Britain, or A chorographicall description of the most flourishing kingdomes, England, Scotland, and Ireland, and the ilands adjoyning, out of the depth of antiquitie beautified vvith mappes of the severall shires of England: vvritten first in Latine by William Camden Clarenceux K. of A. Translated newly into English by Philémon Holland Doctour in Physick: finally, revised, amended, and enlarged with sundry additions by the said author.

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Britain, or A chorographicall description of the most flourishing kingdomes, England, Scotland, and Ireland, and the ilands adjoyning, out of the depth of antiquitie beautified vvith mappes of the severall shires of England: vvritten first in Latine by William Camden Clarenceux K. of A. Translated newly into English by Philémon Holland Doctour in Physick: finally, revised, amended, and enlarged with sundry additions by the said author.

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Camden, William, 1551-1623.

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London :: Printed by F. K[ingston] R. Y[oung] and I. L[egatt] for George Latham,

1637.

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Contents

• title page
• BRITANNIA.
• For the easier reading of the English-Saxon words in this Booke, I thought good to prefixe heere the Characters of the English Saxon Alphabet.
• title page
• dedication
• THE AVTHOR TO The Reader.
• encomia
  • AD LECTOREM.
  • Ad amicum suum Guil. Camdenum Georgii Buc Equitis aurati Reg. Sp. C. Heptastichon.
  • Ad Guil. Camdenum, Edw. Grant Sacrae Theologiae Doctor.
  • In antiquam Guilielmi Camdeni Britanniam.
  • In postremam Guilielmi Camdeni Antiqui∣tatum editionem, Epigramma. G. Ga.
  • In Guilielmi Camdeni Britanniam.
  • Ad eundem.
  • Camdeno suo Britannia.
  • In Britanniam denuò illustratam Ioh. Stradlingus.
  • Ad Guilielmum Camdenum, Britanniam Historica veritate denuò illustrantem.
  • In Britanniam redivivam Ri. Parker Caio-Gonvil. carmen congra∣tulatorium.
  • In Britanniam à Guil. Camdene illustratam F. Aderb. Carmen.
  • In antiquam Camdeni Britanniam. H. N. L. .
  • Ad eundem.
  • In praise of the Translator.
  • Sonne of the Translator.
  • In honour of the Translator.
• BRITAINE.
  • THE NAME OF BRITAINE.
  • THE MANERS AND CVSTOMES OF THE BRITAINES.
  • ROMANS IN BRITAINE.
  • CONIECTVRES AS TOV∣ching the British Coines.
  • NOTES VPON THE ROMAN COINES.
  • THE DOVVN-FALL OR DESTRV∣CTION OF BRITAINE.
  • BRITANS OF ARMORICA.
  • BRITANS OF VVALES AND CORNWALES.
  • PICTS.
  • SCOTI.
  • ENGLISH-SAXONS.
  • NAMES OF ENGLISH-SAXONS.
  • THE DANES.
  • THE NORMANS.
  • THE DIVISION OF BRITAINE.
    • Considering that in a Chorographicall Table or Map, by reason of so narrow a roome, those Regions or Counties which these Kingdomes contained, could not well and handsomely bee described: In this other Table heere, rather than by heaping many words together, I thinke good to propose, and set downe the same, that the Reader may once for all have a view of them.
