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THE BRITONS ASSERTED. 231<br />

**' being exprefsly called <strong>the</strong> land <strong>of</strong> Rams, in<br />

** <strong>the</strong> Irifli patent mentioned by <strong>the</strong> primate<br />

'* himfelf, is a circiiraftance that is deciilve in<br />

" <strong>Mr</strong>. Macpherfon's ^avour." This lafl allertion<br />

is an unaccountable millake. Dalriada is nei<strong>the</strong>r<br />

exprefsly nor implicitly called <strong>the</strong> land <strong>of</strong> Rams<br />

in Uflier's patent, as mentioned by himfelf. All<br />

that he fays <strong>of</strong> it is this : Totam—Dalreth five<br />

Palrede, cum infala Rachlyn vel Rachrin, illi<br />

objacente, Alano de Galway, a Johanne Anglorum<br />

Rege & Hibernite Domino conceifam olim<br />

fuifle, ex archivis Regiis in arce Londincnfi afTer-<br />

vatis conftat (Patent in Dorfo ann. 14 R. Johannis,<br />

Membran. 3. Num. i., et ann. 17. Membran.<br />

5. Num. 57) ; quam utramque nunc<br />

jure p<strong>of</strong>fideat hereditario Comes Antrimenfis ^<br />

And, as <strong>the</strong> circumflance decifive in our au-<br />

thor's favour appears not upon <strong>the</strong> face <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />

Archbifliop's account, fo his etymons contra-<br />

di£l: every idea <strong>of</strong> propriety.—Riada or Reaidhe,<br />

we fee, is ufed not only conjundively with Dal,<br />

as in Dal-riada, but feparately by itfelf, as in<br />

Route. And to denominate any country fimply<br />

Reaith or Ram, is an evident abfurdity. This<br />

overthrows <strong>the</strong> etymology <strong>of</strong> both at once.<br />

<strong>The</strong> true derivation mull be one, that will<br />

conform itfelf with propriety to <strong>the</strong> name <strong>of</strong><br />

Route, as well as to <strong>the</strong> appellation <strong>of</strong> Dal-<br />

^Uda. And fuch is Ruta, <strong>the</strong> fame in Irifli<br />

» P. 321.<br />

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