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THE BRITONS ASSERT'ED. 25<br />

great dlvifions <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> globe, is here fupp<strong>of</strong>ed to<br />

have continued totally wild and defolate, even for<br />

ages after Gaul was inhabited, till <strong>the</strong> Celtce<br />

had gradually fpread <strong>the</strong>mfelves over all Gaul,<br />

till <strong>the</strong>y began to increafe in numbers, till <strong>the</strong>y<br />

were obliged to diffufe <strong>the</strong>mfelves into o<strong>the</strong>r<br />

countries, and till <strong>the</strong>y were compelled even<br />

" to clamber, with <strong>the</strong>ir wives and children, over<br />

*' <strong>the</strong> vail ridge <strong>of</strong> mountains which feparateci<br />

'*•* <strong>the</strong>m from Italy." This is fuch an account, as<br />

confronts every fuggeftion <strong>of</strong> reafon, and out-<br />

rages every principle <strong>of</strong> propriety. <strong>The</strong> bands,<br />

that filed through <strong>the</strong> forefls <strong>of</strong> Germany into<br />

Gaul, mud equally have found <strong>the</strong>ir way through<br />

<strong>the</strong> vallies <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Tyrolefe into Italy. And <strong>the</strong><br />

tribes, that coafted into Gaul from Greece or<br />

Dalmatla,woi^

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