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KING ARTHUR
by
RICHARD BLACKMORE
The
INDEX,
EXPLAINING
The Names of Countrys, Citys, and Rivers, & c. mention'd in this BOOK.
A.
Aballaba, Appleby in Westmorland.
Abum, the River Humber.
Alaunus, the River Alne or North Tyne in Northumberland.
Alba, Mountauban in Languedoc.
Alba, the River Elbe: It runs thro' Germany, and falls into the Sea near Hamborough.
Albion, Britannia or Great Britain.
Alduabis, a River that has its Rise from Mount Jura, and falls into the River Arar or Seon in France.
Allobrogians, Inhabitants of Savoy and Piedmont, &c.
Alpes, or Alpine Mountains, those which part Italy from Germany and France.
Antona, which the Additions to Camden supposes to be the Lower Avon.
Aquitanian Ocean, the Sea that washes the Shores of Aquitain, now Guienne, a large Part of France.
Aquæ Solis, the City of Bath.
Arabia, a Country of Asia, between Judea and Ægypt.
Arar, the River Seon, which runs into the Rhone at Lyons in France.
Arausio, the Town of Aurange.
Arbeia, suppos'd to be Jerby in Cumberland.
Arborosa, Arbois in Burgundy.
Arcadia, a Country in the Middle of Peloponnesus, or the Morea.
Assyria, a large Country in Asia.
Atlantic Ocean, it lyes on the West of Spain and Africa.
Atlas, a high Moutain in Mauritania.
Atrebations, People of Berkshire.
Aufona, the River Nyn in Northamptonshire, or Avon in Warwickshire.
Augusta the City of London.
Augustodunum, a City of the Vadicassians, between the Loire and the Seon.
Ausonia, Italy.
Axona, a River of France, call'd the Disne or Aisne.
Æ.
Ætna, a burning Mountain in the Island of Sicily.
B.
Babilon, Old Babilon stood in Caldea, the River Euphrates ran tho' the City.
Belgians, Inhabitants of Hampshire, the South Part of Wiltshire, and the Isle of Wight, &c.
Bellovasians, People of Beauvois in France.
Boiatum, Bayonne, a Town of Guyenne in France, on the Confines of Spain.
Branonium, or Branovium, the City of Worcester.
Brechinia, Brecnockshire in Wales.
Breviodunum, a Town near the Mouth of the River Sein in France.
Brigantes, Inhabitiants of Yorkshire, Lancashire, the Bishoprick of Durham, Westmorland, and Cumberland.
Brigantium, Briancon, a Town in Dauphine in France.
British Sea, washes the Southern Shores of England.
Bromagus, a Town of the Helvetians near Lausanna.
Bruis, a River in Somersetshire.
Burgundians, Inhabitants of the lower and upper Burgundy, the one the Dutchy of Burgoin, the other the Franche Comte.
C.
Calidonians, People that inhabited Part of Scotland.
Calcaria, Tadcaster, or Aberford in Yorkshire.
Camelet, a Mountain in Somersetshire, where remains the Footsteps of a Camp, call'd by the Inhabitants, King Arthur's Palace.
Campania, in the Kingdom of Naples.
Cangians, the Additions to Camden think they inhabited Somersetshire, and the North Part of Wiltshire.
Catalaunians, they inhabited two Citys in France, one in Champaigne call'd Chaalons, the other in Burgundy.
Catuclanians, or Cattieuchlanians, the People of Buckinghamshire, Bedfordshire, and Hartfordshire.
Carcassum, Carcasson in Languedoc.
Cenonis, Falmouth Haven.
Charbydes, a Gulph of the Scicilian Sea, over against Scylla.
Cimbria, Part of the Country now call'd Denmark; Cimbria Chersonesus is divided into four Parts, Jutland, Holstein, Dithmarth, and Sleswick.
Coitmaur, Selwood in Somersetshire.
Cononium, Chelm'sford in Essex.
Coritanians, Inhabitants of Northamptonshire, Leicestershire, Rutlandshire, Lincolnshire, Nottinghamshire, and Derbyshire.
Cornavians, Inhabitants of Warwickshire, Worcestershire, Staffordshire, Shropshire, and Cheshire.
Cosam, a Village in Wiltshire.
Cunetio, Marlborough in Wiltshire.
Cyclops, Vulcan's Assistants in the making of Jupiter's Thunderbolts; they were an ancient People inhabiting Sicily; they were mighty great Men.
D.
Danmonians People of Cornwal and Devonshire.
Danum, Doncaster in Yorkshire.
Danaw, Danubius, the greatest River in Europe, it rises out of the Hill Abnoba, and runs into the Euxine Sea.
