Footnotes[2]Those three treatises were afterwards republished in one volume, small folio, with all the plates, &c., in London, 1725. It is from this volume that the above is abstracted.[3]Cæsar, 'De Bell. Gal.' vi 13-20.[4]'Hist. Nat.' xxix. 3.[5]'Historia,' v. 31.[6]'Geographica,' iv. 273.[7]Tacitus, 'Ann.' xiv. 29.[8]See controversy between M. Bertrand and M. Henri Martin, in volume of 'Congrès préhistorique' (Paris, 1867), 193, 207, &c. See also 'Revue archéologique,' août, 1864, 144.[9]For further information on the subject, the reader is referred to 'Tree and Serpent Worship,' by the author, p. 26et seq., where the subject is treated of at length.[10]'Archæologia,' xxv. 188et seq.[11]Mr. Ellis, 'Gent. Mag.' 4th series, ii. 317.[12]'Proceedings of the Archæological Institute, Salisbury,' volume 113.[13]Diodorus, ii. 47.[14]Ibid. v. 21et seq.[15]The volume containing the account of the proceedings of the congress has not yet been published; so those who were not present cannot feel sure to what extent these modifications were carried or admitted. A short account of the Congress was published by Gen. Lefroy, in the 'Journal of the Archæological Institute,' Nov. 1869, p. 58et seq.[16]"According to an analysis made by Sir John Lubbock, of the contents of 250 tumuli described by Sir Richard Colt Hoare, in the first volume of his 'Ancient Wiltshire,' 18 only had any implements of stone, only 31 of bone, 67 of bronze, and 11 of iron, while one-half of them contained nothing to indicate their age; but whether those that contained nothing are earlier or more modern is by no means clear."—PrehistoricTimes, 2nd edit. p. 131.[17]" Veterum Gothorum et Suevorum antiquissimus mos est ut ubi acriores in campis seu montibus instituissent et perfecissent pugnas, illic erectos lapides quasi Egyptiacas pyramides collocare soliti sunt ... Habent itaque hæc saxa in pluribus locis erecta longitudine x. vel xv. XX. aut xxx. et amplius et latitudine iv. vel vi, pedum, mirabili situ sed mirabiliori ordine et mirabilissimo charactere, ob plurimas rationes collocata literato, rectoque et longo ordine videlicet pugilarum certamina, quadrato, turmas bellantium, et spherico familiarum designantia sepulturas ac cuneato equestrium et pedestrium acies ibidem vel prope fortunatum triumphasse," &c. &c.—DeGentibus Septentrionalibus, &c. p. 48.Or again:—"Quos humi recondere placuit honorabiles statuas lapidum excelsorum prout hodie cernuntur mira compagine in modum altissimæ et latissimæ januæ, sursum transversumque viribus gigantum erecta."—Ibid.49.[18]'Danicorum Monumentorum,' libri sex, 22et seq.[19]'Memoirs of Hugh Falconer,' by Dr. Murchison, ii. p. 596.[20]In 1797, Mr. John Frere found flint implements identical with those at Abbeville, and published an account of them, with engravings, in vol. xiii. of the 'Archæologia,' in 1800.[21]In the first years of the last century a flint implement, together with some bones of theElephas primigenus, were found in an excavation in Gray's Inn Lane. An engraving of it was published in 1715, and the implement itself is now in the British Museum.[22]For the last, and one of the best, accounts of the Hydahs, see 'Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society,' vol. xiii. No. V. p. 386et seq., by Mr. Brown.[23]'Germania,' 9.[24]Strabo, iv. p. 198.[25]Bede, 'Hist. Eccles.' i. 30.