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A16282 The manners, lauues, and customes of all nations collected out of the best vvriters by Ioannes Boemus ... ; with many other things of the same argument, gathered out of the historie of Nicholas Damascen ; the like also out of the history of America, or Brasill, written by Iohn Lerius ; the faith, religion and manners of the Aethiopians, and the deploration of the people of Lappia, compiled by Damianus a ̀Goes ; with a short discourse of the Aethiopians, taken out of Ioseph Scaliger his seuenth booke de emendatione temporum ; written in Latin, and now newly translated into English, by Ed. Aston.; Omnium gentium mores, leges, et ritus. English. 1611 Boemus, Joannes, ca. 1485-1535.; Góis, Damião de, 1502-1574.; Nicolaus, of Damascus.; Léry, Jean de, 1534-1611. Histoire d'un voyage fait en la terre du Brésil.; Scaliger, Joseph Juste, 1540-1609. De emendatione temporum.; Aston, Edward, b. 1573 or 4. 1611 (1611) STC 3198.5; ESTC S102777 343,933 572

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england_n moreover_o be_v divide_v into_o two_o ecclesiastical_a province_n which_o be_v govern_v by_o two_o spiritual_a person_n call_v archb._n to_o wit_n the_o archb._n of_o canterbury_n who_o be_v primate_n and_o metrapolitan_a of_o all_o england_n and_o the_o archb._n of_o york_n and_o under_o these_o two_o archb._n be_v 26._o bishop_n that_o be_v to_o say_v 22._o under_o the_o archb._n of_o canterbury_n and_o 4._o under_o the_o archbishop_n of_o york_n in_o the_o province_n of_o canterbury_n be_v these_o diocese_n bound_v as_o follow_v 1_o &_o 2_o the_o diocese_n of_o canterbury_n and_o rochester_n which_o have_v under_o they_o all_o the_o county_n of_o kent_n 3_o the_o diocese_n of_o london_n which_o have_v essex_n middlesex_n and_o a_o part_n of_o hartford_n shire_n 4_o the_o diocese_n of_o chitchester_n which_o have_v sussex_n 5_o the_o diocese_n of_o winchester_n which_o have_v hamptshire_n surrey_n and_o the_o isle_n of_o wight_n gernsie_n and_o jersey_n 6_o the_o diocese_n of_o salisbury_n which_o have_v wiltshire_n and_o berkshire_n 7_o the_o diocese_n of_o excester_n which_o have_v devonshire_n and_o cornwall_n 8_o the_o diocese_n of_o bath_n and_o well_n which_o have_v somerset_n shire_n only_o 9_o the_o diocese_n of_o gloucester_n which_o have_v glocestershire_n 10_o the_o diocese_n of_o worcester_n which_o have_v worcester_n shire_n and_o a_o part_n of_o warwick_n shire_n 11_o the_o diocese_n of_o hereford_n which_o have_v herefordshire_n and_o a_o part_n of_o shropshire_n 12_o the_o diocese_n of_o coventrie_n and_o lichfield_n which_o have_v staffordshire_n derbyshire_n and_o the_o rest_n of_o warwickshire_n with_o some_o part_n of_o shropshire_n 13_o the_o diocese_n of_o lincoln_n which_o have_v lincolnshire_n leicestershire_n huntingtonshire_n bedfordshire_n buckinghamshire_n and_o the_o rest_n of_o hartfordshire_n 14_o the_o diocese_n of_o ely_n which_o have_v cambridgeshire_n and_o the_o i_o will_v of_o ely_n 15_o the_o diocese_n of_o norwich_n which_o have_v norfolk_n and_o suffolk_n 16_o the_o diocese_n of_o oxford_n which_o have_v oxfordshire_n 17_o the_o diocese_n of_o peterborow_n which_o have_v northamptonshire_n and_o rutlandshire_n 18_o the_o diocese_n of_o bristol_n which_o have_v dorcetshire_n and_o to_o these_o be_v add_v the_o four_o bishopprickes_n of_o wales_n viz._n 19_o the_o bishop_n of_o s._n david_n 20_o the_o bishop_n of_o landaffe_n 21_o the_o bishop_n of_o bangor_n 22_o the_o bishop_n of_o s._n asaph_n in_o the_o province_n of_o york_n be_v these_o four_o diocese_n comprehend_v within_o these_o limit_n follow_v viz._n 1_o the_o diocese_n of_o york_n which_o have_v yorkshire_n and_o nottinghamshire_n 2_o the_o diocese_n of_o westchester_n which_o have_v chesshire_n richmondshire_n a_o part_n of_o flintshire_n and_o denbighshire_n in_o wales_n 3_o the_o diocese_n of_o duresme_fw-fr which_o have_v the_o bishopric_n of_o duresme_fw-fr and_o northumberland_n 4_o the_o diocese_n of_o carlisle_n which_o have_v cumberland_n and_o westmoreland_n and_o to_o these_o be_v add_v the_o bishopric_n of_o sodor_n in_o the_o i_o will_v mona_n the_o whole_a number_n of_o parish_n church_n and_o impropriation_n in_o all_o these_o several_a diocese_n be_v reckon_v about_o 131209._o have_v thus_o divide_v the_o whole_a kingdom_n of_o england_n into_o shire_n and_o bishop_n sea_n it_o rest_v to_o say_v something_o of_o the_o city_n and_o corporation_n whereof_o there_o be_v so_o many_o and_o that_o so_o goodly_a and_o so_o well_o govern_v by_o sundry_a order_n of_o officer_n as_o i_o think_v but_o few_o country_n in_o christendom_n go_v beyond_o it_o of_o all_o which_o london_n the_o metrapolitan_a city_n of_o the_o island_n be_v most_o famous_a both_o for_o the_o great_a concourse_n of_o stranger_n that_o continual_o flock_v thither_o from_o all_o part_n of_o the_o world_n some_o for_o merchandise_n some_o for_o manner_n as_o also_o for_o the_o conveniency_n of_o the_o place_n be_v situate_v upon_o the_o 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