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             England described: or The several counties & shires thereof briefly handled. Some things also premised, to set forth the glory of this nation. / By Edward Leigh Esquire, Mr of Arts of Magdalen-Hall in Oxford.
             Leigh, Edward, 1602-1671.
          
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           ENGLAND
           DESCRIBED
           :
           Or
           the
           several
           COUNTIES
           &
           SHIRES
           thereof
           briefly
           handled
           .
        
         
           Some
           things
           also
           premised
           ,
           to
           set
           forth
           the
           Glory
           of
           this
           NATION
           .
        
         
           By
           
             Edward
             Leigh
          
           Esquire
           ,
           Mr
           of
           Arts
           of
           
             Magdalen-Hall
          
           in
           
             Oxford
             .
          
        
         
           
             LONDON
             ,
          
           Printed
           by
           
             A.
             M.
          
           for
           
             Henry
             Marsh
          
           at
           the
           Signe
           of
           the
           
             Princes-Arms
          
           in
           
             Chancery-lane
             ,
          
           near
           
             Fleetstreet
             ,
          
           1659.
           
        
      
       
       
       
         
           TO
           THE
           Right
           Worshipfull
           ,
           AND
           HIS
           Honoured
           Friend
           Sr
           
             ROBERT
             PYE
             .
          
        
         
           
             SIR
             ,
          
        
         
           IT
           is
           blamed
           in
           our
           
             Englishmen
             ,
          
           that
           they
           are
           apt
           too
           much
           to
           admire
           Foreigne
           Countreys
           and
           Commodities
           ;
           and
           exotick
           Fashions
           also
           ,
           because
           they
           are
           either
           ignorant
           
           of
           ,
           or
           do
           not
           sufficiently
           prize
           the
           Excellencies
           of
           their
           own
           native
           Soil
           ;
           and
           herein
           the
           old
           Proverb
           of
           the
           
             English
          
           is
           verified
           ,
           
             They
             never
             know
             when
             they
             are
             well
             .
          
           VVe
           have
           little
           cause
           (
           I
           thinke
           )
           to
           envy
           any
           other
           Countrey
           ,
           if
           we
           rightly
           understand
           our
           own
           happy
           condition
           .
           I
           have
           in
           my
           
             Prolegomena
          
           written
           encomiastically
           of
           this
           Nation
           ;
           and
           in
           the
           
             Book
          
           have
           spoken
           snccinctly
           of
           each
           County
           .
           Were
           the
           Subject
           well
           
           handled
           ,
           I
           suppose
           it
           would
           be
           a
           pleasing
           Argument
           to
           you
           who
           have
           seen
           a
           great
           part
           of
           
             England
             .
          
           However
           you
           will
           (
           I
           hope
           )
           excuse
           my
           boldnesse
           in
           prefixing
           your
           Name
           to
           this
           worke
           ,
           since
           I
           was
           willing
           to
           testifie
           herein
           ,
           how
           much
           I
           am
           beholding
           to
           you
           for
           your
           many
           great
           Civilities
           and
           Courtesies
           to
           me
           and
           mine
           .
           I
           have
           heard
           you
           often
           say
           ,
           Though
           you
           had
           a
           great
           Office
           many
           yeers
           ,
           and
           was
           Executor
           also
           to
           three
           eminent
           Persons
           of
           the
           Nobility
           ,
           
           yet
           you
           scarce
           ever
           had
           any
           complaint
           against
           you
           for
           Miscarriages
           in
           your
           Place
           ,
           or
           a
           Suit
           at
           Law
           with
           any
           (
           one
           excepted
           )
           in
           your
           whole
           life
           .
           These
           ,
           with
           a
           plentifull
           Estate
           ,
           and
           a
           healthfull
           Constitution
           of
           Body
           are
           mercies
           ,
           and
           lay
           a
           stronger
           Obligation
           upon
           you
           ,
           to
           be
           carefull
           to
           please
           and
           honour
           that
           God
           ,
           who
           hath
           been
           so
           propitious
           to
           you
           .
        
         
           Your
           exciting
           of
           others
           ,
           and
           your
           own
           munificence
           also
           to
           so
           good
           a
           VVork
           ,
           as
           
           to
           the
           edifying
           of
           a
           specious
           Chappel
           ,
           for
           the
           solemn
           worship
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           setling
           also
           a
           competent
           Maintenance
           for
           a
           Minister
           ,
           is
           laudable
           .
           Your
           prudent
           avoiding
           Suretiship
           (
           though
           you
           were
           solicited
           by
           two
           Royal
           Persons
           to
           be
           bound
           for
           them
           )
           is
           consonant
           to
           Scripture-Rules
           .
           But
           
             (
             Sir
             )
          
           in
           your
           declining
           Age
           ,
           it
           will
           be
           your
           wisdome
           now
           ,
           and
           comfort
           hereafter
           ,
           to
           lay
           up
           your
           treasures
           in
           Heaven
           ,
           to
           mortifie
           all
           inordinate
           affections
           ,
           and
           to
           secure
           your
           interest
           in
           Christ
           .
           
             Nusquam
             
             tuta
             foelicitas
             ubi
             periclitatur
             aeternitas
             .
          
           A
           man
           is
           never
           safe
           ,
           till
           his
           everlasting
           condition
           be
           well
           provided
           for
           .
           I
           shall
           not
           enlarge
           herein
           ,
           but
           subscribe
           my self
           ,
        
         
           
             Sir
             ,
          
           
             Your
             obliged
             and
             thankfull
             
             Friend
             and
             Servant
             
             
               Edward
               Leigh
               .
            
          
        
      
       
       
         
           TO
           THE
           CANDID
           READER
           .
        
         
           
             Reader
             ,
          
        
         
           I
           Did
           intend
           the
           publishing
           of
           this
           first
           Book
           of
           the
           
             Kingdome
             ,
          
           or
           
             Several
             Counties
             of
          
           England
           ,
           together
           with
           another
           of
           
             The
             Kings
             of
          
           England
           .
           But
           the
           Bookseller
           desired
           to
           put
           forth
           this
           first
           alone
           .
        
         
           I
           have
           made
           much
           use
           of
           
             Camden
             ,
          
           and
           if
           I
           could
           have
           added
           to
           his
           Chorography
           ,
           some
           new
           and
           memorable
           things
           of
           each
           County
           ,
           which
           he
           had
           not
           observed
           ,
           I
           should
           have
           thought
           it
           might
           have
           been
           usefull
           for
           a
           native
           
             Englishman
          
           and
           Foraigner
           .
           
           Perhaps
           I
           have
           not
           been
           able
           to
           make
           additions
           to
           him
           in
           every
           County
           ;
           but
           I
           hope
           I
           have
           inserted
           some
           special
           things
           in
           the
           whole
           over
           and
           above
           what
           he
           (
           travelling
           over
           most
           part
           of
           the
           Land
           for
           that
           purpose
           )
           hath
           published
           .
           I
           have
           perused
           
             Andre
             du
             Chesne
          
           his
           
             Histoire
             generale
             de
             Angleterre
             d'Escosse
             ,
             &
             d'
             Irlande
             ,
          
           Councellor
           and
           Geographer
           to
           the
           King
           of
           
             France
             ;
          
           and
           also
           
             Draytons
             Polyolbion
             ,
          
           with
           M.
           
             Seldens
             Illustrations
             .
          
           Those
           that
           have
           written
           of
           any
           Counties
           or
           Cities
           of
           
             England
             ,
          
           as
           
             Burton
          
           of
           
             Leicestershire
             ,
             Dugdale
          
           of
           
             Warwickshire
             ,
             King
          
           of
           
             Cheshire
             ,
             Nordens
             Speculum
             Britanniae
             ,
          
           his
           brief
           Description
           of
           
             Middlesex
          
           and
           
             Harfordshire
             ,
             Lambert
          
           and
           another
           of
           
             Kent
             ;
             Crews
             Surveigh
          
           of
           
             Cornwall
             ;
             Stows
             Description
             of
             London
             ;
             Somners
          
           of
           
             Canterbury
             ,
          
           and
           
             Nevils
          
           of
           
             Norwich
             ;
          
           we
           having
           onely
           as
           yet
           the
           Description
           of
           those
           three
           Cities
           .
           I
           made
           use
           also
           of
           
             Lelands
             Itinerary
             ,
          
           a
           Manuscript
           written
           to
           
             Henry
          
           the
           Eighth
           ,
           and
           his
           Comment
           in
           
             Cygneam
             Cantionem
             ;
          
           M.
           
             Burtons
          
           Notes
           on
           
             Antoninus
          
           
           his
           Itinerary
           .
           I
           have
           confined
           my self
           to
           
             England
             ,
          
           not
           medling
           with
           
             Wales
             ,
             Ireland
          
           or
           
             Scotland
             .
          
           I
           have
           in
           the
           
             Prolegomena
          
           related
           some
           things
           which
           may
           make
           the
           Nation
           illustrious
           ,
           and
           also
           acquaint
           Strangers
           with
           the
           
             Politia
          
           or
           Government
           thereof
           .
           I
           have
           lately
           received
           from
           M.
           
             Du-gard
          
           a
           learned
           Minister
           in
           
             Warwickshire
             ,
          
           and
           Rector
           of
           
             Barford
             ,
          
           a
           memorable
           observation
           concerning
           the
           Family
           of
           the
           
             Fairfaxes
          
           there
           ,
           the
           like
           whereto
           is
           scarce
           to
           be
           found
           in
           any
           sacred
           or
           prophane
           Writer
           ,
           which
           coming
           too
           late
           to
           insert
           in
           
             Warwickshire
             ,
          
           I
           thought
           good
           to
           mention
           here
           .
        
         
           The
           matchlesse
           Family
           of
           the
           
             Fairfaxes
          
           in
           
             Barford
             ,
          
           two
           miles
           from
           
             Warwick
             ,
          
           wherein
           there
           are
           four
           Generations
           ,
           and
           three
           of
           them
           double
           ,
           
             viz.
             
          
        
         
           
             1.
             
             
               Samuel
               Fairfax
               ,
            
             a
             child
             of
             almost
             twelve
             years
             of
             age
             .
          
           
             2.
             
             
               John
            
             and
             
               Elizabeth
               :
            
             his
             Father
             and
             Mother
             .
          
           
             3.
             
             
               John
            
             and
             
               Eleonor
               :
            
             his
             Grand-father
             and
             Grandmother
             .
          
           
           
             4.
             
             
               Richard
            
             and
             
               Alice
               :
            
             his
             great
             Grandfather
             and
             great
             Grandmother
             .
          
        
         
           Not
           one
           of
           these
           three
           pairs
           hath
           been
           twice
           married
           :
           and
           every
           pair
           of
           them
           is
           an
           honour
           to
           marriage
           .
           They
           all
           for
           divers
           yeares
           most
           lovingly
           dwelt
           together
           in
           one
           house
           ,
           and
           ate
           together
           at
           one
           Table
           .
           At
           last
           they
           are
           divided
           in
           habitations
           ,
           but
           not
           in
           affections
           .
           The
           youngest
           pair
           with
           their
           children
           live
           at
           
             Wibtaft
             ,
          
           in
           the
           furthest
           part
           of
           the
           County
           ,
           nigh
           unto
           
             High-crosse
             :
          
           the
           other
           two
           pair
           in
           
             Barford
             .
          
           The
           great
           Grandfather
           is
           above
           fourscore
           yeares
           of
           age
           ;
           a
           very
           proper
           and
           lusty
           man
           ;
           an
           honest
           and
           loving
           neighbour
           ;
           and
           one
           that
           hath
           born
           the
           Office
           of
           High-Constable
           .
           The
           most
           remarkable
           of
           these
           particulars
           have
           been
           put
           into
           this
           Latine
           Epigramme
           by
           the
           present
           Rector
           of
           
             Barford
             .
          
        
         
         
           
             
               
                 
                   
                     Mirabilis
                     
                       Fairfaxiorum
                    
                     Familia
                     ,
                     quae
                     est
                     
                       Barfordiae
                       ,
                    
                     secundo
                     lapide
                     à
                     Polemopoli
                     ,
                     sive
                     
                       Warwico
                       .
                    
                  
                   
                     Quartus
                     in
                     aetheream
                     
                       Fairfaxius
                    
                     editur
                     
                       *
                    
                     auram
                     ,
                  
                   
                     Patris
                     ,
                     Avi
                     ,
                     Proavi
                     ,
                     gaudia
                     magna
                     sui
                     .
                  
                   
                     Hos
                     tegit
                     una
                     domus
                     cum
                     terna
                     uxore
                     maritos
                     ,
                  
                   
                     Unáque
                     alit
                     lautis
                     mensa
                     benigna
                     cibis
                     .
                  
                   
                     Non
                     magis
                     unanimes
                     nôrunt
                     haec
                     secula
                     mentes
                     ,
                  
                   
                     Est
                     bis
                     corporibus
                     mens
                     velut
                     una
                     tribus
                     .
                  
                   
                     Tótque
                     ex
                     conjugibus
                     bis
                     vincla
                     jugalia
                     nemo
                  
                   
                     Nexuit
                     :
                     &
                     nemo
                     nexa
                     soluta
                     cupit
                     .
                  
                   
                     More
                     columbarum
                     laetatur
                     conjuge
                     conjux
                     .
                  
                   
                     Deseruit
                     rugas
                     nec
                     juvenilis
                     amor
                     .
                  
                   
                     Hisce
                     tribus
                     Paribus
                     
                       Barfordia
                    
                     jure
                     superbit
                     .
                  
                   
                     Nampar
                     his
                     Paribus
                     quis
                     locus
                     alter
                     habet
                     ?
                  
                   
                     Tho.
                     Dugard
                     .
                     
                       Art.
                       Mag.
                       Rector
                    
                     Barf
                     .
                  
                
                 
                 
                   
                     The
                     same
                     in
                     
                       English
                       .
                    
                  
                   
                     
                       Fairfax
                    
                     the
                     Fourth
                     is
                     born
                     
                       *
                    
                     ,
                     a
                     gallant
                     Boy
                     :
                  
                   
                     Fathers
                     ,
                     Grandfathers
                     ,
                     great
                     Grand-fathers
                     great
                     joy
                     .
                  
                   
                     Under
                     one
                     roof
                     these
                     dwell
                     with
                     their
                     three
                     Wives
                     ,
                  
                   
                     And
                     at
                     one
                     Table
                     eat
                     what
                     Heaven
                     gives
                     .
                  
                   
                     Our
                     times
                     a
                     sweeter
                     Harmony
                     have
                     not
                     known
                     .
                  
                   
                     They
                     are
                     six
                     Persons
                     ,
                     yet
                     their
                     hearts
                     but
                     one
                     .
                  
                   
                     And
                     of
                     these
                     six
                     ,
                     as
                     none
                     hath
                     hitherto
                  
                   
                     Known
                     Marriage
                     twice
                     ,
                     so
                     none
                     desires
                     to
                     do
                     .
                  
                   
                     Mate
                     is
                     to
                     mate
                     what
                     dearest
                     Dove
                     to
                     Dove
                     .
                  
