having in order surveyed the counties of the Coritani, who were seated in the western parts, we proceed to take a view of the Cornabii or Cornavii. The original of which name, I must leave to others to enquire after. 'Tis true, I could wrest it to this and that signification: but since none will either suit the nature of the place, or genius of the people, I shall not swell this volume with them. To pursue my design therefore, I shall severally go through those provinces which (according to Ptolemy's description) the Cornavii seem to have possessed, (viz.) Warwickshire, Worcestershire, Staffordshire, Shropshire, and Cheshire. In all which, not the least footstep of the name Cornavii remains at this day; although it seems to have continued even to the declension of the Roman Empire. For the troops of the Cornavii served under the later Emperors; as may be seen in the Breviary of The Western Empire.

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