we_o have_v against_o the_o roman_n in_o conjunction_n with_o the_o pict_n the_o victory_n we_o then_o get_v be_v chief_o to_o be_v ascribe_v to_o we_o and_o to_o crown_v all_o we_o have_v generous_o contribute_v all_o that_o be_v in_o our_o power_n to_o support_v that_o ancient_n and_o royal_a family_n so_o unparalleled_a for_o its_o antiquity_n by_o which_o we_o be_v animate_v and_o instruct_v to_o do_v all_o those_o great_a action_n till_o they_o be_v now_o become_v the_o monarch_n of_o the_o whole_a isle_n have_v by_o a_o happy_a way_n extinguish_v those_o war_n and_o animosity_n and_o may_v he_o be_v unhappy_a who_o revive_v they_o for_o clear_v how_o this_o tradition_n may_v have_v be_v and_o be_v preserve_v our_o history_n tell_v we_o of_o a_o probable_a way_n among_o many_o other_o which_o be_v that_o at_o the_o coronation_n of_o our_o king_n one_o appear_v and_o recite_v his_o whole_a genealogy_n i_o shall_v trouble_v my_o reader_n only_o with_o a_o proof_n of_o this_o custom_n which_o be_v such_o as_o confirm_v also_o the_o genealogy_n of_o king_n alexander_n the_o 3d_o in_o the_o year_n 1249_o prio_fw-la to_o fordon'_v time_n or_o to_o the_o view_n of_o any_o such_o debate_n and_o be_v relate_v by_o fordon_n and_o major_n in_o the_o life_n of_o that_o king_n and_o be_v so_o memorable_a a_o fact_n and_o so_o near_o fordon'_v own_o time_n his_o relation_n can_v but_o be_v credit_v his_o word_n be_v that_o the_o king_n be_v place_v in_o the_o marble-chair_n the_o crown_n upon_o his_o head_n and_o the_o sceptre_n in_o his_o hand_n and_o the_o nobility_n be_v set_v below_o he_o a_o venerable_a old_a high-landed_n gentleman_n step_v out_o and_o bow_v the_o knee_n express_v himself_o to_o the_o king_n in_o the_o high-land_n language_n thus_o god_n bless_v you_o king_n alexander_n son_n of_o alexander_n son_n of_o william_n etc._n etc._n and_o so_o carry_v up_o the_o genealogy_n to_o fergus_n the_o first_o which_o custom_n be_v most_o solemn_o use_v at_o the_o coronation_n of_o king_n charles_n the_o martyr_n at_o which_o time_n their_o picture_n be_v expose_v and_o noble_a action_n recite_v as_o also_o the_o recite_v of_o their_o genealogy_n be_v usual_a at_o the_o burial_n of_o we_o king_n a_o write_a proof_n of_o which_o tradition_n be_v to_o be_v see_v in_o a_o manuscript_n of_o baldredus_n abbas_n rynalis_fw-la for_o that_o which_o be_v the_o abbacy_n of_o melros_n be_v so_o call_v before_o king_n david_n time_n who_o design_n they_o so_o in_o the_o foundation_n of_o the_o land_n of_o melros_n which_o he_o give_v to_o they_o and_o be_v relate_v verbatim_o by_o fordon_n consist_v of_o eighteen_o chapter_n mention_v the_o memorable_a action_n of_o king_n david_n upon_o who_o the_o lamentation_n be_v make_v who_o die_v 1151_o and_o run_v up_o the_o genealogy_n of_o the_o say_v st._n david_n to_o fergus_n the_o first_o dedicate_v to_o henry_n prince_n of_o england_n grand_a nephew_n to_o st._n david_n who_o come_v to_o the_o crown_n of_o england_n anno_fw-la 1154_o under_o the_o name_n of_o henry_n the_o second_o in_o both_o which_o at_o lest_o fordon_n be_v to_o be_v believe_v have_v sufficient_a voucher_n this_o also_o be_v ordinary_a in_o our_o high-land_n family_n to_o this_o very_a day_n not_o only_o at_o burial_n but_o baptism_n and_o marriage_n and_o in_o which_o family_n man_n continue_v still_o to_o be_v design_v from_o their_o father_n grandfather_n and_o very_o many_o generation_n upward_o as_o be_v a_o sufficient_a historical_a proof_n of_o tradition_n though_o we_o have_v no_o other_o warrant_n for_o those_o few_o age_n before_o i_o come_v to_o clear_v that_o we_o have_v manuscript_n and_o record_n 3._o it_o be_v fit_a to_o consider_v that_o be_v very_o probable_a record_n that_o as_o the_o history_n of_o most_o nation_n be_v preserve_v by_o their_o priest_n and_o churchman_n so_o we_o will_v be_v very_o ready_a to_o oblige_v the_o king_n under_o who_o and_o the_o people_n among_o who_o they_o live_v by_o write_v their_o annal_n and_o therefore_o we_o may_v reasonable_o conclude_v that_o since_o we_o be_v very_o early_a christian_n we_o have_v therefore_o ancient_a history_n write_v by_o our_o churchman_n beside_o those_o which_o we_o may_v pretend_v to_o have_v be_v transmit_v to_o they_o by_o the_o druid_n and_o the_o bishop_n himself_o acknowledge_v that_o the_o monastery_n of_o hylas_n call_v by_o we_o icolm-kill_a that_o be_v hylas_n the_o cell_n of_o columba_n be_v found_v about_o the_o year_n 560_o and_o it_o be_v undeniable_a that_o 48_o of_o our_o old_a king_n be_v bury_v and_o our_o record_n be_v keep_v there_o since_o its_o foundation_n until_o the_o reign_n of_o malcolm_n canmore_n and_o it_o be_v also_o certain_a that_o our_o annal_n be_v write_v in_o our_o monastery_n such_o as_o scoon_n pasley_n pluscardin_n and_o lindesfern_n passim_fw-la govern_v by_o three_o scotish-bishop_n aidan_n finan_n and_o colman_n and_o abercorn_n mention_v by_o 26._o beda_n and_o melross_n the_o chronicle_n whereof_o begin_v where_o beda_n end_v as_o their_o history_n now_o print_v show_v though_o certain_o that_o english_a manuscript_n be_v very_o unfaithful_a for_o most_o of_o the_o thing_n relate_v to_o our_o nation_n be_v omit_v as_o particular_o about_o the_o beginning_n in_o the_o year_n 844._o our_o manuscript_n observe_v which_o the_o english_a have_v not_o that_o alpin_n king_n of_o the_o scot_n die_v to_o who_o succeed_v his_o son_n kenneth_n who_o beat_v the_o pict_n and_o be_v declare_v first_o king_n of_o all_o scotland_n to_o the_o water_n of_o tine_n and_o after_o it_o express_v in_o his_o epitaph_n primus_fw-la in_o albania_n fertur_fw-la regnasse_n kenedhus_fw-la filius_fw-la alpini_n praelia_fw-la multa_fw-la gerens_fw-la and_o it_o observe_v that_o he_o be_v call_v the_o first_o king_n of_o albany_n not_o because_o he_o be_v the_o first_o who_o make_v the_o scotish_n law_n but_o because_o he_o be_v the_o first_o king_n of_o all_o scotland_n and_o each_o of_o our_o monastery_n have_v two_o book_n the_o one_o call_v their_o register_n or_o chartulary_a contain_v the_o record_n relate_v to_o their_o private_a security_n and_o another_o call_v their_o black-book_n contain_v a_o account_n of_o the_o memorable_a thing_n which_o occur_v in_o every_o year_n and_o as_o it_o be_v strong_o presumable_a that_o our_o historian_n will_v have_v compile_v our_o history_n from_o those_o so_o this_o be_v a_o matter_n of_o fact_n be_v probable_a by_o witness_n and_o i_o thus_o prove_v it_o in_o such_o a_o way_n and_o manner_n as_o be_v sufficient_a to_o maintain_v any_o history_n verimundn_v a_o spaniard_n archdeacon_n of_o st._n andrews_n in_o anno_fw-la 1076_o as_o be_v remark_v by_o 229._o chamber_n of_o ormond_n declare_v in_o the_o epistle_n to_o his_o book_n of_o the_o historian_n of_o scotland_n dedicate_v to_o king_n malcolm_n call_v can-more_a that_o albeit_o there_o be_v many_o thing_n in_o the_o say_a history_n which_o may_v seem_v to_o the_o reader_n to_o be_v a_o little_a difficult_a to_o be_v believe_v because_o they_o be_v not_o total_o confirm_v by_o foreign_a historian_n yet_o after_o have_v they_o hear_v how_o the_o scot_n be_v settle_v in_o the_o north_n part_n of_o the_o isle_n of_o albion_n separate_v by_o the_o sea_n from_o the_o firm_a land_n and_o so_o seldom_o trouble_v by_o stranger_n to_o who_o they_o give_v no_o occasion_n to_o write_v their_o action_n and_o also_o that_o they_o have_v not_o be_v less_o happy_a in_o have_v almost_o always_o among_o they_o the_o druid_n religious_a people_n and_o diligent_a chronicler_n before_o the_o reception_n of_o the_o christian_a faith_n and_o continual_o since_o monk_n faithful_a historian_n in_o the_o isle_n of_o man_n and_o icomkill_n where_o they_o keep_v secure_o their_o monument_n and_o antiquity_n without_o give_v a_o sight_n or_o copy_n of_o they_o to_o stranger_n they_o will_v cease_v to_o wonder_v this_o chamber_n be_v a_o learned_a man_n and_o a_o lord_n of_o session_n who_o write_v anno_o 1572_o and_o in_o his_o 13._o preface_n say_v that_o he_o have_v those_o principal_a author_n verimund_n a_o spaniard_n turgot_n bishop_n of_o st._n andrews_n john_n swenton_n john_n campbel_n and_o bishop_n elphinstoun_n etc._n etc._n and_o many_o great_a history_n of_o the_o abbacy_n of_o scoon_n call_v the_o black-book_n and_o of_o other_o like_a chronicle_n of_o abbacy_n as_o that_o of_o inch-colm_a and_o icolmkill_n the_o most_o part_n whereof_o he_o take_v pain_n to_o consider_v as_o much_o as_o be_v possible_a for_o he_o he_o 24._o cite_v verimund_n for_o a_o account_n of_o the_o scot_n and_o pict_n and_o after_o he_o also_o 94._o cite_v he_o for_o the_o miracle_n of_o st._n andrews_n in_o hungus_n time_n and_o he_o 96._o give_v a_o account_n of_o the_o tenor_n of_o the_o league_n betwixt_o charles_n the_o great_a and_o achaius_n and_o assert_n that_o
hear_v of_o it_o nor_o with_o one_o even_o of_o these_o few_o who_o have_v value_v it_o and_o so_o this_o author_n may_v be_v say_v rather_o to_o have_v suggest_v a_o new_a argument_n than_o to_o have_v answer_v a_o old_a one_o for_o they_o urge_v now_o nothing_o to_o we_o save_v place_n of_o scripture_n resolve_v to_o have_v their_o presbytery_n juris_fw-la divini_fw-la know_v that_o nothing_o less_o can_v secure_v they_o in_o oppose_v the_o law_n of_o the_o kingdom_n and_o what_o can_v the_o presbyterian_o think_v of_o their_o other_o argument_n which_o they_o value_v much_o since_o this_o which_o they_o value_v so_o little_a be_v think_v of_o such_o force_n by_o a_o learned_a bishop_n as_o to_o deserve_v a_o whole_a book_n the_o cut_n off_o of_o 44_o king_n and_o the_o offend_a a_o nation_n of_o friend_n it_o be_v also_o very_o remarkable_a that_o the_o learned_a doctor_n hammond_n a_o great_a champion_n of_o episcopacy_n own_v the_o antiquity_n of_o our_o nation_n and_o answer_v full_o that_o argument_n without_o overturning_a the_o truth_n of_o our_o history_n or_o wrong_v the_o antiquity_n of_o our_o royal-line_n whereas_o baxter_n the_o presbyterian_a urge_v this_o citation_n and_o yet_o agree_v with_o this_o author_n in_o oppose_v the_o antiquity_n of_o our_o history_n approve_v what_o be_v say_v by_o cambden_n and_o usher_n and_o in_o a_o letter_n to_o the_o duke_n of_o lauderdale_n assert_v the_o lateness_n of_o our_o settlement_n here_o which_o show_v that_o there_o be_v no_o necessity_n lie_v upon_o such_o as_o own_o episcopacy_n to_o wrong_v the_o antiquity_n of_o our_o king_n and_o nation_n but_o how_o the_o necessity_n of_o a_o private_a corner_n of_o a_o remote_a country_n in_o ecclesiâ_fw-la constituendâ_fw-la can_v wrong_v the_o general_a practice_n of_o the_o church_n be_v as_o little_a to_o be_v understand_v as_o it_o be_v undeniable_a that_o many_o thousand_o in_o japan_n and_o china_n be_v convert_v by_o presbyter_n before_o bishop_n be_v send_v thither_o and_o since_o it_o can_v be_v deny_v but_o that_o those_o who_o ordain_v our_o presbyter_n be_v bishop_n it_o necessary_o follow_v that_o episcopacy_n be_v settle_v in_o the_o christian_a church_n before_o we_o have_v presbyter_n or_o culdee_n or_o else_o if_o these_o who_o ordain_v our_o presbyter_n be_v not_o bishop_n the_o practice_n of_o that_o church_n whereby_o our_o presbyter_n be_v ordain_v shall_v have_v be_v impugned_a and_o not_o the_o authority_n of_o our_o history_n and_o the_o antiquity_n of_o our_o royal-line_n overturn_v and_o though_o this_o reverend_a and_o learned_a author_n can_v prove_v that_o we_o be_v not_o settle_v here_o before_o the_o year_n 503_o yet_o that_o can_v not_o answer_v the_o argument_n for_o the_o culdee_n may_v have_v be_v settle_v before_o that_o time_n in_o this_o country_n where_o we_o now_o live_v though_o among_o the_o pict_n for_o it_o can_v be_v deny_v but_o the_o pict_n be_v settle_v in_o this_o country_n before_o that_o time_n and_o when_o our_o historian_n say_v that_o the_o abbot_n of_o icolm-kill_a have_v jurisdiction_n over_o all_o the_o bishop_n of_o the_o province_n that_o be_v to_o be_v understand_v as_o beda_n observe_v more_o inusitato_n and_o my_o lord_n st._n asaph_n himself_o well_o remark_n these_o word_n and_o give_v a_o full_a and_o clear_a vindication_n of_o the_o passage_n of_o beda_n in_o the_o 173_o and_o follow_v page_n and_o may_v have_v rest_v therein_o and_o need_v not_o to_o have_v be_v drive_v to_o seek_v a_o new_a answer_n in_o overturning_a the_o antiquity_n of_o our_o nation_n many_o example_n can_v be_v give_v of_o jurisdiction_n of_o presbyter_n and_o even_o of_o deacon_n over_o bishop_n in_o the_o canon_n law_n and_o history_n so_o that_o this_o instance_n from_o our_o historian_n make_v nothing_o against_o episcopacy_n and_o latter_a historian_n meet_v with_o these_o ambiguous_a word_n in_o our_o annal_n de_fw-fr signatus_fw-la electus_n ordinatus_fw-la be_v by_o a_o mistake_v induce_v to_o appropriate_v these_o word_n to_o the_o formal_a ceremony_n of_o ordination_n and_o imposition_n of_o hand_n and_o i_o find_v by_o the_o bishop_n concession_n 171._o that_o the_o abbess_n hilda_n do_v elect_v and_o send_v forth_o such_o of_o her_o monk_n as_o she_o think_v fit_a to_o be_v ordain_v which_o be_v all_o that_o our_o guldee_n and_o ancient_a monk_n do_v thus_o a_o king_n may_v be_v say_v to_o make_v one_o a_o bishop_n or_o a_o mother_n to_o have_v make_v one_o of_o her_o son_n a_o churchman_n which_o answer_n the_o learned_a nicol_n a_o zealous_a friend_n to_o episcopacy_n think_v sufficient_a to_o elide_v blondel_n argument_n from_o our_o historian_n without_o deny_v the_o antiquity_n of_o our_o nation_n or_o trouble_v himself_o with_o our_o 550._o culdee_n and_o if_o beda_n have_v hear_v that_o the_o presbyter_n do_v ordain_v bishop_n he_o have_v remark_v it_o as_o a_o most_o unusual_a thing_n have_v mark_v that_o the_o abbot_n have_v jurisdiction_n over_o bishop_n they_o be_v but_o presbyter_n such_o a_o ordination_n be_v much_o more_o extraordinary_a than_o such_o a_o jurisdiction_n and_o may_v not_o my_o lord_n st._n asaph_n as_o well_o have_v inveigh_v against_o gildas_n and_o the_o british_a historian_n because_o he_o say_v 89._o that_o churchman_n be_v ordain_v by_o the_o consent_n of_o the_o bishop_n and_o the_o rest_n of_o the_o presbyter_n from_o which_o presbyterian_o and_o particular_o the_o same_o blondel_n 73._o infer_v a_o parity_n betwixt_o bishop_n and_o presbyter_n and_o from_o which_o it_o appear_v that_o dangerous_a consequence_n shall_v not_o be_v draw_v from_o the_o dubious_a and_o heedless_a expression_n of_o old_a author_n live_v in_o rude_a time_n and_o place_n and_o from_o all_o which_o we_o may_v have_v be_v secure_a that_o my_o lord_n st._n asaph_n will_v have_v concur_v with_o the_o wise_a answer_n which_o spotswood_n archbishop_n of_o st._n andrews_n with_o who_o the_o learned_a hammond_n agree_v give_v to_o that_o silly_a argument_n without_o affront_a he_o as_o a_o betrayer_n of_o the_o episcopal_a cause_n and_o caress_v our_o fanatic_n by_o that_o unwarrantable_a and_o dangerous_a assertion_n that_o in_o consequence_n thereof_o they_o may_v reasonable_o conclude_v that_o when_o they_o covenant_v against_o episcopacy_n they_o have_v only_o use_v their_o own_o right_n and_o throw_v out_o that_o which_o be_v a_o confess_a innovation_n in_o order_n to_o the_o restore_n of_o that_o which_o be_v their_o primitive_a government_n for_o it_o do_v not_o follow_v that_o because_o our_o church_n in_o its_o infancy_n and_o necessity_n be_v without_o bishop_n for_o some_o year_n that_o therefore_o it_o be_v reasonable_a for_o subject_n to_o enter_v into_o a_o solemn_a league_n and_o covenant_n without_o and_o against_o the_o consent_n of_o their_o monarch_n and_o to_o extirpate_v episcopacy_n settle_v then_o by_o law_n and_o by_o a_o old_a prescription_n of_o 1200_o year_n at_o least_o 3._o precedency_n be_v one_o of_o the_o jewel_n of_o the_o crown_n and_o one_o of_o the_o chief_a glory_n of_o prince_n and_o all_o who_o treat_v on_o that_o subject_a confess_v that_o the_o king_n of_o great-britain_n as_o king_n of_o scotland_n be_v the_o most_o ancient_a monarch_n in_o europe_n the_o line_n of_o other_o kingdom_n have_v be_v often_o interrupt_v whereas_o we_o never_o be_v it_o seem_v a_o great_a injury_n to_o our_o king_n to_o have_v their_o line_n shorten_v so_o as_o thereby_o to_o postpone_v they_o to_o many_o other_o and_o if_o this_o author_n argument_n prove_v any_o thing_n they_o must_v prove_v that_o our_o king_n can_v instruct_v their_o antiquity_n till_o malcolm_z the_o 3d_n time_n and_o so_o our_o king_n will_v be_v among_o the_o last_o of_o all_o crowned-head_n nor_o be_v it_o one_o of_o the_o least_o argument_n which_o prevail_v with_o we_o to_o hazard_v all_o for_o our_o royal-line_n that_o we_o have_v be_v so_o long_a subject_n to_o it_o and_o happy_a under_o it_o and_o therefore_o whoever_o shorten_v it_o lessen_v though_o without_o design_n the_o influence_n of_o our_o king_n and_o endanger_v the_o succession_n and_o since_o 2._o luddus_n own_v that_o he_o dare_v not_o deny_v the_o british_a descent_n from_o brutus_n lest_o he_o may_v thereby_o wrong_v the_o majesty_n of_o the_o english_a nation_n i_o admire_v that_o any_o of_o the_o subject_n of_o great_a britain_n do_v not_o think_v it_o a_o degree_n of_o lese-majesty_n to_o injure_v and_o shorten_v the_o royal-line_n of_o their_o king_n 4._o if_o this_o injury_n have_v be_v do_v to_o king_n or_o to_o a_o nation_n when_o they_o be_v enemy_n to_o episcopacy_n as_o the_o obligation_n be_v so_o the_o fault_n have_v be_v less_o but_o to_o inveigh_v against_o our_o royal-line_n after_o king_n james_n have_v make_v the_o settlement_n of_o episcopacy_n his_o business_n king_n charles_n have_v die_v for_o it_o and_o our_o late_a sovereign_n of_o
that_o edinburgh_n be_v the_o chief_a seat_n of_o the_o king_n of_o the_o pict_n and_o derive_v the_o name_n of_o louthian_n edingburgh_n and_o pictland_n from_o pictish_a word_n from_o all_o which_o it_o clear_o appear_v that_o no_o weight_n be_v to_o be_v lay_v on_o such_o irreconcilable_a author_n and_o yet_o by_o these_o only_a be_v the_o antiquity_n of_o of_o our_o king_n and_o nation_n controvert_v but_o to_o confirm_v full_o our_o history_n from_o julius_n caesar_n time_n and_o to_o show_v that_o the_o british_a historian_n do_v not_o only_o contradict_v one_o another_o but_o do_v contradict_v the_o two_o only_o ancient_a historian_n who_o can_v understand_v any_o thing_n of_o our_o origine_fw-la as_o be_v the_o elder_a and_o most_o deserve_a of_o all_o their_o own_o author_n viz._n gildas_n and_o beda_n i_o do_v appeal_n to_o they_o and_o i_o begin_v with_o beda_n because_o he_o be_v most_o full_a and_o interpret_v the_o other_o the_o venerable_a beda_n though_o a_o saxon_a himself_n and_o so_o a_o enemy_n to_o we_o have_v write_v a_o exact_a chronology_n according_a to_o the_o period_n of_o time_n do_v in_o his_o first_o cap._n de_fw-la hist._n priscis_fw-la incolis_fw-la tell_v we_o that_o god_n be_v praise_v in_o five_o language_n in_o this_o isle_n that_o of_o the_o english_a britain_n scot_n pict_n and_o latin_n and_o then_o proceed_v to_o tell_v that_o the_o britain_n be_v the_o first_o possessor_n and_o possess_v the_o south_n part_n after_o which_o come_v the_o pict_n to_o the_o northern_a part_n and_o the_o scot_n under_o reuda_n thereafter_o make_v a_o three_o nation_n in_o that_o part_n belong_v to_o the_o pict_n get_v the_o western_a part_n of_o scotland_n north_n from_o the_o pict_n call_v dumbriton_n or_o alcluith_n and_o he_o inculcate_n their_o fix_v here_o by_o three_o several_a but_o concure_v expression_n 1._o progressi_fw-la ex_fw-la hibernia_n they_o leave_v ireland_n 2._o sedes_fw-la vindicarunt_fw-la in_o britannia_fw-la they_o settle_v in_o britain_n 3._o in_o britannia_fw-la britonibus_fw-la &_o pict_n be_v gentem_fw-la tertiam_fw-la addiderunt_fw-la they_o add_v a_o three_o nation_n to_o the_o britain_n and_o pict_n and_o that_o this_o be_v very_o ancient_a be_v clear_a for_o he_o fix_v they_o in_o britain_n in_o that_o chapter_n wherein_o he_o treat_v de_fw-fr priscis_fw-la incolis_fw-la and_o have_v thus_o settle_v the_o scot_n and_o pict_n in_o his_o first_o chapter_n with_o the_o britain_n he_o proceed_v in_o the_o second_o chapter_n to_o settle_v the_o four_o nation_n viz._n the_o latin_n or_o roman_n begin_v with_o these_o word_n 2._o but_o this_o britain_n be_v unknown_a and_o not_o enter_v upon_o by_o the_o roman_n till_o julius_n caesar_n '_o s_o time_n and_o have_v describe_v the_o war_n betwixt_o these_o three_o nation_n and_o the_o roman_a emperor_n in_o a_o due_a gradation_n mark_v every_o period_n of_o time_n through_o the_o reign_n of_o their_o consecutive_a emperor_n and_o how_o at_o last_o the_o roman_n have_v abandon_v the_o island_n and_o aetius_n the_o roman_a consul_n have_v refuse_v the_o petition_n of_o the_o miserable_a britain_n so_o often_o defeat_v by_o the_o scot_n and_o pict_n he_o in_o the_o 14_o cap._n relate_v how_o the_o britain_n upon_o deep_a consultation_n