_Macobicum_, _metropolis_, Ireland.
_Madum_, Madeston, Kent.
_Madus_, r. Medway, Kent.
_Magna Silurum_, Old Radnor.
_Magiovinium_, Dunstable, Bedfordshire.
_Maleos_, Isle Mull.
_Manavia_, Isle of Man.
_Mancunium_, Mancastle, by Manchester, Lancashire.
_Manduessedum_, Mancester, Warwickshire.
* _Mare Orcadum_, Pentland Frith.
* _Mare Thule_, North British sea, _Caledoniæ_.
* _Margidunum_, Willughby, Nottinghamshire.
_Moridunum_, Seaton, _stipendiaria_, Devonshire.
_Maxima_, Province.
_Mediolanum_, Myvod, _Ordovicum_, Montgomeryshire.
_Mediolanum_, Ireland.
_Mediolanum_, Chesterton by Newcastle, Staffordshire.
_Menapia_, Isle Ramsey, Pembrokeshire.
_Menapia_, in Ireland.
_Menapii_, Ireland.
* _Menavia_, _Menapia_, _Dimetiorum_, Pembrokeshire, St. David’s.
_Meneviacum fretum_, Irish sea.
* _Merseia_, r. Mersey, Cheshire.
_Mertæ_, Murray, Highlands.
_Metaris æstuarium_, Lincolnshire Washes, _Flaviæ_.
_Modona_ r. Ireland.
_Mona insula_, Anglesey, N. Wales.
* _Monada insula_, _Mona_, _Monæda_, Man.
_Moricambe_, r. Decker, Lancashire, _Maximæ_.
* _Morini_, Somersetshire, Dorset, _Primæ_.
* _Muridunum_, Columb, Cornwall, _Primæ_.
_Muridunum_, Carmarthen, _stipendiaria_, _Dimetiorum_, _metropolis_,
S. Wales.
_Musidum_, Cornwall.
_Nabius_, r. _Nabæus_, Navern, Highlands.
_Nagnatæ_, Ireland.
_Nen_, _Naina_, r. Peterborough, Northamptonshire.
_Nidus_, r. Nith, Nithesdale.
_Nidum_, Neath.
* _Nidus_, r. Neath, Glamorganshire, _Secundæ_.
_Novantæ_, West Galway, _Valentiæ_.
_Novantum Chersonesus_, _prom._ Galway.
* _Noviomagus_, _metropolis_, _Bibrocorum_, s. _Rhemorum_, Croydon,
_Primæ_, Surry.
_Novantia_, north of the wall of Severus.
_Novius_, r. _Selgovæ_, Scotland.
_Obora_, r. Ireland.
* _Ocetis_, Isle, _Stroma_, _Caledoniæ_.
* _Oceanus Deucalidonius_, West British Sea.
_Ocrinum_, _prom. Cimbrorum_, Cornwall.
_Ocrinum mons_, Penryn, Cornwall, _Primæ_.
* _Olicana_, _Brigantum_, Wetherby, _Maximæ_.
_Orcas prom._ Farohead, Highlands.
_Octurupium_, _prom. Dimetiorum_, Bishop and Clerks, Pembrokeshire.
* _Orrea_, Perth, _Vecturionum_, Dunkeld, St. Johnston.
_Orcades_, Isles +XXX+.
_Ordovicia._
_Ordovices_, _Silurum gens_.
* _Otys_, r. Loch-soil, Lochabar.
_Ottadini_, Northumberland.
_Ottadinii_, north of the wall of Severus.
_Oxellum_, _prom. Brigantum_, Spurn-head, Holderness, Yorkshire.
_Parisii_, _Brigantum_, Holderness.
* _Penoxyllum_, _prom._ Terbaetness, _Cantæ_, Ross.
* _Penninæ montes_, Peak, Derbyshire, _Maximæ_.
_Pennocrucium_, Penkridge, Staffordshire.
* _Petuaria_, _Parisiorum_, Brough, Yorkshire, _Pecuaria_.
* _Portus fœlix_, Bridlington-bay, _Parisiorum_, Yorkshire.
_Portus magnus_, _Belgarum_, Portchester, Hampshire.
* _Pomona_, Isle, Mainland, Orkneys.
_Præsidium_, Warwick.
_Prætuarium_, Patrinton, Yorkshire, Holderness.
* _Pteroton_, _alata castra_, Inverness, _Vacomagorum metropolis_,
_Latio jure donata_.
