Page:History of Manchester (1771), Volume 1, by John Whitaker.djvu/350

 Cfrap. IX. . OJFTIC1NCB E'S : T"E RJ 3$ - rt: IVif. >» * t AMONG the -various' frees' which the Romans introduced - into Britain the moft curious undoubtedly;, was the vine. This i% well known to Jbave been' very; common in Britain three 6r iburagtsa^o, there rbi^g'fc^ a particular •motm&cry m the kingdocfat^ which 'had nOta vineyard belonging to it. The county /ofGibucefter is particularly commended by 34almeibury in; the twelfth century as excelling all the counties of the kingdom it* the nunaber and in. the goodnefs of its vine- - yards, , Yjaoyapig? arte frequintty.iKrtidedl hi the defcriptive ac~ c&aM^o&Dt>Qmffcf  Aodlfte viiwyaodrdf England ire z&izlly »enftopedky Bedeck cafo $*?y 3 . Thatch* Romans rtrere/tkr wginalinttfoducers of the plant,: , . we need nobthe r tefttmony thanth$Brit ifh appell atfonsof it; Bein£  (^ougjit by the itemans into Gaul % it was. denominated the Vw aitfxter Vigpo *hei^dheii»tl^Gkririrbrdn»thQ Guhi-ien.or the Fitfn**as, a* ft. is> ftili called in the < Welch the .Cornifh. . the Armorican and the Irifl* dialeas; ^THefe appellations, like theOaUic Vigh^;do?ndt diieaiy.%iify thebVltis or Vine, But %eifc of it itadke*%* **i " xbaraaferiftitallyra* theiWii^trie* •An^a^ihgenerSitfifefe^- peilatioifc evince tfte Hbmahs tohaVe bten the ftrft J>kittters of . vine* in" both kingdoms, To this ilitU peculiarity in : particular. pretty plainly deeltfres the inhabitants of Bk>th w have been ac- - q«aint^kvithrJheliqw)rfo time : befdre they adopted thetred. . Stick wcnfrid naturally B<£ the 'cafe of both- Siteh appears «o have - been a&ually thr.cafe of the * Gauls '• And the Caledohian Bri L tons* who-. were certainly ftrangeps to the- vine, were weli df~ - quainted vwith* the- liquor before the middle « of the third cen<- ttity "wudlsatheijforme^was/ certainly not 4tit?roduce4' into Britain till thr ^feborid caatuoy fo AWas it- C6«ninly introduced before
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