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cohortis_fw-la in_o print_a copy_n claudius_n pompeianum_n and_o lâ—llianus_n avitus_n coss._n anno_fw-la christi_fw-la 210._o 210._o centurio_n thomas_n james_n newport_n dun-settan_a whence_o come_v the_o name_n of_o glamorgan_n the_o subdue_a of_o glamorgan-shire_n robert_n fitz-haimon_a 12._o knight_n caerdiffe_n caer_fw-mi philli._n the_o mouth_n of_o ratostabius_n traith_n taff._n landaff_n history_n of_o landaff_n caerdiffe_n robert_n curthose_n duke_n of_o normandy_n sully_n haply_o so_o call_v of_o the_o silures_n barry_n a_o wonderful_a cave_n or_o hole_n cowbridge_n bovium_n neath_n saint_n donat_n stradling_n antique_a piece_n of_o coin_n ogmor_n river_n a_o fountain_n ebb_v and_o flow_v sandfords_n well_o a_o fountain_n at_o cales_n or_o cadiz_n eternal_a habitation_n nidus_fw-la flu_fw-la i._o the_o river_n neath_n nidum_n the_o town_n neath_n loghoâ—_n gower_n th._n walsingh_n book_n of_o neth_n monastery_n joh._n r._n 5._o swinsey_n leucarum_n loghor_n lord_n of_o 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