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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Title: 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.
Author: Camden, William, 1551-1623.
Publication: London :: Printed by F. K[ingston] R. Y[oung] and I. L[egatt] for George Latham,; 1637.
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BRIGANTES, or BIRGANTES.

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THe BRIGANTES seeme to have planted themselves betweene the mouth of the river and the confluence of Neor and Barrow, which in Ptolomee is called BRIGUS. Now because there was an ancient City of the Brigantes in Spaine, named BRIGANTIA, Florianus del Campo laboureth tooth and naile to fetch these BRIGANTES out of his owne countrey Spaine. But if such a con∣jecture may take place, others might with as great probality derive them from the Bri∣gantes of Britaine, a nation both neere and also exceeding populous. But if that be true which I finde in certaine copies, that this people were called BIRGANTES, both hee and the other have missed the marke: For, that these tooke their denomination of the ri∣ver BIRGUS, about which they doe inhabite, the very name is almost sufficient to per∣swade [ D] us. These BRIGANTES, or BIRGANTES, whether you will, dwelt in the Counties of Kilkenny, Ossery, and Caterlogh, watered all with the river BIRGUS.