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that they may have been erroneously transcribed
through ignorance of the language. The Gael
of Scotland and Ireland would express the words
signifying Let go C<£sar, by the words kig os, or
leig as Casar. Ce^^ signifies leave., license, wii/iout
restraint ; ced os might be understood to mean
let go, but ced do w^ould be the proper expression,
which signifies leave to, being of the same import
as leig as, signifying literally, let go, spoken im-
peratively.
Camden, Bracks. — " It appears from several
" authors, that the Gauls used a certain sort of
" garment, which, in their language, they called
*' brack ce : that these were also common to our
" Britons, is proved by that verse of Martial,
" ''Quam veteres hrachce, Britonis pauperis''
" Then, the coarse braclue the poor Britons
" wore."
Amwtator. — " Foul tattered clothes are by the
" present Britons called brati, bratian.''
Diodorus Siculus gives a minute description
of the clothing of the Gauls. " E(r$-S«r( ll ^^Zvrcct kxtx-
" es»«|«p/<r<v, «? hcihet ^fccxx? zirfogctyofiviiiiy. 'iTTiTrofiirSvTXi ^i ir«sy»s
" fx^^aiTts?, h ftiv rati; •)(^Ufji,ui7i, dxgiii; kxtx ^l to 3-s^«s \J'<A»5, srXntiotq
" ar«A«<»v3^5« x«« iTVKvoii hiiXnfifAivii^." " Vestitus ilhs miri-
" ficus: Tunicas enim variis coloribus imbutas, ac
*' ceu floribus conspersas, caligasque, bracas illas
" nominatas, gestant. Saga etiam virgata, per
" hyemem densa, per ^estatem tenuiora, crebris-
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