                   
                     Even
                     grandest
                     wrinkles
                     are
                     top-full
                     of
                     love
                     .
                  
                   
                     In
                     these
                     three
                     Pairs
                     
                       Barford
                    
                     may
                     justly
                     glory
                     .
                  
                   
                     What
                     other
                     place
                     can
                     parallel
                     this
                     Story
                     ?
                  
                   
                     Th.
                     Dugard
                     .
                  
                
              
            
          
        
         
         
           Some
           parts
           of
           this
           Nation
           subsist
           upon
           Mines
           and
           Cole
           ;
           others
           upon
           Manefacture
           :
           Some
           upon
           Corn
           ;
           others
           upon
           the
           Profits
           of
           Cattle
           :
           
             London
          
           and
           the
           Sea-Ports
           upon
           Exportation
           and
           Importation
           .
           M.
           
             Wrens
          
           Monarchy
           asserted
           ,
           
             chap.
          
           8.
           
        
         
           
             Wileboord
          
           an
           
             Englishman
          
           was
           the
           first
           Bishop
           of
           
             Utrect
             ,
          
           he
           is
           called
           the
           Apostle
           of
           
             Zeland
             ,
          
           for
           having
           there
           preacht
           and
           planted
           the
           Christian
           Faith
           ,
           as
           also
           in
           the
           Provinces
           next
           adjoyning
           .
           
             Verstegans
          
           Etymologies
           of
           our
           
             Saxon
          
           Proper
           Names
           .
        
         
           Willebrodus
           
             Britannus
             fuit
             ,
             Frisiosque
             primus
             Christianae
             Religionis
             initiis
             imbuit
             .
          
           Bertius
           
             in
             Tab.
             
             Geog.
             Contract
             .
          
        
         
           I
           shall
           detain
           thee
           no
           longer
           ,
           but
           subscribe
           my self
        
         
           
             Thy
             hearty
             Well-willer
             
             
               Edward
               Leigh
               .
            
          
        
      
    
     
       
       
       
         
           PROLEGOMENA
           .
        
         
           
             EUrope
          
           the
           least
           of
           the
           four
           parts
           of
           the
           World
           (
           yet
           the
           most
           populous
           and
           eminent
           for
           Arts
           and
           Armes
           )
           is
           divided
           into
           
           several
           Nations
           and
           Countreys
           ,
           
             Albion
          
           or
           
             Great-Britain
             ,
             Spain
             ,
             France
             ,
             Germany
             ,
             Rhetia
             ,
             Vindelicia
             ,
             Italy
             ,
             Sardinia
             ,
             Sicily
             ,
             Sarmatia
             ,
             Dacia
             ,
             Maesia
          
           and
           
             Greece
             .
          
        
         
           
             Britain
          
           or
           
             Britanny
             ,
          
           which
           also
           is
           
           
             Albion
             ,
          
           the
           most
           famous
           Island
           ,
           without
           comparison
           ,
           of
           the
           whole
           world
           .
           It
           is
           seated
           as
           well
           for
           air
           as
           soil
           ,
           in
           a
           
           right
           fruitfull
           ,
           and
           most
           milde
           place
           .
           
           The
           air
           so
           kinde
           and
           temperate
           ,
           that
           not
           only
           the
           Summers
           be
           not
           excessive
           hot
           ,
           by
           reason
           of
           continual
           gentle
           windes
           that
           abate
           their
           heat
           (
           which
           as
           they
           refresh
           the
           fruits
           of
           the
           earth
           ,
           so
           they
           yeeld
           a
           most
           wholsom
           and
           pleasing
           contentment
           both
           to
           man
           and
           beast
           :
           )
           but
           the
           Winters
           also
           are
           passing
           milde
           :
           for
           therein
           falling
           often
           with
           still
           showers
           (
           to
           say
           nothing
           of
           the
           Air
           it self
           ,
           somewhat
           thick
           and
           grosse
           )
           dissolveth
           the
           rigour
           of
           the
           cold
           so
           ;
           and
           withall
           the
           Sea
           which
           compasseth
           it
           ,
           with
           moderate
           warmth
           ,
           doth
           comfort
           the
           Land
           in
           such
           wise
           ,
           as
           that
           the
           cold
           with
           us
           is
           much
           more
           remisse
           than
           in
           some
           parts
           of
           
             France
          
           and
           
             Italy
             .
          
        
         
           It
           is
           now
           called
           
             England
             ,
          
           in
           Latine
           
             Anglia
             ,
          
           in
           French
           
             Angle-terre
             .
          
        
         
           Of
           the
           several
           Etymologies
           of
           which
           word
           ,
           see
           
             Histoire
             d'
             Angle-terre
             Par
             Du
             Chesne
             ,
             l.
             6.
             p.
          
           195.
           
           And
           
             Munsters
             Universal
             Gosmography
             ,
             l.
          
           2.
           
           
             
               Britanniam
               lasciviae
            
             
               Culparier
               justè
               negas
               ?
            
             
               Tamen
               fateri
               cogeris
            
             
             
               Quòd
               insula
               est
               ,
               non
               continens
               .
            
             
               
                 Hugenii
              
               Epig.
               l.
               6.
               
            
          
        
         
           
             Great
             Britain
          
           (
           consisting
           of
           
             England
          
           and
           
             Scotland
             )
          
           contains
           one
           thousand
           eight
           hundred
           thirty
           six
           miles
           in
           compasse
           .
        
         
           This
           Island
           (
           as
           
             Camden
             ,
             Twine
             ,
             Verstegan
          
           imagine
           )
           was
           broken
           off
           from
           the
           Continent
           of
           
             France
             .
          
           See
           
             Twine
             ,
             De
             Rebus
             Britannicis
             .
          
        
         
           The
           Bodies
           of
           the
           Inhabitants
           are
           of
           
           an
           excellent
           Constitution
           ,
           their
           Demeanour
           right
           courteous
           ,
           their
           Natures
           gentle
           ,
           and
           their
           Courage
           most
           hardy
           and
           valiant
           ,
           whose
           Manhood
           by
           exploits
           atchieved
           both
           at
           home
           and
           abroad
           ,
           is
           famously
           renowned
           thorow
           the
           whole
           world
           .
        
         
           King
           
             Edward
          
           the
           third
           ,
           and
           his
           
           Sonne
           did
           bear
           their
           victorious
           Arms
           thoroughout
           all
           
             France
             .
          
           King
           
             Henry
          
           the
           Sixth
           was
           crowned
           King
           of
           
             France
          
           at
           
             Paris
             .
          
        
         
           Our
           famous
           Kings
           
             Henry
          
           the
           Fifth
           ,
           
             Edw.
          
           3.
           and
           K.
           
             Henry
          
           the
           Eight
           ,
           were
           the
           most
           worthiest
           Warriers
           that
           our
           Nation
           ever
           had
           .
           Sir
           
             Roger
             Williams
          
           his
           brief
           
           Discourse
           of
           Warre
           ,
           
             pag.
          
           37.
           
           See
           
             pag.
          
           8
           ,
           9.
           
           &
           58.
           
           
             Phil.
             de
             Commines
             Hist.
             l.
             6.
             c.
          
           2
           ,
           3.
           
        
         
           Sir
           
             Francis
             ,
          
           and
           Sir
           
             Horatio
             Vere
             ,
          
           Sir
           
             Thomas
             Morgan
             ,
          
           Sir
           
             John
          
           
           
             Norris
             ,
          
           by
           their
           singular
           knowledge
           in
           military
           affairs
           ,
           and
           exploits
           most
           valiantly
           and
           fortunately
           atchieved
           in
           the
           Low-Countreys
           ,
           have
           added
           exceeding
           much
           honour
           and
           glory
           to
           themselves
           .
           See
           Dr.
           
             Dillinghams
             Veres
             Commentaries
             .
          
        
         
           Sir
           
             Roger
             Williams
          
           also
           was
           a
           famous
           Commander
           .
           
        
         
           
             John
          
           Lord
           
             Talbot
          
           Earl
           of
           
             Shrewsbury
          
           marched
           four
           and
           twenty
           years
           together
           
           with
           victorious
           arms
           over
           a
           
           great
           part
           of
           
             France
             .
             Camden
          
           cals
           him
           
             Englands
             Achilles
             .
          
           See
           
             Froissarts
          
           Chron.
           
             c.
          
           130.
           of
           the
           victory
           of
           the
           
             English
          
           at
           the
           great
           battel
           of
           
             Cressy
             .
          
        
         
           The
           Duke
           of
           
             Bedford
          
           was
           Regent
           of
           
             France
             ,
          
           and
           being
           slain
           in
           a
           battel
           on
           Land
           before
           
             Veronil
             ,
          
           was
           buried
           in
           
             Roan
             ,
          
           and
           together
           with
           him
           all
           the
           
             English
          
           mens
           good
           fortune
           in
           
             France
             .
          
           Whose
           Monument
           ,
           when
           
             Charles
          
           the
           Eighth
           King
           of
           
             France
          
           came
           to
           see
           ,
           and
           a
           Nobleman
           standing
           by
           ,
           advised
           him
           
             to
             rase
             it
             :
             Nay
             ,
          
           answered
           he
           ,
           
             let
             him
             rest
             in
             peace
             now
             being
             dead
             ,
             of
             whom
             in
             warre
             ,
             whiles
             he
             lived
             all
          
           France
           
             had
             dread
             .
          
        
         
           Marshal
           
             Biron
          
           said
           ,
           
             He
             liked
             not
             the
          
           English
           
             March
             (
             being
             beaten
             by
             the
          
           
           
             Drumme
             )
             it
             was
             so
             slow
             :
          
           Sir
           
             Roger
             Williams
          
           answer'd
           him
           ,
           
             That
             yet
             it
             had
             gone
             through
             all
          
           France
           .
           See
           the
           Discourse
           of
           the
           National
           Excellencies
           of
           
             England
             ,
          
           Part
           1.
           Chap.
           1.
           
           Of
           the
           Warres
           of
           the
           
             Britains
             ,
          
           and
           their
           
           Courage
           .
           
             Chap.
          
           3.
           
           Of
           the
           
             Danish
          
           Invasion
           .
           
             Chap.
          
           4.
           
           Of
           the
           
             Norman
          
           Conquest
           .
           
             Chap.
          
           5.
           
           Of
           Warres
           with
           
             Spain
             .
             Chap.
          
           6.
           
           Of
           Warres
           with
           
             France
             .
             Chap.
          
           7.
           
           Of
           Warres
           with
           the
           seventeen
           Provinces
           .
           
             Chap.
          
           8
           ,
           9.
           
           Of
           Warres
           with
           
             Scotland
             .
             Part
             2.
             Chap.
          
           2.
           
           Of
           the
           
             English
          
           Courage
           .
        
         
           Our
           wooden
           Walls
           ,
           the
           Ships
           ,
           are
           a
           great
           safety
           to
           this
           Nation
           .
           The
           
             English
          
           Navy
           is
           the
           strongest
           in
           the
           world
           .
           What
           service
           did
           our
           Ships
           do
           us
           in
           88
           ?
        
         
           Sir
           
             Francis
             Drake
             ,
          
           and
           after
           him
           
             Thomas
             Candish
          
           Esquire
           ,
           within
           the
           space
           of
           three
           yeers
           and
           three
           moneths
           ,
           travelled
           about
           the
           Globe
           of
           the
           whole
           Earth
           .
        
         
           This
           Isle
           hath
           prescribed
           in
           all
           ages
           for
           the
           Dominion
           
             *
          
           of
           the
           Seas
           that
           incompasse
           it
           .
           
             Vide
             Seldeni
             Mare
             clausum
             .
          
           lib.
           2.
           c.
           12
           ,
           13
           ,
           14
           ,
           15
           ,
           20
           ,
           21
           ,
           22
           ,
           23
           ,
           24
           ,
           30
           ,
           31
           ,
           32.
           
        
         
           Sir
           
             Richard
             Grenvile
          
           in
           a
           Ship
           of
           
           Queen
           
             Elizabeths
             ,
          
           fought
           against
           a
           great
           Navy
           of
           
             Spaniards
             .
          
           This
           single
           
           vessel
           was
           fought
           with
           in
           turns
           by
           fifteen
           other
           great
           Ships
           ,
           whereof
           the
           great
           St.
           
             Philip
          
           of
           1500
           Tuns
           ,
           Prince
           of
           the
           twelve
           Sea-Apostles
           was
           one
           :
           It
           sunk
           two
           of
           their
           best
           Ships
           ,
           and
           killed
           a
           thousand
           men
           .
           It
           was
           sunk
           at
           last
           ,
           having
           first
           to
           the
           full
           answered
           its
           name
           .
        
         
           Without
           vanity
           our
           Nation
           may
           
           assume
           to
           it self
           the
           praise
           ,
           considering
           the
           narrow
           limits
           of
           the
           Island
           ,
           to
           have
           produced
           as
           many
           Scholars
           ,
           admirable
           in
           all
           degrees
           of
           knowledge
           ,
           as
           any
           Countrey
           on
           this
           side
           the
           
             Alpes
             .
             Beda
             ,
             Bradwardine
             ,
             Scotus
             ,
             Wicliffe
             ,
             Ockam
             ,
             Baconthorp
             ,
             Joannes
             de
             sacro
             Bosco
             ,
             Cuthbert
             Tunstall
             ,
             Pool
             ,
             Colet
             ,
             Lilie
             ,
             Linacer
             ,
             Pacaeus
             ,
             Fisher
             ,
             More
             ,
             Stapleton
             ,
             Leland
             ,
             Camden
             ,
             Juel
             ,
             Whitaker
             ,
             Rainolds
             .
          
        
         
           Sir
           
             Philip
             Sidney
             ,
          
           a
           man
           of
           excellent
           parts
           ,
           learned
           and
           valiant
           .
        
         
           Our
           
             English
          
           mens
           pronunciation
           of
           the
           Latine
           tongue
           is
           condemned
           much
           by
           Outlandishmen
           .
        
         
           A
           Herald
           brought
           a
           Letter
           of
           Defiance
           
           from
           the
           King
           of
           
             England
          
           in
           very
           good
           language
           ,
           and
           so
           excellently
           well
           penned
           ,
           that
           I
           am
           perswaded
           it
           was
           never
           of
           English
           mans
           doing
           .
           
             Phil.
             de
             Comin
             .
          
           in
           his
           History
           ,
           
             lib.
             4.
             ch.
          
           5.
           
        
         
           They
           write
           good
           Latine
           ,
           though
           
             Car
          
           hath
           written
           an
           Oration
           ,
           
             De
             Scriptorum
             Britannicorum
             paucitate
             .
          
        
         
           In
           
             Edward
          
           the
           Thirds
           time
           there
           was
           a
           Letter
           directed
           to
           the
           Pope
           in
           
           justification
           of
           making
           it
           Treason
           ,
           to
           bring
           in
           Papal
           provisions
           ,
           which
           was
           so
           excellently
           penn'd
           ,
           as
           did
           not
           only
           move
           admiration
           ,
           but
           astonishment
           .
           
