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Show The defeription ofBritaine. ie. The defeription of Britaf tO fox Recta, orbictlata ( 02 fornicate) prond,refipr mata, AND facta ete Were ame piccife refemblance bettwdne the Saree of a man a of an elepbant, 02 that there bap nitta 02 repanda) DO fo far degenerate from the true pies Dermieanour, Jn the end he granteth that another bobie Werebyallo they make the face taken in frie maner,to cuet bene anp elephant of 27-fotin length.but fee bis fwas found vport the {hore of Rhodanus,of thivtie foot in length. Which fomehbat Mateth his tudgement,but Hot alfogither rentmueth his error. Mat. Welt- mon, a Khe bodie of Pallas tuas foundin Ftalie,in the peare of Grace 1038.andbeing meafured it contefred toen tie fot in length, this Pallas was companiontwit)~ 10 neas. Tohannes Leland. Maficus, Trinct, There toas acareale allo lato bare 170.1 England bpoir the tore (bere the beating of the fea had tuath, edaluaie the earth fromthe ffone teerein it laie) and Whenit teas takew bp,it conteined 5 0. fot inmneafure, be fhe tenth partof the tole bovie,that is,frothe biat» eft part of the forehead tothe pitch ofthe chit, fo that ir the bfe of the tv020 face there ts a difference,taberbp the g.part is taben(3 fap) from the crotone (called Herrex, becaule the batre there turneth into a circle) fo that t¢ the {paceby a rule tere truelte taker, % meane from the crotune 02 bighett part of the bead to the pitchof the netherchap, and multtplicd by nine, the length of the febhole bovie would eafilie aypeare, + (hein tt felfe at the Zonaras {pegketh ofa twontan that luedin fhe naies builobishoule, hele thus bones hauc 4 fencebefive otherwhereofat the beholving J toke no great hep, fer of our time, tellefh of the bones of Briaté giant pris, found of late in Delphinois,-of 15. cubits, the niames ter of ahofe {cull ivas tioncubits,ann the baeadth of bis in the timeel bing Edward, Another alfa is lie charge and opbzain hte. a Plinie telleth of ancavthqnake at. Ceeta,ebtchditeos Lib. 7: heved the bop of agtant,that was i46.cnbitsin length afler the Romane fandard,anvbpatuerte foppofen ta mirict ofp pullit dotwne fo the perie foundation, and 1° be the badie of Orionn? Ztiom eucgthelette ¥ ready carried the Hortes thereof to the Strand, there he din that Lucius FlaccusandMctellus afe fipeare Perfraser full. Sudtke maner3 find, that fromthe elbow fo the of Julkine, to being bome fr Cilicig, atid: of verte Khoulvers foure, ashe himfelfe beheloin the late fice comelie perfonage, tas neuerthelettealmott fiug fot condfvarsof France, <hherevnto the report of Ioan taller than the tallett woomatt of bir time. 5° Marius made in bisbmkes De Galjarnm luefirationibuss Slr Thomas _ Acavcale twas taken bp atAnie churdy tere SaElor, tere he writeth of the careate of the faine giant found lifburie but oflate peares to {peakeof,almott fourtene hot fatee from the Rhodanus, which Ipas.a2, fotlong, fot long. in Distionario Eliote. from the {cull to the fole nf the feet, Doth pelo fuffictent Lelandin Fu CGilledand in Come Whitton para hot fa teffimonic. Aifo Calamens in bis commentaries De Combrit, from the chappell of the apane, fir aula eee Sen Siturigibus , confitmeth no iste, adding that he Carleill,a coffut of ftone tas found,and was therein the found 1 $5 6, fo deoth Baptifta Fulgofas,/b.x .cap.6. fate bones of aman, of moze thanincrenible greatnes, Zu eng farther, that bisgrane tuas:fene not farre from like foxt Leland fpeaketh of ancther found in the Sle Valentia, and difcoucred by-the biolence anocurrent called Aldernep , hbereof pou thall read moze in the of theRhodanus .