An Inquiry into the Origm of the Name of the &cottlfh Nation

7/24/2019 An Inquiry into the Origm of the Name of the &cottlfh Nation

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T R A N S A C T I O N S , f i r e .

An Inquiry intotheOrigmof th eName o f th e &cottlfh

Na-

tion,prefented

to the

Society

of

Antiquaries,,

a t

Edinburgh?

December

1780.

COLINTON.

T

O a

Society,

th e purpofe of whofe

inft i tut ion

is toinv ef t iga te th e

an t iqu i t i e s of their nation, a n y rea fonable a t tempt to account

for the

n a m e

of

tha t na t ion , cannot

b e

unacceptab le

; a nd

this

fubjet

feems

n a t u r a l l y

to

pre fen t itfelf,

a s a

proper in t roduc t ion

to

their

fu ture

inquiries .

Iknow n ot

from what

od d propenf i ty , in the compofi t ion of hu-

m an

n a tu re ,

arifes a

def ire

in

m a n k i n d

to carry th e

a ccoun t

of their

na t ion

or

fami ly in to

a s

remote a n t i q u i t y

a s

they can . Some perfon ,

poflefled of th i s una ccountab le paffion, ha s endeavou red to d e du ce

th e origin of the Scots from an Egypt ian pr incefs , fof te r -mother to

th e H eb rew legiflator. A s I k n o w n o

o the r au thor i ty

fo r

this

ftory

than a fond def i re of the inventor to

impofe

i t for truth, I fhal l pafs

i t over , and le t i t r e m a i n a s I fo u n d i t. Some

chufe

to

den ' / e

the

n a m e

o f S c o t from

Sceo t ,

an old word tha tfignifies a Shie ld , and f r o m

whence.probably comes th e La t in word Scutum. S o

they

fuppofe th e

A

people


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2 Origin of the

Name

people were called

Scots, quafi Scuta t i .

Had the

Scots been

the on-

ly

Scutati

%

this might very probably havebeen th e

reafon

fo r

others

to g ive, and them to

aiTume tha t

name. But when the name of Sc o t

firfl p r eva i l ed , a l l na t ions ufed

fhie lds ;

fotha tn o probable reafon can

be af l lgned wh y

tha t

n a m efhould be

aff ixed

to any one

people,

from

a cuftom

tha t was commo n to

a l l . Some

other accounts a re

g i v e n

o f

th e

or ig in

of this n a m e ,which are al l fo ev i den t ly i l l - fo unded , that

it

is need lefst o refute them. But the conjectures of the author of the

hif tory o f Manc h ef t e r

feern

to

requi re

a more

par t i cular

confiderat ion,

a s

he has

invef t iga ted Br i t i fh ant iquit ies

wi th grea t

acutenefs

a n d a -

b i l k y j

a n d ha s

m a r k e d out ,

in par t , why the Scots were ca l l ed by

that nam e. Hi s account , i n ftiort, isthis

Th e Belgae expe l l ed f rom feveral par ts of England the former in -

habi tants , who

fled

to I re l and , and took

poffeffion

of the

fea-coafts.

Th e Belgae ,p ur fu ing them thi ther , compel led them to l eave the fea-

coaft,

an d

feek

fo r

r e fug e a mon g

th e

l akes

a nd

forefts

in the

i n t e r n a l

pares

o f

tha t i f land .

So far he copies

from

hi f tory, and

a d d s ,

as his

own conjecture,

t h a t

the fugi t ives ,

thus

twice r e d u ce d to the

necefll-

ty of (h if t ing

t h e i r place

of ref idence , were upon that account cal led

Scuit,

which

we n ow wr i t e an d p ro no unc e Scot. This word f igni -

fies Wan der er s;

a n d Mr Whi t a k e r

fuppofes

tha t the

Be l ga eg avethe m

tha t n a m e

by

way of

i n f u l t :

But i f thi s had b een th e

reafon

of

call-

in g

t h em

Wanderers , tha t t i t le , or epi the t , was equa l ly as

appl icab le

to the B e lg ae

t he m f e l v e s ,

who had

wande r ed eve ry fo o t

as far as the

o t h e r s ;

con f e qu e n t l y

t h a t namecould

h a v e

been no proper markof

di f t ind t ion . Bef ides ,

a s we k n ow

f rom hif tory

tha t a body of Ger-

m a n s

had very ear ly got pofleffion of a conf iderable partof Belgia,it

is. v e r yprobab le that the Belgae, who i n v a d e d E n g l a n d ,were n ot

of

Celt ic , b ut

T e u t o n i c

o r i g i n . In this cafe, t h ey cou l d n e v e r h a v e

g i v e n

th e

a ppe l l a t i on

of

Seuit,

to the people

w h o m t he y

h ad d r i ven

a w a y , a s t h e r e i s no

d i a l ect

of the

T e u ton i c

l a n g u a g e

i n

wh ic h

tha t

word

o f

the Scotti/h Nation.

