The descrypcyon of Englonde Here foloweth a lytell treatyse the whiche treateth of the descrypcyon of this londe which of olde tyme was named Albyon and after Brytayne and now is called Englonde and speketh of the noblesse and worthynesse of the same

¶Of y^e boūdynge of Irlonde. ca .xxiij. (Book 23)

IRlonde is the last of all the west ylondes & hyght Hibernia of o∣ne Hiberus of Spayne y^t was Hermo¦nius broder / for these two brethern ga¦te & wanne y^t londe by conquest. Or it is called Hibernia of y^t ryuer Hiber{us} y^t is in the west ende of Spayne / & y^t lon¦de hyght Scotlonde also / for Scottes dwelled there somtyme er they come in to y^t other Scotlonde y^t longed to Bry¦tayne / therfor it is wryten in the Mar¦tyloge. Suche a day in Scotlond saȳt Bryde was born / & y^t was in Irlonde This londe hath in the southest syde Spayne thre dayes sayllynge thens a syde half / & hath in the est syde y^e more Brytayne thens a dayes sayllynge / in the west syde the endles Occean / & in the north syde Yselonde thre dayes sayl lynge thens. ¶Solinus. But the see y^t is bytwene Brytayne & Irlonde is al the yere full of grete wawes & vnesy / so y^t men may selde saylle sykerly by∣twene / that see is .C. xx. myle brode.