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alderman_n senator_n or_o another_o sage_a noble_a man_n 60_o s._n whosoever_o shall_v fight_v in_o a_o villager_n house_n pay_v scot_n or_o any_o yeoman_n shall_v be_v punish_v 30_o shilling_n and_o shall_v give_v the_o villager_n 6_o shilling_n and_o if_o any_o one_o fight_n in_o the_o open_a field_n he_o shall_v pay_v 120_o shilling_n if_o there_o happen_v among_o guest_n a_o quarrel_n and_o some_o of_o they_o shall_v patient_o take_v ill_a language_n the_o rest_n shall_v be_v punish_v 30_o shilling_n a_o piece_n of_o theft_n if_o any_o one_o shall_v steal_v without_o the_o privity_n of_o his_o wife_n and_o child_n he_o shall_v be_v punish_v 60_o s._n but_o if_o he_o steal_v his_o whole_a family_n consent_v they_o shall_v be_v all_o give_v into_o servitude_n a_o child_n of_o 10_o year_n old_a shall_v be_v account_v accessary_a in_o theft_n of_o claim_v justice_n if_o any_o plaintiff_n shall_v require_v right_a to_o be_v do_v he_o by_o a_o senator_n or_o any_o other_o judge_n and_o the_o defendant_n give_v no_o pledge_n he_o the_o judge_n shall_v forfeit_v 30_o shilling_n and_o nevertheless_o within_o a_o seven-night_n do_v he_o true_a justice_n of_o self-vindication_n he_o that_o on_o his_o own_o private_a account_n shall_v take_v satisfaction_n for_o a_o wrong_n do_v to_o he_o before_o he_o have_v demand_v public_a justice_n shall_v restore_v what_o he_o take_v away_o on_o that_o score_n or_o give_v the_o worth_n of_o the_o thing_n and_o beside_o forfeit_v 30_o shilling_n of_o rapine_n if_o any_o shall_v rob_v within_o the_o confine_n of_o our_o state_n he_o shall_v restore_v what_o he_o have_v take_v and_o be_v punish_v 60_o shilling_n of_o men-buyer_n if_o any_o one_o shall_v buy_v his_o countryman_n either_o bond_n or_o free_a or_o guilty_a of_o a_o crime_n and_o send_v he_o beyond_o sea_n he_o shall_v pay_v the_o value_n of_o his_o head_n and_o give_v over_o and_o above_o sufficient_a satisfaction_n of_o false_a testimony_n and_o pledge_n if_o any_o 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he_o bishop_n augustine_n 495_o gregory_n to_o melitus_n abbot_n in_o france_n wherein_o he_o give_v command_v to_o be_v send_v to_o augustine_n about_o the_o conversion_n of_o that_o nation_n 495_o gregory_n to_o augustine_n bishop_n of_o the_o english_a of_o the_o use_n of_o the_o pall_n and_o of_o the_o church_n of_o london_n 496_o the_o life_n of_o s._n augustine_n first_o archbishop_n of_o canterbury_n 498_o augustine_n be_v courteous_o receive_v at_o his_o arrival_n into_o england_n by_o ethelbert_n king_n of_o kent_n 500_o the_o answer_n of_o gregory_n the_o great_a to_o the_o question_n send_v by_o augustine_n for_o the_o better_a government_n of_o the_o new_a erect_a church_n of_o english-saxons_a 502_o a_o synod_n call_v by_o augustine_n the_o first_o archbishop_n by_o the_o assistance_n of_o ethelbert_n king_n of_o kent_n to_o augustine_n ac_fw-la etc._n etc._n there_o be_v present_a the_o roman_a clergy_n seven_o bishop_n many_o british_a doctor_n first_o he_o demand_v obedience_n to_o the_o roman_a church_n and_o that_o the_o britain_n be_n conformable_a to_o the_o roman_n in_o three_o thing_n first_o in_o the_o celebration_n of_o easter_n second_o in_o the_o administration_n of_o baptism_n three_o in_o preach_v with_o he_o to_o the_o english-saxons_a 509_o the_o answer_n of_o the_o abbot_n of_o bangor_n to_o augustine_n the_o monk_n require_v subjection_n to_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n p._n 511_o of_o the_o famous_a monastery_n of_o bangor_n and_o the_o conference_n hold_v between_o augustine_n and_o dinoth_n abbot_n of_o that_o place_n 513_o eadbald_n 515_o the_o epistle_n of_o boniface_n v._o to_o justus_n late_a bishop_n of_o rochester_n now_o successor_n of_o melitus_n in_o the_o archbishopric_n of_o