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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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to resemble an * Scutube Oblongae Oblong Platter or †Bipâ—nni See Sir H. Savile upon this place in Tacitus Two edg'd Ax and such certainly is its Shape towards the South as Tacitus observes which yet hath been ill apply'd to the whole Island But Northward that vast Tract of Land shooting forward to a Point groweth narrow and sharp like a Wedge The Ancients thought it so great and so very large in Circumference that Caesar The Panegyrick spoken to Constantius falsly Entituled to Maximian who first of all the Romans discover'd it wrote that he had found out another World supposing it so great that it seem'd not to be surrounded with the Sea but even to contain and encompass the Ocean And Julius Solinus Polyhistor asserts That for its largeness it almost deserv'd to be call'd another World Nevertheless our Age by many and often Surveys have now well nigh found the true Dimensions of the whole Isle For from Tarvisium the Point of Cathness unto Belerium the Lands end reckoning the windings and turnings of the Shores along the West are computed about DCCCXII Miles from thence along the Coasts as they bend Southward to Cantium the Kentish Foreland CCCXX Miles hence Coasting by the German Ocean with crooked Creeks and Inlets for DCCIV Miles it reacheth to Tarvisium the Point of Cathness So that by this Computation the whole Island is in Circuit MDCCCXXXIV Miles Which Measure as it falls much short of Pliâ—y's so it is somewhat less then Caesars Schitinius Chius is not worth my mentioning Com. l. 5. who in Apollonius having among other Wonders told us strange Stories of Fruits growing in Britain without Kernels and Grapes without Stones makes its Circuit CCCC Stadia Furlongs and no more But Dionysius after in his Description of the World hath given a much better Account of the British Islands that is Britain and Ireland 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Vast is the Compass of the British Coasts A like Extent no Rival Island boasts And with him Aristides and other Greek Writers agree who by way of Excellency have truly call'd Britain 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 the Great Island Now they that have more accurately compar'd the Spaces of Heaven with the Tracts of Earth have plac'd Britain under the VIIIth Climate and include it within the XVIIIth XXVIth Parallels They also â—omâ—ute the longest Day at XVIII Equinoctial Hours and an half But Belerium the Lands end by reason of the Convex Situation of the Earth they place XVI Degrees and L Scruples from the furthest Point Westward Cantium the Kentish Foreland XXI Degrees of Longitude As for the Latitude they Measure in the Southern Parts L Degrees X Scruples at Tarvisium Cathness LIX Degrees XL Scruples So that according to this Situation both as to Air and Soil Britain may be accounted most happy and temperate The Air is so Sâ—… and Gentle that not only the Summers are less Sultry the continual Breezes still allaying the Heats refreshing the Fruits of the THE SUBSCRIBERS ARE DESIRED To make their First Payment with what speed they can to the Vndertakers Abel Swall and Timothy Childe at the Vnicorn in St. Paul's Church-yard And Awnsham and Iohn Churchill at the Black Swan in Pater-Noster-Row Or to any of these Booksellers following who will give Receipts and Deliver the Books according to the PROPOSALS VIZ. In St. Paul's Church-Yard MR. Brewster Mr. Mortlock Mr. Chiswell Mr. Kettleby Mr. Ranew Mr. Bonwick Mr. Smith Mr. Taylor Mr. Meredith Mr. Broom Mr. Knapton Mr. Everingham Mr. Wyat. Mr. Cumberland Mr. Walford in Ave-Mary-Lane Mr. Clavell Mr. Miller Mr. Robinson Mr. Phillips Mr. Evetts Mr. Adamson Mr. Newborough Mr. Bennet Mr. Wild. Mr. Morey Mr. Clement In CORNHILL Mr. Peter Parker Mr. Sam. Crouch Mr. Hindmarsh Mr. Eddowes Mr. Salisbury Mr. Harrison Mr. Rich. Parker Mr. Guy in Lumbard-street Mr. Howkins in George-yard Mr. Aylmer Mr. Horn. Mrs. Billingsley Mr. Southby Mr. Manship Mr. Pool Mr. Speed In the POULTREY Mr. Cockeril Mr. Crowch Mr. Dunton Mr. Parkhurst near Mercers Chappel Mr. Fabian in Cheap-side Mr. Newman Mr. Lawrence Mr. Harris In FLEETSTREET Mr. Basset Mr. Dring Mr. Keeble Mr. Rhodes Mr. Goodwin Mr. Salisbury Mr. Roper Mr. Southby Mr. Walthoe in the Temple Mr. Tonson in Chancery Lane Mr. Cleeve in Chancery Lane Mr. Pawlett in Chancery Lane Mr. Crook without Temple-Bar Mr. Browne without Temple-Bar Mr. Lowndes in the Strand Mr. Saunders in the New Exchange Mr. Bentley in Covent Garden Mr. Briscoe in Covent Garden Mr. Wilkinson Mr. Harper Mr. Rogers Mr. Freeman Mr. Wotton Mr. Newton Mr. Buck. In Westminster HALL Mr. Gilliflower Mr. Partridge at Charing Cross Mr. Chapman at Charing Cross Mr. Nott. Mr. Harding in Newport Street Mr. Lovell in St. James's Street Mr. Hensman In HOLBOURN Mr. Stephen Bateman Mr. Batersby at Thavies Inn Gate Mr. Place Mr. Hargrave Mr. Hartley Mr. Heyrick at Grays Inn. Mr. Sare at Grays Inn. Mr. Harrison at Lincolns Inn. Mr. Powell at Lincolns Inn. Mr. Raven at Lincolns Inn. Mr. Christopher Bateman Mr. Atkinson In Little Britain Mr. Littlebury Mr. Bentley Mr. Sprint Mr. Sawbridge Mr. Shelmadine Mr. Conyers Mr. Shrewsbury in Duck-Lane Mr. Thackary in Duck-Lane Mr. Nowell in Duck-Lane Mr. Yates in Duck-Lane Mr. Hubbard in Duck-Lane Mr. 