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qttetra ; unum lotus eft contra Galliam , altenim 'vergit 
ad Hifpaniam & folem occidentem-, qua ex parte 
eft Hibernia ; tertium eft contra feptentrionem. But, 
out of a great many, let us hear Ptolemy Geograp. 
Lib. 11. 
Nj7<t8 B^srlanxvs Srecris. — A vtryAxvs TrA&jpas '&epifpa,(pVy 
'/] ‘Ttrccpdxe/lcu, ore ’ Ludtpvi®^ dx.eex.voSj xj 0 Ouepfibi ®^- — 
'Hpccx Aebs axpov, ’A vhssc^ouov cixpov , to xj BoAsqjlov' 
A.afxvonoV} to xj ’’Oxg/vov ccxpov’ tvs eCpe^vs /zecrv/j.Cg/.v'vs 
■wA A/pas TosptfpaCpv-, v UTtroxe/lcu B pSTlavixos coxeavos, fdft to 
Ox-q/vov axpov' Kgj nctiv©* t jjd\a.fAt ex^oAaiyTa.fxapb Tcrolapib 
ex£oActi } lerctxa, tet olajxb exQoAccL And again : MeG bs 
CA bpoT^/fdSjJ J' UCTfJUXMTCclol A bfJLVOVlOl, fv 6 is 'woAas Ovo- 
AiQct) Ov^sAcc, ‘Ta.fjLctf, 'laxct. AeBsuv f'eu 1 egccXe£cc<ry> 
Which may be thus tranflated : “ Alter the Po- 
c< lition of the Britijh Ifland, let us furvey the 
Ct Weftern Side, which lies along the Irifh and Ver- 
“ givian Seas, where lie the Promontory of Her- 
<c cutesy the Promontory Antiveftoum , fometimesifo- 
“ lerium-, the Promontory Hamnonhm , called alfo 
tc Ocrinum and in the Side towards the South, and 
“ bounded by the Britifh Ocean, after the Promon- 
“ tory Ocrinum , the Rivers Cenion , Tamar , and Ifaca> 
“ difcover themfelves, by difcharging themfelves into 
“ the Sea.” The Coaft and Rivers being mentioned, 
next defcribed are the Cities. “ The moftWeftward 
“ after the TOurotriges , arc the c Damnonii, among 
“ whom are thefe Cities (xoA«s) ; Voliba , Uxela , 
“ Tamar e and Ifca, with the Legio Secunda Au- 
** gufta.” Btolemy of Alexandria , under the Reigns 
of Trajan , Hadrian , and Antoninus Bins, wrote 
his Geography. In the Iter Britan. Antoniniy 
Itiner. xn & xv. fuppofed to be compofed or 
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