Archaeologia Cambrensis

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W. Pickering, 1857 - Electronic journals
 

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Page 168 - Edward, by the grace of God king of England, lord of Ireland, and duke of Aquitaine...
Page 274 - These prepare the tin, working very skilfully the earth which produces it. The ground is rocky, but it has in it earthy veins, the produce of which is brought down and melted and purified.
Page 394 - I like the Leeke above all herbs and flowers, When first we wore the same the feild was ours. The Leeke is white and greene, whereby is ment That Britaines are both stout and eminent ; Next to the Lion and the Unicorn, The Leeke the fairest emblyn that is worne.
Page 286 - Amongst them that have written old stories much like fables, Hecataeus and some others say, that there is an island in the ocean, over against Gaul, as big as Sicily, under the arctic pole, where the Hyperboreans inhabit, so called because they lie beyond the breezes of the north wind. That the soil here is very rich and very fruitful, and the climate temperate, insomuch as there are two crops in the year.
Page 274 - The ground is rocky, but it has in it earthy veins, the produce of which is brought down and melted and purified. Then, when they have cast it into the form of cubes, they carry it to a certain island adjoining to Britain and called Iktis (probably St.
Page 286 - There is an island in the Ocean over against Gaul, under the Arctic Pole, where the Hyperboreans dwell, so called because they lie beyond the breezes of the north wind ; that the soil there is very rich and fruitful, and the climate temperate, inasmuch as there are two crops in the year.
Page 62 - ... known to have taken place in other countries similarly situated. If we cast our eyes over a map of Saxon England during the sixth or seventh century, we shall see that the only towns of any importance then existing were actually the great Roman municipal settlements. To mention but a few, we have, first, the chief town in the island, London ; to the south-east of it, Canterbury and Rochester, with the old Roman port towns ; to the north-east and north, Colchester, Leicester, Lincoln, Doncaster,...
Page 7 - Council of the town aforesaid for the time being, or the major part of them (of whom we will the Mayor...
Page 287 - ... the earth ; and that Apollo, once in nineteen years, comes into the island; in which space of time the stars perform their courses, and return to the same point; and therefore the Greeks call the revolution of nineteen years, the Great Year.

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