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various ages, and deduced nations of like 
names from one another, where no com- 
munication ever took place, and where 
similar situetions only produced like de- 
nominations, 
Thus authors suppose the Bibroci of 
France to have come from the Continent 
originally in a body, and to have impart- 
ed their name to the lands on the Thames. 
In like manner the Hedui, the Cattle- 
Land inhabitants, or graziers, who pos- 
sessed the grazing parts of Somerset_and 
Gloucester shires, and whose name is de- 
rived from Ed, or Hed, cattle, and Du, 
Land, are also supposed to have come 
from. France; because a nation of such 
name was in early times found there, in 
a situation similar to this in England :-— 
“ But fathers of families were the first 
sovereigns, and the patriarchal was the 
most ancient form of government.”— 
Hence mankind must have originally 
migrated in families, and time and ne- 
cessity only, from the great numbers of 
these, formed nations. « The first inha- 
bitants coming thus, brought no national 
name, nor were denominations given to 
places in Britain but such as their natural 
situations implied. But our authors 
have brought all the British tribes from 
the Continent by nations, and have 
placed them in situations perfectly cor- 
responding to their old names, without 
duly examiing their import. 
_ But to return to this necessary digres- 
sion, the word Easc, water, was varied te 
Isc, in Isca-Silurum ; and Ac, border, was 
varied to Zc, in Badonica, a name for 
Bath, as well as other ancient appella- 
tons, 
Having then traced Ach, or Ac, bank, 
ridge, border, &c. to Oe and Ic, in the 
names of places, 1 shall next shew the 
derivation of the Iceni, or Ikeni. 
The Ikeni are known to have recover- 
ed much land from the sea by their em- 
bankments, and these with the lakes on 
their sides were the principal features of 
the flat part of their country. We have 
found that Ic may be varied from Ach, 
and may imply bank; and it will not be 
denied that it may also import Dike. En, 
in the word Iceni, is Gaelic for land; and 
the people of this district were most pro- 
bably bamed from the features of their 
country, situation, and improvements, 
Lhe Bank, or Dike-Landers. 
_ These people were also named Ceni- 
manni; which word is doubtless derived 
from Ken, or Cen, a variation of Con, a 
; rel: Oe ee is 
1808.) Names of Roads, erdéFioed from Celtic Roots. 
. i aes “dic 
_ traced the history of mankind through 
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lake; and mann, understood as before- 
mentioned, So that this nation were 
termed Dike-Landers, or Lake-Lunders, 
from their country abounding not only 
with dikes, but with lakes on their sides. 
These dikes and lakes extended over 
Cambridgeshire, and perhaps over part of 
Lincolnshire, as well as over parts of 
other districts; and as places took their 
names from their principal features, as 
well as from their situations, we may r'a~ 
tionally conclude that the Tkeni and Ce- 
nimanniare here justly rendered. 
From Can, a lake also, the  proe 
nounced, as in other Gaelic words, ng, 
comes the name Canerr, Luke-Landers, 
of which so much has been confusedly ~ 
and falsely written in history, from net 
understanding the origin of the name. 
Without considering that ideas were 
originally collected from perceptions, and’ 
that a clear agreement was conveyed be- 
tween words and things, without appre= 
hending that old names of reads were 
descriptive of their coustructions, situa- 
tions, or uses; and that their appellations 
were chiefly common names; we have in 
these particulars laid no foundation for 
research, but have been lost in fanciful 
conjecture, and groundless assertion, 
Weare told by ald our authors, that the 
Icening-street means the road to the 
Iceni; and Dr. Plott discovering'an Ike- 
neld-street in Staffordshire, laboured to 
prove that the Ikeni inhabited that coun= 
ty also. _Just so are we informed that 
the Watling-street implies “ the road to 
Ireland,” as though we actually had # 
road which ran directly to that kingdom, 
Dr. Stukeley, in his Itinerary, indeed- 
goes further, and asserts’ that, “ it isi the: 
road to Rome.” “ For,” adds he, “ take 
aruler and layitupon a map of Europe, 
from Chester through Londonand Dover, 
and it will make a straight line with 
Rome.” In like manner the Akemann- 
street has been rendered “ the roud of the 
men: of Aches,’ because it led to Acha~ 
mannum, or Bath, 
We have several _Tkening-streets (as 
well as Watling-streets) in various parts! 
of the kingdom, and these names. obtain- 
ed’ also in roads not leading to the'Icent; 
but from authors taking for granted:that: 
the Icening-street meant the road. to: the. 
Iceni, variousiare the opinions, and) many 
are the: disquisitions, uporr the riyht and 
the wrong Icening-streets-; and: so agaitt’ 
of the Watling-streets. ¥ 
The Akemann and the Armin we have 
explained’; the Ikening we shall’ soon 
discover 
