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annal_n excisique_fw-la luci_fw-la saevis_fw-la superstitionibus_fw-la sacri_fw-la etc._n etc._n felling_n the_o wood_n consecrate_v to_o superstitious_a service_n etc._n etc._n the_o same_o leland_n in_o another_o place_n have_v these_o verse_n of_o this_o island_n insula_fw-la romanis_n mona_n non_fw-la incognita_fw-la bellis_fw-la quondam_a terra_fw-la ferax_fw-la nemorum_fw-la nunc_fw-la indiga_fw-la siluae_fw-la sed_fw-la venetis_fw-la tantum_fw-la cereali_fw-la munere_fw-la praestans_fw-la mater_fw-la ut_fw-la à _fw-la vulgo_fw-la cambrorum_fw-la jure_fw-la vocetur_fw-la etc._n etc._n tyr-môn_a in_o former_a time_n thus_o witness_v writer_n old_a be_v full_a of_o stately_a wood_n but_o now_o li'th_v bleak_a and_o cold_a the_o soil_n be_v pass_o good_a of_o corn_n it_o yeeld'th_v such_o store_n that_o welshmen_n nurse_n it_o be_v call_v as_o we_o have_v show_v before_o etc._n etc._n cambriae_fw-la typus_fw-la auctore_fw-la humfre_n do_v lhvydo_o denbigiense_n cambrobritano_n aliquod_fw-la regionum_fw-la huius_fw-la tractus_fw-la synonyma_fw-la prout_fw-la latinè_n britannicè_fw-la &_o anglicè_fw-la etiemnum_fw-la appellanture_v cambria_n l._n cambrÿ_n b._n wales_n a._n venedotia_n l._n gwÿnedhia_n b._n north-wales_n a._n demetia_n l._n dÿfet_fw-fr b._n westwales_n a._n ceretica_n l._n ceredigion_n b._n cardigan_n a._n povisia_n l._n powijs_fw-la b._n dehenbart_n b._n sutwales_n a._n ireland_n ireland_n which_o the_o greek_n and_o latin_n call_v hibernia_n other_o iverma_n and_o jerna_n the_o irish_a themselves_n call_v eryn_n from_o hence_o stranger_n take_v it_o from_o the_o mouth_n of_o the_o english_a which_o pronounce_v e_fw-la the_o second_o vowel_n with_o the_o same_o sound_n that_o other_o nation_n do_v sound_a i_o the_o three_o vowel_n have_v make_v as_o it_o seem_v irynlandt_n compound_v as_o be_v apparent_a of_o the_o irish_a erin_n and_o the_o saxon_a or_o dutch_a landt_n which_o afterward_o be_v contract_v for_o more_o commodity_n of_o speech_n 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franc_n also_o miserable_o afflict_v it_o after_o they_o charles_n martell_n lay_v it_o waste_v and_o last_o the_o english_a make_v spoil_v thereof_o notwithstanding_o at_o this_o time_n for_o the_o bigness_n it_o be_v account_v one_o of_o the_o rich_a city_n in_o the_o whole_a kingdom_n be_v very_o well_o order_v and_o govern_v in_o regard_n of_o the_o court_n of_o parliament_n there_o as_o likewise_o the_o authority_n of_o the_o viscount_n the_o king_n exchequer_n and_o the_o assembly_n of_o the_o consul_n in_o merchant_n affair_n which_o they_o common_o call_v the_o burse_n thus_o much_o and_o more_o concern_v this_o region_n write_v belleforest_n blaisois_n blesiensis_fw-la territorii_fw-la hanc_fw-la tabulam_fw-la describebat_fw-la joannes_n temporius_n blesis_n anno_fw-la messiae_n nati_fw-la 1592._o epoch_v christianae_n 1590._o mundi_fw-la 5610._o le_fw-fr blaisois_n contient_n en_fw-fr longitude_n d'occident_n en_fw-fr orient_a depuis_fw-fr s._n ouin_n iusques_fw-fr à _fw-fr 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heureusement_n compris_fw-la joachin_n blanchon_n calais_n and_o boulongne_n this_o cart_n contain_v the_o description_n of_o that_o north-western_a part_n of_o france_n which_o the_o english_a be_v master_n of_o from_o the_o year_n 1347._o until_o the_o year_n 1557._o at_o what_o time_n the_o duke_n of_o guise_n lieutenant_n for_o the_o french_a king_n take_v it_o by_o force_n of_o arm_n the_o town_n of_o calais_n guisnes_n and_o ardres_n the_o english_a from_o time_n to_o time_n have_v furnish_v with_o able_a garrison_n and_o calais_n have_v heretofore_o be_v the_o staple_n for_o woolles_n and_o other_o english_a commodity_n concern_v the_o tract_n of_o boulongne_n thus_o say_v robert_n caenalis_n in_o his_o 2._o book_n and_o 3._o perioche_n de_fw-fr re_fw-la gallica_n of_o gessoriacum_n a_o port_n of_o the_o morini_n i_o may_v well_o say_v with_o meierus_n that_o it_o be_v now_o true_o call_v boulongne_n upon_o the_o sea_n shore_n from_o whence_o there_o be_v a_o very_a short_a 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this_o city_n be_v the_o sea_n of_o a_o bishop_n but_o under_o medardus_n the_o bishop_n thereof_o it_o be_v translate_v to_o noion_n as_o carolus_n bovillus_fw-la report_v howbeit_o the_o place_n yet_o hold_v the_o ancient_a name_n and_o be_v call_v vermand-abbey_n wherefore_o they_o seem_v to_o be_v in_o a_o error_n that_o think_v the_o town_n of_o s._n quintin_n to_o have_v be_v augusta_n veromanduorum_n concern_v the_o people_n of_o this_o region_n read_v peter_n divaeus_n in_o his_o book_n of_o the_o antiquity_n of_o gallia_n belgica_n caletensium_fw-la et_fw-la bononiensium_fw-la ditionis_fw-la accurata_fw-la delineatio_fw-la veromandvorum_n eorumqve_fw-la confinium_n exactissima_fw-la descript_n johanne_n surhonio_n auctore_fw-la picardy_n the_o name_n of_o picardy_n as_o all_o that_o write_v of_o france_n do_v affirm_v not_o to_o be_v ancient_a so_o the_o original_n or_o derivation_n thereof_o none_o of_o they_o can_v render_v caenalis_n dare_v not_o say_v that_o it_o be_v so_o 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