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Then, a solemn invocation was made to the gods by the Druid priests. These grand looking old men were robed in white, with long, snowy beards falling over their breasts, and they had milk white oxen drawing their chariot. THEN A SOLEMN INVOCATION WAS MADE TO THE GODS BY THE DRUID PRIESTS THESE GRAND LOOKING OLD MEN WERE ROBED IN WHITE WITH LONG SNOWY BEARDS FALLING OVER THEIR BREASTS AND THEY HAD MILK WHITE OXEN DRAWING THEIR CHARIOT
to possess all Britain. Vortigern thought this was treachery. Knowing that the Long Knives would soon attack him, he called his twelve wise men together for their advice. With one voice, they advised him to retreat westward behind the mountains into Cymry. There he must build a strong fortress and there defy his enemies. So the Saxons, who were Germans, thought they had driven the Cymry beyond the western borders of the country which was later called England, and into what they named the foreign or Welsh parts. Centuries afterwards, this land received the name of Wales. People in Europe spoke of Galatians, Wallachians, Belgians, Walloons, Alsatians, and others as "Welsh." They called the new fruit imported from Asia walnuts, but the names "Wales" and "Welsh" were unheard of until after the fifth century. The place chosen for the fortified city of the Cymry was among the mountains. From all over his realm, the King sent for masons and carpenters and collected the materials for building. D NOT GO BACK THEY WANTED TO POSSESS ALL BRITAIN WATERN THOUGHT THIS WAS TREACHERY KNOWING THAT THE LONG KNIVES WOULD SOON ATTACK HIM HE CALLED HIS TWELVE WISE MEN TOGETHER FOR THEIR ADVICE WITH ONE VOICE THEY ADVISED HIM TO RETREAT WESTWARD BEHIND THE MOUNTAINS INTO CUMERY THERE HE MUST BUILD A STRONG FORTRESS AND THERE DEFY HIS ENEMIES SO THE SAXONS WHO WERE GERMANS THOUGHT THEY HAD DRIVEN THE COUNTRY BEYOND THE WESTERN BORDERS OF THE COUNTRY WHICH WAS LATER CALLED ENGLAND AND IN TAUGHT THEY NAMED THE FOREIGN OR WELSH PARTS CENTURIES AFTERWARDS THIS LAND RECEIVED THE NAME OF WALES PEOPLE IN EUROPE SPOKE OF GALATIANS WALLACEIANS BELGIANS BALLOONS ALSATIANS AND OTHERS AS WELSH THEY CALLED FOR NEW FRUIT IMPORTANT FROM ASIA WALNUTS BUT THE NAMES WHALES AND WELSH WERE UNHEARD OF UNTIL AFTER THE FIFTH CENTURY THE PLACE CHOSEN FOR THE FORTIFIED CITY OF THE COUNTRY WAS AMONG THE MOUNTAINS FROM ALL OVER HIS REALM THE KING SENT FOR MASONS AND CARPENTERS AND COLLECTED THE MATERIALS FOR BUILDING
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