-Shefata Cafanion in like fort {peas chapiter out Zlands. Go kettyof the bones of aman kehich be bebeld,one.of tole Richard Rigarh G Tatton in his Darnell telleth of or: Grafton, yinbone teeth mas afottong,and eight pound in toeight. Alte conteien firfot,ann therets af eull fo oe of the fepuleie of another nere bnta Charmes caftell; thatit was ; able toreceine fiuep ecksof ‘ Gthich has nine paces in lerigth ; things incredible ta fore bpconiecturalt fommmetrin ct thefe Stiea bs, ifetefight vid not confirme it in ourofone times, Mul needs be of 2 4.fwot, orrather moze, if it were Dilis andthefe carcafes Gentlic nreafured. so2 the PrOpo iwerenat referuen bp the-berte po rtion of acomelic any Well featured bodie, antinereth Wibertce of Dod.to the.end isemight beholp bis wo2bs, 9.fintes to the length o face,taken at latge from and-by thete-relikes tmberttand,, that fuck ancrt tore the pitch The Bem et in old fimein ded, oftote atures went begin rsahanes teubole longth is from of the crotone metric a, ta the fame place apoytion Doubt, Poin to.fap fomfbat alfoof minestone biol ¢ fole ofthe fuxt, meafuren Sean ofthe bont imag ine line, , lenae.there is the thighbone of a man tabe Lacomettie MO Kuered faene inte t manic parts in the e bs Y 88 Drurcrus tt bis linea like oupr: church of S, Laurenee neve Guildhall, a, London, l selene Odie Dothaeliner, 9e hich in timopatt was 26, inchesin lengih,but rote tt fpmnetrie isnot tation by ther than iwelle net) to Decaic,Cothatit is fhorterbpfonre ines proportions face, than it tons Ke hath torttterof fet pnrpote againtt Goropius ; aha necre to thelibzavie, at {uch time as the Duke of Soe fop ofthemidle fingeris the 4: part of the hole length, calleda cubit: fromthe tozift to the top of the fame firv ger,Atenthpart: thelength ofthe thinbone to the ancle afourth part (and all one tutth the cubit : )from the top ofthe firiger tothe third teint, tive third parts of the ioas taken bp,tubich fo this date they thelv ina chur, buderthe nameof Little John (per nriphrafin) being 20 face fromthe top ofthe forehead. Which obferuations ¥ Willinglie remember inthis place, tothe end that if alfo 1 4.fotin length, as dinerfe do affirine tthich Have aniefuch carcafes happen to be found hereafter, it thall bebolven the fame, and tthereof HetorBoetius doth He&tor Boet, faie, that be did put his thole arme into one of the not be hard bp forme of thefe bones here mentioned; to harich bones + thich is tworthie to be renrembzed, conte bp the fature of the fbole bodie,in certeine + exGn the peare of Grace 1 4.7 5.the bodie of Tulliola Ad maner.As fothe reft of the bones,toints parts, 1c: fhe daughter of Cicero was taken bp, ¢ found higher poumay refort to Drurerus,Cardan, and otheriuziters, bpnot afeto foot than the commonfot of wontent It fith the farther deliuerie of them concerneth not my uing in thole dates, purpofe. Lo proceedtherefore tuith other cramples, J Geruafius Geruafius Tilberienfis, head arthall to the hing of read that the bovie of bing Arthur being found in the Syluete Tilbericn- Arles witeth in his Guontcle dedicates to Dtho 4: 30 peare 1180, twas tivo fot higher than anie manthat CY * holy that at Horetum,in the fuburbesof Paris,befats cametobebold the fame, Ffinallic the careate of Wilthe bodie of a man that twas tiventic fot long,befide liam conquero? ivas {ene not manic peares firce (to the head and the necke,thic) was mifiing enot found, wit,1 542.) inthe citic of Cane, thoelue ines longer, |G fhe owner haning peraduenture beene bebeaden for bp the tuoginent of farhas fatit,than ante man Mhidn Jorn, forme notable trefpatte committed in times pall, ox(as Divelledin thecountrie. All which teftimonies F note be faith)killed by S.William. fogither bicaufe thep proceed frown chetttian titers, GheDrecke writers make mention of Andronicus from tome nothing thonlybe farther o2 moze diftant, thetv emperour,the lined 118 3.0f Orace,and was ten than offet purpofe to lie,ana feed the world with fables. fot in height, that is,thre fot higherthan the Dutd Jnour tines