en utmcrrfct dtmQ hianU U mefl opfpfre golf i Europa.' sss 
at benne pore Øe v>ac i .^fnfecnbe (tf 3o^^t)cn5; Stiftens, 09 3"^f^'^f<^^ 
©æber 0(5 ©fiffe, libct forlfienig fra ©ritannien ■^), S3et)a jlgec ut5frt)ffe^ 
l'u] t)X)Oxnh\ benne gorffie! befloD, og forpffi'cr ot5, at Stiften ^ar baabe fiuis 
^ere cij miit'ei'e en'O i Sni^faiib, ba bet jlelDcn fneet)e (ccni]ere cnb tre "J^ac^c aD 
©angsn, (i^ovfox man iffe feefpøyebe at (ce>3(^c ^øe iub til '^mtcvm, eller at 
^)oIbe Cl^jæ.qet paa @tafb» ®e6tibsn war 2anbet fiigt paa Wtdt 0(] J^onnin<^, 
bar SBiinbcua' |ift 0^ 6?r, og |)at)be £)V)erjløbi9&eb paa giff , guale, flotte ^ 
©iebet' 09 finbre ©knjlanbe for Otb^ affiui] |atøbe bet 
llDfeenbe, fem ^Imalt^ea (lat^be ber ubtømmet fit ^}orn* ger bet e\)rt(]e be« 
fabDe 3^^^PflB^^^^^ f^^^2 ©fatt^, Beflaaenbe i ©iifb, QSbefflene, pi\^g!i(^e 
^fa'bcr, ^aabcn 09 anbre ^iinr!fa<]ec SJi fpørgc ba: §^ør bt^ 
alt betfe fra? Unfsgttlig \!>eb »^janbcf^n* 
Sanb€t6 ^am€ uare aUereb^ i S^ofttUé' 'lit) 6ebce befienbte enb be Sn« 
(leljYe, fovmcbeljl ben tbcli^e »^anbel fom frcmmebe ^iaSmæab bre^oe ber* 
be^^ø\3et iffe at erinbre, at J'iø&manbjTa& 5offeopfs}6ntnc^ gaae ^aanO 
i ^aanb; (^t^atm^i^m {<xxqx, at ^unjlec 03 SJibenjFatict: ^cc ^)anb€kn6 x)iv 
bioe pDøttre. 
SCaaa 2 ^ijaD 
qve liaud multum a Britannia differunt. Mellus aditus portusque per commercia & 
negoriatores cogniti. S^iflop ^iiet mener, at ^cnnc viattgc (J*ftcrrftiung cv lU^cjget 
poa €U 3n^f''<^"<?tf^i''!5 fit Dulius £æfav af Ctaffiis, fom b(c\) utirifFct paa Op« 
tacidfcr omhinci be S^^'i^^' ^pftn'. Hiftoire de Commerce & de la Navigations des 
anciens. Paris 1727 pag. 183 134. 
7) BeJ(jC Uii^ovm Ecclefiaftica. Edit. Cantabrig. 1722. Lib. I. c. i. p- 41- EH: autem 
Hibernia iniuia omnium pofl Britanniam maxima; Hibernia autem latitndine Sui 
ftal'us , & ihlubritfite & lerenirate aeris multum Briranniæ præilat , ita ur raro ibi 
nix pkisqvam triduaiia remaneat. Nemo propter hiemem aut foena fecet æftate, 
aut rtabula fal>:icet jumentis ~ dives lactis ac mellis infula , nec vinearum expers , 
pilcium volucrumqve, fed & cervorum caprearumqve venatu inlignis, 
8) Beda in Vita Sti. Vatritii. Homines Hiberniæ divites funt in auro & crgento. 
€:t. 'l^cnatuø, 2!>i5lcp af (Jti-uuia, fom 5øbc i klarer 84O/ fynga' faalcDeå om 
Finibus occiduis defcribitur optima tellus 
Noniine & antiqvis Scotia fcripta libris. 
Iriiula dives opuni gemmarum. veflis auri , 
Commoda corporibus aere, fole, folo. 
Mel le fiuit pulcris (Se lnctei,s Scotia campis 
Veftibus atqve armis, frug'ibus, arte, vi'ris. 
