that though the _Laplanders_ voluntarily removed to _Tavastia_, they were forc’t to their present habitation: for the Natives of _Tavastia_, griev’d to see them in a florishing condition, wearing rich clothes, fareing deliciously, and abounding in all manner of wealth, chose them a Captain called _Matthias Kurk_, and with a great number invaded their quarters, killing and plundering all they met with, not desisting till they had quite drove them as far as the Rivers _Kimi_ and _Torne_: and not long after perceiving they lived too happily there, they set upon them the second time, dealing so cruelly with them, that leaving their Cattel they were forc’t to fly into those barren Countries they now inhabit, carrying with them only their nets. _Plantin._ adds further that _Andr. Andresonius_ affirms he saw some ancient letters, in which mention was made of _Kurk_ a Governour of the _Laplanders_: but as for his other name of _Matthias_, it is plain it was postnate to Christianity, since which time if we should imagine the _Laplanders_ first to have come into these parts, we must also suppose the Country to have bin till then uninhabited, whereas we have all reason to believe that the _Biarmi_ and _Scridfinni_ lived here before _Christ_, the latter of which seem by their name to have bin only a Colony sent out of _Finland_: and mention is made of _Finlanders_ in these parts in the time of _Harald_ the fair, or _Harfager_ King of _Norway_, and his Son _Ericus Bodsexe_, who lived long before the times of Christianity, and went down into _Finmark_ and _Biarmia_, and obtained a great victory over them. Now if he went by Sea Northwards of _Norway_ to come to _Finmark_, _Finmark_ then must have bin near _Norway_, as lying North of it near the Sea, that is the same Country that is now named _Finmark_, which because then inhabited by _Finlanders_, as appears by the name, it is not to be believed that it was first possess’t by the _Laplanders_ that were drove out of _South-Bothnia_ by _Matthias Kurk_. Neither are they called _Lappi_ from being driven out then, for they were so called in _Saxo_’s time, and there is little reason to believe that _Matthias Kurk_’s expedition was before him, especially from that inscription which mentions _Kurk_, since that in those times they knew not so much of writing as to record any thing in it.