allo, and Hhiletf Francis the firk reige man that thetwed himfelfe in mante places of Cng 40 Hed ouer France, there fas a man {ene in Aquiland,1 582.thisman maried Anna daughter to Lewis teine,tihome the bing being in fhole parties: made of of France (before aured to Alerins, ahome he firan: bisgavd,ohole height toas (uch,that amanof common glev,difmembzed and dzotwnedft the fea) the tadie nog beigth. might catlic go. Dnder bis twit without. fo: being aboue cleucnpeares of age, thereas he teas an ping,a fature incredible, go2cquer Cafanion,a iat toteho ruled bint as thelitten. that practife, and an intage made according to that po Mbls Gizantomachia, Toppoteth bimtelie to hane hillen allthe giants tn the wortd,md ikea neto 1 upiterUz/termcircaffe Herculemas the fata Cafaniondath mert portion ,khich is firt in the eaft enn of the clotiter oftie fante church,not favre fromthe fain bone, any -theiwety the perfor of amanfullten 02 eleven fot high,abiryas fome fap was found ir thecloiffcr of Poules.that was Mac.Welt. Agour hifories du report. Theltke twas feenebefore in Wales,inthe peare 1087.of another of 14.fot. 3n Perth moeouer a billage in Scotland another oldtotard, and befive bit he kept Marpaca a fine hat: on thefeevamples tn bis De cicantilw, chidhasagefe bermanburie, of 32. tnches'min rather moze, wherent the fpmnietric hath bene tabon by fome thilfall tf portion astrom the forte and beautte of the comelte, I is fo be feoite inn Alberniatic buvic , of fore callet AL Holw tl retteth furthermore that Jletdotwne,ahaty tv lenath,one Gabbaraof Arabia niue fotnine otherivife to reape renolome and praife, thep dw pro: cure dito themfelues intheend nothing clfebutmere contemptand tnfamie,Ffozmp part J will touchrare things,and (uch as to mp felfedo femealmofineredi: ble: botwbeit as Z find themn,(o 3 note them,requiting pour Bononr in reading hereof, to lef eucrie Authos beare bis ofune burdent,and cucric orebis bundle, In vita SerPlutarchtelleth holw Sertorius being in Ipbia,nere Sori de An= tothe fretcts of Maroco,to Wit, at Lingi ( 02 Danger 30 ee itt Mauritania,as itis now called) caufen the fepulde of Antheus,afore remembyed fo be opened:for hearing bp conunon repost that the faid giant laie buried there, be faty it mantfetlie to be Oo. cubits iilength, which {were tent mozethan the people madeaccompt of,{uhich Strabo ale confirmeth, Paufanias tepooteth out of one Mifo, that then the bobdie of Aiax tuas found,the tbirlebone of bis knee Was adiudged fo beoad as apretic dif}: allo that the bo» divof Afterius fomtime king of Creta was tencubits long, and that of Hylluso2 Gerionno leffe maruclougs thanthe reff, atl tthtcy Goropius fill condemneth fobe Trallianus turiteth hotw the Athententes nigging on Tiallianus; -_atinee in the ground,to late the foundation of ately ‘wall tobe mave dacerteine Bland iu the daies of are emperour » 0f0 find the bones of Macrofyris in arottue of bara tone, of roo.enbits inilength after the aca compe of the Romane cublt, thichinas thenetthera foot and a halfe, ox notmuch iv difference from balfe a vard of our meature note itt Cuglanaabhete verfesala fo, a8 thep are net tranilated ont of, Crake tere found Wwithail, Sepusltis ego atacrofjris in longa infisla tthole corps twas fiftie cubits long at the lealt, be as fo far off from crediting the fame,that be would not bes leeuetf,pnitill be fat the coffin open fbereinthe bones of the aforefaid paince did reff, Lo be Morttherefore,he cauted bis fouldiers to caf dotwnethe hill made fone, time onerthe tombe , and finding the bovie in the bot: tomecoffined infone, after the meafure therof taken, 40 Pita perathis annis mille quinguies: Thich amounteth fo 81. peates foure moneths,after the Aegpptian rece honing. Jnthe time of Hadrianthe empevour ; the bodicok the giant Ida twas taken bp at Mellana, containing 20. fotin