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B18452 Camden's Britannia newly translated into English, with large additions and improvements ; publish'd by Edmund Gibson ...; Britannia. English Camden, William, 1551-1623.; Gibson, Edmund, 1669-1748. 1695 (1695) Wing C359 2,080,727 883

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ransom_n
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diana_n ardwena_n 503._o diana_n daughter_n to_o the_o earl_n of_o exeter_n 275._o daughter_n to_o george_n kirk_n 276._o d●anae_fw-la camera_fw-la 3●5_n 331._o dicaledones_n viij_o 925._o ●●c●r_o of_o ●●on_n 230._o dictum_fw-la 666._o dicul_n 167._o didius_n avitus_n gallus_n ii_o digencey_n 666_o 672._o digby_n 82_o 455_o 457._o digby_n sir_n ever_o 45●_n 457._o sir_n kenelm_n 457._o dike-hill_n 275._o dillon_n 996_o 999._o dilston_n 854._o dimetae_n 573_o 621._o dimock_n 465_o 470_o 471_o 529_o 530._o din_n or_o dinas_n 328._o dinan_n fulk_n de_fw-fr 541._o dinant_n alan_n de_fw-fr 434._o dinant_n or_o dinhams_n 33._o dinas_n what_o 686._o dinas_n meliny_n wig_n ibid._n dinder_n 580._o dinely_n 731._o dinevor-castle_n 621._o dingle_n 977._o dingwal_n 956._o dingleys_n 2●2_n 521._o dinhams_n 141_o 280._o dinham_n lord_n treasurer_n 33._o elizabeth_n 424._o dinleys_n see_v dingleys_n dinnet-head_n 95●_n dinothus_n 568._o dinsol_n 6._o dioclesian_n lxxiii_o this_fw-mi 384._o 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902._o dunhill_n ib._n dunkel●_n 935_o 9●1_n ●52_n dunkeran_n 977._o dunketon_n 9●_n dunloch_n 916._o dunmonii_n 1._o dunmow_n 345_o 355_o 3●6_n 356._o dunnington-castle_n 141_o ●4●_n dunnington_n in_o suffolk_n 375._o in_o leicestershire_n 447_o 453._o dunotyr_n 939_o 953._o duns_n 901._o dunrobin_n 947_o 955._o dunsany_n 997._o dunsby-hall_n 476._o duns-scotus_n 860_o 901._o dunstaburg_n 860._o dunstafag_fw-mi 933._o dunstan_n 64_o 105_o 121_o 309_o 326_o 519._o dunstable_n 288._o dunstavill_n 88_o dunstor-castle_n 57_o dunum_fw-la 1013._o dunum_n a_o hill_n 91_o 349_o 356_o 466_o 398_o dunwallo_n mulmutius_n 86_o 103._o dunwich_n 374._o dunwinesdon_n 28._o duplare_v 838._o duplin-castle_n 930._o dur_n in_o british_a 217._o durance_n 326._o duranius_n 43._o duras_n lord_n 220._o durcoh_o 301._o durgarvan_n 981._o durham_n 771_o etc._n etc._n william_n arch-devil_n of_o 260_o 272._o duri_fw-la fl_fw-mi 977._o duriness_n 956._o durkeswell-abby_n 62._o dvrnovarla_fw-fr 33_o 687._o durobrivae_n ib._n durocase_n 43._o durocobrivae_n 301._o durocottorum_n 43._o durolenum_fw-la 19●_n durosiponte_fw-la 421._o durotriges_n 43._o dursley_n 238_o 249._o dutton_n 563._o dutton_n 563._o duw_o 656._o dwarf-elder_n 352._o dwradh_n 587._o dwr_n 43_o 217._o dwr_n gwyr_n ib._n dwy_n 555_o 656._o dwy_n gyvylchen_n 673._o dyffrin_n 1013._o ardudwy_n 661._o clwyd_n 680._o din_n what_o 328._o dynder_n 552._o dysert_n 927._o dyve_v 621_o 632._o dwy-river_n 642._o e._n eadbricth_v 61._o eadburga_n 235._o