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IRlōde is an ylōde grettest aft bri¦tayn / & stretcheth north warde frō Brendas hylles vnto y• lōde Colūbina & cōteyeth .viij. dayes iourney euery iour¦ney .xl. myle & frō Deuell to Patriks hil¦les & to yt se in y• syde in brede .iiij. iourne ys / and Irlonde is narower in the myd¦dell thanne in the endes / all otherwyse than Brytayn is / as Irlonde is shorter
northwarde than Brytayne / soo is it len¦ger south warde the londe is not playne but full of mountayns of hylles of woo¦des of marayes and of mores / the londe is softe rayny wynde and low by the see syde and within hylly and sondy. ¶So linus. There is grete plente of noble pas¦ture and of leese / therfore the bestes must be oft dryuen out of theyr pasture lest they ete ouermoche for they sholde shend hym selfe yf theye myghte ete at theyre wyll. ¶Gir. Men of that londe haue commu¦nely theyr helth / and straungers haue of te a perylous flux bycause of the moystu¦re of the mete. The flesshe of kyen is the¦re holsome / and swynes flesshe vnholso∣me. Men of that londe haue no feuer but only the feuer ague and that ryght seld Therfore the holsomnes of that londe & the clennes out of venyme is worth all y• bost and rychesse of trees of herbes of sp•• cery of ryche clothes and of precyous sto∣nes of y• eest londes: The cause of the hel¦th and holsomnes of that londe is theat temperate hete and colde that is therin In quibus re{bus} sufficit. In this londe bē moo kye•• than oxen / more pasture than corn / more gras than seed / there is plente of samon / of lamprays / of eeles and of other see fysshe. Of Egles / of cranes / of pecockes of / curlewes / of sparouhaukes of goshaukes / and of gentyll fawcons / Of wulues and ryght shrewed myse ther ben attercoppes / bloode soukers ceftes yt done none harme / ther ben fayres lytel of body & full hardy & stronge / ther ben bar¦nacles foules lyke to wylde ghees which growen wonderly vpon trees / as ••it were nature wrought agaynste kynde. Men of religion etethe bernacles vpon fastynda¦yes bycause they ben not engendred with flesshe / wherin as me thynketh they erre for reason is ayenste that. For yf a man had eten of Adams legge he had eten fles¦she / & yet Adam was not engendred of fader nor moder / But that flesshe come ••onderly of the tree. In this londe is plē of hony and of mylke of vyne and of vy¦neyerdes. ¶Solinus and Ysid. wetten y• Irlonde hath noo bees Netheles it were better wryten that Irlonde had bees and no vyne yerdes. ¶Beda sayth that there is grete huntynge to roobuckes / and it is knowe that there ben none. It is no won¦der of Beda for he sawe neuer that lond but some man tolde hym suche tales. Al∣so ther groweth that stone Saragonus. and is called Iris also as it were the ra∣yn bowe yf that stone be holde agaynst y• sonne anone it shall shape a raynbowe / ther is also founden a stone that is called Gagates and white margery perles: