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 ...
xqt THE GENUINE HISTORY OF felves the defcendants of Caledonians. And, if tlie Highlanders fubmitted to the Scots or were reduced by them, they fubmitted merely to their countrymen, and the Caledonians were reduced by Caledonians. If therefore Mr. Macpherfon had entered into this walk of hiftory, he might have equally flattered the prejudices of his countrymen, and have opened a dark and ira- portaat period of our hiftory. But, unhappily for himfeif, he took a different direction. Re- folving in his own mind to refcue the early part of our annals from " the poffefTion of fi6lion and '^romance %** he has unintentionally (Irengthened the claims of Mion, and unwittingly endea- voured to add the authority of right to the polTellions of ufurpation. And he has gone on accumulating one romantic notice upon another, though all hiftory concurred to reclaim him from his error, and though the atteftations of hiftory were confirmed by the living teftimony of lan- guage; the Caledonians, who were reduced by the Scots of Er-in or Ireland, having adopted the appellation of their conquerors ; the nation and country being now univerfally denominated Scots and Scotland ; the former being exprefsly de- nominated Hibernia as late as the nth century, and the latter the Irlfchery as late as the 14th,
THE BRITONS ASSERTED. 293 14th ', and their diale£^ of the Brltifh being in- variably entitled the Ir-ifh or Er-fe to the pre- fent moment ; and the appellations of Scot for the people, and of Erfe for the language, being now, in the concurrent ufage of ail the reft of the iflanders, entirely confined and appropriated to the Gael and Gaeiick of the Highlands. * Innes, p. 6^9, and Sir George Mackenzie, p. 390, V. L— Irwin in his Hift. Scot. Nomenclatiira, 1682, p. 6, fays, " Our Ifle-men and Highlandej-s are very oft named Hibenii " by ftrangers—, and at this tfay the Englifli and ouv Low* "' landers call and count thero Irifh." U a 1 HAVE
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THE BRITONS ASSERTED. 293<br />
14th ', and <strong>the</strong>ir diale£^ <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Brltifh being in-<br />
variably entitled <strong>the</strong> Ir-ifh or Er-fe to <strong>the</strong> pre-<br />
fent moment ; and <strong>the</strong> appellations <strong>of</strong> Scot for<br />
<strong>the</strong> people, and <strong>of</strong> Erfe for <strong>the</strong> language, being<br />
now, in <strong>the</strong> concurrent ufage <strong>of</strong> ail <strong>the</strong> reft <strong>of</strong><br />
<strong>the</strong> iflanders, entirely confined and appropriated<br />
to <strong>the</strong> Gael and Gaeiick <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Highlands.<br />
* Innes, p. 6^9, and Sir George Mackenzie, p. 390, V. L—<br />
Irwin in his Hift. Scot. Nomenclatiira, 1682, p. 6, fays,<br />
" Our Ifle-men and Highlandej-s are very <strong>of</strong>t named Hibenii<br />
" by ftrangers—, and at this tfay <strong>the</strong> Englifli and ouv Low*<br />
"' landers call and count <strong>the</strong>ro Irifh."<br />
U a 1 HAVE
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