I — first contains the letter A: the country of Livonia, which is under the rule of the German Order of the Blessed Virgin.
B: Kurland (Terra Curetum), on the coast of which there are repeated shipwrecks and scant comfort is given to the vic-
tims. C: Samogethia, so called after the settlement there of the Goths. D: The Grand Duchy of Lithuania (Lituania), un-
der the king of Poland. E: shows an aurochs which easily lifts and tosses a man in full armour. F: Bears poking honey
from the trees, are being beaten down by ironspiked clubs which have been hung there. Finally a table gives the names
of a number of peoples who according to the unanimous testimony of the ancient authors originate from the island of
Scandia. |