bring_v in_o the_o saxon_n and_o from_o thence_o continue_v the_o saxon_a history_n this_o be_v the_o tract_n of_o beda_n history_n be_v there_o any_o place_n to_o doubt_v but_o that_o the_o scot_n be_v settle_v before_o the_o saxon_n for_o the_o war_n betwixt_o the_o roman_n and_o scot_n be_v relate_v exact_o before_o any_o mention_n be_v make_v of_o the_o saxon_n and_o at_o last_o they_o be_v only_o bring_v in_o to_o assist_v the_o britain_n against_o the_o scot_n and_o pict_n because_o the_o britain_n be_v desert_v by_o the_o roman_n and_o consequent_o the_o saxon_n have_v be_v bring_v in_o anno_fw-la 449_o it_o unanswerable_o follow_v that_o the_o scot_n be_v settle_v here_o and_o make_v a_o three_o nation_n long_o before_o the_o 503_o as_o the_o bishop_n of_o st._n asaph_n allege_v at_o which_o time_n he_o make_v we_o to_o have_v settle_v here_o very_o cunning_o but_o not_o sincere_o upon_o design_n to_o make_v we_o late_a than_o the_o english_a as_o also_o it_o appear_v very_o clear_o that_o the_o scot_n settle_v here_o even_o before_o julius_n caesar_n time_n for_o after_o beda_n who_o proceed_v exact_o according_a to_o the_o period_n of_o time_n have_v settle_v we_o in_o britain_n he_o tell_v 2._o that_o this_o britain_n be_v unknown_a to_o the_o roman_n and_o describe_v what_o these_o roman_n do_v in_o the_o isle_n and_o how_o they_o fight_v with_o the_o pict_n and_o we_o under_o their_o subsequent_a emperor_n without_o ever_o speak_v again_o of_o the_o entry_n of_o the_o scot_n as_o have_v settle_v they_o in_o the_o first_o chapter_n before_o caesar_n time_n nor_o be_v the_o time_n alter_v in_o any_o other_o period_n and_o he_o be_v so_o careful_a of_o the_o period_n of_o time_n that_o he_o subjoin_v to_o his_o work_n a_o chronological_a recapitulation_n which_o be_v very_o exact_a and_o he_o be_v a_o saxon_a have_v certain_o tell_v as_o the_o bishop_n now_o do_v that_o the_o saxon_n be_v elder_a than_o we_o if_o this_o have_v be_v true_a which_o be_v a_o demonstration_n according_a to_o the_o rule_n of_o chronology_n against_o the_o bishop_n of_o st._n asaph_n it_o may_v be_v some_o may_v wonder_v why_o beda_n mention_n not_o our_o come_n under_o fergus_n the_o first_o and_o some_o may_v object_v that_o in_o this_o we_o go_v high_a than_o beda_n to_o which_o it_o be_v answer_v that_o our_o history_n confess_v that_o the_o scot_n come_v over_o from_o ireland_n at_o several_a time_n once_o under_o fergus_n the_o first_o but_o not_o be_v numerous_a enough_o reutherus_n bring_v over_o another_o recruit_v and_o thereafter_o fergus_n the_o second_o bring_v over_o other_o after_o his_o predecessor_n eugenius_n be_v expel_v by_o the_o roman_n and_o britain_n and_o in_o so_o old_a antiquity_n it_o be_v much_o for_o beda_n even_o to_o know_v the_o descent_n under_o reuda_n and_o whereas_o the_o bishop_n quarrel_v beda_n that_o he_o give_v no_o authority_n for_o this_o the_o reply_n be_v that_o if_o it_o be_v requisite_a than_o one_o author_n behove_v to_o give_v another_o and_o he_o a_o three_o &_o sic_fw-la in_o infinitum_fw-la nor_o do_v ever_o any_o man_n before_o he_o require_v a_o authority_n in_o so_o ancient_a a_o author_n and_o this_o answer_n be_v a_o full_a proof_n of_o the_o bishop_n conviction_n who_o be_v absolute_o gravel_v here_o he_o grow_v as_o angry_a at_o beda_n as_o at_o our_o historian_n and_o tell_v disdainful_o that_o this_o may_v be_v true_a for_o aught_o beda_n know_v and_o add_v that_o the_o scot_n be_v indeed_o here_o in_o beda_n time_n and_o he_o speak_v according_a to_o his_o own_o time_n which_o be_v to_o make_v beda_n speak_v great_a nonsense_n for_o beda_n speak_v here_o of_o the_o preterite_n and_o not_o the_o present_a time_n viz._n the_o first_o vastation_n speak_v of_o by_o gildas_n and_o we_o shall_v see_v that_o other_o who_o live_v in_o the_o time_n agree_v with_o he_o the_o second_o citation_n i_o shall_v bring_v from_o beda_n shall_v be_v from_o the_o 5_o cap._n l._n 1._o eccl._n hist._n where_o he_o say_v that_o duxit_fw-la severus_n build_v a_o wall_n to_o defend_v against_o the_o other_o unconquered_a nation_n and_o in_o the_o 12_o cap._n he_o tell_v that_o annos_fw-la britain_n be_v vex_v by_o the_o scot_n and_o pict_n two_o over-sea_n or_o transmarine_a nation_n and_o thereafter_o as_o if_o he_o have_v be_v afraid_a that_o this_o word_n transmarine_a may_v have_v be_v mistake_v he_o add_v possunt_fw-la that_o they_o be_v not_o call_v transmarine_a because_o they_o live_v and_o be_v settle_v out_o of_o britain_n but_o because_o they_o be_v separate_v from_o that_o part_n of_o britain_n by_o the_o two_o sea_n which_o do_v almost_o meet_v and_o in_o this_o he_o agree_v exact_o with_o tacitus_n who_o in_o the_o life_n of_o agricola_n say_v that_o there_o be_v a_o wall_n build_v betwixt_o these_o two_o sea_n the_o roman_a enemy_n be_v close_v up_o as_o in_o a_o isle_n by_o this_o place_n of_o beda_n it_o be_v also_o very_o clear_a that_o the_o scot_n be_v settle_v in_o britain_n whilst_o the_o roman_n fight_v against_o the_o pict_n and_o scot_n and_o consequent_o before_o they_o be_v call_v by_o the_o pict_n to_o defend_v they_o against_o the_o saxon_n as_o be_v allege_v by_o the_o bishop_n if_o the_o scot_n have_v not_o be_v live_v in_o this_o isle_n at_o that_o time_n the_o explication_n of_o transmarine_a have_v be_v both_o ridiculous_a and_o untrue_a and_o as_o it_o be_v not_o presumable_a that_o the_o venerable_a beda_n will_v have_v assert_v this_o if_o he_o have_v not_o certain_o know_v it_o so_o it_o
tacitus_n say_v that_o the_o three_o year_n open_v new_a nation_n whereas_o agricola_n know_v the_o britan_n before_n and_o these_o must_v have_v be_v the_o scot_n and_o pict_n for_o they_o can_v not_o be_v any_o other_o be_v beyond_o the_o river_n tay._n and_o galgacus_n can_v be_v no_o pictish_a king_n for_o we_o have_v a_o manuscript_n bear_v all_o the_o name_n of_o the_o pictish_a king_n 2._o from_o this_o passage_n it_o be_v clear_a that_o cambden_n do_v err_v gross_o in_o make_v the_o horesti_n to_o be_v a_o people_n in_o eskdale_n which_o be_v a_o scotish_n country_n on_o the_o border_n of_o england_n for_o beside_o that_o all_o author_n agree_v that_o they_o be_v know_v to_o be_v the_o inhabitant_n of_o angus_n and_o mern_v it_o be_v here_o demonstrate_v by_o tacitus_n that_o after_o the_o roman_n pass_v forth_o they_o come_v to_o tay_n which_o be_v know_v to_o be_v the_o march_n or_o boundary_a of_o angus_n and_o from_o thence_o they_o march_v to_o the_o grampian_n hill_n where_o they_o fight_v with_o galgacus_n and_o from_o which_o he_o return_v to_o the_o border_n of_o the_o horesti_n where_o find_v the_o fleet_n in_o the_o frith_n of_o tay_n where_o he_o have_v leave_v it_o he_o embark_v the_o hostage_n and_o send_v the_o fleet_n back_o to_o that_o part_n of_o britain_n whence_o they_o come_v and_o how_o can_v all_o this_o be_v in_o eskdale_n that_o be_v very_o remote_a from_o the_o place_n of_o battle_n and_o eskdale_n a_o inland_n country_n very_o remote_a from_o all_o sea_n 3._o tacitus_n write_v of_o we_o under_o the_o name_n of_o caledonian_n mention_n the_o marsh_n of_o those_o who_o fight_v which_o be_v appropriate_v to_o we_o by_o eumenius_n and_o pacatius_n as_o i_o former_o observe_v by_o all_o which_o we_o may_v observe_v how_o little_a english_a writer_n be_v to_o be_v credit_v when_o they_o write_v upon_o design_n to_o lessen_v our_o country_n or_o magnify_v their_o own_o and_o all_o this_o be_v confirm_v by_o the_o learned_a horresti_n ferrarius_fw-la a_o stranger_n and_o to_o this_o i_o may_v add_v that_o we_o have_v to_o this_o day_n a_o barony_n call_v galdgirth_n or_o the_o girth_n of_o galdus_n and_o ten_o great_a stone_n in_o galloway_n call_v king_n galdus_n monument_n mark_n of_o antiquity_n far_o preferable_a to_o any_o manuscript_n as_o the_o testimony_n or_o consent_n of_o a_o whole_a nation_n be_v to_o that_o of_o one_o private_a person_n two_o of_o which_o argument_n be_v use_v by_o chamber_n in_o the_o life_n of_o galdus_n and_o he_o have_v see_v verimund_n and_o our_o old_a manuscript_n and_o shall_v he_o not_o then_o be_v our_o king_n galdus_n who_o reign_v at_o that_o time_n and_o who_o as_o all_o our_o history_n relate_v fight_v against_o the_o roman_n in_o this_o place_n which_o be_v within_o the_o scotish_n territory_n a._n the_o three_o citation_n shall_v be_v from_o seneca_n and_o be_v a_o clear_a testimony_n for_o we_o in_o the_o judgement_n of_o the_o great_a adversary_n scaliger_n ille_fw-la britannos_fw-la ultra_fw-la noti_fw-la littora_fw-la ponti_fw-la et_fw-la caeruleos_fw-la scoto-brigantes_n dare_v romuleis_fw-la colla_n catenis_fw-la jussit_fw-la &_o ipsum_fw-la nova_fw-la romanae_fw-la jura_n securis_fw-la tremere_fw-la oceanum_fw-la solin_n to_o which_o cambden_n answer_v that_o for_o scoto-brigantes_n we_o shall_v read_v scuta-brigantes_n but_o this_o be_v very_o ridiculous_a for_o we_o read_v that_o the_o pict_n be_v call_v picti_n for_o paint_v their_o body_n but_o never_o for_o paint_v their_o shield_n i_o know_v likewise_o that_o hadrianus_n junius_n read_v cute-brigantes_n but_o this_o will_v be_v ill_a verse_n for_o the_o first_o syllable_n in_o cute_a be_v by_o its_o own_o nature_n short_a but_o according_a to_o this_o read_n it_o will_v be_v long_o i_o may_v to_o this_o add_v that_o answer_v make_v by_o florus_n the_o poet_n to_z adrian_z in_o spartianus_n ego_fw-la nolo_fw-la caesar_n esse_fw-la ambulare_fw-la per_fw-la britannos_fw-la scotica_n pati_fw-la pruinas_fw-la for_o why_o shall_v we_o read_v scythicas_n since_o adrian_n be_v never_o in_o scythia_n but_o do_v fight_v against_o the_o scot_n and_o cause_v make_v the_o vallum_fw-la adriani_n 2._o why_o shall_v not_o rather_o scotia_n than_o scythia_n be_v join_v to_o britannia_n as_o primord_a usher_n argue_v most_o just_o upon_o the_o like_a occasion_n 3._o the_o pruinae_fw-la scoticae_fw-la be_v famous_a about_o that_o time_n for_o claudian_n have_v 728._o ille_fw-la caledoniis_fw-la posuit_fw-la qui_fw-la castra_fw-la pruinis_fw-la and_o claudian_n do_v so_o express_o and_o so_o frequent_o speak_v of_o the_o scot_n as_o settle_v here_o and_o describe_v they_o to_o be_v those_o people_n who_o constant_o fight_v against_o the_o roman_n with_o the_o pict_n that_o the_o cite_v he_o against_o we_o may_v convince_v the_o reader_n that_o our_o adversary_n be_v not_o serious_a which_o will_v appear_v when_o i_o have_v cite_v and_o illustrate_v he_o in_o his_o panegyric_n upon_o the_o three_o consulat_fw-la of_o honorius_n he_o compliment_v he_o upon_o the_o victory_n of_o his_o gandfather_n theodosius_n who_o behove_v to_o come_v into_o britain_n long_o before_o the_o year_n 382_o wherein_o theodosius_n his_o father_n be_v choose_v emperor_n facta_fw-la tui_fw-la numerabat_fw-la avi_fw-la quem_fw-la littus_fw-la adusti_fw-la horrescit_fw-la lybii_fw-la ratibusque_fw-la impervia_fw-la thule_n ille_fw-la leves_fw-la mauros_fw-la nec_fw-la falso_fw-la nomine_fw-la pictos_fw-la edomuit_fw-la scotumque_fw-la vago_fw-la mucrone_fw-la secutus_fw-la fregit_fw-la hyperborea_n remis_fw-la audacibus_fw-la undas_fw-la and_o in_o the_o four_o consulat_fw-la of_o the_o same_o honorius_n ille_fw-la caledoniis_fw-la posuit_fw-la qui_fw-la castra_fw-la pruinis_fw-la maduerunt_fw-la saxone_n fuso_fw-la orcades_n incaluit_fw-la pictorum_fw-la sanguine_fw-la thule_n scotorun_n cumulos_fw-la flevit_fw-la glacialis_fw-la jerne_n and_o de_fw-fr bello_fw-la getico_n he_o speak_v of_o the_o roman_a legion_n that_o return_v from_o fight_v with_o the_o pict_n and_o we_o of_o which_o 12._o beda_n make_v express_v mention_n venit_fw-la &_o extremis_fw-la legio_fw-la praetenta_fw-la britannis_fw-la quae_fw-la scoto_n that_fw-mi fraena_fw-la truci_fw-la ferroque_fw-la notatas_fw-la perlegit_fw-la exanimes_fw-la picto_fw-la moriente_fw-la figuras_fw-la that_o all_o this_o be_v applicable_a to_o we_o be_v clear_a because_o 1._o we_o have_v war_n with_o the_o roman_n and_o the_o irish_a have_v not_o and_o all_o these_o verse_n in_o claudian_n be_v speak_v to_o magnify_v the_o roman_a man_n conquest_n 2._o since_o we_o have_v prove_v by_o other_o author_n that_o the_o scot_n be_v settle_v here_o it_o be_v proper_a and_o suitable_a to_o common_a sense_n to_o apply_v the_o same_o to_o we_o only_o as_o be_v the_o only_a person_n concern_v in_o those_o battle_n and_o to_o the_o isle_n in_o which_o it_o be_v know_v that_o the_o same_o be_v fight_v and_o these_o passage_n be_v attribute_v to_o we_o by_o selden_n l._n 2._o c._n 8._o mar._n claus._n 3._o have_v the_o irish_a make_v any_o mention_n of_o this_o war_n in_o any_o of_o their_o history_n and_o consequent_o though_o scotia_n have_v be_v a_o common_a name_n to_o scotland_n and_o ireland_n in_o those_o day_n yet_o the_o circumstance_n of_o the_o action_n relate_v by_o the_o poet_n determine_v which_o of_o the_o two_o be_v here_o mean_v this_o be_v yet_o further_o clear_a from_o the_o panegyric_n of_o sidonius_n appollinaris_n victricia_n caesar_n signa_n caledonios_n transvexit_fw-la adusque_fw-la britannos_fw-la fuderit_fw-la &_o quamquam_fw-la scotum_n &_o cum_fw-la saxone_n pictum_fw-la as_o to_o which_o all_o that_o cambden_n much_o better_a acquaint_v with_o cite_v than_o reason_v can_v answer_v be_v 1._o that_o the_o poet_n here_o write_v a_o compliment_n according_a to_o the_o vulgar_a opinion_n of_o his_o own_o time_n which_o can_v be_v true_a as_o he_o say_v because_o the_o saxon_n be_v not_o then_o come_v to_o britain_n but_o he_o shall_v have_v consider_v that_o 1._o if_o this_o be_v the_o opinion_n in_o sidonius_n age_n who_o live_v anno_fw-la 480_o sidonius_n as_o gesner_n affirm_v which_o be_v very_o near_o to_o claudian_n time_n who_o live_v in_o 497_o as_o the_o bishop_n of_o 8._o st._n asaph_n calculate_v we_o must_v conclude_v that_o it_o be_v the_o rather_o to_o be_v believe_v that_o then_o the_o scot_n live_v here_o for_o that_o be_v not_o inconsistent_a with_o history_n as_o the_o other_o be_v and_o so_o shall_v be_v believe_v though_o the_o other_o be_v not_o 2._o there_o be_v saxon_n live_v then_o in_o zetland_n or_o orknes_n though_o they_o be_v not_o settle_v in_o britain_n as_o be_v clear_a by_o claudian_n himself_o who_o say_v maduerunt_fw-la saxone_n fuso_fw-la orcades_n and_o whereas_o it_o be_v say_v that_o flevit_fw-la glacialis_fw-la jerne_n do_v make_v the_o same_o applicable_a to_o ireland_n since_o jerna_n be_v call_v ireland_n to_o this_o it_o be_v answer_v that_o 1._o it_o be_v clear_a that_o there_o be_v a_o country_n in_o scotland_n call_v jerna_n near_o to_o which_o the_o roman_n
scot_n as_o well_o as_o the_o pict_n have_v be_v settle_v in_o the_o isle_n at_o that_o time_n for_o a_o vagrant_a company_n of_o robber_n can_v not_o be_v call_v a_o nation_n or_o esteem_v a_o church_n and_o this_o author_n write_v of_o british_a nation_n we_o must_v therefore_o have_v be_v a_o nation_n and_o church_n as_o the_o rest_n be_v and_o therefore_o since_o they_o be_v settle_v so_o must_v we_o have_v be_v nor_o can_v this_o be_v mean_v of_o the_o north_n and_o south_n pict_n though_o it_o be_v prove_v that_o the_o pict_n be_v distinguish_v into_o northern_a and_o southern_a for_o these_o can_v no_o more_o be_v consider_v as_o different_a people_n than_o the_o northern_a and_o southern_a english_a can_v now_o be_v say_v to_o be_v different_a nation_n 2._o that_o sense_n be_v not_o so_o much_o for_o the_o honour_n and_o extent_n of_o the_o christian_a religion_n and_o the_o jew_n may_v have_v look_v upon_o tertullian_n as_o a_o juggler_n for_o make_v one_o nation_n appear_v two_o 3._o our_o sense_n agree_v better_a with_o beda_n who_o assert_n positive_o that_o from_o reudas_n time_n the_o scot_n make_v a_o three_o nation_n in_o the_o isle_n of_o britain_n with_o the_o britan_n and_o pict_n 4._o selden_n l._n 2._o c._n 8._o confess_v that_o the_o scoti_n pictique_fw-la be_v the_o gentes_fw-la non_fw-la subjacentes_fw-la romano_n imperio_fw-la fessas_fw-la ammianus_n marcellinus_n who_o write_v about_o the_o year_n 360_o tell_v we_o that_o the_o scot_n and_o pict_n harrass_v the_o country_n but_o the_o bishop_n unjust_o add_v that_o then_o they_o first_o harrass_v it_o but_o this_o can_v be_v for_o ammianus_n speak_v of_o their_o fear_n as_o occasion_v by_o a_o tract_n of_o bygon_n defeat_n and_o this_o he_o elegant_o express_v by_o the_o word_n congerie_n praeteritarum_fw-la cladium_fw-la which_o show_v that_o these_o he_o speak_v of_o in_o the_o 360_o be_v not_o the_o first_o of_o many_o overthrow_n that_o the_o britain_n have_v get_v from_o the_o scot_n and_o pict_n and_o so_o our_o be_v here_o must_v be_v much_o ancient_a than_o the_o 360_o which_o agree_v well_o with_o the_o word_n assueti_fw-la in_o eumenius_n and_o our_o have_v fix_v and_o know_v limit_n demonstrate_v to_o all_o who_o understand_v the_o roman_a antiquity_n that_o we_o be_v then_o a_o fix_a and_o settle_a nation_n in_o the_o same_o island_n with_o the_o roman_a province_n of_o the_o britan_n the_o sea_n or_o any_o part_n of_o it_o be_v never_o signify_v by_o their_o word_n limb_n jovian_a st._n jerome_n in_o his_o epistle_n to_o jovian_a cite_v porphire_n who_o live_v in_o the_o three_o century_n under_o dioclesian_n and_o so_o above_o 200_o year_n before_o the_o 503._o his_o word_n be_v neither_o britain_n a_o province_n fertile_a of_o tyrant_n and_o the_o scotish_n nation_n and_o all_o the_o barbarous_a nation_n dwell_v around_o the_o ocean_n know_v moses_n and_o the_o prophet_n by_o the_o scotish_n nation_n primord_n usher_n understand_v not_o the_o scythian_n but_o the_o scot_n because_o they_o be_v in_o this_o place_n join_v to_o britain_n but_o though_o both_o he_o and_o the_o bishop_n of_o st._n asaph_n will_v apply_v this_o citation_n to_o ireland_n yet_o this_o gloss_n be_v most_o absurd_a for_o by_o the_o former_a argument_n the_o word_n scot_n shall_v be_v apply_v to_o we_o for_o we_o be_v join_v to_o britain_n but_o ireland_n be_v no_o more_o join_v to_o britain_n than_o scythia_n and_o the_o same_o jerome_n in_o the_o next_o citation_n call_v the_o scot_n a_o nation_n of_o britain_n where_o he_o say_v jou._n that_o when_o he_o be_v young_a he_o see_v the_o scot_n a_o nation_n of_o britain_n feed_v upon_o man_n flesh._n from_o which_o it_o be_v clear_a that_o the_o scot_n at_o that_o time_n dwell_v in_o britain_n which_o agree_v very_o well_o with_o beda_n who_o call_v the_o scot_n the_o three_o britannic_a nation_n iren._n and_o selden_n call_v the_o scot_n and_o pict_n gentes_fw-la britannicas_fw-la l._n 2._o c._n 8._o and_o this_o be_v further_a clear_v by_o his_o assert_v that_o pelagius_n be_v of_o a_o scotish_n race_n in_o the_o neighbour-head_n of_o britain_n which_o prove_v clear_o as_o the_o learned_a 537._o baronius_n observe_v that_o there_o be_v scots_a then_o in_o britain_n who_o be_v christian_n else_o how_o can_v they_o have_v be_v pelagian_n nor_o can_v this_o eat_a man_n flesh_n be_v think_v any_o just_a reflection_n on_o the_o nation_n for_o certain_o these_o have_v be_v some_o rogue_n who_o have_v flee_v out_o of_o the_o nation_n because_o they_o know_v they_o will_v have_v be_v punish_v for_o this_o crime_n nor_o can_v their_o eat_a man_n flesh_n in_o france_n be_v charge_v on_o we_o but_o on_o the_o french_a where_o this_o be_v say_v to_o be_v so_o public_o do_v that_o st._n jerome_n can_v have_v see_v it_o and_o there_o be_v no_o historian_n that_o ever_o charge_v this_o on_o our_o nation_n nor_o any_o part_n of_o the_o isle_n even_o in_o our_o most_o barbarous_a time_n and_o if_o it_o have_v be_v any_o way_n common_a there_o will_v have_v be_v a_o law_n make_v against_o it_o and_o boethius_n relate_v that_o there_o be_v one_o mean_a man_n guilty_a of_o it_o who_o be_v thereupon_o execute_v examplar_o and_o in_o what_o nation_n be_v there_o not_o some_o monster_n another_o of_o the_o reverend_a britannia_fw-la father_n of_o the_o primitive_a church_n enumerate_v the_o nation_n which_o be_v descend_v from_o japhet_n mention_n the_o briton_n and_o scot_n who_o isle_n be_v britain_n this_o show_v that_o there_o be_v scot_n live_v in_o britain_n in_o epiphanius_n time_n and_o so_o he_o prove_v not_o only_o our_o antiquity_n by_o his_o own_o authority_n but_o confirm_v and_o explain_v what_o be_v former_o urge_v from_o jerome_n in_o who_o time_n he_o live_v and_o to_o who_o he_o write_v letter_n putavit_fw-la orosius_n who_o in_o anno_fw-la 417_o say_v that_o severus_n think_v fit_a to_o secure_v that_o part_n of_o the_o isle_n which_o he_o have_v by_o a_o wall_n from_o the_o other_o unconquered_a nation_n and_o that_o we_o and_o the_o pict_n be_v these_o unconquered_a nation_n appear_v from_o 12._o beda_n wherein_o he_o describe_v those_o very_a action_n in_o those_o very_a word_n and_o all_o these_o author_n agree_v with_o beda_n and_o write_v of_o the_o time_n wherein_o themselves_o live_v be_v sufficient_a testimony_n according_a to_o the_o bishop_n own_a strict_a rule_n and_o they_o prove_v how_o unkind_a the_o bishop_n be_v in_o lessen_v beda_n testimony_n when_o it_o make_v for_o we_o by_o say_v he_o speak_v then_o according_a to_o the_o time_n wherein_o these_o action_n happen_v for_o we_o see_v that_o they_o who_o write_v and_o live_v in_o the_o time_n of_o those_o action_n agree_v full_o with_o he_o as_o they_o speak_v clear_o for_o we_o have_v thus_o make_v plain_a the_o antiquity_n of_o our_o king_n and_o nation_n from_o reason_n the_o historian_n both_o within_o and_o without_o the_o isle_n i_o now_o proceed_v to_o clear_v these_o from_o the_o principle_n of_o sound_a reason_n as_o to_o which_o let_v we_o consider_v that_o it_o be_v acknowledge_v by_o usher_n and_o the_o author_n he_o cite_v that_o ireland_n be_v people_v by_o the_o scot_n before_o julius_n caesar_n time_n and_o by_o their_o own_o author_n who_o that_o bishop_n cite_v they_o be_v say_v to_o have_v be_v so_o ancient_o there_o that_o we_o do_v not_o know_v how_o many_o age_n they_o possess_v that_o isle_n before_o julius_n caesar._n and_o they_o be_v a_o very_a broody_a people_n as_o all_o northern_a nation_n and_o particular_o they_o and_o we_o be_v can_v not_o but_o have_v multiply_v so_o exceed_o as_o to_o need_v relief_n and_o evacuation_n by_o colony_n and_o it_o can_v never_o be_v pretend_v that_o the_o irish_a do_v settle_v any_o other_o colony_n save_v in_o britain_n though_o it_o be_v undeniable_a that_o all_o those_o northern_a nation_n be_v very_o desirous_a and_o concern_v to_o extend_v by_o colony_n the_o empire_n of_o their_o whole_a nation_n and_o thereby_o the_o possession_n and_o property_n of_o every_o particular_a man_n in_o it_o nor_o do_v we_o ever_o read_v that_o the_o irish_a have_v any_o war_n with_o stranger_n whereby_o they_o may_v have_v either_o want_v man_n to_o send_v into_o foreign_a colony_n or_o have_v be_v force_v to_o keep_v they_o at_o home_n for_o their_o own_o defence_n whether_o then_o be_v our_o history_n more_o probable_a which_o make_v this_o colony_n to_o have_v come_v over_o before_o julius_n caesar_n or_o the_o bishop_n of_o st._n asaph_n account_n who_o make_v we_o not_o to_o have_v settle_v here_o till_o 503_o year_n after_o christ._n and_o though_o i_o esteem_v the_o irish_a yet_o i_o must_v remark_n that_o our_o humour_n differ_v so_o much_o from_o they_o that_o it_o may_v from_o thence_o appear_v that_o we_o stay_v