eadburg's-well_a 199._o eadburga_n queen_n of_o the_o mercian●_n 235._o eadhed_n 480._o eadith_n 456._o eadmer_n 299._o eadnoth_n 479._o eadred_a 671._o eadulph_n 68_o 532._o eadwin_n 409._o eagle_n the_o ensign_n 19_o xcii_o eagle_n bush_n 693._o ealcher_n 222._o ealdred_n 299._o ealdulphus_fw-la 215._o ealendon_n 510._o ealhmund_n 215._o ealpheg_n archb._n 188._o ealphege_n a_o learned_a priest_n 27._o ealstan_n 6._o eanredus_n or_o bealdredus_n 762._o eanswida_n 210._o eanwulf_n 520._o earl_n a_o family_n 40._o earls-dike_a 740._o cross_v 956._o town_n 901._o earl_n their_o original_a clxxiii_o earl_n in_o scotland_n 892._o earth_n a_o military_a camp_n 7_o 22._o earth_n ●●r●ing_v wood_n into_o stone_n 288._o worship_v by_o the_o saxon_n cxxx_o east-anglia_a 366._o east-bourn_n 174._o easterford_n or_o east-sturford_a 345._o easterling_n german_a merchant_n 3●●_n easton_n 373_o 374._o easton-ness_a 374._o east-mean_a hundred_o 123._o east-well_a 195._o eathr_v 796_o 803._o eton_n 147_o 278_o 283_o 489_o 557._o eaton-manour_n 281._o eton_n or_o eyton_n 287._o eaton-wall_n 579._o eaugh_n 1013._o eay_n 375._o ebba_n prioress_n of_o coldingham_n 779_o 895._o ebbesfleet_n 221._o ebbing-spring_n 924._o ebburton_n 249._o ebchester_n 779._o eblana_n 717_o 994._o eblani_n 993._o eboracum_n 717._o ebraucus_n king_n 717_o 718._o eburones_n 717._o eburovices_n ib._n eccl_n 390._o eccleshall_n 531_o 538._o echingham_n 179._o echingham_n will_n de_fw-fr ib._n echinghams_n a_o family_n 472._o edbricth_v k._n of_o kent_n 230._o st._n edburg_n be_v monastery_n 256._o well_o 255._o edburg_n sister_n of_o st._n edith_n 280._o edelfleda_n daughter_n of_o king_n oswi●_n 751._o eddinghall_n 539._o edelingham_n 861._o eden-river_n 191_o 806_o 809_o 812_o 833._o eden_n or_o ethan-river_n in_o scotland_n 928._o edenburrow_n 892_o 897
gawthorp_n 714._o gearsy_o 1107._o gait_n where_o find_v 751_o 752._o geddington_n 434._o gedney-moor_n 66._o gee_o w._n 745._o goose_n drop_v down_o in_o certain_a place_n 751._o geld_v what_o 669_o 835_o gemina_n martia_n victrix_n 347._o genevil_n 1006._o geneu_fw-fr what_o 7._o genii_fw-la 708._o genissa_n 234._o genova_n 709._o genounia_n lxviii_o 649_o 650_o 704_o 705_o gentleman_n in_o england_n who_o clxxxiv_o geoffrey_n bishop_n of_o constance_n 82_o of_o monmouth_n censure_v v_o seven_o xxxviii_o lxiv_o clxiii_o vid._n galfrid_n george_n d._n of_o clarence_n 370_o 507_o 508_o 765._o st._n george_n a_o ancient_a family_n 403._o george_n e._n of_o march_n 896._o gephyrae_fw-la 279._o gerard_n tho._n baron_n 531._o gerard_n bromley_n ib._n gereves-end_n what_o 189._o st._n german_n 7_o 10_o 13_o 258_o 298_o 610_o 692._o german_n ocean_n 963._o german_n their_o original_n xi_o st._n germains_n 902._o gerno_fw-it fl_fw-mi 384._o gernegans_fw-la 760._o gernons_n 345_o 407_o 466_o 491_o 1010._o gerrard_n earl_n of_o macclesfield_n 572._o gertrude_n 549._o gherberd_n 567._o giants-bone_n 351._o dance_v 990._o