Ab eodem Claudio Vespasianus, qui post Neronem imperavit, in Brittaniam missus, etiam Vectam insulam Brittaniae proximam a meridie, Romanorum ditioni subiugavit; quae habet ab oriente in occasum triginta circiter milia passuum, ab austro in boream duodecim, in orientalibus suis partibus mari sex milium, in occidentalibus trium a meridiano Brittaniae litore distans.
Vespasian, which after Nero was emperor, being sent of the same Claudius into Britain, subdued also unto the seigniory of the Romans the Isle of Wight, standing nigh Britain southward; which is of length from east to west about 30 miles, from south to north 12, being in the east part by 6 miles, in the west 3 miles off from the south shore of Britain.
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