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ibid._n brecknockshire_n how_o bound_v 109.1_o why_o so_o name_v ibid._n the_o dimension_n of_o it_o 109_o 2_o the_o nature_n of_o the_o soil_n 3_o by_o who_o inhabit_v in_o old_a time_n 4_o in_o brecknockshire_n what_o hundred_o townes_n and_o memorable_a place_n 110_o brecknock_n town_n and_o castle_n how_o seat_v 109.6_o the_o graduation_n of_o it_o ibid_fw-la how_o govern_v ibid._n brigantes_n in_o england_n where_o seat_v 75.5_o &_o 79.4_o &_o 87.5_o &_o 83.5_o &_o 85.5_o brigantes_n or_o birgantes_n in_o ireland_n whence_o they_o take_v name_n 141.4_o saint_n brigid_n much_o esteem_v in_o kildare_n 141.8_o saint_n brioch_n or_o brien_n a_o town_n in_o britain_n armorica_n whence_o it_o have_v denomination_n 139.6_o saint_n briochus_fw-la where_fw-mi bear_v and_o breed_v 139.6_o bristol_n a_o beautiful_a city_n 23.7_o &_o 47.8_o a_o county_n by_o itself_o 23.7_o &_o 47.8_o how_o govern_v 23.7_o great_a britain_n how_o far_o it_o extend_v 1.2_o the_o great_a island_n of_o the_o roman_a world_n ibid._n what_o country_n about_o upon_o it_o 1.3_o her_o eulogy_n 1.3_o &_o 4_o the_o site_n thereof_o 1.2_o sometime_o no_o island_n 1.6_o slender_o know_v to_o julius_n caesar_n 2.8_o divide_v into_o kingdom_n in_o caesar_n time_n 2.9_o the_o suppose_a division_n thereof_o to_o brutus_n three_o son_n 2.10_o britain_n into_o three_o part_n divide_v 99.1_o britain_n the_o less_o in_o ptolemy_n be_v ireland_n 2.11_o britain_n great_a and_o less_o how_o to_o be_v take_v 2.12_o britain_n the_o high_a what_o it_o be_v in_o dio_n 2.13_o britain_n the_o low_a what_o it_o be_v in_o dio_n ibid._n britain_n divide_v by_o severus_n into_o two_o province_n high_a and_o low_o 2.13_o divide_v into_o three_o part_n 2_o 14_o britannia_fw-la prima_fw-la secunda_fw-la maxima_fw-la caesariensis_n 2.14_o britain_n divide_v into_o five_o part_n 2.15_o prima_fw-la how_o limit_v 2.15_o 15_o secunda_fw-la how_o bound_v ibid._n maxima_fw-la caesariensis_n how_o limit_v 2.15_o britain_n for_o greatness_n the_o second_o island_n in_o the_o world_n 137.4_o britain_n conquest_n high_o respect_v of_o the_o roman_n 2_o 17_o britain_n triumph_n magnificent_a 2.17_o british_a brick_n 77.6_o british_a island_n which_o they_o be_v 1.3_o buckingham-shire_n why_o so_o call_v 43.1_o how_o bound_a 43.2_o the_o dimension_n of_o it_o ibid._n the_o air_n and_o soil_n 43.3_o the_o commodity_n ibid._n by_o who_o in_o old_a time_n inhabit_v 43.4_o place_n of_o religion_n therein_o 43.7_o hundred_o &_o town_n therein_o 44_o buckingham_n town_n how_o seat_v 43.5_o how_o govern_v ibid._n the_o graduation_n of_o it_o ibid._n buleum_fw-la silurum_fw-la 109.5_o bullingbroke_n the_o birthplace_n of_o king_n henry_n the_o four_o 63_o 7_o burâ—_n a_o river_n in_o norfolk_n 35_o 3_o burghese_n 4.7_o burgh_n under_o stanemore_n 85.8_o the_o same_o that_o vertera_fw-mi ibid._n busie-gap_n 89.13_o buxston_n well_n 67.8_o c_o caer-caradoc_n why_o so_o call_v 71.5_o caerdiff_a the_o fair_a town_n of_o all_o south-wales_n 105.4_o how_o govern_v ibid._n the_o site_n thereof_o ibid._n caerdiff_a castle_n where_o robert_n curthose_n be_v keep_v prisoner_n 105.4_o caerdigan_a shire_n how_o bound_v 