A prospect of the most famous parts of the vvorld Viz. Asia, 3 Affrica, 5 Europe, 7 America. 9 With these kingdomes therein contained. Grecia, 11 Roman Empire, 13 Germanie, 15 Bohemia, 17 France, 19 Belgia, 21 Spaine, 23 Italie, 25 Hungarie, 27 Denmarke, 29 Poland, 31 Persia, 33 Turkish Empire, 35 Kingdome of China, 37 Tartaria, 39 Sommer Ilands, 41 Civill Warres, in England, Wales, and Ireland. You shall find placed in the beginning of the second booke marked with these [3 asterisks in triangle formation] and (5) together with all the provinces, counties, and shires, contained in that large theator of Great Brittaines empire. / Performed by John Speed.

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A prospect of the most famous parts of the vvorld Viz. Asia, 3 Affrica, 5 Europe, 7 America. 9 With these kingdomes therein contained. Grecia, 11 Roman Empire, 13 Germanie, 15 Bohemia, 17 France, 19 Belgia, 21 Spaine, 23 Italie, 25 Hungarie, 27 Denmarke, 29 Poland, 31 Persia, 33 Turkish Empire, 35 Kingdome of China, 37 Tartaria, 39 Sommer Ilands, 41 Civill Warres, in England, Wales, and Ireland. You shall find placed in the beginning of the second booke marked with these [3 asterisks in triangle formation] and (5) together with all the provinces, counties, and shires, contained in that large theator of Great Brittaines empire. / Performed by John Speed.
Author
Speed, John, 1552?-1629.
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London :: printed by John Legatt, for William Humble. and are to be sold at his shop in Popes-head Pallace,
1646.
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"A prospect of the most famous parts of the vvorld Viz. Asia, 3 Affrica, 5 Europe, 7 America. 9 With these kingdomes therein contained. Grecia, 11 Roman Empire, 13 Germanie, 15 Bohemia, 17 France, 19 Belgia, 21 Spaine, 23 Italie, 25 Hungarie, 27 Denmarke, 29 Poland, 31 Persia, 33 Turkish Empire, 35 Kingdome of China, 37 Tartaria, 39 Sommer Ilands, 41 Civill Warres, in England, Wales, and Ireland. You shall find placed in the beginning of the second booke marked with these [3 asterisks in triangle formation] and (5) together with all the provinces, counties, and shires, contained in that large theator of Great Brittaines empire. / Performed by John Speed." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A61053.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 9, 2024.

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VV
A Wall in Scotland from A∣bercorne or Abercurving unto Dunbritton
132 11
Wall-towne,
89.12
Wales how confined,
99.1
The dimension thereof,
99 4
Wales and Welsh, what it signifieth,
99.1.2
Counties of Wales twelve,
98. & 100.22
Divided into three Regi∣ons or Kingdomes,
99 5
Divided into South-Wales,
100.22
Divided into North-wales,
ibid.
West-Wales,
ibid.
Wales, why void of woods,
121.5
Princes of Wales sprung from the bloud Royall of English Kings,
97
Wallingford Castle & Town,
27.7.
Wansdike in Wilt-shire,
25.6
Wantage the birth-place of King Elfred,
27.9
Wapentach or Wapentake, what it is,
3.6
Warre Civill of Yorke and Lancaster,
75.9
Warwick-shire how bounded,
53.1
How divided,
53.3
The forme of it
53.2
The Compasse thereof,
I∣bid.
Commodities,
ibid.
Who inhabited it in old time,
55.4
Hundreds and Townes,
54
Warwick Towne by whom built,
53.6
What names it had in old time,
ibid.
The position thereof,
I∣bid.
The civill government thereof,
53.6
Washes in Lincoln-shire hurt∣full to King Iohn,
63.4
Wat Tyler an Arch-Rebell slaine,
7.10
Waterfals or Catadupa,
85.10
Waterford the second Citie in Ireland,
139.7
Ever loyall to the Crowne of England since the first Conquest of it,
I∣bid.

