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THE HISTORTE OF SCOTLAND.
181 Classe, quhilke at the co^zmande of Agricola sailed
about al Britannie, saw the He called Thul. Of 182 Thul,
quhilke Ptolomie discernet to be amang the hindmest lies
of Schytland, vpon the coste of Norway, for the gret
space betuene ca« nocht be vndirstandet, and thairfor, 5
quhilke the Romanes than vndirstude to be Thul and
saw, athir for the fame amang al thir lies, quhen may
be, that vthiris mair northirlie, nocht ^it haue bene in¬
habited, or for the affinitie of the name, of quhilke we
spak afor, sum thinkes it be the He called Yla. for to 10
183 eik ane lettir is facile; and surelie gif 3e consider
rycht ouer to the West Yla is of al lies the hindmest:
Sum thinkes agane it be Leuis. Bot be quhat it wil,
as Island is affirmed to be the hindmest of al lies, gif
3e consider the north, we eftir our opinione, thinkes that 15
this was Thul. And lat this be sufficient baith for the
lies called Hebrides, and for the lies named Orcades.
the Thule which Ptolemy saw between Shetland and Norway. See
note
THE HISTORTE OF SCOTLAND.
181 Classe, quhilke at the co^zmande of Agricola sailed
about al Britannie, saw the He called Thul. Of 182 Thul,
quhilke Ptolomie discernet to be amang the hindmest lies
of Schytland, vpon the coste of Norway, for the gret
space betuene ca« nocht be vndirstandet, and thairfor, 5
quhilke the Romanes than vndirstude to be Thul and
saw, athir for the fame amang al thir lies, quhen may
be, that vthiris mair northirlie, nocht ^it haue bene in¬
habited, or for the affinitie of the name, of quhilke we
spak afor, sum thinkes it be the He called Yla. for to 10
183 eik ane lettir is facile; and surelie gif 3e consider
rycht ouer to the West Yla is of al lies the hindmest:
Sum thinkes agane it be Leuis. Bot be quhat it wil,
as Island is affirmed to be the hindmest of al lies, gif
3e consider the north, we eftir our opinione, thinkes that 15
this was Thul. And lat this be sufficient baith for the
lies called Hebrides, and for the lies named Orcades.
the Thule which Ptolemy saw between Shetland and Norway. See
note
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| Description | Wrytten first in Latin by Jhone Leslie and translated in Scottish by James Dalrymple. Edited by E.G. Cody. Volume 2 edited by E.G. Cody and William Murison. Edinburgh : Printed for the Society by William Blackwood & Sons, 1888-1895. 2 volumes. |
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