Duraque tellus audit Hiberiae.

("Ad Augustum," Odes, iv. 14.)

[5] "Odyssey," xi. l. 488 ff.

[6]

Et vos ... Druidae ...
... nemora alta remotis
Incolitis lucis, vobis auctoribus, umbrae
Non tacitas Erebi sedes, Ditisque profundi
Pallida regna petunt; regit idem spiritus artus
Orbe alio: longae (canitis si cognita) vitae
Mors media est. Certe populi quos despicit Arctos,
Felices errore suo, quos ille timorum
Maximus, haud urget leti metus.

("Pharsalia," book i.)

[7] "Pleraque Gallia duas res industriosissime persequitur, rem
militarem et argute loqui." "Origins," quoted by the grammarian
Charisius. In Cato's time (third-second centuries B.C.) the word Gallia
had not the restricted sense it had after Caesar, but designed the whole
of the Celtic countries of the Continent. The ingenuity of the Celts
manifested itself also in their laws: "From an intellectual point of
view, the laws of the Welsh are their greatest title to glory. The
eminent German jurist, F. Walter, points out that, in this respect, the
Welsh are far in advance of the other nations of the Middle Ages. They
give proof of a singular precision and subtlety of mind, and a great
aptitude for philosophic speculation." "Les Mabinogion," by Lot, Paris,
1889, 2 vols. 8vo, vol. i. p. 7.

[8] See _supra_, p. 7, note.

[9] "De curia vero et familia viri, ut et circumstantibus risum moveant
sibique loquendo laudem comparent, facetiam in sermone plurimam
observant; dum vel sales, vel laedoria, nunc levi nunc mordaci, sub
aequivocationis vel amphibolae nebula, relatione diversa, transpositione
verborum et trajectione, subtiles et dicaces emittunt." And he cites
examples of their witticisms. "Descriptio Kambriae," chap. xiv., De
verborum facetia et urbanitate. "Opera," Brewer, 1861-91, 8 vols., vol.
vi., Rolls.

[10] He says, in reference to the pupils of the Druids, "De Bello
Gallico," book vi.: "Magnum ibi numerum versuum ediscere dicuntur,
itaque nonnulli annos vicenos in disciplina permanent; neque fas esse
existimant ea litteris mandare." One of the reasons of this interdiction
is to guard against the scholars ceasing to cultivate their memory, a
faculty considered by the Celts as of the highest importance.

[11] Those, among others, of MM. Whitley Stokes, Rhys, d'Arbois de
Jubainville, Lot, Windisch, Zimmer, Netlau, and Kuno-Meyer.

[12] "Est autem hoc Galliae consuetudinis; ut et viatores etiam invitos