[26]"Inibi antiquo Romanorum fidelium opere factam," Bede, 'Hist. Eccles.' i. 32.[27]Thorn, 'Dec. Script. Col.' 1760:—"Erat autem non longe ab ipsa civitate ad orientem quasi medio itinere inter ecclesiam Sti. Martini et muros civitatis Phanum sive ydolum situm ubi rex Ethelbertus secundus ritum gentis suæ solebat orare et cum nobilibus suis dæmoniis et non deo sacrificare. Quod Phanum Augustinus ab iniquinamentis et sordibus gentilium purgavit et simulacro quod in eo erat infracto, synagogam mutavit in ecclesiam, et eam in nomine Sti. Pancratii martyris dedicavit."Of this "Fane" we further learn from Godselinus ('Leland Collect.' vol. iv. p. 8), that "extat adhuc condita ex longissimis et latissimis lateribus more Britannico ut facile est videre in muris Verolamiensibus," and may now be seen in this very church at Canterbury. "Basilica Sti. Pancratii nunc est ubi olim Ethelbertus idolum suum coluit. Opus exiguum structum tamen de more veterum Britannorum."[28]Gervaise, 'Acc. Pont. Cant.' p. 1640.[29]Bede, 'Hist. Eccles.' ii. 15.[30]"Succendere fanum cum omnibus septis suis," Bede, 'Hist. Eccles.' ii. 13.[31]Summo decertare debent studio episcopi et eorum ministri ut—Lapidesquoque, quos in ruinosis locis et silvestribus, demonum ludificationibus decepti venerantur ubi et vota vovent et deferunt, funditus effodiantur, atque in tali loco projiciantur ubi nunquam a cultoribus suis inveniri possint et omnibus annunciatur quantum scelus est idolatria.—Labbeum, t. ix. 474.[32]Richard, 'Analyse des Conciles,' i. 646.[33]Si in alicujus episcopi territorio infideles, aut faculas accendunt, aut arbores, fontes velSaxavenerentur si hoc eruere neglexerit, sacrilegii reum se esset cognoscat.—Labb., iv. 1013.[34]Contestamur illam solicitudinem tam pastores quam presbyteros, gerere ut quemcunque in hac fatuitate persistere viderint, vel ad nescio quaspetrasaut arbores vel fontes, designata loca gentilium perpetrare, quæ ad ecclesiæ rationem non pertinent eos ab ecclesia sancta auctoritate repellant.—Baluz, i. 518.[35]Cultores idolorum, veneratoresLapidum, accensores facularum excolentes sacra fontium vel arborum admonemus, &c.—Baluz, vi. 1234.[36]Illi diversis suadelis decepti cultores idolorum efficiuntur, veneratoresLapidum, accensores facularum, excolentes sacra fontium vel arborum, &c.—Baluz, vi. 1337.[37]Si aliquis vota ad arbores, vel fontes, vel adLapidesquosdam, quasi ad altaria, faciat aut ibi candelam, seu quolibet munus deferet velut ibi quoddam Numen sit quod bonum aut malum possit inferre.—Baluz, 1. 2, p. 210.[38]Item de arboribus velPetrisvel fontibus ubi aliqui stulti luminaria vel aliquas observationes faciunt omnino mandamus, ut iste pessimus usus et deo execrabilis ubicunque invenitur tolletur et distruatur.—Baluz, t. i. p. 235.[39]Barbara est autem adoratio, sive quas idola (puta gentium divos), Solem, Lunam, Ignem, Profluentem, Fontes,Saxa, cujusque generis arbores lignam coluerunt.—Keysler, 'Antiquitates Septemtrion.' (Hanoveræ, 1720), p. 18. He quotes also a canon of Edgar (967) to the same effect.[40]'Ant. Sept.' chap. ii.[41]Laing in his wrath seems to have, by accident, very nearly guessed the truth, when, refuting the authenticity of Ossian, he accuses Macpherson of "having rendered the Highlanders a race of unheard-of infidels, who believed in no Gods but the ghosts of their fathers."
