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A19700 The cosmographical glasse conteinyng the pleasant principles of cosmographie, geographie, hydrographie, or nauigation. Compiled by VVilliam Cuningham Doctor in Physicke. Cuningham, William, b. 1531. 1559 (1559) STC 6119; ESTC S106671 118,578 224

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* Chichestre Naeomagus 19. 43. 53. 35. Colchestre Camulodanum 21. 0. 51. 40 Couentrie 20. 0. 52. 0 Darbie 20. 0. 54. 10 * d ee Deua a riuer 17. 0. 60. 0 Doncaster Deuana 18. 30. 55. 0 * Doram Dunum Sinus 20. 45. 57. 30. Elye an I le 21. 36. 52. 16 Excestre Isca 17. 30 52. 15 Gloucestre 18. 0. 54. 30 Harforde 20. 0. 52. 50 Humber Abus a riuer 21. 0. 56 30. Huntington 21. 0. 53. 20 Hulle 21. 10. 54. 34 Kirkby Olicana 19. 0. 57. 30 Lancastre 19. 0. 55. 0 Leicestre 19. 40. 52. 50 Lincolne Lindum 18. 20. 55 10. London of Ptolomaeus called Lōdinium is the chief principall citie of all th'Iland it is exceding populous it is inhabited with men of euerye facultie it was builded before Rome 420. yeare before the reign of Alexander the great 811. yeres befor Christ our sauiors incarnatiō 1136. so that from the firste buildinge of it the yeares are 2735. And whereas Cities throughe processe of time do come to ruin decay this Citye contrariwise do more and more beautifye and increase the Longitude Latitude 19. 52. 51. 30. Manchester Mediolanium 16. 45 56. 40. S. Micha●…ls mount 12. 0. 51. 30 New Castell Orrea 19. 20 58. 55 North Hampton 21. 0. 52 15 Norwiche an healthfull pleasant Citye hauinge à faire Riuer called Yerus ronning thorow it which cometh out of the seas frō Yermouthe coste It is much subiect to fiers which haue not à little hindred the beuty therof The picture of it you shall find liuely set out in the firste boke the longitude Latitude 22. 30. 52. 10. Notyngham Hrate 18. 0. 55. 30. Oxenford called of Pto lomaeus Caleua à norishe of learning and à famous vniuersitie it is in Longitude Latitude 19. 0. 51. 50. Penbrouch 16. 0. 53. 40 Peterborough 21. 0. 53. 20 Portsmouth 19. 0. 51. 20 Richmunde 19. 0. 55. 20 Sandwich 21. 45. 54. 0 Salisbury 19. 0. 51. 50 Seuerne a riuer 17. 20. 54. 30 Sudburie 21. 20. 51. 55 VVinchester 21. 30. 50. 15 VVight an Ilande 19. 20 52. 20 Yermouth 22. 20. 52. 20. Yorke 19. 0. 54. 20 Ypswich 22. 0. 52. 40 Tynemouth 24. 0. 58. 30 Tenet an Iland 23. 0. 54 20. OF SCOTLANDE SCotland being reconed of Ptolomaeus but for part of Albion is parted by two armes of the seas which mete not from England Th' east arme begin about ij miles from the minster of Eburcuring the weast arme on the right side à strōg Citie Aclynd whiche in the Britishe tongue was called the Riuer Clynt The chiefe cities townes are these folowyng S. Andrewes 16. 40. 57 55. Dunber Varer 17. 0. 59. 30. Dundie 19. 20. 59. 30 Dunkel 19. 20. 58. 0 Edenbrugh called Alata castra is the chief Citie in all Scotlande 17. 15. 59. 20 Saint Iohns 15. 40. 59. 15 Also the middes of the 30. Ilandes adiacent to Scotlād called Orchney 30. 0. 61. 40 OF ISLANDE ISland called of Ptolo Thyle is an Ilāde subiecte to the king of Denmarke it is full of maruailous thinges to beholde Amonge whiche ther are iij. mountaines of an incredible height the toppes of which ar cōtinually couered with snow The first mountaine is called Helga the seconde the moūt of the Crosse the thirde Hecla which cōtinually like to the mountaine Aetna doeth burne castīg with violēce as it were out of à Gūne greate stones frō it And this fire can not by water be quēched that which is to be wondred although the fire be marueylus great of force by reason of the Sulphure yet haye straw or rede is not of it cōsu med Sulphure is there so plētifull that you may for the 4. part of â ducate haue à thousande weight There are also 4. Foūtaines of à diuerse nature qualitie The first if you cast in à sticke mā beast or what soeuerit be it torneth it presently into à stone yet it reteineth the naturall forme still The seconde is of an intollerable could The third is much sweter then Hony most pleasatly aswageth drines The fourth is Pestilent Poisonable deadly Whā as the Sonne is in the beginning of Cancer it is continual day with them whan he is in Capricorne also continuall night darknes They are à simple people hould the the faith of Christ. Thei haue no king but all obey the Bishoppe as theyr kinge Their marchandise are Fishe wadmoll sulphur There are found Falcons Sperhaulkes Crowes Beares Wolues both white blacke Roūde about this Ilād for the space of 6. or 7. mōthes th'Ise swim meth makinge à miserable sound noise so that th'inhabitauntes suppose that in the mount Hecla in this Ise the soules of men women are tormented The fro sen congelid Seas beginne at this Iland It is now much trauailed to of english mē Danes that in the Sōmer onely because of the horrible colde aboundance of Ise. The middes of this Ilande 7. 