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〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d signify_v a_o land_n of_o corn_n or_o ear_n in_o the_o phoen._n dialect_n lybia_n so_o call_v from_o lybia_n the_o daughter_n of_o epaphus_n lybia_n a_o dry_a and_o thirsty_a country_n per_fw-la calidas_fw-la lybiae_fw-la sitientis_fw-la arenas_fw-la lucan_n love_fw-mi thirsty_n dry._n spania_n vulgò_fw-la hispania_n from_o pan._n spania_n so_o call_v from_o the_o multitude_n of_o rabbat_n and_o coney_n it_o produce_v insomuch_o that_o that_o animal_n be_v account_v peculiar_a to_o that_o country_n catullus_n give_v the_o epithet_n cuniculosa_n to_o celtiberia_n a_o province_n of_o spain_n and_o the_o baleares_n island_n adjoin_v be_v so_o much_o infest_a with_o that_o vermin_n that_o they_o sue_v to_o augustus_n for_o soldier_n to_o destroy_v they_o spanija_n a_o country_n of_o rabbat_n or_o coney_n italia_n from_o italus_n a_o calf_n or_o ox_n of_o hercules_n call_v by_o the_o phoenician_n ataria_n from_o the_o exceed_a quantity_n of_o pitch_n it_o yield_v the_o letter_n 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bratanac_n by_o which_o they_o acknowledge_v it_o a_o phoenician_n derivation_n which_o be_v very_o remarkable_a so_o that_o strabo_n all_o along_o call_v it_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d bretanica_n not_o bretania_n so_o that_o bretanica_n be_v ancient_a than_o bretannia_n as_o punicûm_fw-la and_o poenicum_n derive_v from_o phoenix_n be_v ancient_a than_o poenum_fw-la which_o yet_o seem_v to_o be_v of_o a_o more_o primitive_a extract_n and_o nature_n the_o same_o may_v be_v say_v of_o afri_fw-la marmoridae_fw-la messabatae_fw-la late_a in_o time_n than_o their_o primitive_n africa_n marmarica_n messabatica_fw-la as_o learned_a bochartus_fw-la prove_v from_o whence_o they_o be_v derive_v now_o the_o reason_n of_o this_o change_v of_o bretanica_n into_o bretania_n by_o the_o greek_n be_v this_o because_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d seem_v according_a to_o the_o idiom_n of_o their_o language_n to_o be_v a_o adjective_n and_o so_o defective_a in_o sense_n without_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d join_v to_o it_o may_v give_v occasion_n of_o mistake_n in_o reader_n to_o understand_v it_o which_o be_v always_o careful_o prevent_v by_o the_o grecian_n who_o study_v nothing_o more_o than_o elegancy_n of_o stile_n in_o that_o little_a book_n de_fw-fr mundo_fw-la which_o be_v false_o father_v upon_o aristotle_n as_o beside_o other_o error_n the_o luxury_n of_o the_o stile_n witness_v i_o find_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d bretanica_n the_o primitive_a substantive_n by_o error_n turn_v into_o a_o adjective_n so_o that_o when_o once_o bretanica_n or_o bratanac_n come_v to_o be_v bretannia_n we_o ought_v not_o to_o wonder_v at_o the_o several_a change_n as_o 〈◊〉_d in_o the_o body_n of_o the_o world_n as_o in_o its_o termination_n as_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d bretania_n brettania_n britannia_n brittannia_fw-la the_o people_n britanni_n and_o so_o on_o to_o britones_n britus_fw-la britton_n for_o this_o be_v very_o ordinary_a in_o place_n themselves_o
