Asn«£V_-r' lt jSj bowevef,' m ö É ^ P ® ^ V ^ t ''t h e ëâriiéft & k aT >Ä # ^M |ijs e rÄ b e
praélîè^in the infancy;öfifeètè-yï, m ade u f e ^ f - i* ^ t r o > ^ o ^ j p ,? f h ^ i r
r ^ k îo û s as Wel£dsTlkheh>Klom<Ä e Ê e â i ^ . i I f î ^ e î d ^ e ^ ^ ^ P f J p
-• fa v a ^ ^ to îisv 'D Ï’ .fel‘dop}- br-meverópe r s e f e ^ th e ^ f
1 \ ó f ftone; and tó&certainly ju ft to ih fe r^ th a t.th e :fa ^ ag p siâ f.tfc iW çû r
were;ö ß f-more fkiffur^tîàn^tfeofe [df .fheilftft';- n ^ t ^ f ^ o f
tiaeJdîs andiflan-ds^-la'in' thofë ©ftfee'.ipeW-.fi' H w év îem h is b ^ p ld a ^ riq â
* 4g®o'ranc'e?upon fuêh t0{i'^s3;is-ipté^ra'kJ©tQla a i-? ^m è è »H J d ^ ^ p !ia rjî
knowledge..,'
, f B,iR aV many ro f tftéle fn'pniftisnts are fô n n d Ii n JGermâriy-,1S1éàîtfdm'iai-'
via, and Iceland; and as• tjiç ' tólanUic-wnfer^rm1 p g ttk ü îa ^ -Isfösn’u p
- dicate their.brigiifland" u feW h ic h *à% 1 uriknown'in thé'GeKïé'réfcdfçJW
th ö re is le v e i^ ,rlätffW to" -attrilMJte- them ' to a ^ c F e J a i ^ a ^ ^ ; ftä'ge'bf
fóetety* when the Belgic ’ ‘c b f è ^ s ^ffiodbGdd.t^nMlfurè^ and a" Httle
t - further ’progreîs’'in. 'ïîje r ü d e /aÂs^ôf 'barhàrifm^'^TBè.AatàrësÔf^tM's
work will not admit a formal inveftigiftón' o f.fù çh tb p ic sj but a ’few
remarks may ’be offered on S tp n e h& ^ , ¥ ftü|)érfdQ^%||i\t)^rii^n.{:î3©T
barbaric induftry. Inigo Jonds in- attempting tb'prove that i^finRonSafi,,
only evinces that n o talents can avail whehl fci’encei'âs ’-wantiig^ .’an'd
that àntiquiibës re fûirë ’a ’feveft and-peeuliâr train ~of 'fhrdy.h IDoâfor
Stukëley, a vifionary writer, 5 afligns Stonehenge 'tOi'^ie'Drüids(; ,fwhift
Dr. Charlton perceiving that fufch 'morfutnfepWhre' feb p d Denmark,
afcribed it to the Danes. -If thddatter .had; cônftdereddthatttKeÆelgæ
were a gothic nation o f fimilâr dfegùag.e.-a»d‘inftitudoBSÿlhe iraiight'
with more jnftice have ' extended** its? ântiqûity. ’Trom :the-Ic’ela<ç?.