100.16_o &_o 113.1_o town_n castle_n cantreves_n and_o commot_n therein_o 100.16_o the_o county_n give_v to_o gilbert_n de_fw-fr clare_n 113.5_o the_o form_n and_o dimension_n thereof_o 113.2_o commodity_n thereof_o 113_o 4_o hundred_o townes_n rivers_n etc._n etc._n in_o it_o 114_o caerdigan_a town_n upon_o tivi_n 100.16_o how_o seat_a and_o by_o who_o fortify_v 113.7_o the_o graduation_n thereof_o ibid._n caer-legion_n be_v westchester_n 73_o 7_o caer-leon_n a_o archbishop_n see_v 6_o caerlheon_a upon_o vske_n 110_o 20_o caermarden_a shire_n how_o divide_v into_o cantreves_n &_o commot_n 100.18_o how_o it_o be_v bound_v 103_o 1_o the_o form_n and_o air_n of_o it_o 103.2_o &_o 3_o by_o who_o in_o old_a time_n possess_v 103_o 4_o the_o commodity_n it_o yield_v ibid._n 5_o hundred_o townes_n etc._n etc._n in_o it_o 104_o roman_a coin_n there_o find_v 103.4_o carmarden_n town_n what_o name_v it_o have_v 103.6_o how_o govern_v 103.6_o the_o position_n thereof_o ibid._n caernarvonshire_n how_o bound_v 99.9_o &_o 123.1_o what_o name_v it_o have_v 123_o 1_o the_o form_n and_o dimension_n of_o it_o ibid._n 2_o the_o air_n and_o soil_n ibid._n 3_o &_o 4_o in_o it_o pearl_n engender_v 123_o 5_o cantreve_n and_o commot_n in_o it_o 99.9_o by_o what_o people_n in_o old_a time_n inhabit_v 123.5_o town_n rivers_n and_o memorable_a place_n 124._o caernarvon_n town_n or_o city_n within_o a_o castle_n 123.6_o the_o civility_n and_o government_n thereof_o 123.6_o the_o position_n ibid._n 99.9_o caer-segont_a i._n carnarvan_n 99.9_o caesaria_n see_v jersey_n caledonia_n wood_n in_o scotland_n 123.12_o caledonium_n or_o deucaledonium_fw-la sea_n 99.1_o caledonii_n 2.12_o calphurnius_fw-la father_n of_o saint_n patrick_n 101.7_o camalet_n hill_n in_o sommersetshire_n 23.10_o camalodunum_n see_v malden_n cambria_n cambri_n cambraoc_fw-la 99.2_o cambridge-shire_n how_o name_v by_o the_o saxon_n 37.1_o how_o bound_a ibid._n the_o length_n breadth_n and_o circumference_n of_o it_o 37.2_o whence_o it_o come_v to_o be_v so_o call_v 37.4_o what_o religious_a house_n therein_o 37.3_o commodity_n thereof_o 37_o 6_o hundred_o and_o townes_n therein_o 38_o cambridge_n town_n and_o graduation_n 37.4_o make_v a_o university_n ibid._n come_v a_o river_n in_o cambridge-shire_n 37.3_o candal_n see_v kendal_n cangi_n where_o they_o inhabit_v 37.5_o canterbury_n a_o very_a ancient_a city_n 7.8_o the_o glory_n and_o graduation_n of_o it_o 7._o â—_o canterbury_n archbishop_n primate_n of_o all_o england_n 6.7_o metropolitan_a and_o his_o jurisdiction_n 5.4_o king_n canute_n with_o his_o dane_n overthrow_v 17.4_o canutus_n delfe_n see_v sword_n delfe_n 57.1_o caractacus_n a_o valiant_a british_a prince_n 71.5_o caresbrooke_n castle_n in_o the_o isle_n of_o wight_n 15.7_o the_o position_n or_o graduation_n of_o it_o ibid._n at_o carleton_n in_o leicester-shire_n they_o wharle_n in_o their_o speech_n 61.2_o carlilo_n city_n how_o seat_v 87_o 7_o a_o episcopal_a see_v 87.7_o what_o name_v it_o have_v 87.7_o a_o colony_n of_o fleming_n ibid._n the_o castle_n build_v ibid._n the_o position_n thereof_o ibid._n carreg_n castle_n 103.7_o caruca_n and_o carucata_n what_o it_o be_v 57.3_o casquet_n what_o rock_n 94.3_o casterford_n 