albion_n from_o that_o nation_n also_o it_o be_v agree_v on_o most_o hand_n that_o it_o have_v its_o denomination_n of_o albion_n from_o its_o whiteness_n and_o it_o be_v observable_a that_o orpheus_n or_o rather_o onomacritus_n call_v it_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o white_a island_n and_o the_o british_a poet_n name_v it_o inis_fw-la wen_n the_o white_a island_n whether_o from_o the_o plasterish_a soil_n as_o faucastorius_fw-la think_v or_o the_o white_a rock_n about_o it_o be_v uncertain_a that_o it_o come_v from_o the_o latin_n albis_n rupibus_fw-la be_v impossible_a because_o it_o be_v know_v to_o the_o greek_n by_o this_o name_n long_o before_o the_o latin_n and_o that_o it_o proceed_v from_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d signify_v white_a in_o the_o greek_a tongue_n be_v very_o unlikely_a because_o be_v call_v albion_n when_o the_o rest_n of_o the_o island_n about_o it_o be_v name_v bretanick_n it_o may_v be_v suppose_v to_o have_v go_v by_o this_o name_n long_o before_o the_o greek_n enter_v these_o sea_n when_o the_o tynn_n mine_n in_o cornwall_n and_o devonshire_n be_v not_o yet_o find_v out_o for_o upon_o the_o discovery_n of_o the_o mine_n in_o those_o country_n the_o name_n of_o britain_n be_v give_v to_o part_v of_o this_o island_n also_o and_o albion_n by_o degree_n begin_v to_o grow_v out_o of_o use_n from_o alben_n therefore_o in_o the_o phoenician_n tongue_n signify_v white_a it_o may_v with_o most_o probability_n be_v derive_v and_o as_o the_o greek_n translate_v bratanac_a the_o country_n of_o tynn_n into_o cassiterides_n and_o afterward_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d why_o may_v they_o not_o turn_v likewise_o alben_n into_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d or_o white_a island_n and_o afterward_o vary_v it_o into_o albion_n bochartus_fw-la take_v notice_n that_o the_o mountain_n upon_o france_n common_o call_v the_o bochartus_fw-la alps_n be_v sometime_o name_v albia_n from_o their_o continual_a whiteness_n now_o see_v that_o the_o phoenician_n be_v in_o liguria_n and_o those_o part_n of_o france_n as_o likewise_o in_o britain_n before_o the_o greek_n it_o be_v rather_o to_o be_v suppose_v that_o albion_n and_o albia_n come_v from_o their_o alben_n than_o the_o greek_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d white_a and_o it_o may_v be_v easy_o think_v that_o both_o the_o latin_a word_n albus_n and_o greek_a 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v both_o original_o derive_v from_o the_o phoenician_n alben_n i_o will_v only_o set_v down_o one_o conjecture_n more_o of_o the_o name_n of_o albion_n and_o that_o be_v alpin_n which_o in_o the_o phoenician_n tongue_n signify_v a_o high_a mountain_n in_o the_o country_n of_o the_o silures_n now_o south_n wales_n there_o be_v many_o high_a cliff_n which_o the_o britain_n from_o the_o phoenician_n call_v pen_n to_o this_o day_n now_o see_v it_o may_v be_v suppose_v that_o the_o phoenician_n land_a in_o those_o part_n why_o may_v they_o not_o call_v that_o part_n of_o the_o island_n alben_n or_o alpin_n from_o whence_o albion_n may_v afterward_o proceed_v the_o b_o and_o p_o being_n easy_o convertible_a and_o see_v that_o the_o name_n of_o albion_n be_v so_o ancient_a it_o be_v far_o more_o probable_a it_o be_v take_v from_o those_o part_n where_o the_o first_o trader_n arrive_v than_o from_o the_o cliff_n of_o dover_n frequent_v only_o by_o the_o little_a traffic_n of_o the_o continent_n and_o that_o which_o make_v further_o to_o the_o confirmation_n of_o this_o derivation_n of_o albion_n from_o alben_n white_a in_o the_o phoenician_n tongue_n or_o alpin_n high_a and_o mountainous_a in_o the_o same_o dialect_n be_v that_o the_o high-land_n scot_n who_o be_v once_o part_n of_o the_o britain_n and_o to_o this_o day_n retain_v the_o british_a language_n call_v that_o country_n which_o they_o inhabit_v alban_n or_o albin_n whereupon_o blondus_n term_v the_o scot_n albinenses_n as_o well_o as_o albienses_n and_o buchanan_n albini_n why_o may_v not_o therefore_o the_o whole_a island_n in_o former_a time_n be_v general_o buchanan_n call_v alban_n or_o albin_n and_o afterward_o albion_n by_o corruption_n see_v that_o the_o same_o author_n name_v the_o scot_n albienses_n