BRitaine , or Brutanne which by two names is called England and Scotland , is an Ilande in the Ocean Sea , scituate right ouer against France : one parte of which Isle Englishmen do inhabite , another parte Scottes , the thirde parte Walshmen , and the fourth part Cornishmen . All they eyther in language , conditions , or lawes , do differ among themselues .

England ( so called of Englishmen whiche did winne the same ) is the greatest parte , and is diuided into xl . Counties , xl . Counties or Shires . which we call Shires : whereof ten ( that is to say ) Kent , Sussex , Surrey , Southampton , Barkeshire , Wiltshire , Dorsetshire , Somersetshire , Deuonshire and Cornwal , doe conteyne the first part of that Iland : which part bounding toward the South , standeth betwéene the Thames and the Sea .

From thence to the riuer of Trent , which passeth through the middest of England be . xvj . shyres , wherof the first sixe ( standing Eastward ) are Essex , Middlesex , Hartfordshire , Suffolk , Northfolke , and Cambridgeshire : the other ten whiche stande more in the middle of the Country are these : Bedforde , Huntingdon , Buckingham , Oxforde , Northampton , Rutland , Leicester , Notingham , Warwike , and Lincolne . After these there be . vj. which border westwarde vppon Wales as Gloucester , Hereford , Worcester , Shropshire , Stafford , Chester , and Monmouth . About the middle of the Region lie Darbishire , Yorkshire , Lancashire , and Cumberlande . On the left hand toward the West is Westmerland . Against the same is the Bishoppricke of Durham , and Northumberlande , whiche boundeth vpon the North in the Marches of Scotland .

These shyres be diuided into . xxij . Bishoprikes , which by a Gréeke worke , be called Dioceses . Of whiche Dioceses , Canterburie hath Kent . Rochester hath part of Kent . London hath Essex , Middlesex , and part of Hartford . Chichester hath Sussex . Winchester hath Hampshire , Surrey , and the Isle of Wight , Salisburie hath Barkeshire , and Wiltshire . Exceter hath Deuonshire and Cornwal . Bath and Welles hath Sommersetshire . Worcester hathe Worcestershire , and parte of Warwickshire . Gloucester hath Gloucestershire . Hereforde hath part of Shropshyre , and Herefordshyre . Couentrie and Lichfield hath Staffordshyre , Darbishire , part of Warwickshyre , and part of Shropshyre . Lincolne which is the gretest , lying betwéene the Thames and Humbre , hath Lincolne , Leycester , Huntington , Bedforde , Buckingham , and the residue of Hartfordshire . Ely hath Cantabridgeshire , and the Isle of Ely . Norwich hath Suffolke ▪ and Northfolke , and part of Cantabridgeshyre . Oxforde hath Oxfordeshire . Peterborow , hath Northamptonshire , and Rutlande . Bristowe hath Dorsetshire . And this is the prouince of the Archbishop of Canterburie , whych is the Primate of all England , wyth Wales . The Archbishop of Yorke , hath Yorkeshire , Notinghamshire , and a piece of Lancashire . The Bishop of Durham hath the Bishoprike so commonly called , and Northumberlande . Chester hath Chesshire , most part of Lancashire , Richmonde , part of Flintshire , and part of Denbighshire . Carlile conteyneth Cumberlande and Westmerlande : and thys is the other Prouince of the Archbishoppe of Yorke , whiche is another primate of England , and was of long time also primate of al Scotland : but these Dioceses take their names of the Cities where those Seas be placed , the chiefe whereof , is London ▪ where in the beginning was the Archbishops Sea , but afterwards transposed to Canterbury , a Cittie in Kente , placed in a soyle amiable and pleasaunt .

London standeth in Middlesex , on the Northe side of the Thames . That most excellent and goodly riuer hath first the name of Ise , and beginneth in Coteswolde in Glocestershire , about a mile from Titbery , and as much from the high waye called Frosse : and it taketh firste the name Tamis● , néere to Dorcester bridge , where the riuer Tame and the forsayde Ise méete , and so with a maruellous quiet course it passeth by London , and then breaketh into the French Ocean by maine tydes , whiche twice in xxiiij . houres space doeth ebbe and flow more than lx. myles , to the great commoditie of trauellers , by whiche all kindes of Marchandice be easilye conueyed to London , the principal store & staple for al commodities within this realm . Upon the same riuer is placed a stone London Bridge . bridge , a work very rare and maruellous , which bridge hath ( reckning the draw bridge ) xx . arches made of foursquare stone , of height . lx. foote , & of bredth . xxx . foote , distant one from another xx . foote , compacte & ioyned togither with vaults and cellers . Uppon both sides be houses builded , that it séemeth rather a continual stréete than a bridge .

