IN Septentrionalium parte montium Eryri, duae rupes excelsae, quas Giraldus hoc in loco turres aëreas appellat,* 1.1 quasi praeruptae, mari ita proëminent, vt viatoribus per sabulum iter facien∣tibus, lapidibus ita periculosae pendentibus, acsi iam iam in eorum capita decidere videantur, formida∣biles appareant, quae lingua Cambrica Penmaen mawr & Penmaen bachan vocantur. Ex om∣nibus his montibus, duo reliquos altitudine & al∣bescentium niuium splendore superant, in quo∣rum cuiusque vertice perennis aquarum scatu∣rigo reperitur,* 1.2 videlicet Ewythva & Carneth Leolin. Porro in huius montis pede est quidam lacus qui ranarum lacus dicitur: in quo paulò an∣te haec nostra tempora, circa Annum Domin•• 1542.* 1.3 miraculosum quiddam accidisse testantur accolae etiamnum in viuis agentes, duos nimirum lapides stupendae magnitudinis qui in lacu erant, eadem nocte ex eodem emersisse, & contra naturae cursum nitentes, versus montis cacumen latos,
Pontici Virunnii viri doctissimi Britannicæ historiæ libri sex magna et fide et diligentia conscripti: ad Britannici codicis fidem correcti, & ab infinitis mendis liberati: quibus præfixus est catalogus regum Britanniæ: per Dauidem Pouelum, S. Theolog. professorem.
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- Pontici Virunnii viri doctissimi Britannicæ historiæ libri sex magna et fide et diligentia conscripti: ad Britannici codicis fidem correcti, & ab infinitis mendis liberati: quibus præfixus est catalogus regum Britanniæ: per Dauidem Pouelum, S. Theolog. professorem.
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- Geoffrey, of Monmouth, Bishop of St. Asaph, 1100?-1154.
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- Londini :: Apud Edmundum Bollifantum, impensis Henrici Denhami, & Radulphi Nuberij,
- 1585.
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- Great Britain -- History -- To 1066 -- Early works to 1800.
- Wales -- Description and travel -- Early works to 1800.
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"Pontici Virunnii viri doctissimi Britannicæ historiæ libri sex magna et fide et diligentia conscripti: ad Britannici codicis fidem correcti, & ab infinitis mendis liberati: quibus præfixus est catalogus regum Britanniæ: per Dauidem Pouelum, S. Theolog. professorem." In the digital collection Early English Books Online 2. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A09845.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 8, 2024.
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quantum spatium arcus vno iactu sagittam emit∣tere solet à lacu (vti hodie remanent) constitisse. Hóc{que} absque vlla humana ope factum est. Nam horum lapidum alter domum ingentem magnitu∣dine aequat, quem mille iuga boum non mouerent: alter verò paulò minor est. Cuius rei certitudinis explorandae causa, illustrissimus Princeps Henri∣cus octauus pauló ante mortem quosdam illuc mi∣sisse fertur, qui eum de retota certiorem facerent.
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* 1.1
Penmaen.
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* 1.2
Lhyny Ihyphaint.
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* 1.3
Miraculosa lapidum re∣motio. 1542.