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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MOMONIA, or MOUNSTER!

MOMONIA, in Irish Mown, and in ordinarie construction of speech Wown, in English Mounster, lieth Southward open to the Vergivian sea; separated in some place from Connaght by the river Siney or Shanon, and elsewhere from Lemster by the river Neor. In times past it was divided into many parts, as Towoun, that is, North Mounster, Deswoun, that is, South Mounster; Hier woun, that is, West Mounster; Mean woun, [ E] that is, Middle Mounster; and Urwoun, that is, The Front of Mounster: but at this day into two parts, that is, into West Mounster, and South Mounster. In the West Mounster there dwelt in old time the LUCENI, the VELABRI, and UTERINI: in the South, the OUDIAE or VODIAE, and the CORIONDI: but at this day it is distinguished into seven Counties, Kerry, Desmund, Corke, Limiric, Tipperary, Holy Crosse, and Waterford.

Where Ireland lieth out most Westward, and treanding toward the Cantabrian Ocean, looketh afarre off Southwest, with a large interspace, to Gallitia in Spaine, there inhabited in old time the VELABRI and LUCENI, as Orosius writeth. The LUCENI of Ireland (who may seeme to have had their name and beginning from [ F] the LUCENSII of Gallitia,* 1.1 in the opposite coast of Spaine, and of whose name some reliques still remain in the Barony of Lyxnaw) were seated as I suppose in the Coun∣tie of Kerry, and in Conoglogh hard by upon the banke of the river Shanon.

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Luceni.

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