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Watling-street,
43.6
Waveney River,
35.3
Wedon in the street sometime Bannavenna,
55.7
Weisford in Ireland, the first English Colony,
141.8
Whence it took name,
I∣bid.
A Well boyling up with streames of bloud,
27.9
Ebbing and flowing accor-to the Sea,
103.7 & 111.8
Ebbing and flowing con∣trary to the Sea-tydes,
105.7
A Well, the droppings whereof turne into hard stone,
132.15
A Well floating with Bitu∣men,
132.15
Welles a Citie in Somerset-shire, why so called,
23.7
By what civill Magistracie governed,
ibid.
The position or graduation thereof,
ibid.
Wentsdale,
79.3
Saint Werburgs Church in Chester,
73.7
Westerne Ilands subject to Scotland how many,
132 17
How ruled in ancient time
132.18
Their Commodities,
132 19
Westminster a Bishops See,
29 7
Westmerland how bounded,
85.1
The measure thereof,
85 2
The forme and ayre,
85.3
The ancient Inhabitants,
85.5
Places of chief note there∣in,
85.8
Townes in it,
86
West-Saxon Lage,
5.3
West-Saxon Law,
4.8
West Sox,
4.11
Whitby Abbey founded,
77.7
Whitgar the Saxon,
15.7
VVhittington Castle,
100.12
Whorwell Monastery built,
17 6
VViscii, what people
51.4
Wiches, i. Salt pits,
ibid.
Iohn Wickliffe, Englands mor∣ning starre,
61.7
VVight Iland described,
15
What names it had in old time,
15.1
The forme and dimension of it,
15.2
The aire and soile thereof,
15.4
The commodities of it,
15 4.5
By whom first inhabited,
15.6
By whom subdued
15.10
How fortified,
15.9
What Towns, Rivers, and memorable places are in it,
15.10
How divided,
15.7 & 16
VVike.
See Kingstone upon Hull.
Saint VVilfreds Needle
78 11
Wilfrids Bishop, reduced the Ilanders of Wight to Chri∣stianity,
15.10
William the bastard Conquer∣ed England,
92.2 & 5.1
William now Bishop of Ex∣cester repaireth the Cathe∣drall Church there,
19 6
William King of Scots taken prisoner,
89.10
His sonne drowned with his Cradle,
132.16
Wilt-shire how bounded,
25 1
The forme and dimension of it,
25.2
The ayre and soyle,
25 3.4
By whom inhabited in old time,
25.5
Religious houses in it,
25.9
Hundreds and Townes therein,
26
Winander Mere,
57.7
Winburne Minster,
17.7
Winchester Citie by whom built,
13.9
What name it had in old time,
13.9.
How traded, and how ot burnt,
13.9
Situation thereof,
13.9
Graduation thereof,
Ibid.
Fired by the French,
13 10
What Fortunes it hath been exposed unto,
Ibid.
Cathedrall Church there∣of,
13.9
Windesor Castle,
27.7
The Chappell there the Se∣pulchre of what Kings,
27 8
Winifride of Devon-shire, the Apostle of the Hessians, &c.
19.6
Winifrides Well,
121.8
Winwid field,
78.10
Woodland a part of Warwick∣shire,
53.3
Woods spared and preserved in Lancashire,
75.4
Wolsey Cardinall where buri∣ed,
61.6
Wolves paid yearly for a tri∣bute,
117.3
Women in the Isle of Man girt ordinarily with their winding-sheets,
91.7
Worcester-shire how bounded,
51.1
The forme and dimension of it,
51.2
The aire and commodities,
51.5
Hundreds and Townes,
52
Worcester Citie how named in old time,
51.3
What calamities it hath su∣stained,
ibid.
The Cathedrall Church built by Sexwolfe Bishop,
ibid.
The Civill Magistracie,
ibid.
The Geographicall positi∣on of it,
ibid.
Wring-cheese Rocks
21.9
Wroxcester an ancient Citie in Shrop-shire.
71.9
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