3

word

denotes a W a n d e r e r .

The Teutonic word

tha t comes neareft

I t denotes Swiftne/s. I f any

perfon

(h o u ld a l l edg e t ha t th e

Be l ga e

gave

tha t name t o t h e

others

f o r r u n n i n g away^ f t i l l t h e name c o u ld

not have

been

a

p r ope r

dif t inc t ion,

fmce,

for any

th i n g

we canper-

ceive, the Belgae ran as faft , and as f ar

af ter t h em .

M r

Whitaker

i ndeed

m a i n t a i n s

t h a t thefe i nvad ing B e lg ae were Cel ts , becaufe he

f inds

tha t the

n a m e s

of the

r ivers

a n d

m o u n t a i n s

i n

t h e i r En g l i l hter-

ri tories

were al l

C e l t i c ;

b u t h e d i d no t

reflect tha t r iver s

a n dmoun-

t a i n s genera l ly

re ta in

t he

n a me s

impofed by the f i r f t polTeflbrs. N ew

i n come r s

g i ve

n e w n a me sonly to

towns, vi l lages,

cana l s , and

fuch

other t h i n g sas are of their ownm a k i n g . Incon f e qu e n ceof his way

of

a r gu i n g on

th ispo i n t ,

it

wou ld fo l low

tha t the

Sa xon s

an d

Nor-

mans,

wh o a f t e rwards became

maf ters

of

thofe territories, were alfo

Celts,

becaufe

the y

a l fo

c o n t i nued to call r ivers andm o u n t a i n sby the

ol d

Celt ic

names , and by which they are known a t thi sday. Bu t ,what-

e v e rthefe Belgae may have been , there does not appear in Mr Whit-

aker's ac c o un t of the m a t t e r an y fuf lk ient reafon why the n a m e of

Scuit,

t h a t

is ,

Wanderers , fhould

be given to

t h e Irifh,

and ye t by tha t

' n a m e

they were cer ta in ly

once

ca l l ed . Now, l e t us confider hi s ac-

count of the mann er in which he fuppofes th e

name o f'S c u i t

to have

been tr ansfer red to the

people

by

whom

this very a n c i e n t t i t le ha s

been preferved

a n d con t i n u e d .

Taking the poems of

Of l ian

as hi s pr inc ipalguide, he

g i ve s

us the

fo l lowing r e l a t i on:

The

k i n g

of the

Creones ,

who

poflefTed

the

n o r t h - w e f t pa r t o f

C a l edo n i a ,

placed one of his f a m i l y on t he t h r on e

o f I r e l and : T he r e i gn i n g

f a m i l y

of the

C reo nes

b ec o ming e x t i n c t

by the dea t h of Off ian , wa s fuccecded by anI r i f h - p r i n ce , of acol-

l a t e r a l b r anc h .

This pr ince , as Mr

W h i t a k e r fuppofes,

gave to hi s

new fubjeds the

n a m e

of

Scuit,

which h had brou ght

w i t h

hi m

from h is father 'sk i n g d o m .

'

A 2 But ,


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4

Origin

of the

Name

But , before we can adopt th is opinion as an undeniable t ruth, we

m u f t f i r f t

tak e the l iber ty to exa mine i ts probabi l i ty, by

compar ing

it with ftmilar cafes. W i l l i a m of Naf l aw , a D u tchma n , be ca me

king

of Br i ta in , but the

people

d id

not

acqui re the name of Naf lawians ,

or D u tchme n;

George

of Hanover, a German,be ca meking of

Bri-

t a i n , yet itsn a m e wasn e i the r cha n ge d to

Hanover

nor Germany;

Philip, a Fr ench m an , becam e k in g of a l l the Spa ins , ye t Spa in on

that

account

was not cal led N ew France.