apology_n against_o edward_n the_o first_o of_o england_n about_o the_o year_n 1300_o we_o assert_v the_o tradition_n of_o a_o wonderful_a victory_n obtain_v by_o our_o king_n hungus_n against_o the_o saxon_n by_o the_o relic_n of_o st._n andrew_n the_o apostle_n by_o virtue_n whereof_o the_o scot_n first_o receive_v the_o faith_n of_o christ._n to_o which_o it_o be_v short_o answer_v that_o every_o contradiction_n do_v not_o overturn_v the_o truth_n of_o a_o whole_a history_n otherwise_o we_o need_v not_o be_v trouble_v to_o give_v any_o other_o answer_n to_o the_o bishop_n own_o book_n nor_o be_v this_o pretend_a to_o be_v a_o contradiction_n among_o our_o historian_n for_o they_o all_o agree_v that_o king_n donald_n be_v our_o first_o christian_a king_n but_o in_o that_o apology_n which_o be_v allege_v to_o contradict_v our_o history_n our_o predecessor_n design_v as_o most_o pleader_n do_v and_o this_o eloquent_a author_n do_v in_o his_o book_n to_o gain_v their_o point_n at_o any_o rate_n for_o understanding_n whereof_o it_o be_v fit_a to_o know_v that_o king_n edward_n the_o first_o have_v upon_o the_o competition_n betwixt_o bruce_n and_o balliol_n interpose_v with_o design_n to_o make_v himself_o lord_n paramount_n of_o scotland_n he_o cause_v his_o parliament_n write_v to_o the_o pope_n to_o who_o afterward_o he_o write_v himself_o in_o which_o letter_n of_o he_o it_o be_v pretend_v that_o we_o be_v vassal_n to_o england_n as_o descend_v from_o albanactus_n the_o second_o son_n to_o brutus_n 2._o because_o several_a of_o our_o king_n have_v become_v vassal_n to_o his_o predecessor_n in_o the_o time_n of_o the_o british_a saxon_a and_o norman_a king_n to_o which_o we_o answer_v in_o our_o apology_n that_o without_o debate_v whether_o the_o first_o inhabitant_n of_o the_o isle_n be_v descend_v from_o albanactus_n or_o his_o albanian_o it_o be_v assert_v that_o we_o come_v from_o spain_n by_o ireland_n and_o conquer_v the_o first_o inhabitans_fw-la for_o which_o we_o cite_v 1._o beda_n and_o so_o though_o they_o have_v be_v vassal_n we_o be_v free_a not_o be_v liable_a to_o the_o condition_n of_o the_o people_n we_o conquer_v and_o as_o such_o fight_v constant_o against_o the_o briton_n who_o be_v force_v to_o build_v severus_n wall_n against_o we_o and_o as_o to_o any_o homage_n make_v by_o our_o king_n it_o be_v either_o for_o the_o three_o northern_a country_n of_o cumberland_n westmoreland_n and_o northumberland_z confirm_v to_o we_o by_o the_o briton_n to_o defend_v they_o against_o the_o saxon_n and_o thereafter_o again_o 45._o confirm_v by_o both_o saxon_n and_o briton_n to_o assist_v they_o against_o the_o dane_n or_o be_v extort_a by_o force_n from_o one_o or_o two_o young_a captive_a king_n upon_o which_o head_n the_o pope_n have_v declare_v we_o free_a which_o bull_n edward_n himself_o have_v rob_v unjust_o out_o of_o our_o treasure_n with_o other_o record_n which_o he_o can_v not_o deny_v but_o to_o cajole_v the_o pope_n their_o judge_n they_o insinuate_v that_o though_o they_o be_v not_o tributary_n to_o his_o holiness_n as_o england_n be_v yet_o they_o ought_v to_o be_v protect_v by_o the_o pope_n because_o they_o have_v be_v convert_v by_o st._n andrew_n his_o predecessor_n brother-german_a st._n andrew_n have_v in_o hungus_n reign_n obtain_v for_o they_o a_o victory_n over_o the_o saxon_n and_o so_o become_v subject_a and_o subservient_fw-fr to_o the_o pope_n in_o have_v convert_v the_o saxon_n by_o aidan_n finan_n and_o colman_n from_o this_o matter_n of_o fact_n i_o observe_v 1._o that_o we_o own_a the_o same_o origination_n there_o that_o our_o historian_n do_v to_o this_o day_n and_o so_o our_o ancestor_n differ_v not_o from_o our_o historian_n much_o less_o be_v they_o irreconcilable_a as_o st._n asaph_n allege_n 2._o that_o the_o english_a acknowledge_v we_o to_o be_v as_o ancient_a as_o the_o briton_n they_o and_o we_o be_v descend_v from_o two_o brother_n 3._o that_o what_o we_o say_v of_o st._n andrew_n must_v needs_o be_v upon_o design_n to_o have_v oblige_v the_o pope_n mean_v certain_o either_o that_o we_o be_v then_o first_o effectual_o convert_v to_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n from_o the_o oriental_a observation_n in_o which_o we_o be_v very_o long_o very_o obstinate_a and_o that_o rome_n consider_v that_o as_o the_o true_a conversion_n or_o that_o after_o that_o time_n we_o first_o become_v subject_n though_o not_o feudatary_a to_o the_o pope_n as_o these_o forecited_a word_n subjoin_v do_v insinuate_v but_o that_o our_o conversion_n from_o paganism_n be_v more_o than_o 400_o year_n before_o the_o saxon_n be_v positive_o assert_v in_o that_o same_o apology_n nor_o can_v this_o have_v another_o meaning_n for_o it_o be_v undeniable_a that_o we_o be_v christian_n long_o before_o the_o reign_n of_o hungus_n who_o reign_v 800_o year_n after_o christ_n and_o colman_n etc._n etc._n live_v long_o before_o that_o king_n nor_o be_v hungus_n our_o king_n we_o be_v only_a auxiliary_n to_o he_o then_o as_o king_n of_o the_o pict_n after_o which_o apology_n king_n robert_n the_o one_a be_v crown_v and_o have_v defeat_v king_n edward_n at_o banock-burn_a where_o he_o gain_v a_o most_o signal_n victory_n over_o the_o english_a they_o then_o be_v low_a make_v application_n to_o the_o pope_n and_o he_o have_v discharge_v we_o by_o a_o formal_a interdiction_n to_o pursue_v the_o victory_n into_o england_n the_o nobility_n to_o pacify_v that_o pope_n and_o to_o remove_v the_o interdiction_n at_o the_o desire_n of_o the_o king_n write_v letter_n wherein_o they_o own_o the_o antiquity_n of_o our_o nation_n and_o religion_n and_o royal-line_n mention_v when_o we_o come_v from_o spain_n as_o our_o historian_n do_v with_o who_o they_o agree_v exact_o ut_fw-la ex_fw-la antiquorum_fw-la gestis_fw-la &_o libris_fw-la collegimus_fw-la say_v the_o letter_n which_o be_v prior_n to_o fordon_n prove_v that_o all_o this_o be_v not_o fordon'_v dream_n and_o that_o our_o history_n be_v well_o found_v on_o old_a record_n prio_fw-la to_o fordon_n and_o last_o it_o appear_v that_o our_o king_n be_v not_o vassal_n to_o england_n for_o their_o crown_n but_o only_o for_o these_o province_n as_o 46._o my_o lord_n st._n asaph_n confess_v and_o as_o i_o have_v prove_v in_o my_o treatise_n of_o precedency_n albeit_o our_o independency_n be_v as_o much_o controvert_v of_o old_a as_o our_o antiquity_n be_v now_o and_o i_o hope_v that_o the_o one_o will_v short_o appear_v as_o unjust_a a_o pretence_n as_o the_o other_o be_v already_o confess_v to_o be_v from_o this_o it_o appear_v that_o there_o be_v rather_o a_o harmony_n than_o real_a contradiction_n here_o and_o that_o any_o seem_a contradiction_n be_v far_o less_o than_o the_o real_a one_o betwixt_o beda_n and_o the_o bishop_n of_o st._n asaph_n and_o the_o follow_a contradiction_n wherein_o he_o differ_v from_o himself_o for_o clear_v whereof_o observe_z that_o the_o bishop_n say_v 8._o he_o question_n not_o the_o truth_n of_o any_o thing_n that_o be_v say_v to_o have_v be_v within_o 800_o nay_o within_o 1400_o year_n but_o so_o it_o be_v that_o this_o will_v bring_v we_o to_o be_v settle_v here_o before_o the_o year_n 300_o after_o christ_n for_o subtract_v 1400_o out_o of_o 1684_o which_o be_v the_o year_n in_o which_o the_o bishop_n print_v his_o book_n his_o lordship_n can_v controvert_v nothing_o except_o what_o be_v do_v within_o 284_o year_n after_o christ_n and_o yet_o he_o decrye_v our_o historian_n for_o say_v that_o we_o be_v settle_v here_o before_o the_o year_n 503_o and_o deny_v our_o be_v christian_n for_o many_o year_n after_o the_o year_n 300_o and_o to_o improve_v this_o learned_a bishop_n just_a concession_n i_o must_v remark_n that_o all_o our_o historian_n agree_v that_o gregory_n the_o great_a king_n of_o scotland_n who_o die_v anno_fw-la 892_o add_v northumberland_n to_o the_o merse_n and_o have_v defeat_v the_o briton_n at_o lochmaben_n he_o force_v they_o to_o renew_v their_o ancient_a league_n and_o to_o confirm_v to_o he_o the_o former_a right_n his_o predecessor_n get_v from_o they_o to_o cumberland_n and_o westmoreland_n for_o assist_v they_o against_o the_o pict_n and_o saxon_n which_o show_v also_o what_o great_a thing_n we_o can_v do_v not_o only_o alone_a without_o but_o even_o against_o the_o pict_n all_o which_o be_v say_v by_o our_o historian_n not_o only_o within_o the_o 1400_o year_n but_o the_o 800_o be_v not_o controvertible_a by_o the_o bishop_n concession_n and_o therefore_o i_o understand_v not_o why_o he_o assert_n 42._o that_o we_o have_v nothing_o but_o the_o kingdom_n of_o argyle_n before_o the_o beat_n and_o extirpate_v of_o the_o pict_n who_o give_v we_o their_o possession_n beyond_o drumalbain_n nor_o can_v i_o reconcile_v how_o the_o bishop_n assert_v all_o alongst_o and_o particular_o 12._o that_o the_o pict_n have_v nothing_o besouth_o grahams-dyke_n or_o the_o
a_o defence_n of_o the_o antiquity_n of_o the_o royal_a line_n of_o scotland_n with_o a_o true_a account_n when_o the_o scot_n be_v govern_v by_o king_n in_o the_o isle_n of_o britain_n by_o sir_n george_n mackenzie_n his_o majesty_n advocate_n in_o scotland_n london_n print_v for_o ri._n chiswell_n at_o the_o rose_n and_o crown_n in_o st._n paul_n churchyard_n 1685._o to_z the_o king_n sir_n divine_a providence_n have_v suffer_v these_o kingdom_n to_o destroy_v one_o another_o for_o many_o age_n in_o divide_a monarchy_n reserve_v their_o happy_a union_n for_o the_o merciful_a royal_a family_n of_o which_o your_o majesty_n be_v now_o the_o head_n and_o mingle_v lawful_o in_o their_o vein_n book_n all_o those_o many_o and_o different_a bloods-royal_a which_o pretend_v to_o any_o sovereignty_n in_o these_o your_o dominion_n design_v thereby_o at_o once_o to_o reward_v the_o virtue_n of_o your_o majesty_n predecessor_n and_o to_o endear_v that_o union_n to_o we_o in_o prevent_v future_a debate_n in_o king_n james_n your_o royal_a grandfather_n these_o nation_n get_v a_o monarch_n who_o be_v acknowledge_v to_o be_v the_o solomon_n of_o his_o age_n who_o excel_v all_o his_o contemporary_a prince_n in_o word_n kingcraft_n all_o his_o minister_n in_o prudence_n and_o all_o his_o doctor_n in_o learning_n none_o of_o his_o subject_n understand_v the_o law_n better_o or_o observe_v it_o more_o and_o who_o know_v as_o well_o all_o that_o be_v do_v at_o council-table_n abroad_o as_o they_o who_o sit_v at_o they_o to_o he_o succeed_v your_o majesty_n royal_a father_n who_o life_n be_v the_o best_a law_n a_o king_n can_v make_v who_o know_v no_o use_n of_o power_n save_v to_o do_v good_a by_o it_o who_o be_v less_o careful_a of_o his_o own_o blood_n than_o of_o that_o of_o his_o subject_n and_o i_o may_v just_o say_v that_o heaven_n only_o be_v govern_v by_o a_o better_a king_n after_o we_o have_v show_v ourselves_o unworthy_a of_o such_o monarch_n the_o divine_a goodness_n to_o try_v we_o once_o more_o give_v we_o your_o gracious_a brother_n who_o clemency_n after_o so_o many_o and_o so_o great_a injury_n be_v as_o great_a a_o miracle_n as_o his_o restoration_n who_o know_v every_o thing_n save_v to_o be_v severe_a and_o can_v bear_v every_o thing_n save_v to_o see_v his_o people_n in_o trouble_n who_o after_o the_o abuse_n of_o his_o goodness_n have_v make_v his_o enemy_n so_o insolent_a that_o his_o servant_n conclude_v all_o be_v lose_v do_v by_o his_o extraordinary_a part_n with_o a_o gentle_a easiness_n peculiar_a to_o himself_o dissipate_v those_o execrable_a combination_n to_o our_o great_a satisfaction_n and_o amazement_n but_o sir_n the_o conscience_n of_o his_o enemy_n will_v far_o exceed_v in_o his_o praise_n the_o eloquence_n of_o his_o servant_n and_o so_o my_o tremble_a hand_n leave_v this_o melancholy_a subject_n his_o throne_n be_v now_o fill_v with_o your_o sacred_a majesty_n who_o ability_n your_o royal_a brother_n esteem_v so_o much_o that_o he_o share_v with_o you_o the_o exercise_n of_o the_o government_n before_o his_o death_n give_v you_o the_o possession_n of_o the_o crown_n in_o you_o sir_n your_o people_n have_v a_o general_n to_o their_o army_n a_o admiral_n to_o their_o fleet_n a_o treasurer_n to_o their_o money_n who_o courage_n can_v lead_v they_o as_o far_o as_o they_o can_v follow_v and_o raise_v the_o glory_n of_o these_o kingdom_n as_o high_a as_o they_o can_v wish_v so_o that_o if_o they_o be_v not_o happy_a they_o will_v have_v this_o addition_n to_o their_o misfortune_n that_o the_o world_n will_v see_v that_o they_o themselves_o be_v only_o to_o be_v blame_v for_o it_o our_o country_n sir_n do_v not_o boast_v of_o a_o rich_a soil_n or_o a_o hot_a sun_n but_o it_o may_v that_o it_o have_v give_v these_o happy_a island_n those_o gracious_a and_o glorious_a king_n in_o return_v whereof_o we_o may_v have_v expect_v kind_a reward_n than_o that_o any_o of_o their_o native_n shall_v debate_v its_o antiquity_n and_o the_o veracity_n of_o those_o history_n wherein_o the_o great_a action_n of_o your_o royal_a predecessor_n be_v record_v and_o since_o the_o honour_n of_o the_o ancient_n and_o royal_a race_n of_o our_o sovereign_n be_v the_o chief_a thing_n wherein_o we_o glory_n it_o be_v hard_o to_o deny_v we_o a_o favour_n so_o just_a on_o our_o part_n and_o so_o easy_a on_o they_o however_o sir_n since_o i_o presume_v that_o those_o of_o your_o other_o subject_n who_o controvert_v this_o do_v so_o rather_o from_o want_n of_o information_n than_o from_o unkindness_n i_o who_o be_o resolve_v to_o make_v the_o defence_n of_o your_o mean_a privilege_n my_o great_a honour_n have_v think_v it_o incumbent_n to_o i_o as_o your_o advocate_n to_o undertake_v the_o defence_n of_o that_o antiquity_n which_o make_v your_o majesty_n the_o most_o ancient_a monarch_n upon_o earth_n which_o argument_n i_o hope_v i_o have_v manage_v with_o that_o candour_n which_o become_v a_o honest_a man_n and_o that_o zeal_n which_o be_v the_o duty_n of_o sir_n your_o majesty_n most_o dutiful_a loyal_a and_o obedient_a subject_n and_o servant_n geo._n mackenzie_n a_o letter_n to_o the_o earl_n of_o perth_n lord_n high_a chancellor_n of_o scotland_n upon_o his_o have_v send_v to_o the_o author_n the_o bishop_n of_o st._n asaph_n book_n with_o some_o reflection_n upon_o the_o design_n of_o that_o book_n my_o lord_n i_o have_v read_v the_o book_n you_o send_v i_o with_o that_o delight_n i_o do_v of_o old_a a_o play_n which_o one_o may_v think_v it_o resemble_v more_o than_o our_o history_n do_v a_o romance_n for_o what_o be_v true_o relate_v be_v so_o disguise_v and_o transpose_v as_o may_v best_o suit_v with_o the_o author_n design_n and_o with_o a_o rhetoric_n so_o polite_a and_o comical_a that_o if_o the_o reason_n do_v not_o convince_v yet_o the_o humour_n and_o style_n may_v charm_v and_o please_v even_o some_o of_o those_o against_o who_o it_o be_v design_v this_o make_v i_o unwilling_a at_o first_o to_o undertake_v to_o answer_v a_o book_n which_o i_o suppose_v may_v have_v more_o admirer_n than_o proselyte_n but_o find_v upon_o a_o second_o perusal_n that_o the_o author_n have_v not_o full_o examine_v the_o ground_n upon_o which_o our_o historian_n proceed_v or_o have_v suffer_v himself_o to_o be_v bias_v by_o zeal_n for_o his_o order_n or_o partiality_n to_o his_o country_n and_o that_o this_o whole_a kingdom_n take_v it_o as_o a_o injury_n do_v not_o only_o to_o the_o antiquity_n of_o the_o royal_a family_n but_o to_o this_o our_o nation_n in_o general_a i_o be_v at_o last_o prevail_v with_o to_o enter_v the_o list_n with_o a_o kind_a design_n by_o a_o sober_a and_o candid_a information_n rather_o to_o convince_v and_o satisfy_v the_o author_n and_o those_o he_o may_v have_v mislead_v than_o to_o acquire_v the_o vain_a glory_n of_o such_o a_o victory_n especial_o over_o one_o who_o bear_v the_o character_n of_o a_o bishop_n for_o which_o i_o have_v so_o great_a a_o veneration_n although_o for_o the_o reason_n follow_v i_o can_v but_o dislike_v his_o unnecessary_a undertake_n and_o unseasonable_a and_o partial_a management_n of_o a_o national_a debate_n which_o 9_o we_o be_v prohibit_v to_o enter_v upon_o under_o pain_n of_o a_o sedition_n 1._o i_o be_o sorry_a that_o while_o these_o kingdom_n be_v unhappy_o divide_v not_o in_o nation_n but_o opinion_n the_o old_a animosity_n among_o scot_n english_a and_o irish_a be_v forget_v and_o bury_v and_o the_o modern_a difference_n between_o the_o episcopal_a and_o fanatic_a and_o cavalier_n and_o republican_n or_o as_o some_o term_n it_o whig_n and_o tory_n be_v so_o violent_a and_o turbulent_a the_o author_n shall_v have_v divert_v our_o just_a and_o dutiful_a zeal_n by_o employ_v it_o in_o defence_n of_o a_o important_a right_n of_o state_n unkind_o as_o well_o as_o unnecessary_o invade_v so_o as_o the_o other_o of_o near_o concern_v to_o the_o church_n may_v in_o some_o measure_n come_v to_o be_v neglect_v 2._o the_o pretext_n for_o write_v this_o book_n wherein_o the_o antiquity_n of_o our_o king_n and_o nation_n be_v so_o much_o disparage_v be_v that_o the_o presbyterian_o and_o particular_o blondel_n urge_v from_o our_o historian_n that_o we_o have_v a_o church_n for_o some_o year_n without_o bishop_n it_o seem_v neither_o just_a nor_o fit_a that_o any_o episcopal_a author_n shall_v have_v magnify_v so_o high_o the_o mean_a argument_n that_o ever_o be_v use_v by_o a_o presbyterian_a as_o for_o it_o to_o cut_v off_o 44_o king_n all_o precede_a coranus_n who_o begin_v his_o reign_n anno_fw-la 501_o and_o to_o expose_v on_o a_o pillory_n as_o forger_n our_o many_o and_o grave_a historian_n and_o that_o it_o be_v a_o weak_a argument_n appear_v from_o this_o that_o i_o have_v meet_v with_o very_a few_o laic_n in_o all_o our_o country_n who_o have_v
