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A "copy" of the first page of De Situ Britanniae, in the hand of Charles J. Bertram:

Fac Simile of
the MS. of Richard of Cirencester.

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xxiii

Sequit̃ Cōētariol˜ geographicū de situ Brittāie ⁊ statiōū
q Rōani ipsi i ea iñsta edificauerut.


Lib. I Ci.


Finiſ erat orbiſ ora
gallici littoriſ niſi
Brittaīa īſlˀa n̄ q̄lib¯
amplitudis nō ē peẽ
or biſ alterʋ mere /
dicit˜ hic abeſt a Geſoria
co moriō♃ brittāice gē /
tis portu traiectu mill
iuī l´ ſiue ut qdē ſcʋipſere
ſtadio♃ c̅c̅c̅c̅l illine ǫſpi /

Sequitur Commentarioli Geographici de Situ Brittaniæ et Stationum
quas Romani Ipsi in Ea Insula Ædificaverunt

Liber I.
Caput I.

I. Finis erat orbis ora Gallici littoris, nisi Brittania insula, non qualibet amplitudine, nomen pene orbis alterius mere-
[IV.] ...dicitur: hic abest à Gessoriaco Morinorum, Brittanicæ gentis portu, trajectu millium L. sive, ut quidam scripsere, stadiorum CCCCL. illinc conspici-

[Here] follows a Geographical Commentary on the Situation of Britain and the Stations
which the Romans Themselves Erected on This Island

Book I.
Chapter I.

I. The boundary of the Gallic shore was the end of the world if the Brittanic isle from its extent didn't not merit the name almost of another world...

[IV.] ... is called: this [Rutupiae] is distant from Gessoriacum of the Morini, the port of the British people, 50 miles or, as another writes, 450 stadia. From thence may be seen...

Neele sc. Strand

Printed for J. White & Co. Horace's Head Fleet Street June 1.1809.

Date 1740s
date QS:P,+1740-00-00T00:00:00Z/8
, printed 1757, reprinted 1809
Source Hatcher's The Description of Britain, a translation and reprinting of the 1757/8 volume by Bertram
Author Charles Bertram
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