78.10_o call_v legeolium_n ibid._n cassii_n what_o people_n and_o where_o plant_v 39.4_o castle_n cornet_n in_o garnsey_n 94.8_o castor_n in_o norfolk_n sometime_o venta_n icenorum_n 35.5_o catarick_n or_o cattrick_n bridge_n a_o ancient_a place_n 79_o 7_o cattieuchlani_n where_o seat_v 39.4_o &_o 41.4_o &_o 43.4_o catigern_n slay_v in_o battle_n 7_o 11_o a_o cave_n or_o chink_n yield_v a_o strange_a noise_n 105.6_o cauci_n people_n in_o ireland_n 104_o 4_o ceangi_n see_v cangi_n ceaulin_n defeat_v by_o the_o britain_n die_v in_o exile_n 25_o 6_o robert_n cecil_n the_o worthy_a earl_n of_o salisbury_n 25.7_o centuriatae_n or_o hundred_o why_o so_o call_v 57.3_o ceorle_n or_o churl_n 4.7_o chamber_n in_o the_o forest_n 73_o 7_o charlos_n duke_n of_o orleans_n take_v prisoner_n 9.8_o chersey_n in_o buckingham-shire_n 43.4_o cheese_n in_o essex_n 31_o 6_o cheese_n in_o suffolk_n 33.5_o cheshire_n how_o bound_v 73_o 1_o the_o form_n air_n and_o climate_n 73.2_o &_o 3_o the_o soil_n ibid._n 4_o cheese_n there_o the_o best_a 73_o 4_o the_o man_n describe_v ibid._n 5_o chief_a for_o man_n and_o woman_n ibid._n always_o true_a and_o loyal_a to_o their_o sovereign_n ibid._n their_o gentry_n ibid._n make_v a_o principality_n ibid._n a_o county_n palatine_n ibid._n the_o commodity_n thereof_o 73.7_o hundred_o and_o townes_n therein_o 74_o chester_n city_n alias_o west_n chester_n 73.7_o the_o minster_n or_o cathedral_n church_n by_o who_o build_v 73.7_o a_o corporation_n of_o itself_o 73.7_o the_o position_n thereof_o 73.7_o chester_n earldom_n 73.8_o chester_n in_o the_o street_n sometime_o condercum_n 83.9_o chichester_n city_n 9.6_o chichester_n the_o cathedral_n church_n build_v and_o twice_o burn_v ibid._n chichester_n have_v bear_v the_o title_n of_o a_o earldom_n ibid._n the_o position_n thereof_o ibid._n chiltern-hill_n 43.3_o chirke_n castle_n in_o chirkeland_n 100.12_o chorographicall_a tomb_n of_o this_o work_n 1.1_o christ_n his_o passion_n cut_v in_o stone_n by_o david_n 2._o king_n of_o scot_n prisoner_n 65.7_o cidre_n see_v sidre_n cimenshore_n in_o sussex_n why_o so_o call_v 9.7_o cinque_fw-fr port_n 7.5_o circester_n why_o call_v passerum_fw-la urbi_fw-la 47.9_o how_o name_v in_o old_a time_n ibid._n of_o what_o circuit_n in_o time_n past_a ibid._n cites_n or_o kitescote_n the_o monument_n of_o catigern_n 7.11_o city_n build_v saint_n cuthbert_n in_o farne_n isle_n 93_o clare_n county_n see_v twomund_n clawdh_n offa._n see_v offa_n ditch_n clausentium_fw-la now_o southampton_n 13.10_o cleicester_n where_o it_o stand_v 61.7_o cley_n a_o part_n of_o nottinghamshire_n 65.7_o cockle_n on_o the_o top_n of_o mountain_n 79.6_o coinage_n in_o
palace_n 19.6_o saint_n rumald_v well_o 43.5_o ruthlan_n town_n and_o castle_n in_o north-wales_n 99.11_o rutland-shire_n how_o bound_v 59.1_o why_o so_o name_v 59.2_o the_o form_n of_o it_o ibid._n the_o dimension_n thereof_o 59.3_o the_o air_n and_o soil_n 59.4_o &_o 5_o the_o commodity_n it_o yield_v ibid._n the_o ancient_a inhabitant_n and_o possessor_n thereof_o 59.6_o &_o 7_o hundred_o and_o parish_n therein_o 60_o s_o sabbath_n day_n market_n 111_o 6_o saffran_n a_o commodity_n of_o essex_n 31.6_o salisbury_n plain_a 25.4_o salisbury_n