these_o druid_n have_v be_v convert_v from_o the_o pagan_a religion_n whereof_o they_o be_v the_o priest_n become_v our_o first_o monk_n be_v thereto_o much_o incline_v by_o the_o severity_n of_o their_o former_a discipline_n as_o the_o therapeutae_n do_v for_o the_o same_o reason_n become_v the_o first_o anchorite_n in_o egypt_n and_o so_o it_o be_v easy_a for_o they_o to_o inform_v the_o monastery_n of_o what_o they_o know_v so_o well_o and_o this_o hint_n be_v confirm_v by_o a_o very_a clear_a passage_n in_o leslies_n preface_n to_o his_o history_n who_o be_v a_o bishop_n himself_o shall_v be_v believe_v by_o another_o of_o the_o same_o character_n in_o a_o probable_a matter_n of_o fact_n nor_o can_v there_o be_v a_o clear_a confirmation_n of_o our_o have_v have_v the_o druid_n among_o we_o than_o that_o in_o several_a place_n of_o the_o irish_a version_n of_o the_o new_a testament_n the_o wise_a man_n or_o priest_n be_v translate_v druid_n and_o so_o where_o the_o english_a translation_n say_v that_o the_o wise_a man_n from_o the_o east_n come_v to_o worship_v our_o saviour_n our_o irish_a translation_n have_v the_o druid_n etc._n etc._n our_o predecessor_n also_o be_v descend_v from_o the_o spanish_a gallicks_n or_o galician_o as_o be_v acknowledge_v by_o historian_n and_o they_o have_v have_v the_o use_n of_o letter_n and_o of_o grammar_n long_o before_o this_o time_n as_o casaubon_n strabo_n confess_v it_o can_v be_v imagine_v but_o that_o we_o as_o a_o colony_n of_o they_o will_v have_v likewise_o a_o part_n of_o their_o art_n and_o learning_n our_o predecessor_n also_o have_v their_o sanachy_n and_o bard_n the_o first_o whereof_o be_v the_o historian_n and_o the_o latter_a the_o poet_n of_o their_o tradition_n as_o luddus_n himself_o acknowledge_v and_o by_o either_o of_o these_o mean_n the_o memory_n of_o our_o king_n and_o their_o action_n may_v have_v be_v preserve_v until_o the_o 5_o century_n at_o which_o time_n we_o get_v monastery_n in_o which_o as_o i_o shall_v hereafter_o prove_v be_v write_v and_o preserve_v the_o annal_n of_o our_o nation_n and_o since_o nothing_o but_o great_a improbability_n and_o fundamental_a inconsistency_n shall_v be_v allow_v to_o refute_v a_o history_n already_o receive_v i_o shall_v offer_v these_o consideration_n for_o clear_v that_o this_o way_n of_o preserve_v the_o memory_n of_o our_o king_n be_v as_o probable_a a_o mean_a as_o any_o can_v be_v in_o history_n 1._o it_o be_v probable_a that_o our_o nation_n as_o all_o the_o rest_n of_o mankind_n who_o be_v warlike_a and_o in_o constant_a action_n will_v be_v desirous_a to_o preserve_v the_o memory_n of_o those_o action_n for_o which_o they_o have_v hazard_v their_o life_n and_o by_o which_o they_o design_v to_o preserve_v that_o fame_n which_o they_o prefer_v to_o life_n itself_o and_o that_o the_o king_n likewise_o who_o authority_n and_o right_o be_v much_o reverence_v for_o its_o antiquity_n will_v be_v as_o careful_a to_o preserve_v those_o mark_n of_o their_o ancient_a dominion_n 2._o we_o do_v not_o in_o this_o serious_a debate_n pretend_v to_o such_o ancient_a origination_n and_o descent_n as_o may_v through_o vanity_n tempt_v man_n to_o lie_v as_o those_o do_v who_o endeavour_n to_o derive_v themselves_o from_o the_o trojan_n all_o that_o we_o pretend_v to_o in_o this_o debate_n be_v only_o that_o we_o be_v a_o colony_n who_o probable_o come_v first_o from_o greece_n to_o spain_n but_o settle_v certain_o in_o ireland_n for_o some_o time_n and_o that_o we_o come_v from_o they_o after_o the_o time_n in_o which_o cambden_n and_o usher_n acknowledge_v that_o the_o nation_n of_o the_o scot_n who_o name_n we_o only_o now_o bear_v be_v long_o settle_v there_o will_v not_o our_o accuser_n have_v we_o trust_v the_o british_a antiquity_n for_o 2500_o year_n and_o the_o irish_a for_o a_o long_a time_n than_o our_o own_o without_o any_o write_a history_n or_o manuscript_n now_o extant_a before_o gilda_n time_n and_o though_o lycurgus_n will_v not_o suffer_v his_o law_n to_o be_v write_v yet_o they_o be_v preserve_v in_o the_o memory_n of_o man_n for_o more_o than_o 600_o year_n as_o plutarch_n observe_v and_o we_o and_o other_o nation_n have_v preserve_v some_o law_n for_o much_o long_a time_n without_o the_o help_n of_o writing_n and_o the_o only_a point_n here_o controvert_v be_v the_o first_o settlement_n of_o our_o nation_n and_o that_o we_o continue_v subject_n to_o the_o same_o race_n of_o king_n these_o be_v matter_n so_o remarkable_a that_o most_o nation_n know_v when_o such_o change_n happen_v to_o one_o another_o as_o for_o instance_n though_o there_o be_v no_o history_n yet_o extant_a we_o shall_v easy_o have_v know_v that_o the_o saxon_n dane_n and_o norman_n conquer_v the_o briton_n and_o alter_v the_o race_n of_o their_o king_n that_o ireland_n have_v many_o little_a monarch_n till_o they_o be_v swallow_v up_o by_o henry_n the_o second_o of_o england_n and_o that_o edward_n bruce_n brother_n to_o our_o glorious_a king_n robert_n the_o first_o be_v choose_v king_n of_o ireland_n with_o universal_a consent_n there_o and_o may_v have_v continue_v in_o that_o government_n if_o from_o too_o great_a a_o love_n to_o fame_n and_o to_o gain_v a_o victory_n without_o his_o brother_n he_o have_v not_o lose_v it_o and_o himself_o and_o though_o all_o these_o controvert_v point_n fall_v out_o in_o a_o time_n after_o the_o use_n of_o letter_n be_v know_v to_o most_o nation_n and_o particular_o to_o the_o druid_n and_o roman_n the_o one_o whereof_o be_v our_o priest_n and_o the_o other_o our_o neighbour_n very_o long_o yet_o there_o remain_v not_o the_o least_o vestige_n of_o a_o doubt_n that_o our_o sceptre_n be_v ever_o sway_v by_o any_o other_o race_n 3._o though_o we_o have_v want_v the_o use_n of_o letter_n as_o most_o probable_o we_o do_v not_o yet_o the_o tradition_n controvert_v be_v at_o most_o of_o about_o 800_o year_n for_o after_o that_o time_n it_o shall_v be_v prove_v that_o we_o have_v record_n and_o annal_n and_o the_o thing_n say_v of_o our_o king_n during_o that_o time_n be_v so_o few_o and_o so_o remarkable_a that_o man_n may_v have_v teach_v the_o same_o to_o their_o child_n in_o a_o week_n time_n and_o man_n live_v so_o long_o at_o that_o time_n that_o ten_o or_o twelve_o man_n may_v have_v transmit_v the_o tradition_n to_o one_o another_o as_o also_o since_o private_a family_n do_v preserve_v to_o this_o day_n their_o tradition_n for_o as_o long_a time_n as_o this_o it_o be_v much_o more_o easy_a for_o a_o nation_n and_o their_o king_n to_o preserve_v they_o nor_o can_v i_o tell_v why_o my_o lord_n st._n asaph_n in_o his_o preface_n can_v controvert_v our_o tradition_n though_o we_o can_v not_o produce_v writer_n who_o live_v in_o those_o time_n wherein_o these_o action_n be_v say_v to_o be_v do_v since_o 71._o he_o think_v it_o reasonable_a to_o judge_v that_o there_o be_v the_o same_o government_n here_o in_o britain_n though_o for_o want_v of_o ancient_a write_n there_o can_v be_v produce_v no_o plain_a instance_n of_o it_o and_o if_o this_o be_v allow_v to_o episcopacy_n in_o these_o time_n why_o shall_v he_o not_o have_v allow_v the_o same_o favour_n to_o his_o monarch_n predecessor_n in_o the_o same_o and_o more_o ancient_a age_n 4._o it_o be_v much_o easy_a for_o we_o to_o preserve_v our_o tradition_n than_o for_o the_o english_a we_o be_v all_o descend_v from_o the_o same_o race_n and_o be_v still_o the_o same_o people_n live_v under_o the_o uninterrupted_a succession_n of_o the_o same_o royal-line_n whereas_o they_o be_v oblige_v to_o suppress_v the_o tradition_n and_o memorial_n of_o the_o people_n who_o they_o have_v conquer_v 5._o as_o no_o man_n be_v presume_v to_o lie_v or_o cheat_v without_o some_o great_a temptation_n so_o the_o most_o glorious_a thing_n that_o be_v say_v of_o we_o be_v true_a beyond_o debate_n as_o our_o have_v defend_v the_o ground_n in_o which_o we_o settle_v against_o all_o opposition_n to_o this_o very_a day_n our_o have_v put_v the_o first_o stop_n to_o the_o roman_a greatness_n our_o have_v beat_v the_o far_o more_o numerous_a britan_n though_o defend_v by_o strong_a wall_n and_o strong_a roman_n all_o which_o can_v be_v deny_v to_o have_v be_v do_v by_o we_o and_o be_v equal_o noble_a whether_o we_o be_v settle_v here_o or_o not_o when_o we_o do_v they_o after_o those_o controvert_v time_n it_o can_v be_v deny_v that_o we_o carry_v our_o conquest_n further_o into_o britain_n than_o former_o that_o we_o fight_v long_o with_o success_n against_o the_o saxon_n and_o pict_n and_o do_v at_o last_o extirpate_v the_o latter_a and_o when_o we_o be_v alone_o we_o continue_v and_o extend_v our_o former_a conquest_n against_o the_o dane_n and_o norman_n which_o prove_v also_o that_o in_o the_o war_n which_o
be_v very_o easy_a for_o he_o to_o know_v it_o that_o be_v so_o public_a a_o thing_n which_o concern_v his_o own_o as_o well_o as_o his_o neighbour_n nation_n but_o if_o the_o scot_n have_v settle_v in_o anno_fw-la 503_o beda_n can_v not_o have_v call_v they_o 1._o prisci_fw-la incolae_fw-la and_o reckon_v they_o among_o the_o ancient_a inhabitant_n for_o a_o man_n live_v in_o his_o time_n may_v have_v tell_v he_o that_o his_o father_n see_v the_o scot_n call_v over_o by_o the_o pict_n and_o that_o they_o settle_v here_o in_o his_o time_n beda_n be_v thus_o clear_a to_o a_o demonstration_n as_o far_o as_o chronology_n and_o history_n can_v allow_v i_o desire_v to_o know_v how_o wat_fw-mi gildas_n say_v can_v contradict_v our_o history_n since_o he_o copy_n gildas_n and_o live_v within_o 200_o year_n of_o he_o and_o since_o both_o write_v the_o same_o action_n in_o almost_o the_o same_o word_n or_o how_o can_v it_o be_v imagine_v that_o if_o gildas_n have_v know_v our_o origin_n to_o be_v so_o late_o he_o will_v not_o have_v tell_v it_o to_o our_o disadvantage_n whereas_o on_o the_o contrary_a he_o speak_v of_o scot_n and_o pict_n as_o live_v in_o this_o isle_n after_o the_o same_o manner_n as_o transmarine_a in_o the_o same_o sense_n in_o which_o beda_n interpret_v it_o which_o be_v because_o they_o live_v not_o without_o the_o isle_n but_o on_o the_o other_o side_n of_o the_o wall_n which_o make_v a_o isle_n from_o which_o it_o follow_v necessary_o that_o in_o gildas_n time_n the_o scot_n dwell_v not_o without_o the_o isle_n of_o britain_n and_o gildas_n have_v be_v bear_v in_o anno_fw-la 493_o as_o be_v say_v in_o the_o calculation_n prefix_v to_o that_o heidelberg_n edition_n which_o himself_o relate_v it_o be_v clear_a that_o he_o be_v bear_v 10_o year_n before_o that_o year_n in_o which_o the_o bishop_n of_o st._n asaph_n pretend_v we_o first_o settle_v here_o and_o so_o certain_o he_o can_v not_o but_o have_v take_v notice_n of_o the_o settlement_n of_o a_o nation_n in_o which_o he_o be_v so_o much_o concern_v and_o albeit_o he_o say_v once_o speak_v of_o we_o that_o hiberni_fw-la revertuntur_fw-la domum_fw-la yet_o that_o be_v speak_v of_o we_o as_o settle_v here_o and_o as_o be_v irish_a by_o extraction_n as_o shall_v be_v hereafter_o clear_v nor_o must_v our_o history_n which_o be_v so_o positive_a and_o unanimous_a be_v overturn_v by_o clenshes_fw-mi and_o equivocation_n and_o remote_a weak_a consequence_n without_o author_n live_v at_o the_o time_n and_o mention_v express_o so_o remarkable_a a_o accident_n before_o i_o enter_v upon_o foreign_a citation_n without_o the_o isle_n author_n i_o must_v observe_v that_o we_o have_v keep_v the_o roman_n the_o only_a write_a nation_n that_o have_v any_o knowledge_n of_o these_o our_o isle_n from_o enter_v our_o kingdom_n they_o can_v not_o know_v our_o antiquity_n as_o they_o do_v those_o of_o england_n or_o france_n who_o they_o have_v conquer_v but_o our_o be_v engage_v in_o a_o constant_a war_n with_o they_o be_v so_o universal_o relate_v by_o all_o their_o historian_n that_o to_o deny_v our_o be_v a_o nation_n and_o in_o britain_n when_o they_o so_o frequent_o and_o unanimous_o write_v of_o we_o as_o gens_n &_o gens_n etiam_fw-la britannica_fw-la fight_v here_o can_v but_o seem_v raillery_n to_o any_o serious_a man_n and_o the_o be_v able_a to_o controvert_v it_o be_v rather_o a_o mark_n of_o nimbleness_n of_o wit_n than_o skill_n in_o antiquity_n but_o however_o i_o shall_v produce_v some_o few_o foreign_a author_n who_o testimony_n seem_v to_o i_o unanswerable_a be_v join_v with_o and_o illustrate_v by_o what_o i_o former_o say_v from_o the_o venerable_a beda_n and_o the_o historian_n within_o this_o isle_n my_o first_o author_n be_v eumenius_n in_o his_o panegyric_n to_o constantine_n in_o praise_n of_o his_o father_n constantius_n eumenius_n who_o prefer_v the_o victory_n constantius_n have_v over_o the_o britain_n to_o that_o which_o julius_n caesar_n have_v over_o they_o say_v 258._o that_o the_o britain_n at_o the_o time_n caesar_n conquer_v they_o be_v a_o rude_a nation_n be_v only_o use_v to_o fight_v against_o the_o pict_n and_o irish_a of_o the_o british_a country_n enemy_n half_o naked_a and_o so_o easy_o yield_v to_o the_o roman_a arm_n and_o ensign_n by_o which_o citation_n we_o contend_v that_o it_o be_v prove_v that_o in_o the_o time_n of_o julius_n caesar_n there_o be_v another_o nation_n beside_o the_o pict_n who_o then_o inhabit_v britain_n and_o be_v a_o colony_n of_o the_o irish_a and_o these_o must_v certain_o have_v be_v the_o scot_n for_o it_o can_v be_v pretend_v that_o ever_o there_o be_v another_o colony_n of_o the_o irish_a in_o britain_n beside_o we_o and_o it_o be_v uncontroverted_a on_o all_o hand_n that_o we_o be_v that_o colony_n of_o the_o irish_a who_o only_o use_v to_o fight_v with_o the_o pict_n against_o the_o britain_n and_o therefore_o that_o answer_n make_v by_o the_o bishop_n that_o this_o place_n relate_v only_o to_o the_o irish_a and_o not_o to_o the_o scot_n be_v of_o no_o moment_n but_o he_o have_v another_o answer_n which_o his_o lordship_n insist_o more_o upon_o and_o for_o clear_v whereof_o i_o must_v cite_v the_o latin_a ad_fw-la hoc_fw-la natio_fw-la etiam_fw-la tunc_fw-la rudis_fw-la &_o soli_fw-la britanni_n pictis_fw-la modo_fw-la &_o hibernis_fw-la assueta_fw-la hostibus_fw-la adhuc_fw-la seminudis_fw-la facile_fw-la romanis_n armis_fw-la signisque_fw-la cesserunt_fw-la his_o answer_n be_v that_o the_o word_n soli_fw-la britanni_n be_v the_o nominative_a and_o not_o the_o genitive_a and_o his_o lordship_n confess_v 11._o that_o if_o the_o word_n be_v in_o the_o genitive_fw-la they_o be_v clear_a of_o buchannan_n side_n and_o that_o they_o be_v of_o the_o genitive_a all_o disintere_v man_n who_o understand_v the_o latin_a will_v confess_v and_o cambden_n himself_o though_o a_o learned_a schoolmaster_n and_o in_o other_o citation_n about_o our_o antiquity_n somewhat_o more_o humourous_a than_o so_o worthy_a a_o man_n need_v to_o be_v trust_v to_o no_o other_o answer_n but_o that_o the_o panegyrist_n speak_v here_o according_a to_o the_o conception_n of_o the_o age_n wherein_o he_o live_v but_o as_o any_o citation_n may_v be_v thus_o answer_v so_o if_o he_o have_v not_o speak_v with_o relation_n to_o the_o time_n of_o julius_n caesar_n the_o comparison_n and_o compliment_n have_v no_o great_a force_n the_o learned_a usher_n likewise_o object_n not_o this_o to_o buchannan_n which_o show_v also_o his_o acquiescence_n 2._o if_o this_o natio_fw-la rudis_fw-la have_v be_v the_o same_o thing_n with_o soli_n britanni_n and_o if_o the_o sense_n must_v be_v as_o his_o lordship_n say_v a_o rude_a nation_n the_o britain_n than_o not_o only_o it_o have_v be_v superfluous_a but_o inconsistent_a with_o true_a sense_n for_o how_o can_v the_o same_o thing_n be_v copulate_v with_o it-self_n and_o though_o it_o may_v be_v say_v natio_fw-la rudis_fw-la soli_fw-la britanni_n assueta_fw-la hostibus_fw-la yet_o certain_o assueti_fw-la have_v be_v more_o elegant_a for_o a_o orator_n if_o soli_n britanni_n have_v be_v the_o nominative_a and_o the_o great_a tibull_n joseph_n scaliger_n one_o of_o the_o best_a judge_n both_o for_o that_o kind_n of_o learning_n and_o disinteressedness_n exclaim_v against_o luddus_n for_o misconstruct_v so_o the_o word_n and_o therefore_o the_o bishop_n may_v have_v spare_v the_o say_n 11._o that_o cambden_n ought_v to_o have_v give_v buchannan_n correction_n for_o the_o great_a joseph_n scaliger_n and_o buchannan_n that_o incomparable_a humanist_n be_v fit_a to_o give_v than_o receive_v correction_n from_o any_o in_o the_o isle_n or_o age._n i_o must_v also_o observe_v that_o the_o bishop_n have_v point_v these_o word_n otherways_o than_o they_o be_v in_o the_o author_n for_o in_o the_o author_n of_o paulus_n stephanus_n and_o plantin_n edition_n who_o be_v the_o most_o learned_a and_o exact_a of_o all_o printer_n there_o be_v no_o comma_n immediate_o after_o tthe_a word_n soli_fw-la britanni_n and_o it_o be_v point_v as_o i_o have_v set_v it_o down_o here_o and_o even_o 37._o luddus_n be_v just_a here_o but_o the_o bishop_n have_v very_o witty_o add_v the_o comma_n after_o these_o word_n now_o without_o the_o comma_n it_o be_v clear_a that_o the_o panegyrist_n mean_v pictis_fw-la &_o hibernis_fw-la soli_fw-la britanni_n and_o if_o the_o panegyrist_n have_v design_v his_o word_n shall_v have_v be_v construe_v as_o the_o bishop_n have_v construe_v they_o so_o great_a a_o orator_n will_v certain_o have_v say_v soli_n britanni_n natio_fw-la ad_fw-la hoc_fw-la etiam_fw-la tunc_fw-la rudis_fw-la etc._n etc._n and_o in_o this_o case_n the_o word_n have_v be_v clear_a and_o the_o ingenious_a bishop_n need_v not_o in_o translate_n they_o to_o have_v be_v force_v to_o use_v the_o word_n 12._o nation_n twice_o because_o the_o sense_n be_v hard_a and_o unnatural_a according_a to_o his_o
have_v a_o noble_a camp_n and_o whereof_o the_o vestiges_n be_v very_o remarkable_a to_o this_o day_n and_o in_o which_o there_o be_v stone_n find_v with_o roman_a inscription_n design_v the_o station_n of_o the_o legion_n and_o certain_o it_o be_v more_o proper_a to_o say_v the_o loss_n be_v lament_v in_o that_o country_n where_o the_o battle_n be_v fight_v than_o in_o that_o kingdom_n where_o the_o roman_n never_o fight_v any_o and_o why_o do_v the_o poet_n join_v jerna_n in_o the_o same_o lamentation_n with_o caledonia_n if_o he_o have_v not_o design_v by_o it_o to_o express_v jerna_n as_o a_o part_n of_o our_o scotland_n and_o this_o be_v more_o proper_a than_o to_o make_v the_o poet_n join_v part_n of_o one_o to_o another_o different_a and_o remote_a kingdom_n as_o also_o starthern_a in_o scotland_n be_v indeed_o a_o place_n where_o the_o frost_n be_v strong_a and_o continue_v long_o as_o be_v very_o near_o the_o hill_n but_o ireland_n be_v know_v to_o be_v and_o be_v yet_o a_o country_n much_o free_a from_o storm_n and_o ice_n and_o be_v believe_v by_o the_o ancient_n to_o be_v so_o as_o be_v most_o clear_a by_o 1._o beda_n 2._o though_o the_o poet_n have_v understand_v ireland_n by_o jerne_n yet_o it_o do_v not_o follow_v that_o because_o ireland_n lament_v the_o loss_n of_o the_o scot_n who_o be_v kill_v here_o that_o therefore_o the_o scot_n that_o be_v kill_v be_v not_o the_o scot_n that_o be_v plant_v in_o scotland_n since_o certain_o ireland_n can_v not_o but_o have_v lament_v even_o the_o death_n of_o scot_n who_o be_v settle_v here_o as_o scotland_n and_o as_o the_o scot_n here_o do_v lament_v very_o much_o the_o death_n of_o the_o scot_n who_o be_v kill_v in_o ireland_n in_o the_o late_a massacre_n and_o as_o the_o bishop_n himself_o argue_v in_o the_o case_n of_o the_o panegyric_n above-cited_n i_o may_v far_o more_o just_o argue_v here_o that_o this_o sense_n agree_v better_a with_o the_o poet_n be_v noble_a flight_n who_o make_v the_o loss_n that_o the_o scot_n sustain_v to_o be_v so_o great_a that_o it_o be_v lament_v even_o in_o ireland_n selden_n also_o l._n 2._o c._n 8._o mar._n claus._n apply_v this_o to_o we_o and_o not_o to_o the_o irish._n and_o these_o verse_n in_o the_o same_o author_n design_v likewise_o to_o the_o praise_n of_o the_o same_o theodosius_n pictos_fw-la edomuit_fw-la scotumque_fw-la vaga_fw-la mucrone_fw-la secutus_fw-la fregit_fw-la hyperborea_n remis_fw-la audacibus_fw-la andas_fw-la be_v only_o applicable_a to_o the_o scotish_n colony_n settle_v in_o ireland_n for_o he_o magnify_v theodosius_n grandfather_n to_o honorius_n for_o have_v pursue_v so_o far_o his_o victory_n that_o he_o beat_v the_o northern_a sea_n with_o his_o bold_a oar_n now_o beside_o all_o the_o other_o argument_n former_o use_v can_v it_o be_v say_v that_o theodosius_n soldier_n ever_o go_v to_o ireland_n that_o ireland_n lie_v northwest_o from_o clyde_n or_o severus_n wall_n whereas_o it_o be_v certain_a they_o be_v in_o scotland_n and_o it_o be_v very_o probable_a that_o they_o will_v follow_v the_o scotish_n colony_n into_o the_o northwest_n isle_n or_o over_o clyde_n where_o it_o be_v former_o prove_v the_o scotish_n plantation_n first_o settle_v the_o three_o testimony_n shall_v be_v that_o of_o debet_fw-la hegisippus_n where_o he_o bring_v in_o ben-gorion_a dissuade_v the_o jew_n to_o fight_v against_o the_o roman_n the_o conqueror_n of_o all_o the_o earth_n who_o the_o unsearchable_a place_n of_o the_o ocean_n and_o the_o further_a place_n of_o india_n obey_v what_o shall_v i_o say_v of_o the_o isle_n of_o britain_n divide_v from_o the_o rest_n of_o the_o world_n by_o sea_n and_o reduce_v by_o the_o roman_n to_o be_v a_o part_n of_o the_o world_n who_o make_v scotland_n to_o tremble_v which_o owe_v nothing_o to_o any_o part_n of_o the_o earth_n to_o which_o cambden_n answer_v that_o this_o must_v be_v interpret_v of_o ireland_n because_o the_o word_n quae_fw-la terris_fw-la nihil_fw-la debet_fw-la must_v be_v interpret_v as_o if_o the_o scotia_n here_o speak_v of_o be_v join_v to_o no_o other_o place_n and_o that_o be_v only_o applicable_a to_o ireland_n and_o not_o to_o scotland_n but_o what_o a_o hard_a shift_n be_v he_o here_o drive_v to_o for_o none_o can_v interpret_v quae_fw-la terris_fw-la nihil_fw-la