             Cito
             post
             Rex
             direxit
             Papae
             illam
             famosam
             Epistolam
             pro
             libertate
             Ecclesiae
             contuenda
             ,
             quam
             praesentibus
             duximus
             inserendam
             .
          
           Walsing.
           Hist.
           Angl.
           
             Edw.
          
           3.
           p.
           161.
           
        
         
           There
           are
           sundry
           opinions
           ,
           whence
           this
           word
           
             Britain
          
           had
           the
           original
           derivation
           .
           
             Camden
          
           dislikes
           that
           from
           
           
             Brutus
             .
          
        
         
           Some
           say
           ,
           It
           is
           most
           probably
           derived
           
           from
           
             Brit
             ,
          
           which
           in
           the
           ancient
           
             British
          
           signifies
           
             painted
             ,
          
           and
           the
           word
           
           
             Tain
             ,
          
           signifying
           a
           Nation
           ;
           the
           
             Britains
          
           
           used
           to
           discolour
           and
           paint
           their
           bodies
           ,
           that
           they
           might
           seem
           more
           terrible
           in
           the
           eyes
           of
           their
           enemies
           .
        
         
           
             Camden
          
           in
           his
           
             Britannia
             ,
          
           p.
           26
           ,
           27.
           seems
           rather
           to
           incline
           to
           this
           Etymology
           .
        
         
           
             Brith
          
           signifieth
           blew-coloured
           ,
           
             sc.
          
           with
           woad
           ,
           hence
           
             Britons
             .
          
        
         
           The
           
             Greeks
          
           gave
           to
           this
           Isle
           the
           name
           
           
             Albion
          
           for
           difference
           sake
           .
           Seeing
           they
           have
           in
           fabulous
           wise
           named
           
             Italy
             Hesperia
          
           of
           
             Hesperus
          
           the
           sonne
           of
           
             Atlas
             ;
             France
             Gallatia
          
           of
           a
           sonne
           of
           
             Polyphemus
             :
          
           I
           cannot
           otherwise
           believe
           ,
           
           but
           in
           the
           same
           vein
           also
           of
           fabling
           ,
           they
           called
           this
           Island
           
             Albion
             ,
          
           of
           
             Albion
             Neptunes
          
           sonne
           :
           which
           thing
           
             Perottus
          
           and
           
             Lilius
             Giraldus
          
           have
           put
           down
           in
           writing
           .
           Unlesse
           a
           man
           would
           derive
           it
           rather
           of
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           which
           as
           
             Festus
          
           witnesseth
           ,
           in
           Greek
           signifieth
           
             white
             ,
          
           whence
           the
           
             Alpes
          
           also
           have
           their
           appellation
           :
           for
           it
           is
           environed
           with
           white
           Rocks
           .
        
         
           
             England
          
           is
           called
           
             Albion
             ab
             albis
             rupibus
             ,
          
           whereby
           it
           is
           specially
           conspicuous
           :
           So
           was
           an
           Isle
           in
           the
           
             Indian-Sea
          
           called
           
             Leucas
          
           white
           .
           
             Seld.
          
           on
           
             Drayt.
             Polyolb
             .
          
           Song
           first
           .
        
         
           This
           Etymology
           is
           disliked
           by
           
             Lhoyd
             ,
          
           but
           defended
           by
           Sir
           
             John
             Price
             ,
          
           in
           his
           Defence
           of
           the
           
             British
          
           History
           .
        
         
           
             England
          
           bears
           a
           great
           sway
           in
           the
           affairs
           of
           
             Europe
             .
          
        
         
         
           
             Speed
          
           in
           his
           Chronicle
           saith
           ,
           The
           great
           affairs
           of
           
             Europe
          
           mainly
           depended
           
           upon
           the
           Directions
           of
           Queen
           
             Elizabeth
             ,
          
           who
           sitting
           at
           the
           Helm
           of
           the
           Ship
           ,
           arbitrated
           and
           guided
           their
           estates
           both
           in
           Peace
           and
           Warre
           .
           See
           more
           there
           to
           this
           purpose
           in
           his
           9th
           Book
           ,
           chap.
           24.
           p.
           880.
           
        
         
           The
           
             English
          
           have
           been
           very
           helpfull
           to
           the
           
             Netherlands
          
           in
           their
           warres
           ,
           and
           atchievers
           of
           the
           greatest
           exploits
           amongst
           them
           .
        
         
           
             Heinsius
          
           in
           his
           Oration
           made
           after
           the
           taking
           of
           the
           
             Busse
          
           saith
           ,
           
             Anglorum
             sanguine
             stat
             haec
             respublica
             ,
          
           This
           Commonwealth
           stands
           by
           the
           bloud
           of
           the
           
             English
             .
          
        
         
           The
           first
           of
           all
           Provinces
           this
           Island
           of
           
             Britain
             ,
          
           by
           common
           consent
           ,
           
           received
           the
           Christian
           Faith
           .
        
         
         
           The
           glorious
           Gospel
           of
           Jesus
           Christ
           
           (
           saith
           
             Gildas
             Albanius
             ,
          
           surnamed
           the
           Wise
           ,
           the
           most
           ancient
           of
           our
           
             British
          
           Historians
           )
           which
           first
           appeared
           to
           the
           world
           in
           the
           later
           time
           of
           
             Tiberius
             Caesar
             ,
          
           did
           even
           then
           spread
           his
           bright
           beams
           upon
           this
           frozen
           Island
           of
           
             Britain
             .
          
           And
           it
           is
           generally
           received
           for
           a
           truth
           ,
           that
           
             Joseph
          
           of
           
             Arimathea
          
           laid
           the
           foundation
           of
           our
           faith
           at
           
             Glastenbury
             .
          
        
         
           He
           that
           hath
           written
           of
           Honour
           Military
           and
           Civil
           ,
           
             lib.
             4.
             cap.
          
           19.
           saith
           ,
           The
           chief
           place
           of
           Honour
           and
           Precedency
           in
           
             Europe
          
           appertaineth
           to
           the
           Kings
           of
           
             England
             .
          
           And
           one
           of
           the
           reasons
           he
           gives
           is
           ,
           Because
           the
           King
           and
           people
           of
           
             England
          
           received
           the
           Gospel
           and
           Christian
           Faith
           before
           
             France
          
           or
           
             Spain
             .
          
        
         
           There
           have
           been
           more
           Kings
           and
           Princes
           of
           the
           Bloud
           Royal
           ,
           Confessors
           and
           Martyrs
           in
           
             England
             ,
          
           than
           in
           any
           one
           Province
           in
           
             Europe
             .
             Fasciculus
             temporis
             .
          
        
         
         
           See
           
             Gainsfords
          
           Glory
           of
           
             England
             ,
          
           Chap.
           21.
           
           &
           27.
           concerning
           our
           famous
           Kings
           here
           ,
           and
           of
           famous
           Kings
           and
           Princes
           that
           came
           hither
           .
        
         
           
             Claudia
             Rufina
          
           of
           the
           
             British
          
           Nation
           is
           celebrated
           by
           the
           Apostle
           
             Paul
             ,
          
           
           and
           also
           by
           
             Martial
             .
          
        
         
           It
           is
           apparent
           that
           this
           Island
           had
           the
           first
           Christian
           King
           in
           the
           world
           ,
           and
           clearly
           in
           
             Europe
             .
          
           If
           priority
           of
           time
           
           swayed
           it
           ,
           and
           not
           custome
           (
           derived
           from
           a
           communicable
           attribute
           given
           by
           the
           Popes
           )
           that
           name
           of
           Most
           Christian
           should
           better
           fit
           our
           Sovereigns
           than
           the
           
             French
             .
          
        
         
           
             Vide
          
           Polyd.
           Verg.
           
             Angl.
             Hist.
             l.
             2.
             p.
          
           41.
           
        
         
           We
           had
           also
           the
           first
           Christian
           Emperour
           
           
             Constantine
             .
          
        
         
           The
           first
           King
           that
           ever
           renounced
           the
           Popes
           Supremacy
           was
           King
           
             Henry
          
           the
           Eighth
           .
        
         
           The
           first
           King
           that
           ever
           wrote
           against
           the
           Pope
           ,
           to
           prove
           him
           to
           be
           the
           Antichrist
           ,
           was
           King
           
             James
             .
          
        
         
         
           
             England
          
           hath
           been
           an
           
             Asylum
          
           for
           the
           
           distressed
           Protestants
           of
           other
           Countreys
           .
        
         
           The
           Armes
           of
           
             England
          
           are
           three
           
           Lions
           passant
           gold
           in
           a
           field
           gewls
           .
           The
           Lion
           signifies
           fortitude
           and
           generosity
           .
        
         
           Three
           
             Flour-delices
          
           were
           since
           that
           time
           annexed
           thereto
           by
           
             Edward
          
           the
           Third
           ,
           by
           reason
           of
           his
           claime
           to
           the
           Crown
           of
           
             France
             .
          
        
         
           The
           State
           is
           Monarchical
           .
        
         
           A
           Kingdom
           of
           a
           perfect
           and
           happy
           
           
           composition
           ,
           wherein
           the
           King
           hath
           his
           full
           Prerogative
           ,
           the
           Nobles
           all
           due
           respects
           ,
           and
           the
           People
           ,
           amongst
           other
           blessings
           ,
           perfect
           in
           this
           ,
           that
           they
           are
           masters
           of
           their
           own
           purposes
           ,
           and
           have
           a
           strong
           hand
           in
           the
           making
           of
           their
           own
           Laws
           .
        
         
           Of
           all
           Seniories
           in
           the
           world
           that
           I
           know
           ,
           the
           Realme
           of
           
             England
          
           is
           the
           Countrey
           where
           the
           Commonwealth
           is
           best
           governed
           ,
           the
           People
           least
           oppressed
           ,
           and
           the
           fewest
           buildings
           and
           houses
           destroyed
           in
           Civil
           Warre
           ,
           and
           the
           lot
           of
           misfortune
           falleth
           upon
           them
           that
           be
           authours
           of
           the
           Warre
           .
           
             Phil.
             de
             Commin
             .
             Hist.
             l.
             5.
             c.
          
           18.
           
        
         
           
             England
          
           is
           not
           subject
           to
           Imperial
           and
           Romane
           Lawes
           ,
           as
           other
           Kingdoms
           are
           ,
           but
           retaineth
           her
           ancient
           Laws
           .
        
         
           It
           is
           governed
           by
           the
           Municipal
           or
           Common
           Law
           ,
           a
           Law
           proper
           to
           the
           Nation
           .
        
         
           The
           Commonalty
           of
           
             England
          
           is
           the
           best
           Commonalty
           in
           the
           world
           ,
           and
           
           the
           best
           Infantry
           ,
           or
           Foot-souldiers
           ,
           in
           
           whom
           the
           principal
           strength
           of
           an
           Army
           consists
           .
        
         
           It
           was
           once
           the
           saying
           ,
           That
           the
           
           Husbandry
           and
           Yeomandry
           of
           
             England
             ,
          
           were
           the
           freest
           men
           in
           the
           world
           .
        
         
           The
           Merchant
           of
           
             England
          
           surpasseth
           all
           other
           Nations
           .
           See
           
             Gainsfords
             Glory
             of
          
           England
           ,
           
             ch.
          
           26.
           
        
         
           
             England
          
           aboundeth
           with
           all
           sorts
           of
           Cattel
           ,
           except
           Asses
           ,
           Mules
           ,
           Camels
           and
           Elephants
           .
           No
           Countrey
           yeeldeth
           such
           plenty
           of
           Beeves
           and
           Sheep
           .
        
         
           A
           Countrey
           alwayes
           most
           temperate
           .
           
           The
           Air
           is
           thick
           ,
           and
           so
           it
           is
           much
           subject
           to
           winds
           ,
           clouds
           and
           rain
           :
           and
           therefore
           in
           regard
           of
           the
           thicknesse
           of
           the
           Air
           ,
           it
           is
           neither
           opprest
           with
           too
           much
           heat
           ,
           or
           too
           much
           cold
           .
        
         
           It
           is
           somewhat
           cloudy
           .
           
             Gundamore
          
           being
           here
           ,
           bid
           the
           
             Spanish
          
           Post
           ,
           when
           he
           came
           to
           
             Spain
          
           commend
           him
           to
           the
           Sunne
           ,
           for
           he
           had
           not
           seen
           him
           a
           great
           while
           ,
           and
           in
           
             Spain
          
           he
           should
           be
           sure
           to
           find
           him
           .
        
         
           The
           Ocean
           which
           beateth
           upon
           the
           Coast
           of
           this
           Island
           aboundeth
           with
           all
           manner
           of
           Fish
           .
        
         
           There
           are
           no where
           in
           all
           the
           world
           ,
           either
           more
           dainty
           Oisters
           ,
           or
           greater
           store
           .
        
         
           The
           soil
           is
           fruitfull
           in
           Mines
           of
           Lead
           ,
           Iron
           ,
           Tin
           and
           other
           Minerals
           ;
           especially
           
           it
           abounds
           in
           Coal
           ,
           a
           necessary
           and
           rich
           Commodity
           .
           It
           is
           replenished
           also
           with
           all
           sorts
           of
           Grain
           ,
           with
           Medows
           and
           Pastures
           ,
           in
           which
           innumerable
           flocks
           of
           Cattel
           feed
           .
        
         
           
             Cardan
          
           exhorted
           
             Edward
          
           the
           Sixth
           ,
           to
           plant
           Olives
           ,
           and
           was
           fully
           perswaded
           they
           would
           prosper
           in
           this
           Island
           .
        
         
           Many
           places
           in
           
             Glocestershire
             ,
          
           and
           elsewhere
           in
           
             England
             ,
          
           are
           called
           Vineyards
           ,
           seeing
           it
           hath
           afforded
           Wine
           ;
           and
           surely
           it
           may
           seem
           to
           proceed
           rather
           
           from
           the
           Inhabitants
           idlenesse
           ,
           than
           any
           distemperature
           and
           indisposition
           of
           the
           Aire
           ,
           that
           it
           yeeldeth
           none
           at
           this
           day
           .
           
             Camd.
             Brit.
             in
             Glocestershire
             .
          
        
         
           In
           
             Hantshire
          
           he
           saith
           ,
           We
           had
           Vines
           in
           
             Britain
             ,
          
           since
           
             Probus
          
           the
           Emperours
           time
           ,
           rather
           for
           shade
           than
           fruit
           .
        
         
           The
           People
           are
           tall
           of
           stature
           ,
           well-favoured
           ,
           and
           fair
           countenanced
           ,
           for
           the
           most
           part
           gray-eyed
           .
           The
           women
           most
           fair
           and
           beautifull
           ,
           do
           go
           very
           decently
           and
           comely
           attired
           .
           We
           feed
           mostwhat
           on
           flesh
           .
           The
           drink
           which
           we
           use
           ,
           and
           do
           make
           of
           malt
           ,
           is
           in
           deed
           very
           good
           ,
           wholsome
           and
           pleasant
           .
        
         
           There
           are
           more
           Parks
           ,
           Forests
           ,
           
           Chases
           in
           
             England
             ,
          
           than
           are
           found
           in
           all
           Christendom
           beside
           .
        