The Ocean sea doth bound England , the first part of Brytaine , East & South , Wales & Cornwal West . The riuer of Twede deuideth England & Scotland North. The length of the Iland beginneth at Portsmouth in the South parte , & endeth at Twede in the North , contayning . 320. myles .

Thys Realme aboue other is moste fruitefull on thys syde Humbre : for beyonde it is fuller of Mountaines . And althoughe to the beholders of that Countrey a farre off , it maye séeme playne , yet it is full of manye hilles , and those for the moste parte voyde of trées , the valleyes whereof be verye delectable , inhabited for the moste part by noble men , who according to auntiente and old order ▪ desire not to dwel in Cities , but neare vnto valleyes and riuers in seuerall villages , for auoyding of vehement windes , bicause that Iland naturally is stormie .

Humbre hath his beginning a little on this side Yorke , & by and by runneth Southward , and then holdeth his course Eastward , and so into the maine Sea , greatlye encreased by the Riuers of Dune and Trent .

Trent beginneth a little from Stafforde , running through Darbishyre , and Leicestershire , passing by Litchfielde & Notingham on the right hand , & Dune on the left hand : so that both those riuers do make an Ileland whiche is called Auxolme , and then ioyning togither on this side Kingstone vpon Hul , a goodly marchaunt Towne , they fall into Humbre : by whiche riuer they may ariue out of Fraunce , Germanie and Denmarke .

England is fruitefull of beastes , and aboundeth with cattel : wherby the inhabitants be rather for the most part grasiers than ploughmen , bycause they giue themselues more to féeding , than to tillage . So that almoste the third part of the Countrey is employed to Cattell , Déere red and fallowe , Gotes , ( wherof there be store in the North parts ) & Conies , for euery where there is iolly maintenaunce of those kindes of beastes , bycause it is full of great woods : where of there ryseth pastime of hunting , gretly exercised , specially by the Nobilitie and Gentlemen . ( Andrew Bourd sayth , there be moe Andrew Bord Parkes in England than in all Europe beside . )

Scotland an other part of Brytain , ( wherof in this place I Scotland . haue thought good to treate at large , that no further mention of the situation therof might be made hereafter ) began sometime at the Hill called Grampius , nowe called Grantsbeyn stretching to the furthest coaste Northwarde , but after the ouerthrowe of the Pictes , it began at the Riuer Twede ▪ and sometimes at the Riuer of Tyne , the fortune of warres altering the same , as it doth al other things . Therfore the length of Scotland from Twede to the furthest coaste , is estéemed to be 480. miles : But as Scotland is longer than Englande , so it is narrowe and endeth like a wedge . For the mountayne Grampius is euil fauoured and craggie , which Tacitus in the Cornelius Tacitus . life of Iulius Agricola doth remember , pearcing throughe the bowels of Scotland , from the coast of the Germaine sea , that is to say , from the mouth of the Riuer of Dee to the Irishe sea , euen to the Laake of Lomunde , whiche lyeth betwéene that Countrey and the same hil .

The riuer of Twede ( which springeth out of a little hyl , not far beyond Roxborough ) is mingled with the Germaine Ocean , ioyning Southward with that Countrey whiche is called the Marches , being the east bounds betwéen England & Scotland . The said riuer of Twede separateth the Marches from Northumberland , the furthest Countrey of Englande , hauing prospect to the Germaine Sea , the chiefe town wherof is Barwicke , nowe in possession of the English .

The Westerne limit of Scotlande whilom was Cumberlande , whiche the Riuer of Solue deuideth from Annandale . Betwéen , these two Regions the Cheuiot Hils appere .

