Eſtualia germanie inferioris ē ꝓuincia. hn̄s ſaxoivniam ad orientē. thuringiā ⁊ haſliam ad meridiē. renū et coloniā ad occidentem. occeanū ⁊ friſiā ad aqͥlonē. nobiliſſimisfluminibꝰ duobꝰ in eiꝰ extremitatibꝰ cingit̉ſcꝫ ⁊ veſera atꝫ reno. nam renu tangit v̓ſuſ occidentē ⁊ ſeptētrionē. ⁊ veſerā v̓o v̓ſus oriēteHec in q̇buſdā libris d̓r antiqua ſaxonia. abomni ſpē fornicatōnis ſe mūdaꝫ p̄ſeruās etſtupra diſtrictiſſime puniēs ac honeſta connubia ſūme colens. licet pagana ſuꝑſtitōnevſqꝫ ad ſeptingētiſimū ānu dn̄i teneret̉ īplicita vt ſcribit bonifa. in epl̓a ad regē anglie.Eſt eī terra multū nemoroſa paſcuoſa plusalendis gregibꝰ qͣꝫ ferēdis frugibꝰ apta. multis fontibꝰ et amnibꝰ eſt irrigua. emoſa .ſ. lippia atꝫ rura ⁊ multis alijs. fontes hꝫ ſalis etmōtes fertiles in mētallis. abūdat fructibuſglandibꝰ nūcibꝰ atꝫ pomis. etiā feris porcispecudibꝰ ⁊ iumētis. ppl̓us cōmunit̓ elegātisſtature eſt ⁊ ꝓcere venuſte forme ⁊ fortis corpore ⁊ audax mēte. militiā hꝫ copioſaꝫ ac mirabilit̓ aīoſam ꝓmptā ad arma ꝯtinue ⁊ paratā. ciuitates hꝫ fortes ⁊ munitaſ caſtra fortiſſima ⁊ opida tā in motibꝰ qͣꝫ in planis.¶ De vironia Capl̓m. CLXXIIronia eſt prouīcia paruula vltra dacia v̓ſus orien̄tem a virore dicta eo ꝙ ſit gͣminoſa⁊ nemoroſa multis aqͥs ⁊ fontibꝰ ꝓfuſa. cuiꝰgleba eſt frugū ferax. gens qͣndā barbara ſeua incōpoſita ac inculta. nunc v̓o danoꝝ regibꝰ ꝑiter et legibꝰ eſt ſubiecta. Terra v̓o tota eſt a germaniſ ⁊ danis ꝑiter hītata. quereſupͣ in littera R. de riualia. Hec terra anogardoꝝ gente ⁊ rutheoꝝ ꝑ fluuiū maximuꝫ quinarua d̓r eſt ſeparata.¶ De ⁊vinlandia Ca. CL.XXIIInlandia eſt patria iuxta motana norr vegie v̓ſꝰorientē ſita ſuꝑ litꝰ occeanī ꝓtēſanō multū fertil̓ niſi in gͣminibꝰ ⁊ ſiluis. Gēseius eſt barbara agreſtis ⁊ ſeua. magicis arti
bus occupata. vn̄ et nauigātibꝰ ꝑ eoꝝ litoravel apd̓ eos ꝓpt̓ venti defectū morā ꝯtrahētibꝰ ventū venalē offerūt atꝫ vendūt. globuꝫei de filo faciūt ⁊ diuerſos nodos ī eo ꝯnectētes vſqꝫ ad tres nodos l̓ pl̓es de globo extrahi p̄cipiūt ẜm ꝙ voluerint ventū hrē fortiorēqͥbꝰ ꝓpt̓ incredulitate illudētes demones aerem ꝯcitāt ⁊ ventū maiorē vel mīorē excitātẜm ꝙ pl̓es nōdos de filo extrahūt vel pauciores. ⁊ qn̄qꝫ in tantū cōmouet ventū ꝙ miſeri talibꝰ fidē adhibētes iuſto iudico ſubmergunt̉. De vitria Ca. CLXXIIIItria eſt inſulamodica ī maribritanico ſita diſtāſ abritānia maiori ꝑuo fretointpoſito ſeꝑata. cꝰ gleba ad frumēta ē optīaml̓tas hn̄s ſiluas ⁊ nemora. ml̓tas feras pecora ⁊ iumēta. fontes ⁊ amnes inſulā irrigātes qͦ ad temꝑiem ē ſaluberrima ⁊ ī fructibꝰvberrima d̓r eſſe. hͦ ab anglis hodie inhītat̉.De yſelandia ¶ Capl̓m. CLXXIIIISelandia eſt reIgio vltīa in europa a ſeptētriōevltra norr vegiā ſita ꝑpetuo glacie in remotioribꝰ eiꝰ finibꝰ ꝯdemnata p̄tendit̉ aūt ſuꝑlitꝰ occeani maris v̓ſus ſeptētrionem. vbi mare p̄nimio frigore ꝯgelat̉. ab oriente hn̄s ſcithiā ſuꝑiorē. ab auſtro norr vegiam. ab occidēte occeanū hybernicū. ab aqͣlone mare ꝯgelatū. Et ē dicta yſelandia qͣſi terra glaciei eo ꝙ ibi dicunt̉ eſſe mōtes niueī inglaciei duriciē ꝯgelati. Ibi criſtalli inueniūt̉in illa et regione ſunt albi vrſi maximi ⁊ ferociſſimi qͥ vnguibꝰ glaciē rumpūt ⁊ foramīamulta faciūt ꝑ que in mare ſe īmergūt ⁊ ſubglacie piſces capiētes eos extrahūt ꝑ foramina p̄dicta ⁊ adlitꝰ deferētes inde viuunt. t̓raeſt ſterilis qͦ ad fruges. exceptis paucis lociſin qͦꝝ vallibꝰ vix creſcit auena. gmina tantūmō ⁊ arbores ī locis vbi hītant hoīes ꝑturit⁊ ꝓducit. ⁊ in illis ꝑtibꝰ feras gignit ⁊ iumenta nutrit. Un̄ de piſcibꝰ ⁊ venatōibꝰ ⁊ carnibus ꝓ maiori ꝑte ppl̓s t̓re viuit. oues p̄frigore ibi viuere nō p̄n̄t. ⁊ iō incole de ferarum ⁊vrſoꝝ pellibꝰ qͦs venatu capiūt cōtra frigus