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devon-shire_n 9_o cornwall_n 10_o somersetshire_n 11_o wiltshire_n 12_o berkshire_n 13_o middlesex_n 14_o essex_n county_n 15_o suffolk_n 16_o norfolk_n 17_o cambridgeshire_n 18_o hartfordshire_n 19_o bedfordshire_n 20_o buckinghamshire_n 21_o oxfordshire_n 22_o glocestershire_n 23_o merefordshire_n 24_o worcestershire_n 25_o warwickshire_n 26_o northamptonshire_n 27_o huntingtonshire_n 28_o rutlandshire_n 29_o leicestershire_n 30_o lincolnshire_n 31_o nottinghamshire_n 32_o darbishire_n 33_o staffordshire_n 34_o shropshire_n 35_o chester_n 36_o lancashire_n 37_o yorkshire_n 38_o the_o bishopric_n of_o durham_n 39_o westmoreland_n &_o cumberland_n 40_o northumberland_n 41_o the_o isle_n of_o man._n 42_o holy_a 〈…〉_z wales_n 44_o pembrokeshire_n 45_o radnor_n breknock_n cardigan_n and_o caâ—rmarden_n describe_v 46_o glamorganshire_n 47_o monmouthshire_n 48_o montgomery_n etc._n etc._n 49_o denbigh_n and_o flint_n describe_v 50_o anglesey_n and_o carnarâ—an_n 51_o the_o kingdom_n of_o scotland_n 52_o the_o southyart_n of_o scotland_n 53_o the_o southern_a part_n of_o scotland_n 54_o the_o eastern_a part_n of_o scotland_n 55_o part_n of_o scotland_n stranavern_n 56_o the_o isle_n of_o hebrides_n 57_o cathanes_n and_o orknay_n 58_o ireland_n describe_v 59_o monster_n 60_o leinster_n 61_o connaught_n 62_o ulster_n 〈◊〉_d midia_n