0. 65. 30. Harsol a Citie 7. 40. 60. 42 Thirtes a Citie 5. 50. 64. 44 Nadir a Citie 6. 40. 57. 20 OF CORSICA COrsica an Iland whose chiefe places are Istria 30. 30. 40. 15 Mariana 30. 10. 40. 20 Nebia 31. 0 40. 40 Aleria 31. 35. 40. 20 SICILIA SIcilia an Ilande Palerna 35. 30. 36. 10 Marsara 35. 20. 35. 30 Gergentum 36. 20. 35. 10 Terminae 35. 55. 36. 5 Pula 36. 0. 36. 0 Siracusae 37. 20. 35. 30 Cataua 37. 40. 36. 0 Messina 38. 0. 36. 40 Aetna the burning hil 37. 10. 35. 20 20. OF THE CHIEF Cities townes in th'Ilande of Sardinia SArdos 30. 20. 38. 58 Galea 29. 40. 37. 50 Argetara 29. 30. 36 30 Arestana 29 45. 36. 50 Aquilastrum 31. 20. 37. 30 Cambonara 31. 30 36. 30 Stira 30. 30. 36. 40 OF TH'ILANDES called Maiorica Minoria MAiorica Minorica be Ilādes adiacent to Spaine Maiorica conteineth in Lōgitude Lat. 17. 40. 38. 30 Minorica 20. 0. 39. 0 GADIRA AN Ilande GAdira whiche is also called the Gades in the west Oceā vnder 5. digr 30. 34. 0. EVBOEA AN Ilande EUboea nowe called Nigropont Is an Ilande to Achaia ioyning 54. 0. 38. 0. CRETA AN Ilande CR●…ta nowe called Candie an Ilande famous 55. 0. 35. 20. CYCLADES CYclades are Ilandes about Delus 56. 10. 37. 20 SPORADES Ilandes THese Ilandes are also ioynynge to Delus they ly scatered about in the seas of thē read Plinius lib. 4. capite xij theyr Longitude Latitude 56 10. 37. 20 Thus endeth the perticuler description of the chief Ilands in Europe OF SPAINE SPain as it appereth in the Table thereof in Ptolomaeus Geographie it compassed aboute with the seas excepte it be in that parte whyche toucheth Fraunce and is parted from Fraunce by the Pyrenean mountains And it is the first Region Weast betwixte Africke Fraunce It bringeth fourth such aboundance of pleasaunte fruictes that it serueth not onlye the necessitye of it selfe but also of Italie and
of Longitudes and Latitudes I haue for the chief places of Englande vsed bothe my frendes trauailes and also mine owne obseruations And where as any place is taken oute of Ptolomaeus that shall you find noted with a starre* In whiche also thys I haue diligently obserued hauinge vi sondrye examples and Copies that where the mooste parte of them agree that I haue onlye vsed Also in describinge other Regions I haue folowed th'obseruations of th' inhabitantes As in Fraūce I haue vsed authours which are French men For Spaine Spaniardes in Germany in like case Germaines And in the late founde Ilandes suche as do of them most probably treat Moreouer I haue for the moste parte placed to euery Citie Towne Porte two names th' one Latin for the cōmunitie of the tōgue th' other as it is properly of th'inhabitauntes named And if I shal not exactly for the difficultie of the worke in all places expresse the perfite Lōgitudes Latitudes Thou muste herein pardon me frendly Reader for the cause aledged also take this in good parte seynge no man Ptolomaeus excepte hetherto haue in all partes set oute so large ample à worke But now I will cōmit it to thy descretion iudgement A PERTICVLER DESCRIPTION OF Europe VVhich in our daies conteineth Christendome and part of Turkie SEing that th'Earthe inuironed and compassed with the mightye Ocean seas semeth as it were an Iland th' ancient Geographers for the better auoyding confusiō in the describing of the face of the earth deuided it into iij. partes Europe Africke and Asia As for the fourthe parte whiche is called America or the newe worlde was vnto them vnknowne Therfore at this presente mindinge to folowe the same order I will first begin with Europe This parte was so called as histories do witnesse of an amiable Ladye called Europa being daughter to King Aginor whōe Iupiter being rauished with her beuty espying among à companye of other virgins playinge by the sea side caried away out of Africke saylinge throughe the Ponticke Seas vntyll he came into Crete This storie the Poëtes in this wise do resite how that Iupiter turned into à white Bul did cari hir on his back thorow the seas into Crete which