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avon_n and_o frome_n for_o trade_n of_o merchandise_n a_o second_o london_n and_o for_o beauty_n and_o account_n next_o unto_o york_n this_o city_n stand_v partly_o in_o this_o county_n and_o partly_o in_o sommersetshire_n but_o be_v a_o county_n of_o itself_o will_v acknowledge_v subjection_n to_o neither_o 9_o a_o city_n more_o ancient_a have_v be_v circestar_n by_o pâ—olomy_n call_v corinium_n by_o antonine_n durocornovium_n by_o giraldus_n passerum_fw-la urbem_fw-la the_o sparrow_n city_n upon_o a_o fly_a report_n that_o gurmund_n a_o tyrant_n from_o africa_n besiege_n this_o city_n tie_v fire_n unto_o the_o wing_n of_o sparrow_n who_o light_v in_o the_o town_n upon_o light_a matter_n set_v flame_n upon_o all_o the_o circuit_n of_o who_o wall_n extend_v two_o mile_n about_o wherein_o the_o consular_a port_n or_o way_n of_o the_o roman_n meet_v and_o cross_v each_o other_o this_o city_n be_v win_v from_o the_o britain_n by_o cheulin_n first_o king_n of_o the_o west_n saxon_n 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1471_o prince_n edward_n the_o only_a son_n of_o king_n henry_n have_v his_o brain_n dash_v out_o in_o a_o most_o shameful_a manner_n the_o queen_n and_o his_o mother_n take_v prisoner_n and_o most_o of_o their_o favourite_n slay_v and_o behead_v and_o at_o alderley_n a_o little_a town_n stand_v eight_o mile_n from_o the_o severne_n upon_o the_o hill_n to_o this_o day_n be_v find_v cockle_n periwinkle_n and_o oyster_n of_o solid_a stone_n which_o whether_o they_o have_v be_v shellfish_n and_o live_a creature_n or_o else_o the_o sport_n of_o nature_n in_o her_o work_n let_v the_o natural_a philosopher_n dispute_v of_o and_o judge_n 11_o the_o place_n of_o piety_n set_v apart_o from_o other_o worldly_a service_n and_o dedicate_v to_o religious_a use_n by_o the_o devotion_n of_o prince_n erect_v in_o this_o shire_n be_v tewksbury_n deorâ—ust_n gloucester_n minching_n burkley_n kinswood_n circester_n winchcomb_n and_o hales_n
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rampire_n and_o a_o little_a fountain_n of_o clear_a water_n from_o these_o hill_n the_o river_n cluyd_v resort_n unto_o this_o vale_n and_o from_o the_o very_a spring-head_n increase_v with_o beck_n and_o brook_n do_v part_v it_o in_o twain_o run_v through_o the_o midst_n of_o it_o whereof_o in_o ancient_a time_n it_o be_v name_v strat-cluyd_a for_o marianus_n make_v mention_n of_o a_o king_n of_o the_o strat-cluyd_a of_o the_o wâ—lsh_a and_o at_o this_o day_n it_o be_v common_o call_v diffryn-cluyd_a that_o be_v the_o vale_n of_o cluyd_v this_o thing_n be_v worthy_a observation_n as_o a_o matter_n memorable_a both_o for_o admiration_n and_o antiquity_n that_o in_o the_o parish_n of_o lan-sanan_a within_o this_o country_n there_o be_v a_o place_n compass_v cut_v out_o of_o the_o main_a rock_n by_o man_n hand_n in_o the_o side_n of_o a_o stony_a hill_n wherein_o there_o be_v four_o and_o twenty_o seat_n to_o sit_v in_o some_o less_o some_o big_a where_o child_n and_o young_a man_n 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