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A70427 An historical and geographical description of France extracted from the best authors, both ancient and modern. By J. De Lacrose, Eccl. Angl. Presb. Lacroze, Jean Cornand de, d. ca. 1705. 1694 (1694) Wing L136A; ESTC R223644 308,707 674

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corrupt_v into_o pictavi_n pictavense_n and_o pictavini_n whence_o come_v the_o french_a poitevins_n and_o likewise_o the_o name_n of_o petaux_n give_v to_o some_o part_n of_o the_o french_a foot_n by_o froissard_n and_o thibaud_n de_fw-fr maroile_n as_o most_o probable_o the_o name_n of_o bidaux_n in_o the_o same_o historian_n signify_v the_o foot-soldier_n levy_v in_o the_o province_n of_o berry_n bituriges_n as_o there_o be_v great_a number_n of_o gentry_n in_o this_o province_n and_o the_o inhabitant_n of_o town_n be_v well_o breed_v and_o live_v at_o ease_n the_o reformation_n make_v great_a progress_v in_o poictov_n and_o be_v oft_o therefore_o the_o seat_n of_o war_n in_o the_o last_o age._n but_o nothing_o can_v be_v compare_v to_o the_o cruelty_n which_o the_o intendant_n of_o marillac_n and_o his_o officer_n exercise_v upon_o the_o protestant_n of_o this_o province_n in_o the_o year_n 1680._o and_o 1681_o by_o lewis_n the_o xiv'_v order_n the_o waste_n of_o their_o good_n and_o the_o plunder_v of_o their_o house_n be_v tolerable_a vexation_n in_o comparison_n of_o the_o rack_n and_o torture_n which_o they_o put_v those_o poor_a man_n upon_o without_o any_o other_o cause_n than_o that_o they_o be_v pretend_v heretic_n the_o reader_n may_v consult_v two_o book_n erat_fw-la des_fw-fr reformez_n en_fw-fr france_n par._n 1._o chap._n 8_o to_o 14._o but_o especial_o pag._n 141_o 142._o and_o les_fw-fr derniers_fw-fr effort_n de_fw-fr l'innocence_n affligee_n pag._n 82_o 123_o beside_o the_o general_a division_n of_o poictov_n into_o upper_a and_o low_a it_o be_v subdivide_v into_o ten_o small_a country_n as_o le_fw-fr chastelleraudois_n le_fw-fr loudunois_n le_fw-fr mi●a●elois_n le_fw-fr to●●rcois_fw-fr la_fw-fr gastine_fw-fr arbauge_fw-mi le_fw-fr lussonois_fw-fr 〈◊〉_d ●●o●●ois_fw-fr les_fw-fr mauge_n and_o le_fw-fr pais_fw-fr de_fw-fr tifa●●●_n 〈…〉_o i_o shall_v describe_v under_o the_o town_n who_o they_o h●ve_v their_o name_n poitiers_n capital_a of_o the_o whole_a province_n lie_v forty_o league_n from_o orleans_n and_o sixty_o five_o from_o paris_n to_o the_o south_n east_n it_o be_v ancient_a name_n be_v augustoritum_n according_a to_o ptolemy_n who_o also_o mention_n another_o city_n under_o the_o name_n of_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d limonum_n which_o sanson_n take_v for_o poitiers_n but_o that_o ancient_a geographer_n distinguish_v they_o so_o plain_o that_o i_o have_v rather_o to_o confess_v i_o know_v not_o what_o place_n limonum_n be_v than_o to_o contradict_v he_o in_o process_n of_o time_n augustoritum_n be_v call_v pictavi_n by_o the_o name_n of_o the_o people_n of_o which_o it_o be_v the_o head_n as_o parisii_n remi_n and_o many_o other_o city_n in_o the_o gaul_n and_o afterward_o pictava_fw-la pictavorum_n vrbs_fw-la and_o pictavium_n it_o seem_v to_o have_v former_o stand_v lower_v to_o the_o north_n at_o a_o place_n call_v le_fw-fr vieux_n poitiers_n not_o far_o from_o chastelleraud_n because_o of_o the_o name_n 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p._n 201_o he_o say_v that_o no-gent-le-roy_a be_v situate_v on_o the_o river_n eure_fw-ge betwixt_o dreux_n and_o chartres_n which_o be_v true_a then_o he_o add_v dreux_n or_o drocum_fw-la be_v upon_o the_o blaise_n etc._n etc._n the_o worst_a map_n in_o the_o world_n may_v have_v show_v he_o that_o those_o three_o town_n be_v seat_v on_o the_o same_o river_n it_o be_v true_a more●y_n have_v lead_v he_o into_o that_o mistake_n but_o what_o his_o pardonable_a in_o the_o compiler_n of_o a_o great_a dictionary_n who_o be_v ●ir●d_v out_o by_o the_o length_n and_o tediousness_n of_o the_o work_n and_o distract_v by_o the_o ●ariety_n of_o matter_n be_v not_o so_o in_o a_o geographer_n beside_o that_o there_o be_v a_o river_n call_v baise_n in_o guienne_n but_o no_o river_n blaise_n in_o all_o france_n a_o vocabulary_a of_o this_o author_n fault_n will_v make_v up_o a_o small_a volume_n and_o therefore_o i_o shall_v only_o add_v a_o instance_n or_o two_o more_o p._n 309_o he_o call_v twice_o 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