I

wi l l

e v e n

v e n t u r et o fay,

that if Philip

ha d a t t e m pt e d

to

change the

word S p a infor that of

France, th e

w h o l e

body of the

Spanifh

n a t i on

wou l d p r oba b l y

have-

eppofed

him, mor e

fuceefsfully

thant he va r io us powers of Europe,,

tha t

we r e

al l ied a ga i n f t

hi s

fucceffion.

B y

p a r i t y

o f

r ea fo n ,

th e

Iriftr

prince, who

b ec ame

king

of the Greones, would

f ind

h i m f e l f

under

th e

abfolute neeef f i ty

of

doing

as

W i l l i a m ,

George,a n d P h i l i pafter-

wa r d s d i d

r

that

i s , of

t a k i n g

hi s t i t le from the people

overwhom he

r e i g ned , no t

from

the people among whom he wasborn . Perhaps-

i t may be

a l l edged

tha t the Irifh; pr ince brought wi th him fopower-

. fu l a colony of Scuit

t

t h a t the n a me infenf ibly be ca me com m on to

th e

whol e

na t ion. But, , i n

this

cafe, whe,re could

;

he

ha v e fettled-

the m , o r

w h e r e w i t h

could he ha ve fed them ? . The more

fer t i l e par t s

of Ca l e d on i a , tha t could wel l rece ive an

increafe

of the n u m b e rof

i nh ab i t an t s , were an

acquif i t ion

m a d e

t o

Scotl and long af ter

hi s

days*

Th e

n o r t h - w e f t

par t of our country,

which conf t i tu ted

th e

whole

of

h i s k i n gd om, is mou n ta i n ou s a n d

unf e r t i l e .

Nor can we

fuppofe.

tha t the Creones of thofe d a ys would-ha v e

be e n more

wi l l ing to have

given up the i r herds and m ounta i ns to the i r new

guef t s , than

ou r fa?-

the r s wou l d 'ha v e be e n

to

h a v e

de l ivered

o ve r their eftates to Wil-

l i a m ' s D u t c h m e n , or

George's

H a n o v e r i a n s. The k i n g d o m of Scot-

l a n d too was e l ect ive

t i l l

towards the end of the

t e n th

ce n tu r y ,

w i th

t h i s o n ly r educ t i on , that the e l ectors w ere obl iged to

chufe

one of

th e

royal

f a m i l y .

N o w , as thi s

foreign

pr ince was

called

t o re igni n

ano i h e r i f l and , where hi s heft ti tle to the crown

arofe from

th e

good

wi l l

o f

the Scottijh Nation, J

will of hisconfidents, we can

fcarcely

fuppofe thathe would have

a ttempted a meafure, i n wh i ch ,

con f i d e r i n g

the forceof na t io na lpre-

judices, he muf t have been oppofed by the unani mous voice of hi s

fubjects. An

idle meafure

too,

from

th e

fuccefs

of w hich he

could

h ave

reaped no advan tage , but from it s

fa i lure

he

mi gh t

ha v e

felt

the

worft of

confequences .

Having, as appears to me, fufficiently proved that the

reafons

a-

boveaf f igned

fo rgiving the n a meof

S c u i t

toone

people

and tr anf -

f e r r i ng it to another

a re

infiifficient, Iwil l venture to produce my

own

conjectures,

and

hope

to

give

as

con v i n c i n g . p r oof s

of

their

pro-

babi l i ty as the na ture of the

fubject

ca na d m i t . .

M a n k i n d

wa s ear ly

d i v i d e d

in to two dif t inc t

profefflons,

on e t h a t

l ived by agr icul ture , and theother tha t trufted fo r fubfiftence tohunt-

i ng and the increafe of the i r

ca tt l e .

Th e

f i r f t

wou l d

na t u r a l l y ,

a n d

;

almoft necef lar i ly , fettle upon

th e fpots

where

theyh ad

cl eared away

th e

woods,

an d d r a i n e d th emarfhes; the other ranged from placet o

place,

as frefh

paf ture

fprung up, or new game was f tar ted; Thefe

l a f l r

were in reality

Scuit\

or Wanderers , and received

that appel lat ion.

The coincidence of the l ang uag e and the manners , where thecuf toms

of the

people

ar e

expref led

in

the i dea

conveyed by the

wo rd , . f e ems

to be a

proof

of it s

p ro p r i e t y

f imi l a r to our

k n o w i n g

the por t ra i t s of

ou r f r i e n d s b y t h e i r

h a v i n g

a

f t r ik ing r e f emblan ce

of theo r i g i n a l s .