and_o albinenses_n promiscuous_o moreover_o it_o be_v to_o be_v observe_v as_o to_o the_o derivation_n of_o albion_n from_o alpin_n that_o st._n hierom_n inveigh_v against_o a_o pelagian_a a_o scot_n by_o nation_n call_v he_o a_o alpine_a dog_n which_o mr._n cambden_n will_v correct_v and_o in_o the_o place_n of_o alpin_n put_v in_o albin_n by_o which_o name_n the_o highlander_n call_v their_o country_n because_o say_v he_o of_o alpin_n dog_n i_o never_o remember_v i_o have_v read_v aught_o but_o scotish_n dog_n be_v very_o famous_a at_o rome_n even_o in_o those_o day_n as_o if_o st._n hierom_n by_o alpin_n dog_n mean_v a_o dog_n of_o the_o alps_n and_o not_o of_o scotland_n i_o see_v therefore_o no_o reason_n why_o the_o word_n shall_v be_v change_v for_o if_o the_o greek_n can_v call_v the_o alps_n as_o well_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d albion_n as_n well_o as_o alpion_n and_o that_o from_o the_o phoenician_n alben_n and_o alpin_n why_o may_v not_o st._n hierom_n call_v the_o scot_n alpin_v as_o well_o as_o albin_n upon_o the_o same_o account_n especial_o see_v the_o change_n be_v so_o inconsiderable_a what_o the_o highlander_n call_v alban_n and_o albin_n the_o irish_a call_n allabany_n and_o mr._n cambden_n put_v the_o question_n whether_o this_o word_n allabany_n may_v not_o have_v some_o token_n in_o it_o of_o the_o ancient_a albion_n but_o why_o do_v he_o not_o rather_o ask_v whether_o alban_n and_o albin_n by_o which_o the_o native_n call_v their_o country_n do_v not_o rather_o carry_v some_o footstep_n of_o albion_n than_o allabany_n a_o foreign_a word_n pronounce_v after_o the_o broad_a and_o scatter_a manner_n of_o the_o irish._n the_o reason_n be_v plain_a alban_n and_o albin_n have_v nothing_o in_o they_o of_o the_o scottish_a which_o be_v also_o the_o british_a or_o of_o the_o irish_a tongue_n high_a than_o which_o he_o never_o go_v but_o allabany_n will_v afford_v matter_n for_o a_o pretty_a derivation_n it_o be_v question_n say_v he_o for_o a_o liberal_a and_o search_a wit_n to_o travel_v in_o he_o give_v therefore_o two_o conjecture_n as_o touch_v the_o name_n of_o allabany_n but_o not_o one_o of_o alban_n or_o albin_n may_v it_o not_o come_v of_o whiteness_n say_v he_o which_o they_o call_v ban_n and_o import_v as_o much_o as_o ellan-ban_n that_o be_v a_o white_a island_n or_o from_o banne_n by_o which_o the_o irish_a poet_n call_v their_o country_n and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o greek_a word_n signify_v another_o so_o that_o allabany_n may_v sound_v as_o much_o as_o another_o ireland_n for_o say_v he_o pray_v mark_v the_o reason_n ancient_a historian_n call_v ireland_n scotland_n the_o great_a and_o the_o kingdom_n of_o the_o scot_n in_o britain_n scotland_n the_o less_o but_o i_o 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be_v more_o satisfactory_a to_o the_o enquirer_n into_o truth_n after_o the_o name_n of_o albion_n than_o any_o thing_n that_o can_v be_v produce_v from_o the_o distort_a pronunciation_n thereof_o allabany_n mr._n milton_n will_v have_v it_o alebion_n and_o to_o have_v some_o relation_n to_o lybia_n from_o the_o england_n greek_a colony_n in_o those_o part_n but_o have_v he_o consider_v that_o they_o be_v phoenician_n colonies_n as_o shall_v be_v show_v in_o the_o sequel_n their_o name_n only_o be_v greekify_v he_o may_v have_v give_v a_o more_o solid_a reason_n as_o for_o the_o giant_n albion_n and_o albina_n dioclesian_n daughter_n i_o think_v they_o be_v not_o worth_a the_o mention_v in_o this_o place_n as_o the_o original_a of_o albion_n likewise_o king_n brutus_n for_o britannia_fw-la i_o will_v pass_v over_o leave_v the_o truth_n of_o that_o story_n to_o be_v
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