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fortification_n limit_v the_o roman_a province_n 6.9_o saint_n alban_n isle_n 94.8_o saint_n alban_n town_n and_o monastery_n 39.5_o alcluid_n i._n dunbritton_n 132.12_o alesbury_n wherefore_o much_o frequent_v 43.7_o alexander_n king_n of_o scot_n king_n of_o the_o western_a land_n and_o of_o man_n 92.16_o alfred_n or_o elfred_n restore_v the_o university_n of_o oxford_n 45.7_o build_v college_n and_o place_v reader_n there_o ibid._n almanac_n of_o harvest_n man_n in_o denbigh_n shire_n 119.3_o alney_n island_n 47.10_o amble-side_n or_o amboglana_n 85_o 10_o ambresbury_n abbey_n 17.6_o &_o 25.9_o ancalites_n where_o seat_v 45.4_o anderida_n city_n 9.4_o andradswald_n 9.4_o s._n annes-well_a at_o buxstone_n 67.8_o anglesey_n isle_n how_o confine_v 99.8_o what_o cantred_n and_o commot_n it_o have_v 99.8_o how_o name_v and_o why_o 125.1_o the_o form_n and_o dimension_n of_o it_o 2_o the_o air_n and_o commodity_n thereof_o 3_o the_o seat_n of_o the_o druid_n 5_o how_o divide_v ibid._n by_o who_o infest_a and_o subdue_v 9_o hundred_o and_o townes_n thereof_o 126_o antimonium_n see_v stibium_fw-la antiquity_n in_o west_n ride_v 79.7_o anwicke_n field_n 89.10_o appleby_n town_n and_o castle_n in_o westmoreland_n 85.8_o aquila_n prophsi_v 17.6_o archbishop_n see_v in_o britain_n three_o 2.14_o armagh_n a_o archiepiscopall_a and_o metropolitan_a see_v in_o ireland_n 145.9_o arran_n land_n near_o galway_n 143.6_o arthur_n chair_n a_o high_a mountain_n 109.4_o king_n arthur_n round_a table_n at_o llansanan_n in_o denbighshire_n 119.6_o prince_n arthur_n keep_v his_o court_n at_o ludlow_n 71.7_o prince_n arthur_n his_o monument_n or_o sepulchre_n 51.5_o &_o 23.10_o arvon_n i_o cair-narvon_a 99.7_o ash_n make_v ground_n fruitful_a 119.4_o ashbridge_n much_o renown_a for_o a_o feign_a miracle_n 43.7_o saint_n assaph_n in_o north-wales_n a_o episcopal_a see_v 99.11_o &_o 121.9_o astroit_n the_o precious_a stone_n find_v at_o slugbury_n in_o warwick_n shire_n 53.7_o alsoneere_a beaver_n 61.3_o attrebatii_n where_o plant_v 27_o 5_o saint_n andree_n foundress_n of_o ely_n 37.5_o saint_n andrees_n liberties_n ibid._n angustine_n first_o archbishop_n of_o canterbury_n 6.5_o angustines_n oak_n in_o worcestershire_n 51.6_o anteri_n what_o people_n in_o ireland_n 143.5_o b_o badbury_n the_o west-saxon_a king_n court_n 17.6_o brinbrig_n a_o ancient_a place_n 79.7_o bala_n curi_n the_o bishop_n palace_n of_o the_o isle_n of_o man_n 91.5_o baldwine_n the_o great_a forester_n of_o flaunders_n 57.2_o banchor_n or_o bangor_n a_o city_n and_o the_o first_o monastery_n 121_o 9_o the_o ruin_n thereof_o ibid._n a_o bishop_n see_v 99.9_o brakley_n castle_n where_o king_n edward_n the_o 2._o be_v murder_v 47.10_o braklow_n hill_n in_o essex_n 31.5_o bark-shire_n whence_o it_o take_v ramâ—_n 27.1_o how_o it_o be_v bound_v 27.1_o the_o form_n measure_n and_o air_n thereof_o 27.2.3.4_o what_o commodity_n it_o yield_v 27.4_o by_o who_o ancient_o inhabit_v 27.5_o what_o religious_a house_n it_o have_v 27.10_o hundred_o and_o town_n in_o berkshire_n 28_o barnet_n field_n 