canterbury_n 515_o ercombert_n 516_o egbert_n ibid._n lothair_n 517_o edric_n ib._n wigtre_v ib._n edbert_n 519_o ethelbert_n the_o second_o ibid._n alric_n ib._n ethelbert_n the_o three_o ib._n cuthred_a ib._n baldred_n ib._n the_o kingdom_n of_o the_o east-saxons_a 521_o sledda_n ibid._n sebert_n 522_o sered_a seward_n sigibert_n ib._n segibert_n the_o first_o 523_o segibert_n the_o second_o ib._n swythelme_fw-mi 524_o sighere_o ib._n offa_n ib._n selred_n 525_o suthred_n ib._n the_o kingdom_n of_o the_o south-saxons_a 527_o ella_n ib._n cissa_n 528_o edilwalch_n 529_o the_o conversion_n of_o the_o south-saxons_a by_o wilfrid_n archbishop_n of_o york_n ib._n the_o conversion_n of_o the_o inhabitant_n of_o wight_n 530_o the_o kingdom_n of_o northumberland_n 533_o ida_n ibid._n ella_n 534_o ethelric_n ib._n edelfrid_n ib._n edwin_n 535_o bishop_n honorius_n to_o edwin_n king_n of_o the_o english_a 537_o osric_n 538_o eanfrith_n ib._n oswy_o 540_o the_o synod_n of_o streanshalch_n now_o whitby_n at_o the_o request_n of_o hilda_n abbess_n of_o that_o place_n under_o oswy_a the_o father_n and_o alchfrid_n the_o son_n king_n of_o northumberland_n in_o the_o year_n of_o christ_n 664_o in_o which_o be_v controvert_v the_o 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〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d timagenes_n polybius_n festus_n avicnus_fw-la onomacritus_n cambden_n 〈◊〉_d isacius_n tzetzes_n camb._n brit._n ptolemy_n geog._n the_o true_a calculation_n cluverius_n geogr._n caesar._n com._n minutius_n foe_n lix_o tacitus_n brietius_n brietius_n answer_v tacitus_n eusebius_n herodotus_n justin._n bishop_n usher_n learned_a sir_n w._n raleigh_n note_v a_o german_a mile_n be_v four_o english_a tibullus_n scaliger_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d learned_a selden_n r._n 1._o r._n 2._o r._n 3._o tacitus_n 1._o bocaitus_fw-la ezckiel_n 2._o josephus_n herodotus_n lib._n 4._o hesychius_n pliny_n didimus_n crates_n scholiaste_v aristoph_n ad_fw-la ran._n ran._n in_o dictione_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d diod._n sicul._n plutarch_n caesar._n suidas_n florus_n justin._n paus._n aelian_a athenaeus_n suidas_n livy_n plutarch_n festus_n caesar._n tully_n caesar._n lib._n 1._o virgil._n quintilian_n cambden_n festus_n plutarch_n caesar._n com._n festus_n plutarch_n lazius_n pontanus_n strabo_n caesar._n manlius_n sherringham_n de_fw-fr anglorum_fw-la origin_n antonius_n volscus_n dominicus_n marius_n niger_n servius_n honoratus_n john_n twine_v du_n bartas_n etc._n etc._n pliny_n nat._n hist._n lambard_n hist._n richardi_fw-la viti_n lib._n 1._o verslegan_n speak_v of_o the_o king_n of_o palestine_n utrecht_n the_o utmost_a bind_v of_o land_n hugo_n grotius_n de_fw-fr veritate_fw-la relig._n christ._n lib._n 1._o sanchoniathon_n a_o phoenician_n author_n strab._n lib._n 3._o 3._o medacritus_fw-la viz._n melicartus_fw-la hercules_n herodotus_n de_fw-fr cassiteritibus_fw-la diodorus_n sic._n lib._n 5._o plin._n nat._n hist._n lib._n 8._o sancho_n cambden_n solinus_n eustathius_n ortelius_n strabo_n olivarius_n solinus_n eustathius_n cambden_n prolomy_n cambden_n bochartus_fw-la this_o island_n take_v not_o we_o name_n from_o brit_n birth_n or_o canta_n britain_n true_o derive_v from_o bratanac_n bochartus_fw-la strabo_n pliny_n isidore_n manethon_n josephus_n strabo_n humphrey_n lloyd_n bish_n cooper_n tacitus_n herudotus_fw-la lib._n 4._o vulcanus_fw-la bochartus_fw-la strabo_n lib._n i._n milton_n herodotus_n in_o melpomene_n bochartus_fw-la blondus_fw-la buchanan_n milton_n nist_n of_o england_n the_o phoenician_n hanno's_fw-la navigation_n gerardus_n vossius_fw-la isaac_n vossius_fw-la aelianus_n strabo_n bochartus_fw-la onomacritus_n strabo_n pomp_n mela._n ptolemy_n orpheus_n aristotle_n claudian_n eustathius_n martian_a juvenal_n pomp._n