         
           At
           this
           day
           there
           are
           9285.
           
           Parishes
           in
           the
           Kingdom
           .
        
         
           There
           is
           in
           no
           place
           of
           the
           world
           
           greater
           and
           larger
           Dogs
           ,
           nor
           better
           Hounds
           .
        
         
           That
           the
           
             British
          
           Hounds
           and
           Mastives
           excell
           those
           of
           other
           Nations
           .
           See
           
             Burtons
          
           Comment
           .
           on
           
             Antoninus
             
             Itin.
          
           pag.
           219
           ,
           220.
           
        
         
           Of
           all
           the
           Doggs
           in
           
             Europe
          
           ours
           
           bear
           the
           name
           .
           They
           were
           in
           most
           request
           ,
           both
           for
           those
           baitings
           in
           the
           Amphitheaters
           ,
           and
           also
           in
           all
           other
           publick
           huntings
           among
           the
           Romanes
           .
        
         
           
             Magnaque
             taurorum
             fracturi
             colla
             Britanni
             .
          
        
         
           Claudian
           .
        
         
           The
           Cock
           is
           a
           bold
           and
           stout
           Bird
           ,
           and
           will
           fight
           valiantly
           with
           his
           adversaries
           ,
           and
           presently
           crows
           when
           he
           obtains
           victory
           .
           See
           
             Pliny
             ,
             lib.
             29.
             cap.
          
           4.
           
        
         
           The
           Cocks
           also
           there
           give
           not
           over
           the
           fight
           till
           death
           parts
           them
           .
        
         
           There
           are
           three
           principal
           Rivers
           in
           
             England
             ,
             Thames
          
           in
           the
           South-East
           ,
           
           
             Severn
          
           in
           the
           South-West
           ,
           
             Trent
          
           a
           Northern
           River
           .
        
         
           
             Isis
          
           the
           principal
           and
           Prince
           of
           all
           
           the
           
             English
          
           Rivers
           ,
           afterward
           entertaineth
           
           
             Tame
             ,
          
           and
           by
           a
           compound
           word
           is
           called
           
             Tamesis
             .
          
           
             
               His
               ita
               compositis
               ,
               hinc
               Plantageneta
               regressus
            
             
               Fluctibus
               aequoreis
               trajectis
               venit
               in
               arcem
               ,
            
             
               Urbis
               Londini
               ,
               quam
               praeterlabitur
               amnis
            
             
               Piscosus
               Thamesis
               ,
               famae
               celeberrimus
               inter
            
             
               Albionis
               rivos
               .
               —
            
             
               
                 Oclandi
              
               Anglorum
               Praelia
               .
            
          
        
         
           The
           
             Thames
          
           swelleth
           with
           the
           accesse
           of
           the
           flowing
           tide
           of
           the
           Sea
           ,
           about
           Lx
           
             Italian
          
           miles
           by
           water
           from
           his
           mouth
           .
           Neither
           to
           my
           knowledge
           is
           
           there
           any
           other
           River
           in
           all
           
             Europe
             ,
          
           that
           for
           so
           many
           miles
           within
           Land
           feeleth
           the
           violence
           of
           the
           Ocean
           forcing
           and
           rushing
           in
           upon
           it
           ,
           and
           so
           driving
           back
           and
           with-holding
           his
           waters
           ,
           to
           the
           exceeding
           great
           commodity
           of
           the
           Inhabitants
           bordering
           thereupon
           .
        
         
           The
           second
           River
           of
           
             England
          
           is
           
           
             Severn
             ,
          
           the
           head
           of
           it
           is
           the
           Hill
           
             Plinlimon
          
           in
           
             Montgomery-shire
             .
          
           He
           
           slowly
           wandereth
           through
           this
           Shire
           ,
           
             Shropshire
             ,
             Worcestershire
             ,
          
           and
           last
           of
           
           all
           
             Glocestershire
             ,
          
           infusing
           a
           certain
           vital
           moisture
           into
           the
           soil
           every where
           as
           he
           passeth
           ,
           untill
           at
           length
           he
           mildely
           dischargeth
           himself
           into
           the
           
             Severn-sea
          
           .
        
         
           
             Trent
          
           by
           his
           due
           right
           challengeth
           to
           himself
           the
           third
           place
           among
           all
           the
           Rivers
           of
           
             England
             .
          
        
         
           It
           runneth
           out
           of
           two
           Fountains
           being
           neer
           neighbours
           together
           in
           the
           North
           part
           of
           
             Staffordshire
          
           among
           the
           
           Moors
           .
           Certain
           unskilfull
           ,
           and
           idle
           headed
           ,
           have
           dreamed
           ,
           that
           it
           was
           so
           named
           of
           
             Trente
          
           a
           
             French
          
           word
           ,
           which
           signifieth
           
             Thirty
             ,
          
           and
           thereupon
           also
           have
           feigned
           ,
           that
           thirty
           Rivers
           runne
           into
           it
           ,
           and
           as
           many
           kinds
           of
           fishes
           live
           therein
           .
        
         
           We
           have
           more
           glorious
           Universities
           ,
           
           Colledges
           ,
           Schools
           and
           Churches
           ,
           
           than
           any
           Nation
           of
           the
           world
           .
        
         
           There
           are
           two
           famous
           Universities
           
           in
           
             England
             ,
             Oxford
          
           and
           
             Cambridge
             .
          
        
         
           Five
           great
           Schools
           in
           
             England
             ,
             Westminster
             ,
             Eaton
             ,
             Winchester
             ,
             Pauls
          
           and
           Merchant-Taylors
           School
           .
        
         
           For
           Churches
           Doctor
           
             Heylin
          
           in
           his
           Geography
           shews
           which
           are
           the
           best
           .
        
         
           It
           is
           famous
           beyond
           Seas
           also
           for
           
           its
           fine
           Wooll
           ,
           which
           is
           our
           golden
           Fleece
           .
        
         
           The
           most
           considerable
           Ports
           on
           the
           East-side
           of
           the
           Island
           ,
           are
           
             New-castle
             ,
             Hull
             ,
             Lynne
             ,
             Yarmouth
             ,
             Harwich
             ,
             Colchester
             ,
             Sandwich
             ;
          
           on
           the
           South-side
           lies
           
             Plymouth
             ;
          
           on
           the
           West
           ,
           
             Chester
             .
          
        
         
           Our
           Language
           consists
           partly
           of
           
             French
             ,
             Danish
             ,
             Saxon
          
           and
           
             Pictish
          
           Language
           .
        
         
           The
           
             English-Saxon
          
           Tongue
           came
           in
           
           by
           the
           
             English-Saxons
          
           out
           of
           
             Germany
             ,
          
           
           who
           valiantly
           and
           wisely
           performed
           here
           all
           the
           three
           things
           ,
           which
           imply
           a
           full
           conquest
           ,
           
             viz.
          
           the
           alteration
           of
           Lawes
           ,
           Language
           and
           Attire
           .
           
             Camd.
             Remains
             .
          
        
         
           He
           saith
           also
           there
           ,
           that
           our
           Tongue
           is
           as
           copious
           ,
           pithy
           and
           significative
           ,
           as
           any
           other
           Tongue
           in
           
             Europe
             .
          
        
         
           There
           is
           in
           
             English
          
           as
           true
           strains
           of
           Eloquence
           ,
           as
           strong
           and
           fine
           expressions
           ,
           as
           elaborate
           and
           solid
           pieces
           of
           fancy
           ,
           as
           in
           any
           Language
           whatsoever
           .
           
             Howels
             Instruct
             .
             for
             Travel
             .
             Sect.
          
           12.
           
        
         
           
             George
          
           (
           commonly
           called
           St.
           
             George
             )
          
           was
           the
           Patron
           ,
           both
           of
           our
           Nation
           ,
           and
           of
           the
           most
           honourable
           Order
           of
           Knighthood
           in
           the
           world
           .
        
         
           The
           first
           and
           last
           Heresie
           that
           ever
           troubled
           this
           Island
           was
           inbred
           by
           
             Pelagius
             ;
          
           but
           that
           was
           amongst
           the
           
             Britons
             ,
          
           and
           was
           suppressed
           by
           the
           zeal
           of
           the
           
             Saxons
             ,
          
           who
           liked
           nothing
           of
           the
           
             British
          
           breed
           ,
           and
           for
           whose
           sake
           it
           suffered
           more
           happly
           
           then
           for
           the
           foulnesse
           of
           the
           opinion
           .
        
         
           The
           sweating
           sicknesse
           call'd
           for
           
           the
           propriety
           by
           which
           it
           seized
           on
           the
           
             English
          
           Nation
           chiefly
           ,
           
             Sudor
             Anglicus
             .
          
        
         
           It
           followed
           onely
           
             Englishmen
          
           in
           forrain
           Countreys
           ,
           no
           other
           people
           infected
           therewith
           .
        
         
           There
           is
           a
           good
           course
           taken
           to
           secure
           this
           Land
           from
           forreigne
           Invasion
           by
           burning
           of
           Beacons
           .
        
         
           
             Beacon
          
           of
           the
           old
           word
           
             Beacnian
             ,
          
           
           that
           is
           ,
           to
           shew
           by
           a
           signe
           ;
           for
           these
           many
           hundred
           years
           they
           have
           been
           in
           great
           request
           ,
           and
           much
           used
           among
           us
           :
           in
           some
           places
           by
           heaping
           up
           a
           deal
           of
           wood
           ,
           in
           others
           by
           barrels
           full
           of
           pitch
           fastened
           to
           the
           top
           of
           a
           Mast
           or
           Pole
           in
           the
           highest
           places
           of
           the
           Countrey
           ,
           at
           which
           by
           night
           some
           do
           alwayes
           
           watch
           ,
           that
           by
           burning
           the
           pitch
           the
           enemies
           coming
           may
           be
           shewed
           to
           all
           the
           neighbour
           inhabitants
           .
           
        
         
         
           This
           Realme
           was
           first
           divided
           into
           Circuits
           by
           King
           
             Henry
          
           the
           Second
           ,
           who
           appointed
           twice
           in
           the
           year
           ,
           that
           two
           of
           the
           most
           grave
           and
           learned
           Judges
           of
           the
           Land
           ,
           should
           in
           each
           Circuit
           administer
           Justice
           in
           the
           chief
           or
           head
           Towns
           of
           every
           Countrey
           .
           Of
           these
           Judges
           one
           sitteth
           on
           matters
           criminal
           ,
           concerning
           the
           life
           and
           death
           of
           malefactours
           ;
           the
           other
           in
           actions
           personal
           ,
           concerning
           Title
           of
           Lands
           ,
           Debts
           ,
           or
           the
           like
           ,
           between
           party
           and
           party
           .
        
         
           The
           first
           Circuit
           heretofore
           did
           comprehend
           the
           Counties
           of
           
             Wilts
             ,
             Somerset
             ,
             Devon
          
           and
           
             Southampton
             .
          
        
         
           The
           second
           contained
           the
           Counties
           of
           
             Oxford
             ,
             Berks
             ,
             Glocester
             ,
             Munmouth
             ,
             Hereford
             ,
             Worcester
             ,
             Salop
          
           and
           
             Stafford
             .
          
        
         
           The
           third
           had
           in
           it
           ,
           the
           Counties
           of
           
             Surrey
             ,
             Kent
             ,
             Essex
          
           and
           
             Hartford
             .
          
        
         
           The
           fourth
           consisted
           of
           the
           Shires
           of
           
             Buckingham
             ,
             Bedford
             ,
             Huntingdon
             ,
             Cambridge
             ,
             Norfolk
          
           and
           
             Suffolk
             .
          
        
         
           The
           fifth
           of
           the
           Shires
           ,
           of
           
             Northampton
             ,
             
             Rutland
             ,
             Lincoln
             ,
             Nottingham
             ,
             Darby
             ,
             Leicester
          
           and
           
             Warwick
             .
          
        
         
           The
           sixth
           and
           last
           ,
           of
           the
           Shires
           of
           
             York
             ,
             Durham
             ,
             Northumberland
             ,
             Cumberland
             ,
             Westmerland
          
           and
           
             Lancaster
             .
          
           So
           that
           in
           these
           six
           Circuits
           are
           numbered
           thirty
           eight
           Shires
           .
           The
           two
           remaining
           are
           
             Middlesex
          
           and
           
             Cheshire
             :
          
           whereof
           the
           first
           is
           exempted
           ,
           because
           of
           its
           vicinity
           to
           
             London
             ;
          
           and
           the
           second
           as
           being
           a
           County
           Palatine
           ,
           and
           having
           peculiar
           Judges
           and
           Counsellors
           to
           it self
           .
        
         
           The
           seven
           Kingdoms
           ,
           
             Kent
             ,
             South-Saxia
             ,
          
           
           
             West-Saxie
             ,
             East-Saxia
             ,
             Northumberland
             ,
             Mercia
          
           and
           
             East-Anglia
             ,
          
           were
           governed
           by
           so
           many
           several
           Kings
           .
        
         
           
             Ethelbert
             
               was
               King
               of
            
             Kent
             .
          
           
             Sebert
             
               of
            
             East-Saxon
             .
          
           
             Erpenwald
             
               of
               the
            
             East-Angle
             .
          
           
             Edwine
             
               of
            
             Northumberland
             .
          
           
             Kingill
             
               of
            
             West-Saxon
             .
          
           
             Peada
             
               of
            
             Mercia
             .
          
           
             Ethelwolf
             
               of
               the
            
             South-Saxon
             .
          
        
         
           King
           
             Alfred
          
           ordained
           the
           Division
           of
           Shires
           ,
           Hundre●…
           ,
           and
           
           
             *
          
           Tithings
           ,
           that
           every
           
             Englishman
          
           living
           legally
           ,
           might
           be
           of
           a
           certain
           Hundred
           or
           Tithing
           ,
           out
           of
           which
           he
           was
           not
           to
           remove
           without
           security
           .
        
         
           There
           are
           one
           and
           fourty
           Shires
           in
           
             England
             ,
          
           every
           Shire
           consisting
           of
           so
           many
           Hundreds
           ,
           and
           every
           Hundred
           of
           a
           number
           of
           Boroughs
           ,
           Villages
           ,
           or
           Tithings
           .
        
         
           
             England
          
           was
           divided
           into
           seven
           Kingdomes
           by
           the
           
             Saxons
             ,
          
           after
           into
           
           Provinces
           ,
           Shires
           ,
           or
           Shares
           ,
           and
           Countreys
           by
           
             Alured
             .
          
        
         
           In
           these
           Shires
           there
           is
           appointed
           in
           troublesome
           times
           a
           Deputy
           under
           the
           King
           ,
           to
           see
           that
           the
           Commonwealth
           sustain
           no
           hurt
           .
        
