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Jeffrey of Monmouth, (alias ap Arthur) Translated and Compiled the various British Authors into one Vo∣lume. He hath many things from the British Bards, which though improbable, are not therefore ipso facto untrue; yet Humanum est errare; and Tradition ha∣ving run a great way from its clear Original, may swell into a rapide Stream, violently forcing Rubbish into its own Channel, which shall render the waters thereof
impenetrable by the Eye, and ungrateful to the Palate His Book is prohibited by his Holiness, whilst the lying Legend is permitted to be read without controul. If Jeffrey be guilty of mistakes, they are such as make not for the Popes advantage. He was Bishop of St. Asaph, and flourished 1152.
Thomas of Monmouth, wrote an History of St. Wil∣liam, the Child that was Crucified by the Jews in Nor∣wich, in hatred of our Saviour. He flourished 1160. under King Henry 2.