city_n 25.7_o the_o cathedral_n church_n ibid._n earl_n thereof_o ibid._n the_o situation_n there_o 25_o 8_o old_a salisbury_n 25.8_o salmon_n great_a and_o plentiful_a in_o scotland_n 103.5_o &_o 132.14_o salmon_n leap_v 113.3_o &_o 145.9_o salt_n how_o make_v in_o lancashire_n 75.7_o salt_n come_v from_o stone_n 83.8_o saltry_a judeth_n why_o so_o call_v 52.8_o saltry_a monastery_n ibid._n sand_n a_o part_n of_o nottinghamshire_n 65.7_o sangue_fw-fr lac_fw-la in_o sussex_n 9.7_o sarnia_n see_v garnsey_n saxon_n heptarchy_n whence_o it_o first_o begin_v 3.1_o the_o seven_o several_a kingdom_n how_o name_v 3.1_o the_o heptarchy_n northern_a limit_n 3.2_o saxon_n state_n several_o how_o at_o first_o divide_v in_o england_n 3_o 3_o saxon_n government_n in_o england_n how_o long_o it_o continue_v 4.11_o saxon_n first_o seven_o king_n pagan_a 4.12_o saxon_n first_o seven_o king_n christian_n ibid._n sceafull_a mountain_n in_o the_o isle_n of_o man_n 91.7_o scope_n of_o the_o author_n in_o this_o work_n or_o theatre_n 1.1_o scotland_n how_o bound_v 99.1_o &_o 131.4_o how_o divide_v 129_o the_o form_n of_o it_o 131.2_o the_o commodity_n thereof_o ibid._n &_o 131.14_o the_o feature_n and_o nature_n of_o the_o scot_n ibid._n scotland_n adorn_v with_o three_o university_n ibid._n the_o position_n of_o scotland_n 131.9_o scotland_n how_o divide_v into_o country_n or_o sheriffedom_n stewardship_n and_o bailiwickes_n 191.10_o in_o scotland_n archbishop_n metropolitan_a 2._o &_o 132.11_o scot_n southern_a of_o one_o original_a with_o the_o english_a 131_o 4_o scot_n natural_o whence_o descend_v and_o name_v 131_o 5_o scot_n vanquish_v the_o pict_n and_o raise_v their_o name_n 131_o 8_o scythian_n come_v into_o spain_n 138.7_o sea-coal_n 89.6_o a_o seaman_n take_v 33.7_o sea-sand_n make_v the_o soil_n fruitful_a 21.3_o seffrid_n bishop_n reedefy_a chichester_n cathedral_n church_n 9.6_o segontium_n now_o caernarvon_n 123.6_o segontian_n where_o they_o inhabit_v 13.6_o selby_n the_o birthplace_n of_o king_n henry_n the_o first_o 63.7_o selby_n abbey_n 77.7_o selonae_fw-la now_o sandie_n 41.4_o session_n four_o time_n in_o the_o year_n ordain_v 5.3_o severne_n a_o noble_a river_n 47_o 3._o the_o head_n thereof_o 115.2_o whence_o it_o take_v name_n 115.3_o severus_n the_o emperor_n die_v at_o york_n ibid._n the_o manner_n of_o his_o funeral_n ibid._n sexwolfe_n bishop_n of_o leicester_n 61.6_o shaftesbury_n 6_o sheriff_n whence_o they_o come_v 4.6_o shatland_n isle_n 132.22_o shirburne_n a_o bishop_n see_v 17_o 7_o translate_v to_o salisbury_n 27_o 8_o shire_n whence_o it_o come_v 3_o 4_o shire_n how_o many_o in_o england_n at_o sundry_a time_n 4.8_o &_o 9_o shrewsbury_n chief_a town_n of_o shrop-shire_n 71.8_o the_o building_n site_n trade_n and_o strength_n thereof_o 71_o 8_o how_o govern_v ibid._n shrop-shire_n how_o limit_v 71_o 1_o the_o form_n soil_n and_o air_n thereof_o 71.2.3.4_o castle_n 32._o therein_o 71_o hundred_o and_o town_n thereof_o 72_o sicicle_n why_o so_o call_v 15.1_o sidre_n in_o garnsey_n what_o drink_n 94.4_o sigebert_n king_n of_o south-saxons_a skin_n 9.4_o silcester_n sometime_o caer-segonte_a 13.6_o how_o ancient_a 13.10_o destroy_v 13.10_o silures_n where_o they_o inhabit_v 