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Northvegr - Bede's Ecclesiastical History of the English Nation (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17) |
 | | BRITAIN, an island in the ocean, formerly called Albion, is situated between the north and west, facing, though at a considerable distance, the coasts of Germany, France, and Spain, which form the greatest part of Europe. |
 | | Britain has also many veins of metals, as copper, iron, lead, and silver; it has much and excellent jet, which is fl and sparkling, glittering at the fire, and when heated, drives away serpents; being warmed with rubbing, it holds fast whatever is applied to it, like amber. |
 | | Ireland is the greatest island next to Britain, and lies to the west of it; but as it is shorter than Britain to the north, so, on the other hand, it runs out far beyond it to the south, opposite to the northern parts of Spain, though a spacious sea lies between them. |
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