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

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AF £W weeks after the publication of this
work, Mr. Macpherfon honoured it with
the following notice in an advertifement pre-
fixed to a pretendedly new editioHo
** The following (heets were reprinted before
" the Reverend Mr» Whitaker's anfwer ap-
** peared ; and had they not, it would have
•' produced no change of fentiment, no altera-
** tion of fyflem. I admire his ingenuity. I
*' have a refpeft for his learning : but I am
** neither converted by his authorities, nor con-
*' vinced by his arguments. On a fubjeft fo
*' fpeculative, the opinions of men mufl vary j
** and every writer has a right to carry his
*^ diffent before the tribunal of the public. To
** them the decilion is left. I have clofed a
** proof, which my adverfaries may, if they
X [' pleafe.