The Digital Ark: Early Modern Collections of Curiosities in England and Scotland, 1580-1700
Mr. Gale ( - )
References in Documents: Pierse-Bridge, whence
Dr.
(Phil. Col. N°4.) and the Figure of it already twice enLister
graved,
viz. in the new Editions of
(p. 782.) andCamden 's Britannia
's Itinerary (Antoninus
pag. 50.) it is but 11 Inches in Height, and eight
in Breadth. The distinct mention of CONDATI or CONDATE
(for by the Distance from the Side there seem to have been
liniolæan
nexed to I) would almost tempt one to believe, thar
Consleyin that
Neighbourhood was the ancient
, whichCondate
placeth inCamden
, but that the learnedChe
shire
shire
Gale
Conjecture. It will not however be denied, but that
Consleyas well as
was in all Probability then calledCongleton
; and I am the moreCondate
confirmed in my Opinion (
p. 161.) that the
had several CitiesRomans
of the same Name, because my said honoured Friend
Roger GaleEsq
informs me that the
Geographer hath no less than fiveRavennate
Alauna's. The last Line, as I take it, is to be read
ex jussu solvit libente
animo.
animo