         
           Now
           every
           year
           ,
           some
           one
           of
           the
           Gentlemen
           Inhabitants
           ,
           is
           made
           Ruler
           
           of
           the
           County
           wherein
           he
           dwelleth
           ,
           whom
           we
           call
           in
           Latine
           
             Vicecomitem
             ,
          
           as
           one
           would
           say
           ,
           the
           Deputy
           of
           the
           
             Comes
             ,
          
           or
           Earl
           ,
           and
           in
           our
           tongue
           Sheriff
           .
           It
           is
           his
           duty
           to
           gather
           the
           common
           moneys
           of
           the
           Prince
           in
           his
           County
           ,
           to
           collect
           and
           bring
           into
           the
           Exchequer
           all
           fines
           imposed
           ,
           even
           by
           distreining
           :
           to
           be
           attendant
           upon
           the
           Judges
           ,
           and
           to
           execute
           their
           commandments
           :
           to
           assemble
           and
           empanel
           the
           twelve
           men
           ,
           which
           in
           causes
           do
           enquire
           of
           the
           Fact
           ,
           and
           make
           relation
           thereof
           ,
           and
           give
           in
           their
           Verdict
           to
           the
           Judges
           (
           for
           Judges
           with
           us
           sit
           upon
           the
           right
           onely
           of
           a
           cause
           ,
           and
           not
           upon
           the
           fact
           )
           to
           see
           condemned
           persons
           executèd
           ,
           and
           to
           examine
           and
           determine
           certain
           smaller
           actions
           .
        
      
       
       
         
           OF
           THE
           Several
           Counties
           
             IN
          
           ENGLAND
           .
        
         
           
             CAmden
          
           begins
           with
           
             Cornwall
             ,
          
           and
           ends
           with
           
             Northumberland
             ,
          
           I
           shall
           mention
           the
           Counties
           of
           
             England
             ,
          
           rather
           according
           to
           the
           Letters
           of
           the
           Alphabet
           .
        
         
           
             Barkshire
             .
          
           
             IT
             is
             called
             in
             Latine
             
               Berkeria
               .
            
             It
             is
             bounded
             upon
             the
             East
             with
             
               Surrey
               ,
            
             upon
             the
             North
             with
             the
             River
             of
             
               Thames
            
             from
             
               Buckinghamshire
            
             and
             
               Oxfordshire
            
             
             upon
             the
             West
             with
             
               Wiltshire
               ,
            
             and
             upon
             the
             South
             with
             
               Hantshire
               .
            
          
           
             
               Abbendune
            
             or
             
               Abington
               ,
            
             so
             called
             
             of
             the
             
               Abbay
               ,
            
             rather
             than
             of
             one
             
               Abben
            
             an
             
               Irish
            
             Eremite
             of
             the
             Abby
             there
             .
             See
             
               Monasticon
               Anglicanum
               ,
            
             pag.
             97.
             
          
           
             
               Farendon
            
             famous
             now
             for
             a
             Mercate
             there
             kept
             .
          
           
             
               Wadley
               .
            
             It
             is
             situate
             in
             a
             vale
             ,
             though
             
             not
             so
             fertile
             a
             soil
             ,
             as
             some
             vales
             afford
             ,
             yet
             a
             most
             commodious
             site
             ,
             wholsome
             ,
             in
             a
             delicious
             air
             ,
             a
             rich
             and
             pleasant
             seat
             .
          
           
             
               Newbury
               ,
            
             as
             much
             as
             the
             
               Newburgh
               ,
            
             a
             fair
             Town
             ,
             well
             seated
             in
             a
             Champion
             plain
             .
          
           
             
               Reading
            
             of
             the
             
               Brittish
            
             word
             
               Redin
               ,
            
             
             which
             signifieth
             Fearn
             (
             that
             growing
             here
             plentifully
             )
             excelleth
             all
             other
             Towns
             of
             this
             Shire
             in
             fair
             streets
             ,
             and
             goodly
             houses
             :
             for
             wealth
             also
             of
             the
             Townsmen
             ,
             and
             their
             name
             in
             making
             of
             Cloath
             .
             There
             is
             a
             very
             great
             Market
             .
          
           
             
               Maidenhead
               ,
            
             so
             named
             of
             the
             superstitious
             worshipping
             of
             I
             wot
             not
             
             what
             
               British
               Maidens-Head
               .
            
             Camd.
             
               Brit.
               
            
          
           
             
               Maidenhead
            
             or
             
               Maidenhith
               .
               Hith
            
             in
             the
             old
             
               Saxon
            
             did
             signifie
             a
             Wharf
             ,
             Haven
             ,
             or
             Landing-place
             .
             It
             had
             its
             name
             from
             the
             Wharf
             or
             Ferry
             ,
             belonging
             at
             that
             time
             to
             some
             neighbouring
             Nunnery
             ,
             or
             to
             some
             private
             Maidens
             dwelling
             thereabout
             ,
             who
             then
             received
             the
             profits
             of
             it
             .
             So
             
               Queen-Hith
            
             in
             
               London
            
             took
             that
             appellation
             ,
             because
             the
             profits
             of
             the
             Wharf
             were
             anciently
             accounted
             for
             to
             the
             Queens
             of
             
               England
               .
            
             Dr.
             
               Heylins
            
             Animadvers
             .
             on
             the
             Church
             .
             Hist.
             of
             
               Brit.
               lib.
               1.
               p.
            
             20.
             
             See
             
               Camden
            
             of
             
               Maiden-bradly
            
             in
             
               Wiltshire
               ,
            
             fol.
             243.
             
          
           
             
               Windesore
               ,
            
             A
             Royal
             Castle
             and
             House
             of
             the
             Kings
             ,
             with
             the
             Town
             
             adjoyning
             .
          
           
             A
             Princes
             Seat
             cannot
             have
             a
             more
             pleasant
             situation
             .
             For
             from
             a
             high
             Hill
             that
             riseth
             with
             a
             gentle
             ascent
             ,
             it
             enjoyeth
             a
             most
             delightfull
             Prospect
             round
             about
             .
          
           
             With
             the
             pleasantnesse
             of
             this
             place
             ,
             Princes
             were
             allured
             ,
             very
             often
             to
             
             retire
             themselves
             hither
             :
             and
             here
             was
             
               Edward
            
             the
             Third
             that
             most
             puissant
             King
             borne
             :
             who
             here
             built
             new
             out
             of
             the
             ground
             a
             most
             strong
             Castle
             ,
             in
             bignesse
             equal
             to
             a
             pretty
             City
             ,
             fortified
             with
             Ditches
             and
             Bulwarks
             made
             of
             stone
             :
             and
             forthwith
             after
             he
             had
             subdued
             the
             
               French
            
             and
             
               Scots
               ,
            
             held
             at
             one
             and
             the
             self
             same
             time
             
               John
            
             King
             of
             
               France
               ,
            
             and
             
               David
            
             King
             of
             
               Scotland
            
             prisoners
             together
             in
             the
             same
             .
          
           
             In
             this
             place
             King
             
               Edward
            
             the
             Third
             ,
             for
             to
             adorn
             Martial
             Prowesse
             with
             Honours
             ,
             the
             Guerdon
             of
             Vertue
             ,
             ordained
             the
             most
             Noble
             Order
             and
             Society
             
             of
             Knights
             ,
             whom
             he
             called
             Knights
             of
             the
             Garter
             :
             who
             wear
             on
             their
             left
             Legge
             ,
             somewhat
             under
             the
             knee
             a
             Blew
             Garter
             ,
             with
             these
             golden
             Letters
             in
             
               French
               ,
               HONI
               SOIT
               QUI
               MAL
               Y
               PENS'E
               ,
            
             Shame
             to
             him
             that
             evil
             thinks
             ,
             and
             fasten
             the
             same
             with
             a
             Buckle
             of
             Gold
             ,
             as
             with
             the
             Band
             of
             a
             most
             inward
             Society
             ,
             in
             token
             of
             Concord
             and
             Unity
             ,
             that
             there
             might
             be
             among
             them
             a
             certain
             Consociation
             and
             Communion
             of
             Vertues
             .
          
           
           
             Some
             attribute
             the
             original
             of
             it
             unto
             the
             Garter
             of
             the
             Queen
             ,
             or
             rather
             
               Joan
            
             Countesse
             of
             
               Salisbury
               ,
            
             a
             Lady
             of
             incomparable
             beauty
             ,
             which
             fell
             from
             her
             as
             she
             danced
             ,
             and
             the
             King
             took
             up
             from
             the
             floor
             :
             for
             when
             a
             number
             of
             Nobles
             and
             Gentlemen
             standing
             by
             laughed
             thereat
             ,
             he
             made
             
             answer
             again
             ,
             
               That
               shortly
               it
               would
               come
               to
               passe
               ,
               that
               Garter
               should
               be
               in
               high
               honour
               and
               estimation
               .
            
             This
             is
             the
             most
             common
             ,
             and
             most
             received
             report
             .
          
           
             There
             is
             a
             Book
             entituled
             ,
             
               Catechismus
               ordinis
               Equitum
               Perifcelidis
               ,
            
             written
             long
             since
             by
             
               Belvaleti
               ,
            
             the
             Popes
             Nuncio
             here
             ,
             and
             published
             in
             the
             year
             1631.
             by
             
               Bosquierus
               :
            
             wherein
             the
             Authour
             makes
             an
             Allegory
             on
             the
             whole
             habit
             of
             the
             Order
             ,
             the
             Matter
             ,
             Colour
             ,
             Fashion
             ,
             Wearing
             ,
             to
             the
             very
             Girdle
             .
             Dr.
             
               Heylins
               Antidotum
               Lincolniense
               .
            
             Sect.
             3.
             ch.
             10.
             
          
           
             The
             mightiest
             Princes
             in
             Christendome
             ,
             
             
             reputed
             it
             amongst
             their
             greatest
             honour
             to
             be
             chosen
             and
             admitted
             into
             this
             Company
             :
             and
             since
             ,
             the
             first
             Institution
             thereof
             ,
             there
             have
             been
             already
             received
             ,
             and
             enrolled
             into
             this
             Order
             ,
             which
             consisteth
             of
             six
             and
             twenty
             Knights
             ,
             two
             and
             twenty
             Kings
             ,
             or
             thereabout
             ;
             besides
             our
             Kings
             of
             
               England
               ,
            
             who
             are
             named
             Sovereigns
             thereof
             :
             to
             speak
             nothing
             of
             Dukes
             ,
             and
             others
             of
             most
             high
             calling
             ,
             very
             many
             .
          
           
             The
             Founders
             of
             the
             Order
             ,
             which
             in
             those
             dayes
             for
             stout
             courage
             and
             warlike
             Prowesse
             ,
             had
             few
             or
             no
             Peers
             ,
             and
             were
             in
             that
             regard
             advanced
             to
             that
             honour
             .
          
           
             
               Edward
               
                 the
                 Third
                 King
                 of
              
               England
               .
            
             
               Edward
               
                 his
                 eldest
                 Sonne
                 ,
                 and
                 Prince
                 of
              
               Wales
               .
            
             
               Henry
               
                 Duke
                 of
              
               Lancaster
               .
            
             
               Thomas
               Beauchamp
               
                 Earl
                 of
              
               Warwick
               .
            
             
               Peter
               Copit
               de
               la
               Bouche
               .
            
             
               Ralph
               
                 Earl
                 of
              
               Stafford
               .
            
             
               William
               de
               Montacute
               
                 Earl
                 of
              
               Sarisbury
               .
            
             
               Roger
               Mortimer
               
                 Earl
                 of
              
               March
               .
            
             
             
               John
               
                 Lord
              
               Lisle
               .
            
             
               
                 Sir
              
               Bartholomew
               de
               Burgherst
               .
            
             
               
                 Sir
              
               John
               Beauchamp
               .
            
             
               John
               
                 Lord
              
               Mohun
               
                 of
              
               Dunstere
               .
            
             
               
                 Sir
              
               Hugh
               Courtne
               .
            
             
               
                 Sir
              
               Thomas
               
                 and
                 Sir
              
               Otho
               Holland
               .
            
             
               
                 Sir
              
               John
               Gray
               
                 of
              
               Codnor
               .
            
             
               
                 Sir
              
               Richard
               Fitz
               Simon
               .
            
             
               
                 Sir
              
               Miles
               Stapleton
               .
            
             
               
                 Sir
              
               Thomas
               Walle
               .
            
             
               
                 Sir
              
               Hugh
               Wrothesly
               .
            
             
               
                 Sir
              
               Neel
               Lorenge
               .
            
             
               
                 Sir
              
               John
               Chandos
               .
               
            
             
               
                 Sir
              
               James
               Audley
               .
            
             
               
                 Sir
              
               Henry
               Eswi●
               .
            
             
               
                 Sir
              
               Sanchio
               Dampredicourt
               .
            
             
               
                 Sir
              
               Walter
               Pavely
               .
            
          
           
             There
             is
             an
             honourable
             Family
             of
             Barons
             ,
             surnamed
             of
             
               Windsore
               .
            
          
           
             
               Eaton
            
             is
             hereto
             adjoyned
             by
             a
             wooden
             Bridge
             over
             the
             
               Thames
               ,
            
             and
             in
             it
             a
             
             fair
             Colledge
             ,
             and
             a
             famous
             School
             of
             good
             literature
             ,
             founded
             and
             built
             by
             King
             
               Henry
            
             the
             Sixth
             :
             wherein
             besides
             the
             Provost
             ,
             eight
             Fellows
             ,
             and
             the
             singing
             Choristers
             ,
             there
             are
             threescore
             Scholars
             ,
             instructed
             in
             Grammar
             ,
             and
             in
             due
             time
             preferred
             to
             the
             University
             
             of
             
               Cambridge
               .
            
          
           
             It
             containeth
             twenty
             Hundreds
             ,
             twelve
             Market
             Towns
             ,
             and
             an
             hundred
             and
             forty
             Parishes
             .
          
        
         
           
             Bedfordshire
             .
          
           
             
               BEdford
            
             is
             the
             principal
             Town
             ,
             
             whereof
             the
             Shire
             also
             taketh
             name
             .
          
           
             A
             Town
             to
             be
             commended
             more
             for
             the
             pleasant
             situation
             ,
             and
             antiquity
             thereof
             ,
             then
             for
             beauty
             or
             largenesse
             ,
             although
             a
             man
             may
             tell
             five
             Churches
             in
             it
             .
          
           
             
               Hockley
            
             in
             the
             
               Hole
               ,
            
             so
             named
             of
             the
             miry
             way
             in
             Winter
             time
             ,
             very
             troublesome
             to
             travellers
             :
             for
             the
             old
             
               Englishmen
            
             our
             Progenitors
             called
             deep
             mire
             
               Hock
            
             and
             
               Hocks
               .
            
          
           
             
               Dunstable
               .
            
             This
             Town
             seated
             in
             a
             
             Chalky
             ground
             ,
             well
             inhabited
             ,
             and
             full
             of
             Innes
             ,
             hath
             four
             streets
             answering
             to
             the
             four
             quarters
             of
             the
             world
             :
             in
             every
             one
             of
             which
             there
             is
             a
             
             large
             Pond
             of
             standing
             water
             ,
             for
             the
             publique
             use
             of
             the
             Inhabitants
             .
          
           
             It
             contains
             ten
             Market
             Towns
             ,
             an
             hundred
             and
             sixteen
             Parishes
             .
          