mela._n diod._n siculus_n bochartus_fw-la procopius_n pytheas_n mass._n marinus_n ptolemy_n cadmus_n his_o alphabet_n aethicus_n homer_n odyss_n 1._o vers_fw-la 25._o statius_n lib._n 4._o ad_fw-la marcell_n lib._n 5._o in_o proterp_v ad_fw-la crispinum_n suidas_n polybiur_fw-fr lit_fw-fr 3._o strabo_n lib._n 2_o festus_n avienus_n tacitus_n clem._n a_o ex_fw-la plin._n nat._n hist._n strabo_n lib._n 4._o sanchoniathon_n cambden_n 〈◊〉_d solinus_n martial_a tacitus_n bochartus_fw-la ptolemy_n franciscus_n philelphus_n lileus_fw-la geraldus_fw-la varro_n pliny_n nat._n hist._n bochartus_fw-la marcellianus_fw-la ex_fw-la timagi_n stephanus_n josephus_n pausanias_n enidius_fw-la geropius_fw-la sheringham_n plutarch_n solinus_z prolomy_n clitophon_n pliny_n nat._n hist._n ptolemy_n jornandus_fw-la ex_fw-la cornello_n tacitus_n tacitus_n note_v godolanac_n be_v a_o place_n of_o tynn_n from_o which_o godolcan_n be_v derive_v anton._n goll_n lib._n 1._o cap._n 29._o jamblicus_n julian_n the_o apostate_n tacitus_n caesar._n lactant._n lucan_n livy_n philo_z bibl._n sanchoniathon_n plato_n phil._n tully_n lactantius_n pomp._n mela._n bochartus_fw-la polybius_n cambden_n plutarch_n orosius_n servius_n 8_o aeneid_n hesychius_n 2_o sam._n 18._o 14_o pausanias_n quintilian_n pliny_n salassian_o viz._n gaul_n eusebius_n orosius_n eutropius_n salvianus_n prosper_n eumenius_n salvianus_n allobroges_n isidorus_n and_o diodorus_n geraldus_fw-la camb._n rhenanus_fw-la ortelius_n cambden_n pliny_n antoninus_n dio_fw-mi cassius_n pliny_n tacitus_n gul._n malmsb._n antoninus_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d itinery_n 〈◊〉_d girald_n lib._n 2._o cap._n 1_o 5._o plutarch_n silius_n ital_n tacitus_n bochartus_fw-la old_a seol_n on_o juvenal_n caesar_n com._n quoere_o nominae_fw-la britannica_fw-la britannica_fw-la note_v duct_n i_o think_v shall_v be_v ducitis_fw-la as_o it_o be_v speak_v of_o the_o derivation_n of_o paterius_n and_o delphidius_n st._n hierom_n ad_fw-la hedeb_n posidonius_n strabo_n festus_n caesar._n a_o 〈◊〉_d account_n of_o this_o chapter_n chapter_n rahab_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o interpretation_n of_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o latin_n from_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d make_v puniceus_fw-la and_o from_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d poenus_fw-la poenus_fw-la 〈◊〉_d marth_a marth_a syrian_a ie_fw-fr syrim_a than_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o sylli_n and_o by_o prefix_v the_o article_n hassurim_n be_v bring_v in_o ‑_o assyrian_a grorius_n in_o epist_n ad_fw-la gall._n 114_o p._n 242._o hesychius_n herodotus_n plin._n nat._n hist._n strabo_n lib._n 3._o geogr._n cambden_n liu7_n st._n hieroms_n quest._n on_o gen._n varro_n antiq._n caesar_n comment_n caesar._n tacitus_n caesar._n tacitus_n sheringham_n de_fw-fr orig._n angl._n pythias_n polybius_n lib._n 3._o thucydides_n herodotus_n stephanus_n in_o voce_fw-mi 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d isacius_n tzer_n in_o lycoph_n mirae_fw-la
who_o original_a name_n be_v undoubted_o know_v where_o man_n by_o negligence_n mistake_v a_o humour_n or_o dialect_n often_o deviate_v from_o the_o true_a original_a but_o to_o clear_v every_o point_n i_o will_v further_o search_v this_o termination_n of_o britannia_fw-la which_o mr._n cambden_n call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d which_o i_o think_v improper_o and_o aught_o to_o be_v only_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o be_v a_o frequent_a termination_n of_o country_n in_o the_o world_n as_o germania_n pomerania_n transylvania_n and_o romania_n this_o i_o believe_v be_v the_o reason_n too_o why_o bretanica_n be_v turn_v into_o britannia_n because_o it_o correspond_v with_o the_o idiom_n of_o other_o termination_n