Footnotes[2]Those three treatises were afterwards republished in one volume, small folio, with all the plates, &c., in London, 1725. It is from this volume that the above is abstracted.[3]Cæsar, 'De Bell. Gal.' vi 13-20.[4]'Hist. Nat.' xxix. 3.[5]'Historia,' v. 31.[6]'Geographica,' iv. 273.[7]Tacitus, 'Ann.' xiv. 29.[8]See controversy between M. Bertrand and M. Henri Martin, in volume of 'Congrès préhistorique' (Paris, 1867), 193, 207, &c. See also 'Revue archéologique,' août, 1864, 144.[9]For further information on the subject, the reader is referred to 'Tree and Serpent Worship,' by the author, p. 26et seq., where the subject is treated of at length.[10]'Archæologia,' xxv. 188et seq.[11]Mr. Ellis, 'Gent. Mag.' 4th series, ii. 317.[12]'Proceedings of the Archæological Institute, Salisbury,' volume 113.[13]Diodorus, ii. 47.[14]Ibid. v. 21et seq.[15]The volume containing the account of the proceedings of the congress has not yet been published; so those who were not present cannot feel sure to what extent these modifications were carried or admitted. A short account of the Congress was published by Gen. Lefroy, in the 'Journal of the Archæological Institute,' Nov. 1869, p. 58et seq.[16]"According to an analysis made by Sir John Lubbock, of the contents of 250 tumuli described by Sir Richard Colt Hoare, in the first volume of his 'Ancient Wiltshire,' 18 only had any implements of stone, only 31 of bone, 67 of bronze, and 11 of iron, while one-half of them contained nothing to indicate their age; but whether those that contained nothing are earlier or more modern is by no means clear."—PrehistoricTimes, 2nd edit. p. 131.[17]" Veterum Gothorum et Suevorum antiquissimus mos est ut ubi acriores in campis seu montibus instituissent et perfecissent pugnas, illic erectos lapides quasi Egyptiacas pyramides collocare soliti sunt ... Habent itaque hæc saxa in pluribus locis erecta longitudine x. vel xv. XX. aut xxx. et amplius et latitudine iv. vel vi, pedum, mirabili situ sed mirabiliori ordine et mirabilissimo charactere, ob plurimas rationes collocata literato, rectoque et longo ordine videlicet pugilarum certamina, quadrato, turmas bellantium, et spherico familiarum designantia sepulturas ac cuneato equestrium et pedestrium acies ibidem vel prope fortunatum triumphasse," &c. &c.—DeGentibus Septentrionalibus, &c. p. 48.Or again:—"Quos humi recondere placuit honorabiles statuas lapidum excelsorum prout hodie cernuntur mira compagine in modum altissimæ et latissimæ januæ, sursum transversumque viribus gigantum erecta."—Ibid.49.[18]'Danicorum Monumentorum,' libri sex, 22et seq.[19]'Memoirs of Hugh Falconer,' by Dr. Murchison, ii. p. 596.[20]In 1797, Mr. John Frere found flint implements identical with those at Abbeville, and published an account of them, with engravings, in vol. xiii. of the 'Archæologia,' in 1800.[21]In the first years of the last century a flint implement, together with some bones of theElephas primigenus, were found in an excavation in Gray's Inn Lane. An engraving of it was published in 1715, and the implement itself is now in the British Museum.[22]For the last, and one of the best, accounts of the Hydahs, see 'Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society,' vol. xiii. No. V. p. 386et seq., by Mr. Brown.[23]'Germania,' 9.[24]Strabo, iv. p. 198.[25]Bede, 'Hist. Eccles.' i. 30.[26]"Inibi antiquo Romanorum fidelium opere factam," Bede, 'Hist. Eccles.' i. 32.[27]Thorn, 'Dec. Script. Col.' 1760:—"Erat autem non longe ab ipsa civitate ad orientem quasi medio itinere inter ecclesiam Sti. Martini et muros civitatis Phanum sive ydolum situm ubi rex Ethelbertus secundus ritum gentis suæ solebat orare et cum nobilibus suis dæmoniis et non deo sacrificare. Quod Phanum Augustinus ab iniquinamentis et sordibus gentilium purgavit et simulacro quod in eo erat infracto, synagogam mutavit in ecclesiam, et eam in nomine Sti. Pancratii martyris dedicavit."Of this "Fane" we further learn from Godselinus ('Leland Collect.' vol. iv. p. 8), that "extat adhuc condita ex longissimis et latissimis lateribus more Britannico ut facile est videre in muris Verolamiensibus," and may now be seen in this very church at Canterbury. "Basilica Sti. Pancratii nunc est ubi olim Ethelbertus idolum suum coluit. Opus exiguum structum tamen de more veterum Britannorum."