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Show Thedefcription of Britaine. Thedefcriptron of Britaine. authositie of parlentent ar oxder is taker for thei pearelic amendment , hiereby allforts of thecou mionpeople da tiploie their traucll for fir dates wr bers, as Wwemay. percot ue betiwcene Herefaoihies and Ciley menyorGarmbatapethire. and the Londo» Nets for theone ; andPokimpton amd Sedbervie fo, of the fatute is beric profitable for the reparations of the dccaicn places, pet therichom f cancell theie feos amd heats, etch eontmontte are greater there than tn othonploces of theland, As concerning the fummer vpon thefame. Andalbeit thatthe intent, portions, and the poze foloiter mrthetclabours, that the other;thefelatter Ling mitigated bp thotr moe --_Fomads alfoof onmnationmettye field, toep bau als -wales beche wir foueretgue admiration among fox of all the fir,(cavcelietiva gwd Daps works arctwelh renprinces: fortud bath bene theefltmatton of one performednnd accomplithed in aparity on thete fo neceflarie affaires . Welides this, fuch as bane ro: fouloters from tine fo time force our Fle hath banc -knolwne onto the Moms, that Lhercfoeuer thep lalieng vponthe Goesof the twaies, do btterlie haufernedin farencountries, the cherie bunts of neglect to dichand {cotwre their dzaines and iwaters -_-ferutice haue beene referuedwnto therm Of thete cons courfes, for better auoidance of thetwinter waters guefts and blondie batteladvone tn France, Gers (except it map be fet off 02 cut fromfhe ntcaning mante,and Scotland our betozies are fall + abere of the ffatute) therehp the frets Do gro tobe they haue bene overcome, the dictorers themfelues mud) more guiled than before, and therebp beric confelled their) Pidaiies: to' bane bene fo derelic noifoine fo; fud) as trauelt by the fame. Sometimes bought , that they iwoikd atot gladlic cout toaner: alfgxand that berie offen, thefe dates works are not come often after fuch difficult ntaner. Si martiall imploied bpor thofe twates that lead front market tomarket, bnt echfurueio: amtendeth fuchby-plots ¢ 20 prolvelle, there is little 02 np difference betiwene Cnglifhmenand Scots; for albeit that the rots lanes:as feeme belt fo. bis otwne conmmoditic,ano haue beene offer: andverie qrenouflic overcome bp moze'eafie paflage tuto bisfields aud patures.And -_-the force of our nation, it hath uot bene foy tuantof fhereas in fore places there isfudyivant of ffones; manhoodort fhetr parts, but thaough the mereie of a8 thereby the inhabitants are dziuento feeke thent Gonheivedonits, andbis infice ppon them, fith farte off in other failes: the ouners of the lands -_-they altwafes hane bequn the quarels,and offered 0s Ghoreinthole ones are tobehad,ampabhichbitherta Hane ginen monte tohaue thembomne atpate, do mete infurie with great-defpite and crucitic, now teape io frallcommoditie by rating the fame Lelandnoting fometthat of the conttitution of fovercefliue peters'; thereby thete neighbours are eur bodies, faith thefe wards grounding (F thinke binen fogricnouschatges, bith is another canfe 3° bpon Ariftorle , Ahoimaiteth that (uc) as diwell neve -«the nozth.are of moze courage and ftrength of bodie Gherefnre the tieaning ofthat god law is beric Muchdefrauder, Furallie,thisisanother thing likes than Mhilfalisede 02 tofome.) The Weitonsare white gaiotes by thetiverts fides;pmnot alittéhape off wancea fo2 dzieng bp of the ple inbabiting nere the north , and farre from the -_-equinodtali line,trhere the (otlets not fo fruitfull,and bongies ai ne ower were taken that their. Thonin.coutiaualtiche kept hot, anv the bufges net fufferente (peadto far inte the. narrow paths, that.nconbenience would alld be tenmedien, therefore the people not fo feble: whereas contrarts wife fad) as. Dwell tolward the courfe of the funne; ateleme of ftature, weaker of bodie, moze nice, dell? cate, fearefult one bp nature,blacker in colour, ¢ fome [0 MMO HOLA w «DE the dailie theroching of 2 hetons bparythohie waies x fpeake ae Bat oar linotw bp erpertences that theras fame fiefs with: inthefe fire and tlucuticpeares haus bene irmoe places fifie fot bioay According to tholain ;.ttherebp the fravellensnight efther Plcapethe thefe,orfhit the hiler, o> pale bythe lodden cart twithout Danger of bimlelfganobig bo2fle; notw thepare beought pnto telue, Holvbvit, as thofe thicyare bed in {undzsie places of twife to be con fidered of, that the ftes and butes incolont,firong of bodie,and fullof blond, as peas a HD manicafoughpioue bad gtound thatoyet is 4° blacke in dedasaniecrotorranen. Shus faite: deepe ortwentic, a: fir'and tiwentic: at the mote whichis Anothereante alfo thereby the twaies be the wore, and ananie an honetk man ‘enteomb2ed tn bis fournet e, Wut abat {peake % of thefe things ttheres of 3 da Hot hinketn heare aint tense becanfe the rats fo common, ann the benefit thereby fo ofincet and