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Title: An Enquiry into the Truth of the Tradition, Concerning the
Discovery of America, by Prince Madog ab Owen Gwynedd, about the Year, 1170

Author: John Williams

Release Date: November 12, 2004 [eBook #14032]

Language: English

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AN ENQUIRY INTO THE TRUTH OF THE TRADITION, CONCERNING THE DISCOVERY
OF AMERICA, BY PRINCE MADOG AB OWEN GWYNEDD, ABOUT THE YEAR, 1170.

by

JOHN WILLIAMS, L. L. D.

LONDON

M. DCC XCI

Hic, ubi nunc Roma est orbis caput, arbor et herbae, Et paucae pecudes,
et casa rara fuit.

Ov. Fast. L. 5. v. 93.

PREFACE

The following Observations are with Diffidence given to the Public;
because the Subject is rather obscure and uncertain. However, it is
presumed that there are stronger Reasons for admitting the Truth
of Prince Madog's landing on the American Shores, than for the
contrary. There are many Relations in History, which have obtained
Credit, that appear to me, not so well supported as this Tradition.

We find allusions to it in the Writings of Ancient British Bards,
who were de