And they are represented as exciting war and tumult on the borders of this fair isle, and its beautiful towns and cities; and it appears evidently from this poem, that the first inhabitants were _Gwyddyl_ or Celts, which circumstance Mr. Llwyd and others have proved most satisfactorily, from the names of mountains, rivers, &c. But by the word _Gwyddyl_ Taliesin must, by no means, be understood to mean the modern Irish; for their language at present contains a very considerable mixture of Cantabrian and Spanish, and differs very materially from the ancient genuine Celtic and British, which clearly appears from the writings of the old bards, and the ancient British Proverbs. For, if any person were vain enough to suppose, that he could discover the meaning of some of our obsolete British words, by consulting an Irish Dictionary, he would soon find himself woefully disappointed, and I am clearly of opinion, that the ancient genuine Celtic dialect had a very near affinity to the old Welsh or British. I believe, that the persons, denominated _Gwyddyl_ by Taliesin, were genuine Celtæ, and inhabited this island previous to the arrival of the Britons, and probably soon after the general deluge, and that these Celtæ were the progeny of the Titans; for the Curetes and Corybantes, who were their princes and nobles, are clearly identified with the _Cowri_ of the British history, written by Tyssilio (the bishop), which Geoffrey of Monmouth has very improperly translated _Giants_. And this blunder of his has been the source of endless mistakes; for the word _Cowri_ evidently means princes, generals, nobles, or persons of great eminence. The Curetes are therefore our _Cowri_; and the Corybantes (i.e. _Cowri-Bann_) were princes or persons of great eminence, as the expression denotes; and, what is still more to our purpose, the word gwyddyl also implies any thing conspicuous, and is nearly synonymous with _Cowri_, which is the usual term, even to the present day, to designate persons of uncommon stature or great bodily strength. The Curetes, therefore, were evidently our Cowri, and the Corybantes (i.e. _Cowri-Bann_) imply princes or leaders, or persons of the most eminent rank and consequence: and, in order to corroborate this assertion, it may be observed here, that there is a very high mountain near Towyn, in the county of Merioneth, which, to this day, bears the name of _Gwyddyl Fynydd_; and the highest peak or summit of Snowdon, is denominated _Yr Wyddfa_, (i.e. the highest eminence or the most conspicuous,) and by the common people, even at this time, is known by no other name. And _Gwydd Grug_ means a high hill, or eminence; _Gwydd Fryniau_, high banks; and _Trum Gwydd_, the ridge of a mountain; and many others, which it would be tedious and useless to enumerate. And it may also be observed here, that the Κελται and Γαλαται of the Greeks, and the _Celtæ _and _Galli_, of the Latins, appear to me to bear no other import.