But if it chance that thou finde thy selfe in a time that will not suffer thee to goe in, then goe along the Islands giuing them a bredth off.
This Cape hath many poynts of rockes lying 4 leagues into the sea: and when thou hast sight of this land, it is goode for thee to keepe from it a goodbredth off.
By reason of the great depth and bredth of the gulfe, and change of the lands, (M102) we conceiued hope that we should finde a passage, like vnto the passage of The Castles.
This Iland is in length about three leagues, and in bredth two, and is a goodly and fertile plot of ground, replenished with many goodly and great trees of many sorts.
M399 The length and bredthof the fort taken by Laudonnier and Captaine Salles.
And it may be to the end of Newfoundland, which is at the entrance of Cape Briton 70 leagues, which is the greatest bredth of the sea.
Martianus writing of the bredth of Britaine, hath onlie 300.
Touching the length and bredth of the same, I find some variance amongst writers: for after some, there are from the Piere or point of Douer, vnto the farthest part of Cornewall westwards 320.
It conteineth in length twentie miles, and in bredth ten, it hath also the north pole eleuated by 50.
The lands betweene the water of Thane & Nes, now called Rosse, being in bredth from Cromart to the mouth of the water of Locht, were giuen to Lutorke, another capteine and his people.
Thus haue I finished the discourse of the [Sidenote: The bredth of Deuonshire & Cornewall.
The bredth or entrie of the mouth hereof (as I take it) is by estimation two miles from shore to shore.
If there bee bredth enough in the world, I will hold a long distance.
The spaces of the Capitaines lodgynges, should be in bredth xxx.
This wall which the Romans now built with helpe of the Britains, was 8 foot inbredth and 12 in length, trauersing the land from east to west, & was made of stone.
Of the length andbredth of the countrey of Russia, with the names of the shires.
Of the description of all the whole kingdome of China, and the placing of the 15 prouinces, and the length and bredth of euery one of them, and of other kingdomes bordering vppon them.
Of architecture, and all manner of buildings, with the bredth and length that euerie edifice ought to haue for his proportion.
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