29.9_o bartholanus_n &_o his_o three_o son_n plant_v in_o ireland_n 137_o 8_o barwick_n 89.9_o how_o govern_v ibid._n the_o graduation_n of_o it_o ibid._n battle-bridge_n 81.7_o battaile-field_n 9.7_o battle_n of_o standard_n 81.7_o bath_n in_o sommersetshire_n what_o name_v it_o have_v and_o why_o so_o call_v 23.7_o beault_n in_o brecknockshire_n 109_o 5._o beaumarish_a why_o so_o name_v see_v bonover_n 125.8_o thomas_n becket_n his_o tomb_n 7.8_o bede_n a_o monk_n of_o weremouth_n where_o bear_v 83_o 6_o bedford-shire_n how_o bound_v 41.1_o the_o form_n and_o dimension_n of_o it_o 41.2_o the_o air_n soil_n and_o commodity_n of_o bedford-shire_n 41.3_o the_o ancient_a inhabitant_n thereof_o 41.4_o hundred_o and_o townes_n therein_o 42_o bedford_n town_n and_o castle_n 41.6.7_o how_o describe_v and_o how_o govern_v 41.7_o the_o graduation_n of_o it_o 41_o 10_o of_o beeston_n castle_n a_o prophecy_n 73.9_o belga_n where_o seat_v 13.6_o &_o 15_o 6_o &_o 23.5_o &_o 25.5_o bellona_n temple_n in_o york_n 78_o 9_o bennones_n see_v cleicester_n benonium_fw-la see_v binchester_n berinus_fw-la the_o first_o archbishop_n of_o dorchester_n 6.8_o his_o circuit_n ibid._n the_o apostle_n and_o bishop_n of_o the_o westsaxon_n ibid._n preach_v and_o baptize_v at_o oxford_n 45.4_o the_o apostle_n also_o of_o the_o south-saxons_a ibid._n berry_n sometime_o a_o famous_a city_n in_o shrop-shire_n 71.9_o birth_n a_o town_n in_o scotland_n destroy_v by_o the_o inundation_n of_o tai_n 132.16_o y._n bervedhwald_n the_o four_o part_n of_o north-wales_n the_o bound_n commodity_n cantred_n and_o commot_n in_o it_o 99.11_o beaver_n in_o tivi_n river_n describe_v 113.3_o beverley_n a_o sanctuary_n 81.5_o saint_n john_n of_o beverley_n ibid._n bibroces_n what_o people_n 25_o 5_o binbridge_n isle_n 15.4_o binchester_n sometime_o benonium_fw-la 83.9_o sir_n richard_n bingham_n his_o valour_n and_o wisdom_n in_o repress_v mac-williams_n posterity_n 143.7_o bishopricke_n how_o many_o in_o england_n and_o wales_n 6.4_o blany_n people_n in_o ireland_n 141_o 4_o blond-raine_n 15.8_o &_o 78.9_o charles_n blunt_n lord_n mountioy_n quench_v the_o rebellion_n of_o tirone_n 139.9_o bedman_n the_o middle_a town_n of_o cornwall_n 21.8_o the_o climate_n thereof_o ibid._n a_o bishop_n see_v remove_v to_o excester_n 21.10_o queen_n boduo_n raze_v maldon_n 31.8_o bone-well_a in_o herefordshire_n 49_o 6_o benover_n now_o beaumarish_a 129_o the_o government_n and_o graduation_n of_o it_o ibid._n border_n between_o scotland_n and_o england_n 6.11_o now_o the_o midst_n of_o the_o empire_n ibid._n borrow_v what_o it_o signify_v 3.6_o bors-holder_n or_o tithingman_n 3.6_o bosham_n in_o sussex_n 9.8_o boskenna_n monument_n or_o trophy_n 21.9_o bovata_fw-la see_v oxgang_n bovium_n see_v banâ—hor_n bow_v a_o ancient_a town_n in_o west-riding_a 79.7_o brazen_a armour_n dig_v up_o in_o cornwall_n 21.9_o brazen_a nose_n college_n in_o stanford_n 59.8_o breake-speare_n see_v hadrian_n the_o four_o breertous_a death_n in_o cheshire_n presignify_v 73.9_o brecknockshire_n the_o nature_n of_o it_o 100.21_o what_o cantreve_n and_o commot_n it_o have_v