The History of the Reformation of the Church of Scotland

Moreover, by progress of time, the Irish came to go under the name of Scots, with those of Britannia minor, or Albion, who from them had help,¹ supply, and recruits, in their War against the Romans and Britons Provincials. Thus naming the Irish by the name of Scots, began some hundred years after Christ; that is, towards the middle Ages. And ⟨image 20⟩about that time Ireland was called by the name of Scotia, as Abrahamus Ortelius hath remarked, in these words; I have observed Ireland to be named Scotia, by the Writers of the middle Age. And so it hath been observed by the learned, That ancient Authors did never name Ireland Scotia; as you may see by those who have exactly reckoned up the old names of Ireland, ²out of the ancient and Classic Authors. So it was not said much amiss by one, That this naming of Ireland by the name of Scotland, was first about Bede his time, who lived in the beginning of the eighth Age. Scaliger tells us, That the word Scot is no Irish word, but British; that is not used in Ireland, ³but in Britannia: what is the origin and signification of the word, we have heard before.

Moreover, by progresse of time, the Irish came to go under the name of Scots, with those of Britannia minor, or Albion, who from them had help,¹ supply, and recruites, in their War against the Romans and Britans Provincialls. Thus naming the Irish by the name of Scots, began some hundred yeers after Christ; that is, towards the middle Ages. And ⟨image 20⟩about that time Ireland was called by the name of Scotia, as Abrahamus Ortelius hath remarked, in these words; I have observed Ireland to be named Scotia, by the Writers of the middle Age. And so it hath been observed by the learned, That ancient Authors did never name Ireland Scotia; as you may see by those who have exactly reckoned up the old names of Ireland, ²