Accomplice in Hengist's Plot. The heroes who went to Cattraeth were renowned. Wine and mead, from golden cups, was their liquor in the year when we accepted of the dignified man who had been set aside. Three, and three score, and three hundred were they, wearing gold chains.f Of those who hastened to the excess...
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