and_o mr._n cambden_n say_v that_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o the_o greek_a glossary_n betoken_v a_o region_n which_o be_v grant_v in_o some_o composition_n but_o then_o must_v be_v consider_v whether_o the_o word_n to_o be_v compound_v end_n in_o a_o vowel_n or_o consonant_a for_o if_o it_o end_v in_o a_o consonant_a 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d make_v the_o composition_n but_o if_o it_o end_v in_o a_o vowel_n as_o mauri_n aqui_fw-la the_o t_n be_v put_v in_o for_o sound_n sake_n because_o mauriania_n aquiania_n can_v sound_v well_o and_o that_o t_n be_v a_o letter_n often_o use_v euphoniae_fw-la gratiâ_fw-la as_o it_o be_v aster_n ce_fw-fr in_o french_a cet_fw-fr un_fw-fr and_o n_o among_o the_o saxon_n before_o a_o vowel_n as_o a_o island_n among_o the_o greek_n without_o any_o other_o signification_n as_o any_o one_o verse_v in_o that_o language_n may_v understand_v and_o this_o be_v the_o true_a reason_n i_o suppose_v why_o the_o mauritania_n aquitania_n and_o false_o britannia_n as_o mr._n cambden_n say_v be_v the_o only_a country_n of_o note_n that_o end_n in_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d because_o it_o do_v not_o happen_v in_o compound_v in_o other_o country_n name_n that_o they_o end_v partly_o in_o a_o vowel_n thus_o much_o consider_v concern_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d let_v we_o see_v how_o it_o can_v be_v add_v to_o birth_n to_o clear_v out_o mr._n cambden_n britannia_n for_o add_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d to_o birth_n and_o it_o make_v brithtania_n which_o will_v have_v be_v write_v by_o the_o greek_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d according_a to_o their_o idiom_n and_o let_v mr._n cambden_n make_v as_o little_a as_o he_o will_v of_o the_o h_n yet_o it_o be_v the_o shibbole_fw-he or_o caracteristical_a note_n of_o the_o british_a and_o teutonik_n dialect_n in_o general_n and_o we_o know_v word_n as_o blithea_n scythe_n which_o can_v never_o be_v make_v ulite_n site_n with_o tooth_n become_v wit_n and_o teet_v be_v clear_a of_o another_o signification_n without_o the_o h._n and_o if_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d have_v be_v add_v to_o birth_n it_o will_v have_v make_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d which_o i_o think_v prove_v that_o birth_n alone_o be_v not_o the_o name_n of_o these_o islander_n but_o rather_o britani_n as_o pomerani_fw-la pomerania_n not_o pomeranani_fw-la romani_fw-la romania_n not_o romanania_n if_o you_o give_v the_o name_n from_o the_o people_n so_o call_v or_o as_o i_o rather_o apprehend_v from_o pomer_n rome_n the_o any_fw-la be_v rather_o take_v from_o ania_n than_o ania_n from_o any_fw-la so_o that_o when_o bratanac_n be_v mollify_v first_o into_o bretanica_n as_o in_o strabo_n than_o into_o bretania_n it_o be_v to_o be_v suppose_v the_o people_n be_v call_v bretani_fw-la brittani_n by_o themselves_o strabo_n or_o something_o like_o it_o according_a to_o the_o dialect_n of_o their_o neighbour_n but_o neither_o brit_n or_o birth_n but_o by_o diminution_n and_o corruption_n as_o at_o this_o day_n we_o call_v a_o switzar_n a_o swis_n so_o that_o although_o the_o saxon_n call_v the_o britain_n in_o their_o language_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o witigandus_fw-la the_o saxon_a every_o where_o name_n the_o britain_n britae_n yet_o this_o prove_v not_o brit_n to_o be_v the_o primitive_a any_o more_o than_o the_o phoenician_n be_v call_v poeni_n prove_v that_o punicum_n as_o i_o say_v before_o and_o poenicum_n be_v derive_v from_o it_o when_o all_o the_o world_n know_v poenicum_n to_o be_v the_o primitive_a for_o grant_v just_a before_o the_o saxon_n day_n they_o be_v call_v brits_n brittae_fw-la yea_o and_o in_o caesar_n day_n too_o yet_o this_o make_v