Next to the Marches Pictlande bordereth , nowe tearmed Loughdean , bounding vpon the East , a very hillie Countrey , barren almost of any trées . The most famous townes of the same be Dunbar , Hadington , Leith , Northberwik , & Edenborough , the Kings seate , where also is the Castel of Maydens , a very strong and defensible place . The same Citie the riuer of Forthea ( commonly called the Frith ) doth water and passe by : whiche being caried into the Germaine Ocean , maketh greate armes or meres , commonly called the Scottish sea : wherein besides other is the Iland of Saint Columbe , by name called Aemonia . The same riuer agayne deuideth from Loughdean a Countrey adioyning ( aboundant of all things ) called the Fife , in whych Country are many townes , as Donfermile , Cupre , but the notable town of Saint Andrewe , speciallye famous for the Uniuersitie , and beautified with the sea of the Archbishoppe and primate of all Scotlande . On the other side towardes the Irishe side Northwarde , is Nidisdalia , so called of the Riuer that passeth therby , where bee the strong townes of Douglasse and Donfriese .

Upon the South adioyneth Galloway , more aboundaunte of Fodder for Cattel , than of Wheate , wher is the Towne of Candida Casa , now called Whitherne , and the auntient temple of Saint Ninian , adourned also with an Episcopal Sea . In those parts besides the towne of Wighton is a laake of a wonderfull nature , bycause the one side in Winter doeth fréese , and the other not . By that standeth the Countrey of Caricta , once renoumed , wyth the towne Caricton , whereof perchaunce it tooke the name . Aboue Caricta towardes the West , is Elgonia ( by which name Ptolome calleth the Countrey ) bordering vppon the Ocean , wherein is the Laake Lomunde , whiche is very brode and large , contayning manye Ilandes , situate at the foote of the mountaine Grantesbeyn , eyght myles from the Castell of Donbriton , besides the riuer Bodotria , now named Leuinus , entring into the riuer of Glota or Clude . Here some do contende that the name of Bodotria is not well applyed to Leuinus , bycause it appeareth by Cornel. Tacitus , that Bodotria & Glota haue sundry passages into the sea , and are clearely dirempte one from the other , as Leuinus and Glota are not : wherfore they iudge rather the riuer nowe called the Frith to be that which of olde time had to name Bodotria , and to proue the same , they adde manye other reasons , whiche here I omitte . But a good space on thys side Grampius riseth the riuer of Taus , the greatest in all Scotland , taking his name of a Laake from whence it springeth , whiche falleth by Atholia and Calidonia by many places , but chiefly by Perthum now called Saint Iohns towne , and lastlye by Dunde , in time past called Alectum , and there breaketh into the Germaine sea , and at the mouth forceth great estuars or armes of the sea , whereof Tacitus maketh mention . Againste Taus is Anguise , whiche by meanes of that riuer is fertile and prosperous , and is deuided from Fife .

To th● same vpon the North adioyneth Athels , not the barrennest Countrey , as well for water as for plentie of soyle . On the other side Arguile sheweth it selfe , whyche being full of laakes , yéeldeth greater plentie of fodder than fruite , whose vttermost bounds stretch so farre , as Ireland is not distante past . xvj . miles , about which the promontorie or foreland , called Lands hed standeth . That coast whilom the Silures did inhabite , as Polidor gathereth by these wordes of Plinie in hys 4. booke , the. 16. Chapter .

Ireland being situate ouer against Brytain , is distant from the nation of Silures by the shortest cut . xx . myles . Howbeit , some other , for that it is manifest by the same Plinie in that same Chapter , and also by other writers , that Brytaine was not in hys tyme well knowen so farre North , suppose he mente not by this , that the Silures shoulde inhabite Arguile , but rather South-Wales , from whence the passage ouer was better known ( and as he mighte haue vnderstanding ) shortest . Wher also as wel Tacitus , as Antoninus séeme to place that people .

Betwéene Argile and Olgouia Westwarde lyeth the Countrey of Sterling , so called by a towne there . Here the forest of Calydonia began on the left side , which within stretcheth farre and broade . This forrest sometimes bred white Bulles , long maned like Lions , whiche were so wilde as they coulde not be tamed , but bycause the flesh was pleasant and daintie to the mouth , the whole race of them almoste is extinguished . There likewise is the Castel of Calydone , situate by Taus called Doucheldine . From a little hil of the forrest ryseth Glota , or Cluid , which by a brode chanel falleth into the Irishe Ocean : for stayed in a manner by the bankes of the mountaine Grampius , it slydeth into the sea by greate tydes , so ( as witnesseth Tacitus ) the Romaines thought it to be another Ilande . Of that riuer the Dale was called Glotevale , whyche Countrey that Riuer runneth by : and in the same is the Citie of Glasco , a goodlye Uniuersitie .

