The History of England, from the Earliest Times, to the Death of George the Second (Classic Reprint)

IT is fortunate for mankind, that those periods of history which are the least serviceable, are the least known. It has been the study of many learned men to rescue from obscurity, and throw light upon, those early ages when the Britons were wholly barbarous, and their country uncultivated. But these researches have generally terminated in conjecture; so that whence Britain was at first peopled, or took its name, is still uncertain. The variety of opinions upon this head serve to prove the futility of all.

It will, therefore, be snficient to observe, that this beautiful island, by some thought the largest in the world, was called Britannia by the Romans long before the time of Caesar. It is supposed that this name was originally given to it by the merchants, who resorted hither from the continent. These called the inhabitants by one common name of Briths, from the' custom amon the natives of painting their naked bodies and small shields with an azure glue, which in the language of the country was called brick, and which served to dis 'sh them from those strangers who came among them for the purpose of tra e or alliance.

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