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events. The hiftory of Norway is included hi 

 that of Denmark ; as are thofe of the iflands of 

 Iceland and of Greenland, if any fuch there are. 



XXV. XML rbe Hiftory of Sweden. The 

 ancient hiftory of this kingdom is altogether as 

 fabulous as that of Denmark. All its firft ac- 

 counts confrft of relations, fongs and legends, 

 of the allegoric traditions of ancient priefts or 

 poets. On thefe authorities they luppofe that 

 Magog^ the fon of Japhet, and grandfon of Noah* 

 was the origin from whom defcended the Scy- 

 thians and Goths. Magog left five fons. From one 

 of them, named Suenon. they fay the Swedes are 

 defcended : from Gog or Gethar, they fuppofe the 

 Goths or Get* derive their original. Ubhon fuc- 

 ceeded his brother Suenon^ and built, they fay, the 

 city of Upfal. They here make a fuccefllon of 

 twenty-five fabulous kings, from Magog toBoth- 

 avill, and which comes down to the birth of 

 Chrift. 



The middle age begins with the reign of 

 Alaric, and after him of Eric II. and continues 

 to Ingo II. or Ingeh and lafts about 800 years ; 

 including the reigns of thirty-five kings, whofe 

 hiftory is fcarce more certain than that of the 

 former. 



The modern hiftory begins with the kings 

 Charles and Biorn. About the year 831, the em- 

 peror Lewis the Debonnair fent Anfgairus, bi- 

 fhop of Bremen and Hamburgh, into Sweden, 

 to preach the gofpel, and Chriftianity was re- 



ceived 



