[Publications] . 7 Essex, or Estsex, of the Saxons Cartreax3 is parcell of tbatparte of Brittayne wher Ptolomey placed the Trinoantes or Trino-bantes : whoe enhabited also Midlesex and Hertfordshire. Thisshire lyeth east of all the Trinobantes, and vpon that coasteencountreth the mayne Ocean, an infallable bounde on the hath on the south the famous Thams, as a notorious deuisionbetwene it and Kent. The Lea, Lyga or Lygean, falleth betwene itand Midlesex. The Storte deuideth it and Hertfordshire, passingby Stortford, wherof it taketh name. On the north it hath theStowre, which as a teth

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[Publications] . 7 Essex, or Estsex, of the Saxons Cartreax3 is parcell of tbatparte of Brittayne wher Ptolomey placed the Trinoantes or Trino-bantes : whoe enhabited also Midlesex and Hertfordshire. Thisshire lyeth east of all the Trinobantes, and vpon that coasteencountreth the mayne Ocean, an infallable bounde on the hath on the south the famous Thams, as a notorious deuisionbetwene it and Kent. The Lea, Lyga or Lygean, falleth betwene itand Midlesex. The Storte deuideth it and Hertfordshire, passingby Stortford, wherof it taketh name. On the north it hath theStowre, which as a tether boundeth it in, from Suffolke. Sothat by theis riuers it becometh peninsula; only the north-westeparte hath no riuer to deuyde it and Cambridgshire. This shire is moste fatt, frutefull, and full of profitable thingcs,exceding (as farr as I can finde) anie other shire, for the gencrallcomodeties, and the plentie. Thowgh Suffolke be more highliecomended of some wherwith I am not yet acquaynted: But thisshire see

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