An essay towards illustrating the ancient history of the Britannic Isles containing an explanation of the names Belgæ, Scythæ, Celtæ, Brittanni, Albanich, Erinnich, Caledonii, Siluri, &c., &c. : Intended as a preface to a work entitled, A vindication of the ancient history of Ireland / By C.V. [ie. Charles Vallancey].

  • Charles Vallancey
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1786
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Credit: An essay towards illustrating the ancient history of the Britannic Isles containing an explanation of the names Belgæ, Scythæ, Celtæ, Brittanni, Albanich, Erinnich, Caledonii, Siluri, &c., &c. : Intended as a preface to a work entitled, A vindication of the ancient history of Ireland / By C.V. [ie. Charles Vallancey]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Tartars, and drawn conclufions which are by no means fupported by their manners or their govern¬ ment. Few circumftances, fays Mr. Richardfon, have been lefs attended to, by fome of our greatefl writers, than a proper diftindtion between the ruder and the more polifhed people who fill the immenfe extent of Tartary. Men totally diffimilar are grouped toge¬ ther under one indifcriminate character, merely be- caufe they are known in Europe by one general name *. With the Greeks, all were barbarous but them- felves. The Hebrews, whofe ancient Schools and Academies flione in all the learning of the .Ages in which they flourifhed, were yet barbarous in the eyes of the Greeks. Judseos barbarorum efTe ineptiffi- mos : ideoque folos illos, nullum inventum vit^ utile, peperiffe. (Apollonius, ap. Jofeph. cohtra Apion). The Spaniards, whom Strabo allows to have been a lettered people from an early period, were (till de¬ nominated Barbarians, by the pedantic Greeks. Grecia llamava Barbara a la gente que fus Ciencias, i Ritos, no bevia, de que fingio en Parnafo tener fuente. Roma, quando ufurpo la Monarquia, i junto con las ciencias, a fu Erario el Teforo del Mundo concurria. * DiiTert. p. 146. It feems probable from Herodotus, that neither the Scythians nor the Thracians were unacquainted with ttye Aliyrianletters. (Un.Hih.Tol.XX.). Acqnfiderablepartof the Scythians had a body of lavos, to regulate their conduct by, is at- tehedby Ephorus. (Item, Hihory of Turks, Tartars, &c.). The Scythians have been highly extolled by Ephorus and Strabo, for their wil'dom, juftice, integrity, and moh fublime friendfhip—it Ihould feem therefore, that this people had not only an excellent fyhem of civil and religious inhitutions, but likewife a moil powerful motive to an obfervance of them. (Idem.) Ai
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