47.4_o &_o 493._o &_o 107.4_o &_o 109_o 4._o &_o 111.5_o describe_v 49.3_o their_o valour_n ibid._n 63.7_o subdue_v by_o vespasian_n 49_o 3_o simon_n a_o monk_n of_o swinstead_n poison_v king_n john_n sister_n three_o what_o river_n in_o leinster_n 141.6_o slege_n county_n in_o ireland_n what_o commodity_n it_o yield_v 143.4_o smyris_n see_v emeryll_n snowdâ—n_a hill_n 123.4_o soland_n goose_n their_o use_n 132.14_o solemne-mosse_n field_n 87.5_o somersetshire_n how_o bound_v 23.1_o whence_o it_o take_v name_n ibid._n the_o form_n and_o dimension_n of_o it_o 23.2_o the_o air_n and_o soil_n 23_o 3_o &_o 4_o the_o ancient_a inhabitant_n 23.5_o the_o profit_n it_o afford_v 23_o 6_o memorable_a for_o sundry_a event_n 23.8_o religious_a house_n 23_o 9_o hundred_o and_o townes_n thereof_o 24_o somersham_n annex_v to_o the_o crown_n 57.7_o southampton_n describe_v 13.10_o south-wales_n divide_v into_o six_o part_n 100.16_o spring_n of_o salt-water_n at_o leamington_n in_o warwickeshire_n 53.7_o spring_n that_o ebb_n and_o flow_v 78.11_o stafford_n shire_n how_o bound_v 69.1_o the_o form_n and_o dimension_n of_o it_o 69.2_o by_o who_o ancient_o inhabit_v 69.5_o commodity_n thereof_o 69.6_o what_o house_n of_o religion_n it_o have_v 69.9_o hundred_o and_o townes_n therein_o 70_o stafford_n town_n describe_v 69.7_o how_o govern_v ibid._n the_o site_n or_o positure_n of_o it_o ibid._n sir_n hubert_n saint_n clare_n his_o death_n to_o save_v king_n henry_n the_o second_o 7.6_o stamford_n sometime_o a_o university_n 59.8_o stamford_n bridge_n battle_n 92.1_o stannery_n or_o stannier_n 21.3_o stibium_fw-la in_o derbyshire_n gâ—tten_v 67.5_o stock-chappell_n in_o norfolk_n why_o so_o call_v 35.8_o stockfish_n gainful_a to_o kingston_n man_n upon_o hull_n 81.4_o stone_n like_o serpent_n 81.6_o stony_a serpent_n find_v within_o round_a stone_n 81.6_o stoney-stredford_a 4.3_o 6_o the_o cross_n there_o ibid._n stone_n resemble_v shell-fish_n 47.10_o stonehengâ—_n describe_v in_o the_o map_n of_o wilt-shire_n stoneley_n priory_n in_o huntingdon-shire_n 58.9_o suffolk_n how_o bound_v 33.1_o the_o air_n thereof_o 33.2_o the_o form_n of_o it_o ibid._n the_o dimension_n thereof_o 33.3_o by_o who_o possess_v in_o old_a time_n 33_o 4_o what_o commodity_n it_o yield_v 33.5_o how_o divide_a 33.9_o hundred_o and_o townes_n therein_o 34_o sumatra_n think_v to_o be_v the_o isle_n taprobana_n 1.2_o summerl_v prince_n of_o herergaidel_n slay_v 92.6.8_o sunning_n a_o episcopal_a see_v translate_v to_o shirburne_n 27.8_o surrey_n or_o suthrey_n how_o it_o be_v bound_v 11.1_o whence_o it_o take_v name_n 11.4_o the_o form_n of_o it_o 11.2_o the_o length_n thereof_o ibid._n the_o breadth_n of_o it_o ibid._n the_o circumference_n thereof_o ibid._n by_o who_o inhabit_v in_o old_a time_n 11.4_o principal_a place_n in_o it_o 11.5_o &_o 6.8_o the_o graduation_n of_o it_o 11.6_o religious_a house_n in_o it_o 11.9_o what_o castle_n be_v in_o it_o 11.10_o how_o divide_a ibid._n hundred_o and_o town_n in_o it_o 12_o sussex_n what_o memorable_a place_n it_o have_v 9.8_o what_o commodity_n it_o yield_v 9.9_o religious_a house_n build_v and_o suppress_v 9.10_o how_o bound_a 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