As t h e Cel t ic l ang uag e o nc e ex t ended o ve r an i m m e n f e

tract,.I

h a v e

not the

leaft

d o u b t

t h a t

th i s was the

t r u e

o r i g i n of t he n a m e o f

th e

peopl*

:r

j5rb.om the Greeks

called

a,8az.

Quorum p lauf l r a .

vagas^.

rite trahunt

domos;

th e oppof i t ion of the way

of

l i v i n g of thofe

people

to

tha t

of the

R o m a n s

was fo f t r ik ing, that the

Poet

ha s

here

e xp r e f l e d ,

a n d i n d e e d , w i t h o u t k n o w i n g i t , h a s p r ope r l y

t r a n f l a t e d *

th e word

Scuitty Vag.as

.-

And , if an old Scot was to

t r an f l a t e

th e

V a-

gas Domot-of

Horace,

he would ca l l

t h em

7%A- SrV ,

wh i ch

i n m o-

d e r n


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6 Origin

of

the Name

d e r n En g l i m me a n sS cotti/lo Houfes. Though th e Greeks, accord ing

to

their

conf t an t

m a n n e r , t u r n e d

th e

wor d . to fuit

the i d iom of

thei r

ow n

l a n gu a ge ,

th e2xo8ai were in real i ty

the

Scuit

y

b eh ind the Pa-

,lus

.Moeoti s ,

a n d th e Scuit

in I re l and and Caledonia

were

th e

?;vu6i in thi s

other

remote corner of the then: known w or l d .

According ly , in the few fragments of their poems that have

reach-

ed us , v v e f ind f r eq uen t men t io n o f, and

a l lu f ion

to h u n t i n g , an d

-herds of ,c a t t l e ,,w i thou t the

leaft

me n t i on of agr icul ture; a

f l rong proof of the ag r eemen t ,of m anners :b e tween the Scuit an d

Zxy a .i. This appel lat ion m ay feem to usa te rm of reproach, bu t

to people

hab ituated

to

this

way of l ife , it

wo u ld a ppe a r

an

honour-

ab led i f t i n & i on .

They wou l d even

look w i t h

contempt on the in-

ha b i t a n t sof cities, as m a n yof theTartars andA r a b sdo at

this

day ;

and , i n

c o mp ar i ng

th e

oppofite

m a n n e r s

of l i v i n g ,

they

wou l d

fa y

.mof t

f incerely ,

arid

more

; f rom

th e h ear t than

Horace

d i d ,

quanta

meliusScythae. Even a t thi sh our ,i t isthe cuf tom in the

mou n ta i n s

of.Scot land, a n d i n fome par ts of Ireland, tha t people in f u m m e r re -

move to feed

their

cattle on the hills, dwelli ng, d u r i n g that feafon ,

in hu t s , calledS hee t ings

a m o n g

u s,

a n d i n

w in t e r

retire to

the i rwarm-

er

ha b i t a t i on s in the vallies*. So the Irifh pr ince , when he c ame to

Ca l e d on i a ,found hi s peoplewereScuit,an d

he

left

them

Scuit. Noris

r i t ha rd t o

.find

th e reafons for the

n a me ' s

b e ingloft in the one

cou n t r y ,

wh i l e

it f lou r i ihed a n d fpread wider in theother. Th e

Fi rbolgs ,

th e

Faolans , the Tuathals, an d others ha d

conquered

and peopled the

grea t e f t p a r t

of

I r e l a n d ,

fo

t h a t

th e

o r i g i n a lScuit were r e d u ce d

to

fe n a l l numb er s , and n a r ro w b o unds . T h e

d i f f e r en t

i nvad e r s b y de -

grees

forgot their

former d i f t i n & i on s , t i l l at l a f t .t he cu f tom

prevai led

of

* It appears from the Colle&aneade Rebus Hibernicis ,

that

n u m ber sof the

northern

Ir ifh, who contend that

they

a re"alfo

Scots, were

in the

conftant

praf t ice of

d r i v i n g

their cat t le to pafture in the neighbour ing count ies ; and this cuftom

c o n t i nue d

tillabou t

the

m i d d l e

of laft century, at which t ime laws were made to

r e g u l a t e

an d

refira in

d i e m.

o f

the

Scottijh

Nat ion.

7

of the 'whole be i n g d e n o m i n a t e d f rom th e ifland they i n ha b i t e d .

