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

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Mr. Macpherfon's prejudices. And that his
Gael, Cimbri, anr' BelgjE differed very little
from each other i.. their language and manners,
is very evident. The language of all was ex-
flftly the fame ; as is plain to a demond ration
from the appearance of the fam.e names of towns,
of rivers, and of tribes among all. Wc have
Camulodunum for the name of a fortrels among
Mr. Macpherfon's Cimbri of Yorkfliire, and
his Belgs of Effex ; Lindum amongft his Belgas
and his Gael ; and Venta for the Capital of
his Cimbri in Wales, and of his Belg^E in
Hampfiiire and Norfolk ; Urus or Ure, the
name of a river in Yorkfhire and Suffolk, and
an appellative for a river in the Erfe at pre-
fent '
; and Alauna, Deva, and Devana, all
three, rivers in the country equally of his Gael,
his Belgce, and his Cimbri ; Novantes, a tribe
of his Tidgx and his Gael ; the Damnonii - and
Cantce among his Gael, and the Cantli and
iDamnonii among his Belga? ; and one tribe of
his Gad, and two of his Belg^r, equally deno-
minated Carnabii. And the manners of the three
\vere but little different.
Mr. Macpherfon himfelf fliall convince us, that
there was no great difference. The mofb hu-
manized of any of the iilanders, the Belga?, are
* See Mr. Macpherfon, p. 34. a note.
* The Damnli of Valentia are called both Damnil and
t)ariuaonli by Ptolemy.
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