debet_fw-la in_o that_o sense_n there_o be_v nothing_o more_o different_a than_o these_o two_o expression_n which_o be_v not_o join_v to_o the_o other_o part_n of_o the_o earth_n as_o cambden_n will_v interpet_n it_o and_o which_o owe_v nothing_o to_o any_o part_n of_o the_o earth_n as_o the_o author_n express_v it_o there_o be_v nothing_o more_o ordinary_a than_o for_o one_o who_o think_v he_o depend_v not_o upon_o another_o to_o say_v i_o owe_v you_o nothing_o and_o certain_o it_o agree_v much_o more_o with_o the_o author_n intention_n to_o interpret_v these_o word_n so_o scotland_n which_o owe_v homage_n to_o no_o place_n do_v tremble_v at_o the_o roman_a arms._n 2._o it_o can_v be_v say_v that_o ever_o the_o roman_n do_v attack_v ireland_n and_o to_o clear_v this_o beyond_o answer_n in_o the_o same_o harangue_n cite_v out_o of_o ben-gorion_a himself_o by_o usher_n ipsis_fw-la ben_n gorion_n say_v to_o the_o jew_n that_o when_o the_o general_n of_o the_o nation_n only_o come_v these_o nation_n resist_v they_o but_o when_o the_o roman_a emperor_n themselves_o come_v they_o submit_v to_o they_o and_o i_o desire_v to_o know_v if_o ever_o ireland_n be_v invade_v by_o the_o roman_n so_o that_o what_o be_v say_v in_o the_o harangue_n be_v not_o applicable_a to_o the_o scotia_n hibernica_fw-la as_o they_o pretend_v but_o to_o that_o country_n wherein_o we_o now_o live_v as_o also_o by_o the_o same_o ben-gorion_a it_o be_v clear_a that_o nero_n be_v discourage_v upon_o the_o rebellion_n of_o the_o jew_n and_o vespasian_n come_v to_o he_o comfort_v he_o by_o remember_v he_o that_o some_o of_o his_o captain_n have_v conquer_v all_o the_o western_a world_n france_n scotland_n and_o the_o land_n of_o tubal_n and_o whereas_o usher_n to_o lessen_v this_o authority_n be_v force_v to_o allege_v that_o hegesippus_n work_n be_v spurious_a this_o contradict_v hist._n eusebius_n who_o make_v he_o to_o have_v live_v anno_fw-la christi_fw-la 160._o and_o though_o usher_n contend_v that_o both_o these_o author_n must_v be_v late_o because_o hegesippus_n who_o only_o cite_v ben-gorion_a name_v constantinople_n which_o change_v not_o the_o name_n of_o byzantium_n till_o about_o the_o begin_n of_o the_o four_o century_n yet_o the_o answer_n be_v easy_a viz._n that_o this_o be_v a_o translation_n from_o the_o greek_a the_o translator_n have_v use_v the_o name_n that_o be_v best_a know_v in_o his_o own_o time_n and_o the_o english_a and_o other_o nation_n have_v acknowledge_v this_o to_o be_v the_o work_n of_o hegesippus_n and_o translate_v it_o as_o such_o usher_n himself_o indeed_o be_v incline_v to_o think_v that_o this_o be_v the_o work_n of_o st._n ambrose_n but_o even_o that_o be_v sufficient_a for_o we_o for_o not_o only_o be_v st._n ambrose_n himself_o old_a than_o the_o 503_o year_n and_o so_o prove_v that_o our_o country_n be_v before_o that_o time_n call_v scotland_n but_o st._n ambrose_n relate_v this_o speech_n make_v in_o vespasian_n time_n must_v prove_v that_o this_o country_n be_v call_v scotland_n in_o vespasian_n time_n who_o be_v elect_v emperor_n 72_o year_n after_o christ._n tertullian_n tertullian_n who_o die_v in_o the_o year_n 202_o and_o so_o must_v have_v write_v some_o time_n before_o that_o and_o can_v not_o have_v write_v of_o we_o as_o christian_n and_o a_o nation_n if_o we_o have_v not_o be_v so_o for_o a_o considerable_a time_n for_o information_n do_v spread_v slow_o in_o that_o age_n when_o there_o be_v so_o little_a commerce_n and_o at_o so_o great_a a_o distance_n this_o great_a doctor_n of_o the_o primitive_a church_n write_v against_o the_o jew_n who_o he_o know_v will_v examine_v the_o truth_n of_o the_o matter_n of_o fact_n allege_v against_o they_o say_z 2._o for_o the_o honour_n of_o the_o christian_a religion_n which_o he_o be_v defend_v that_o those_o inhabitant_n of_o britain_n which_o can_v not_o be_v subdue_v by_o the_o roman_n yet_o willing_o yield_v to_o the_o yoke_n of_o christ._n from_o which_o it_o be_v urge_v that_o in_o tertullian_n time_n there_o be_v nation_n in_o britain_n which_o have_v never_o submit_v to_o the_o roman_a yoke_n but_o yet_o submit_v to_o the_o yoke_n of_o christ._n but_o so_o it_o be_v that_o can_v not_o be_v mean_v of_o the_o britain_n for_o all_o the_o world_n know_v and_o the_o bishop_n confess_v that_o long_o before_o that_o time_n they_o have_v submit_v to_o the_o roman_n and_o therefore_o it_o be_v plain_a that_o there_o be_v other_o nation_n in_o the_o isle_n and_o that_o can_v not_o be_v true_a except_o the_o
not_o long_o among_o they_o but_o that_o we_o come_v from_o thence_o very_o early_o 2._o by_o all_o the_o tract_n of_o the_o roman_a history_n as_o well_o as_o by_o beda_n gildas_n and_o we_o it_o be_v clear_a that_o the_o scot_n and_o pict_n fight_v joint_o against_o the_o roman_n in_o this_o country_n which_o we_o now_o possess_v that_o the_o wall_n build_v by_o adrian_n and_o severus_n be_v build_v here_o to_o defend_v they_o against_o they_o that_o complaint_n be_v make_v to_o the_o roman_n by_o the_o briton_n of_o they_o and_o that_o succour_n be_v crave_v against_o they_o that_o the_o saxon_n be_v call_v in_o to_o defend_v the_o briton_n from_o the_o scotish_n and_o pictish_a incursion_n that_o they_o be_v call_v joint_o unconquered_a nation_n all_o which_o point_v prove_v that_o they_o be_v equal_a in_o every_o thing_n and_o why_o not_o then_o in_o their_o be_v equal_o settle_v here_o and_o therefore_o except_o it_o be_v clear_o prove_v that_o the_o scot_n be_v not_o settle_v and_o fix_v here_o as_o the_o pict_n be_v and_o that_o there_o be_v author_n produce_v who_o live_v in_o these_o time_n declare_v that_o in_o the_o year_n 503_o the_o scot_n be_v first_o call_v to_o defend_v the_o pict_n as_o the_o saxon_n be_v clear_o prove_v to_o have_v be_v call_v in_o against_o the_o scot_n and_o pict_n in_o the_o year_n 449_o very_o near_o to_o the_o year_n 503_o which_o be_v say_v by_o the_o bishop_n to_o be_v our_o entry_n it_o must_v be_v necessary_o conclude_v that_o the_o scot_n be_v here_o at_o the_o time_n wherein_o all_o these_o thing_n be_v tell_v of_o they_o joint_o with_o the_o pict_n the_o three_o argument_n shall_v be_v that_o it_o be_v undeniable_a that_o the_o scot_n and_o pict_n be_v such_o constant_a and_o formidable_a enemy_n that_o the_o roman_n and_o britan_n who_o then_o possess_v the_o southern_a part_n of_o this_o isle_n be_v force_v to_o build_v two_o fence_n against_o they_o the_o first_o betwixt_o tyne_n and_o solloway_n which_o be_v call_v adrian_n wall_n and_o the_o second_o by_o severus_n who_o have_v enlarge_v the_o roman_a conquest_n build_v a_o second_o betwixt_o forth_o and_o clyde_n and_o call_v it_o by_o his_o own_o name_n how_o then_o can_v it_o be_v imagine_v that_o the_o scot_n do_v not_o live_v on_o the_o other_o side_n of_o that_o wall_n for_o if_o they_o have_v live_v in_o ireland_n the_o wall_n have_v not_o be_v necessary_a or_o useful_a against_o they_o this_o common_a sense_n will_v declare_v to_o a_o stranger_n upon_o first_o read_v the_o story_n and_o much_o more_o ought_v it_o to_o be_v believe_v if_o we_o consider_v that_o if_o the_o scot_n come_v from_o ireland_n in_o corroughs_n as_o the_o bishop_n of_o st._n asaph_n allege_v from_o gildas_n then_o they_o may_v have_v land_v upon_o the_o briton_n side_n of_o the_o wall_n nay_o and_o which_o be_v more_o they_o can_v not_o convenient_o have_v land_v on_o the_o other_o side_n except_o they_o have_v go_v too_o far_o about_o and_o cross_v a_o very_a broad_a and_o dangerous_a sea_n 4._o though_o people_n come_v once_o or_o twice_o from_o a_o foreign_a nation_n by_o sea_n to_o rob_v and_o pillage_n yet_o it_o be_v against_o sense_n to_o think_v that_o for_o many_o hundred_o of_o year_n the_o irish_a will_v have_v come_v over_o to_o make_v war_n against_o such_o powerful_a enemy_n and_o return_v once_o a_o year_n and_o it_o apper_n clear_o that_o this_o be_v a_o constant_a war_n from_o before_o julius_n caesar_n time_n for_o above_o 600_o year_n and_o in_o those_o age_n it_o be_v know_v that_o there_o be_v not_o very_o convenient_a mean_n fall_v upon_o for_o transport_v man_n much_o less_o army_n they_o have_v only_a corroughs_n as_o the_o bishop_n of_o st._n asaph_n himself_o acknowledge_v and_o these_o be_v a_o miserable_a little_a kind_n of_o shapeless_a boat_n make_v of_o leather_n stretch_v upon_o timber_n as_o we_o find_v they_o and_o the_o irish_a sea_n describe_v by_o 352._o solinus_n who_o live_v near_o those_o time_n and_o write_v that_o mare_fw-la quod_fw-la juvernam_fw-la &_o britanniam_fw-la interfluit_fw-la undosum_fw-la &_o inquietum_fw-la toto_fw-la in_o anno_fw-la nisi_fw-la aestivis_fw-la pauculis_fw-la diebus_fw-la est_fw-la navigabile_fw-la navigant_fw-la autem_fw-la viminiis_fw-la alviis_fw-la quos_fw-la circumdant_fw-la ambitu_fw-la tergorum_fw-la bubulorum_fw-la and_o how_o these_o can_v transport_v a_o army_n every_o year_n to_o fight_v against_o such_o powerful_a enemy_n as_o the_o roman_n and_o briton_n and_o how_o they_o can_v carry_v back_o in_o they_o the_o great_a booty_n worthy_a to_o be_v fight_v for_o especial_o over_o such_o break_a sea_n that_o be_v yet_o terrible_a in_o the_o best_a season_n to_o the_o best_a of_o our_o boat_n and_o the_o stout_a of_o seaman_n be_v leave_v to_o be_v consider_v by_o man_n judicious_a or_o disintere_v in_o any_o measure_n especial_o see_v they_o behove_v to_o return_v in_o the_o wintertime_n for_o it_o be_v presume_v they_o fight_v all_o summer_n and_o even_o then_o they_o have_v not_o the_o choose_n of_o their_o own_o fair_a wether_n but_o have_v just_a reason_n to_o be_v afraid_a that_o they_o will_v be_v chase_v away_o as_o robber_n usual_o be_v and_o as_o the_o bishop_n of_o st._n asaph_n assert_v they_o oftentime_o be_v but_o as_o all_o this_o be_v absurd_a and_o incredible_a according_a to_o the_o bishop_n of_o st._n asaph_n hypothesis_n so_o it_o be_v most_o consistent_a with_o we_o in_o which_o we_o assert_v that_o the_o scot_n settle_v on_o the_o other_o side_n of_o clyde_n from_o which_o they_o may_v come_v every_o year_n which_o agree_v also_o well_o with_o beda_n saying_n that_o the_o scot_n settle_v ad_fw-la partem_fw-la septentrionalem_fw-la sinus_fw-la acluith_n or_o dumbriton_n a_o narrow_a sea_n and_o call_v one_o part_n of_o the_o mare_n scoticum_n by_o the_o english_a author_n and_o particular_o by_o brit._n holinshed_n and_o initio_fw-la polidore_n as_o by_o our_o 6._o major_n and_o be_v so_o design_v in_o the_o form_n of_o hold_v circuit_n as_o be_v clear_a by_o the_o 4_o chap._n of_o the_o law_n of_o king_n malcom_n 2._o and_o by_o 5_o act_n p._n 3._o i._o 2d_o and_o since_o in_o the_o say_a law_n of_o malcom_n 2._o who_o reign_v anno_fw-la 1004._o the_o frith_n of_o forth_o be_v call_v mare_fw-la scotiae_fw-la the_o sea_n of_o scotland_n and_o that_o be_v mention_v as_o a_o law_n in_o old_a observance_n it_o must_v be_v conclude_v that_o this_o country_n where_o we_o live_v be_v call_v scotland_n long_o before_o the_o year_n 1000_o as_o bishop_n usher_n assert_n for_o since_o tacitus_n and_o beda_n say_v that_o we_o be_v enclose_v by_o that_o sea_n and_o the_o wall_n as_o in_o a_o isle_n it_o seem_v that_o this_o be_v call_v the_o sea_n of_o scotland_n then_o it_o be_v our_o march_n at_o that_o time_n nor_o be_v these_o frith_n improper_o call_v sea_n be_v 40_o mile_n broad_a in_o some_o place_n and_o this_o also_o agree_v with_o our_o being_n transmarini_fw-la or_o on_o the_o other_o side_n of_o the_o sea_n which_o be_v the_o word_n use_v in_o the_o say_a statute_n but_o not_o out_o of_o the_o isle_n and_o it_o be_v strange_a that_o the_o visigoth_n shall_v have_v settle_v in_o france_n and_o spain_n the_o ostrogoth_n in_o italy_n short_o after_o they_o have_v make_v their_o inroad_n and_o yet_o we_o shall_v have_v return_v yearly_a for_o above_o 600_o year_n notwithstanding_o of_o the_o former_a difficulty_n 4_o the_o scot_n come_v over_o to_o this_o isle_n can_v not_o but_o know_v that_o the_o southern_a part_n of_o it_o be_v very_o rich_a and_o the_o people_n there_o very_o cowardly_a even_o to_o admiration_n as_o the_o bishop_n of_o st._n asaph_n himself_o relate_v from_o all_o their_o historian_n and_o there_o be_v place_n enough_o for_o a_o colony_n of_o they_o in_o this_o isle_n or_o else_o how_o can_v they_o have_v plant_v themselves_o after_o when_o the_o pict_n become_v more_o numerous_a and_o both_o the_o scot_n and_o the_o pict_n have_v good_a reason_n to_o expect_v every_o year_n new_a addition_n of_o land_n and_o it_o be_v probable_a that_o our_o ancestor_n be_v a_o colony_n of_o a_o more_o southern_a nation_n stranger_n in_o ireland_n and_o but_o late_o settle_v there_o leave_v their_o confinement_n in_o the_o irish_a isle_n as_o soon_o as_o they_o can_v to_o enlarge_v their_o victory_n and_o possession_n in_o this_o large_a one_o which_o afford_v great_a glory_n how_o then_o can_v it_o be_v imagine_v that_o they_o will_v not_o have_v settle_v a_o colony_n here_o which_o be_v far_o less_o dangerous_a and_o more_o noble_a and_o advantageous_a than_o to_o be_v constant_o rob_v for_o small_a booty_n to_o the_o danger_n of_o their_o life_n but_o that_o they_o fight_v for_o land_n and_o not_o for_o booty_n be_v very_o clear_a not_o only_o from_o
the_o practice_n of_o other_o but_o from_o sabellicus_n 1._o gliscere_fw-la indy_n id_fw-la malum_fw-la augebatur_fw-la duarum_fw-la gentium_fw-la audaciâ_fw-la apparebatque_fw-la brevi_fw-la totam_fw-la insulam_fw-la alienatam_fw-la iri_fw-la nisi_fw-la ejusmodi_fw-la conatibus_fw-la maturé_fw-la iretur_fw-la obviam_fw-la 5._o how_o it_o be_v imaginable_a that_o the_o pict_n find_v themselves_o in_o so_o great_a danger_n from_o the_o roman_n and_o briton_n the_o one_o very_o considerable_a for_o their_o valour_n and_o the_o other_o for_o their_o great_a number_n will_v not_o have_v entreat_v the_o scot_n to_o stay_v constant_o with_o they_o for_o though_o they_o have_v be_v equal_a to_o their_o enemy_n when_o the_o scot_n and_o they_o be_v together_o yet_o they_o can_v not_o be_v but_o much_o more_o inferior_a to_o they_o when_o the_o scot_n leave_v they_o once_o every_o year_n 6._o if_o the_o irish_a have_v constant_o send_v in_o auxiliary_n to_o assist_v against_o the_o roman_n it_o be_v not_o to_o be_v believe_v but_o the_o roman_n will_v have_v resent_v this_o injury_n against_o the_o kingdom_n of_o ireland_n which_o they_o never_o do_v except_o once_o 128._o when_o the_o irish_a give_v the_o scots_a supply_n endeavour_v to_o re-establish_a themselves_o after_o the_o expulsion_n of_o eugenius_n and_o if_o this_o war_n have_v be_v carry_v on_o by_o the_o kingdom_n of_o ireland_n and_o not_o by_o the_o scot_n in_o scotland_n we_o have_v certain_o hear_v that_o the_o king_n of_o ireland_n have_v be_v mention_v both_o in_o the_o roman_a english_a and_o our_o history_n for_o it_o be_v not_o to_o be_v imagine_v that_o so_o long_o and_o so_o great_a war_n can_v have_v be_v carry_v on_o by_o the_o subject_n without_o the_o consent_n of_o the_o king_n and_o kingdom_n 7._o if_o they_o never_o have_v be_v call_v in_o by_o the_o pict_n to_o stay_v as_o a_o colony_n till_o the_o saxon_n have_v beat_v the_o briton_n who_o have_v late_o call_v they_o in_o to_o their_o assistance_n how_o be_v it_o imaginable_a to_o think_v that_o the_o pict_n will_v have_v call_v they_o in_o as_o auxiliary_n at_o that_o time_n have_v so_o late_o see_v how_o dangerous_a auxiliary_n may_v prove_v especial_o consider_v that_o the_o scot_n have_v be_v use_v many_o hundred_o year_n to_o rob_v as_o the_o bishop_n of_o st._n asaph_n will_v have_v we_o believe_v and_o that_o they_o be_v part_n of_o a_o numerous_a near_o nation_n from_o who_o they_o may_v expect_v sudden_o great_a supply_n or_o that_o they_o will_v have_v not_o only_o run_v this_o risk_a but_o have_v divide_v with_o they_o their_o little_a country_n and_o yet_o not_o have_v employ_v their_o assistance_n for_o the_o end_n for_o which_o they_o call_v they_o in_o for_o the_o bishop_n 37._o tell_v we_o that_o the_o scot_n do_v nothing_o for_o 100_o year_n after_o they_o be_v call_v in_o 8._o it_o can_v be_v deny_v but_o that_o about_o the_o year_n 792_o treatise_n there_o be_v a_o league_n enter_v into_o betwixt_o charles_n the_o great_a call_v charle-maigne_n king_n of_o france_n and_o emperor_n of_o the_o west_n and_o achaius_n king_n of_o scotland_n call_v by_o all_o the_o french_a historian_n the_o famous_a alliance_n in_o which_o the_o king_n of_o scotland_n do_v send_v over_o 4000_o man_n to_o the_o assistance_n of_o charles_n the_o great_a and_o this_o be_v testify_v by_o 791._o aeginardus_fw-la who_o write_v the_o history_n of_o those_o time_n and_o be_v secretary_n to_o charles_n the_o great_a and_o who_o be_v cite_v by_o usher_n at_o which_o time_n the_o king_n of_o scotland_n send_v over_o very_o many_o famous_a learned_a man_n who_o found_v the_o incomparable_a university_n of_o paris_n all_o which_o be_v clear_a by_o clemens_n favin_n in_o his_o theatre_n of_o honour_n and_o utebatur_fw-la paulus_n aemilius_n in_o that_o king_n life_n from_o which_o i_o raise_v two_o argument_n 1._o how_o can_v it_o be_v imagine_v that_o if_o the_o scot_n have_v not_o settle_v in_o a_o colony_n till_o the_o 503_o that_o their_o king_n can_v have_v be_v so_o famous_a that_o in_o about_o 280_o year_n time_n this_o small_a colony_n which_o the_o bishop_n of_o st._n asaph_n represent_v to_o have_v be_v but_o pilfer_v barbarous_a robber_n will_v have_v become_v so_o famous_a that_o charles_n the_o great_a than_o emperor_n of_o all_o the_o western_a world_n will_v have_v enter_v into_o a_o league_n with_o they_o especial_o since_o they_o have_v not_o for_o 100_o year_n after_o their_o settlement_n do_v any_o memorable_a action_n 38._o as_o the_o bishop_n of_o st._n asaph_n allege_v 2._o if_o our_o king_n and_o nation_n have_v only_o then_o dalrieda_n or_o the_o kingdom_n of_o argile_n as_o the_o bishop_n contend_v how_o can_v this_o prince_n of_o argile_n which_o be_v after_o all_o improvement_n but_o a_o earldom_n have_v be_v worthy_a not_o only_o of_o the_o alliance_n of_o the_o great_a emperor_n of_o the_o west_n but_o to_o be_v able_a to_o send_v 4000_o man_n especial_o have_v such_o dangerous_a enemy_n at_o home_n and_o be_v himself_o but_o a_o stranger_n new_o enter_v into_o a_o foreign_a island_n and_o live_v in_o a_o small_a part_n of_o the_o isle_n with_o the_o pict_n the_o more_o powerful_a and_o ancient_a possessor_n and_o that_o there_o be_v 4000_o man_n send_v by_o virtue_n of_o that_o league_n be_v clear_a not_o only_o from_o verimundus_fw-la out_o of_o who_o 2d_o book_n chamber_n cite_v the_o whole_a league_n 1609._o but_o by_o sansovin_n a_o italian_a who_o write_v the_o history_n of_o the_o douglassii_fw-la or_o scoti_n who_o he_o derive_v from_o william_n douglas_n who_o be_v lieutenant_n at_o that_o time_n to_o prince_n william_n brother_n to_o achaius_n for_o which_o sansovin_n cite_v another_o viz._n vmberto_n locato_fw-la more_o ancient_a than_o himself_o piacenza_fw-it and_o this_o be_v so_o far_o acknowledge_v by_o the_o french_a king_n that_o upon_o it_o we_o get_v very_o great_a privilege_n in_o france_n and_o all_o the_o herald_n in_o europe_n acknowledge_v that_o the_o double_a tressure_n be_v the_o badge_n of_o that_o alliance_n 9_o how_o can_v it_o be_v conceive_v that_o the_o scot_n can_v in_o so_o short_a a_o time_n after_o their_o settlement_n have_v be_v able_a without_o any_o help_n to_o extirpate_v the_o pict_n who_o must_v be_v presume_v to_o have_v be_v very_o strong_a have_v be_v so_o long_o settle_v in_o this_o isle_n and_o have_v possess_v in_o effect_n all_o that_o we_o have_v now_o benorth_n forth_o except_o the_o shire_n of_o argyle_n if_o we_o believe_v the_o bishop_n of_o st._n asaph_n our_o tradition_n be_v fortify_v and_o the_o former_a authority_n cite_v by_o we_o be_v clear_v from_o the_o receive_a law_n of_o our_o nation_n for_o first_o all_o our_o history_n bear_v 97._o that_o after_o king_n fergus_n '_o s_o death_n the_o nobility_n find_v his_o son_n too_o young_a and_o the_o war_n in_o which_o they_o be_v engage_v very_o dangerous_a they_o declare_v that_o the_o uncle_n shall_v govern_v which_o custom_n continue_v till_o it_o occasion_v many_o bloody_a civil_a war_n betwixt_o the_o uncle_n and_o nephew_n and_o therefore_o 190._o be_v just_o abrogate_a by_o a_o parliament_n hold_v by_o kenneth_n the_o three_o which_o kenneth_n the_o three_o reign_v anno_fw-la 970._o and_o it_o be_v very_o ridiculous_a to_o think_v that_o since_o these_o matter_n of_o fact_n be_v true_a viz._n that_o there_o be_v bloody_a civil_a war_n betwixt_o the_o uncle_n and_o the_o nephew_n and_o that_o all_o this_o have_v be_v much_o debate_v in_o posterior_n parliament_n betwixt_o such_o as_o be_v for_o the_o crown_n and_o such_o as_o be_v for_o popular_a election_n without_o ever_o controvert_v the_o truth_n of_o the_o matter_n of_o fact_n and_o long_o before_o we_o can_v have_v any_o apprehension_n of_o such_o a_o debate_n as_o this_o and_o so_o that_o all_o this_o be_v a_o mere_a fiction_n calculate_v for_o maintain_v a_o antiquity_n which_o be_v never_o controvert_v it_o can_v as_o little_a be_v deny_v that_o there_o be_v law_n relate_v to_o the_o merchetae_fw-la mulierum_fw-la since_o many_o of_o our_o old_a charter_n relate_v to_o they_o and_o discharge_v of_o they_o be_v incorporate_v in_o our_o charter_n and_o which_o style_n be_v a_o part_n of_o our_o old_a and_o traditional_a law_n these_o merchetae_fw-la mulierum_fw-la be_v thereafter_o abrogate_a by_o king_n malcom_n canmor_n law_n many_o hundred_o year_n before_o the_o start_n of_o this_o debate_n and_o that_o there_o be_v such_o law_n be_v also_o acknowledge_v not_o only_o by_o baker_n and_o other_o within_o the_o isle_n but_o even_o by_o solinus_n and_o jerome_n etc._n etc._n uxoret_fw-la and_o that_o these_o law_n be_v make_v by_o evenus_n the_o three_o who_o live_v twelve_o year_n before_o christ_n be_v a_o part_n of_o the_o same_o tradition_n and_o so_o can_v but_o be_v believe_v since_o law_n be_v one_o of_o the_o probabl_a