_Ragæ_, _Ratæ Coritanorum_, Leicester, _Coitanorum_, _stipendiaria_,
_Flaviæ_.
_Regia_, _metropolis_, _Velatoriorum_, Ireland.
* _Regnum_, Chichester, _Regentium_, Sussex.
_Regulbium_, Reculver, _Primæ_, Kent.
* _Rerigonium_, _Sistuntiorum_, _Maximæ_, Burton on Lune, or
Ribchester, Lancashire.
_Rhæba_, _metropolis_, there, Ireland.
_Rhebius_, r. Ireland,
_Rhebius_, lake, Ireland.
_Rhemi_, or _Bibroci_, Berks.
_Rhobogdii_, Ireland.
_Rhobogdium_, _metropolis_ there.
_Rhobogdium_, _prom._
_Rhusina_, _metrop._ of _Ibernii_, Ireland.
_Ricinia_, Isle.
_Rutunium_, Rowton, Shropshire.
_Rutupium colonia_, _metrop. leg._ +II.+ _aug. portus_, Sandwich,
Richborough, Kent.
_Sabrina æstuar._ Severn, _Primæ_.
_Sacrum_, _prom._ Ireland.
* _Salinæ Dobunorum_, Saltwarp, Droitwich, _Flaviæ_, Worcestershire.
_Sarna_, Isle.
_Scotti_, first inhabitants of Ireland.
_Secunda_, Province.
_Segontiaci_, Hampshire.
_Segontium_, Carnarvon, _stipendiaria_, _metropolis_, _Cangianorum_,
_Secundæ_.
_Selgovæ_, at Solway Frith, Annandale.
_Selgovia_, north of the wall of Severus.
_Sena_, Isle.
_Senus_, r. Ireland.
_Seteia_, r. of _Brigantes_.
_Silimnus_, Isle.
_Silures_, Herefordshire.
* _Silva Caledonia_, Rockingham Forest, Northamptonshire.
* _Silva Caledonia_, Stetadel Forest, Sutherland.
_Sinus Metaris_, Lincolnshire Washes.
* _Sistuntii_, Lancashire, _Maximæ_.
_Sitomagus_, Thetford, Norfolk.
_Sorbiodunum_, Old Sarum, Wilts, _Latio jure donata_, _Belgæ_,
_præsidium Romanorum_.
_Spinis_, Spene, Berkshire.
* _Statio Trajectus_, Chepstow, Monmouthshire.
* _Strabo_, r. Oudergill, Ross.
_Sturius_, r. _Cantii_, Stour, Kent.
_Sturius_, r. _Trinobantum_, Stour, Essex.
_Stuccia_, r. Rhydel by Aberystwth, S. Wales.
_Surius_, r. Soar, _Flaviæ extremæ_, Leicestershire.
* _Sulloniagis_, Edgware, Middlesex.
_Sygdeles_, Isles, _Oestromynides_, _Cassiterides_, Scilly Isles,
Numb. +XL.+
* _Tamara_, by Tavistoke, Saltash, _Damnoniorum_, upon Tamar,
Devonshire.
_Tamarus_, r. _Damnoniorum_, Tamar, Devonshire.
* _Tamese_, Stretley, Berks.
* _Tamea_, Brunchester by Blair, _Vacomagi_.
_Taixali_ in north of Scotland.
_Taixalorum_, _prom._ part of _m. Grampius_, Buchanness.
_Tavus_, r. Tay in _Vespasiana_ Province, by Perth.
_Tavus_, r. Tay in England, Devonshire.
* _Tavus æstuarium_, Tay Frith, Scotland.
* _Termolus_, South Moulton, Devonshire, _Primæ_.
* _Texalum_, Castle in Mearns.
_Thamesis_, r. Thames.
* _Thermæ_, _colonia_, _Aquæ Solis_, Bath, _Heduorum_.
* _Theodosia_, Alcluith, Dun Briton, _Latio jure donata_,
_Vespasianæ_.
_Thule_, Isle Iceland, _Caledoniæ_.
_Thanatos_, Isle Thanet, Kent.
* _Tibia_, r. by Caerdiff.
_Tina_, r. by Montrose, _Vecturionum_.
_Tina_, both rivers of _Ottadini_, Northumberland.
* _Tisa_, r. Tees, Yorkshire, _Maximæ_.
* _Tobius_, r. Rhymnyr, by Caerdiff, _Secundæ_.
