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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. Then, a solemn invocation was made to the gods by the Druid priests. 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 THEN A SOLEMN INVOCATION WAS MADE TO THE GODS BY THE DRUID PRIESTS
the island, and the Cymric king, Vortigern, was hard pressed by the Picts and Scots of the north. To his aid, he invited over from beyond the North Sea, or German Ocean, the tribes called the Long Knives, or Saxons, to help him. But once on the big island, these friends became enemies and would not go back. They wanted 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. ER THE ROMANS IN THE SOUTH HAD LEFT THE ISLAND AND THE CUMRIC KING WALTIGERN WAS HARD PRESSED BY THE PICTS AND SCOTS OF THE NORTH TO HIS AID HE INVITED OVER FROM BEYOND THE NORTH SEA OR GERMAN OCEAN TRIBES CALLED THE LONG KNIVES OR SAXONS TO HELP HIM BUT ONCE ON THE BIG ISLAND THESE FRIENDS BECAME ENEMIES AND WOULD 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
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