494 ^ L. ^i^otit 
exigua eft copia 5 ærentW2turimportato(\\)'^ @(ia IttaClC l>Og baclfcC 
(Sult)/ øølv, 09 anftre tnetal-2tat:et: fta^e Dtfet ftgber t ^anfcrt 
tort efter Ciceronis og Cæfaris "ZxWf ft&en Strabo taler ^erDmr fom 
cnbefient)t@ag/ faa(el)eg: Maxima infulæ pars campejftris eft &fylvisr 
obfita, mukosetiam terreftres håbet colles; profert frumentum, pe- 
Ctis, aimim^ argentuMj ferrmn (V) y 0^ Tacitus nWrt)f f CltgeH bcf rCCftCJT 
fcet t befje Ort): Fert Britannia aurum^ argentum^ ^ aha metallag 
pretium vi£toriæ (k). ©enne Taciti ^cretuittg faufcer Jornandes, 
naar ()an faa jlrtDer om SBiitannten : in extrema ejus parte Memma, 
qvam Comelim etiam Annalium fcriptor narrat metallis plurhnis copio- 
fam (1). 2)en ccrbevMge Beda,il^m Icbebe enbn« fenere, mcffcer, foruben 
omficanbregodctaller/ ogfaaomKobetret: Håbet (Britannia) fontes 
falinarum, håbet & fontes calidos5& ex eis fluvios balnearum calidarum 
&c. Aqva eninijUt S*Bafilius dicit, forvidam qvalitatem recipit,cum per 
certa qvædam metalla tranfcurrit, & fit non folum caiida 5 (ed & ardens. 
Quæ etiam venis metaUonim cerisyferriypliimhi^ argenti fæcunduj gignit & 
lapidem gagatemplurimum optimumqve (m). OlU Infula Cattiteris, 
in (:^zcandidum plumhum^rowQn\2ity toXzX Plinius (n), og for fdUtC 
Ni)e$8(t)e(fcr3:tn^ffi;l& f)ar^f)Den{dernet (lamle ©aie baftSi^g^ 
lat'épaaDeSaéffterifciffe jSDer, tjDorbeb nogle gccriJe forfiaae De @iU 
Kfle eller @oi1tng|?e éeruuber (5ngeflanl) (o), enbfftøitt anbre føre 
Dem ttt ©panten / ^bUfet SRigeé ^ergtoerfer entnu ^ar tjæret oelbere 
enb t)e (5nge((¥e- Strabo jlriber om bemelte iZ)er faalebe^ af Pofido- 
nio: Kååxt ^ovm ftannum non, utHiftorici divulgarunt^ in fuper- 
ficie 
(H) >/. C^/^r ae BcUo Gallico Lib. V. c. il. 
(i) Strabonis Qeograph. Edit. Bafii. 1571. Lib. IV. 219. 
(k) Cor«. r<?c/>/ Agricola Cap. la. 
Cn Jornandes Rebus Geticis, Edit. Gmii p. 610. Camdenus in Rritannia Edit. Francf. 1590. 
p. 119. I^olberfor , MU Memma ciX'^mi Meiicg ut)i Cornwall. 
(m) Hift. Ecdcf. AngUc. Cantabr. l644» f . 22. 
(n) P/wV Hift. Natur. Lib. IV. c. 16. 
(o) (See fcen £«rl)e gorflarina^erom i pani Britannia p. 111.758.% AlJnni SRei^fulfc&e 
gafl Chronica p. m, 119. 