Darventia, River Darwent in Derbyshire.
Deva, River Dee in Chesire.
Dimetians, People of West-Wales, viz. Caermarthenshire, Pembrokeshire, and Cardiganshire.
Dobunians, Inhabitants of Gloucestershire and Oxfordshire.
Dola, a City in Burgundy in France.
Dovus, River Dove or Dow, it parts Staffordshire from Derbyshire.
Druentia, the River Durance in the South of France, it falls into the Rhone near Avignon.
Durnavaria, Dorcester.
Durotrigians, the People of Dorsetshire.
E.
Eboracum, the City of York.
Ethiopia, or the Blackmoor Country beyond Egypt, now the Abissins, or Prester John's Country.
Etocetum, a Town call'd the Wall, in Staffordshire.
Esia, a River that rises not far from the Sambre, it receives the River Axonna, and runs into the Sein in France; 'tis now call'd Oyse.
Euphrates, a River of Mesopotamia, it rises out of the Hill Niphates in Armenia.
Eyder, a River in Denmark.
F.
Francia's Isle, the Isle of France in which Paris stands.
Franks, Franci, People of Franconia in Germany: They planted Gallia which had from them the Name of France.
G.
Gabrosentum, suppos'd to be Newcastle, or its Suburbs.
Galatum, or Calatum, suppos'd to be Whallep Castle, or Kirby Thore in Westmorland.
Gallena, or Galliva, Walllingford in Berkshire.
Gallia, the Country of France.
Ganges, a great River in East-India, it divides it into two Parts, the one India within Ganges, the other India without Ganges.
Garumna, the River Garonne in France, it rises out of the Pyrenean Hills, and runs into the Sea below Bourdeaux.
Gebenna, the Civennes and Auvergne Hills in France.
Germanic Ocean, that which washes the Coast of Norfolk and Suffolk, &c.
Glascona's Isle, in which stood Glassenbury Abbey in Somersetshire.
Guinea, a large Country of Africa.
H.
Helvians, a People of France, whose Country is call'd le Vivarais, near the Civennes.
Helvetians, People of Switzerland: this Country lys between the Rhine and the Rhone, the Hill Jura and the Alpes.
Hibernian Sea, the Irish Sea.
I.
Iberia, Spain.
Icauna, the River Yonne in France, as likewise the chief City of the Senones, now Sens in France.
Icenians, Inhabitants of Suffolk, Norfolk, Cambridgshire, and Huntingtonshire.
Jerne, Scotland.
Jerneans Inhabitants of Scotland.
Isaura, a River that rises in Savoy, runs by Grenoble into France, and falls into the Rhone.
Isca, the City of Exeter.
------The River Ex in Devonshire.
Isis, or River Ouze.
------for Thamisis.
Ituna, the River Eden, runs thro' Cumberland, and emptys it self into the Sea by a Frith, which is call'd Solway Frith.
Judea's Head, the City of Jerusalem.
Juliobana, Honfleur in France.
Jura, Mont St. Claude in France, which divides Burgundy from Switzerland.
L.
Lactodorum, suppos'd to be Stony-Stratford, or by Some, Bedford or Loughborough.
Lausanna, a City of the Switzers, on the Lake Lemanus; the Lake it self was likewise call'd the Lake of Lausanna.
Leckham in Wiltshire.
Lemovicians, Inhabitants of the Province of Limosin in France.
Liger, River Loire in France.
Liguria, a Country in Italy, whereof Genoa is the chief City.
Ligustic Sea, the Gulph of Lyons.
Lindum, the City of Lincoln.
Lucullus Grot, near Naples in Italy.
Lugdunum, Lyons in France.
Lusitania, Portugal.
Lutetia, the City of Paris.
Lybia, Africa or part of Africa.
M.
Mancunium, Manchester in Lancashire.
Mandubians, People of Axois in the Dutchy of Burgundy.
Margadunum, suppos'd to be Belvoir Castle, or Market Overton.
Matrona, the River Marne in France, which runs thro' Champaigne, and falls into the Sein.
Mauritania, Barbary.
Meldunum, suppos'd to be Malmsbury in Wiltshire.
Memphis, a City in the Island Delta in Egypt, famous for the Pyramids, now call'd Grand Cairo.
Mendippa, Mendipp Hills in Somersetshire.
Merseia, River Mersey, which runs between Cheshire and Lancashire.
Midland Sea, or Mediterranean, which parts Spain, & c. from Africa.
Mona's Isle, the Isle of Man, likewise the Isle of Anglesey is so call'd.
Monument, Stonehenge on Salisbury Plain in Wiltshire.
