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

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THE GENUINE HISTORY OF
fecond migration into Britain, under the name
of Belgce, is puihed two centuries lower, m
order to make it di(tin6t and feparate from the
other. But, as they only made one of thefe ex-
peditions into the ifland, fo this was begun as
early as 3 4- centuries before Chrift. That in-
valuable coUeftor of antient notices, Richard of
Cirencefter, here throws a remarkable light upon
the dark period of the Britifh hillory. A. M.
3650. Has terras intrarunt Belgse, and, Ejefti a
Belgis Britones ^ And the BelgjE were cer-
tainly not tranfplanted by Divitiacus into
Britain. They had been fettled about 250
years in the ifland, when Divitiacus came over
into it. Apud Sueffiones, fays Ccefar, fuifle regem
noilra etiam memoria Divitiacum, totius- Gallia?
potentiiHrnum, qui, quum magnce partis harum
regionum, turn etiam Britannias, imperium ob-
tinuerit -. He acquired the fovereignty of the
continental and ifland Belgce. And, bringing
over a large reinforcement of the former, he
enabled the latter to extend their polTeffions
into the interior regions of the country. Cum
exercitu in hoc regnum tranfiit Rex ^duorum
[Suefllonum] Divitiacus, magnamque ejus partem
fubegit 3. The poflTelllons of the Belgce, before
the coming of Divitiacus, in all probability ex-
' ' P. 50. ^ P. 34.
^ P. so.
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