* _Tobius_, r. Tewy, by Caermarthen.
_Tossibus_, r. of Mona Isle, _Canovius_.
_Trinobantes_, Middlesex.
_Trisanton_, r. Newhaven, Sussex.
* _Trimuntium_, _Selgovæ_, Canaby, Scotland.
* _Tripontium_, Dowbridge, Showel, Northamptonshire.
* _Trivona Coritanorum_, r. Trent. _Flaviæ_.
_Tuæssis_ of _Vacomagi_, on Spay r. Rothes.
_Tuessis_, r. of _Vacomagi_, Spay, Scotland.
* _Tuerbius_, r. Tyvy, by Caerdigan.
_Tueda_, r. of _Ottadini_, Tuede, Northumberland.
_Vacomagi_, Athol, beyond _Grampius_ in _Vespasiana_.
* _Vaga_, r. Wye, Hertfordshire, _Secundæ_.
* _Vallum Antonini_, Falkirk, Scotland.
_Vallum Severi_, Picts wall.
_Vanduaria_, _Vanduarium_, _Damniorum_, Clydsdale, a Roman garrison,
Krawford.
_Varar æstuarium_, Frith of Murray.
_Vararis_, r. _Vicomagi_, by Inverness, Scotland.
* _Vainona_, Wainflet, Lincolnshire.
_Valentia_ Province, _ad murum Antonini_.
_Varis_, Bodvary, Flintshire.
_Vataris_, Brough, Westmorland.
* _Varis_, Nairn, Scotland.
* _Vagniaca_, Sevenoak, Kent.
_Vecturiones_, _Venricones_, Angus, Scotland.
_Vecta_, Isle Wyght.
_Velatorii_, Ireland.
_Vedra_, r. Weremouth, Durham.
_Venta Icenorum_, Caster by Norwich, _metropolis_, _stipendiaria_,
Norfolk.
_Venta Belgarum_, Winchester, _stipendiaria_, Hampshire.
_Venta_, Winburnminster, Dorsetsh.
_Venta Silurum_, _stipendiaria_, Caerwent, Monmouthshire.
* _Venonis_, Cleycester, Highcross, Northamptonshire.
_Venicnium_, _prom._ Ireland.
_Venicnii_, Ireland.
_Venicniæ_ Isles, Ireland.
* _Vernometum_, Cosington, Leicestershire.
* _Verlucio_, Laycock, Wiltshire.
_Verolanium_, Verulam, St. Alban’s, _municipium_, _Cassii_, Hertfordsh.
* _Vervedrum_, _prom._ Ness head, _Caledoniæ_.
_Vespasiana_, Province, beyond Antoninus’s _Prætentura_.
* _Victoria_, Perth, Airdoch, _Latio jure donata_.
_Victoria_, Dunbriton, _Latio jure donata_, of _Horestii_, upon
_Tavus_ r. Scotland.
_Vidogara_, r. Ayr in Kyle, _Valentiæ_.
_Vidua_, r. _Rhobogdii_, Ireland.
_Vindomora_, Ebchester, Durham.
_Vindelis_, _prom. Vindelia_, Portland Isle, Dorsetshire.
_Vindonum_, _stipendiaria_, _Segontiorum metropolis_, Silchester,
Berks.
_Vinder_ r. Ireland.
_Vindilios_ Isle.
_Vinovium_, Peirsebridge, Binchester, of _Brigantes_, Ovynford,
Durham county.
_Vindocladia_, Wimburnminster, Dorsetshire.
_Virgivus Oceanus._
_Virubium_, _prom. Caledoniæ_, Ordhead, _extremum Caledoniæ_.
_Vodia_, r. Ireland.
_Vodia_, _prom._ Ireland.
_Volsas sinus_, Lochbreyn, Highlands, Ross.
* _Voluba_, Fowey, Cornwall.
_Voluba_, _Damnoniorum_, Grampound, Cornwall.
_Voluntii_, _Volantii_, Amunder, Lancashire.
_Voluntii_, Ireland.
_Voreda_, Castle Voran, Northumberland.
_Urus_, r. _Brigantes_, Ure.
_Uriconium_, _Viriconium_, Wroxcester, _Carnabiorum_, _metropolis_,
_Flaviæ_, Shropshire.
_Uxella_, Barton, on the Foss road, Somersetshire, _Damniorum_.
_Uxella_, r. _Cimbri_, Somersetshire, by Glasenbury, _Primæ_.