On the contrary, the

afper i ty

of their

m o u n t a i n s

de f ended th eCale-

d on i a n Scuit from fore ign arms , fo tha t

t h e r e

was no reafon fo r

cha n g i n g , the i r former name. Their king, K e n n e th Ma ca l p i n , hav-

ing,

by a

long

and b l ood y war, ma d egood hi s cl a im to the Pidtifh

crown, the

cuftom preva i l ed

to call all his dominions by his

former

title.

That

the

R om ans

me n t i on not the Sco ti at the i r f i r f t acquaintance

wi th Br i ta in , i s no reafon to c o nc lude tha t there was no fuch

peopre

in

i t. They at

that

t ime

knew l i t t l e

of the i f l and

;

and

t he i r

own

hiftorians tell us ,

t h a t the y were unc e r t a i n

whether i t was an

i f land

or not

till

the days of

Vefpaf ian . Befrdes ,

the R oma n s

defpifed

eve-

ry l anguage but the i r own.

Rome

ha d flood

f o m e h u n d r e d s

of

years

before

they wou l d

con d e f ce n d

even to l earn

Greek. Thus

the y

could

hav e but a very

imp er f ec t kno wledg e

of al l the

d i f t i n t l io ns

a m o n g

a people

w i t h whom the y

had fo

fhor t

an

acquaintance ,

as

they had wi th thofe of the n or th of

Sco t l a n d . Were

I t o m a r k out

th e t ime when the Romans came a t l ength to

l e a r n

th en a m e of Scoti,

I would conclude that i t was when the i r c h a in s were fo faft r i ve t ed

on the Britons,that thefeunhappyillanders f ou n d

themfelves

under,

w h a t

would

be to them, a very d i fagreeable

neceffity,

of l e a r n i n g th e

l ang uag e o f the i ro p p re f l b r s ; w h e n thofe p o l i t e and h umanecon-

querors

had fcourged the mothers , and ravi lhed the d a u gh te r s .

Mr

W h i t a k e r

a t t e m pt s to

fuppor t

the

t r u t h

of his f u ppof m on s ,

from th e

n a m e

of

Argyle-jhirc,

an d f rom ou r

c a l l i n g

t h e l ang uag e

Erfe.-

B ut

thefe

t w o w or d s r e qu i t e

on l y

to be

e x p l a i n e d

inorder

lo

fhew

t ha t

t he y g i v e

n o

fuppor t

to his

hypothe f i s .

A s

all

th eorigi-

n al

m ha b i t a n t s of

B r i t a i n

were

Gael,

Argjh wa s

n a t u r a l l y d i f ti n -

gmfhed by the a ppe l l a t i on of

Jar-gait,

t h a t is , Wcfitrn Gae ls ,

be i n g

. . . . ' .

f i t u a t e d


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Origin

ofjhe

fi tuated in the moft \yefterndtvifion ofthat partof Brita in,aridindeed

in

the mod wef ter ly.par t of thewhole

i f l and ,

exceptthe narrowpro-

montory of the

land's

end in

Cornwall.

If we

call

the language Erfe

t

it

is

becaufe

in the

l ow l ands

of Scotland we ufe theAn glo -Saxondia-

lect,which began among -us from the m ult i tudes of

theEn g l i f h

Sax-

ons, who found a refuge in North Britain

from

th e

laih

of Norma n

tyrann y, and we ufe the word tha t was in ufea mong the m who had

been

mor e

acquainted

with th e

Irifh.

.As to the two paflages tha tM r Whi t a ke r ha squotedfrom Glaudi-

an, they are fcarcely

worth

an imadyer f ionj_ a . & theycontr ibuteno th ing

either to hispurpofe ormine; whether the Scot i , ment ioned by the

Poet,

were the

S c o t i

of Hibernia or Ca ledonia .

Bat-

perhaps,

after

h av i ng

been fo long

w ande r i ng

with ou r anceftors,

it

may not be

difagreeable to f ind fome flowers from the

claflics

fcattered in the de-

fert.

I will,

with

a

t ruly

chriftian fpirit, pardon the Poet wh o tref-

pafled aga inf t us by

fmging

afong of t r iumph

over

o ur

country, and,

r e tu r n i n g

good for evi l , I wi l l clear his words from the fa lfe in ter-

pre ta t ions

that have

been put

upon them,

and

(hew

that he

knew

very wel l how to expref s

hi s

o wn

me a n ing ,

to all butfuch as were

d e t e r m i n e d

to

m i f u n d e r f t a n d him.