profitab fhe maine,do come behind bsin conditution ofbo die, fo J grant, that in prequancie of twit j nfmblee neffe of limmes,and politike muentions, thepgerte? tallte exceed bs: notwithfanding that othertwile ferfilett region dmth bring forth the dulleff ipits,and 5° contraritpife the harder foile the finett braps.Butin le to manic, by fuchhoutes andcoz tages asare vaifoa wpon the fae; cand are Ofthe general! conftitution ofthe odtes‘ofthe Britons: 6o Chap,20! AF Udas are bred itfhis lan d Ay ate men for the mot part of a 8 Gm complerion, tall of tka. thefe offts of theirs dm often degenerate into mate fubfiltte, tnffabilitie,onfatthfulnede,< crueltie. Bet Alexander ab-Alexandro ig of the apinton, that the mine opinion; he mok fertile foile doth bring forth the prondeft nature, as te mapfee by the Campanians, tho(as Cicero allo faith)ban reneseos ipjum demi liumfaperbxa,Sut nether o€ thete opinions doinflic fake bold of bs, vet hath itpleaten the: twriters to faie their pleatwros of bs. And for that tne nivel northward,we are commontic taken by the forvert biftoxiograjhers , to be men-ef great strength and little police,much convage and {mall Hhitf,bicante of the tueake abodeof the fanne with vs , wberebpont beaines arenotmade hot and warmed, as Pachy~ metusnoteftlib,: affirming further,that the people Non vi fed vir- of our daies Wherefore bis teafon feemeth better to fute, non armis bpholo that of Alexander ab Alexandro afozealleos fed ingenio vinged, than to prove that we want twit, bicaufe our contr Angli. Deale byrightlic. Peither are tue fo hard toftran: gers as Horace Iwold feeme to make 0S,fith tue lone them(9 long as they abule 0s not, ¢ make accompt braing are not tarnten bp the tarfanceof the funne. of them (0 far foath as they delpifeds not. And this And thus alfo dot) Comincus burden bs after a'fort is generallie to be berified,in that thep bfe our pints in bis hiftozie,and after bimBodinus. But thanked leges and commondities for diet apparel andtrade of be God, that all the tit of bis countriemen, ifit gaine, in foample manner as twe our felues entop mapbe called twit, could never compafle to do fo them: thich is notlatofull for $3 fo do in their courte mod) in Weitaine,as the frength andcourage of our Englitpmen( not without greatwifedame and forces 10 tries; there no fttanger ts fuffercd to hauc wwoake,if ant boime-bozne: be iwithout , 15ut to pored twith cafthaue brought to pallet sfrance. The Galtes in our purpote, time pafficontemned the aomans(faith Cafar) bt Mit 08 ;althoughour god men care nof fo lite cauleofthe (maltiefe of their atures botwbeit, fo; long,but to liue toeil,fome dw line an hundzed pers, all thefr'greatneffc(faith be) andat the firbunt in berie mante onto foure fcore : as for three {coze, itis the warres ,thep thet themfelues to be but feble, taken but fox'our entrance into age fo that tn 1Bt+ neither is thetv courage of anp force fo fad tn great taine no manitsfato'to war old till be Deaty tnto calamities}Certes in accufing our twifedomein this threefco2e,at abich time Gon {ped pou well commeth fozt, be doth(tiintine opinton)increafe onr contimens in place;as Epaminondas fometime faid in mirthaf dation, Fo;if it be a vertue fo deale dpzightlie with finglenetic of mind , tincerelie and plaintic,without 20 firining that bntill thittie peares of age on ate fwelcome ts the bet falutation; and from therce:ta anie fuchfulpictous fetches iall our dealings, as theeefco2e;God keepe pou ; bat after thzefcore ,itis they commontie pracife in all their affaires , thei bet to fate,God [peed pon tnells:foat. that time Wwe are ourcountrimen to be accompted tite and bers begin to. grow toward our forrn(es end'; thereon tuons.1Batifit be a bice to colour craftineffe ; fubs mantic aione bane verie gad leaue to go. Hhele twa tile pracifes , Doublenefe, and bellow bebanfour, are alfo noteain bs(as things aperteining to the fwith acloake of palicte , amitie and twifedome: then firme conffitations of ourbodtes)that there bath itt are Comineus and bis countrimen to be reputed beene feene in anie region fo manie carcaffes of ‘the vicious, of Ghome this proucrbe bath of old time dead to remaine from time to tinte toithouero2ruptt, bene bfed as anteare marke of their Diffiniulation, 3° otvas in WB3itatnes and that affer death bp Maugbter Galli ridendafidemsfangunt. 