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AN HISTORICALL DE|ſcription of the Iſlande of Britayne, with a briefe re|hearſall of the nature and qualities of the people of Englande, and of all ſuch com|modities as are to be founde in the ſame.

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 In the first Booke of the Deſcription of Britayne, theſe Chapters are contayned that enſue.

• 1. Of the ſcituation and quantitie of the Iſle of Britayne.
• 2. Of the auncient names of this Iſlande.
• 3. What ſundry nations haue dwelled in this countrey.
• 4. Whether it be likely that euer there were any Gyants inhabiting in this Iſlande.
• 5. Of the generall language vſed ſometime in Brytaine.
• 6. Into howe many kingdomes at once this Iſle hath bene deuided.
• 7. Of the auncient religion vſed in Brytaine, from the firſt comming of Samothes, before the conuerſion of the ſame vnto the faith of Chriſt.
• 8. Of the number and names of ſuch Salt Iſlandes as lye diſperſed rounde about vpon the coaſt of Brytaine.
• 9. Of the ryſing and falles of ſuch ryuers and ſtreames as deſcende into the ſea, without alteration of their names, & firſt of thoſe that lye betweene the Thames and the Sauerne.
• 10. Of the Sauerne ſtreame, and ſuch falles of ryuers as go into the Sea betweene it and the Humber.
• 11. Of ſuch riuers as fall into the ſea, betwene Humber & the Thames.
• 12. Of the fower high waies ſometime made in Brytaine by the Prin|ces of this lande.
• 13. Of the ayre and ſoyle of the country.
• 14. Of the generall conſtitution of the bodies of the Brytons.
• 15. How Brytaine grew at the firſt to be deuided into three porcions.
• 16. That notwithſtanding the former particion made by Brute, vnto his children, the ſouereinety of the whole Iſlande, remained ſtyll to the Prince of Lhoegres and his poſteritie after him.
• 17. Of the Wall ſometime builded for a particion betweene Englande and the Pictes.