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| Keywords: Richard.of.cirencester.forged.facsimile.jpg A copy of the first page of De Situ Britanniae in the hand of Charles J Bertram <br> <code> Fac Simile of<br> the abbr MS manuscript of Richard of Cirencester <br> xxiii <br> Sequi abbr t̃ ur C ō omm ē en tariol um geographic ū um de situ Britt ā ann i e æ et stati ō on ū um <br> q quas R ō om ani ipsi i in ea i ñs nsu t l a e æ dificaueru t nt <br> abbr Lib Liber I C Caput i <br> ſ s erat orbi ſ s ora<br> gallici littori ſ s ni ſ s i<br> Britta ī nic a ī in ſ s l ul a n̄ non q̄ qua li b¯ bet <br> amplitudi s ne n ō m ē en pe ẽ ne <br> or bi abbr ſ s alter ʋ ius mere / <br> dici t tur hic abe ſ s t a Ge ſ s ſ s oria<br> co mori ō no rum britt ā an ic e æ g ē en /<br> tis portu traiectu mill<br> iu ī m l´ ſ s iue ut q qui d ē am ſ s c ʋ r ip ſ s ere<br> abbr ſ s tadio rum c̅c̅c̅c̅l illin e c ǫ con ſ s pi / ---- <code> Sequitur Commentarioli Geographici de Situ Brittaniæ et Stationum<br>quas Romani Ipsi in Ea Insula Ædificaverunt Liber I <br>Caput I columns 2 I Finis erat orbis ora Gallici littoris nisi Brittania insula non qualibet amplitudine nomen pene orbis alterius mere-<br>IV dicitur hic abest à Gessoriaco Morinorum Brittanicæ gentis portu trajectu millium L sive ut quidam scripsere stadiorum CCCCL illinc conspici- </code> ---- <code> Here follows a Geographical Commentary on the Situation of Britain and the Stations<br>which the Romans Themselves Erected on This Island Book I <br>Chapter I 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 abbr sc scilicet Strand of Britain a translation and reprinting of the 1757/8 volume by Bertram s 1740 printed 1757 reprinted 1809 Charles Bertram PD-old-70-1923 De Situ Britanniae | ||||
