fh t LÜ'-Â 'T Ü 1 k A L . tt I S T O R-Y'-of
tjkffc a^tf c ^ d Batidep^ 8 R Fditf^turti^M^rySkirrriifhei,
Wfiereift arid bySbrprizei arid- Sidfcnefa he loft 5 oc#ff Men*
Wri iri^iiririce'reflrift ofi tHe;pifticilltlris the ^^arii'ririte^eiitr
in the Conqueft of Britain, which was not .the Bufinefs of-ond'
Campaign arid orie1 Army, fora$ Mr. T y r f t i f t gfiifll-'as.
many Soldiefsanel ashnich Eiipdrice to redUCe'this Province, , as-
it did the Empire ifl theRedu&iori of all AJia.
' ButnOW Btitdtt id cemerited'a Efdvi^^\'ttSfier&t Jjjwft
which wasdOritinried to be retained ifl its\Aflegiari<-e by ftrorig
Legionary f<3fe£§ j arid doubtlefs it Was rh thefe Times, arid-
iH thefe Parts they eftablifhed their Golofties^ fixed theiri Sta-''
tions, built their Forts and Cittadels, which improved-into fair
and fpaciou& Towns, i now the WoOds being level! d prridOcbd
Structures worthy the Romm Greatfldfa, tttedr ^Oggri attffffihrif;
Pbces fts muhierous in thefe Days as Of late iri trelmd^^^ir^
drein’d or rendered paffable by Caufeways, kfid,ftheiii^.ivl^by
Bridget T h e Britains now relifh the Roman! Manners, "dfid- admire
their Eloquence, leave their'FaftneffeS iW Woods' and kw-
babitTowns, wear the Roman Habits, trie Baths, arid rnarfy intwcfeangaklyf
Husbatldty:rioW-ftorirlfli?dattT f^p ly ’d/eHtlwith
pfehty of Grain, fttippingfroffl rilLPufts rirriyey1 iiripOt^ri§ a l
Things neceftary for tbk Pleafure arid life of Ma’n. IPh^Btritijh
Youth were Sifciptiri’d, arid prOvM1 a ftrong Bulwark to tfe-Eni-
pitri; Preceding Emperors had1 drawn krge Supplies frbm^Hemce
ttraiftft them «1 their Waft, but floW they Woie1 made ftattdkig-
1 ' J , V. r Now tb^tefoki rig Reigns futnifti ns wiith the noble Rumes
Wri’3 ifcovefjbffthek Votive Altars* Smtues* Corns, and 'hthfif
Spoils of Attfiqfuity'. -r ' ' . . . cy , j
Let us at length view the Empire i s -its dedining State* iano
^fe^he Iflahd differ equal Revefastforfs withit. T h b umtwe®y
Bulk of RMm Grektnefs oppreft with its own - Weighty, long.
at'feft fuftk berieath rit) What by inteftine Div jobs
when Iside exWriftfng their Provinces’
SWW-ih^efrritfeeft Bowels, through.whofe Wounds F orets
arid Batbafotfs-Nationsrriadfean-e^ Entrance, m Brtmn
L A N <S A)S H I H £ r \GmmS tïfR, E^M. 9&
ftill inall thefe Sfôtiglirigs^^ bdbg difpoTd^pf fits Youth gad Soldi?
ery, fornow theEmphe¥nnldr|Odririgerfriftain it-feifj againft tfil
terrible InvriWis Of; #0jfo, Viikdals1,1 ÛcÉils,1ancÉ ot fier ib barbar?
bus? arid potent ErieMies • ariiSri|É all the Eiripefafi that, plum’d
the StteigthOf ffiMlïtffid,1 to the Tyrant Maximums, obieftyaF-
tribufed its final Ruiné.'-Moft of the Military Forcés^ ere draw#
into Gaa/, and neief riÉOTnrid* they being either {lain dri planting
themfëïvtsiri Arriïôpitit-. IfeWaë in this 'Jûiféfcflfe SieSèétj landing
form trèlarid^ arid joyn'ing WititThë R i^ Of H'ortberriî Mativeî*
break all their Mouftds, aridrd#gê ë¥tièl^'âi^fflngft Aerii, prove
too ftrdng for the-raW IridifeipiiPd Remalft^of the^Brîiaimf wlm
now being deferted' and diftreffed, and ready to fell unto mdre
miferabk Gkjlriylty,1 spittï{üîly flÀpdoreè vRslief1 of -fthfe Ron
mans* With 'Promises of |ierpdtn'al !Srife^g£feidqta them. Bar once
or twice k Legion "or two fueconr’d them* 'Sbt theri hiding dr
they bid iho^feüofir Britàns an>E4
ternal Adieu, advifed them to ftand to tlMrbwffl Defence, and;
boldly opp'ofe the Erie^ which hoW weakly they perform’d, fuM
ceeding Annals riiakl manifeft. 'Thefe’mâyTtffice fbrthe Ro*
inàn K^klH in Bfïtathj I fhallOnlycadd, fha'trittthe Rriigribf tkri
LmperoLP^dUntiinM' the' Third 'Ah. E>orh.l:^ ^ . the W^iuats'At^
fëiri'ëâr^fMs-’ïÀdftdf Which 1 fifôto yfhe Timb of tfÙâwCMprf&rtk»
Cbnd Lkndiri^ to this rnéîr DereKétiofl, was the Spaed of q&R
ip B B H
Thus from the Explications of the Heathen Altars, their
Bagois and Higfi-w|ys^ their Colonies
a-ndBtàtions* -the Lives arid Adti-oris-of-the Empâcors, theif
Coins, arid dffifent Explicatioris qf their ^.eyeries, Lhaye endeavoured,
with as much Brevity and Perfpiçuity, as flatters ,of
fo intrickfe a Nature wilt, adnri^ofj to account for the Ronuur
Hiftoryin thefe Northern Parts. ^ And tho’ pe/ar affirms.-in his
Commentaries, that all the Inland .Britain? inhabited iri Woods and
Faftnefles ; yet I think, whoever confiders the Country adjacent,
and thé various Naines given to that" ancient" City Cbèftèr, together
with the City it felf, cannot but coiîclùde he was, pertainly
miftaken ;