02 offertwile, fuch as remaine bnburied by foure oz Hot thete latter points fake bolo in Ftalie, ¥ fine daies fogtther,ate caffe to be bnotone and dit: meane tot fo difcufle. Wow they are datlic pracifen cerned bp their éends and kindzed; whereas Tacitus inmanic places of the maine, ¢ beaccomptes mo and other complaine of fundzie nationsfaieng, that wile and politike,that can moff of all viffemble; here theit bodies are. Zam fluide fabjfantie , that within is no place infflie fo determine (neither twoulo J certeine boures the wife thall barblie know bir bub with my countrimen tolearne ante fuch toifedome) band,the motherbir foune, o2 one frend another af butthat aking of Jfrancecould faies ous ne/tre dis fer thetrliuesbe ended. Anlike fort the comelinetfe raalarepre/cit regnare,02 vinere, their otone biffozics are of our Ifuing bodtes dm continue fromnntole age(foz teffimonies (uffictent.' Galen, the noble thpfictan, tranfferring the forces of our naturall bumoes from 40 the moff)euen to the latt galpe;{pectallte in mankind, And albeit that our women though bearing of chile the bovie to the mind, attributeth to the pelloty cas Dien Doo after fortie begin to weinkle apace, pet are lour,pzudence; to the blacke, conffancie ; to blou, mirth; to fhlegine,courtefie : and Hid) being mirep barbaroustit the ir efes ,bicanfe twe be rather ina: 6° nie of themneither fearing God,neither regarding either manerso2 obedience , dw oftentimes come to med than appalled at our wounds , then are fhofe obconfuftor, tbich(if ante cozreafon 02 di{cipline hap ieaois flat cowards in our (udgement : fith we bene bfed toward them in pouth) might baue pros thinke ita great peece of manbmd to and to our tachling,bntill the laff dr0p,as men that map fpare much) bicaufe wwe haue mud) : whereas thep bautng lee are afratd to lofe thatlittle uhid thep haue : as twzite of their one manhood in their biffostes , ¥ make little accompt of it : for J amof the opinion, &© Ag tive Strong in bodicebit e of tnereafe,as thep come necrer buto the pole; hhereas the contrarie pole gtusth contvarie gifts, blacknete 2) 8 bolonette and courage in tt ey {arres. As for thete gentc rall Wwifbome.cintlitie, iweakenefe anv coardite, us faith be.Sutalas,botw farre from probabtlitic:02. 48 if there twere not. one andthe fame conciufioto: be oe Of Cregarie the great, at fad) time as he eae capteins (ola at Confirine that ttis, thichvet Wome, Halt eafilie potty differ in fundiie Oires anv lotles , as alto their Propogtion of mew, made ofthe conffitutions oftheirbopiesabichoiwell treating of religion,a Spantardof bis mekenefle, 924 Scot of bis manbod, is not to be butloed on;no buder both the poles, 302in truth bis affertion bol move isa Frengyman to be truffed in the report of 2A) Colour , and thereto of grea t RK CANARD ‘A comelinette of perion,the te- deth onelie in their perfons that inhabit nere buts AnD Onder the equinodiall. As for the mall tarfance of the funne toith ve,it ts alto confaten bythe lengt 9 they not commontlie fo teeetchen and bard fanouren to loke bpon in their age, as the Jfrency women, move oz leffe among themfelnes, do peeld an infinit and dinerfe of other countries with thom their men varietic : bp this means therefore tf commmeth to allo dm much participate;and thereto be fo offenwats pafle, that be abofe nature inclineth generallie to ward and penith, that nothing in: maner mapcon, phlegme,cannot but be courteous: thich toined tuith tent thent, frength of bodie,and finceritie of bebaufour ( qualt ¥ might bere avve fometehat allo of the mrane ties bniuerfallic granted to remaine fo tell inoue nation, as other inbabitants of the no3tl ) J cannot 50 ftature generallie of our women , thofe beautie commontie ercedeth the fatreft of thole of ‘the fee that may be an hinderance apie J Houlo not ra maine, thee comlineffe of perfon and god proportie ther conclude, that the Wzitons bw ercell fuch as on of lines moft of theirs that come ouer bnto bs Divell in the hoter countrics , than fo: want of craft from bepond the feas. This neuerthelette 4 btterlie and fubtilties to come ante whit bebind them. Ft ts miiflike in the pozer fozt of them,for the wealthier da but banitie al(o for forme fo note bs(as J haue offen filoome offend herein : that being of themfelues » beard in commontable falke)as barbarous,bicaufe toithout competent wit,thep are fo cavelefle tn the toefo little regard the (heading of our bloud,and ra: education of their chilozen( therein their bufbanvs ther tremble not tiben Wwe fee the lfquoz oflife toga alfo are to be blamed) by means thereof berie mas from bs ( % ble their otune words.) Certes if we be blochith tnetutll, fierce and warlike, tchich qualities inhabiting tthe nogth parts are white of colours 02 erceed,abich is a fonle dice in fuch as profeffe to Frontinus alfo noteth. As fo; that tbhich the French that an Ztalian ‘writing of bis credit ; A paptt tiv pis one affaires , wherein be dath either difemble ted g@s members of thelr common-twealth ¢couns trie,by their gwd feruice and induffrie.% coulo make repopt liketwife of the natural bices and vertues of all thofe that are bo2ne twithin this Jland,but as the full tractation berof craueth a better head than mine to fet forth *he fame, fo will % giue place to other men that lift to take it in band.2hus muddy therefore of the conffitutions of our bodies; and fo mud) map fuffice, L. ij. How |