[28]Gervaise, 'Acc. Pont. Cant.' p. 1640.[29]Bede, 'Hist. Eccles.' ii. 15.[30]"Succendere fanum cum omnibus septis suis," Bede, 'Hist. Eccles.' ii. 13.[31]Summo decertare debent studio episcopi et eorum ministri ut—Lapidesquoque, quos in ruinosis locis et silvestribus, demonum ludificationibus decepti venerantur ubi et vota vovent et deferunt, funditus effodiantur, atque in tali loco projiciantur ubi nunquam a cultoribus suis inveniri possint et omnibus annunciatur quantum scelus est idolatria.—Labbeum, t. ix. 474.[32]Richard, 'Analyse des Conciles,' i. 646.[33]Si in alicujus episcopi territorio infideles, aut faculas accendunt, aut arbores, fontes velSaxavenerentur si hoc eruere neglexerit, sacrilegii reum se esset cognoscat.—Labb., iv. 1013.[34]Contestamur illam solicitudinem tam pastores quam presbyteros, gerere ut quemcunque in hac fatuitate persistere viderint, vel ad nescio quaspetrasaut arbores vel fontes, designata loca gentilium perpetrare, quæ ad ecclesiæ rationem non pertinent eos ab ecclesia sancta auctoritate repellant.—Baluz, i. 518.[35]Cultores idolorum, veneratoresLapidum, accensores facularum excolentes sacra fontium vel arborum admonemus, &c.—Baluz, vi. 1234.[36]Illi diversis suadelis decepti cultores idolorum efficiuntur, veneratoresLapidum, accensores facularum, excolentes sacra fontium vel arborum, &c.—Baluz, vi. 1337.[37]Si aliquis vota ad arbores, vel fontes, vel adLapidesquosdam, quasi ad altaria, faciat aut ibi candelam, seu quolibet munus deferet velut ibi quoddam Numen sit quod bonum aut malum possit inferre.—Baluz, 1. 2, p. 210.[38]Item de arboribus velPetrisvel fontibus ubi aliqui stulti luminaria vel aliquas observationes faciunt omnino mandamus, ut iste pessimus usus et deo execrabilis ubicunque invenitur tolletur et distruatur.—Baluz, t. i. p. 235.[39]Barbara est autem adoratio, sive quas idola (puta gentium divos), Solem, Lunam, Ignem, Profluentem, Fontes,Saxa, cujusque generis arbores lignam coluerunt.—Keysler, 'Antiquitates Septemtrion.' (Hanoveræ, 1720), p. 18. He quotes also a canon of Edgar (967) to the same effect.[40]'Ant. Sept.' chap. ii.[41]Laing in his wrath seems to have, by accident, very nearly guessed the truth, when, refuting the authenticity of Ossian, he accuses Macpherson of "having rendered the Highlanders a race of unheard-of infidels, who believed in no Gods but the ghosts of their fathers."
Footnotes
[2]Those three treatises were afterwards republished in one volume, small folio, with all the plates, &c., in London, 1725. It is from this volume that the above is abstracted.
[2]Those three treatises were afterwards republished in one volume, small folio, with all the plates, &c., in London, 1725. It is from this volume that the above is abstracted.
[3]Cæsar, 'De Bell. Gal.' vi 13-20.
[3]Cæsar, 'De Bell. Gal.' vi 13-20.
[4]'Hist. Nat.' xxix. 3.
[4]'Hist. Nat.' xxix. 3.
[5]'Historia,' v. 31.
[5]'Historia,' v. 31.
[6]'Geographica,' iv. 273.
[6]'Geographica,' iv. 273.
[7]Tacitus, 'Ann.' xiv. 29.
[7]Tacitus, 'Ann.' xiv. 29.
[8]See controversy between M. Bertrand and M. Henri Martin, in volume of 'Congrès préhistorique' (Paris, 1867), 193, 207, &c. See also 'Revue archéologique,' août, 1864, 144.
[8]See controversy between M. Bertrand and M. Henri Martin, in volume of 'Congrès préhistorique' (Paris, 1867), 193, 207, &c. See also 'Revue archéologique,' août, 1864, 144.
[9]For further information on the subject, the reader is referred to 'Tree and Serpent Worship,' by the author, p. 26et seq., where the subject is treated of at length.
[9]For further information on the subject, the reader is referred to 'Tree and Serpent Worship,' by the author, p. 26et seq., where the subject is treated of at length.
[10]'Archæologia,' xxv. 188et seq.
[10]'Archæologia,' xxv. 188et seq.
[11]Mr. Ellis, 'Gent. Mag.' 4th series, ii. 317.
[11]Mr. Ellis, 'Gent. Mag.' 4th series, ii. 317.
[12]'Proceedings of the Archæological Institute, Salisbury,' volume 113.
[12]'Proceedings of the Archæological Institute, Salisbury,' volume 113.
[13]Diodorus, ii. 47.
[13]Diodorus, ii. 47.
[14]Ibid. v. 21et seq.
[14]Ibid. v. 21et seq.
