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THE GENUINE HISTORY OF<br />

^' <strong>the</strong> Province th<strong>of</strong>e BarbariarxS whom he could<br />

*' nei<strong>the</strong>r extirpate or fabdue. (Ej pKiuv STrawiX-<br />

" oKiFvis £x.t;r,voiiy avxfTUxcrcig eX^tiv. Dion. Call.<br />

« lib. 76.)"<br />

This is, in general, a very unfair reprefen-<br />

tation <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> principles and fuccefs <strong>of</strong> Severus's<br />

expedition. And it will eafily appear to be fo,<br />

even from <strong>Mr</strong>. Macpherfon himfelf. — It is<br />

here exprefsly declared, that Severus could not<br />

fubdue any <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Caledonians. And it is<br />

plainly implledt, that he relinquifhed to <strong>the</strong>m all<br />

<strong>the</strong> country to <strong>the</strong> North <strong>of</strong> his Wall. " He<br />

^' Was—reduced to <strong>the</strong> old and inglorious expe-<br />

*' dient <strong>of</strong> building a Wall to exclude from tl'e<br />

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