〈◊〉 on Tower-Hill Mr. Mount on Tower-Hill Mrs. Cooper Mr. Whitwood Mr. Hussey Mr. Alport Mr. Newton Or to 〈…〉 Country VIZ. Mr. Geo. West in Oxford Mr. John Wilmot in Oxford Mr. John Crosley in Oxford Mr. Hen. Clements in Oxford Mr. John Howel in Oxford Mr. Anth. Pisley in Oxford Mr. Hen. Dickenson in Cambridge Mr. Sam. Simpson in Cambridge Mr. Edw. Hall in Cambridge Mr. Fran. Hicks in Cambridge Mr. Will. Dickenson in Cambridge Mr. Yeo in Exeter Mr. May in Exeter Mr. Hooker in Exeter Mr. Churchil at Dorchester Mr. Wall at Bristol Mr. Gravet at Bristol Mr. Minshul at Chester Mr. Hodgson at Chester Mr. Solden at Shrewsbury Mr. Rogers at Shrewsbury Mr. Hunt in Hereford Mr. Robinson in Ludlow Mr. Johnson at Litchfield Mr. Palmer at Gloucester Mr. Harris at Gloucester Mr. Hurt in Coventry Mr. Ward in Leicester Mr. Powel at Southampton Mr. Warn at Chippenham Mr. Unite at Wolverhampton Mr. Barksdale in Cirencester Mr. Hayman at Dartmouth Mr. Logget at Plymouth Mr. Cock at Kendal Mr. Turner at Rotherham 〈…〉 〈…〉 〈…〉 〈…〉 〈…〉 〈…〉 〈…〉 〈…〉 〈…〉 〈…〉 〈…〉 〈…〉 〈…〉 〈…〉 〈…〉 〈…〉 〈…〉 〈…〉 〈…〉 〈…〉 〈…〉 〈…〉 〈…〉 〈…〉 〈…〉 Manchester 〈…〉 Mr. 〈…〉 Mr. 〈…〉 Mr. 〈…〉 Edmunds-bury Mr. 〈…〉 Mr. 〈…〉 〈…〉 Mr. 〈…〉 Mr. 〈…〉 〈…〉 〈…〉 Mr. Boucher at Peterborough Mr. Fowler at Northampton Mr. Bedingfield at Lyn. Mr. Smith at Daventry Mr. Buckeridge at Marlborough Mr. Smith at Stratford upon Avon Mr. Pickering at Warrington Mr. Barton at Warrington Mr. Symonds at Newbury Mr. Hewet at Reading Mr. Symonds in Sheffield Mr. Clark at Winchester Mr. William Courtney at Salisbury Mr. Maldon at Bath Mr. Babb at Taunton Mr. Keeblewhite in the Isle of Wight Mr. Rathbone at Macclesfield Mr. Hammond at Devises Mr. Tippen in Congleton Mr. 〈…〉 Mr. 〈…〉 Mr. Taylor at Sturbridge Mr. Swinton at Knutsford Mr. Hunt at Barnstable Mr. Talman at Tavestock Mr. Ratton at Harborough Also Mr. North in Dublin Mr. Norman in Dublin Mr. Dobson in Dublin Mr. Campbel in Dublin Mr. Brown in Edinburgh Mr. Vaillems in Edinburgh
PROPOSALS FOR Printing by Subscription Cambden's Britannia English Newly Translated with Large ADDITIONS CAMBDEN's BRITANNIA in English being very Scarce and Dear the Price of a Fair one being at present no less then Three Pound tho' the Edition be but a very bad one and the Translation very ill divers Gentlemen have long desired the Re-printing of it in English and to the doing thereof great numbers have already Contributed by Subscriptions It is thought fit for the general Advantage that these Proposals for Printing the said Book by Subscription be made publick The Reputation and Worth of the Author and Book is so universally known that nothing need be said here to Recommend it except the Account of the Method to be used in Printing this Edition which shall be Printed in a fair Character and on very good Paper according to this Specimen The whole Book new Translated from the Original which several Gentlemen of great Learning and Skill in the Antiquities of ENGLAND have undertaken to do In the former Translation made by Doctor Philemon Holland many Additions of the Translator were by a very unwarantable Liberty inserted into the Text which are here put as Notes only at the end of the Page The Additions will be these A new Account of Mr. Cambden's Life and Works shall be given at large A Map of England as in the times of the Romans will be Printed according to Antoninus's Itinerary with the Names and Situation of the Roman Towns Colonies and Ways A Corrected Map of England as in the time of the Saxons will be Printed in like manner A general Map of England Scotland and Ireland as also a particular Map of each County by Mr. Robert Morden according to the newest Surveys that have been made together with all the Roads exactly marked out and all the Places mentioned by Cambden inserted tho' many of them have by time been quite destroyed All the Discoveries that have been made in several Counties since Mr. Cambden's Death in the particular Histories of well nigh half the Counties of England and in several Manuscripts and Histories shall be added in