[15]The volume containing the account of the proceedings of the congress has not yet been published; so those who were not present cannot feel sure to what extent these modifications were carried or admitted. A short account of the Congress was published by Gen. Lefroy, in the 'Journal of the Archæological Institute,' Nov. 1869, p. 58et seq.
[15]The volume containing the account of the proceedings of the congress has not yet been published; so those who were not present cannot feel sure to what extent these modifications were carried or admitted. A short account of the Congress was published by Gen. Lefroy, in the 'Journal of the Archæological Institute,' Nov. 1869, p. 58et seq.
[16]"According to an analysis made by Sir John Lubbock, of the contents of 250 tumuli described by Sir Richard Colt Hoare, in the first volume of his 'Ancient Wiltshire,' 18 only had any implements of stone, only 31 of bone, 67 of bronze, and 11 of iron, while one-half of them contained nothing to indicate their age; but whether those that contained nothing are earlier or more modern is by no means clear."—PrehistoricTimes, 2nd edit. p. 131.
[16]"According to an analysis made by Sir John Lubbock, of the contents of 250 tumuli described by Sir Richard Colt Hoare, in the first volume of his 'Ancient Wiltshire,' 18 only had any implements of stone, only 31 of bone, 67 of bronze, and 11 of iron, while one-half of them contained nothing to indicate their age; but whether those that contained nothing are earlier or more modern is by no means clear."—PrehistoricTimes, 2nd edit. p. 131.
[17]" Veterum Gothorum et Suevorum antiquissimus mos est ut ubi acriores in campis seu montibus instituissent et perfecissent pugnas, illic erectos lapides quasi Egyptiacas pyramides collocare soliti sunt ... Habent itaque hæc saxa in pluribus locis erecta longitudine x. vel xv. XX. aut xxx. et amplius et latitudine iv. vel vi, pedum, mirabili situ sed mirabiliori ordine et mirabilissimo charactere, ob plurimas rationes collocata literato, rectoque et longo ordine videlicet pugilarum certamina, quadrato, turmas bellantium, et spherico familiarum designantia sepulturas ac cuneato equestrium et pedestrium acies ibidem vel prope fortunatum triumphasse," &c. &c.—DeGentibus Septentrionalibus, &c. p. 48.Or again:—"Quos humi recondere placuit honorabiles statuas lapidum excelsorum prout hodie cernuntur mira compagine in modum altissimæ et latissimæ januæ, sursum transversumque viribus gigantum erecta."—Ibid.49.
[17]" Veterum Gothorum et Suevorum antiquissimus mos est ut ubi acriores in campis seu montibus instituissent et perfecissent pugnas, illic erectos lapides quasi Egyptiacas pyramides collocare soliti sunt ... Habent itaque hæc saxa in pluribus locis erecta longitudine x. vel xv. XX. aut xxx. et amplius et latitudine iv. vel vi, pedum, mirabili situ sed mirabiliori ordine et mirabilissimo charactere, ob plurimas rationes collocata literato, rectoque et longo ordine videlicet pugilarum certamina, quadrato, turmas bellantium, et spherico familiarum designantia sepulturas ac cuneato equestrium et pedestrium acies ibidem vel prope fortunatum triumphasse," &c. &c.—DeGentibus Septentrionalibus, &c. p. 48.
Or again:—"Quos humi recondere placuit honorabiles statuas lapidum excelsorum prout hodie cernuntur mira compagine in modum altissimæ et latissimæ januæ, sursum transversumque viribus gigantum erecta."—Ibid.49.
[18]'Danicorum Monumentorum,' libri sex, 22et seq.
[18]'Danicorum Monumentorum,' libri sex, 22et seq.
[19]'Memoirs of Hugh Falconer,' by Dr. Murchison, ii. p. 596.
[19]'Memoirs of Hugh Falconer,' by Dr. Murchison, ii. p. 596.
[20]In 1797, Mr. John Frere found flint implements identical with those at Abbeville, and published an account of them, with engravings, in vol. xiii. of the 'Archæologia,' in 1800.
[20]In 1797, Mr. John Frere found flint implements identical with those at Abbeville, and published an account of them, with engravings, in vol. xiii. of the 'Archæologia,' in 1800.
[21]In the first years of the last century a flint implement, together with some bones of theElephas primigenus, were found in an excavation in Gray's Inn Lane. An engraving of it was published in 1715, and the implement itself is now in the British Museum.
[21]In the first years of the last century a flint implement, together with some bones of theElephas primigenus, were found in an excavation in Gray's Inn Lane. An engraving of it was published in 1715, and the implement itself is now in the British Museum.