        
         
           
             Buckinghamshire
             .
          
           
             IT
             brings
             forth
             Beech-trees
             plentitifully
             ,
             
             which
             the
             
               English
               Saxons
            
             in
             elder
             times
             called
             
               Bucken
               ,
            
             whence
             
               Buckingham
            
             the
             chief
             Town
             ,
             and
             so
             the
             whole
             Shire
             took
             the
             name
             from
             Beech-trees
             .
          
           
             The
             Countrey
             generally
             is
             of
             a
             rich
             plentifull
             soil
             ,
             and
             passing
             full
             of
             inhabitants
             ,
             who
             chiefly
             imploy
             themselves
             in
             grazing
             of
             Cattel
             ,
             there
             is
             store
             of
             Mutton
             and
             Beef
             .
          
           
             
               Chiltern
            
             got
             that
             name
             according
             to
             
             the
             very
             nature
             of
             the
             soile
             of
             Chalkie
             Marle
             ,
             which
             the
             ancient
             
               Englishmen
            
             termed
             
               Cylt
            
             or
             
               Chilt
               .
            
          
           
             
               Marlow
            
             a
             pretty
             Town
             of
             no
             mean
             credit
             ,
             taking
             name
             of
             the
             said
             Chalk
             commonly
             termed
             
               Marle
               :
            
             which
             being
             spread
             upon
             Corn-ground
             eaten
             out
             of
             heart
             with
             long
             tillage
             doth
             quicken
             the
             same
             again
             ;
             so
             as
             that
             after
             one
             yeers
             rest
             it
             never
             lieth
             fallow
             ,
             but
             yeeldeth
             again
             to
             the
             Husbandman
             his
             seed
             in
             plentifull
             measure
             .
          
           
             
               High
               Wickham
            
             or
             
               Wicombe
            
             rather
             from
             the
             turning
             of
             the
             River
             
               Thames
               ,
            
             the
             
               Germane
               Saxons
            
             term
             any
             winding
             reach
             of
             River
             and
             Sea
             ,
             a
             Wick
             ,
             and
             Comb
             a
             low
             valle
             .
             This
             Town
             for
             largenesse
             and
             fair
             building
             is
             equal
             to
             the
             greatest
             Town
             in
             this
             Shire
             ,
             and
             in
             that
             it
             hath
             a
             Maior
             for
             the
             Head
             Magistrate
             .
          
           
             
               Colbroke-Pontes
            
             is
             parted
             into
             four
             
             chanels
             ,
             over
             which
             stand
             as
             many
             Bridges
             for
             the
             commodity
             of
             passengers
             ,
             whence
             it
             tooke
             its
             name
             .
          
           
           
             
               Hamden
            
             gave
             name
             to
             an
             ancient
             and
             well
             spread
             Family
             in
             these
             parts
             .
             Some
             say
             ,
             one
             of
             that
             name
             was
             High-Sheriff
             when
             
               William
            
             the
             Conquerour
             came
             into
             
               England
               .
            
             There
             is
             part
             of
             ▪
             the
             House
             at
             great
             
               Hamden
            
             yet
             standing
             ,
             which
             hath
             been
             built
             ever
             since
             the
             time
             of
             
               William
            
             the
             Conquerour
             .
          
           
             They
             have
             ancient
             Records
             ,
             one
             of
             which
             runs
             thus
             ,
             
               Osbert
               Hamden
               Lord
               of
               Great
               Hamden
               ,
               one
               of
               the
               Commissioners
               for
               expulsion
               of
               the
               Danes
               .
            
          
           
             
               Ailesbury
            
             a
             fair
             Market
             Town
             ,
             compassed
             about
             with
             many
             most
             pleasant
             green
             Medows
             and
             Pastures
             ,
             of
             which
             the
             whole
             Vale
             is
             termed
             the
             
               Vale
               of
               Ailesbury
               .
            
          
           
             
               Ascot
            
             the
             principal
             mansion
             house
             of
             the
             
               Dormers
               ,
            
             from
             whence
             descended
             the
             Dutches
             of
             
               Feria
            
             in
             
               Spain
               ,
            
             and
             others
             of
             noble
             note
             .
          
           
             
               Stony
               Stratford
               ,
            
             named
             so
             of
             
               Stones
               ,
            
             the
             
               Streetway
               ,
            
             and
             a
             
               Fourd
               .
            
             The
             houses
             are
             built
             of
             a
             certain
             rough
             stone
             ,
             which
             is
             digged
             forth
             in
             great
             abundance
             at
             
               Caversham
            
             hard
             by
             ,
             and
             it
             standeth
             upon
             the
             publick
             street
             ,
             commonly
             called
             
               Watling-street
               ,
            
             which
             was
             a
             military
             
             high-way
             made
             by
             the
             
               Romans
               ,
            
             and
             is
             evidently
             to
             be
             seen
             yet
             beyond
             the
             Town
             with
             the
             Bank
             or
             Causey
             thereof
             ,
             and
             hath
             a
             ford
             ,
             but
             now
             hardly
             passable
             .
          
           
             
               Newport-Painel
            
             so
             called
             of
             Sir
             
               Fulcod
               Painel
            
             the
             Lord
             thereof
             .
          
           
             Here
             are
             an
             eleven
             Market
             Towns
             ,
             and
             an
             hundred
             and
             eighty
             five
             Parishes
             .
          
        
         
           
             Cambridgeshire
             .
          
           
             
               CAmbridgeshire
            
             is
             famous
             for
             fish
             and
             fowl
             .
          
           
             
               Cambridge
            
             a
             most
             famous
             Mart
             and
             
             Store-house
             of
             good
             Literature
             and
             Godlinesse
             ,
             standeth
             upon
             the
             River
             
               Cam
               ,
            
             which
             turning
             into
             the
             East
             ,
             divideth
             it
             into
             two
             parts
             ,
             and
             hath
             a
             Bridge
             over
             it
             ,
             whence
             arose
             the
             name
             
               Cambridge
               .
            
          
           
             Neither
             is
             there
             wanting
             any
             thing
             here
             ,
             that
             a
             man
             may
             require
             in
             a
             most
             flourishing
             University
             ,
             were
             it
             not
             that
             
             the
             Air
             is
             somewhat
             unhealthfull
             ,
             arising
             as
             it
             doth
             out
             of
             a
             fenny
             ground
             hard
             by
             .
          
           
             There
             are
             sixteen
             Colledges
             in
             it
             .
          
           
             
               Saint
               Ides
            
             is
             one
             of
             the
             famousest
             Markets
             of
             
               England
               ,
            
             it
             serves
             several
             Counties
             .
          
           
             The
             
               Isle
               of
               Ely
               .
            
          
           
             There
             are
             several
             Etymologies
             of
             it
             given
             by
             
               Camden
               .
            
          
           
             
               Ely
            
             a
             Bishops
             See
             
               *
            
             ,
             the
             City
             hath
             an
             unwholsome
             Air
             by
             reason
             of
             the
             fens
             round
             about
             ,
             although
             it
             be
             seated
             somewhat
             higher
             .
          
           
             Hard
             under
             
               Cambridge
            
             Eastward
             neer
             
             unto
             
               Sture
               ,
            
             a
             little
             brook
             ,
             is
             kept
             every
             yeer
             in
             the
             Moneth
             of
             
               September
               ,
            
             the
             greatest
             Fair
             of
             all
             
               England
               ,
            
             whether
             you
             respect
             the
             multitude
             of
             buyers
             and
             sellers
             resorting
             thither
             ,
             or
             the
             store
             of
             Commodities
             there
             to
             be
             vented
             .
          
           
           
             Neer
             unto
             
               Cambridge
            
             on
             the
             South-East
             side
             ,
             there
             appear
             aloft
             certain
             high
             Hils
             called
             
               Gogmagog
               .
            
             On
             the
             top
             of
             them
             is
             a
             very
             large
             Fort
             ,
             entrenched
             ,
             strengthened
             with
             a
             three-fold
             Rampire
             .
          
           
             
               Wisbich
            
             amongst
             Fennes
             and
             waters
             .
          
           
             It
             hath
             eight
             Market
             Towns
             ,
             and
             an
             hundred
             and
             sixty
             three
             Parishes
             .
          
        
         
           
             Cheshire
             .
          
           
             IT
             is
             very
             pleasant
             and
             plenteous
             in
             
             all
             things
             needfull
             for
             mans
             use
             ,
             and
             therefore
             had
             the
             name
             of
             the
             
               Vale
               Royal
               of
               England
            
             from
             
               Edward
            
             the
             First
             .
          
           
             The
             Grasse
             and
             Fodder
             there
             is
             of
             that
             goodnesse
             and
             vertue
             ,
             that
             Cheeses
             are
             made
             there
             in
             great
             number
             ,
             of
             a
             most
             pleasing
             and
             delicate
             taste
             ,
             such
             as
             all
             
               England
            
             again
             affordeth
             not
             the
             like
             ;
             no
             ,
             though
             the
             best
             dayriwomen
             otherwise
             ,
             and
             skilfullest
             in
             Chees-making
             be
             had
             from
             hence
             .
          
           
           
             This
             Region
             hath
             alwayes
             bred
             more
             Gentry
             than
             the
             other
             Countreys
             in
             
               England
               :
            
             For
             you
             have
             not
             in
             all
             
               England
            
             again
             any
             one
             Province
             beside
             ,
             that
             in
             old
             time
             either
             brought
             more
             valorous
             Gentlemen
             into
             the
             field
             ,
             or
             had
             more
             families
             in
             it
             of
             Knights
             degree
             .
          
           
             The
             
               Breretons
               ,
               Manwarings
            
             and
             
               Venables
            
             are
             the
             most
             noble
             Families
             in
             that
             County
             .
          
           
             On
             the
             South-side
             it
             is
             hemmed
             in
             with
             
               Shropshire
               ,
            
             on
             the
             East-side
             with
             
               Staffordshire
            
             and
             
               Darbyshire
               ,
            
             on
             the
             North
             with
             
               Lancashire
               ,
            
             and
             on
             the
             West
             with
             
               Denbigh
            
             and
             
               Flintshire
               .
            
          
           
             The
             River
             
               Dee
               ,
            
             called
             in
             Latine
             
               Deva
               ,
            
             breeding
             very
             great
             plenty
             of
             
               Salmons
               ,
            
             ariseth
             out
             of
             two
             fountains
             in
             
               Wales
               ,
            
             and
             thereof
             men
             think
             it
             took
             the
             name
             :
             for
             
               Dwy
            
             in
             their
             tongue
             signifieth
             two
             .
          
           
             This
             River
             no
             sooner
             is
             entered
             into
             
               Cheshire
               ,
            
             but
             it
             passeth
             by
             
               Banchor
               ,
            
             a
             
             famous
             Monastery
             .
             It
             fostered
             and
             brought
             up
             (
             as
             some
             write
             )
             the
             most
             wicked
             Arch-heretique
             
               Pelagius
               ,
            
             who
             
             injuriously
             derogating
             from
             the
             grace
             of
             God
             ,
             troubled
             a
             long
             time
             the
             west
             Church
             with
             his
             pestiferous
             Doctrine
             .
             
               Prosper
               Aquitanus
            
             in
             this
             Verse
             of
             his
             ,
             termeth
             him
             the
             
               British
            
             Adder
             ,
             
               
                 Pestifero
                 vomuit
                 coluber
                 sermone
                 Britannus
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 A
                 
                   British
                
                 Snake
                 ,
                 with
                 venemous
                 tongue
                 ,
              
               
                 Hath
                 vomited
                 his
                 poison
                 strong
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
               Chester
            
             
               *
            
             or
             
               West-Chester
               ,
            
             of
             the
             West
             situation
             .
             
               
                 Cestria
                 de
                 castris
                 nomen
                 quasi
                 castria
                 sumpsit
                 .
              
            
          
           
             This
             City
             built
             in
             form
             of
             a
             quadrant
             ,
             
             four
             square
             ,
             is
             enclosed
             with
             a
             wall
             that
             taketh
             up
             more
             then
             two
             miles
             in
             compasse
             ,
             and
             hath
             eleven
             Parishes
             .
          
           
             Neer
             unto
             the
             River
             standeth
             the
             Castle
             upon
             a
             rocky
             Hill
             ,
             built
             by
             the
             
             Earls
             :
             where
             the
             Courts
             Palatine
             ,
             and
             the
             Assizes
             ,
             as
             they
             call
             them
             ,
             are
             kept
             twice
             a
             year
             .
          
           
             The
             Houses
             are
             very
             fair
             built
             ,
             and
             along
             the
             chief
             streets
             are
             Galleries
             or
             Walking-places
             ,
             they
             call
             them
             Rows
             ,
             having
             shops
             on
             both
             sides
             ,
             through
             which
             a
             man
             may
             walk
             dry
             from
             one
             end
             to
             another
             .
          
           
             It
             is
             called
             the
             County
             Palatine
             of
             
               Chester
               ,
            
             because
             the
             Earls
             thereof
             had
             Royalties
             and
             Princely
             priviledges
             belonging
             to
             them
             ,
             and
             all
             the
             Inhabitants
             owed
             Allegiance
             and
             Fealty
             to
             them
             as
             they
             did
             to
             the
             King
             .
          
           
             One
             
               Hugh
               Wolf
            
             was
             made
             Earl
             of
             
               Chester
            
             by
             
               William
            
             the
             First
             ,
             and
             the
             County
             given
             him
             in
             Fee
             ,
             
               Tenendum
               sibi
               &
               Haeredibus
               it
               a
               vere
               ad
               Gladium
               sicut
               ipse
               Rex
               tenebat
               Angliam
               ad
               Coronam
               .
            
             And
             as
             the
             King
             ,
             so
             he
             for
             his
             Heirs
             had
             their
             Barons
             ,
             by
             that
             name
             specially
             known
             .
          
           
             King
             
               Edgar
            
             in
             magnificent
             manner
             triumphed
             over
             the
             
               British
            
             Princes
             .
             For
             sitting
             himself
             in
             a
             Barge
             at
             the
             fore-deck
             ,
             
               Kennadie
            
             King
             of
             the
             
               Scots
               ,
               Malcoline
            
             King
             of
             
               Cumberland
               ,
               Macon
            
             
             King
             of
             
               Mann
               ,
            
             and
             of
             the
             Islands
             ,
             with
             all
             the
             Princes
             of
             
               Wales
               ,
            
             brought
             to
             do
             homage
             ,
             and
             like
             Watermen
             working
             at
             the
             Oar
             ,
             rowed
             him
             along
             the
             River
             
               Dee
               ,
            
             in
             a
             triumphant
             shew
             ,
             to
             his
             great
             glory
             ,
             and
             joy
             of
             the
             beholders
             .
          
           
             King
             
               Henry
            
             the
             Seventh
             made
             it
             a
             County
             by
             it self
             incorporate
             .
          
           
             
               Bunbury
            
             contractly
             so
             called
             ,
             or
             
               Boniface-Bury
               ,
               Boniface
            
             was
             the
             Patron
             Saint
             there
             .
          
