The genuine history of the Britons asserted against Mr. Macpherson ...

THE BRITONS ASSERTED. izt
the Iri{h, and Gaelt, Gallt, and Gald by the
Highlanders. And the relative adjeftive of this
word is the very name, which Mr. Macpherfon
has fo ingenioufly diftorted here. Gael and Gael
lengthening into Gal-ek and Cael-ich, Gallt mini
be formed into Gallt-ach, and Gaeld into Gaeld-
ach. And we have Gallt-ach in the Irilh lan-
guage, the appellation for a Gaul at prefent.
Gaeld-och and Gallt-ach therefore are one and
the fame word, the relative adjeftives of the
fame national appellation, Gaeld and Gallt
and, in the fpirit of all other relative adjeftives,
refer equally to an individual, the language, or
the country, of France and Scotland. Thus eafily
is the fpell diffolved, which held both Dr. and
Mr. Macpherfon in abfolute bondage. And thus
readily is the fabrick deftroyed, which was raifed
by the magic hand of error, equally flight in its
flrufture, and momentary in its continuance.
That Caeldoch is the very fame word with
Caledonia, is another of Mr. Macpherfon's pofi-
tions. But it is equally a miftake. And I hope con-
vincingly to prove it. I (hall lay before the reader
what I have faid upon this fubjeft in the Hiftory
of Manchefler, and fhall make fome additions to
it.—I have previoufly Ihewn the words Gathel,
Gael, Galat, Gait, Gaeld, and Celt, to be all one
and the fame appellation. And, though Mr.
Macpherfon in p. lo feems inclined to derive one
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