    • IN THE PROVINCE OF CANTERBVRIE.
    • IN THE PROVINCE OF YORKE.
  • THE STATES AND DEGREES of England.
  • LAVV COVRTS OF ENGLAND.
• DANMONII.
  • CORNWALL.
  • DENSHIRE.
• DVROTRIGES.
  • DORSET-SHIRE.
• BELGAE.
  • SOMERSETSHIRE.
  • WILSHIRE.
  • HANTSHIRE.
  • VECTA INSVLA ISLE OF WIGHT.
• ATTREBATII.
  • BARKSHIRE.
• REGNI.
  • SVTH-REY.
  • SVSSEX.
• CANTIVM.
  • KENT.
• DOBVNI.
  • GLOCESTER-SHIRE.
  • OXFORD-SHIRE.
• CATTIEUCHLANI.
  • BVCKINGHAM-SHIRE.
  • BEDFORD-SHIRE.
  • HERTFORD-SHIRE.
• TRINOBANTES.
  • MIDLE-SEX.
  • ESSEX.
• ICENI.
  • SOUTH-FOLKE or SUFFOLKE.
  • NORTH-FOLKE.
  • CAMBRIDGE-SHIRE.
  • HUNTINGDON-SHIRE.
• CORITANI.
  • NORTHAMPTON-SHIRE.
  • LEICESTER-SHIRE.
  • RUTLAND-SHIRE.
  • LINCOLNE-SHIRE.
  • NOTTINGHAM-SHIRE.
  • DARBY-SHIRE.
• CORNAVII.
  • WARWICK-SHIRE.
  • WORCESTER-SHIRE.
  • STAFFORD-SHIRE.
  • SHROPP-SHIRE.
  • CHES-SHIRE.
  • SILURES.
  • HEREFORD-SHIRE.
  • RADNOR-SHIRE.
  • BRECHNOCK-SHIRE.
  • MONMOUTH-SHIRE.
  • GLAMORGAN-SHIRE.
• DIMETAE.
  • CAERMARDEN-SHIRE.
  • PENBROKE-SHIRE.
  • CARDIGAN-SHIRE.
• ORDEVICES.
  • MONTGOMERY-SHIRE.
  • MERIONETH-SHIRE.
  • CAERNARVON-SHIRE.
  • THE ISLE MONA, or of ANGLESEY.
  • DENBIGH-SHIRE.
  • FLINT-SHIRE.
  • PRINCES OF WALES.
• BRIGANTES.
  • YORKE-SHIRE.
  • EAST-RIDING.
  • NORTH-RIDING.
  • RICHMOND-SHIRE.
  • BISHOPRICK OF DVRHAM.
  • LANCA-SHIRE.
  • WEST-MOR-LAND.
  • CUMBER-LAND.
  • VALLUM, SIVE MURUS PICTICUS: That is, THE PICTS VVALL▪
• OTTADINI.
  • NORTH-HUMBER-LAND.
• region
  • SCOTLAND.
  • SCOTLAND.
  • THE DIVISION OF SCOTLAND.
  • THE STATES OR DEGREES OF SCOTLAND.
  • THE JUDICATORIES, OR COURTS OF JUSTICE.
  • GADENI, or LADENI.
  • TEIFIDALE.
  • MERCHIA, MERCH, or MERS.
  • LAUDEN, or LOTHIEN.
  • SELGOVAE.
  • ANNANDALE.
  • NIDISDALL.
  • NOVANTES, GALLOWAY.
  • CARRICTA. CARRICT.
  • KYLE.
  • CUNNINGHAM.
  • ISLE GLOTTA, OR ARRAN.
  • DAMNII, CLUYDSDALE, &c.
  • LENNOX.
  • STIRLING Sheriffdome.
  • CALEDONIA.
  • FIFE.
  • STRATHERN.
  • ARGATHELIA, OR ARGILE.
  • CANTIRE.
  • LORN.
  • BRAID ALBIN, or ALBANY.
  • PERTHIA, OR PERTH Sheriffdome.
  • ANGUSIA, or ANGUS.
  • MERNIS.
  • MARRIA, or MAR.
  • BUCHANIA OR BUQUHAN.
  • MORAVIA, or MURRAY.
  • LOQHUABRE.
  • ROSSIA.
  • SUTHERLAND.
  • CATHANES.
  • STRATH-NANERN.
• region
  • map
  • half title
  • THE BRITISH OCEAN.
  • HIBERNIA, IRELAND.
  • The Government of the Kingdome of Ireland.
  • The Courts of Justice, or Tribunals of Ireland.
  • THE DIVISION OF IRELAND.
  • MOMONIA, or MOUNSTER!
  • THE COUNTIE OF KERRY.
  • DESMONIA, or DESMOND.
  • VODIAE, and CORIONDI.
  • COMITATUS CORCAGIENSIS, commonly called THE COUNTY OF CORK.
  • THE COUNTY OF WATERFORD.
  • THE COUNTY OF LIMERICK.
  • THE COUNTY OF TIPPERARY.
  • LAGENIA, or LEINSTER.
  • BRIGANTES, or BIRGANTES.
  • THE COUNTIE OF KILKENNY.
  • THE COUNTY OF CATERLOGH.
  • QUEENES COUNTIE.
  • KINGS COUNTIE.
  • THE COUNTY OF KILDAR.
  • THE COUNTY OF WEISFORD.
  • CAUCI.
  • COMITATUS DUBLINIENSIS, The Countie of Divelin.
  • MIDIA, OR MEDIAMETH.
  • THE COUNTY OF EAST-METH.