not_o that_o britannia_n come_v from_o brit_n this_o age_n be_v many_o hundred_o year_n subsequent_a to_o the_o first_o discovery_n of_o it_o by_o the_o phoenician_n and_o how_o bratanac_n may_v be_v alter_v and_o change_v in_o those_o day_n deliver_v only_o from_o mouth_n to_o mouth_n in_o a_o rude_a and_o ignorant_a age_n wherein_o they_o have_v few_o record_n and_o write_n i_o leave_v it_o to_o the_o wise_a to_o judge_v and_o here_o it_o be_v careful_o to_o be_v note_v that_o in_o derive_v of_o nation_n and_o people_n we_o mistake_v not_o in_o the_o primitive_a and_o first_o name_n by_o think_v that_o to_o be_v it_o which_o in_o reality_n be_v only_a part_n of_o the_o whole_a and_o not_o a_o distinct_a composure_n by_o itself_o as_o here_o it_o be_v in_o brit_n and_o ania_fw-la where_o brit_n be_v only_o make_v part_n of_o the_o signification_n and_o ania_n because_o it_o correspond_v with_o other_o like_a termination_n be_v only_o a_o hanger_n on_o to_o give_v one_o example_n of_o the_o euxine-sea_n call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d or_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d where_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d or_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v take_v for_o the_o primitive_a alone_o a_o or_o ev_n be_v think_v to_o be_v give_v to_o it_o only_o as_o people_n stand_v affect_v or_o disaffect_v to_o the_o inhabitant_n upon_o it_o so_o that_o if_o you_o make_v it_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d it_o be_v the_o most_o barbarous_a place_n in_o the_o world_n if_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d pretty_a tolerable_a however_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v account_v the_o primitive_a for_o a_o or_o ev_n be_v join_v to_o it_o be_v of_o 〈◊〉_d real_a signification_n to_o the_o thing_n but_o only_o to_o the_o affection_n of_o man_n yet_o in_o the_o diligent_a search_n after_o the_o antiquity_n of_o those_o coast_n we_o find_v that_o the_o alpha_n be_v a_o real_a and_o essential_a part_n of_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o not_o a_o privative_a particle_n for_o that_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v derive_v from_o askenaz_n from_o who_o also_o come_v the_o river_n and_o lake_n ascanius_n the_o ascanean_a island_n the_o city_n and_o country_n asania_n in_o like_a manner_n may_v it_o undoubted_o be_v think_v have_v happen_v to_o britania_n the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d by_o reason_n of_o its_o similitude_n with_o other_o termination_n be_v neglect_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d alone_o carry_v the_o glory_n of_o the_o derivation_n when_o as_o in_o reality_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d have_v a_o real_a part_n and_o share_v in_o it_o as_o derive_v from_o bretanica_n and_o be_v ancient_o anac_n signify_v tynn_n among_o the_o phoenician_n to_o show_v a_o little_a of_o these_o sort_n of_o derivation_n i_o shall_v instance_n in_o two_o only_a britain_n and_o london_n its_o famous_a metropolis_n i_o desire_v the_o reader_n for_o diversion_n sake_n to_o imagine_v himself_o living_n two_o or_o three_o thousand_o year_n hence_o as_o ovid_n witty_o make_v his_o pythagoras_n and_o suppose_v likewise_o that_o some_o fatal_a barbarism_n shall_v overrun_v the_o world_n that_o most_o write_n and_o record_n of_o britain_n be_v lose_v and_o only_o the_o name_n of_o it_o and_o some_o of_o our_o present_a language_n and_o roman_a history_n preserve_v let_v we_o then_o see_v which_o way_n man_n will_v go_v to_o work_v perhaps_o some_o or_o other_o may_v happy_o blunder_v upon_o brutus_n but_z by_o the_o wary_a and_o judicious_a that_o will_v soon_o be_v explode_v as_o too_o fabulous_a to_o derive_v britannia_n 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