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English: St Michael's Hill, Bristol, 1673 on Millerd's map. Labeled 'The Road to Aust Ferry and Wales', accompanied by a comment in Latin 'Non procul hinc furca est. Fures & Scorta cavete'. 'Furca' can refer to both a fork in a road and a gallows (Dictionary of Medieval Latin from British Sources Vol. 4 'F-G-H' Oxford University Press. 1989. p. 1035). The second line can also be interpreted two ways. Both 'fures' and 'scorta' can be either nominative or accusative plural. So the thieves and prostitutes can be either the subject or the object of the sentence. 'Cavete' is imperative plural, so an exclamation mark would be appropriate in an English translation. All this means the Latin could thus be read as a warning to travellers 'Not far from here is a fork. Beware thieves and prostitutes!' or a warning to criminals 'Not far from here is a gallows. Thieves and prostitutes beware!'
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Source James Millerd, An Exact Delineation of the Famous Citty of Bristoll and Suburbs (detail)
Author James Millerd
Camera location51° 27′ 31.5″ N, 2° 35′ 59.41″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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St Michael's Hill, Bristol, 1673

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