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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
prince_n	elder_a	son_n	wales_n	4,760	5	10.4096	5	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A59127	Atlas minimus, or, A book of geography shewing all the empires, monarchies, kingdomes, regions, dominions, principalities and countries in the whole world / by John Seller ...	Seller, John, fl. 1658-1698.	1679 (1679)	Wing S2465; ESTC R13141	22,188	159

〈…〉 Licensed R. L●estrang Atlas Minimus or A Book of GEOGRAPHY Shewing all the Empires Monarchies Kingdomes Regions Dominions Principalities and Countries in the whole World By John Seller Hydrograph r to the King HONI SOIT 〈◊〉 MAL Y PENSE And are sold at his House at the Hermitage in Wapping and in Pope's head Alley in Cornhill 〈◊〉 Clark ●●ulp A Geographical Description OF THE WORLD The World by which according to the more common acceptation of the Word in this place we mean only the Globe of the Earth and Sea● is divided into four parts Europe Asia Africa and America Of each of which severally and the respective Countries therein we shall here give you a brief Description And first Of EUROPE EVrope so called from Europa Daughter of Agenor King of the Phenecians brought hither as the Poets feign by Jup●ter in the shape of a Bull but as Historians Record by a Cretan Captain named Taurus which gave occasion to that Fable Though it be the least of the four grand Divisions of the Earth is yet of most Renown 1. For the Temperature of the Air. 2. Fertility of the Soil 3. The Flourishing of Arts and Sciences And lastly For the Purity and Sincerity of the Christian Faith Its Kingdoms and principal Regions are as follow 1. GREAT BRITAIN and IRELAND We rank these in the first place not only in regard they owe Obedience to the Scepter of our Gracious Sovereign but also for that either Salubrity of Air plenty of all things necessary to humane Life or other Advantages they need not give place to any Contry in the Universe Great Britain contains England Scotland and Wales making the most famous Island in the whole World It was antiently called Albion ab Albis Rupibus from the white Rocks appearing on the South Coast towards France from whence it was first discovered Afterwards Britain some say from Brutus of the Trojan Race who first settled a Government here or as others will have it from the Greek Word Prutania signifying Metals because of the great quantity of Brass Tinn Lead Iron c. that is found here The whole length from the Strathy-Head in Scotland to the Lizard-Point in Cornwa● is counted 624 Mi●es and the breadth from the Lands-end in Cornwal to the Isle of Tenet in East Kent 340. England a Name taken from the Angli a People that came in with the Saxons and not chang'd by the Danish or N●rman Conquerors is the chief part of the Island being divided into 39 Counties and 22 Bishopricks is accounted in length 386 Miles in breadth 279 and the Circumference 1532. The Soil is very fertile and plentiful and several of its chief Commodities and Excellencies are expressed in this Verse Anglia Mons Pons Fons Ecclesia Femina Lana England is stor'd with Bridges Hills and Wooll With Churches Wells and Women beautiful Its first known Inhabitants were the Britains who being conquered by the Romans and afterwards over-run by the S●xons were forced to retire into that Corner of the Kingdom called Wales where their Posterity to this day inhabit being a Province divided into 13 Counties and 4 Bishopricks The eldest Son of our English Kings being always entituled Prince of Wales The before mentioned Saxons divided the whole Realm into 7 Kingdoms and were much oppressed for a long time by the Danes but at last being uni●ed under one King were subdued by the Normans under William the Conqueror whose Successors continue to this Day Scotland is the Northern part of Britain longer than England but not so broad much colder and less fruitful The whole containing 25 Shires is divided into the Low-Lands which speak a kind of barbarous English and the High Lands whose Language is very near the same with Irish This Realm upon s●ccession of King James to the English Crown became united to that Scepter and are jointly stiled Great Britain It s chief Commoditi●s are course Clothe● Freezes Fish Hides Lead Ore c. Here are four Universities Edinburg Glasco St. Andrews and Aberdeen Two Arch-B●●hops and eleven Bishops Ireland Is the biggest Island in Europe after Britain the West of which lies towards Spain containing in length above 300 miles and in breadth about 150 miles It neither breeds nor will harbour any Venemous Creature The Soil is very good and by the late Industry of the Inhabitants now the greatest part English the whole Country begins to grow Rich and Flourishing as the populous and fair New Buildings at Dublin and other places demonstrate 2. Of IT ALY. Italy The most famous Region of Europe very much resembles in shape the Leg of a Man a most pleasant and goodly Country commodious for Trassique and very fertile 'T is bounded on the East with the Adriatick Sea South and West with the Tyrrhene Sea and North with the Alts being in length about 1020 mile● but in breadth not above 410 at the broadest It abounds with Corn Wine and Oyl yields plenty of Almonds Pomegranates c. The whole Country seeming but as an intire Garden The People were antiently famous for their Valour and Prudence and are still Honourable Courteous Grave and very obliging to Strangers yet much inclined to Jealousi● Wantonness and sharp Revenge sparing in Diet but Neat their greatest Expences are about their Gardens Here about 1600 years ago the Latin Tongue flourish●d being vulgarly spoken but afterwards by the Invasions of the Goths Vandals and other barbarous Nations the common Speech became mixed and degenerated which at this day we call the Italian and yet is still a most delicate Noble and Courtly Language The Capital City is Rome once Mistris of the World in Temporals and still protending to be so in Spirituals In compass about 11 miles but full of Gardens and waste Grounds so that 't is supposed not to contain above 200000 Souls two parts in three of whom are Clergy-men and Curresans But in the flourishing of the R●ma● Empir● i● contained 50 miles in compass and not fewer than three or four Millions of People if we cre●it Lipsius After the Emperors removed their Se●t to Constant ●●tle the Bishop of Rome taking advantage of their Absence be pretended donation from Constantine made himself absolute Prince of a great part of Italy called St. Peters Patrimony and the L●nds of the Church and the rest in time became a ●onized into feveral petty Principalities States In the bottom of the Adriatick now called the Gulf of Venice stands the famous City and Virgin Common-wealth of Venice scituate on many Islands and the Water running through every S●●ee being in compass 8 miles containing 70 Parishes many excellent Palaces and curious Buildings 3. Of TVRKY in EVROPE The Turk having now a great part of Europe under his Dominion we thought fit to represent those several Regions together As 1. Thrace now called Romania In which stands Constantinople the Seat of the Ottoman Empire by them alled Stambolda and oft-times the Port from the largeness and