Itinerarium curiosum (centuria II) : $b or, an account of the antiquities, and remarkable curiosities in nature or art, observed in travels through Great Britain. To which is added, the Itinerary of Richard of Cirencester, monk of Westminster. With an account of that author and his workStukeley, William
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Itinerarium curiosum (centuria II) : $b or, an account of the antiquities, and remarkable curiosities in nature or art, observed in travels through Great Britain. To which is added, the Itinerary of Richard of Cirencester, monk of Westminster. With an account of that author and his work
Stukeley, William
Great Britain -- Antiquities -- Early works to 1800; Great Britain -- Description and travel -- Early works to 1800
LIII. Littus incolebant minores quidam populi, ex quorum numero ultra
Vararem & erectas supradictas aras ad Loxam fluvium habitabant Cantæ,
in quorum finibus promuntorium Penoxullum.
LIV. Huic ordine proximus est fluvius Abona ejusdemque accolæ Logi.
hinc Ila fluvius & ad illum siti Carnabii Brittonum extremi, qui ab
Ostorio Proprætore subjugati jugum Romanum indigne ferentes, adscitis
in societatem Cantiis, ut referunt traditiones, trajectoque mari ibi
sedem eligunt. in varia heic promuntoria sese extendit Brittania,
quorum primum antiquis dictum Vinvedrum, tum Verubrium, aut extremitas
Caledoniæ.
LV. Post illos Cantini. deinde, interiores Logisque proximi, Mertæ siti
sunt. in his oris promuntorium Orcadum positum. cui adjacebant Orcades
insulæ. ulterius manabat Nabæus fluvius, qui terminus erat Carnabicæ
jurisdictionis.
LVI. Ad inferiorem hujus regionis partam habitabant Carnonacæ, in
quorum finibus promuntorium Ebudum, ad cujus extrema eximium Oceanus
sinum efformat, qui olim Volsas appellatus. ad inferiorem istius
sinus ripam tendebant Cerones, & infra Ityn Creones ad Longum usque
procurrit. inde Oceanum inter & sinum Lelanum dictum ab incolis Epidiis
promuntorium.
LVII. Provectus jam ultra flumen Vararis, idem illud remetiri non
possum, quin in transgressu admirer Romanos, aliàs satis expertos
judicio atque experientia, heic quasi destitutos tam perabsurda
opinione laborasse, ut istam Brittaniæ partem, quæ jam armis ipsorum
intacta quiescebat, reliquam jam subactum atque possessam longe
majori & longitudine & latitudine metirentur. (quam tamen eos fovisse
opinionem satis superque constat.) qui enim ea, qua par est, mente
insignem Romanorum ambitionem atque insatiabilem regnandi cupidinem
consideraverit, & quo hostem vix ira ipsorum & notitia, nedum timore
dignum excluderent stupenda ista, quæ totum orbem in admirationem sui
facile trahunt, opera erexisse. in hoc ut in cæteris quam plurimis
magnam summi Numinis merito providentiam veneremur, cui ut omnia
subjecta sunt regna, ita & sempiterna ab incolis gloria debetur & erit,
Amen.
CAPUT VII.
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