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converted to Chriftianity fo lately : for it is certain that the truths 
of this religion had been preached amongft them as early as the 
middle of the ninth century, there being Rill extant a refeript of 
the Emperor Ludovicus Pius, who lived at that time, for this 
purpofe, wherein the Laplanders are exprefsly mentioned by the 
name of Skrit Finni. 
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