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time_n more_o and_o so_o he_o tell_v the_o story_n of_o their_o come_n from_o spain_n of_o the_o city_n braganza_n of_o iberus_n and_o his_o mother_n scota_n and_o then_o repeat_v the_o tradition_n of_o gathelus_n as_o fordon_n relate_v it_o but_o very_o honest_o say_v that_o he_o look_v on_o that_o part_n of_o it_o about_o come_v out_o of_o greece_n and_o egypt_n as_o a_o fiction_n and_o very_o probable_o conjecture_n it_o be_v do_v because_o the_o britain_n derive_v themselves_o from_o the_o trojan_n which_o be_v subtle_o do_v of_o the_o scot_n to_o claim_v kindred_n rather_o with_o the_o conquer_a greek_n than_o the_o subdue_a and_o banish_v trojan_n all_o that_o major_a assert_n be_v that_o the_o irish_a come_v out_o of_o spain_n and_o the_o scot_n out_o of_o ireland_n and_o the_o story_n of_o simon_n brek_n he_o reject_v as_o a_o fable_n and_o he_o make_v the_o