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Iohn Leland syllab. ant dict. Hum. Also by the witnes of Humfrey Llhoyd, there is an Iland néere vnto Wales, called Insula Bardorum, and Bardsey, whereof the one name in Latine, and the other in Saxon or old English, signifieth the Iland of the Bardes or Barthes. Thus farré the gouernement of the Celts in this Ile. Bodinus writeth vpon report, that the British and Celtike language was all one.
If there is any motto to be added, I should like the line "Bardorum citharas patrio qui redidit Istro. "because I am far more vain of having been able to fix some share of public attention upon the ancient poetry and manners of my country, than of any original efforts which I have been able to make in literature. "I beg you will excuse the delay which has taken place.
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