multitude_n of_o english_a writer_n cite_v by_o bishop_n usher_n who_o derive_v his_o birth_n from_o greece_n and_o describe_v the_o particular_a action_n of_o his_o life_n and_o his_o martyrdom_n with_o which_o also_o the_o modern_a english_a writer_n agree_v as_o 58._o baleus_n holinsh_v speed_v all_o which_o english_a and_o thousand_o of_o other_o testimony_n do_v far_o weigh_v down_o bishop_n vsher_n conjecture_n that_o amphibalus_fw-la be_v not_o a_o man_n but_o a_o vestiment_n from_o the_o silence_n of_o gildas_n beda_n the_o martyrology_n and_o breviaries_n of_o salisbury_n and_o jeffrey_n who_o do_v not_o mention_v he_o for_o gildas_n can_v not_o mention_v he_o write_v concern_v the_o conquest_n and_o destruction_n of_o britain_n beda_n tell_v the_o passage_n relative_a to_o st._n alban_n and_o albeit_o he_o name_v he_o not_o in_o the_o dioclesian_n persecution_n yet_o he_o tell_v that_o many_o more_o suffer_v than_o the_o three_o he_o name_v we_o have_v not_o see_v the_o martyrology_n and_o breviaries_n nor_o do_v it_o import_v whether_o they_o mention_v he_o or_o not_o and_o it_o be_v not_o so_o much_o to_o be_v wonder_v at_o that_o some_o english_a writer_n do_v not_o mention_v he_o as_o that_o he_o be_v mention_v by_o so_o many_o see_v he_o be_v a_o greek_a and_o a_o bishop_n in_o the_o remote_a isle_n of_o britain_n and_o in_o all_o likelihood_n will_v have_v be_v bury_v under_o silence_n have_v it_o not_o be_v for_o that_o passage_n with_o st._n alban_n my_o last_o argument_n for_o confirm_v our_o history_n shall_v be_v that_o the_o best_a critic_n historian_n and_o antiquary_n of_o other_o nation_n who_o have_v occasion_n to_o mention_v our_o history_n and_o particular_o the_o great_a baronius_n scaliger_n salmasius_n lipsius_n carolus_n sigonius_n favinus_fw-la selden_n and_o other_o of_o the_o first_o rank_n too_o many_o to_o be_v name_v have_v passionate_o defend_v our_o antiquity_n and_o not_o only_o sustain_v but_o praise_v our_o history_n and_o so_o the_o argument_n and_o ground_n whereupon_o i_o have_v proceed_v be_v already_o assert_v by_o the_o best_a judge_n and_o that_o too_o after_o luddus_n publish_v his_o objection_n against_o the_o same_o and_o almost_o the_o very_a same_o objection_n which_o be_v now_o urge_v and_o which_o be_v treat_v with_o great_a contempt_n by_o euseb_n scaliger_n since_o than_o there_o be_v nothing_o now_o urge_v that_o can_v have_v escape_v the_o observation_n of_o these_o learned_a and_o curious_a author_n who_o can_v not_o but_o have_v discover_v as_o soon_o as_o the_o bishop_n of_o st._n asaph_n that_o our_o historian_n do_v not_o mention_v any_o warrant_n which_o be_v write_v in_o the_o time_n or_o do_v contradict_v the_o roman_a history_n or_o one_o another_o i_o admire_v why_o now_o these_o our_o history_n shall_v be_v controvert_v and_o though_o something_o may_v be_v pretend_v if_o my_o lord_n st._n asaph_n do_v in_o this_o book_n produce_v manuscript_n unknown_a to_o those_o learned_a critic_n yet_o can_v they_o have_v be_v so_o blind_a and_o ignorant_a especial_o in_o that_o subtle_a and_o laborious_a age_n wherein_o all_o man_n be_v by_o a_o noble_a emulation_n contend_v who_o shall_v discover_v most_o as_o not_o to_o have_v see_v defect_n which_o if_o they_o have_v be_v real_a they_o have_v be_v obvious_a it_o be_v also_o very_o remarkable_a that_o since_o all_o nation_n be_v emulous_a of_o one_o another_o in_o matter_n of_o antiquity_n yet_o they_o by_o yield_v to_o we_o have_v thereby_o acknowledge_v that_o we_o be_v beyond_o all_o debate_n and_o to_o this_o day_n none_o controvert_v it_o notwithstanding_o of_o all_o the_o pain_n take_v by_o luddus_n cambden_n and_o usher_n further_o than_o to_o gratify_v their_o own_o country_n and_o therefore_o as_o cicero_n argue_v that_o the_o roman_n be_v the_o brave_a because_o every_o nation_n commend_v they_o next_o to_o their_o own_o i_o may_v contend_v that_o we_o be_v the_o most_o ancient_a because_o every_o nation_n confess_v we_o to_o be_v next_o to_o themselves_o in_o antiquity_n i_o shall_v cite_v for_o confirm_v this_o some_o few_o instance_n saxo_n gram._n swaningius_fw-la albertus_n krantzius_n own_o our_o name_n and_o nation_n to_o have_v be_v before_o christ_n though_o after_o the_o dane_n mezeray_v short_o after_o pharamont_n and_o my_o lord_n st._n asaph_n himself_o who_o bring_v we_o in_o but_o 50_o year_n after_o the_o english_a since_o it_o be_v probable_a that_o the_o bishop_n of_o st._n asaph_n and_o i_o will_v not_o agree_v well_o in_o the_o decision_n of_o this_o debate_n be_v it_o not_o just_a that_o we_o shall_v both_o rest_n in_o the_o decision_n of_o learned_a stranger_n who_o understand_v antiquity_n exact_o these_o be_v the_o subject_a matter_n of_o our_o controversy_n and_o where_o can_v we_o find_v more_o qualify_v judge_n than_o those_o great_a antiquary_n who_o i_o have_v name_v but_o yet_o to_o show_v how_o much_o i_o trust_v to_o the_o strength_n of_o that_o truth_n which_o i_o assert_v i_o dare_v appeal_n to_o selden_n that_o englishman_n who_o be_v so_o affectionate_a to_o his_o country_n and_o that_o antiquary_n who_o understand_v best_a of_o all_o mankind_n the_o antiquity_n of_o his_o own_o nation_n and_o even_o to_o he_o also_o in_o his_o mare_fw-la clausum_fw-la write_v for_o the_o defence_n and_o glory_n of_o his_o country_n who_o lib._n 2._o cap._n 8._o maris_fw-la clausi_n have_v these_o word_n speak_v of_o those_o famous_a line_n in_o claudian_n to_o the_o praise_n of_o stilicho_n ind_n caledonio_n velata_fw-la britannia_fw-la monstro_fw-la totam_fw-la cum_fw-la scotus_n jernam_fw-la movit_fw-la &_o infesto_fw-la spumavit_fw-la remige_fw-la tethys_n as_o the_o palm_n and_o the_o river_n tagus_n be_v peculiar_a to_o spain_n as_o the_o ear_n of_o corn_n and_o ivory_n to_o africa_n so_o he_o will_v have_v it_o understand_v that_o the_o province_n of_o britain_n have_v the_o sea_n of_o the_o same_o name_n peculiar_a thereto_o but_o yet_o it_o be_v to_o be_v conceive_v that_o the_o dominion_n of_o the_o roman_n be_v so_o limit_v in_o this_o sea_n according_a to_o their_o possession_n of_o the_o shore_n that_o they_o have_v little_a power_n in_o that_o part_n of_o the_o british_a sea_n which_o border_v upon_o the_o shore_n of_o those_o british_a nation_n who_o be_v not_o under_o their_o obedience_n this_o be_v to_o be_v take_v chief_o of_o the_o irish_a sea_n and_o the_o rest_n that_o lie_v northwest_o for_o when_o the_o roman_a empire_n begin_v to_o decline_v not_o only_o in_o ireland_n but_o in_o the_o isle_n of_o man_n also_o and_o the_o other_o isle_n of_o the_o western_a sea_n and_o a_o great_a portion_n of_o the_o more_o northerly_a part_n of_o britain_n be_v possess_v by_o the_o scot_n and_o pict_n so_o that_o we_o have_v sufficient_a ground_n to_o conceive_v that_o they_o also_o have_v a_o ancient_a dominion_n of_o their_o own_o in_o the_o neighbour_a sea_n from_o which_o passage_n i_o argue_v thus_o 1._o that_o selden_n consider_v the_o scot_n and_o pict_n as_o nation_n not_o subject_a to_o the_o roman_n gentes_fw-la iis_fw-la viz._n romanis_n minime_fw-la subjacentes_fw-la no_o manner_n of_o way_n subject_n to_o the_o roman_n and_o look_v on_o we_o as_o the_o most_o considerable_a of_o these_o two_o nation_n for_o the_o word_n run_v a_o scotis_n tenebatur_fw-la pictisque_fw-la and_o very_o just_o for_o we_o be_v able_a to_o defend_v they_o while_o they_o be_v just_a to_o we_o and_o to_o extirpate_v they_o when_o they_o become_v enemy_n 2._o this_o great_a antiquary_n assert_n that_o the_o scot_n and_o pict_n possess_v not_o only_o in_o stilicho_n time_n who_o be_v guardian_n to_o honorius_n and_o so_o live_v about_o anno_fw-la 400_o a_o great_a portion_n of_o the_o northern_a part_n of_o britain_n as_o well_o as_o the_o isle_n of_o man_n and_o the_o rest_n of_o the_o western_a isle_n and_o consequent_o if_o we_o possess_v they_o then_o it_o can_v be_v say_v that_o we_o be_v only_o here_o by_o way_n of_o incursion_n till_o the_o year_n 500_o or_o be_v confine_v to_o argile_n till_o after_o the_o year_n 500_o as_o my_o lord_n st._n asaph_n contend_v 3._o that_o we_o be_v not_o only_o possess_v then_o but_o that_o we_o have_v avitum_fw-la dominium_fw-la ancient_a dominion_n and_o have_v right_o prisco_fw-la jure_fw-la and_o nothing_o be_v so_o inconsistent_a with_o the_o be_v proprietor_n as_o to_o be_v robber_n come_v only_o by_o way_n of_o incursion_n and_o if_o we_o have_v the_o dominion_n of_o our_o sea_n jure_fw-la prisco_fw-la and_o per_fw-la dominium_fw-la avitum_fw-la we_o be_v certain_o ancient_a possessor_n before_o the_o year_n 400_o and_o so_o must_v have_v be_v not_o only_o far_o old_a than_o the_o year_n 500_o but_o even_o to_o have_v be_v prisci_fw-la incolae_fw-la as_o beda_n l._n 1._o c._n 1._o say_v before_o the_o roman_n enter_v this_o isle_n and_o so_o before_o christ._n selden_n also_o
frith_n of_o forth_n and_o clyde_n and_o yet_o he_o confess_v 156._o that_o among_o the_o south-pict_n there_o be_v a_o monastery_n of_o st._n martin_n at_o whit-horn_n found_v by_o st._n ninian_n in_o honour_n of_o that_o saint_n and_o whit-horn_n be_v in_o galloway_n in_o the_o further_a south_n point_n of_o our_o scotland_n near_o eighty_o mile_n besouth_o forth_o and_o himself_o also_o confess_v 83._o whit-horn_n to_o be_v in_o galloway_n the_o four_o objection_n be_v that_o our_o historian_n have_v follow_v jeffrey_n of_o monmoth_n in_o many_o ridiculous_a invention_n which_o be_v pure_o his_o own_o and_o particular_o in_o the_o history_n of_o bassianus_n who_o be_v emperor_n be_v by_o he_o pretend_v to_o have_v be_v kill_v in_o britain_n by_o fulgentius_n which_o though_o buchannan_n do_v not_o exact_o follow_v yet_o he_o still_o make_v bassianus_n to_o have_v be_v a_o roman_a lieutenant_n and_o to_o have_v be_v kill_v in_o britain_n whereas_o it_o appear_v not_o from_o any_o roman_a author_n that_o there_o be_v any_o roman_a lieutenant_n here_o to_o this_o it_o be_v answer_v that_o no_o man_n compare_v our_o history_n with_o jeffrey_n of_o monmouth_n can_v think_v so_o for_o we_o bring_v not_o our_o nation_n from_o brutus_n as_o he_o do_v against_o common_a sense_n and_o though_o jeffrey_n tell_v a_o story_n of_o bassianus_n the_o emperor_n be_v kill_v in_o britain_n which_o contradict_v the_o roman_a story_n yet_o fordon_n do_v express_o say_v 45._o it_o be_v not_o that_o bassianus_n who_o be_v emperor_n but_o a_o captain_n send_v here_o and_o so_o do_v not_o follow_v but_o contradict_v jeffrey_n and_o buchannan_n to_o show_v that_o he_o do_v not_o follow_v he_o and_o he_o understand_v too_o well_o the_o roman_a story_n to_o do_v so_o only_o relate_v that_o there_o be_v a_o bassianus_n kill_v which_o no_o roman_a history_n contradict_v and_o which_o be_v not_o to_o be_v presume_v buchannan_n will_v have_v make_v since_o there_o be_v nothing_o in_o it_o for_o the_o advantage_n of_o his_o nation_n and_o as_o it_o be_v probable_a the_o emperor_n will_v not_o have_v suffer_v carausius_n to_o make_v such_o great_a preparation_n without_o send_v a_o considerable_a captain_n especial_o since_o eutropius_n tell_v that_o after_o many_o war_n attempt_v with_o carausius_n he_o at_o last_o conclude_v to_o send_v a_o captain_n against_o he_o without_o name_v who_o that_o captain_n be_v it_o be_v a_o hard_a thing_n therefore_o to_o conclude_v so_o great_a author_n be_v forger_n because_o they_o condescend_v not_o upon_o a_o author_n for_o every_o indifferent_a circumstance_n and_o the_o treble_a notitia_fw-la imperii_fw-la be_v so_o far_o from_o have_v take_v notice_n of_o every_o lieutenant_n in_o a_o legion_n that_o i_o can_v prove_v by_o many_o text_n of_o the_o civil_a law_n that_o even_o consul_n themselves_o have_v be_v forget_v when_o they_o be_v only_o choose_v to_o succeed_v to_o those_o who_o die_v during_o their_o consulship_n but_o the_o great_a objection_n use_v by_o the_o bishop_n against_o our_o antiquity_n lie_v in_o the_o four_o §_o of_o the_o bishop_n first_o chapter_n wherein_o he_o assert_n that_o ireland_n be_v people_v by_o the_o scot_n and_o be_v the_o only_a scotland_n before_o these_o time_n viz._n before_o the_o year_n 503_o and_o in_o the_o 5_o §_o that_o there_o be_v no_o scot_n in_o britain_n before_o the_o say_a year_n 300._o and_o in_o the_o 6_o and_o 8_o §_o that_o the_o scot_n betwixt_o the_o 300_o and_o 500_o year_n be_v indeed_o here_o but_o not_o settle_v and_o only_o by_o way_n of_o incursion_n and_o in_o the_o 9th_o §_o he_o assert_n that_o about_o the_o year_n 500_o they_o first_o settle_v here_o and_o erect_v the_o kingdom_n of_o argile_n and_o in_o the_o 12_o and_o 13_o §_o he_o assert_n that_o after_o the_o year_n 900_o we_o get_v the_o rest_n of_o the_o country_n and_o then_o only_o it_o come_v to_o be_v call_v scotland_n for_o clear_v all_o these_o mistake_v without_o partiality_n or_o humour_n i_o shall_v sum_v up_o my_o answer_n in_o these_o distinct_a proposition_n first_o it_o be_v undeniable_a in_o itself_o and_o acknowledge_v by_o our_o adversary_n that_o the_o first_o special_a name_n under_o which_o ireland_n be_v know_v be_v jerna_n among_o the_o 2._o greek_n and_o hibernia_n among_o the_o latin_n both_o of_o which_o be_v as_o i_o say_v acknowledge_v by_o invenimus_fw-la bishop_n usher_v himself_o my_o second_o position_n be_v that_o before_o the_o year_n 300_o there_o be_v no_o foreign_a author_n produce_v by_o either_o nation_n that_o mention_n scotia_n scoti_n or_o scoticae_fw-la gentes_fw-la except_o seneca_n who_o mention_n the_o scoto-brigantes_a and_o florus_n the_o scoticae_fw-la pruinae_fw-la and_o hegisippus_n who_o mention_n scotia_n and_o porphyry_n who_o mention_n scoticae_n gentes_fw-la and_o though_o i_o have_v prove_v former_o all_o these_o author_n and_o passage_n to_o be_v genuine_a and_o applicable_a to_o we_o alone_o yet_o though_o they_o be_v only_o spurious_a author_n or_o the_o conjectural_a readins_n of_o new_a critic_n as_o bishop_n 728._o usher_n who_o my_o lord_n st._n asaph_n follow_v allege_v 4._o porphyry_n only_o except_v who_o testimony_n be_v admit_v by_o he_o to_o be_v in_o the_o three_o century_n it_o clear_o follow_v that_o my_o lord_n st._n asaph_n have_v without_o sufficient_a warrant_n assert_v in_o the_o forementioned_a place_n that_o ireland_n be_v call_v scotland_n before_o the_o year_n 300_o he_o admit_v no_o author_n for_o this_o save_v porphyry_n who_o book_n he_o acknowledge_v not_o to_o be_v extant_a but_o to_o be_v only_o cite_v by_o jerom_n who_o live_v long_o after_o the_o year_n 300._o 3._o my_o chief_a design_n in_o this_o book_n be_v not_o to_o debate_v the_o antiquity_n of_o the_o name_n of_o scotia_n or_o scoti_n but_o only_o when_o we_o first_o settle_v under_o king_n in_o this_o isle_n and_o consequent_o though_o archbishop_n usher_n and_o the_o bishop_n of_o st._n asaph_n can_v prove_v that_o the_o word_n scotia_n and_o scoti_n be_v not_o know_v the_o first_o 300_o year_n except_o in_o porphyry_n yet_o that_o can_v prove_v that_o we_o be_v not_o settle_v here_o before_o that_o time_n for_o it_o be_v undeniable_a that_o many_o nation_n have_v have_v peculiar_a name_n before_o those_o name_n can_v be_v find_v in_o history_n as_o scaliger_n very_o well_o prove_v and_o they_o can_v not_o be_v know_v in_o history_n till_o other_o nation_n have_v commerce_n with_o they_o and_o write_v of_o they_o which_o be_v a_o thing_n very_o accidental_a and_o foreigner_n do_v ofttimes_o design_v nation_n by_o appellative_n which_o they_o themselves_o invent_v and_o it_o be_v assert_v by_o bp_o usher_n that_o the_o scot_n inhabit_v ireland_n long_o before_o the_o year_n 300_o though_o till_o then_o he_o can_v give_v a_o author_n for_o that_o word_n and_o who_o can_v deny_v that_o the_o pict_n live_v long_o here_o before_o eumenius_n who_o first_o mention_v they_o and_o live_v long_o after_o porphyry_n who_o mention_n the_o scot_n and_o it_o be_v very_o observable_a that_o to_o this_o day_n neither_o the_o irish_a nor_o we_o be_v call_v scot_n in_o the_o true_a irish_a language_n for_o they_o call_v their_o own_o countryman_n erenach_n from_o the_o word_n jerna_n or_o ibernia_n and_o we_o albanach_n from_o albion_n and_o albania_n which_o also_o clear_v that_o we_o get_v that_o name_n long_o before_o julius_n caesar_n time_n since_o before_o that_o time_n the_o word_n albion_a be_v run_v into_o desuetude_n and_o be_v succeed_v to_o by_o the_o more_o know_a name_n of_o britannia_n and_o these_o origination_n be_v the_o more_o confirm_v that_o to_o this_o day_n the_o same_o irish_a and_o our_o highlander_n know_v no_o other_o name_n to_o the_o english_a save_v sassanach_n because_o of_o saxony_n from_o which_o they_o come_v as_o they_o call_v we_o albanach_n to_o distinguish_v we_o from_o themselves_o from_o the_o country_n to_o which_o we_o come_v which_o may_v give_v we_o likewise_o a_o hint_n how_o by_o name_n without_o history_n most_o ancient_a monument_n of_o antiquity_n may_v be_v preserve_v and_o it_o be_v full_o prove_v before_o that_o time_n we_o be_v know_v in_o this_o country_n under_o the_o name_n of_o 1._o dalreudini_n and_o agricol_n caledonii_n 4._o all_o those_o uncontroverted_a testimony_n that_o make_v first_o mention_n of_o the_o scot_n and_o of_o scotland_n be_v only_o applicable_a to_o we_o such_o as_o claudian_n pacatius_n ammianus_n etc._n etc._n as_o have_v former_o be_v full_o prove_v and_o since_o hegesippus_n be_v the_o first_o author_n produce_v by_o the_o bp_o of_o st._n asaph_n who_o mention_n scotia_n and_o that_o it_o have_v be_v former_o prove_v that_o these_o passage_n relate_v to_o we_o and_o not_o to_o ireland_n it_o follow_v clear_o that_o the_o name_n scotia_n be_v give_v to_o we_o before_o it_o be_v give_v to_o ireland_n or_o