[22]For the last, and one of the best, accounts of the Hydahs, see 'Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society,' vol. xiii. No. V. p. 386et seq., by Mr. Brown.
[22]For the last, and one of the best, accounts of the Hydahs, see 'Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society,' vol. xiii. No. V. p. 386et seq., by Mr. Brown.
[23]'Germania,' 9.
[23]'Germania,' 9.
[24]Strabo, iv. p. 198.
[24]Strabo, iv. p. 198.
[25]Bede, 'Hist. Eccles.' i. 30.
[25]Bede, 'Hist. Eccles.' i. 30.
[26]"Inibi antiquo Romanorum fidelium opere factam," Bede, 'Hist. Eccles.' i. 32.
[26]"Inibi antiquo Romanorum fidelium opere factam," Bede, 'Hist. Eccles.' i. 32.
[27]Thorn, 'Dec. Script. Col.' 1760:—"Erat autem non longe ab ipsa civitate ad orientem quasi medio itinere inter ecclesiam Sti. Martini et muros civitatis Phanum sive ydolum situm ubi rex Ethelbertus secundus ritum gentis suæ solebat orare et cum nobilibus suis dæmoniis et non deo sacrificare. Quod Phanum Augustinus ab iniquinamentis et sordibus gentilium purgavit et simulacro quod in eo erat infracto, synagogam mutavit in ecclesiam, et eam in nomine Sti. Pancratii martyris dedicavit."Of this "Fane" we further learn from Godselinus ('Leland Collect.' vol. iv. p. 8), that "extat adhuc condita ex longissimis et latissimis lateribus more Britannico ut facile est videre in muris Verolamiensibus," and may now be seen in this very church at Canterbury. "Basilica Sti. Pancratii nunc est ubi olim Ethelbertus idolum suum coluit. Opus exiguum structum tamen de more veterum Britannorum."
[27]Thorn, 'Dec. Script. Col.' 1760:—"Erat autem non longe ab ipsa civitate ad orientem quasi medio itinere inter ecclesiam Sti. Martini et muros civitatis Phanum sive ydolum situm ubi rex Ethelbertus secundus ritum gentis suæ solebat orare et cum nobilibus suis dæmoniis et non deo sacrificare. Quod Phanum Augustinus ab iniquinamentis et sordibus gentilium purgavit et simulacro quod in eo erat infracto, synagogam mutavit in ecclesiam, et eam in nomine Sti. Pancratii martyris dedicavit."
Of this "Fane" we further learn from Godselinus ('Leland Collect.' vol. iv. p. 8), that "extat adhuc condita ex longissimis et latissimis lateribus more Britannico ut facile est videre in muris Verolamiensibus," and may now be seen in this very church at Canterbury. "Basilica Sti. Pancratii nunc est ubi olim Ethelbertus idolum suum coluit. Opus exiguum structum tamen de more veterum Britannorum."
[28]Gervaise, 'Acc. Pont. Cant.' p. 1640.
[28]Gervaise, 'Acc. Pont. Cant.' p. 1640.
[29]Bede, 'Hist. Eccles.' ii. 15.
[29]Bede, 'Hist. Eccles.' ii. 15.
[30]"Succendere fanum cum omnibus septis suis," Bede, 'Hist. Eccles.' ii. 13.
[30]"Succendere fanum cum omnibus septis suis," Bede, 'Hist. Eccles.' ii. 13.
[31]Summo decertare debent studio episcopi et eorum ministri ut—Lapidesquoque, quos in ruinosis locis et silvestribus, demonum ludificationibus decepti venerantur ubi et vota vovent et deferunt, funditus effodiantur, atque in tali loco projiciantur ubi nunquam a cultoribus suis inveniri possint et omnibus annunciatur quantum scelus est idolatria.—Labbeum, t. ix. 474.
[31]Summo decertare debent studio episcopi et eorum ministri ut—Lapidesquoque, quos in ruinosis locis et silvestribus, demonum ludificationibus decepti venerantur ubi et vota vovent et deferunt, funditus effodiantur, atque in tali loco projiciantur ubi nunquam a cultoribus suis inveniri possint et omnibus annunciatur quantum scelus est idolatria.—Labbeum, t. ix. 474.
[32]Richard, 'Analyse des Conciles,' i. 646.
[32]Richard, 'Analyse des Conciles,' i. 646.
