The Gael and Cymbri; or an inquiry into the origin and history of the Irish Scoti, Britons, and Gauls, and of the Caledonians, Picts, Welsh, Cornish, and Bretons / By Sir William Betham.

  • William Betham
Date:
1834
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Credit: The Gael and Cymbri; or an inquiry into the origin and history of the Irish Scoti, Britons, and Gauls, and of the Caledonians, Picts, Welsh, Cornish, and Bretons / By Sir William Betham. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Dutoriges, 202. D wyrid River, 208. Eden River, 208. Edwall, 208. Eire, the West, or Ireland, 81. Elisha, Isles of, 32. Eliza, or Dido, 67. Elwy, River, 208. Elnleus, king of Tyre, 68. Enanrath, 290. Epidii, 202. Episford, 301. Erin, not the name of Ireland, but the inflection of the noun, 81. Erne River, 209., Erse, Celt®, 6. Eske Rivers, 209. Espinados Mondonedas, what, 109. Essedum, what, 218. Estuaries of Britain, names of, their meaning, 215. Euberovices, 141, 190, 441. Eubonia, or Man, 290. Eumenius, 404. Ewanny River, 209. Exe River, ibid. Faustus, son of Vortigern, 305. Fenius Farsa, 435—explained, 439. Firbolgs, who, 423—account of, 427. Fitchid Gwydhelians, 337. Florus, his account of Cimbri, 388. Fomorians, who, 427. 428. Fons Solis, Egeriae, 240. Fontinalia Romana, ibid. Foulmer River, 209. Fountain Worship, 235. Fowey River, 209. Frome do ibid. Gabal, workmen in Tyre, 32. Gabranticorum Estuary, 210. Gade River, 209. Gadeni, 203. Gael, inhabited England, 339. Gael of Ireland, 433—history of, 435 —descent of, 436. Gaelic language collated with that of Gaul, ] 87, &c. Galedin, 353. Galgacus, 198. Galilee, meaning of, 84. Gallamb, or Milesius, 187, 438. Gangani, 202. Garonne River, 194. Garumna, do ibid. Gaul, Celtic, hints of, 14—Caesar’s account of, 140, &c—tribes of, 141 —cities of, rich, 147—Diodorus Si- culus, his account of, 176—no silver, but much gold there, 172—sit like Easterns, cross-legged on the ground, 180—threw letters on the pile of the dead, 181—language of, collated with the Gaelic, 187—names of the people mentioned by Caesar col- lated with and found to be Gaelic, 189—Rivers in their names, ex- plained, 193, &c.—names of per- sons in, meaning of, 196, &c. Gauls, undoubted Celtae, 3—used Greek characters, 148—their ships, 149— improved their breed of cattle, 150— ships, 151—darts used by, 148—same people as Britons, 141 —used shields, 147—only two class- es of men among, Druids, and knight’s, 161—very religious, 164— boast of their pedigrees, 165—de- scend from Dis, 165—marriage por- tion, 166—their method of defence on a siege, 170—archers, 171—had bards, 183—harp, ib. Geasa-Draoidecht, 237. Geryon, explained, 443. Geoffrey of Monmouth, 315—his fa- brications, 3)6—unworthy of credit, 317—the only foundation of re- ceived Welsh history, 319. Gildas, a Roman Briton, 257—his ac- count of Britain, 262. Glasgow besieged by king Arthur, 259. Glengoner River, 209. Gnoirangona, 299. Godfrey Higgins, 23. Golamb, or Milesius, 187, 438. Gold, much in Gaul, 179—worn by the women, 180. Gold ornaments found in Ireland, 22. Gothinians the, Celts, 21. Gothic dialects—Swedish,Low Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Icelandic, 6— pedigree of, 10. Goyt River, 209 Grannus-Apollo, 230. Greek characters used by the Gauls, 148, 163.