Prolicionycion [sic]

¶ De Aquitania / Capitulum. 28

AQuitania that is guyan· And hath that name Aquitonia of aquis that ben waters For the water of the ryuer of le∣yer goth about a grete dele of that lōd. many a perticuler prouince is comprehended vnder the name of that lond. Plenius sayth that it· hath in the north and eeste gallia lugdunensis· In the southe and eeste it stretcheth to the prouynce of Narbon / Audegauia that is angeoy a prouynce of gallia. and as it were in the myddel by∣twene gyan and lytil brytayn· ¶Vasconia that is gascoyn & was somtyme conteyned vnder guyan And hath in the est side the hilles pirenij· In the west th•• west Occean· In the sou••h est the playn of the prouynce of tholous. And in that other ••yde it neygheth to peytow / ¶In that londe ben many woodes hylles & wynes / And the Ryuer garonna departeth bytwene that londe & the prouynce of tholouse. & entreth in to the see of Occean faste by bourdeux / whiche is chyef cyte of that londe· the men of that lond ben called vascones / as it were wacones ¶The grete pompeus put hem doun of moūt pireneus and gadred hem all in to a toun

whan spayne was ouercome so sayth Erodotus the wryter of histroyes / The men of that londe ben called nowe basclenses and ben swyft and hardy and vse balles and arblestres and gladly do robbe and reue· and so they be stronge theues / they ben clothed is slight clothes and fowle Burgundia is a partye of gallia Senosenses and stretcheth vnto Alpes pirenei / and hath that na¦me burgundya of borugh townes that Austrogoti bylded therin whan they purposed to destroye ytalia. this londe is ful cold to∣ward Alpes pirenei· Men that dwellen toward that side of bur∣goyne haue botches vnder the chynne y swollen and bagged as though they were double chynned / that is by cause of grete cold of waters of snowe that melteth emong hem alway