A47584:71
The History of the Reformation of the Church of Scotland
The history of the reformation of the Church of Scotland containing five books : together with some treatises conducing to the history.The historie of the reformation of the Church of Scotland containing five books : together with some treatises conducing to the history.
London: printed by John Raworth for George Thomason and Octavian Pullen, 1644
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
The Picti had divers people under them, whereof the chief were Caledonii; by whose name, sometimes all the Picts were named, although Caledonii properly were those of the Picts who dwelt among the lesser hills; of which hills, some are called Ocelli montes, in vulgar language Ochell hills. The country of the Caledonii did begin at Forth, and went Northward beyond Tay, where their chief City was Caledon, now Dunkell, by a transposition. In this country were the Woods called saltus Caledonius, or sylva Caledonia. The rocky and hilly part of Aetolia in Greece, was called by the same name: and there was there a Town of this name, yea, and a Forrest, so much spoken of by the old Poets. True it is, That the second vowel is now and then changed, which makes no difference; for in words the consonants are mainly regarded. Strabo, Lib. 10. calleth the one and the other country [Greek or Hebrew], hilly and stony or rocky: the name cometh from [Greek or Hebrew] Galeaetan, which is as much as [Greek or Hebrew], tumulus asper, a rough little hill.
The Picti had divers people under them, whereof the chief were Caledonii; by whose name, sometimes all the Picts were named, although Caledonii properly were those of the Picts who dwelt among the lesser hills; of which hills, some are called Ocelli montes, in vulgar language Ochell hills. The countrey of the Caledonii did begin at Forth, and went Northward beyond Tay, where their chief City was Caledon, now Dunkell, by a transposition. In this countrey were the Woods called saltus Caledonius, or sylva Caledonia. The rockie and hillie part of Aetolia in Greece, was called by the same name: and there was there a Town of this name, yea, and a Forrest, so much spoken of by the old Poets. True it is, That the second vowell is now and then changed, which makes no difference; for in words the consonants are mainly regarded. Strabo, Lib. 10. calleth the one and the other countrey 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, hillie and stonie or rockie: the name cometh from 〈non-Latin alphabet〉 Galeaetan, which is as much as 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, tumulus asper, a rough little hill.