THE SAXON CHRONICLE - AS TRANSCRIBED BY THE REV.J.INGHAM -1 A.D- 1194 A.D - THE ISLAND OF BRITAIN IS 800 MILES LONG AND 200 MILES WIDE . AND THERE ARE IN THE ISLAND FIVE NATIONS ; ENGLISH , WELSH [ OR BRITISH*], SCOTTISH , PICTISH,AND LATIN . THE FIRST INHABITANTS WERE THE BRITONS , WHO CAME FROM ARMENIA , AND FIRST PEOPLED BRITAIN SOUTHWARD . THEN HAPPENED IT , THAT THE PICTS CAME SOUTH FROM SCYTHIA WITH THEIR LONGSHIPS - NOT MANY , AND LANDING FIRST IN THE NORTHERN PART OF IRELAND , THEY TOLD THE SCOTS * THEY MUST DWELL THERE - BUT THEY WOULD NOT GIVE THEM LEAVE ; FOR THE SCOTS TOLD THEM THEY COULD NOT ALL DWELL THERE TOGETHER . BUT , SAID THE SCOTS , WE CAN NEVER SS GIVE THEM ADVICE WE KNOW ANOTHER ST , THERE YOU MAY DWELL , IF YOU WILL , AND WHOSOEVER WITHSTAND YOU , WE WILL ASSIST YOU , THAT YOU GAIN IT
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