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A "copy" of the first page of De Situ Britanniae, in the hand of Charles J. Bertram: Fac Simile of the MS. of Richard of Cirencester. ——— xxiii Sequit̃ Cōētariol˜ geographicū de situ Brittāie ⁊ statiōū q Rōani ipsi i ea iñsta edificauerut. Lib. I Ci. Finiſ erat orbiſ ora gallici littoriſ niſi Brittaīa īſlˀa n̄ q̄lib¯ amplitudis nō ē peẽ or biſ alterʋ mere / dicit˜ hic abeſt a Geſoria co moriō♃ brittāice gē / tis portu traiectu mill iuī l´ ſiue ut qdē ſcʋipſere ſtadio♃ c̅c̅c̅c̅l illine ǫſpi / Sequitur Commentarioli Geographici de Situ Brittaniæ et Stationumquas Romani Ipsi in Ea Insula Ædificaverunt Liber I.Caput I. I. Finis erat orbis ora Gallici littoris, nisi Brittania insula, non qualibet amplitudine, nomen pene orbis alterius mere-[IV.] ...dicitur: hic abest à Gessoriaco Morinorum, Brittanicæ gentis portu, trajectu millium L. sive, ut quidam scripsere, stadiorum CCCCL. illinc conspici- [Here] follows a Geographical Commentary on the Situation of Britain and the Stationswhich the Romans Themselves Erected on This Island Book I.Chapter I. I. The boundary of the Gallic shore was the end of the world if the Brittanic isle from its extent didn't not merit the name almost of another world...[IV.] ... is called: this [Rutupiae] is distant from Gessoriacum of the Morini, the port of the British people, 50 miles or, as another writes, 450 stadia. From thence may be seen... Neele sc. Strand Printed for J. White & Co. Horace's Head Fleet Street June 1.1809.

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A "copy" of the first page of De Situ Britanniae, in the hand of Charles J. Bertram:


Fac Simile of

the MS. of Richard of Cirencester.



———


xxiii



Sequit̃ Cōētariol˜ geographicū de situ Brittāie ⁊ statiōū

q Rōani ipsi i ea iñsta edificauerut.




Lib. I Ci.




Finiſ erat orbiſ ora

gallici littoriſ niſi

Brittaīa īſlˀa n̄ q̄lib¯

amplitudis nō ē peẽ

or biſ alterʋ mere /

dicit˜ hic abeſt a Geſoria

co moriō♃ brittāice gē /

tis portu traiectu mill

iuī l´ ſiue ut qdē ſcʋipſere

ſtadio♃ c̅c̅c̅c̅l illine ǫſpi /




Sequitur Commentarioli Geographici de Situ Brittaniæ et Stationum
quas Romani Ipsi in Ea Insula Ædificaverunt



Liber I.
Caput I.



I. Finis erat orbis ora Gallici littoris, nisi Brittania insula, non qualibet amplitudine, nomen pene orbis alterius mere-
[IV.] ...dicitur: hic abest à Gessoriaco Morinorum, Brittanicæ gentis portu, trajectu millium L. sive, ut quidam scripsere, stadiorum CCCCL. illinc conspici-




[Here] follows a Geographical Commentary on the Situation of Britain and the Stations
which the Romans Themselves Erected on This Island



Book I.
Chapter I.



I. The boundary of the Gallic shore was the end of the world if the Brittanic isle from its extent didn't not merit the name almost of another world...

[IV.] ... is called: this [Rutupiae] is distant from Gessoriacum of the Morini, the port of the British people, 50 miles or, as another writes, 450 stadia. From thence may be seen...


Neele sc. Strand

Printed for J. White & Co. Horace's Head Fleet Street June 1.1809.

Date

1740s, printed 1757, reprinted 1809

Source Hatcher's The Description of Britain, a translation and reprinting of the 1757/8 volume by Bertram

Author Charles Bertram

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