Lucy Anne Rosell A BRIDG MEN T OF THE HISTORY O F ENGLA A N D. FROM The INVASION of JULIUS CÆSAR, to the By DR. GOLDSMITH. LONDON: Printed for B. LAW, Ave-Mary-Lane; G. ROBINSON, MDCCLXXIV, Published by Dr. GOLDSMITH. 1. The HISTORY of ENGLAND, from the INVASION OF JULIUS CESAR, to the DEATH of GEORGE II. Four vol. 8vo. with the Heads of the Monarchs, 11. 4s. II. The HISTORY of ROME, from the BUILDING of the Crry, to the DESTRUCTION of the WESTERN EMPIRE. Two Vol. 8vo. 12 s, III. The HISTORY of GREECE, from the EARLIEST STATE, to the DEATH of ALEXAN DER the GREAT. Two Vol. 8vo. 12 s. BRITISH THE HISTORY ENGL A LAN D. CHA P. I. Of BRITAIN, from the Invasion of Julius Cæfar to the Abdication of the Romans. B RITAIN was but very little known to the rest of the world before the time of the Romans. The coafts oppofite Gaul were frequented by merchants who traded thither for fuch commodities as the natives were able to produce. Thefe, it is thought, after a time poffeffed themselves of all the maritime places where they had at first been permitted to refide. There, finding the country fertile, and commodiously fituated for trade, they fettled upon the fea-fide, and introduced the practice of agriculture. But it was very different with the inland inhabitants of the country, who confidered themselves as the lawful poffeffors of the foil. These avoided all |