that_o the_o irish_a be_v call_v scoti_n albeit_o it_o be_v admit_v that_o the_o work_v ascribe_v to_o hegesippus_n be_v real_o st._n ambrose_n who_o flourish_v before_o the_o year_n 400._o and_o cambden_n acknowledge_v that_o the_o name_n of_o scotland_n come_v over_o with_o the_o scot_n to_o britain_n cap._n 1._o hibernia_n and_o therefore_o since_o i_o have_v prove_v that_o the_o scot_n come_v over_o before_o julius_n caesar_n time_n it_o follow_v from_o cambden_n that_o the_o name_n of_o scotland_n be_v ascribe_v to_o we_o before_o they_o 5._o though_o it_o be_v true_a and_o acknowledge_v on_o all_o hand_n that_o ireland_n be_v inhabit_v by_o the_o nation_n of_o the_o scot_n as_o be_v write_v by_o orosius_n in_o the_o year_n 417_o and_o that_o it_o be_v true_a that_o our_o colony_n come_v from_o ireland_n as_o beda_n and_o our_o historian_n common_o assert_v and_o that_o thence_o it_o may_v be_v say_v that_o hibernia_n est_fw-la proprie_fw-la scotorum_fw-la patria_fw-la it_o will_v not_o follow_v that_o either_o we_o or_o the_o irish_a be_v call_v scot_n before_o that_o time_n or_o that_o because_o we_o have_v derive_v our_o colony_n from_o the_o irish_a that_o therefore_o we_o have_v derive_v the_o name_n of_o scoti_n from_o they_o but_o on_o the_o contrary_a suppose_v with_o usher_n that_o the_o nomen_fw-la scoticum_n have_v be_v first_o give_v in_o the_o three_o century_n than_o the_o name_n behove_v to_o have_v be_v we_o original_o who_o be_v more_o know_v and_o consider_v in_o the_o world_n than_o they_o because_o of_o the_o honour_n we_o have_v in_o the_o roman_a war_n who_o author_n do_v first_o mention_n scoti_n and_o scotia_n and_o our_o early_a conversion_n to_o the_o christian_a faith_n and_o by_o our_o frequent_a intercourse_n of_o colony_n with_o the_o irish_a as_o about_o the_o time_n of_o fergus_n the_o second_o it_o be_v probable_a we_o do_v communicate_v the_o name_n of_o scoti_n to_o these_o inhabitant_n in_o ireland_n from_o who_o ancestor_n we_o be_v descend_v and_o among_o who_o our_o colony_n that_o be_v return_v settle_v as_o at_o this_o day_n the_o scot_n in_o the_o north_n of_o ireland_n do_v retain_v the_o name_n and_o as_o we_o have_v the_o name_n of_o hibernia_n communicate_v to_o we_o from_o they_o which_o be_v abundant_o clear_v from_o what_o be_v say_v out_o of_o eumenius_n and_o gildas_n so_o that_o these_o name_n of_o hiberni_n and_o scoti_n have_v become_v common_a to_o both_o people_n but_o with_o this_o difference_n that_o as_o the_o irish_a be_v original_o call_v hiberni_n so_o our_o scot_n be_v original_o scoti_n for_o of_o all_o the_o passage_n produce_v by_o archbishop_n usher_n or_o bishop_n of_o st._n asaph_n to_o prove_v the_o irish_a to_o be_v call_v scoti_n that_o of_o orosius_n be_v the_o first_o that_o be_v applicable_a to_o they_o for_o those_o from_o claudian_n ammianus_n pacatius_n and_o hegisippus_n do_v not_o at_o all_o agree_v with_o they_o nor_o yet_o that_o passage_n from_o prosper_n as_o have_v be_v prove_v nor_o these_o from_o gildas_n for_o though_o he_o call_v those_o people_n who_o be_v say_v to_o return_v home_o hiberni_fw-la or_o irish_a yet_o orthodoxogr_n he_o call_v the_o same_o people_n who_o return_v home_o scot_n and_o not_o irish._n and_o the_o action_n to_o which_o these_o passage_n cite_v against_o we_o relate_v be_v uncontroverted_o by_o beda_n gildas_n and_o all_o the_o roman_a author_n applicable_a to_o we_o and_o not_o to_o the_o irish_a be_v the_o three_o vastation_n make_v by_o the_o pict_n and_o we_o in_o the_o british_a territory_n and_o marianus_n who_o the_o bishop_n likewise_o cite_v against_o we_o basu_n do_v express_o apply_v this_o to_o the_o scot_n for_o he_o use_v the_o word_n scoti_n in_o speak_v of_o all_o the_o three_o vastation_n and_o whereas_o gildas_n use_v the_o word_n scoti_n speak_v of_o the_o first_o two_o vastation_n and_o say_v hiberni_fw-la revertuntur_fw-la domum_fw-la speak_v of_o the_o last_o marianus_n repeat_v the_o same_o passage_n say_v scoti_n revertuntur_fw-la domum_fw-la by_o which_o also_o i_o infer_v by_o a_o far_o better_a consequence_n that_o the_o scot_n must_v be_v say_v to_o return_v to_o the_o place_n where_o they_o be_v former_o settle_v but_o so_o it_o be_v that_o the_o place_n where_o the_o scot_n be_v former_o settle_v be_v the_o west_n of_o scotland_n and_o therefore_o when_o they_o return_v home_o they_o return_v not_o to_o ireland_n as_o the_o bp_o of_o st._n asaph_n allege_v but_o to_o our_o northwest_n country_n as_o we_o contend_v for_o the_o word_n in_o gildas_n be_v à _fw-la gircio_fw-la which_o signify_v north-west_n and_o ireland_n lie_v south-west_n from_o grahams-dyke_n near_o which_o these_o action_n be_v do_v but_o argile_n and_o those_o isle_n which_o we_o possess_v lie_v indeed_o north-west_n from_o it_o and_o if_o they_o have_v return_v to_o ireland_n they_o have_v be_v transmarine_a as_o live_v in_o another_o isle_n contrary_a to_o gildas_n own_o express_a assertion_n as_o it_o be_v interpret_v by_o beda_n cap._n 12._o lib._n 2._o 2._o why_o shall_v the_o pict_n and_o scot_n be_v speak_v of_o as_o to_o their_o go_n home_o together_o the_o one_o to_o the_o north_n and_o the_o other_o to_o the_o west_n not_o be_v think_v to_o have_v go_v home_o to_o the_o same_o isle_n since_o different_a isle_n be_v not_o mention_v and_o if_o i_o say_v i_o be_v go_v to_o the_o west_n that_o in_o common_a sense_n can_v only_o be_v understand_v of_o the_o west_n of_o that_o kingdom_n or_o island_n where_o i_o than_o be_v and_o not_o of_o any_o other_o kingdom_n lie_v to_o the_o west_n thereof_o and_o both_o the_o pict_n and_o scot_n be_v equal_o call_v transmarine_a nation_n if_o the_o scot_n go_v out_o of_o the_o isle_n it_o must_v follow_v that_o the_o pict_n leave_v it_o also_o which_o never_o any_o be_v so_o ridiculous_a as_o to_o allege_v by_o all_o which_o it_o clear_o follow_v that_o the_o word_n scoti_n &_o hiberni_n be_v before_o these_o time_n promiscuous_o ascribe_v to_o we_o and_o though_o beda_n may_v speak_v of_o the_o scot_n come_v from_o ireland_n and_o settle_v a_o three_o colony_n in_o britain_n long_o before_o julius_n caesar_n time_n yet_o that_o do_v only_o prove_v the_o antiquity_n of_o the_o settlement_n of_o the_o people_n that_o be_v call_v scoti_n but_o not_o the_o antiquity_n of_o their_o name_n concern_v which_o beda_n be_v not_o treat_v for_o he_o rather_o seem_v to_o insinuate_v the_o contrary_a when_o 1._o he_o say_v aquo_n viz._n duce_fw-mi reuda_n usque_fw-la hodie_fw-la dalreudini_fw-la vocantur_fw-la 6._o the_o passage_n produce_v by_o the_o bp_o of_o st._n asaph_n &_o usher_n for_o prove_v that_o ireland_n be_v call_v scotia_n after_o the_o age_n that_o hegisippus_n or_o ambrose_n live_v in_o and_o within_o the_o 1000_o year_n be_v very_o few_o and_o many_o of_o they_o from_o legendary_a writer_n but_o i_o shall_v glance_v at_o the_o most_o material_a the_o first_o be_v isidor_n hispalensis_n who_o live_v in_o the_o seven_o century_n and_o who_o say_v insulis_fw-la scotia_n eadem_fw-la &_o hibernia_n proxima_fw-la britanniae_fw-la insula_fw-la spatio_fw-la terrarum_fw-la angustior_fw-la sed_fw-la situ_fw-la faecundior_fw-la the_o same_o word_n be_v use_v by_o orosius_n who_o he_o follow_v except_o that_o orosius_n call_v the_o inhabitans_fw-la scoti_n but_o do_v not_o call_v the_o country_n scotia_n but_o hibernia_n so_o that_o orosius_n have_v first_o call_v the_o inhabitant_n of_o ireland_n scoti_n in_o the_o year_n 417_o isidor_n by_o a_o ordinary_a derivation_n call_v their_o country_n scotia_n and_o be_v the_o first_o that_o archbishop_n usher_n or_o the_o bishop_n of_o saint_n asaph_n do_v produce_v to_o prove_v hibernia_n to_o be_v call_v scotia_n and_o be_v in_o the_o year_n 620_o and_o so_o be_v too_o late_o to_o prove_v their_o design_n since_o it_o be_v clear_o prove_v that_o our_o country_n be_v call_v scotia_n in_o st._n ambrose_n time_n even_o by_o their_o own_o concession_n and_o whereas_o the_o same_o isidor_n speak_v of_o ireland_n say_v haec_fw-la est_fw-la proprie_fw-la scotorum_fw-la patria_fw-la beside_o what_o have_v be_v former_o urge_v it_o be_v observable_a that_o the_o word_n proprie_fw-la do_v imply_v as_o if_o it_o may_v have_v be_v just_o doubt_v and_o that_o it_o be_v not_o true_a in_o all_o sense_n especial_o since_o 1._o beda_n use_v the_o very_a same_o expression_n after_o that_o he_o have_v full_o clear_v that_o we_o be_v settle_v here_o long_o before_o that_o time_n and_o therefore_o it_o do_v necessary_o follow_v that_o these_o word_n be_v consistent_a with_o our_o be_v settle_v here_o and_o consequent_o that_o they_o must_v not_o be_v so_o interpret_v as_o to_o infer_v that_o ireland_n be_v the_o place_n where_o we_o than_o live_v but_o only_o the_o place_n from_o which_o we_o come_v and_o such_o as_o understand_v the_o
civil_a law_n the_o best_a standard_n of_o the_o latin_a language_n must_v acknowl_v that_o there_o be_v mum_o patria_fw-la originis_fw-la as_o well_o as_o incolatû_n &_o domicilii_fw-la and_o it_o may_v be_v just_o say_v of_o those_o of_o virgina_n and_o other_o english_a plantation_n that_o anglia_fw-it est_fw-la proprie_fw-la illorum_fw-la patria_fw-la and_o general_o it_o be_v observable_a that_o the_o author_n relate_v both_o to_o we_o and_o they_o do_v first_o call_v the_o people_n scoti_n and_o then_o the_o country_n scotia_n but_o still_o the_o more_o ancient_a author_n call_v we_o scoti_n before_o they_o and_o our_o country_n scotia_n before_o they_o as_o to_o the_o citation_n out_o of_o adamnanus_n in_o vita_fw-la columbae_fw-la and_o beda_n it_o be_v certain_a that_o adamnanus_n be_v late_o publish_v by_o a_o irish_a hand_n as_o appear_v by_o the_o marginal_a note_n the_o publisher_n still_o add_v hibernia_n in_o the_o magin_n where_o scotia_n be_v in_o the_o text._n but_o however_o it_o be_v certain_a that_o adamnanus_n be_v abbot_n of_o hy_o which_o be_v ikolmkil_n among_o the_o scotish_n west_n island_n so_o that_o in_o dubio_fw-la he_o be_v presume_v to_o be_v a_o scots-man_n and_o not_o a_o irish_a and_o balaeus_n and_o other_o positive_o assert_v he_o to_o be_v a_o scots-man_n nor_o be_v there_o any_o reason_n for_o their_o call_v he_o a_o irishman_n but_o because_o all_o author_n who_o speak_v of_o he_o call_v he_o scotus_n and_o to_o assert_v a_o man_n to_o be_v a_o irishman_n because_o he_o be_v call_v scots-man_n be_v rather_o a_o bull_n than_o a_o reason_n but_o because_o he_o be_v mention_v by_o beda_n who_o live_v short_o after_o he_o and_o be_v a_o author_n of_o far_o great_a authority_n what_o i_o shall_v observe_v from_o beda_n will_v serve_v to_o clear_v the_o citation_n out_o of_o both_o and_o first_o beda_n 26._o relate_v that_o ecgfrid_n king_n of_o northumberland_n have_v send_v a_o army_n into_o ireland_n under_o bertus_n he_o waste_v the_o country_n and_o the_o innocent_a people_n and_o the_o next_o year_n have_v send_v a_o army_n to_o waste_v the_o province_n of_o the_o pict_n contrary_a to_o the_o advice_n of_o his_o friend_n and_o of_o st._n cuthbert_n god_n suffer_v that_o army_n to_o be_v destroy_v because_o the_o former_a year_n he_o have_v reject_v their_o advice_n id_fw-la that_o he_o shall_v not_o invade_v scotland_n which_o do_v not_o wrong_v he_o and_o to_o clear_v that_o the_o scotia_n here_o express_v be_v not_o ireland_n he_o add_v ibid._n the_o english_a and_o scots_a who_o abide_v in_o britain_n this_o passage_n as_o well_o as_o the_o other_o which_o i_o have_v cite_v and_o shall_v cite_v prove_v 1._o that_o scotland_n then_o be_v promiscuous_o express_v by_o the_o name_n of_o hibernia_n and_o scotia_n for_o the_o same_o thing_n be_v say_v first_o to_o have_v be_v do_v in_o hibernia_n and_o thereafter_o it_o be_v say_v to_o have_v be_v do_v in_o scotia_n and_o this_o answer_v the_o objection_n hiberni_fw-la revertuntur_fw-la domum_fw-la and_o where_o can_v their_o home_n be_v but_o in_o ireland_n 2._o it_o prove_v that_o this_o our_o country_n be_v call_v scotia_n in_o beda_n time_n and_o so_o long_o before_o the_o year_n 1000_o which_o the_o bishop_n deny_v nor_o can_v it_o be_v prove_v that_o the_o king_n of_o northumberland_n go_v to_o make_v war_n in_o ireland_n nor_o speak_v beda_n of_o any_o war_n with_o ireland_n the_o next_o passage_n from_o beda_n be_v where_o he_o say_v 4._o that_o columbanus_n a_o abbot_n and_o presbyter_n come_v in_o the_o year_n 565_o from_o ireland_n to_o britain_n to_o preach_v the_o word_n of_o god_n to_o the_o province_n of_o the_o north-picts_a and_o convert_v they_o and_o get_v from_o they_o possession_n of_o the_o former_a island_n for_o sound_v a_o monastery_n where_o he_o be_v bury_v out_o of_o which_o monastery_n meaning_n hylas_n many_o other_o monastery_n be_v propagate_v in_o ireland_n and_o britain_n in_o all_o which_o the_o same_o island-monastery_n be_v the_o chief_a and_o he_o take_v notice_n that_o the_o successor_n of_o this_o abbot_n differ_v in_o the_o observation_n of_o easter_n from_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n till_o the_o year_n 716._o and_o thereafter_o he_o say_v that_o 5._o aidan_n be_v send_v from_o this_o island_n for_o instruct_v the_o province_n of_o the_o english_a now_o he_o have_v say_v before_o 3._o aidan_n who_o be_v send_v from_o the_o isle_n which_o be_v call_v hylas_n which_o be_v the_o chief_a of_o the_o scotish_n and_o pictish_a monastery_n and_o belong_v to_o britain_n and_o thereafter_o he_o 26._o say_v that_o colman_n see_v his_o doctrine_n slight_v and_o his_o adherent_n despise_v return_v to_o scotland_n so_o that_o we_o see_v that_o that_o which_o at_o the_o first_o be_v call_v 4._o ireland_n afterward_o be_v call_v ibid._n the_o say_a island_n and_o the_o monastery_n in_o it_o the_o ibid._n island-monastery_n and_o thereafter_o it_o be_v 3._o call_v the_o isle_n of_o hylas_n and_o thereafter_o it_o be_v 26._o call_v scotland_n i_o shall_v cite_v a_o three_o passage_n from_o beda_n where_o speak_v of_o a_o great_a plague_n in_o britain_n he_o add_v 27._o this_o plague_n also_o waste_v ireland_n with_o the_o same_o destruction_n at_o which_o time_n there_o be_v there_o many_o of_o the_o nobility_n and_o commons_o of_o england_n who_o in_o the_o time_n of_o the_o bishop_n finan_n and_o colman_n have_v leave_v their_o own_o native_a island_n for_o the_o great_a convenience_n either_o of_o divine_a study_n or_o a_o more_o strict_a life_n have_v retire_v thither_o all_o who_o the_o scot_n kind_o entertain_v and_o furnish_v with_o all_o thing_n necessary_a and_o give_v they_o free_o meat_n and_o book_n to_o read_v and_o learning_n and_o thereafter_o speak_v of_o egbert_n who_o be_v among_o they_o he_o add_v ibid._n that_o he_o be_v a_o good_a example_n to_o his_o own_o nation_n and_o to_o the_o nation_n of_o the_o pict_n and_o scot_n among_o who_o he_o live_v retire_o by_o which_o passage_n it_o be_v evident_a that_o that_o which_o be_v here_o call_v ireland_n be_v real_o our_o scotland_n first_o because_o it_o be_v say_v they_o come_v from_o england_n upon_o the_o occasion_n of_o finan_n and_o colman_n who_o be_v our_o countryman_n and_o who_o chief_a residence_n be_v the_o isle_n of_o hylas_n or_o icolm-kill_a from_o which_o they_o come_v which_o do_v then_o and_o do_v still_o belong_v to_o we_o only_o and_o which_o the_o bishop_n of_o st._n asaph_n also_o 109._o confess_v and_o then_o because_o in_o their_o monastic_a life_n it_o be_v say_v they_o reside_v among_o the_o scot_n and_o pict_n and_o pertinet_fw-la it_o be_v say_v before_o that_o the_o island_n where_o the_o monastery_n be_v belong_v to_o britain_n but_o for_o further_a clear_v the_o former_a citation_n from_o beda_n i_o shall_v offer_v these_o follow_a consideration_n 1._o that_o beda_n treat_v only_o the_o action_n of_o these_o five_o nation_n that_o do_v inhabit_v britain_n and_o if_o he_o do_v speak_v of_o france_n or_o ireland_n it_o be_v but_o upon_o occasion_n of_o they_o as_o of_o the_o situation_n of_o ireland_n from_o whence_o the_o scot_n come_v or_o of_o some_o monastery_n depend_v upon_o icolm-kill_a which_o perhaps_o be_v situate_v near_o we_o in_o the_o north_n of_o ireland_n and_o therefore_o unless_o all_o these_o passage_n be_v clear_o applicable_a to_o ireland_n they_o must_v be_v understand_v of_o scotland_n 2._o it_o be_v certain_a that_o beda_n in_o the_o begin_n of_o his_o book_n treat_v concern_v the_o scot_n in_o britain_n the_o roman_a war_n with_o they_o and_o palladius_n be_v send_v to_o they_o it_o necessary_o follow_v that_o the_o rest_n of_o the_o book_n mention_v the_o scot_n or_o that_o part_n of_o the_o isle_n possess_v by_o they_o be_v to_o be_v understand_v of_o we_o whether_o the_o country_n be_v call_v hibernia_n or_o scotia_n or_o we_o hiberni_n or_o scoti_n especial_o since_o beda_n mention_n a_o king_n call_v aidan_n and_o 152._o we_o have_v a_o king_n of_o that_o name_n in_o that_o time_n which_o the_o irish_a can_v pretend_v beda_n treat_v also_o concern_v the_o abbot_n of_o hylas_n which_o be_v icolm-kill_a as_o be_v clear_a by_o that_o passage_n 10._o where_o he_o say_v columba_n founder_n of_o the_o monastery_n in_o the_o isle_n of_o hylas_n venerable_a to_o the_o scot_n and_o pict_n which_o by_o a_o compound_a name_n from_o columba_n and_o cell_n be_v call_v icolm-kill_a and_o that_o the_o monk_n send_v from_o this_o monastery_n or_o island_n be_v the_o converter_n of_o the_o north-saxons_a and_o the_o first_o bishop_n of_o lindasfern_n or_o holy-island_n predecessor_n of_o the_o bishop_n of_o durham_n 3._o he_o make_v frequent_a mention_n of_o little_a island_n which_o never_o do_v belong_v to_o ireland_n but_o to_o sotland_n and_o be_v still_o call_v hebrides_n and_o so_o
as_o the_o chief_a of_o these_o isle_n where_o the_o abbot_n reside_v the_o record_n be_v keep_v and_o the_o king_n be_v bury_v may_v probable_o be_v call_v insula_fw-la hiberniae_fw-la or_o hibernia_n and_o that_o scotia_n may_v be_v the_o ordinary_a name_n to_o all_o that_o part_n of_o the_o isle_n of_o britain_n benorth_n the_o river_n of_o clyde_n so_o that_o the_o go_v from_o hiberniâ_fw-la or_o scotiâ_fw-la in_fw-la britanniam_fw-la be_v nothing_o but_o the_o go_n to_o the_o other_o side_n of_o clyde_n 12._o by_o which_o and_o graham's-dyke_n that_o part_n of_o the_o isle_n be_v distinguish_v from_o the_o rest_n as_o if_o it_o have_v be_v a_o distinct_a island_n 4._o the_o great_a controversy_n at_o that_o time_n be_v about_o the_o keep_n of_o easter_n laurentius_n mellitus_n and_o justus_n bishop_n do_v write_v a_o letter_n to_o we_o of_o the_o follow_a tenor._n 14._o laurentius_n mellitus_n and_o justus_n bishop_n servant_n of_o all_o the_o servant_n of_o god_n to_o our_o dear_a brethren_n the_o bishop_n and_o abbot_n through_o all_o scotland_n whileas_o the_o apostolic_a sea_n according_a to_o the_o custom_n it_o have_v observe_v in_o the_o rest_n of_o the_o world_n do_v send_v we_o to_o preach_v the_o gospel_n unto_o the_o heathen_n in_o these_o western_a part_n and_o that_o it_o happen_v to_o we_o to_o come_v into_o this_o isle_n which_o be_v call_v britain_n we_o hold_v in_o religious_a reverence_n both_o the_o scot_n and_o briton_n believe_v that_o they_o do_v walk_v after_o the_o custom_n of_o the_o universal_a church_n but_o after_o we_o have_v know_v the_o briton_n we_o judge_v the_o scot_n to_o be_v the_o better_o mind_v yet_o now_o we_o perceive_v by_o dagamus_n the_o bishop_n who_o be_v come_v hither_o and_o by_o columbanus_n the_o abbot_n in_o france_n that_o the_o scot_n differ_v nothing_o in_o their_o observation_n from_o the_o briton_n for_o dagamus_n be_v here_o refuse_v not_o only_o to_o eat_v with_o we_o but_o even_o to_o stay_v in_o the_o same_o inn_n or_o lodging_n now_o that_o this_o be_v only_o applicable_a to_o we_o and_o not_o to_o the_o scot_n in_o ireland_n the_o subject_n do_v prove_v be_v exhortatory_n letter_n to_o conform_v in_o the_o observation_n of_o easter_n wherein_o the_o british_a scot_n who_o follow_v columba_n differ_v from_o the_o roman_a church_n 2._o the_o letter_n be_v write_v to_o the_o scot_n and_o relate_v to_o other_o letter_n write_v to_o the_o briton_n in_o the_o same_o isle_n and_o who_o need_v the_o same_o exhortation_n and_o it_o be_v to_o be_v remember_v that_o usher_n general_o conclude_v that_o where_o the_o scot_n and_o briton_n be_v mention_v in_o conjunction_n by_o scot_n there_o be_v to_o be_v understand_v the_o british_a scot_n 3._o irish_a camerarius_fw-la cite_v georgius_n newton_n who_o about_o the_o year_n 1500_o be_v then_o archdeacon_n of_o dumblain_n do_v write_v the_o act_n of_o that_o church_n and_o relate_v that_o he_o have_v see_v the_o antographum_fw-la of_o that_o letter_n among_o the_o record_n of_o that_o church_n and_o so_o it_o must_v necessary_o have_v be_v write_v to_o the_o scot_n in_o britain_n else_o it_o have_v not_o be_v in_o the_o custody_n of_o our_o churchman_n and_o at_o dumblain_n i_o can_v produce_v many_o other_o citation_n to_o prove_v scotland_n to_o have_v be_v call_v hibernia_n in_o those_o age_n but_o it_o be_v sufficient_a to_o add_v to_o these_o unanswerable_a proof_n already_o produce_v the_o authority_n of_o the_o roman_a martyrology_n whereinis_fw-la sanetus_fw-la beanus_n be_v design_v episcopus_fw-la aberdoniae_n in_o hibernia_n at_o the_o 16_o of_o december_n to_o which_o vardaeus_fw-la a_o irishman_n in_o vita_fw-la rumoldi_n answer_v that_o there_o may_v have_v be_v a_o place_n in_o ireland_n call_v aberdeen_n because_o aber_n be_v a_o irish_a word_n signify_v a_o marish_a and_o there_o be_v a_o town_n call_v down_n in_o ireland_n situate_v near_o a_o marish_a a_o pretty_a witticism_n indeed_o especial_o as_o he_o propose_v the_o objection_n and_o answer_v the_o same_o as_o you_o may_v see_v upon_o the_o margin_n 380._o but_o to_o take_v off_o all_o debate_n beanus_n be_v name_v in_o our_o chartulary_n as_o well_o as_o history_n as_o the_o first_o bishop_n of_o aberdeen_n and_o the_o mortification_n grant_v to_o he_o by_o our_o king_n malcom_n second_o in_o the_o year_n 1010_o of_o the_o land_n of_o murthlack_a clove_v and_o dounm_v be_v yet_o extant_a and_o his_o tomb_n be_v yet_o to_o be_v see_v in_o the_o cathedral_n of_o aberdeen_n at_o the_o postern_n door_n of_o the_o church_n to_o the_o former_a passage_n i_o must_v also_o add_v that_o albeit_o our_o country_n be_v promiscuous_o call_v scotia_n and_o hibernia_n as_o have_v be_v prove_v yet_o scotia_n even_o in_o that_o time_n be_v the_o more_o frequent_a name_n of_o our_o country_n and_o which_o to_o keep_v close_o to_o beda_n appear_v for_o when_o he_o speak_v of_o the_o isle_n hylas_n to_o which_o the_o former_a citation_n chief_o relate_v and_o which_o be_v the_o place_n of_o our_o country_n in_o which_o his_o history_n be_v ecclesiastic_a be_v chief_o concern_v as_o be_v then_o one_o of_o if_o not_o the_o most_o famous_a monastery_n in_o the_o western_a world_n he_o express_v it_o to_o be_v in_o scotia_n as_o where_o he_o tell_v that_o 21._o ceollach_n of_o the_o nation_n of_o the_o scot_n leave_v his_o bishopric_n in_o england_n return_v to_o hylas_n where_o the_o scot_n have_v their_o chief_a monastery_n and_o thereafter_o he_o tell_v