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cambridgeshire_n oxford-shire_n etc._n etc._n while_o the_o rest_n not_o wear_v the_o name_n of_o any_o town_n be_v to_o be_v repute_v county_n as_o norfolk_n suffolk_z etc._n etc._n but_o we_o need_v not_o go_v into_o wales_n to_o confute_v their_o curiosity_n where_o we_o meet_v merioneth-shire_n and_o glamorgan-shire_n but_o no_o town_n so_o term_v see_v devon-shire_n do_v discompose_v this_o their_o english_a conceit_n i_o say_v english_a shire_n and_o county_n be_v both_o comitatus_fw-la in_o latin_a of_o these_o there_o be_v nine_o and_o thirty_o at_o this_o day_n which_o by_o the_o thirteen_o in_o wales_n be_v make_v up_o fifty_o two_o england_n large_o take_v have_v one_o for_o every_o week_n in_o the_o year_n here_o let_v i_o tender_v this_o for_o a_o real_a truth_n which_o may_v seem_v a_o paradox_n that_o there_o be_v a_o county_n in_o england_n which_o from_o the_o conquest_n till_o the_o year_n 1607_o when_o mr._n camden_n last_o latin_a britannia_n be_v set_v forth_o 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and_o therefore_o i_o hope_v nevertheless_o acceptable_a second_o it_o be_v as_o informative_a to_o our_o judgement_n to_o order_v they_o by_o county_n according_a to_o their_o place_n as_o by_o century_n so_o oft_o do_v before_o according_a to_o the_o time_n see_v where_o be_v as_o essential_a as_o when_o to_o a_o man_n be_v yea_o both_o in_o some_o sort_n may_v be_v say_v to_o be_v jure_fw-la divino_fw-la understand_v it_o order_v by_o god_n immediate_a providence_n and_o therefore_o be_v couple_v together_o by_o the_o apostle_n act_v 17._o 26._o and_o have_v determine_v the_o time_n before_o appoint_v and_o the_o bound_n of_o their_o habitation_n if_o of_o their_o habitation_n in_o general_n then_o more_o especial_o of_o the_o most_o important_a place_n of_o their_o nativity_n the_o spirit_n of_o god_n in_o scripture_n take_v signal_n notice_n hereof_o 6._o the_o lord_n shall_v count_v when_o he_o write_v up_o the_o people_n that_o this_o man_n be_v bear_v there_o 44._o philip_n 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that_o tribe_n do_v not_o yield_v prince_n priest_n prophet_n or_o any_o remarkable_a person_n apocrypha_fw-la judith_n only_o except_v multi_fw-la gregarii_fw-la pauci_fw-la egregii_fw-la and_o multitude_n with_o amplitude_n be_v never_o the_o true_a standard_n of_o eminency_n as_o the_o judicious_a reader_n by_o peruse_v and_o compare_v our_o county_n catalogue_n will_v quick_o perceive_v a_o case_n of_o concernment_n propound_v and_o submit_v to_o the_o equity_n of_o the_o reader_n it_o be_v this_o many_o family_n time_n out_o of_o mind_n have_v be_v certain_o fix_v in_o eminent_a seat_n in_o their_o respective_a county_n where_o the_o ash_n of_o their_o ancestor_n sleep_v in_o quiet_a and_o their_o name_n be_v know_v with_o honour_n now_o possible_o it_o may_v happen_v that_o the_o chief_a mother_n of_o that_o family_n travel_v in_o her_o travel_n by_o the_o way_n side_n or_o by_o some_o other_o casualty_n as_o visit_v of_o a_o friend_n etc._n etc._n may_v there_o be_v deliver_v 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