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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A60898	A treatise of the Roman ports and forts in Kent by William Somner ; publish'd by James Brome ... ; to which is prefixt, The life of Mr. Somner.	Somner, William, 1598-1669.; Kennett, White, 1660-1728.; Brome, James, d. 1715.	1693 (1693)	Wing S4669; ESTC R19864	117,182	264

guide and companion Dr. Meris Casaubon whose affection to his person and influence on his studies have appear'd in many instan●●s before related Mr. Somner very often expresse his grateful sense of obligation confesses that to the study of the Saxon tongue he was encourag'd by his precious friend and ever honoured Mecenas Dr. Casaubon who had admitted him is an entire friendship and familiar daily conversation whose good learning and good nature he could never enough celebrate the only Patron of his studies and one who deserv'd greatly from all that were ambitious of the Saxon tongue Many other worthy names rewarded the public spirit of Mr. Somner and contributed to the service he did the world Sir Orlando Bridgman Sir Simon Archer Sir Richard Leveson Walter Chetwind Thomas Stanley Thomas Henshaw Ralph Sheldon c. Esquires of Divines Bishop Warner Dr. Langbain Mr. Barlow c. of Physitians Dr. Ferne Dr. Pugh Dr. Currer Dr. Rogers c. and of our own County all those Gentlemen who had an affection to virtue and good letters The Honourable Iohn Finch Baron of Fordwich Sir Edward Monins of Waldershire Sir Norton Knatchbull of Mersham Sir Richard Hardres of Hardres Sir Henry Palmer of Wingham Baronets Sir Cristopher Harflete of Hackington Sir Anthony Arch●r of Bishopshourn Sir Thomas Godfrey of Nackington Sir William Man of Can●erbury Sir Iohn Boys of Bonington Knights Iohn Boys of Fredfield Iohn Boys of Hede-court Iohn Boys of Betheshanger Edward Scot of Scots-hall Richard Master of West-Langdon Thomas Engeham of Goodnestone Iames Brockman of Bitchborough Arnold Brames of Bridge Thomas Courthope of Stodmersh Thomas Peke of Ashe Laurence Rooke of MonksHorton Esquires Edward Master of Canterbury Herbert Randolph of Canterbury William Randolph of Biddenden Ioseph Roberts of Canterbury Iohn Lynch of Staple Gentlemen c. These all did honour to their Country and to their Families by serving the interest of Mr. Somner and the public Pray Sir accept this plain account of the life of Mr. Somner and my hearty thanks for your affection to the memory of this good man and for your care in publishing this excellent part of his works It is true to send forth every postumous tract of learned men from loose and indigested papers is an affront to the world and often seems a libel to the Author and Editor of them but where the remains of an accurate writer are left complete and absolute and argue a design of being wrote for public notice there to convey such reliques to the press is an office of justice to the Author and of charity to all the world Your Obliged Faithful Friend White Kennett Edm. Hall Oxon. Feb. 15. 1693. Mr. SOMNER'S Postumous Manuscripts now in the Library of Christ's-Church Canterbury Collections out of ancient MSS and Records relating to the City and Church of Canterbury and to other Towns and Churches in Kent Large Extracts out of the Chronicle of William Thorn with other extracts out of the Obituary of Christ-church Canterbury and out of the Registers of the Churches of Canterbury and Rochester with Collections out of the Saxon Annals Observations upon the Commissary of Canterbury's Patent being a large discourse concerning the original Jurisdiction Priveleges Laws c. of the Spiritual Court A discourse of Portus Iccius A transcript of a large Saxon Theological Treatise A large Collection in order to the compiling his Saxon Dictionary in two Volumes Scholia Animadversiones in Leges Henrici pr●mi Regis Angliae subnectitur Glossarium rerum verborum difficilium in dictis Legibus Dedicated to Sir Roger Twisden Collections out of Transcripts of several ancient Saxon MSS. in two volumes His Antiquities of Canterbury interleaved with very large additions Lamberti Leges Saxonicae Where he has amended the translation His emendations upon Spelman's two volumes where he has Collated the text with MSS and amended the Saxon Translation and has gone through the whole work His large notes upon Spebnan's Glossary Some marginal notes upon the Grand custom of Normandy Some emendations upon his Treatise of Gavel kind Another Copy of 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 full of Emendations and Annotations throughout Marginal notes upon Mr. Silas Taylor 's Gavel-kind History correcting his mistakes Marginal notes upon Bracton de Legibus Angliae Marginal notes upon the old Collection of English and Latin Statutes printed 1556. Marginal notes upon Horn's Mirrour of Justice Marginal notes upon Mr. Selden's Spicilegium ad Eadmerum especially an emendation of Selden's translation of the Laws of William the Conquerour publish'd by him p. 173. c. Some marginal emendations on Spel●nan's Saxon Psalter Marginal emendations on Fox's Saxon Gospels Marginal emendations on Liste's Saxon monuments Large marginal notes upon Meric Cafaubon's book De quatuor Linguis Large marginal notes upon Verstegan Adversaria in Spel●nanni Glo●farium in Watfli Glossarium Matth●●o Paris additum In tractatum Gerardi Vossii de vitio sermonis In one volume Leges Anglo-Saxonicae a V. C. Guil. Lambar do olim Editae exintegro Latinè datae Some Collections towards his intended History of Kent THE HISTORY Of the ROMAN PORTS AND FORTS in KENT FOR our discovery both of one and the other the Itinerary vulgarly ascribed to Antoninus about which there is some dispute amongst the Learned and that Notitia Imperii publish'd by Pancirollus must be our chiefest guides To begin with the Ports the Itinerary mentioneth only three Rutupia Dubris and Lemanis unde colligo hos tantum tres portus apud Cantios antiquitùs fuisse celebres So Leland to whom I subscribe in Doris As to the first Ptolomy calls it Vrbem Rutupiae Antoninus Rutupae portum Ritupium also portum Rutupai the Notitia Rutupis placing there the Provost or Praefect of the Legionis secundae Augustae the Peutingerian Tables Ravipis Ammianus Marcellinus Rutupias Cornelius Tacitus rightly reads portum Rutupensem Beda Ruthubi portum quiportus so he adds à gente Anglorum nunc corruptè Reptacester vocatus c. Thus we see what some call urbem a City or walled Town others call portum a Port Haven or Harbour The same Marcellinus as he calls it also Rutupias so by way of character he terms it stationem Britanniae tranquillam a quiet or calm station or bay for ships In Orosius we read it call'd Rhutubi portum civitatem the Port and City Rhutubi Before we offer at the Etymology of the name let us enquire out the place's situation Twyne will have Dover hereby understood but that conjecture of his is not only questioned but rejected of Mr. Lambard and that very justly as I conceive in regard that Rutupia and Dubris as distinct are under several names mentioned in the Itinerary to say nothing here of the distance which continues and holds good to this day between Gessoriacum and it Mean time Mr. Lambard disliking the Monk of Westminster's applying the name to Sandwich and consequently his referring whatsoever