giddy_a hall_n 342._o giffard_n john_n lord_n 261_o 273_o 549_o 550._o walter_n 281_o 282._o gifford_n w._n 154._o john_n 250._o william_n 322._o gifford_n lord_n 239._o gilbert_n of_o sempringham_n 464._o gilbertine_n friar_n ib._n gilberts-hill_n 544._o see_v wreken-hill_n gildas_n 258_o 568._o gildsborough_n 432._o gill_n what_o 835._o gill_n john_n 724._o gillesland_n 835_o 836._o gilling_n 761._o castle_n 755._o gillingham-forest_n 193_o 2●●_n gilshaughlin_n 813._o gilpatrick_n a_o dane_n 760._o gilpin_n 844._o gimes-grave_n 401._o gimmingham_n 390_o 397._o ging-abbatissae_a 345._o ging-grave_n ib._n gipping_n fl_fw-mi 371._o a_o village_n ib._n gipsy_n see_v vipsey_n girald_n giraldines_n and_o fits-giralds_a 630_o giraldus_n cambrensis_fw-la 589_o 630._o of_o windsor_n 630_o 633._o girald_n earld_v of_o kildare_n 1002._o girnego_n 947._o girwii_n 408._o girwy_n 779_o 783._o gisburgh_n 753_o 766._o gise_n 235_o 236._o giflebert_n 406._o giso_n 68_o gladiol_n 662._o glal_n y_fw-fr villaft_n 695_o glamorgan-shire_n 609_o 613_o 614_o 620._o glamys_o 927_o 937._o glancolkeyn_fw-mi 1017._o glandilagh_n 993._o glanferd-bridge_n 472._o glan-jores_a 998._o glan-lhin_a 468._o glanoventa_n 869._o glanvil_n barth_n de_fw-fr 373_o 400._o sir_n john_n 38._o glanvil_n 376_o 390._o glasco_n 916._o glason_n fl_fw-mi 983._o glasni●h_o 7._o glassenbury_n 63_o 64_o 78._o pyramid_n of_o 66._o glass-house_n 167._o glastum_fw-la and_o glass_n xxi_o xxix_o xxxv_o glazier_n 779._o gledsmore_n 303._o gleineu_fw-fr nadroeth_n 683._o glemham_n 373._o glen_n fl_fw-mi 861._o glencarn_n 908._o glendale_n 861._o glendowr_n camp_n 527_o 528._o glene_n fl_fw-mi 408._o glenlion_n 951._o glessaria_n 1103._o glefton-castle_n 803._o gletscher_fw-fr what_o 668._o glevum_n 231._o gline_n 173_o 1017._o glines_n 932._o glinne_n 993._o gloucester_n 231_o 234_o 235_o 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512._o grey_n of_o ruthin_n 393_o 598_o 630._o baron_n 765_o 766._o chillingham_n 937._o codnor_n 193_o 218_o 493._o dorset_z 33_o 52_o 67_o 378_o 426_o 507._o grooby_n 446_o kent_n 214_o 288_o 681._o poyis_o 65_o visc_n lisle_n 139_o rotherfeild_n 266_o 762._o sandiacre_n 492._o stamford_n 452_o 476._o wilton_n 281_o 578._o grey_n 266_o 652_o 712_o 722_o 765_o 766_o 782_o 861_o 978_o 992_o 1013._o greystock_n 833_o baron_n of_o 545_o 755_o 782_o 796._o griffin_n 431_o 437._o griffith_n 677._o st._n grimbald_n 257_o 258._o grime_n 471._o grimesby_n 471_o 479._o grimscar_n 708_o grimston-garth_a 740._o grimston_n ib._n grindal_n a_o b._n cant._n 841._o grinshil_n 553._o griphons_n 561._o grismund_n tower_n 240_o 250._o grobys_n 302._o gromlock_n 636._o gron_n what_o 403._o groninghen_fw-mi 403._o gronne_n 62._o grooby_n 446._o groombridge_n 179._o grosvenour_n 577._o grossmont_n 595._o grosst_a robert_n bishop_n of_o lincoln_n 469._o grove_n and_o groviers_n what_o 78._o the_o ground_n 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