Moricambe, in Cumberland, near the Picts Wall and Solway Frith.
Mosa, the River Maes or Meuse, it falls into the German Ocean below Dort.
Mountains which divide Gaul from Spain; the Pyrenean Hills.
N.
Narrow Tyde, the Streights of Gibralter.
Nemaussus, Mimses in France.
Nerigon, Norway.
Neustria, Normandy.
Nicæa, the City Nice in the South of France.
Nile, the greatest River in Africa.
O.
Ochi, Hol, a large Cave in Mendipp Hills in Somersetshire.
Ophir, a Place whence King Soloman us'd to fetch Gold.
Orcades, the Isles of Orkney on the North of Scotland.
Ordovicians, the People of North Wales, viz. Montgomeryshire, Merionithsire, Caernarvanshire, Denbighshire, Flintshire, and the Isle of Anglesey.
Ottadenians, Inhabitants of Northumberland.
-----Ouze and Tama meet at Oxford.
P.
Parthenope, the City of Naples in Italy.
Parthia, a Country of Asia, lying between Media Carmania and the Hircane Sea: The Parthians fought with Bows and Arrows, and that flying.
Picts, People that inhabited Part of Scotland.
Pictland, or Pightlandrian Gulph, the Frith that parts Cathness in Scotland, from the Orcades.
Pomona, the chief Isle of the Orkneys call'd Mainland.
Pontes, Paunton.
Presidium, Warwick.
R.
Raga, City of Leicester.
Regnians, Inhabitants of Surrey and Sussex, &c.
Regnian Strand, the Coast of Sussex.
Rhenus, River Rhine which parts Germany from France.
Rhodanus, River Rhone, it parts France from Savoy, it rises near the Head of the Rhine, and falls into the Mediterranean.
------Roman Bulwark, the Picts Wall in England built by the Emperour Severus, from Sea to Sea.
Rotomagum, the city of Roan in Normandy.
Rubicon, a River which formerly parted Italy from Gallia Cisalpina, now call'd Runcone, Rugon, and Pisatello.
Rutenians, a People that dwelt hard by the Helvians near the Civennes in France.
S.
Sabrina, River Severn that parts England from Wales.
Scandinavia, or Scandia, Norway and Swedeland, &c.
Scylla, a dangerous Rock in the Sicilian Sea, opposite to the Gulph Charybdis.
Scythians, Tartarians in the North Part of Asia, and also in some Part of Europe Eastward.
Senones, a People of Gallia Celtica, which inhabited between the Rivers Yonne and the Sein.
Sequana, River Sein, upon which the City of Paris in France stands.
Sidon, a City of Phenecia, near to Tyre.
Silures, the People of South-Wales, viz. Herefordshire, Radnorshire, Brecnockshire, Monmouthshire, and Glamorganshire.
Sorbiodunum, Old Salisbury in Wiltshire.
Stronsa, an Isle of the Orcades towards the South-East of Pomona's Isle.
Sybills, Grot, near Naples in Italy.
T.
Tamara, Tamerton, or Tavestock in the West of England.
Tamara, the River Tamer, runs by Tamerton, and parts Cornwal from Devonshire.
Tarnais, a River in Languedoc France, Montauban stands upon it.
Thamisis, the River of Thames.
Thone, River Thone in Somersetshire, on which Taunton stands.
Thrasia, a large Country in Europe, now Romania.
Thule, the North-East Part of Scotland.
Thuscan Fields, Tuscia, a large Country of Italy, call'd Tuscany.
Tolosa, the chief City of Languedoc in France.
Trinobantes, Inhabitants of Middlesex and Essex.
Tyber, the River whereon Rome stands.
Tyre, a City in Syrophenicia, in former Times the Mart of the World.
V.
Vadicassians, they inhabited Part of Gallia Celtica, between the Loire and the Rhone.
Vagenna, a River call'd Vienne in France.
Vecta's Isle, the Isle of Wight.
Velaunians, a People of Aquitain in France.
Venta, Winchester in Hampshire.
Verlucio, suppos'd by Camden to be Werminster, a Town in Wiltshire, between Bath and Marlbourow or Westbury, as the Additions think.
Verometum, Burrow Hill in Leicestershire.
Vogesian Hill, now call'd Vauge, that parts Lorrain from Burgundy and Alsace.
Voluba, an old Town on the Rivel Vale, on which Falmouth stands.
U.
Urbigenians, Inhabitants of Part of Helvetia, or Switzerland.
------Usa, River Ouze.
Uzella, Evil-mouth in Somersetshire.
W.
Western World, America.
FINIS.