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B02138
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Proposals for printing by subscription, Cambden's Britannia, English. Newly translated with large additions.
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Swall, Abel.; Childe, Timothy.
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1693
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Wing C373A; ESTC R176553
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to_o resemble_v a_o oblongae_fw-la a_o scutube_v oblongae_fw-la oblong_a platter_n or_o tacitus_n or_o bipânni_n see_v sir_n h._n savile_n upon_o this_o place_n in_o tacitus_n two_o edge_a axe_n and_o such_o certain_o be_v its_o shape_n towards_o the_o south_n as_o tacitus_n observe_v which_o yet_o have_v be_v ill_o apply_v to_o the_o whole_a island_n but_o northward_o that_o vast_a tract_n of_o land_n shoot_v forward_o to_o a_o point_n grow_v narrow_a and_o sharp_a like_o a_o wedge_n the_o ancient_n think_v it_o so_o great_a and_o so_o very_o large_a in_o circumference_n that_o caesar_n maximian_n the_o panegyric_n speak_v to_o constantius_n false_o entitle_v to_o maximian_n who_o first_o of_o all_o the_o roman_n discover_v it_o write_v that_o he_o have_v find_v out_o another_o world_n suppose_v it_o so_o great_a that_o it_o seem_v not_o to_o be_v surround_v with_o the_o sea_n but_o even_o to_o contain_v and_o encompass_v the_o ocean_n and_o julius_n solinus_n polyhistor_n assert_n that_o for_o its_o largeness_n it_o almost_o deserve_v to_o be_v call_v another_o world_n nevertheless_o our_o age_n by_o many_o and_o often_o survey_v have_v now_o well_o nigh_o find_v the_o true_a dimension_n of_o the_o whole_a isle_n for_o from_o tarvisium_n the_o point_n of_o cathness_n unto_o belerium_n the_o land_n end_v reckon_v the_o wind_n and_o turn_n of_o the_o shore_n along_o the_o west_n be_v compute_v about_o dcccxii_o mile_n from_o thence_o along_o the_o coast_n as_o they_o bend_v southward_o to_o cantium_n the_o kentish_a foreland_n cccxx_o mile_n hence_o coast_v by_o the_o german_a ocean_n with_o crooked_a creek_n and_o inlet_n for_o dcciv_o mile_n it_o reach_v to_o tarvisium_n the_o point_n of_o cathness_n so_o that_o by_o this_o computation_n the_o whole_a island_n be_v in_o circuit_n mdcccxxxiv_o miles_n which_o measure_n as_o it_o fall_v much_o short_a of_o pliây's_n so_o it_o be_v somewhat_o less_o than_o caesar_n schitinius_fw-la chius_n be_v not_o worth_a my_o 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