  • THE COUNTY OF WEST-MEATH.
  • THE COUNTY OF LONGFORD.
  • CONNACHTIA, OR CONAGHT.
  • TWOMOND, OR THE COUN∣TIE CLARE.
  • THE COUNTY OF GALLWAY.
  • THE COUNTY OF MAIO.
  • THE COUNTY OF SLEGO.
  • THE COUNTY OF LE-TRIM.
  • THE COUNTY OF ROSCOMAN.
  • LORDS OF CONAGHT.
  • ULTONIA, OR ULSTER.
  • THE COUNTIE OF LOUTH.
  • THE COUNTY OF CAVON.
  • THE COUNTY OF FERMANAGH.
  • THE COUNTY MONAGHAN.
  • THE COUNTY ARMAGH.
  • THE COUNTY OF DOWNE.
  • THE COUNTY OF ANTRIM.
  • THE COUNTIE OF COLRAN.
  • THE COUNTIE OF TIR-OEN.
  • THE COUNTIE OF DONEGALL OR TIR-CONELL.
  • THE O-NEALES, AND THEIR REBELLIONS IN OUR TIME.
  • THE MANERS OF THE IRISHRY, BOTH OF OLD AND OF LATER TIMES.
• annals
  • A PRAEFACE TO THE ANNALES OF IRELAND.
  • THE ANNALES OF IRELAND.
    • That which followeth was copied out of the Manuscript Chronicles of Henry Marleburgh.
  • THE SMALLER ILANDS IN THE BRITISH OCEAN.
  • A CHRONICLE OF THE KINGS OF MAN.
    • Here I thinke good to write somewhat againe of Olave and Reginald, Brethren.
  • The Processe or course of the Historie following, I will now continue summarily out of other Writers.
• PHILEMON HOLLAND THE TRANSLATOUR TO THE READER.
• list
• The first Index or Table, serving from the beginning of BRITAIN to the end of ENGLAND.
  • part - A
  • part - B
  • part - C
  • part - D
  • part - E
  • part - F
  • part - G
  • part - H
  • part - I
  • part - K
  • part - L
  • part - M
  • part - N
  • part - O
  • part - P
  • part - Q
  • part - R
  • part - S
  • part - T
  • part - V
  • part - W
  • part - X
  • part - Y
  • part - Z
• THE NAMES OF SEVERALL Nations, Cities, and great Townes, Rivers, Pro∣montories or Capes, &c. of Britaine in old time; such as Caesar, Tacitus, Ptolemaeus, Antoninus, Notitia Provin∣ciarum, and other Authours, have made mention of: together with the later and moderne names.
• A Table or Index to Scot∣land.
  • part - A
  • part - B
  • part - C
  • part - D
  • E
  • part - F
  • part - G
  • part - H
  • part - I
  • part - K
  • part - L
  • part - M
  • part - N
  • part - O
  • part - P
  • part - R
  • part - S
  • part - T
  • part - V
  • part - W
  • part - Y
  • part - Z
• A Table of the names of severall people and places of more ancient record in Scotland.
• The Families of greater worth and honour in Scotland in this Booke mentioned.
  • part - A
  • part - B
  • part - C
  • part - D
  • part - E
  • part - F
  • part - G
  • part - H
  • part - I
  • part - K
  • part - L
  • part - M
  • part - N
  • part - O
  • part - P
  • part - R
  • part - S
  • part - T
  • part - V
  • part - W
  • part - Z
• A Table of Ireland, and the Isles adjoyning to BRITAINE.
  • part - A
  • part - B
  • part - C
  • part - D
  • part - E
  • part - F
  • part - G
  • part - H
  • part - I
  • part - K
  • part - L
  • part - M
  • part - N
  • part - O
  • part - P
  • part - Q
  • part - R
  • part - S
  • part - T
  • part - V
  • part - W
  • part - Y
• Ancient names of Places and Rivers in Ireland.
• Ancient names of the Isles adjacent to Britaine.