Agayne towardes the Easte is ioyned the Countrey as Anguish and Merne vppon the Sea coaste , wherein Fordune by situation is verye strong , and for the reliques of S. Palladius the Scottish Apostle famous .

Of the same syde of Scotlande , is the Countrey of Marre , garnished with a Citie called Aberdone , standing betwéene the two Riuers of Dona and Dea , with a Schole also adorned . Then followeth Morrey , whiche the two notable Riuers doe compasse aboute , called Nessa and Spea . At the mouthe of thys last Riuer , standeth the Towne of Elgis , aboute the banckes whereof be huge woods replenished wyth all sortes of wilde beastes . There is a Laake also called Spina , stoared with plentie of Swannes : but in the middle part standeth the broad Countrey of Rossia now called Beane Rozen , stretching to the vttermost angle euen to both the Seas , and the further it goeth Eastwarde , the better it is inhabited . In the same is a bosome of the Sea , nowe and then so conuenient for Sailers , as commonly it is called the port of Health , ( or the Hauen of Safetie ) and the towne Thana . The breadth of the Iland is very short , for falling into the forme of a wedge , it is scant . xxx . mile ouer , which defended with thrée promontories like towers , repelleth the greate waues and surges of the Sea : and inuironed with two gulfes , whiche those promontories doe inclose , the entries be quiet and calme , and the water peaceable . The straite of that lande is at this day called Cathanes , coasting vpon the Sea Deucalidon .

Thus muche of the particulars of Scotlande . But th● same is in euery place ful of good Hauens and nauigable entryes , Laakes , with Marshes , flouds , fountaines , very full of fishe , and mountaines , vpon the tops wherof be pleasant plaines , yéelding great store of grasse , and plentie of fodder for Cattel , wooddes likewise full of wilde beastes . That part of the land is well sustained with commodities , and therefore the people harde to be vanquished at anye time , by reason the woods and Marshes be at hande for refuge , and hunger eased wyth Ueneson and Fish . About Scotlande in the Irishe Seas , are xl . Ilandes , of Plinie tearmed Brytanniae , other call them Meuania , other Hebrides . Manye of these in length at leaste are thirty miles , but in breadth not aboue . xij . Amongest them is Iona beautified with the Tombes of the Scottish Kings . The Ilanders generally speake Irishe , whiche declareth them to take their originall of the Irishe nation . Beyonde Scotlande towarde the Northe , be the Iles of Orchades , whiche ( as Ptolome saith ) be . xxx . in number , some lying in the Ducalidon Sea , and some in the Germaine Ocean , the principall of whiche Ilandes is Pamonia , bycause it is a Byshops sea , and is vnder the gouernement of Scotlande . The Ilanders vse the Gothes spéeche , whiche argueth them to procéede from the Germaines . They be tall of stature , but verie helthie and lustie of body and minde , liuing very long , although their chiefest foode is fishe , for the lande almost continually beset with colde , in many places is not able to bear corne , and generally almost without trée or bushe . Beyonde the Orchades standeth Thule , in the Frosen sea nowe called Iselande , to which our marchauntes repaire for fishing once euery yeare in the Sommer . And thus much haue I to say of the scite of Scotlande : nowe of the nature and maners of the people .

The Scottes whiche inhabite in the Southern parte , bée wel nurtured , and liue in good ciuility , & the most ciuile , vse the English spéech . And for that wood there is geason & scant , their common fewel is of a blacke stone , whiche they dig out of the Earth . The other part Northern , & ful of mountaines , a very rude and homely kinde of people doth inhabite , which are called the redshankes or wilde Scottes . They be clothed with a mantel and shyrte saffroned , after the Irishe manner , going bare legged to the knée . Their weapons are bowes & dartes , with a verie brode sword and a dagger , sharp only at the one side . All speake Irish , féeding on fishe , milke , chéese , & fleshe , hauing a great number of Cattell . The Scottes differ from the Englishe in lawes and customes , bicause they vse the ciuill lawe as almost other Countryes doe . The English haue theyr own laws and edicts . In certain other conditions they be not farre vnlike , but their language is one , their habite & complexion like , one corage in battel , and in the Nobilitie one desire and pregnancie in hunting . The countrey houses be narrow , couered with straw & réede , wherein the people and beasts do lodge togither . Theyr towns besides S. Iohns towne are vnwalled , which is to be ascribed to their animositie & hardinesse , fixing all their succor & helpe alway in the valiancie of their body . The Scots are verye wise , as their learning declareth . For to whatsoeuer Art they do apply themselues , they easily profite in the same . But the ydle & ●louthful , and such chiefly as shun and auoyde labour , liue in great pouertie , & yet wil not sticke to boast of their nobilitie and gentrie , as though it were more séemely for the honest to lacke , than comely , ( by exercise of some honest Arte , ) to get their liuing . But the Scots generally be deuoute obseruers of Religion . And thus muche of Scotlande .