_Uxella_, _m. Uxelli_, _m. m._ Hills of Lothlers, Cluydsdale.
_Uxellum_, Dunfreys, _Selgovæ_, Nithisdale.
_Uxoconium_, Okenyate, _Usocona_, Salop.
_Wantsum æstuarium_, Kent, mouth of Stour.
This is a collective index, much the largest extant, of all the places
mentioned in the Map, in the Itinerary, in the Chorography, of Richard
of Cirencester’s work. It contains in the whole 500 names of antiquity,
whereof about 150 I have signed with an asterisc, as wholly new, more
correctly named, or placed, than in former writers on the subject.
We must needs look on it as a great treasure in Roman antiquities. I
have assigned the modern names. It is impossible I should be exact in
all, either in England, or Wales, or Scotland: they must be left to
the studious, who have proper skill and opportunities to examine them,
and make a just use of the great light here thrown on the face of our
island, in the earliest times of the Romans: some I have purposely
omitted, that the lovers of these antiquities may use like diligence
to fill up those vacancies, as well as correct others, which future
discoveries will enable them to do.
The following is a specimen of the writing of the original manuscript,
and explication thereof.
* * * * *
_Sequitur Commentariolum geographicum de situ Brittaniæ et Stationum
quas Romani ipsi in ea insula edificaverunt._
L. +i+. C. +i+.
_Finis erat orbis ora Gallici littoris, nisi Brittania insula, non
qualibet amplitudinis, nomen pene orbis alterius mereretur._
_Dicitur. hic abest a Gessariaco Morinorum Brittanice gentis portu,
trajectu millium_ L. _sive ut quidam scripsere, Stadiorum_ CCCCL.
_illinc conspiciuntur_.
FINIS.
CAROLI BERTRAMI
LONDINENSIS
+NOTÆ in CAP. I. et II. LIBRI PRIMI+
BRITANNIÆ ROMANÆ
RICARDI MONACHI.
AD LECTOREM.
Notæ in Caput primum & secundum libri primi RICARDI nostri quas +Tibi+
heic, candide +Lector+! sisto, non sunt nisi paucæ earum plurium ad
Antiquitates Britannicas pertinentium, quas laboriose versando cum
veterum tum recentiorum scripta collegi. Quæ si +TIBI+ fuerint ad
palatum, & candide a +TE+ accipi meruerint, Deo annuente redeuntibus
temporibus tranquillitate felicioribus, integrum & completum ex iis
formatum commentarium habebis. Spero interea, +TE+ judicaturum esse,
me, in eo, quod plura tractando +TE+ non moratus sim, consulte egisse,
præcipue tempore hoc, quo in considerandis nostræ ætatis stupendis
factorum nexibus ad unum omnes sint nimium occupati, nec vacet rebus
jam diu gestis, jamque inextricabile fere obscuritate sepultis,
attentam afferre mentem.
NOTÆ IN CAP. I.
I _Finis erat orbis_, &c.[3] +Homerus+[4] primus, saltem Græcos inter,
(de iis enim, quæ +Orpheo+ tribuuntur, adhuc sub judice lis est,)
terram undiquaque Oceano cinctam allui[5] pronunciavit, opinio forte
ipsi terræ coæva, quod verba, quæ sequuntur +Clementis+ Alexandrini
innuere videntur; en ipsa verba: Mensam autem in Templo, (altare
quoque thymmiamatis a +Moyse+ jussu divino factum)[6], habere undulas
inflexas ac tortiles, (communiter coronam appellant,) significat
terram, quam oceanus circumfluit[7]. Recepta hæc erat Philosophorum[8],
Geographorum[9], Historicorum[10], & Poetarum[11], tum gentilium[12],
tum Christianorum[13] opinio, atque quod ad Europam, Asiam & Africam,
veterum orbem attinet, consentit illa ad unguem cum recentissimis &
optimis observationibus. Hoc est cur veteres extrema littora finem
terræ & naturæ dixerint[14]. Patet hoc, ut alios omittam, ex his
+Virgilii+ Romanorum Coryphæi dictis:
_Extremique hominum_ Morini——[15]
populi in Galliæ finibus, qui Britanniam spectant, proximi
oceano[16], & ultra oceanum quid erat præter Britanniam[17], oceani
insulam[18] ultimam occidentis[19], quam fallax æstu circuit ipse
oceanus[20], cujus licet magnitudinem olim nemo, ut +Livius+ refert,
circumvectus[21], +Panegyricus+[22] tamen Maximiano & Constantino Impp.
