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

THE BRITONS ASSERTED. 63
communities in Gaul. Nor did each of thefe
fend colonies into Britain. The number of
Belgic communities in Gaul was 12. And
the number of Belgic colonies in Britain was
6nly 5. Thefe were the Cantii of Kent, the
Regni of SufTex, the Proper Belg« of Hamp-
(hire and Wiltftiire, the Durotriges of Dorfet-
Ihire, and the Damnonii of Devonfhire. And
ihefe afterwards planted a new colony, under
the name of Trinovantes, in the counties of
Middlefex and ElTex.
P. 33. " It is difficult to afcertain the sera of
** this third migration from the continent. We
*' ought to place it perhaps half a century prior
** to the arrival of Caefar. Divitiacus, King of
** the Sueffiones, who flouriihed before that
** great commander, may probably have tranf-
" planted from Gaul thofe tribes in Britain over
" whom he reigned.'*
When the Belgze made their imaginary mi-
gration into Britain under the name of Cimbri,
about three centuries before Chrift, they are
fuppofed to have paffed over into the ifland im-
mediately after their arrival in Gaul. '' Def-
" crying, fiom their new fettlements, the ifland
*' of Britain, they palTed the narrow channel
** which divides it from the continent ^'^ Their
* P. 30.
fecond