           
             
               Beeston-Castle
            
             hath
             a
             wall
             of
             a
             great
             circuit
             .
          
           
             Here
             are
             very
             famous
             Salt-pits
             ,
             or
             Salt-wiches
             ,
             five
             or
             six
             miles
             distant
             
             asunder
             ,
             where
             brine
             or
             salt
             water
             is
             drawn
             out
             of
             pits
             ,
             which
             they
             boile
             over
             the
             fire
             ,
             to
             make
             salt
             thereof
             .
             These
             were
             known
             unto
             the
             
               Romanes
               ,
            
             and
             from
             hence
             was
             usually
             paid
             the
             Custome
             for
             salt
             ,
             called
             
               Salarium
               .
            
          
           
             
               Nantwich
               ,
               Middle-wich
               ,
               Nortwich
               :
            
          
           
             
               Nantwich
               ,
            
             which
             the
             River
             
               Wever
            
             first
             visiteth
             ,
             is
             reputed
             the
             greatest
             and
             
             fairest
             built
             Town
             of
             all
             this
             Shire
             after
             
               Chester
               .
            
             It
             is
             called
             the
             
               White-wich
            
             or
             
               Salt-pit
               ,
            
             because
             the
             whitest
             salt
             is
             there
             boiled
             .
          
           
             
               North-wich
            
             is
             called
             the
             Black-salt
             pit
             .
          
           
             
               Congleton
            
             a
             Mercat
             Town
             ,
             famous
             for
             Gloves
             ,
             Purses
             and
             Points
             of
             Leather
             .
          
           
             
               Kinderton
            
             the
             old
             seat
             of
             the
             ancient
             race
             of
             the
             
               Venables
               ,
            
             who
             ever
             since
             the
             first
             coming
             in
             of
             the
             
               Normans
            
             have
             been
             of
             name
             and
             reputation
             here
             ,
             and
             commonly
             are
             called
             Barons
             of
             
               Kinderton
               .
            
          
           
             
               Brereton
            
             hath
             given
             Name
             to
             the
             
             worshipfull
             ,
             ancient
             and
             numerous
             Family
             of
             the
             
               Breretons
            
             Knights
             .
          
           
             Before
             any
             Heir
             of
             this
             House
             of
             the
             
               Breretons
            
             dieth
             ,
             there
             are
             seen
             in
             a
             Pool
             adjoyning
             ,
             bodies
             of
             trees
             swimming
             for
             certaine
             dayes
             together
             ,
             so
             
               Camden
               ,
            
             but
             some
             deny
             this
             .
          
           
             
               Middle-wich
               ,
            
             there
             are
             two
             Wels
             of
             salt
             water
             parted
             one
             from
             the
             other
             by
             a
             small
             brook
             .
          
           
             
               Maclesfield
            
             one
             of
             the
             fairest
             Towns
             of
             this
             County
             .
          
           
           
             
               Lee
            
             from
             whence
             there
             is
             a
             Family
             bearing
             the
             same
             surname
             ,
             that
             is
             not
             
             only
             of
             gentle
             bloud
             ,
             and
             of
             especial
             note
             ,
             but
             also
             farre
             and
             fairly
             propagated
             into
             a
             number
             of
             branches
             .
             
               Camd
               Britan.
               
            
          
           
             
               High
               Leigh
            
             in
             
               Cheshire
            
             I
             think
             gave
             Names
             to
             all
             the
             renowned
             Races
             of
             that
             Name
             in
             this
             County
             .
             Two
             distinct
             Descents
             of
             the
             same
             Name
             have
             their
             seats
             in
             the
             same
             place
             ,
             and
             there
             have
             continued
             in
             a
             long
             succession
             of
             their
             Ancestors
             ,
             Knights
             and
             Esquires
             of
             much
             worth
             :
             one
             is
             
               Thomas
               Leigh
               ,
            
             the
             other
             is
             
               Peter
               Leigh
            
             Esquires
             .
             
               King
               of
               Cheshire
               .
            
          
           
             
               Lime
            
             in
             
               Cheshire
            
             a
             great
             Family
             of
             the
             Name
             of
             the
             
               Leighs
               ,
            
             of
             whom
             there
             have
             been
             many
             famous
             Knights
             ,
             Sir
             
               Peter
            
             now
             the
             Possessor
             thereof
             .
             
               King
               of
               Cheshire
               .
            
             
             
               
                 Nor
                 thou
                 magnanimous
                 
                   Leigh
                
                 must
                 not
                 be
                 left
                 
              
               
                 In
                 darkness
                 ,
                 for
                 thy
                 rare
                 fidelity
                 ;
              
               
                 To
                 save
                 thy
                 faith
                 ,
                 content
                 to
                 lose
                 thy
                 head
                 :
              
               
                 That
                 reverent
                 head
                 ,
                 of
                 good
                 men
                 honored
                 .
              
               
                 Daniels
                 
                   Second
                   Book
                   of
                   Civil
                   Warres
                   .
                
              
            
          
           
             
               Cholmundeston
            
             or
             
               Cholmeston
            
             anciently
             the
             Lands
             of
             the
             
               Leighs
            
             of
             
               Rushall
            
             in
             
               Staffordshire
               .
               King
               of
               Cheshire
               ,
            
             pag.
             74.
             
          
           
             It
             containeth
             thirteen
             Market
             Towns
             ,
             and
             sixty
             eight
             Parishes
             .
          
        
         
           
             Cornwall
             .
          
           
             IT
             extends
             in
             length
             to
             about
             seventy
             miles
             ,
             the
             breadth
             in
             the
             largest
             place
             passeth
             not
             thirty
             .
             
               Carews
               Surveigh
               of
               Cornwall
               .
            
          
           
             
               Speed
            
             computes
             the
             length
             sixty
             miles
             ,
             and
             the
             breadth
             forty
             .
          
           
             It
             is
             called
             by
             later
             Writers
             
               Cornubia
            
             
             in
             Latine
             ,
             of
             all
             
               Britain
            
             it
             doth
             bear
             
             most
             Westward
             ,
             because
             it
             waxeth
             smaller
             and
             smaller
             in
             manner
             of
             an
             Horn
             ,
             and
             runneth
             forth
             into
             the
             Sea
             ,
             with
             little
             promontories
             ,
             as
             if
             they
             were
             Horns
             on
             every
             side
             .
             Others
             would
             have
             it
             so
             called
             of
             one
             
               Corin
               ,
            
             and
             do
             call
             it
             
               Corinea
               .
               Camd.
               Brit.
               
            
          
           
             There
             is
             digged
             here
             wonderfull
             store
             of
             Tin
             ,
             yeelding
             exceeding
             much
             profit
             and
             commodity
             ,
             whereof
             are
             made
             houshold
             Pewter
             vessels
             ,
             which
             are
             used
             thorowout
             many
             parts
             of
             
               Europe
            
             in
             service
             of
             the
             Table
             ,
             and
             for
             their
             glittering
             brightnesse
             ,
             compared
             with
             silver-plate
             .
          
           
             
               Terra
               admodum
               sterilis
               ,
               fructum
               magis
               ex
               cultorum
               industria
               ,
               quam
               ex
               sua
               bonitate
               praebet
               :
               sed
               fert
               uberius
               plumbum
               nigrum
               &
               album
               ,
               hoc
               est
               ,
               stannum
               ,
               in
               quo
               effodiendo
               maximè
               consistit
               vita
               incolarum
               .
            
             Polyd.
             Verg.
             
               Angl.
               Hist.
               l.
            
             1.
             
          
           
             The
             Kings
             of
             
               England
               ,
            
             and
             Dukes
             of
             
               Cornwall
               ,
            
             in
             their
             times
             have
             reserved
             to
             themselves
             a
             praeemption
             of
             Tinne
             (
             by
             the
             opinion
             of
             the
             learned
             in
             the
             Law
             )
             as
             well
             in
             regard
             of
             the
             Propriety
             ,
             as
             being
             chief
             Lords
             
             and
             Proprietaries
             ;
             as
             of
             their
             Royal
             Prerogative
             .
          
           
             Not
             only
             Tin
             is
             here
             found
             ,
             but
             therewith
             also
             Gold
             and
             Silver
             ;
             yea
             and
             Dyamonds
             shaped
             ,
             and
             pointed
             angle-wise
             ,
             smoothed
             also
             by
             Nature
             it self
             :
             whereof
             some
             are
             as
             big
             as
             Wall-nuts
             ,
             and
             inferiour
             to
             the
             orient
             Dyamonds
             ,
             in
             blacknesse
             and
             hardnesse
             only
             .
          
           
             So
             plentifull
             is
             this
             Countrey
             of
             grain
             ,
             although
             not
             without
             great
             toil
             of
             the
             Husbandman
             ,
             that
             it
             hath
             not
             only
             sufficient
             to
             maintain
             it self
             ,
             but
             also
             affordeth
             often
             times
             great
             store
             of
             Corn
             into
             
               Spain
               .
            
          
           
             Besides
             a
             most
             rich
             Revenue
             and
             Commodity
             they
             have
             by
             those
             little
             Fishes
             that
             they
             call
             
               Pilchards
               ,
            
             which
             swarming
             ,
             as
             one
             would
             say
             ,
             in
             mighty
             great
             skuls
             about
             the
             shores
             from
             
               July
            
             unto
             
               November
               ,
            
             are
             there
             taken
             ,
             garbaged
             ,
             falted
             ,
             hanged
             in
             the
             smoke
             ,
             laid
             up
             ,
             pressed
             ,
             and
             by
             infinite
             numbers
             carried
             over
             into
             
               France
               ,
               Spain
               ,
            
             and
             
               Italy
               ,
            
             unto
             which
             Countreys
             they
             be
             very
             good
             chaffer
             ,
             and
             right
             welcome
             merchandize
             ,
             and
             are
             there
             named
             
               Fumados
               .
            
          
           
           
             
               Michael
            
             a
             
               Cornish
            
             Poet
             ,
             and
             of
             Rhymers
             in
             his
             time
             the
             chies
             ,
             hath
             these
             Verses
             of
             
               Cornwall
               .
            
             
               
                 Non
                 opus
                 est
                 ut
                 opes
                 numerem
                 quibus
                 est
                 opulenta
                 ,
              
               
                 Et
                 per
                 quas
                 ,
                 inopes
                 sustentat
                 non
                 opulenta
                 :
              
               
                 Piscibus
                 &
                 stanno
                 nusquam
                 tam
                 fertilis
                 ora
                 .
              
            
          
           
             The
             people
             thre
             are
             civil
             ,
             valiant
             ,
             
             hardy
             ,
             well
             pitcht
             in
             stature
             ,
             brawny
             and
             strong
             limbed
             :
             such
             as
             for
             wrestling
             (
             to
             speak
             nothing
             of
             that
             manly
             exercise
             ,
             and
             feat
             of
             hurling
             the
             Ball
             ,
             which
             they
             use
             )
             so
             farre
             excell
             ,
             that
             for
             slight
             and
             clean
             strength
             together
             ,
             they
             justly
             winne
             the
             prize
             and
             praise
             from
             other
             Nations
             in
             that
             behalf
             .
          
           
             
               Godolphin-Hill
            
             right
             famous
             for
             plentifull
             veins
             of
             Tin
             ,
             but
             much
             more
             renowned
             in
             regard
             of
             the
             Lords
             thereof
             ,
             bearing
             the
             same
             name
             ,
             who
             with
             their
             vertues
             have
             equalled
             the
             ancientnesse
             of
             that
             House
             and
             Linage
             .
             That
             name
             in
             the
             
               Cornish
            
             Language
             came
             of
             a
             
               white
               Eagle
               ,
            
             and
             this
             Family
             hath
             anciently
             
             born
             for
             their
             Arms
             in
             a
             Shield
             Gules
             ,
             an
             
               Aegle
            
             displayed
             Argent
             ,
             between
             three
             Flower-deluces
             of
             the
             same
             Shield
             .
          
           
             
               Falemouth-Haven
            
             is
             as
             noble
             as
             
               Brundusium
            
             it self
             in
             
               Italy
               :
            
             of
             exceeding
             great
             capacity
             ;
             for
             it
             is
             able
             to
             receive
             an
             hundred
             Ships
             ,
             which
             may
             ride
             therein
             so
             apart
             by
             themselves
             ,
             that
             out
             of
             never
             an
             one
             of
             them
             the
             top
             of
             anothers
             Mast
             can
             be
             seen
             :
             and
             most
             safe
             withall
             under
             the
             wind
             ,
             by
             reason
             that
             it
             is
             enclosed
             on
             every
             side
             with
             brims
             of
             high
             rising
             banks
             .
          
           
             The
             Gullet
             on
             either
             hand
             ,
             as
             well
             for
             the
             defence
             and
             safety
             of
             the
             place
             ,
             as
             for
             terrour
             to
             enemies
             ,
             is
             fortified
             with
             Block-houses
             :
             to
             wit
             ,
             the
             Castle
             of
             
               Maudit
            
             Eastward
             ,
             and
             toward
             the
             West
             ,
             the
             Fort
             
               Pendinaes
               ,
            
             both
             built
             by
             King
             
               Henry
            
             the
             Eighth
             .
          
           
             
               Foy
            
             a
             Town
             most
             renowned
             in
             former
             ages
             ,
             for
             Sea
             fights
             :
             which
             the
             very
             Arms
             of
             the
             Town
             do
             witnesse
             ,
             as
             being
             compounded
             of
             the
             Cinque-ports
             Arms
             .
          
           
             
               Padstow
            
             a
             pretty
             Market
             Town
             ,
             so
             called
             short
             for
             
               Petrockstow
            
             of
             one
             
               Petroch
            
             a
             
               Britan
               ,
            
             canonized
             a
             Saint
             
             by
             the
             people
             :
             who
             spent
             his
             dayes
             here
             in
             the
             service
             of
             God
             .
          
           
             
               Edward
            
             the
             Third
             erected
             
               Cornwall
            
             into
             a
             Dukedome
             ,
             and
             invested
             
               Edward
            
             his
             Sonne
             ,
             a
             Prince
             most
             accomplished
             with
             Martial
             Prowesse
             ,
             in
             the
             yeer
             of
             Christ
             ,
             1336.
             
             
               Duke
               of
               Cornwall
               ,
               by
               a
               Wreath
               on
               his
               Head
               ,
               a
               Ring
               upon
               his
               Finger
               ,
               and
               a
               silver
               Verge
               .
            
          
           
             Since
             which
             time
             ,
             the
             King
             of
             
               Englands
            
             eldest
             Sonne
             is
             reputed
             Duke
             of
             
               Cornwall
            
             by
             birth
             .
          
           
             
               Launston
            
             the
             chief
             Town
             .
          
           
             The
             
               Promontory
            
             named
             the
             Lands
             end
             ,
             the
             most
             Western
             point
             of
             the
             Kingdom
             .
          
           
             It
             containeth
             nine
             Hundreds
             ,
             two
             and
             twenty
             Market
             Towns
             ,
             an
             hundred
             sixty
             and
             one
             Parishes
             .
          
        
         
         
           
             Cumberland
             .
          