Th e

f i r f t paf lage

I f h a l l t a k e notice of is,

Scotorum cumulos

flevi t glacial is 'Iernc.

A V he r e

{hall we

f ind

th e R o m a n h if tor ian who

fays

h i s - c o un t ry men

e v e r

i n v a d e d

I r e l a n d ?

Ye t

fuch an invaf ion is abfolutely necef lafy to

ma k e a n y

fenfe

of thi s l i ne , to thofe who th i n k thofe S c o t i we r e H i -

be r n i a n s . For the

Poet

here places before ou r -eyes the Goddefs or

N y m p h

l e r n e

as

p r e f e n t

on the

fpot,

an d

w e e p i n g

ov e r th e he a ps of

iher . f laughtered fr iends, who lay before her.

-For

it is well k n o w n

that

of the S e o t i - i j h Nation. g

t h f i f e

local Genii very rarely, if ever,

travelled out

of their own

.So.we muft look

for

this

Terne fomewhere

elfe.

If any

iOoelBotj l d fofpe&

.that I am

biafied

bynational

v a n i ty

to

aiHrm that

thiwaff api&ureof theditnal;fate of my-own countrymen, he

is

tjectaialy Ihtle

acquainted

with

the feelingsof

th e

huma n

Jieart,

I

Cannot

t h i nk

i t an honour to any-na t ion to be defea ted : And , :even

at the

diftance

of 1406ydars , I

feel

th e natural par t ia l i ty of my

country fuggefting

a wifli that

thefe cumtuK

ha d

b e e n

cumuliof Ro-

nuns,.oT ofian y

other

people^

ratlier thanof Caledonian

Scots.

B u t ,

HosBerertmwilliflgy the loveof

trath

r

an d f h honour of thePoet,

whom I

am; defending

from mifreprefentations,

compel

me to

ac-

koiowkdge,

that

the lerneh e me n t i on s is the r iver known by the

naiaeofthe

Water tif Erae/in

&1rath~Erne. The Poet

feems

to

have

feeeo-wdi acquaintedwith the map of the

country,-fince

he does not

atraridommentionany river in

Scotland,

wherethere are

fome

others

morecottfiderable, but, with aiparticularpropriety,points out to us

the water

of JEr/rr, which

the Roma ns

could

meet wi th in the

^ S f f t

day*marchbeyond their

own

wialls,and which it was neceflary

for;themto

pafe,

to etrable

diem

to

carrytheir

hoftilit iesfarther

nor th^

and which, on

that

account, would beftrongly

defended

by the af-

fembled Caledonians,

I

aia forry

they had fo ill

fuccefs

in

the ir

at-

t e mpt s

to

defend their country f rom

fo

powerful invaders .

I know

it will be

a l ledged , tha t

Strath-Erne is but a very f f n a l l

par t

o fScot-

l a n d ; but i t has been a l ready m ow n to b e a p a f s of great impor tance

in

tha t conteft

; and it is

qui te famil iar

to

poets

to

n a m e

a

part

for

the

whole.

This is a f igure fo wel l known,

even

to fchool boys,

that i t would be

trif l ing

to produce par t i cular exa 'mples . A learned,

a.profound, and

acute

diflertator,

m i g h t

fay, on

occafioa,

1have

'left

E n g l a n d ,

and am g oing to Ita lyj'a poet

would

perhap's

exprefe

fcknfelf in fbme fuch way as

this,

:

Farewel toThames, all'hail to Tyber's ftrtam,

B

There


6/7

Tio

Origin

o f

the

'

There

is an

epi thet

in the

l ine

Ihavebeen treatingof, tfiatpointed**-

Jyibows

Ireland

not to

have

been in tended- here by

the-word

lerne.

1

da r e fa y

nobody wi l l

deny this

;p*^)bfrtion


7/7

led us

intomiftakes;

and

ambigiiitie&

bf

oot

marking

idlftin&ly

the;

proper appellationsof the differentpeople of theABrifciflv

lile&,

lince

everynation ofEurope f a l l LatQ fimilar

blunders

everyday.

i/?, Mr WhUafcer,{eettta to>toe

tfribeimiftakiea

wbea hecalls the

Caledonian Seota

by the

name:

f

.G f

tones

+

but Ichofe to

ufe

the

fame nanaebe

gav.e

them, that

the

^ueflioa mightnot be

perplexed

by ageographical

difcuffioa.

;

i

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a^,Pol

mo tis

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An Inquiry into the Origm of the Name of the &cottlfh Nation