A briefe commentarie of Island

wherein the errors of such as haue written concerning this Island, are detected, and the slanders, and reproches of certaine strangers, which they haue vsed ouer-boldly against the people of Island are confuted.

by

Arngrimus Ionas, of Island.

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[1593]

Text for this edition is taken from The principal navigations, voyages, traffiques, and discoveries of the English nation / collected by Richard Hakluyt, and edited by Edmund Goldsmid. Edinburgh : E. & G. Goldsmid, 1885-1890. Volume I.

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Table of Contents

Preface

Breuis Commentarius de Islandia
A briefe commentarie of Island

Commentarii de Islandia Initium.

Here Beginneth the Commentary of Island.

Sectio Prima.
The First Section.
Sectio Secunda.
The Second Section.
Sectio Tertia.
The Third Section.
Sectio Quarta
The Fourth Section.
Sectio Quinta.
The Fifth Section.
Sectio Sexta.
The Sixth Section
Sectio Septima.
The Seuenth Section.
Sectio Octaua.
The Eight Section.
Sectio Nona.
The Ninth Section.
Sectio Decima.
The Tenth Section.
Sectio Vndecima.
The Eleuenth Section.
Sectio Dvodecima.
The Twelfth Section.
Sectio Decimatertia.
The Thirteenth Section.
Sectio Decimaquarta.
The Foureteenth Section.

Commentarii de Islandia pars secunda: quĉ est de incolis.

Of Island the second part, concerning the Inhabitants.

Sectio Prima.
The First Section
Catalogus Chronologicus Episcoporum Islandiĉ.
Chronological Table of the Bishops of Island.
Sectio Secvnda.
The Second Section.
Sectio Tertia.
The Third Section.
Sectio Quarta.
The Fourth Section.
Sectio Quinta.
The Fifth Section.
Sexio Sexta.
The Sixth Section.
Sectio Septima.
The Seventh Section.
Sectio Octava.
The Eighth Section.
Sectio Nona.
The Ninth Section.
Sectio Decima.
The Tenth Section.
Sectio Vndecima.
The Eleventh Section.
Sectio Duodecima.
The Twelfth Section.
Sectio Decimatertia.
The Thirteenth Section.
Sectio Decimaquarta.
The Fourteenth Section.
Sectio Decimaquinta.
The Fifteenth Section.
Sectio Decimasexta.
The Sixteenth Section.

A letter written by the graue and learned Gudbrandus Thorlacius Bishop of Holen in Island, concerning the ancient state of Island and Gronland, &c.

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