that_o 24._o the_o same_o ceollach_n have_v leave_v his_o bishopric_n return_v to_o scotland_n and_o the_o same_o 16._o beda_n write_v of_o adamnanus_n call_v he_o abbot_n and_o presbyter_n of_o the_o monk_n that_o be_v in_o the_o monastery_n of_o hy._n and_o mention_v the_o same_o adamnanus_n 22._o he_o tell_v that_o he_o return_v to_o scotland_n after_o his_o embassy_n in_o england_n and_o how_o can_v it_o be_v deny_v that_o hylas_n be_v in_o scotland_n since_o beda_n call_v it_o scotland_n and_o say_v that_o it_o belong_v to_o britain_n and_o be_v by_o all_o geographer_n name_v one_o of_o our_o hebrides_n and_o lie_v local_o within_o our_o country_n and_o be_v one_o of_o the_o first_o place_n which_o we_o plant_v and_o far_o remote_a from_o ireland_n than_o kintire_n and_o other_o of_o our_o island_n and_o in_o which_o our_o king_n be_v bury_v and_o our_o record_n keep_v to_o conclude_v this_o proposition_n i_o shall_v add_v these_o reflection_n 1._o that_o it_o be_v not_o so_o easy_a for_o the_o bishop_n of_o st._n asaph_n to_o explicate_v himself_o as_o to_o these_o passage_n concern_v scotia_n and_o scoti_n and_o to_o make_v they_o signify_v ireland_n and_o irish_a since_o the_o 500_o year_n as_o before_o for_o admit_v that_o the_o term_n be_v ancient_o applicable_a to_o ireland_n and_o that_o the_o scot_n when_o mention_v here_o be_v but_o by_o invasion_n from_o ireland_n yet_o it_o be_v acknowledge_v that_o after_o the_o year_n 500_o we_o be_v settle_v here_o it_o follow_v that_o when_o scotia_n and_o scoti_n be_v mention_v in_o relation_n to_o british_a affair_n and_o in_o conjunction_n with_o the_o inhabitans_fw-la of_o britain_n they_o must_v be_v understand_v of_o we_o and_o our_o country_n 2._o beda_n mention_v our_o country_n to_o be_v call_v scotia_n as_o well_o as_o hibernia_n from_o columba_n time_n to_o his_o own_o it_o be_v not_o only_o a_o evidence_n that_o it_o be_v so_o call_v in_o that_o time_n but_o that_o the_o name_n have_v not_o be_v then_o first_o give_v otherwise_o he_o can_v not_o have_v be_v ignorant_a of_o the_o change_n nor_o will_v he_o have_v fail_v to_o remark_n it_o so_o that_o we_o may_v reasonable_o conclude_v in_o his_o sense_n the_o name_n of_o scotia_n be_v as_o ancient_a in_o britain_n as_o the_o time_n he_o mention_n the_o settlement_n war_n and_o religion_n of_o the_o scot_n there_o 3._o it_o be_v evident_a that_o the_o bp_o of_o st._n asaph_n 9_o proposition_n be_v faulty_a viz._n that_o when_o we_o settle_v here_o after_o the_o year_n 500_o our_o kingdom_n be_v call_v argyle_n or_o dalrieda_n for_o if_o this_o have_v be_v true_a this_o name_n be_v so_o recent_a can_v not_o but_o have_v be_v notice_v and_o use_v by_o gildas_n and_o beda_n and_o yet_o it_o be_v never_o so_o much_o as_o once_o mention_v by_o either_o of_o they_o though_o beda_n upon_o the_o occasion_n of_o the_o monastery_n of_o hylas_n or_o icolm-kill_a and_o of_o the_o bishop_n send_v thence_o to_o england_n do_v frequent_o mention_v the_o names_n hibernia_n and_o scotia_n and_o that_o st._n asaph_n 8._o do_v not_o controvert_v but_o that_o these_o bishop_n be_v send_v from_o our_o isle_n of_o icolm-kill_a to_o england_n 4._o we_o may_v observe_v how_o warrantable_a 734._o archbishop_n vsher_n position_n repeat_v by_o the_o bishop_n of_o st._n asaph_n
thereof_o wherein_o i_o shall_v vindicate_v the_o right_n and_o dignity_n of_o our_o country_n and_o assert_v these_o worthy_a person_n controvert_v to_o be_v we_o i_o shall_v not_o insist_v much_o against_o stanihurst_n he_o be_v solid_o confute_v by_o 3._o camerarius_fw-la and_o with_o that_o severity_n by_o dempster_n that_o his_o nephew_n bishop_n usher_n as_o the_o duke_n of_o lauderdail_n remark_v in_o some_o judicious_a reflection_n of_o his_o upon_o this_o occasion_n do_v high_o resent_v it_o and_o in_o this_o matter_n have_v exceed_v his_o usual_a temperament_n and_o moderation_n and_o yet_o stanihurst_n never_o speak_v injurious_o of_o our_o nation_n for_o though_o he_o mistake_v many_o thing_n and_o apply_v they_o to_o his_o own_o country_n yet_o it_o appear_v to_o be_v rather_o of_o design_n to_o magnify_v it_o than_o injure_v we_o for_o he_o acknowlede_v ingenuous_o video_fw-la that_o he_o do_v not_o clear_o see_v from_o what_o time_n the_o name_n of_o scotland_n commence_v and_o though_o thereafter_o he_o tax_v boethius_n upon_o the_o subject_a of_o gathelus_n and_o scota_n and_o that_o he_o mix_v fable_n and_o vain_a glory_n with_o his_o history_n yet_o he_o neither_o disapprove_v of_o buchannan_n nor_o follow_v he_o luddus_n both_o of_o who_o he_o cite_v and_o who_o be_v immediate_o before_o he_o his_o book_n be_v print_v at_o antwerp_n in_o the_o year_n 1584._o in_o his_o appendix_n also_o comment_v upon_o giraldus_n cambrensis_fw-la a_o welshman_n and_o scretary_n to_o king_n henry_n 2d_o of_o england_n and_o flourish_v before_o the_o end_n of_o the_o 12_o century_n he_o translate_v cambrensis_fw-la who_o describe_v ireland_n by_o the_o name_n of_o hibernia_n and_o make_v frequent_a mention_n of_o our_o country_n under_o the_o name_n of_o scotia_n as_o when_o he_o speak_v of_o the_o extent_n of_o ireland_n he_o say_v as_o stanihurst_n interpret_v it_o that_o 223._o it_o be_v equal_a in_o largeness_n to_o wales_n and_o scotland_n and_o elsewhere_o he_o say_v that_o 245._o scotland_n be_v call_v the_o north_n part_n of_o the_o isle_n of_o britain_n and_o afterward_o he_o tell_v the_o story_n of_o moreds_n six_o son_n and_o that_o from_o they_o the_o inhabitant_n of_o the_o north_n part_n of_o britain_n 19_o by_o a_o specific_a word_n be_v call_v the_o scotish_n nation_n and_o stanihurst_n in_o his_o annotation_n on_o these_o two_o chapter_n contend_v that_o before_o st._n patrick_n time_n our_o country_n be_v call_v scotia_n and_o bring_v for_o proof_n st._n jerome_n who_o assert_n that_o the_o scot_n be_v gens_n britannica_fw-la but_o with_o great_a concern_v he_o vindicate_v we_o from_o the_o calumny_n of_o eat_v man_n flesh_n and_o for_o our_o antiquity_n he_o cite_v beda_n who_o say_v that_o sub_fw-la deuce_fw-la rendâ_fw-la we_o make_v a_o three_o nation_n in_o britain_n so_o that_o we_o see_v that_o neither_o the_o welsh_a in_o giraldus_n time_n nor_o the_o irish_a in_o stanihurst_n time_n have_v the_o opinion_n of_o our_o late_a settlement_n and_o that_o our_o country_n be_v not_o call_v scotia_n for_o 1000_o year_n after_o christ_n which_o their_o successor_n luddus_n cambden_n usher_n and_o st._n asaph_n have_v have_v and_o the_o irish_a in_o those_o day_n take_v a_o far_o better_a way_n for_o advance_v their_o own_o interest_n in_o do_v we_o justice_n since_o from_o all_o the_o considerable_a action_n we_o do_v there_o do_v arise_v a_o measure_n of_o that_o honour_n to_o they_o from_o who_o country_n we_o come_v as_o a_o colony_n whereas_o since_o they_o be_v influence_v by_o stranger_n they_o have_v suffer_v themselves_o to_o be_v impose_v upon_o so_o as_o to_o lessen_v our_o true_a merit_n in_o appropriate_v immediate_o to_o themselves_o those_o devout_a person_n who_o be_v real_o our_o countryman_n not_o consider_v that_o the_o material_a unjustice_n be_v much_o great_a than_o the_o imaginary_a honour_n and_o this_o plagiarism_n and_o man-stealing_a become_v easy_a to_o they_o since_o our_o reformation_n from_o popery_n because_o after_o that_o time_n we_o become_v too_o careless_a of_o those_o eminent_a person_n both_o at_o home_n and_o abroad_o who_o have_v live_v in_o the_o roman_a communion_n or_o before_o that_o time_n but_o i_o will_v not_o insist_v on_o this_o for_o i_o hope_v their_o native_a kindness_n will_v incline_v they_o to_o return_v to_o their_o first_o just_a method_n if_o i_o have_v leisure_n i_o will_v make_v large_a reflection_n 789._o to_o prove_v how_o unconsequential_a arch_a bp_o usher_n be_v in_o make_v sedulus_fw-la and_o marianus_n irish_a since_o by_o all_o writer_n they_o be_v both_o call_v scot_n and_o balaeus_n a_o englishman_n tell_v we_o that_o 14._o sedulius_n flourish_v under_o fergus_n second_o and_o 14._o marianus_n under_o macbeth_n both_o our_o king_n and_o baronius_n assert_n also_o this_o positive_o and_o sedulius_n have_v live_v before_o st._n patrick_n time_n who_o be_v the_o first_o apostle_n of_o ireland_n and_o be_v disciple_n to_o hildebert_n a_o acknowledge_a scot_n and_o who_o live_v in_o the_o 390_o must_v be_v prio_fw-la to_o the_o irish_a christianity_n which_o giraldus_n and_o stanihurst_n acknowledge_v to_o have_v be_v first_o plant_v by_o st._n patrick_n in_o the_o year_n 432._o nor_o can_v 789._o usher_n in_o all_o his_o vast_a read_n find_v any_o christian_n in_o ireland_n betwixt_o the_o year_n 400_o and_o 432_o which_o be_v st._n patrick_n time_n but_o kiaranus_n ailbeus_fw-la declanus_n ibarus_fw-la though_o if_o sedulius_n have_v be_v a_o irish_a he_o have_v be_v certain_o mention_v and_o employ_v before_o those_o obscure_a person_n and_o certain_o he_o will_v have_v employ_v himself_o before_o st._n patrick_n time_n in_o the_o conversion_n of_o his_o own_o native_a country_n if_o he_o have_v be_v true_o irish._n and_o as_o to_o marianus_n scotus_n it_o be_v a_o wonder_n how_o it_o can_v be_v controvert_v that_o he_o be_v a_o scots-man_n since_o our_o country_n be_v then_o call_v scotland_n by_o the_o bp_o of_o st._n asaph_n own_o confession_n and_o ireland_n be_v just_a then_o lose_v that_o name_n and_o marianus_n in_o his_o whole_a book_n distinguish_v betwixt_o scoti_n and_o hiberni_n and_o mention_n the_o foremention_v three_o king_n of_o scotland_n about_o who_o time_n he_o live_v and_o also_o make_v mention_n of_o one_o king_n of_o ireland_n about_o that_o time_n as_o have_v be_v observe_v already_o and_o particular_o speak_v of_o the_o conversion_n 340._o by_o palladius_n and_o st._n patrick_n he_o express_o distinguish_v betwixt_o scoti_n and_o hibernenses_n but_o pass_v these_o i_o confess_v it_o be_v pretty_a ridiculous_a to_o see_v a_o whole_a book_n write_v by_o the_o abovementioned_a vardaeus_fw-la and_o gloss_v by_o sirin_n and_o publish_v at_o louvain_n 1662._o to_o prove_v that_o rumoldus_n archbishop_n of_o mechlin_n be_v a_o irishman_n since_o the_o arm_n of_o scotland_n which_o be_v or_o a_o lion_n rampant_a gules_a within_o a_o double_v tressure_n flower_a and_o counterflowred_a with_o flower_n de_fw-fr lis_fw-fr of_o the_o same_o be_v place_v upon_o every_o window_n of_o the_o catherdral_n church_n build_v by_o he_o and_o be_v to_o this_o day_n a_o part_n of_o the_o arm_n of_o that_o archi-episcopal_a see_v rumoldus_n himself_o be_v a_o young_a brother_n of_o the_o royal-famy_o of_o scotland_n and_o in_o which_o witty_a book_n the_o author_n to_o confute_v this_o 281._o be_v force_v to_o maintain_v that_o the_o scotish_n lion_n be_v bear_v by_o several_a irish_a family_n and_o the_o double_a tressure_n though_o ancient_o bear_v by_o scotland_n and_o which_o be_v blazon_v in_o that_o archi-episcopal_a coat_n of_o arm_n may_v have_v be_v bear_v by_o the_o irish_a because_o that_o famous_a league_n betwixt_o the_o scot_n and_o charlemaigne_n be_v make_v with_o the_o king_n of_o ireland_n and_o not_o with_o the_o king_n of_o scotland_n and_o that_o our_o king_n have_v never_o any_o league_n with_o the_o french_a till_o the_o reign_n of_o charles_n seven_o who_o be_v contemporary_a with_o our_o king_n james_n one_a whereas_o the_o whole_a french_a history_n as_o well_o as_o we_o and_o all_o foreign_a historian_n as_o well_o as_o either_o the_o league_n yet_o extant_a the_o privilege_n grant_v thereupon_o to_o we_o record_v in_o the_o french_a register_n and_o we_o many_o decision_n in_o parliament_n and_o other_o court_n and_o the_o universal_a consent_n of_o all_o the_o french_a who_o ever_o live_v since_o that_o time_n do_v in_o all_o humility_n seem_v to_o be_v sufficient_a warrant_n for_o laugh_v at_o this_o monstruous_a assertion_n as_o i_o do_v at_o he_o and_o other_o who_o pretend_v that_o the_o scotish_n monastery_n in_o germany_n be_v irish_a since_o they_o be_v found_v in_o charle-maigne's_a time_n by_o william_n brother_n to_o our_o king_n achaius_n and_o other_o that_o go_v there_o with_o he_o and_o they_o be_v to_o this_o day_n govern_v by_o abbot_n and_o prior_n of_o our_o country_n nor_o can_v it_o
be_v understand_v how_o the_o french_a and_o german_n can_v mistake_v their_o own_o record_n and_o foundation_n for_o so_o many_o hundred_o of_o year_n together_o and_o by_o this_o i_o leave_v my_o reader_n to_o measure_v the_o other_o unjust_a pretension_n of_o such_o author_n i_o hope_v it_o now_o at_o last_o appear_v that_o i_o have_v detect_v those_o ingenious_a artifices_fw-la which_o this_o learned_a bishop_n be_v force_v to_o use_v to_o supply_v his_o want_n of_o solid_a and_o just_a ground_n in_o this_o his_o undertake_n as_o 1._o that_o to_o conciliate_v respect_n to_o this_o undertake_n as_o well_o as_o to_o excuse_v it_o he_o pretend_v that_o it_o be_v necessary_a for_o the_o defence_n of_o episcopacy_n 2._o he_o make_v a_o great_a muster_n of_o old_a author_n in_o the_o begin_n of_o his_o book_n as_o if_o all_o these_o be_v man_n of_o great_a credit_n and_o do_v concur_v with_o he_o to_o refute_v our_o history_n and_o adorn_v his_o margin_n with_o formidable_a number_n of_o citation_n 3._o know_v that_o it_o can_v be_v prove_v both_o by_o british_a and_o foreign_a historian_n that_o we_o be_v here_o very_o ancient_o he_o confess_v this_o but_o by_o a_o new_a and_o strange_a invention_n he_o assert_n that_o we_o be_v not_o here_o as_o settle_v inhabitant_n but_o only_o by_o way_n of_o incursion_n 4._o he_o defer_v our_o settle_v here_o till_o the_o year_n 503_o and_o so_o long_o than_o the_o first_o inventor_n of_o this_o new_a story_n do_v upon_o design_n to_o make_v our_o settlement_n here_o late_a than_o that_o of_o the_o anglo-saxon_n who_o settle_v here_o in_o anno_fw-la 449._o 5._o he_o lessen_v the_o reputation_n of_o all_o our_o historian_n and_o endeavour_n also_o to_o make_v they_o pass_v but_o for_o one_o as_o if_o the_o succeed_a historian_n have_v see_v no_o other_o warrant_n but_o the_o precede_a history_n 6._o he_o treat_v in_o ridicule_n jeffrey_n and_o some_o other_o historian_n of_o his_o own_o country_n who_o he_o know_v can_v not_o be_v sustain_v however_o and_o this_o he_o do_v upon_o design_n to_o show_v his_o impartiality_n and_o that_o he_o spare_v not_o his_o own_o more_o than_o we_o 7._o for_o the_o same_o reason_n he_o decry_n the_o british_a descent_n from_o brutus_n in_o which_o he_o lose_v nothing_o because_o no_o sober_a man_n can_v have_v defend_v it_o and_o he_o deny_v the_o conversion_n of_o their_o own_o king_n lucius_n to_o strike_v thereby_o with_o the_o great_a authority_n at_o the_o antiquity_n of_o our_o royal-line_n and_o nation_n treat_v king_n donald_n conversion_n also_o as_o a_o fable_n and_o thus_o according_a to_o our_o proverb_n he_o be_v content_a to_o let_v a_o friend_n go_v with_o a_o foe_n 8._o he_o compliment_v our_o nation_n in_o latter_a time_n to_o excuse_v the_o injury_n he_o do_v our_o king_n and_o antiquity_n 9_o he_o use_v the_o foreign_a author_n that_o shall_v be_v urge_v for_o we_o to_o prevent_v our_o use_n of_o they_o as_o prove_v argument_n against_o he_o 10._o find_v that_o ireland_n have_v be_v call_v scotia_n he_o transplant_v our_o old_a saint_n thither_o and_o apply_v to_o it_o all_o that_o be_v say_v of_o our_o country_n nor_o do_v ever_o any_o author_n improve_v better_o a_o pitiful_a clinch_n 11._o he_o concur_v in_o another_o design_n like_o to_o this_o for_o because_o it_o can_v not_o be_v deny_v that_o fergus_n be_v our_o first_o king_n all_o the_o citation_n for_o prove_v this_o be_v therefore_o apply_v to_o fergus_n the_o second_o and_o not_o to_o fergus_n the_o first_o last_o whereas_o cambden_n and_o archbishop_n usher_v speak_v doubt_o of_o their_o own_o argument_n the_o bishop_n of_o st._n asaph_n fear_v that_o his_o reader_n can_v not_o be_v convince_v of_o what_o himself_o be_v not_o he_o therefore_o proposesall_n these_o argument_n with_o a_o confidence_n which_o will_v seem_v to_o argue_v that_o full_a conviction_n in_o himself_o which_o he_o wish_v in_o other_o if_o any_o person_n than_o will_v know_v how_o that_o scotland_n which_o be_v but_o a_o small_a colony_n grow_v up_o to_o a_o kingdom_n that_o deserve_v so_o well_o my_o thought_n of_o this_o be_v that_o 1._o the_o constant_a defence_n that_o we_o be_v oblige_v to_o make_v against_o the_o roman_n and_o briton_n at_o first_o and_o english_a thereafter_o nation_n wise_a brave_a and_o polish_a live_v in_o the_o same_o isle_n with_o we_o and_o the_o pict_n within_o we_o do_v force_v we_o to_o think_v and_o fight_v and_o the_o observe_v the_o action_n &_o conduct_v of_o such_o enemy_n can_v not_o leave_v the_o observer_n rude_a or_o ignorant_a and_o it_o be_v like_a that_o the_o glory_n of_o such_o noble_a adversary_n raise_v our_o wit_n and_o courage_n above_o the_o pitch_n of_o a_o northern_a and_o confine_v nation_n 2._o our_o country_n have_v have_v the_o happiness_n to_o stop_v the_o roman_a conquest_n this_o give_v stranger_n a_o value_n for_o we_o and_o therefore_o when_o any_o of_o the_o gallant_a briton_n scorn_v to_o submit_v to_o the_o slavery_n and_o drudgery_n of_o a_o conquest_n they_o flee_v unto_o we_o from_o the_o roman_n saxon_n dane_n and_o norman_n and_o be_v passionate_a lover_n of_o liberty_n they_o animate_v we_o by_o their_o assistance_n and_o example_n this_o likewise_o bring_v in_o brave_a stranger_n among_o we_o as_o all_o gallant_a spirit_n do_v late_o run_v to_o holland_n in_o its_o first_o rise_n and_o as_o our_o historian_n probable_o relate_v very_o many_o of_o those_o return_v with_o fergus_n the_o second_o from_o the_o war_n in_o italy_n whither_o that_o generous_a young_a prince_n go_v to_o assist_v alarick_n against_o the_o roman_n in_o a_o just_a resentment_n of_o the_o injury_n do_v by_o they_o to_o his_o predecessor_n and_o with_o who_o he_o be_v present_a at_o the_o sack_n of_o rome_n 3._o we_o have_v be_v very_o happy_a in_o so_o heroic_a and_o wife_n a_o race_n of_o king_n who_o blood_n be_v refine_v by_o a_o long_a royal_a descent_n have_v be_v thereby_o purifiy_v from_o all_o meanness_n and_o elevate_v to_o that_o love_n for_o glory_n which_o be_v ordinary_a in_o those_o who_o never_o know_v what_o it_o be_v to_o obey_v 4._o our_o country_n have_v enter_v early_o into_o a_o remarkable_a league_n with_o france_n in_o the_o reign_n of_o charle-maigne_n our_o countryman_n get_v excellent_a breed_n under_o so_o wise_a and_o valiant_a a_o prince_n and_o have_v ever_o since_o by_o be_v constant_o employ_v in_o the_o french_a and_o other_o war_n attain_v to_o a_o degree_n of_o merit_n beyond_o what_o be_v to_o be_v expect_v in_o this_o climate_n 5._o our_o country_n have_v neither_o bog_n nor_o fog_n our_o ground_n be_v rocky_a and_o gravelly_a and_o our_o air_n fan_v by_o wind_n this_o preserve_v we_o from_o the_o dulness_n and_o phlegm_n of_o the_o northern_a climate_n and_o the_o want_n of_o that_o superfluous_a plenty_n and_o bewitch_a pleasure_n which_o soften_v even_o hannibal_n when_o he_o come_v to_o capua_n preserve_v we_o against_o the_o delicacy_n and_o effeminateness_n of_o southern_a nation_n and_o whereas_o heroic_a virtue_n be_v still_o attend_v by_o envy_n some_o in_o raillery_n pretend_v that_o we_o be_v unconquered_a because_o we_o deserve_v not_o the_o pain_n and_o trouble_n of_o a_o war._n i_o need_v not_o serious_o answer_v what_o no_o historian_n can_v urge_v for_o it_o be_v ridiculous_a to_o think_v that_o the_o roman_n will_v not_o have_v rather_o conquer_v we_o than_o build_v two_o strong_a and_o expensive_a wall_n against_o we_o which_o bound_v their_o fame_n as_o well_o as_o their_o conquest_n and_o england_n have_v take_v too_o much_o pain_n to_o gain_v we_o either_o by_o conquest_n or_o alliance_n to_o have_v undervalue_v we_o and_o though_o when_o we_o be_v divide_v by_o the_o difference_n betwixt_o the_o bruce_n and_o barliol_n of_o old_a and_o betwixt_o the_o royalist_n and_o covenanter_n of_o late_a the_o half_a of_o our_o country_n have_v only_o defend_v its_o liberty_n whilst_o the_o other_o half_o join_v with_o its_o enemy_n we_o be_v rather_o betray_v than_o overcome_v and_o yet_o we_o soon_o recover_v our_o former_a liberty_n albeit_o to_o be_v overcome_v by_o england_n have_v be_v no_o great_a affront_n to_o we_o england_n be_v a_o great_a and_o rich_a nation_n than_o we_o be_v and_o therefore_o i_o hope_v all_o honest_a man_n will_v with_o judicious_a samuel_n daniel_n in_o his_o history_n at_o the_o year_n 1296_o confess_v that_o it_o have_v be_v a_o pity_n we_o have_v not_o have_v a_o better_a country_n to_o be_v the_o theatre_n of_o so_o many_o worthy_a and_o heroic_a action_n have_v thus_o clear_v how_o our_o nation_n arrive_v at_o its_o present_a consistence_n i_o be_o to_o finish_v this_o discourse_n with_o a_o representation_n of_o the_o many_o right_n which_o our_o king_n have_v to_o the_o imperial_a throne_n of_o these_o