[33]Si in alicujus episcopi territorio infideles, aut faculas accendunt, aut arbores, fontes velSaxavenerentur si hoc eruere neglexerit, sacrilegii reum se esset cognoscat.—Labb., iv. 1013.
[33]Si in alicujus episcopi territorio infideles, aut faculas accendunt, aut arbores, fontes velSaxavenerentur si hoc eruere neglexerit, sacrilegii reum se esset cognoscat.—Labb., iv. 1013.
[34]Contestamur illam solicitudinem tam pastores quam presbyteros, gerere ut quemcunque in hac fatuitate persistere viderint, vel ad nescio quaspetrasaut arbores vel fontes, designata loca gentilium perpetrare, quæ ad ecclesiæ rationem non pertinent eos ab ecclesia sancta auctoritate repellant.—Baluz, i. 518.
[34]Contestamur illam solicitudinem tam pastores quam presbyteros, gerere ut quemcunque in hac fatuitate persistere viderint, vel ad nescio quaspetrasaut arbores vel fontes, designata loca gentilium perpetrare, quæ ad ecclesiæ rationem non pertinent eos ab ecclesia sancta auctoritate repellant.—Baluz, i. 518.
[35]Cultores idolorum, veneratoresLapidum, accensores facularum excolentes sacra fontium vel arborum admonemus, &c.—Baluz, vi. 1234.
[35]Cultores idolorum, veneratoresLapidum, accensores facularum excolentes sacra fontium vel arborum admonemus, &c.—Baluz, vi. 1234.
[36]Illi diversis suadelis decepti cultores idolorum efficiuntur, veneratoresLapidum, accensores facularum, excolentes sacra fontium vel arborum, &c.—Baluz, vi. 1337.
[36]Illi diversis suadelis decepti cultores idolorum efficiuntur, veneratoresLapidum, accensores facularum, excolentes sacra fontium vel arborum, &c.—Baluz, vi. 1337.
[37]Si aliquis vota ad arbores, vel fontes, vel adLapidesquosdam, quasi ad altaria, faciat aut ibi candelam, seu quolibet munus deferet velut ibi quoddam Numen sit quod bonum aut malum possit inferre.—Baluz, 1. 2, p. 210.
[37]Si aliquis vota ad arbores, vel fontes, vel adLapidesquosdam, quasi ad altaria, faciat aut ibi candelam, seu quolibet munus deferet velut ibi quoddam Numen sit quod bonum aut malum possit inferre.—Baluz, 1. 2, p. 210.
[38]Item de arboribus velPetrisvel fontibus ubi aliqui stulti luminaria vel aliquas observationes faciunt omnino mandamus, ut iste pessimus usus et deo execrabilis ubicunque invenitur tolletur et distruatur.—Baluz, t. i. p. 235.
[38]Item de arboribus velPetrisvel fontibus ubi aliqui stulti luminaria vel aliquas observationes faciunt omnino mandamus, ut iste pessimus usus et deo execrabilis ubicunque invenitur tolletur et distruatur.—Baluz, t. i. p. 235.
[39]Barbara est autem adoratio, sive quas idola (puta gentium divos), Solem, Lunam, Ignem, Profluentem, Fontes,Saxa, cujusque generis arbores lignam coluerunt.—Keysler, 'Antiquitates Septemtrion.' (Hanoveræ, 1720), p. 18. He quotes also a canon of Edgar (967) to the same effect.
[39]Barbara est autem adoratio, sive quas idola (puta gentium divos), Solem, Lunam, Ignem, Profluentem, Fontes,Saxa, cujusque generis arbores lignam coluerunt.—Keysler, 'Antiquitates Septemtrion.' (Hanoveræ, 1720), p. 18. He quotes also a canon of Edgar (967) to the same effect.
[40]'Ant. Sept.' chap. ii.
[40]'Ant. Sept.' chap. ii.
[41]Laing in his wrath seems to have, by accident, very nearly guessed the truth, when, refuting the authenticity of Ossian, he accuses Macpherson of "having rendered the Highlanders a race of unheard-of infidels, who believed in no Gods but the ghosts of their fathers."
[41]Laing in his wrath seems to have, by accident, very nearly guessed the truth, when, refuting the authenticity of Ossian, he accuses Macpherson of "having rendered the Highlanders a race of unheard-of infidels, who believed in no Gods but the ghosts of their fathers."