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septentrio_fw-la we_o know_v not_o where_o the_o north_n be_v lib._n 1._o p._n 34._o and_o lib._n 10._o p._n 454._o and_o 455._o and_o consonant_n to_o this_o statius_n lib._n 3._o ad_fw-la claudiam_fw-la vxorem_fw-la well_fw-mi super_fw-la hesperiae_fw-la vada_fw-la caligantia_fw-la thules_fw-la and_o lib._n 4._o ad_fw-la marcellum_fw-la aut_fw-la nigrae_fw-la littora_fw-la thules_n and_o indeed_o this_o derivation_n of_o the_o word_n carry_v more_o reason_n than_o any_o other_o they_o give_v it_o and_o be_v a_o evident_a proof_n that_o the_o ancient_n agree_v in_o place_v their_o thule_n towards_o the_o north_n we_o shall_v see_v next_o what_o northern_a country_n they_o pitch_v on_o for_o it_o the_o ancient_n seem_v most_o to_o agree_v that_o thule_n be_v one_o of_o these_o isle_n that_o be_v call_v british_n strabo_n one_o of_o the_o most_o ancient_a and_o the_o best_a of_o geographer_n extant_a say_v pythaeas_n massiliensis_n circa_fw-la thulen_n britannicarum_fw-la insularum_fw-la septent_fw-la rionalissimam_fw-la ultimam_fw-la ait_fw-la esse_fw-la yet_o he_o himself_o