die w rite rs'5 WèTeaS®, th a tfu c h circles Were called Domh-rmgr$xbâiï
is KtèrallyJZoim^ring, a t circle o f judgment*,_.being the foleann’çlàeés
where eöürts^wêre héld, of all *kmd»rand dignities,--from the national
council down to thé baronial court, .or that o f a coiöman ipropriator.-'of
land, for adjufting difputes between his aillant and flavês.t ‘The rpag-
nificence o f Stonehenge loudly pronounces. that i t ’ wâs^the fupreme
court o f the nation, equivalent to the Champs de M a n et de: M a i @f
the Franks, where the and chiefs affembled in the circle,* and the
men capable o f arms in the Open plain’; flof is it improbable that th e
*5 Landnama Sa ga, &c. &cchiefs
chiefs afilënddHHhh\rënify’£$fê*A(tóf^fted.'dëclaredhh'èir’refolves'*to thé Annoyt- (
fiaraodndiii^P'crcywdvqwte^ hi tthédddfö’ription o f Tacitus, diffented b y TI
loiid murrhm&pfbrt^plaud^hfey'' dlafeingicthbi!r ‘.®iëlds ,5: This idea
ïehCTvg^eonfirinat!onifitDïhf^^cï>niöjÈ^%flfari.G©**<Shat•’thé ■BétgSe- 'peculiarly '
fooSaMed'^aS*b©ifag*'tm| SêKtfèf antler üMng p f that people, were feated
intthg hfrftlhndWngprbviple^ dcnWiSprMddunum^ ‘now’OldSarum, was
jthéir c^prt-aiMïty; ■1 *f
.uiSirnilar ‘eiM’fé^fcKbh'ey hut? far mfèfibr ïiï mze, are’found in many
piftg "‘óf Great Bri1^MVaifd;® p l a |i d 'ahd^ïeyïe^l /pndbübtedly' as date as
'thevDariith’driroadsi 'and ufut‘patJ$ris,!‘tKe ^pf^étich' bejdgs .OOTtihued by
tha-t-ipêSple a t * vërlwlhko*-'éhrifiia'rtityhfit fhq, ten th hnd
' eleventh* dmthriöSPt^&^ue *6f idfë1 ;hh *. *W & 'dé aVh r ffö fn : th é
northern aötiq‘lar^^,h#hré^melB^^lateSVb'f^Fam%y'hepulture:r' At a
later* > period th^jcircley' ‘of^Ifflgmeli't, wbif^ma'd}“be’en polluted5 with"
hum1^i^!Vfaej‘ific@§j a-rid-d'oftb.et; ’pagan -jritea^jsvei®; -abandoned ; cand *the
great,^epurjs, ;w.ere;;hgld, on-; iw-hat } j w £ r . e } i c a l l e d \ n r r hdK': .of
Netherlands. /'TheyvCpihimonlys.^bfifli'ofe.aj.Geptmi^mijiaaiee', on'.which,
fat theyudgp andhisï a’ffiftants^-dïeneath wakjan^ ofevateeb'plitformj fori
the parties,? thehtfriends,:<and';co?^0r<gö/e£j‘",, nxetiriies .amountedto,
a hyhdred qr and-.this,'pl-a|forinj was furrouhdedi'with a: treirchr
t,q Jecqrg ilfeim.j'thp .aec.efs, ,of>the ta'eije'fpeffeatbrs^ iOfttoEÖthe^'iHonu^
ments; o f thisrpetfiod, a m<Wèthij^fcconfidBEatrai m tó k y ^ tiè e When’ a
monarchy'.orrid’i'ftinguiffied/i.gendnMjdv^asqhdniedj i''*b%ro-w'! ^Bih^lloaki
■ was ;ereQed'-»to,-jgp^€^yej,Cfe,efiaïpe and memory ifOjm^hrfeageSri; th e
% e ;Iidcpendinigj qn tbtA #©ppt^tions,jof the peffoaj which attdidbed %
fmallqr ^qr.larger nunjh^r» o f jQperatorsi; aSuch.' Hsonjumentsi are ■ r e r y f
ancient^ apd qypn t to this 4aJ n e fepulcKre^gof,ffome'1 of th e
heroes jthe.rTrpjan war h ;Ip k te c ’-tiiAesta)large fuagfe iftonq eredtedi
was efteemed a fufficient memorial: fiich^fitiglg fton^\alf^-fqpetitries',
appear as monuments of remarkable battles, iqpknerely, a ^'h^nddrie’s^
Thg cayel:a!^'familiar--t®omoftinatLbnSè.’i® ;ös:ptrl^#ate:öf®D,ci^^it>
The ufie^iërir^ihs.-'i^e: Ron«». - .**
are mnftly ©bjedts o f mere* Edri^ity,v: and- rarely ■* th*#owt ’the*' fmallefl -
14 Germ, xi. Hift. v. 17. ,J. Glie,Valie»f Ballaway^ and "
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