[295] There is no evidence to support the supposition that Eppillus may have been an English king. [296] An omniscient _eagle_ was associated with _Achill_ (Ireland). [297] _Ancient Coins of the Romans Relating to Britain_, p. 197. [298] _Faiths and Folklore_, vol. i., p. 329. [299] _Faiths and Folklore_, vol. i., p. 329. [300] Madeley, E., _The Science of Correspondence_, p. 194. [301] Dalston in Cumberland is assumed to have been a town in the dale or _dale's town_. But surely "towns" were never thus anonymous? [302] P. 299. [303] Compare also Shadwell in East London, "said to be St. Chad's Well". [304] Mitton, G. E., _Hackney_, p. 11. [305] _Cf._ Westropp, T. J., _Proceedings of Royal Irish Academy_, vol. xxxiv., Sec. C., Nos. 3 and 4. [306] Walters, J. Cuming, _The Lost Land of King Arthur_, p. 219. [307] One of these has been slightly diverted by the exigencies of the railway station. [308] Macalister, R. A. S., _Temair Breg: A Study of the Remains and Traditions of Tara, Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy_, sec. C., Nos. 10 and 11, p. 284. [309] Picard, _Ceremonies of Idolatrous People_, vol. iv., p. 291. [310] Weekley, E., _Romance of Names_, p. 224. [311] _Survey of London_ (Everyman's Library), p. 416. [312] The Peck family may have been inn-keepers or dealers in peck or fodder, but more probably, like the Bucks and the Boggs, they may trace their descent much farther. [313] See _infra_, p. 689. [314] Akerman, J. Y., _Ancient Coins_, p. 17. [315] There is a river Slee or Slea in Lincolnshire. [316] _Travels in the East_ (Bohn's Library), p. 384. [317] Larwood & Hotten, _The History of Signboards_, p. 285. [318] It is simply futile to refer the word _inn_ to "within, indoors" (see Skeat). [319] _Celtic Britain_, p. 66. It is therefore feasible that Wrens Park, by Mildmay Park, Hackney, was primarily _reines_ Park. [320] _Prehistoric Britain_, p. 247. [321] _Mykenæ_, p. 293. [322] _Ancient Art and Ritual_, pp. 70 and 71. CHAPTER VII OBERON "O queen, whom Jove hath willed To found this new-born city, here to reign, And stubborn tribes with justice to refrain, We, Troy's poor fugitives, implore thy grace, Storm-tost and wandering over every main,-- Forbid the flames our vessels to deface, Mark our afflicted plight, and spare a pious race. "We come not hither with the sword to rend Your Libyan homes, and shoreward drive the prey. Nay, no such violence our thoughts intend." --VIRGIL, _Æneid_, I., lxix., 57.