Wales the third parte of Brytaine lyeth vppon the lefte Wales . hande , whiche like a Promontorie or foreland , or an Isle ( as it were ) on euery side is compassed with the maine Sea , except it be on the Southeast part with the riuer of Sabrine , commonly called Seuern , which diuideth Wales from England , although some late writers affyrme Hereford to be a bound betwéene Wales and England , and say that Wales beginneth at Chepstow , where the riuer Wey ( augmented with an This arme of the Sea , as I ●udge , is nowe called Aust , where is a passage betweene the village of Aust and Chepsto●● . other riuer called Lugge ▪ ) passing by Hereforde , doth runne into the Sea , whiche riuer ryseth in the middle of Wales out of that hil ( but vncertayne whether oute of that Spring that Sabrine doth , ) for euen to that place there goeth a great arme of the Sea , which passing through the land westward , on the right hand leaueth Cornwal , and on the left Wales : whiche Topographie or description , althoughe it be newe , yet I thought good to follow . Therefore Wales is extended from the town of Chepstow , where it beginneth almost by a straight line a little aboue Shrowsburie , euen to Westchester Northward . Into that part , so many of the Brytaines as remayned aliue after the slaughter and losse of their countrey , at the length being driuen to their shiftes , did repayre , as auntient writings report , where partly through refuge of the mountaines , and partly of the wooddes and marishes , they remained in safetie : which part they enioy euen to this day . That land afterwards the English men did cal Wales : Giraldus Cambrensis . and the Brytaines the inhabitants of the same , Walshmen : for amongs the Germaines , Walshman , signifieth a stranger , an alien , an outborne or strange man , that is , suche a one , as hath a contrarie language from theirs , for Wal in their tongue is called a stranger borne , as an Italian or Frenchman , which differ in spéech from the Germaine . Man signifieth Homo , which is a Man in Englishe . Therefore Englishmen , a people of Germanie , after they had wonne Brytaine , called the Brytaines , whiche escaped after the destruction of theyr Country , after their Country maner , Walshmen , bicause they had an other tongue or speach besides theirs : and the land which they inhabited Wales , which name afterward both to the people and country did remaine . By this meane the Brytaines with their kingdome loste their name . But they which affirme that name to be deriued of their Kyng or Quéene , without doubt be deceyued . The countrey soyle towardes the Sea coast , & in other places in the valleys and playnes , is moste fertile , whiche yéeldeth bothe to man and beast great plenty of fruite and grasse : but in other places for the most part it is barraine & lesse fruitful ▪ bicause it lacketh tillage : for whych cause husbandmen doe liue hardly , eating Oten cakes , & drinking Milke mixt with water . There bée many towns & strong Castels , & foure Bishoprickes , if the Foure Bishope in Wales . Bishopricke of Hereford be counted in England , as the late wryters declare . The firste Bishopricke is Meneue , so called of Meneua , which at this day they call Saint Dauids , a Citie very auntient , scituated vppon the Sea coast , and boundeth Westwarde towarde Irelande . An other is Landaffe , the thirde Bangor , and the fourth Saint Asaph , which be vnder the Archbishop of Canterbury . The Welshmen haue a language from the Englishmen , which ( as they say that fetch their pedigrée from the Troians ) doth partly sounde of the Troian antiquitie , and partly of the Gréeke . But hewsoeuer it is , the Walshemen doe not pronounce their speache so pleasauntlye and gently as the Englishmen doe , bicause they speake more in the throate : and contrariwise , the Englishmen rightly following the Latines , do expresse their voice somewhat within the lips , whiche to the hearers séemeth pleasaunt and swéete . And thus much of Wales , the thirde part of Brytaine .