length, andhauing a double row ofteeth, yet fanding thole in bisthaps. Eumadusatto in Perigeis telleth that then the Carthaginenfes went about ta Dich in their prouince, thep found tive bodies in fene= vall coffins of ffone, the one twas 23. the other 24e cubits in length, fuch another tas ford in Bofphoro Cymmerio after an earthquake, but the inhabitants did calf thofe bones infothe Meotivan marris,gn Dale matia,manie granes tuere fhakenopen Wwith aneartha quake,in divers of ibich certeine caveates were found, hibofe ribs contgined 16. els, after the xontane meafure, tberebp the thole bodies were iudged to be 64. the bones of monfters of the fea notinithfanding the 5° fith the longeft rib igcommontic about the fourth parg mantfeft formes of their bones,cpitahes,and intcriptis of a man,as fome toning fymmetvictans afficme, ons found ingrauen in beafle andlead with them in Arrhianus {aith,that in the time of Alerander the bos their fepuldyes)ffar is be front being perfuaded any bies of the Afianes were generallie of hue ffature, led front bis opinion. and commiontie of flue cubits, and {uch was the heigth Philoftrate in Heroici: faith how be fatw the bodte of a of Porus of Inde,thom the (aio Alerander vanquithen fant thirtic cubits in length, alfo the carcafe of anos and ouerthzetw it battell, ther of tivo and tiventic,and the third of tiuciue, Suidas {peabeth of Ganges, billevalto bp the fate Liuie tit the feauenthof bis firlt pecade, fpeaketh of pritice,tho farre exceeden Porus; for be twas ten cubits an buge periotibich mate a challenge as be ftwn at long, What hould ¥ tpeake of Artaceas a capitaiue in the end of the Anienbridge, againt anp Romane that 60 the boft of Xerxes afore remembzed, abote heath was would come out and fight totth bim, whofe fature was Within 4. fingers bzedth of fiue cubits,s the tauezeaant net much inferiour to that of Golias , of Artaches(of in the armie ercept the bing bimfelfe, Herod, 4.7. DE trhome Herodot {peaketh ia the biftozie of Xerxes) tho Athanatus fijom Plinie rememb:eth ¥ faie nothing, iuas fire commoncubits of ffature , thic) make but Iutof all thefe,this one erample thalpate,which dm fluc of the kings franvard,bicante this ts longerbythace Yead of in Trallianus, and be {etteth bowne in fome fingers thanthe other. Df Pufio,Secundilla,z Cabaras, and inantter follotping, of txbich the firft ttuo lintng bnderAuguftus were aboue Jn the daies of Tiberius thempero2 fatth he,a cops cn fot,and the later buder Claudius of full Wine, and ioasleft bare 02 lait openafter an earthquake,of trhich cc) toth (taken one with another) confeined 12, inches Tofephus faith,th cher at theleal®. Potv forfomuch as in {uch as be full Goma fon of beigth fiue mouthed,cch chap hath commnontlic 16, teeth at theleatty wine, cubits and an b - the fea, 02 a forged pentfe to bleare: the peoples-ries Withalleherein itt teanderfulltoife, botw thep pleafe Goropiusas one thatfirtt veriued bis fantaticallinas giltationfrom their affeucration ¢ oth. Dhefain Plinie alfs addeth that the bonte of Orekteswas fenemcubits inches, Have read therof iii pagane tweiters, thobavalipaies andttyo veferueni sn canditorio Salluftianongm balte afoot Gieat regatdof thetrcrentt, ard fo ought all men that 20 longer than Gabbara tuas;fo2 which 3 neuer reap that Dedicate any thing duto polteritic,leatingsingabout ante mantwas Difuern fd fiveare; ; , phorus maketh . Pita thattt was either the cavcate,of fonte monfterof bicaule J minded not as then tobaue hav anp {uch oie of their paopostions , and therefore J twill {peake no' nio2eof thems + this is fuffictent for mp purpote that is delivered out of the chaittian authors. on of Spntterell hath al thich amount tnto 32. im the thole, needs muf the Wwidencieof this mans chaps be twelnere of 16, fot, and the opentrig of his lips flue at the Icatt, a large month |