22Ó t s p R Yfèf ,m a m m a m
mountains, and would not- ’feffyrithenT'-to come down into the
Galley. Judges -xxxii g uWhiph the faid: r .writer .«admits; oft-i -.This
author kgrees- with us in this Hypethefis,!. namely, thhfc they were
the firft that took poffeflion ofi'ihofe.parts after_the flood *; »
karri fiom-jithe Norwegian phyohicks; - that
thofe. ancient inhabitants which were expeUsetj had particular
kings,, or chiefs who prefided over thettij befideisfthb /kings ©!'
Norway. to whom tibey were tributaries; for Mr. Jonas - RamiSS
in the .life-.of king; Hagen the Great, informs ms,, ,F. dthat,1 tehofe
of Finmark, had for a ^ long. time rfegle&ed to -pay thofe; .taxfes
which they ought -to have paid! tqirife kings dfworjkay. Omthis
account, king Hagen fent Giflèr .Galde,. jpr,<Iceltoderj:;,tcr jjpiaa,-
Morien king marktol:’^hqrexecuted hriajomfliiffion fQ'twellj-'that, Morten, ;kingi
of the «Finns iwent hr perion to, king Hagen;* twho^as .then ah
Nidros,. and. there paid him the taxes as>h& way in diity bound*,
and gave farther afliirances of his fidelity and obedience, t Hifti^pf
r the: kings of Norway, p. 3 04. r.
I iir.
. The more modern Norvegians, like rife rrëflcojstthd northern
nations, were a-mixture of the tremajningGeltbi^yiifliiaps,- and
the new race of Afers, or -Afiatïos^ whoripfsead and'Mfrbngtihetred
themfelves, by a more civilized! marinefof - living1,'ife femetimes
under the government - Q£«oneyxJancl fonaetibies of many-'-kingse
'1-hefe. both before and after 'chriftianity - was-iintrbdti^fljlifeut
chiefly jin the tenth century, under king' Harold Haarfagef, ’ who
Of *e «rant fuppreflöd all the petty,.kings, and confequehtJy, - raifed many
many- Nor- malécontents,, fent féveral colonies out of the country
various Iceland, Greenland, Fserorne, Hetland,. and the Orkneys. ■
countries in m
parts of * Gerhard Senoriing, in the ancient Geography o f jNoryi ty, Ttys:,i SeSti 3 p. -gj
Europe.- 01 That they formerly in flie.ioiithcm and weftern parts of our Féninfulay~have: beert'
fo numerous,- that they fent cojoni^; to the, Dapilh iflaiids, and I thatf È ê took • -its
name from them (viz. Finns.) ’ The great Hugo Grotius is o f this opimoa^ind -that
theyimuft have been the oldeff, and at firft the only inhabitants ó f Norway and Sive- |
den,"and have fince been driven by the anceftors o f the prefent inhabitants who came
from 'Germany,- to thé molt-barren parts o f the North,; as "the-tan'clent Britons were,
forced by the Ang)p^Saxpns to. leave..England, apd; retire into Wales. |
■ f See Chap. x. $e£t. 1, 2, 3. A fimilitude in the Norwegian Peafants manner of
fiving,. and the Georgians,- may perhaps ftréngthen the tradition, that the Afers, or
- followers of .Othin were Afiatics, and particularly that they, were Mountaineers expelled
b y Pómpéy the Great, from Caucafus, and Ararat, betwixt the Euxine, and
the Cafpian-fea.
N A m R A L M i S T O R Y é , iN 0 R W 4 %
. ikglauA apd Ireland*^{anc&u,I?oj^ggjl, Spain, Sicily, Calabria,
Gtteece.- and the, ea^l-,*ppf yhefegpqwprful and fortunate expeditions
Thortn, TojfepSj. giyeslynj a c c e p t at. large.-An e^tnt<9: of the moft
iipportantyof 1 theiq, is|Jp fee fppnd in Geftae et, Vfftigfe Danon
e x t r a , . I h o G h r i f t . , -Rdty^ijs (dedication. of
ThorqiQdus Torffeds IJift. Rerum Nprvegic'aj;.-To king Fredl IV,
.where he brieflyjp^ks thusÉfcF Ifegesj h|sc 5qtiajes quantiquC dlli
fuerunt tui.nj&Jor-eri, Vjekbis Har&ldos, {fiHafos,, Magmas, .Siiefreres,
Haquinoa,JCt.fyte|)eris, ilfesiorifortitudine ^rudentia- landtitate-np
eeleberrimis'qidd'em quosjiabuib.airLtiq.uit&.s.regibus deffifle. Quid? -
quod imperitibanf: genti, "ex rquar fo^tifliinil viri|;al30t .prodiere.
Hqpaes^ydignf certe qtios. ne. npfciat^unquam .;orbis quanirihgentiat
eorutn,‘‘fuerint),f80:a,,vqu.®qLuc fydprp flip .pt fenguine adepti fint
deeóra, ®te,ritus arinalium) colat-hofebsnf.Hsec' en'im? ilia gens, quae
cjbm-fimijj^uni tuis -Elams,t-fi^-iiiominet Normannoirum, «.per ötbil
n ep fer^j qna;Tlaffibüs ,arihi;q^ «Europam, yisSricia: artnat cir-
cumtulid Hesb gemvqüae ]tolLilli.»quod-Non^egiaéa,y Rritanniai-nqnp
et fepfenriipnalem Amtyie^rir^'ihteriuit, rnari jufkppfeiit;:. infu- '
las-on^nes colóniis carnplqns, Ghriftianamq^f' firfiul mox, curfuiovjs ■
qiiap?
gabatrternls, .Hinc Tandrcdns, oui
fere etiam, inaudijto per omnia fec,uk,exempl.9, fptufilma&ebantu'r
principes i^viftyte-fola apud exteras nationes. quae, -ad. nofteras; ?
trflnfmirierSntj imperia fadtyri. Hina rigis Magni Nudipedis filing
SiguldnSsr’ qui in Hifpahia, devidiis terra mariqugISaracenis,- ex-
aéfls - Sfejlia Mauris, aefferta < Chriftianis Syria-ac Palaeftina, 'Afiam,
Aflacap.qud .etj-Buropami admirationiS, fua fanaa éonjunxit. Hinc
deiiiqu# mbghhs ^MApgh$,7 r e i Wilt
helhms Conqueftory Sec/ ’ ::,.
It will nbt be, improper here to give -ah account ofaii extraor- Th= Norw».
dina$ y,fe a-expedition of the {Norwegians to.,North- America, tho’
lint little;known» vTlqs, couptyy k now,,p©ffeflèd ,|y .the French,^W.'v .ifnoarae^ JShie' S■ p•»'*
F# y. In -thé fÊgÈityrèfafe 'ïlféfMïaSitkr^!
öf thfefefiaft inehtioned ïflands, whtóh m fak are alienatfed f*fii'Norway, <ftill talk
theNerwsgian dialdft i fnany" df ith£?i'bé9ftl®,’yèll5éèiSlly' itftt6e4nore’ norther-n'-iftes
fp?ak the Norze, o t'corrupt D'adïfHr-^hiciïjjk' lbïrtë- places, ris ft-he'firft language
tliéir children learn.