bul was no other thing thē that in their Ensigns Flagges the Cretētiās nauie bare the white Bul. This part of th'erth is pleasantly separated from Africk by the middle earth Seas which is so named of sundry Nations that it norisheth It is also parted from Asia by the notable Riuer Tanais whiche from the North partes with great violence runneth into Ponte Euxine The Heauens in this part giueth temperatnes of Aëre th' Earth flowing with aboundance of all thinges necessary for mans vse As Graines Fruites Fishe Foule Oyles Wines Catell Metalles suche like The nature of the people more ciuill frindlyke wise learned apter vnto warres then they of Afrike Asia And although it may seme much inferior to them if you do consider the bignes quantitie yet in the commodities to it belonging it shal be to either of them equiualēt Morouer it is beautified with pleasaūt Ilandes adorned with notable Riuers finally garnished with innumerable Cities Townes Fortresses Uillages The length by directe distaunce from the vttermoste confines borders of Spaine vnto Constantinople in Graece the furdest place East of all Europe conteineth after Ptolomaeus minde 2200. Englishe miles the breadth of it to be somwhat lesser Ptolomaeus affirmeth Notwithstanding if you rekē the Septentrion all Regiōs which ware to Ptolomaeus vnknowen as Sueulande Gothlande Norway other such you shal well perceiue the Latitude to excede the length of the same Ther are also in Europe many perticuler Regions as Englande Irlande Scotlande Spayne Fraunce Germany Italy Polande Unlgarie Denmarke Graece diuerse vnto the nūber as Ptolomaeus affirmith of 34. Of whiche seuerallye I will set out the notable Cities townes mountaynes riuers beginning with Irland first as Ptolomaeus doeth in his Geographie OF IRLANDE IRland is an Ilād very fertile subiect to the Crowne of Englād In it ther ar great plētie of wolues red Alume sea Cole also mines of gold siluer in sūdry pla ces Pearles are foūd It bringeth forth very many herbes necessarye for the healthe of man It is free from Uenomous beastes Wormes as Ranny Tode Edder Snack swift or such like The people are sauage wilde beastly they are giuen to sorcerie superstitiō witchcraft their shirtes smokes are saffroned they go with long Mantils Their weapons in battel are Darts swords which are brodest at the point theyr musicall Instrumētes in battell are Bagpipes They delight in many coloured fring They are great drinkers of Aqua vitae which is ther only medicine They liue vnto 60. 70. And as I here vnto 90. yeares The longitude of it is supposed to be 280. En glishe miles the breadth 92. miles The middes of this Ilande hath in longitude latitude 7. 0. 57. 0. The chiefe places are * The north ꝓmontorie 13. 0. 61. 0 * Venicnium promontorie 12. 50. 61. 20. Reba 6. 40. 57. 20. Lamon 7. 5. 56. 30 S. Patrickes Purgatory 6. 42. 58. 50 * Diuiline Eblana 14. 0. 59. 0 There are ioyninge vnto Irlande fiue Ilandes called Ebudae but of Plinie Haebu des Of which that whiche is most west is called properlye * ●…buda 15. 10. 62. 0 That which is moste East * Ebuda 15. 20. 62. 0 Ricnea 17. 0. 62. 0 Maleos 17. 30. 65. 10 Epidium 18. 30. 62. 0 Also on th' east part of Irlande are these Ilandes * Monarina 17. 40. 61. 30 * Th'Il●… of Man 15. 0. 57. 20 * Adros a desert 15. 0. ●…9 20 Limnus a desert 15. 0. 59. 0 OF ENGLANDE ENglande the most famous and plentifull Iland in all the Earth of Ptolomaeus called Albion afterward Britānia secunda Bicause that in the daies of Ptolomaeus Scotlād it were accompted for one Ilande It is inuironed about with th'Oceā Seas not much vnlike to à Triāgle in shape it hath on th' East parte of it Germany on the South East Fraunce on the Weast Irelande on the North the 30. Ilandes called Orchney Of Englande both of the finding of it firste also of the perticuler description herafter I shall more largly speak if God graunt life At this time I intend but onely to set out the Longitude Latitude of the chiefe Cities Townes as here foloweth * Bathe Aquae calidae 17. 30. 53. 40 * Banger Ganganotum 15. 30. 57. 30. Berwicke Tuesis 17. 0. 56. 50 * Bodnam Voliba 14. 50. 52. 20 Bedforde 21. 0. 52. 0. Bukhingham 25. 0. 52. 50 Bury 22. 20. 52. 0 Callis Caletum 25. 10. 51. 40. Caērleil Caturactonium 19. 30. 58. 0 Caëmarden Maridunum 15. 30. 54. 40 Cambridge à Uniuersitie florishing with al kind of good letters 21. 30. 52. 0 Canterbury 22. 10. 51. 10 Chester Vsellum 18. 30. 52. 10