short as Notes or set forth in the Dissertation following the whole Work together with an Account of all those Authors that have Illustrated England in General or any one County in Particular An Account of the Universities Colledges Schools Coins Buildings of England and the Seats of the present Nobility shall be added at the end of the Work The Manuscript Notes and Corrections of Mr. John Selden will be added to the Work as likewise several other Corrections of Eminent Persons upon the whole Work or on part thereof will be added in the Margin or at the bottom of the Page and not intermixt with the Text. To which purpose all Gentlemen that have made any such Corrections or Remarks are desired to Transmit them to the Undertakers who will faithfully Insert them The large Discourse of Mr. Cambden concerning the Government of the Romans and Saxons in England concerning the Degrees in England and the Courts of Britain will by large Marginal Notes be much Corrected and Improved and some Original Discourses on that Subject will be added by an Eminent Hand Divers large INDEX'S and GLOSSARIES will be added at the end of the Work PROPOSALS THE Price of this Book to be but Twenty Six Shillings in Sheets to Subscribers whereof twelve Shillings to be paid in Hand and the rest on Delivery And for Encouragement to Subscribers any Gentleman that shall Subscribe for six Books shall have a seventh Gratis which reduces the Price to Twenty Two Shillings and Four Pence per Book It shall not be Sold to any but Subscribers under Thirty Shillings in Sheets The Book shall be Finished and be ready to be Delivered at Michaelmas Term next without fail BRITAIN BRITAIN by the Latins called Britannia and Albion by the Greeks 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 and 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 the most Famous Island of the whole World is divided from the Continent of Europe by the Ocean It lies over against Germany and France in a * Figura Triquetra Ces Com. l. 5. Triangular Form by reason of Three Promontories shooting out into divers parts viz. Belerium the Lands End toward the West Cantium the Foreland in Kent toward the East Tarvisium or Orcas the Point of Cathness in Scotland toward the North. On the West where Ireland lies the Vergivian or Western Sea breaks in On the North it is beaten upon by the vast and wide Northern Sea On the East where it Coasteth upon Germany it is wash'd by the German Ocean On the South over against France by the British Thus divided by a convenient Distance from these Neighbouring Nations and made fit by its open Harbors for the Traffick of the whole World it seems to thrust itself forward on every side into the Sea for the general Benefit of Mankind For between Kent and Calais in France it carries it self so far into the Sea See in Kent and the Channel is so straight that (a) That Britain was even by an Isthmos joyn'd Eastward to the Continent of Franceâ— seems an Improbable Opinion However you may see besides Authorized by Mr. Cambden White 's Hist Britâ—… Not. 11. Burton's Comment â—n Aâ—… p. 18.19 Tâ—in de Rebus â—â—bion Britan. Sammâ—s Britan. â— 1. c. 4. Verstegan l. 1. c. 4. Some Forreigners also Dominicus Mâ—â—iuâ— Niger Antonius Volscus Viviaâ—â—s and Da Bartas have favour'd this groundless Tradition some are of opinion that a Breach was there made and that the Sea hath work'd it self thro' the Neck of Land which before joyn'd the two Countries to each other and to confirm this they bring Virgil in thaâ— Verse Et penitus toto divisos Orbe Britannos And Britann's far from all the World disjoyn'd Because as Servius Honoratus says Britain was anciently joyn'd to the Continent Thus Claudian in Imitation of Virgil Nostro diducta Britannia Mundo And Britain sever'd from our World It is not at all unlikely that the outward Face and Fashion of the Earth may by the Deluge and other Causes have been alter'd that some Mountains may have been raised and heightned and many High-Places may have sunk into Plains and Valleys Lakes and Meers may have been dried up and dry Places may have become Lakes and Meers and some Islands may have been torn and broken off from the Continent But whether it be true indeed and whether there were any Islands before the Flood I shall not here argue nor of God's Works inconsiderately give my Opinion All know that the Divine Providence hath dispos'd different things to the same end And indeed it hath always been allow'd as well by Divines as Philosophers That Isles scatter'd in the Sea do as equally contribute to the Beauty of the whole World in general as the vast extent of Lakes and the heighth of Mountains upon Land Livy and Fabius Rusticus have made the Form of this Island