The genuine history of the Britons asserted against Mr. Macpherson ...
The genuine history of the Britons asserted against Mr. Macpherson ... The genuine history of the Britons asserted against Mr. Macpherson ...
j64 the genuine HISTORY OF is afferted in the Hiftory of Manchefter and ! wifli to defend. And I Ihall therefore, In purfinng Mr. Macpherfon's fteps here, only mark occafionally fome of the more important miftakes^^ till he has deduced the Kiftory to the proper period. P. 99. " Tlie incurfions of the Caledonians " rendered it neceffary for that Emperor [Ad- " rian] to come in perfon into Britain ; but that " the Barbarians fuffered very little lofs by his " arms we may naturally infer, from his relin- ** quiiliing to them all that tra£l: of country which ** extends from the Tine and Solway to the " ScottiHi Friths." That tlie incurfions of the Caledonians ren- dered it neceffary for Adrian to come into Bri- tain, is not true. And that he relinquiflied all the country from the Tine and Solway to the Friths, is a miflake.—Adrian went into all the provinces of the empire. Romanum orbem cir- cuivit, fays Florus with an expreiTive elegance. Was this occafioncd by the Caledonian incur- fions ? He only vifited Britain, as he vifited Gaul and the other dominions of the Romans. Nor did he relinquilli Valcntia to the Caledo- nians, by buikling a Wall from Solway to the Tine. This I have fully .Ihewn in the Hiftory 6 of
THE BRITONS ASSERTED. i6s of INIanchefter. And all the region of Valentia remained in the pofleffion of the R.omans, to the period of their departure from Britain ^. P. 100. '^ Lolliu3 Urblcus, in the reign of " Antoninus Pius, defeated the Caledonians ; and, driving them beyond the Forth and Clyde, excluded them by an earthen Wall from the Roman Britain. Though repelled by Urbi- cus,—they were far from being reduced fo low as to yield a pait of their territories to the Ro- mans.** This is a great miftake. The Brigantes, or Ca- ledonians, are exprefsly faid by Paufanias to have lofl: a confiderable tra£l: of country, tj^i/ t^toXX'/jv, to the Romans at this period. And I have fliewn in the Hiftory of Manchefter, that this conlifled of half the region of Caledonia -. P. loi— 102. " Severus — marched north- *' ward, with a fixed refolution to exterminate the *' the whole nation of the Caledonians. But—he *' was at lad reduced to the old and inglorious *' expedient of building a Wall to exclude from ' Hiftory of Manchefter, p. 4^^—^58. * P. 454—461, and 418—419. M 3 ** the
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j64<br />
<strong>the</strong> <strong>genuine</strong> HISTORY OF<br />
is afferted in <strong>the</strong> Hiftory <strong>of</strong> Manchefter and !<br />
wifli to defend. And I Ihall <strong>the</strong>refore, In purfinng<br />
<strong>Mr</strong>. Macpherfon's fteps here, only mark<br />
occafionally fome <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> more important miftakes^^<br />
till he has deduced <strong>the</strong> Kiftory to <strong>the</strong> proper<br />
period.<br />
P. 99. " Tlie incurfions <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Caledonians<br />
" rendered it neceffary for that Emperor [Ad-<br />
" rian] to come in perfon into Britain ; but that<br />
" <strong>the</strong> Barbarians fuffered very little l<strong>of</strong>s by his<br />
" arms we may naturally infer, from his relin-<br />
** quiiliing to <strong>the</strong>m all that tra£l: <strong>of</strong> country which<br />
** extends from <strong>the</strong> Tine and Solway to <strong>the</strong><br />
" ScottiHi Friths."<br />
That tlie incurfions <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Caledonians ren-<br />
dered it neceffary for Adrian to come into Bri-<br />
tain, is not true. And that he relinquiflied all<br />
<strong>the</strong> country from <strong>the</strong> Tine and Solway to <strong>the</strong><br />
Friths, is a miflake.—Adrian went into all <strong>the</strong><br />
provinces <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> empire. Romanum orbem cir-<br />
cuivit, fays Florus with an expreiTive elegance.<br />
Was this occafioncd by <strong>the</strong> Caledonian incur-<br />
fions ? He only vifited Britain, as he vifited<br />
Gaul and <strong>the</strong> o<strong>the</strong>r dominions <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Romans.<br />
Nor did he relinquilli Valcntia to <strong>the</strong> Caledo-<br />
nians, by buikling a Wall from Solway to <strong>the</strong><br />
Tine. This I have fully .Ihewn in <strong>the</strong> Hiftory<br />
6 <strong>of</strong>
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