name 70. miles beneath it.

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The aforesaid William of Malmesburie writeth of traffike in his time to
Bristowe in his fourth booke de gestis pontificum Anghorum, after this
maner.

In eadem valle est vicus celeberrimus Bristow nomine, in quo est nauium
portus ab Hibernia & Norwegia & cateris transmarinis terris venientium
receptaculum, ne scilicet genitalibus diuitijs tam fortunata regio
peregrinarum opum frauderetur commercio.

The same in English.

[Sidenote: Norway.] In the same valley stands the famous Towne of Bristow,
[Footnote: Bristol.] with an Hauen belonging thereunto, which is a
commodious and safe receptacle for all ships directing their course for the
same, from Ireland, Norway, and other outlandish and foren countreys:
namely that a region so fortunate and blessed with the riches that nature
hath vouchsafed thereupon should not bee destitute of the wealth and
commodities of other lands.

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The league betweene Henry the second and Fredericke Barbarossa Emperour of
Germanie, wherein is mention of friendly traffike betweene the Marchants
of the Empire and England, confirmed in the yeere of our Lord 1157,
recorded in the first Booke and seuenteenth Chapter of Radeuicus
Canonicus Frisingensis, being an appendix to Otto Frisingensis.