Note 1 — Chapter I · GILDAS AND JEANIKE.
Daniel De Leon translation
"If the Gallic tongue has been in some part preserved by the bards, and by bards in possession of the druidic traditions, that could only have taken place in Armorica, that province which for so many centuries formed an independent state, and which, in spite of its annexation to France, has remained Gallic in physiognomy, in costume, and in language, down to our own day."—Ampere, History of Literature.