Nowe followeth the fourth and last part of Brytaine named Cornwal . This part beginneth on that side which standeth towarde Spaine Westward : Toward the Easte , it is of bredth foure score and ten miles , extending a little beyond S. Germains , which is a very famous village situate on the right hand vppon the Sea coaste , where the greatest bredth of that Countrey is but. xx . miles : for this parcel of land on the right hande is compassed with the coast of the maine Sea : and on the left hand with that arme of the sea , which ( as before is declared ) parteth the land , and runneth vp to Chepstow , wher the Country is in forme of a horne : For at the first it is narrow , and then groweth broder a little beyonde the sayd town of S. Germain . Eastward it bordreth vpon England : West , South , & North , the main sea is round about it : it is a very barren soile , yéelding fruite more through trauel of the tillers & husbandmen , than through the goodnesse of the ground : but there is greate plentie of Lead & Tin , in the mining & digging wherof doth specially consist the liuing and sustentation of the inhabitants . Their tong is far dissonant from English , but it is much like to the Walsh tong , bicause they haue many words common to both tongs : yet this difference there is betwéen them , when a Walsh man speaketh , the Cornish man rather vnderstandeth manie words spoken by the Walshman , than the whole tale he telleth , whereby it is manifest , that those thrée people doe vnderstand one another , in like maner as the Southern Scots doe perceiue and vnderstand the Northern . But it is a thing very rare and maruellous , that in one Iland there should be such varietie of spéeches . Cornwal is in the Diocesse of Exceter , whiche was once worthy to be counted the fourthe parte of the Iland , for the contrariety of the language . Afterwards the Normans , which constituted a kingdome of al those thrée parts , reckened Cornwal to be one of the Counties or shires of the Countrey . Thus much of the particular description of Brytaine , that the whole bodie of the Realme ( by the members ) maye be the better knowne to some peraduenture that neuer heard the same before .

The forme of the Ilande is Triquetra , or thrée cornered , Strab● . lib. 4. hauing thrée corners , or thrée sides : two whereof , that is to saye , the corner toward the Easte , and the other toward the Weast ( both extending Northwardes ) are the longest .

The thirde side whiche is the South side , is farre shorter than the other : for the Ilande is greater of length than of bredth . And as in the other two partes is conteyned the length , euen so in the last , the bredth , in which place the bredth beginneth : and so continuing from the Southe parte to the North , it is but narrowe . The first and right corner of which Iland Eastwarde , is in Kent , at Douer and Sandwich . From whence to Callais or Boloigne in Fraunce , is the distance of xxx . myles . From this Angle , which is against France , to the thirde Angle , which is in the Northe in Scotlande , the maine wherof boundeth vpon Germanie , but no land séene , ( and there the Iland is like vnto a wedge euen at the verye Angle of the lande in Scotlande , ) the lengthe is seauen hundred myles . Againe , the length from this corner at Douer in Kent , to the vttermoste parte of Cornewall , being S. Michaels mount ( whiche is the West parte or West Angle ) is supposed to be thrée hundered myles . From this lefte Angle being the West part and the vttermost part of Cornwal , which hath a prospect towardes Spaine , in which parte also standeth Irelande , scituate betwéene Britaine and Spaine to the North Angle in the further part of Scotland , in which parte the Iland doth end , the length is eight hundred miles , in whych part there be very good hauens , & safe harboroughes for shippes , and apte passages into Ireland , being not paste one dayes sayling : but the shorter passage is from Wales to Waterforde , a towne in Irelande vpon the Sea coast , muche like to that passage betwéene Douer and Calays , or somewhat more : but the shortest passage of all , is out of Scotland . From this last Angle to Hampton , which is a Towne vpon the Sea coast , with a hauen so called toward the South , and therfore called Southhampton , betwéene the angles of Kent and Cornwall , they doe measure by straight line the whole length of the Ilande , and doe saye , that it contayneth . 800. myles , as the bredth from Meneua or Saint Dauids to Yarmouth , which is in the vttermost part of the Iland towards the Easte , doeth conteyne . 200. miles , for the bredth of the Ilande is in the South part , which part is the front and beginning of the lande , and endeth narrowe , or as it were in a strayghte . So the circuite or compasse of the Ilande is . 1800. myles , which is . 200. lesse than Caesar doth recken or accompt . ( ⸪ )