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• Fç& $fcg iLfbdl-^wria brief: Acedùnt pf
î^f^r Atîfiîîpts.fpjeJ.iR^gfëft; upon thfe ïfiand, the Difficulty of
tJieïB^fitt^ecrliffig bylhqmCohqmftsy thelr
high Regard-and jEftëeMfoï Britain, witK die: ill Cotifequeftcga
their voluntary Defertion occafion’d tQ that ünfortuhate.Tsopîei, |
Whea Gay/) thafc ïfPfdWQf the Roman Empire^ Wàs reduced
iîito a Province and Ç^Ar’srfeecefsful Arms had redjped thé
Spoils of Germany, ajad TerrltoHesj it; was; th#ti his
Ambition,; great as Humanity was .capable of, lèdabÿ.ffiiecret
Decree|of: Rcu^dden^ÿ urged him to the Irwafion of Btitamÿ but
whether ifefW'as èertafedy knoWn thén ttf be airîlIan'èjiQK'Eâther
part of a iiew.World': as the Soldiers termd it^ : adjoin’# tb fume
remoter Continent,. is: not now the Enquiry, r
‘jgjHqtyeyefÿ theCountry^rhe tells' us, war wéll Fëbpléd} ànd
Warlike,'enough, that the Maritime and Inland Inhabitants dif-
fet’d much,., both as to their Way- of Living, their Manners, Be-
haviour :euTCuftomsjp the firft having built i thên|ÆoWns‘not
\jrdite- thpff ?df Gaul, and' Belgium,, whoïe îfeêfg Was- iriiicb the
fené i fheLothers were painted, and went naked, ’IbmfciQtF'or*
treffies formed in Woods, and were ^bry SaWgë ; their Way of
Fighting was lingular to any other of thefe W'efter-n> Natibnsj
they made /War in Chariots, which they waaig-d ’defetfeîéully,
after die Afiatk Manner : He found a great Plurality of Kihgs
ïfnpngffithetH j this, tho’ it render'd the' Conqüëft rftote tedious
and dijfficjilt to the Romans, yet it was fiir^to be effected at
laft, and;?,Mery petty State, tho’ perhaps Confederates with feme
feyr Neighbouring ones, were certain to be involved hi the general'
Overthrow.
tilt is not niy Purpofe to particularize the A étions of the Emperors,
and their Lieutenants here, that beingàlfeady pèrform-
ed rby , many learned Hands and full,' as the Miftories ufthofe
'ï'Anéà dénvçyto us, ïffiall only curforily take notice of foffie
général Things, which may, perhaps, prove df ufeful Diverfion
ta-the Reader- w
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L A N CAB H J RlR, , R
It .was -about Fifty' TteeeÜars hs%e tte itoi^.swr.Sgsiu
our, ^tAimgsiefiir made his Two Defcents upon be
was doubtl®kthe f r i publiek ilfpader-vof % aft4 Sj|c^^ getend-
bd bis Fnterpribef rafter ftrqg#ngwi^fer®sfandl Shipwrecks
by Sea^ and all the^Difficji^ie^^-.a f-OJÏgfcc^dh^J^éré &
lah^ithis! Fortunejyet(T^rmoHntpdra4kiT%nd' %^caji; of thé
SouthfiBin. Couhiiosj (for IhWag at thg Sow?.*,.: he. landed, -as
Mr. f é ) d e ® pn&rafWely rtóafees .out,)? havifg ffilf thé Smattqf
$jj| Ramm^ikémi Mwaf® eqmpell’d fïtil&gssjkt Peace,
and fubmit tón Tribute impofed upofi $gg£r, Tho^tbfrWMPar
¥ a p 3 0^iqg fdr. IfhqFmpijrev iyet it . 0 # * $ , the JWay tó.farther
Progreffiikis^ dndv gave rthepr sa.;Tafte óf h Country %bêy-parted
not with till the ;laffi Gonymlhons of; the Empire obliged the® s
This was the firÉ f : Britanias loft liberty, which continues
by fbêëèÉvdfRé^dxrfipns ‘Jbrdhis Dèyf j' tho’ If .is reafona-bly
thought after; Departure the Britam’s: paid lid Tribute^
hor performed 'tfnyffstóeÈ’Arfiele^ ,but:tliai rfheyidivel-ttodef
their 'Native CóWrnöur’s. as of old, tfli the ?Re%n of Claudius
Cafan' 1
i Thè Ctóat ^dittó'ditferted by lnteftihe ;Wa>rSj made no more
Attempts upon dt^ördid his SüëcèfïdfS thARénowiiêd Auguftm^
Tiberius., or CdUgltla think fit to proceed; Caligula, indeed^made
j Fioürifh upon: 'thé ® ^ :Shoars^ hut- pleafed his Amljitioil
only witffi fome'MariHé^^'Shflls^^ai.1 sWih'TfodlSes öfvthë Cori-
bderéd ö ö a d /‘ J
'' Claudiux fóccëë®^Mm,‘b^aHrdh fÊaMdb to grapple with
ihéfeTf^nfmaririé1 Nafhfè^ ihd tiai'-Atöto 2 3&fl#:'!4 'i;rife®Mies hia
Tieutenant flautiws from Gaul, who fuccefsfully landing^ had
fothe ;Ëhgk^èmerfts with the Eneniy-,: when GlMM'MMéif arriving'Wifh
Elëpharits- ‘attd Rröri^'RëihFórcémetfts, in a pitch’d
Battel routs The t^SièlÖé^atdlyf. f ê ï ö l h l / ' f E x i
ploit was performed d-teihg hiS Sjétëën theMtïd'i'
and Six:Montlr's from Rome r This AStion^ as MR'iyrfe^bbfèfves,
Was regarded by t\xé[Rman Senatè aS no ffiialf ddditibnal Glory
tö thè Ëffipirë:1 oïlÈrtfanicw
glVeribirh y fö Hlffifëlf i^rïum^nwaS ördalh^d,^ Annual Games
con