Brutaine, þat is ihoten eek Brutaine þe Grete, oþer Bruteine þe More, oþer Gret Brutaine, oþer Muche Brutayne, is an eilond on norþ weſterne Evrope, þat þe Unyted Kynedoom riwleþ. Yt havþ þe foreſayde nomes þet tellen his mychelneſſe for to ſcheden it from þe Frenſſhe lond of Bruteine, þat biþ icleped ſvmtime Brutaine þe Leſſe. To his eſt liyþ þe Norþ Se, and his norþ þerto. To his ſouþ þe Narwe Se deleþ þis eilond fro þe lowe Duche londes coſt and Frances, and þe Hiriſſe Se deleþ it fro Hirlonde. His ſuperficie ſtondeþ bitwix tweien oþre eilondes, Victories and Eleſmeeres, þe whyche been on Canada beyen. Forþi is it þe greteſt eilond on al Europe, and amonges þe greteſte alre eilondes on þe Erþe.
Ilome biloukeþ þe quide Gret Bruteine þe foreſayde eilond togedere mid hiſe biclippende petie eilondes, ſwo biſne Wiȝt eilond, and þe Angles ei, and Orkeneie and Skotlondes Weſterne eilondes, and peravntur Mann.