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The opinion of Abrahamus Ortelius, the notable Geographer, concerning the vse of notes and obser∣uations in trauell, written by himselfe in his Itinerarium Belgiae.
PEregrinationes nostrae futurae nobis erunt longè gratiores, si vnà cum itineribus animaduertamus, & annotemus in chartis, si quid obseruatione dignum occurrerit, non quod spe∣remus posse a nobis ex locis visis annotari quod non omnibus est iam notum, sed quidlibet potius commentari, quàm in toto itinere esse otiosi: tum quòd hac ratione, quae semèl vidimus, securius memoriae mandentur, & cum Regiones illas cessaue∣remus perlustrare, iuuabit easdem quotiescúnque libuer••t no∣biscum Domi, at{que} adeo sine itineris molestia recognoscere.
In English thus.
IF in our peregrinations and trauels, we shal obserue and note in our tables, or papers those things which doo oc∣curre and seeme worthie of regard, we shall make our iour∣nies and voyages in great measure, pleasant and delectable vnto vs: not thinking that our diligence can search & mark any thing in any place, which other men before vs haue not seene, but to discourse and recorde any thing, rather then to passe the way, and spend the ••ime in idlenesse: and with all by this meanes, this commoditie is reaped, that whatsoeuer the eye seeth, is the easier and the better re∣membred, if it be once written. And when the time com∣meth, that we make an ende of our trauels, and personall view of forren parts, it will bee a singular pleasure vnto vs, whensoeuer we are so disposed to recognize, and recount those things which we haue seene, quietlie & in our cham∣bers, without any trouble of iournie, or toile of bodie.