dictus aperte docet, eam tantæ magnitudinis a Cæsare habitam, ut non
circumfusa oceano, sed complexa ipsum oceanum videretur[23]. Hæc cum
verbis +Ricardi+[24] consentiunt, quæ verba sunt apud +Solinum+[25]
eadem. Britannia judicata est orbis finis juxta +Valerium Catullum+
qui Albionem nostram ultimam Britanniam[26], ejusque incolas Britannos
ultimos appellat[27]. Sequitur eum in hoc +Horatius Flaccus+ ita pro
salute Augusti vota nuncupans:
_Serves iturum Cæsarem in ultimos
Orbis Britannos————_[28]
nisi cum Beato +Chrysostomo+ tibi placuerit Britanniam extra orbem
positam[29], Romanorumque virtutem in orbem redactam dicere[30]. In
Romanorum nomen elementa transierunt[31], in quos etiam transivit orbis
terrarum, qui Romano Imperio clauditur & definitur. unde a plerisque
Orbis Romanus appellatur[32]; ita +M. Annæus Lucanus+
_————quin respicis orbem
Romanum?_[33]
Et denuo de Cæsare sermonem faciens idem Poëta canit:
_Hic cui Romani spatium non sufficit orbis._[34]
Sed vero propius ad ipsam rem accidit +Claudius Claudianus+ ita
loquendo:
_——nostro deducta Britannia mundo._[35]
_Nomen pene orbis alterius_, &c.[36]]. Alii veterum auctorum non
parce adeo loquuntur, liquet hoc ex his apud optimos eorum obviis
expressionibus:
_At nunc oceanus geminos interluit orbes._[37]
Britannia oceani insula interfuso mari toto orbe divisa[38], ALTER
ORBIS appellatur[39], postquam Romanorum subjecta esset imperio, ita
canentes audimus:
_Conjunctum est, quod adhuc Orbis, & Orbis erat_[40].
_Et jam Romano cingitur Oceano_[41].
Et quamvis toto orbe divisa, tamen, qui vinceret, habuit Britannia[42],
quæ præ magnitudine videri possit alia terra continens[43]. omnibus
terra marique, a Cæsare, captis, respexit oceanum, & quasi hic Romanus
orbis non sufficeret, alterum (Britannicum) cogitavit[44]; aut cum
+Claudiano+ vate:
_Vincendos alio quæsiverit in orbe Britannos_[45].
Hic orbis terra est, quam ultra oceanum sitam fingit +Cosmas+
Indicopleustes[46], opinio inveterata. Plautius Legatus enim, ut testis
est +Dio Cassius+[47], difficulter exercitum e Gallia abduxit, indigne
ferentem, quod extra orbem terrarum bellum esset gerendum, scilicet in
Britannia
_————quæ procul orbe jacet_[48].
Nam si verum quæramus, terra ipsa infra Romanorum Imperium est,
super quam progressa Romana virtus ultra Oceanum, alterum sibi orbem
quæsivit, & in Britannia remota a confinio terrarum novam sibi invenit
possessionis[49], aut ut iste +Panegyricus+[50] eleganter mentem suam
explicat, Cæsar alium se orbem terrarum scripsit reperisse[51], &
in Britanniam transjecisse exercitum, alterum pene imperio nostro,
ac suo quærens orbem[52], non oblitur alibi ita Constantinum Magnum
alloqui: gloriare tu vero, Cæsar invicte! alium te orbem terrarum
peperisse[53]. Demum +Nennius+ noster narrat, in extremo limite orbis
Britanniæ esse Orcaniam insulam[54]. Unde hæ orbis particulæ, Orbis
vocabulum traxerunt, ex +Aristotele+ discere poterit Lector, ad quem
eum, prolixitatis evitandæ gratiæ, remitto[55].
_Insula_, &c.] Primis Græcorum Romanorumque ne esse quidem compertum
fuit: posteriores in controversiam adduxerunt, continensne ea terra,
an vero insula esset, multaque de utroque opinione conscripta sunt ab
iis, qui certi quidem nihil noverunt, quippe qui nec vidissent, nec ab
indigenis, qualis esset, accepissent, sed conjecturis tantum, quantum
vel otii vel studii singulis aderat, niterentur. Successu temporis,
prius quidem sub J. Agricola Proprætore[56], deinde sub Severo
Imperatore, liquido deprehensum esse insulam[57].
