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province_n how_o it_o be_v bound_v 143.1_o the_o form_n and_o dimension_n thereof_o 143.2_o the_o air_n and_o bogghe_n ibid._n 3_o by_o who_o inhabit_v in_o old_a time_n 143.5_o extreme_a famine_n there_o 143.8_o what_o religious_a house_n there_o 143.9_o county_n and_o town_n there_o 144_o constantius_n chlorus_n the_o emperor_n die_v at_o york_n 78.9_o his_o sepulchre_n 78.11_o conwy_n river_n how_o name_v in_o old_a time_n 123.6_o john_n cobland_n a_o famous_a and_o valiant_a esquire_n in_o the_o map_n of_o durham_n bishopric_n cobland_n a_o part_n of_o cumberland_n 87.2_o copper-mine_a at_o wenlocke_v in_o shropshire_n 71.9_o in_o cumberland_n 87.4_o corinaeus_n 22_o coritani_n where_o they_o inhabit_v 55.4_o &_o 59.6_o &_o 61.4_o &_o 67.4_o corham_n or_o coverham_n abbey_n 79.8_o cork_n county_n in_o ireland_n sometime_o a_o kingdom_n 139_o cork_n city_n in_o monster_n how_o seat_v 139.6_o a_o episcopal_a see_v ibid._n the_o marriage_n of_o the_o citizen_n ibid._n cornavii_n what_o country_n they_o hold_v 51.4_o &_o 53.4_o &_o 69.5_o &_o 71.5_o &_o 73.5_o cornwall_n why_o so_o call_v 3.2_o &_o 21.1_o of_o what_o temperature_n for_o air_n it_o be_v 21.2_o almost_o a_o isle_n 21.4_o the_o soil_n 21.3_o the_o dimension_n thereof_o 21.3_o the_o ancient_a and_o modern_a inhabitant_n 21.5_o it_o give_v title_n of_o earl_n and_o duke_n 21.6_o what_o commodity_n it_o yield_v 21.7_o religious_a house_n therein_o 21.10_o hundred_o and_o townes_n therein_o 22_o cotton_n family_n of_o coningham_n in_o huntingtonshire_n 58.8_o coventry_n a_o well_o wall_a city_n 53.5_o a_o corporation_n and_o county_n by_o itself_o 53.5_o counsel_n of_o the_o march_n of_o wales_n ordain_v 71.7_o counsel_n at_o york_n erect_v 78_o 9_o court_n of_o justice_n alter_v by_o king_n william_n conqueror_n 5.3_o caway_o stake_n 29.6_o crediton_n or_o kirton_n a_o bishop_n see_v translate_v to_o excester_n 19.6_o cretingsbury_n 58.10_o sir_n adam_n the_o creting_n ibid._n robert_n bossu_fw-fr 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form_n and_o dimension_n of_o it_o 67.2_o the_o air_n and_o soil_n thereof_o ibid._n 3_o the_o inhabitant_n of_o it_o in_o old_a time_n 67.4_o commodity_n thereof_o 67_o 5_o what_o religious_a house_n therein_o 67.9_o hundred_o &_o town_n thereof_o 68_o derby_n town_n how_o name_v in_o time_n past_a 67.6_o all-hallows_n steeple_n there_o by_o who_o build_v ibid._n the_o government_n and_o graduation_n thereof_o ibid._n darnii_n people_n of_o ireland_n 145.5_o david_n disciple_n of_o dubricius_n uncle_n to_o king_n arthur_n archbishop_n of_o menevia_n 6.6_o david_n 2._o king_n of_o scot_n prisosoner_n in_o nottingham_n castle_n 65.6_o saint_n david_n city_n 101.7_o a_o nursery_n of_o holy_a man_n ibid._n a_o archiepiscopall_a see_v 101.6_o the_o cathedral_n church_n thereof_o ibid._n saint_n david_n bishop_n refute_v the_o pelagian_n 113.7_o dee_fw-mi river_n glide_v through_o pimple_n mere_a without_o mixture_n 117.5_o deemster_n in_o the_o isle_n of_o man_n 91.5_o deheubarth_n i_o south_n wales_n 110.15_o deirwand_n 81.8_o dela_n his_o five_o son_n seat_v in_o ireland_n 137.10_o demetia_n or_o dimetia_n i._o south-wales_n 100.15_o demetiae_n what_o nation_n and_o where_o plant_v 101.4_o &_o 103.4_o or_o dimetae_n 113.5_o denbigh_n town_n and_o castle_n in_o north_n wales_n 99.11_o &_o 119.7_o a_o earthquake_n there_o without_o harm_n 119.7_o how_o govern_v ibid._n the_o graduation_n of_o it_o ibid._n denbighshire_n how_o limit_v 119.1_o the_o form_n and_o dimension_n thereof_o 119.2_o the_o air_n and_o soil_n thereof_o 119._o &_o 3.4_o by_o who_o inhabit_v in_o old_a time_n 119.5_o the_o commodity_n thereof_o 119.6_o hundred_o and_o townes_n thereof_o 120_o depopulation_n in_o england_n complain_v of_o 4.10_o derwent_n river_n 67.3_o earl_n of_o desmonds_n rebellion_n suppress_v 139.9_o himself_o behead_v by_o a_o soldier_n ibid._n deucalidonian_a sea_n 99.1_o devil_n arse_n in_o the_o peake_n 67.8_o devil_n ditch_n 33.7_o &_o 37.7_o devon-shire_n name_n 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well_o 78.11_o dubricius_n archbishop_n of_o caerlion_n 6.6_o dunstan_n against_o priest_n marriage_n his_o suppose_a stratagem_n 2d_o 6_o duwich_n a_o episcopal_a see_v 339_o durol_n rivae_fw-la 58.8_o duro_n sipont_n see_v god-manchester_n durotriges_n where_o seat_v 17.4_o durham_n bishopric_n how_o bound_v 83.1_o the_o form_n and_o dimension_n of_o it_o 83.2_o the_o air_n and_o soil_n 83.3_o &_o 4_o the_o ancient_a inhabitant_n of_o it_o 83.5_o town_n in_o the_o bishopric_n 84_o bishop_n their_o royalty_n 83.6_o durham_n city_n a_o bishop_n see_v ibid._n a_o county_n palatine_n ibid_fw-la e_o eadesburg_n where_o now_o the_o chamber_n in_o the_o forest_n 73.7_o king_n eadgars_n triumph_n at_o chester_n ibid._n ealderman_n who_o in_o time_n past_a 4.7_o east-england_n 4.11_o east-riding_a how_v bound_v 81_o east-riding_a how_v seat_v 77.4_o the_o air_n soil_n and_o commodity_n 81.2_o &_o 3_o in_o east-riding_a what_o hundred_o and_o townes_n 82_o edelâ—fleda_n build_v gloucester_n 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