_Octingentis M. P. longa porrigitur._] Hæc longitudo Britanniæ a
+M. Vipsanio Agrippa+ tributa, cujus mentionem injicit +C. Plinius
Secundus+[58], sequentibus ipsum +Julio Solino+[59], +Martiano
Capella+[60], +Paulo Orosio+[61], +Æthico+[62], +Gilda+ sapiente[63],
venerabili +Beda+[64], +Nennio+ Banchorensi[65], & pluribus aliis,
quæ supra 730 milliaria Anglicana Statutaria, vel Regia, efficit.
Hæc longitudo quamvis reperiatur nimia, ad veritatem tamen proximius
accedit, illa, quam +Jornandes+ Episcopus (ex Cassio Dione[66]
exhibet, longitudine, qui eam VII. M. CXXXII. Stadia extendi ferri
narrat[67], i. e. DCCCXCI. milliarium Romanorum cum dimidio, aut
minoris aliquantum fuisse extensionis, quam 820 nostrorum milliarium.
quippe inde ab Ocrino (_Lizard Point_) extremo meridionali promontorio,
usque ad Orcadem extremum, _Dungsby_ (vel potius _Dunnet_[68]) _head_,
maxime versus Boream vergentem sint 590 milliaria Regia, secundum
recentissimas & fide dignissimas relationes, quæ non prorsus DCL
Milliaria Romana efficiunt. Mappæ geographicæ seculi prioris[69]
longitudinem ad 50, aliæ 75, & aliæ 120 plus minus milliaria, majorem
extendunt, id est ad DCC Millia passuum.
_In Caledonicum promuntorium_, &c.] Extremitas Caledoniæ +Ricardi+
nostri[70] potius intelligenda est, de toto angulo[71] boreali Scotiæ.
scilicet, Rossia, Sutherlandia, Cathenesia, Strath-navernia cum vicinis
regiunculis, quæ eis subsunt, quam de singulari quodam promontorio.
Monachus noster semper in syllaba secunda ad morem plurium Monachorum
adhibet U, qui scribendi mos, ceu maxime genuinus assumitur, a +Is.
Vossio+[72] ac +Gronoviis+ in iis, quas nobis dedere, Pomponii Melæ
editionibus, certe optimis, in quibus semper promuntorium cum U in
secunda syllaba reperies; quas, si lubuerit, consulas[73].
II. _Veteres Britanniam_, &c.[74]] Quodnam antiquissimum & genuinum
Magnæ Britanniæ inter tot varias appellationes, quibus ab extraneis
propriisque incolis insignita fuit, nomen fuerit, inventu est
perquam difficile, præsertim nostro, quo adeo longe distamus,
tempore; etenim, ut docent verba auctoris, & nos etiam deinceps[75]
evidenter explicabimus, omnes insulæ in vicinia sitæ commune nomen
+Britannicarum+ habuere. Ut plurimæ aliæ regiones sic & hæc nomen
suum a primo ejus conditore hausit, verum autem quis hic fuerit,
æque ignotum, ac nomen, de quo quæritur. Tantum ex paucis, qui
nobis supersunt, Scriptoribus novimus, quod fuerit appellata his
nominibus: BRITANNIA, ALBION[76], +Hyperborea+[77], +Atlantia+[78],
+Cassiteris+[79], ROMANIA[80], nec non +Thule+[81], quæ nomina a
Phœnicibus Græcis & Romanis ipsi data fuere, sed quodnam aut an ullum
illorum sit genuinum incertum adeo est, ut verear ne nunquam satis
demonstrari possit. ALBION & BRITANNIA jus antiquitatis sibi vindicant,
cum apud Poëtas Britannos, seu +Bardos+ ejusdem sub nominibus +Alban+,
vel +Alben+, +Inis Wen+[82], sive +Insulæ Albæ+[83] & +Prydæn+[84]
fiat mentio. ALBION antiquissimum censetur, quamtumvis nullum horum
nominum sit illud, in quod inquirimus, cum Romanis bene nota fuerint.
e contrario vero, si in re tanti momenti testimonio +Dionis Cassii+
sides habenda est, Britannorum Regina BONDUICA affirmet, Romanorum
sapientissimos verum nomen (indigenarum) ignorasse[85]. Hinc forte
investigandum erit nomen, aliud a supradictis. interea de singulis hic
allegatis nobis erit sermo.