           
             IT
             took
             the
             name
             of
             the
             Inhabitauts
             ,
             
             who
             were
             the
             true
             and
             natural
             
               Britans
               ,
            
             and
             called
             themselves
             in
             their
             own
             language
             
               Kumbri
               .
            
          
           
             This
             Countrey
             although
             it
             be
             somewhat
             with
             the
             coldest
             ,
             as
             lying
             farre
             North
             ,
             and
             seemeth
             as
             rough
             by
             reason
             of
             Hils
             ,
             yet
             for
             the
             variety
             thereof
             it
             smileth
             upon
             the
             beholders
             ,
             and
             giveth
             contentment
             to
             as
             many
             as
             travel
             it
             .
          
           
             Of
             all
             the
             Shires
             we
             have
             ,
             it
             is
             accounted
             the
             best
             furnished
             with
             the
             
               Roman
            
             Antiquities
             .
             
               Burtons
            
             Comment
             .
             on
             
               Antoninus
            
             his
             Itin.
             
               p.
            
             13.
             
          
           
             At
             
               Newlands
            
             there
             are
             copper
             or
             brasse
             Mines
             .
             
          
           
             
               Skiddaw-Hill
            
             is
             very
             high
             .
             
               
                 
                   Skiddaw
                   ,
                   Lauvellin
                   ,
                
                 and
                 
                   Casticand
                   ,
                
              
               
                 Are
                 the
                 highest
                 hils
                 in
                 all
                 
                   England
                   .
                
                 
              
            
          
           
             
               Solway
               Frith
               ,
            
             so
             called
             of
             
               Solway
            
             a
             
             Town
             in
             
               Scotland
            
             standing
             upon
             it
             .
          
           
             Under
             this
             Burgh
             ,
             within
             the
             very
             Frith
             where
             the
             salt
             water
             ebbeth
             and
             floweth
             ,
             the
             
               Englishmen
            
             and
             
               Scotish
               ,
            
             by
             report
             of
             the
             Inhabitants
             ,
             fought
             with
             their
             Fleets
             at
             full
             Sea
             ,
             and
             also
             with
             their
             Horsemen
             and
             Footmen
             at
             the
             ebbe
             .
          
           
             Hard
             by
             the
             Riveret
             
               Dacor
               ,
            
             standeth
             
               Dacre-Castle
            
             ,
             of
             signal
             note
             ,
             because
             it
             hath
             given
             surname
             to
             the
             honourable
             Family
             of
             the
             Barons
             
               Dacre
               .
            
          
           
             
               Carlile
               .
            
             This
             ancient
             City
             is
             fortified
             with
             strong
             walls
             of
             stone
             ,
             
             with
             a
             Castle
             ,
             and
             Citadel
             ,
             as
             they
             terme
             it
             .
          
           
             Here
             begun
             
               Picts-wall
            
             ,
             or
             simply
             by
             
             way
             of
             excellency
             ,
             
               The
               Wall
               ,
            
             the
             limit
             of
             the
             
               Roman
            
             Province
             ,
             continued
             through
             this
             Countrey
             ,
             and
             
               Northumberland
               ,
            
             and
             ending
             in
             Walls-end
             .
          
           
             Here
             are
             nine
             Market
             Towns
             ,
             and
             fifty
             eight
             Parishes
             .
          
        
         
         
           
             Darbyshire
             .
          
           
             IT
             is
             a
             plentifull
             Countrey
             ,
             there
             are
             many
             Minerals
             ,
             and
             several
             kinds
             of
             Stones
             .
          
           
             
               Darby
            
             is
             the
             chief
             Town
             of
             all
             this
             Shire
             ,
             a
             Town
             of
             good
             trade
             .
          
           
             There
             be
             five
             Churches
             in
             it
             :
             Of
             
             which
             the
             greatest
             named
             
               All-Hallows
               ,
            
             dedicated
             to
             the
             memory
             of
             
               All-Saints
               ,
            
             hath
             a
             Tower-steeple
             ,
             that
             for
             height
             ,
             and
             singular
             fine
             Workmanship
             excelleth
             .
          
           
             They
             had
             a
             famous
             Minister
             there
             one
             
               Chappel
               ,
            
             which
             was
             brother
             to
             him
             that
             was
             of
             
               Cambridge
               ,
            
             and
             went
             afterward
             into
             
               Ireland
               .
            
             He
             did
             much
             good
             in
             
               Darby
               .
            
             When
             King
             
               James
            
             came
             thither
             a
             witty
             Butcher
             in
             the
             Town
             said
             thus
             to
             him
             ,
             
               
                 Jemmy
                 ,
                 for
                 a
                 
                   Chappel
                
                 and
                 a
                 Steeple
              
               
                 We
                 may
                 compare
                 with
                 any
                 people
                 .
              
            
          
           
             The
             Assizes
             are
             there
             kept
             for
             the
             
             whole
             Shire
             ,
             and
             the
             best
             nappy
             Ale
             is
             brewed
             there
             ,
             in
             two
             places
             especially
             .
             It
             is
             the
             ancient
             and
             peculiar
             drink
             of
             the
             
               Englishmen
            
             and
             
               Britains
               ,
            
             and
             very
             wholsome
             .
          
           
             
               Henry
            
             of
             
               Aurenches
            
             the
             
               Norman
            
             Arch-Poet
             to
             King
             
               Henry
            
             the
             Third
             ,
             merrily
             jested
             on
             it
             in
             these
             Verses
             .
             
               
                 Nescio
                 quid
                 Stygiae
                 monstrum
                 conforme
                 paludi
                 ,
              
               
                 Cervisiam
                 plerique
                 vocant
                 :
                 nil
                 spissius
                 illa
              
               
                 Dum
                 bibitur
                 ,
                 nil
                 clarius
                 est
                 dum
                 mingitur
                 ,
                 unde
              
               
                 Constat
                 ,
                 quod
                 multas
                 faeces
                 in
                 ventre
                 relinquit
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Of
                 this
                 strange
                 drink
                 ,
                 so
                 like
                 to
                 Stygean
                 lake
                 ,
              
               
                 (
                 Most
                 terme
                 it
                 Ale
                 )
                 I
                 wot
                 not
                 what
                 to
                 make
                 :
              
               
                 Folk
                 drink
                 it
                 thick
                 ,
                 and
                 pisse
                 it
                 passing
                 thin
                 ,
              
               
                 Much
                 dregs
                 therfore
                 must
                 needs
                 remain
                 within
                 .
              
            
          
           
             The
             wealth
             of
             this
             Town
             consisteth
             
             much
             of
             buying
             of
             Corn
             ,
             and
             selling
             it
             again
             to
             the
             mountains
             :
             for
             all
             the
             Inhabitants
             are
             a
             kind
             of
             Badgers
             .
          
           
             
               Thomas
               Linaker
            
             the
             famous
             Scholar
             was
             born
             here
             ,
             and
             so
             was
             Mr.
             
               Cotton
            
             the
             famous
             Minister
             of
             
               Boston
               ,
            
             and
             Dr.
             
               Wilmot
            
             neer
             it
             .
          
           
             
               Chesterfield
            
             a
             Market
             Town
             .
          
           
             The
             
               Peak
            
             (
             which
             signifieth
             to
             appear
             aloft
             )
             is
             severed
             from
             
               Staffordshire
            
             by
             the
             
               Dove
            
             a
             most
             swift
             and
             clear
             River
             .
          
           
             It
             is
             plentifull
             of
             Lead
             ,
             also
             
               Stibium
            
             or
             
               Antimony
               .
            
             Mill-stones
             likewise
             are
             here
             hewed
             out
             ,
             as
             also
             Grinde-stones
             and
             Whet-stones
             ,
             to
             give
             an
             edge
             unto
             iron
             tools
             .
             
          
           
             Under
             the
             old
             Castle
             ,
             called
             the
             Castle
             in
             the
             
               Peak
               ,
            
             there
             is
             a
             Cave
             or
             Hole
             within
             the
             ground
             ,
             called
             the
             
               Devils
               
               Arse
               ,
               Devils
               Arse
               in
               Peak
               ,
            
             that
             gapeth
             
             with
             a
             wide
             mouth
             ,
             and
             hath
             in
             it
             many
             turnings
             and
             retiring
             rooms
             .
          
           
             This
             Hole
             is
             reckoned
             one
             of
             the
             wonders
             of
             
               England
               .
            
          
           
             There
             are
             several
             other
             wonders
             in
             the
             
               Peak
               .
            
          
           
             
               Ashburn
            
             in
             the
             
               Peak
               .
            
          
           
             There
             is
             a
             place
             called
             
               Elden-Hole
               ,
            
             which
             lies
             two
             miles
             distant
             from
             
               Castleton
            
             a
             Town
             in
             the
             high
             
               Peak
               ,
            
             it
             is
             within
             the
             
               Peak
            
             Forest
             ,
             it
             descendeth
             directly
             down
             into
             the
             earth
             ,
             it
             is
             about
             thirty
             yards
             long
             ,
             and
             fifteen
             yards
             broad
             at
             the
             top
             of
             it
             ,
             but
             is
             much
             straighter
             when
             it
             cometh
             fourty
             yards
             deep
             .
             You
             may
             see
             into
             it
             about
             sixty
             yards
             ,
             being
             as
             farre
             as
             the
             light
             which
             cometh
             in
             at
             the
             mouth
             of
             the
             Hole
             will
             give
             light
             to
             see
             :
             it
             is
             fearfull
             to
             look
             into
             ,
             being
             a
             face
             of
             rock
             on
             each
             side
             .
             About
             sixty
             years
             since
             one
             Mr.
             
               Henry
               Cavendish
            
             (
             eldest
             brother
             to
             Sir
             
               Charles
               Cavendish
               )
            
             who
             had
             spent
             all
             his
             dayes
             in
             travel
             ,
             had
             been
             at
             
               Jerusalem
               ,
            
             and
             several
             other
             parts
             of
             the
             world
             ,
             and
             hearing
             of
             this
             place
             ,
             came
             to
             it
             ,
             and
             caused
             Engines
             to
             be
             made
             
             or
             to
             let
             a
             man
             into
             the
             Hole
             ,
             which
             being
             done
             ,
             one
             
               George
               Bradley
            
             of
             the
             
               Peak
            
             Forest
             was
             let
             down
             in
             a
             rope
             fourscore
             yards
             .
             And
             then
             another
             Engine
             was
             made
             to
             let
             him
             go
             further
             ,
             and
             from
             thence
             he
             was
             let
             down
             fourscore
             yards
             further
             ,
             and
             at
             the
             end
             thereof
             a
             third
             Engine
             was
             made
             whereby
             he
             was
             let
             down
             almost
             fourscore
             yards
             further
             ,
             at
             the
             top
             of
             the
             rope
             was
             fastened
             a
             Bell
             ,
             which
             he
             was
             to
             ring
             if
             he
             could
             go
             no
             further
             ,
             or
             would
             return
             back
             ;
             when
             he
             was
             let
             down
             almost
             the
             third
             fourscore
             yards
             ,
             he
             rung
             the
             Bell
             ,
             and
             being
             drawn
             up
             ,
             he
             was
             much
             affrighted
             ,
             remained
             speechlesse
             for
             a
             time
             ,
             and
             was
             struck
             with
             lamenesse
             ;
             but
             after
             he
             recovered
             his
             speech
             ,
             he
             declared
             ,
             that
             as
             he
             descended
             down
             ,
             were
             bones
             of
             Deer
             ,
             Sheep
             ,
             and
             other
             Cattel
             ,
             and
             also
             of
             men
             ,
             and
             that
             he
             was
             affrighted
             ,
             but
             how
             ,
             or
             in
             what
             manner
             he
             could
             not
             tel
             ;
             he
             lived
             several
             years
             ,
             but
             never
             was
             in
             perfect
             memory
             ,
             nor
             sound
             of
             his
             limbs
             .
          
           
             Within
             the
             Town
             of
             
               Buxton
               ,
            
             there
             is
             a
             Bath
             called
             
               Buxton-Well
            
             which
             cureth
             very
             many
             Diseases
             .
             There
             are
             
             two
             springs
             of
             water
             ,
             the
             one
             within
             a
             hand
             breadth
             of
             the
             other
             ,
             the
             one
             is
             very
             hot
             ,
             the
             other
             cold
             as
             ice
             .
          
           
             There
             are
             eight
             Market
             Towns
             ,
             six
             Hundreds
             ,
             and
             an
             hundred
             and
             six
             Parishes
             in
             this
             County
             .
          
        
         
           
             Denshire
             ,
             
               OR
            
             Devonshire
             .
          
           
             A
             Countrey
             harborous
             on
             either
             
             side
             with
             commodious
             Havens
             ,
             enriched
             with
             Tin-mines
             ,
             especially
             Westward
             ;
             garnished
             with
             pleasant
             medows
             ,
             sightly
             with
             great
             store
             of
             woods
             ,
             and
             passing
             well
             replenished
             with
             Towns
             and
             buildings
             .
          
           
             There
             is
             not
             any
             place
             almost
             in
             all
             
               England
               ,
            
             where
             the
             ground
             requireth
             greater
             charges
             .
             For
             in
             most
             parts
             thereof
             it
             groweth
             in
             manner
             barren
             ,
             if
             it
             be
             not
             over-strewed
             and
             mingled
             
             with
             a
             certain
             sand
             from
             the
             Sea
             ,
             which
             is
             of
             great
             efficacy
             to
             procure
             fertility
             ,
             by
             quickening
             ,
             as
             it
             were
             ,
             and
             giving
             life
             unto
             the
             Glebe
             :
             and
             therefore
             in
             places
             far
             from
             the
             shore
             it
             is
             bought
             at
             a
             dear
             rate
             .
          
           
             On
             
               Teave
            
             a
             little
             River
             
               Teavistock
               ,
            
             commonly
             
               Tavistoke
            
             fluorisheth
             ,
             a
             Town
             in
             times
             past
             famous
             for
             the
             Abbay
             there
             .
          
           
             Of
             the
             River
             
               Plime
               ,
            
             the
             Town
             adjoyning
             to
             it
             ,
             is
             called
             
               Plimmouth
               ,
            
             sometimes
             named
             
               Sutton
               .
            
          
           
             Of
             late
             time
             it
             became
             of
             a
             poor
             fisher
             Village
             to
             be
             a
             great
             Town
             ,
             and
             for
             the
             number
             of
             Inhabitants
             grown
             to
             that
             passe
             (
             as
             now
             it
             is
             to
             be
             seen
             )
             that
             it
             may
             be
             compared
             with
             a
             City
             .
          
           
             Such
             is
             the
             commodiousnesse
             of
             the
             Haven
             ,
             which
             without
             striking
             sail
             admitteth
             into
             the
             bosome
             thereof
             the
             tallest
             Ships
             that
             be
             ,
             and
             doth
             harbour
             them
             very
             safely
             ,
             and
             is
             sufficiently
             fortified
             against
             hostility
             .
          
           
             The
             whole
             Town
             is
             divided
             into
             four
             Wards
             ,
             governed
             by
             a
             Maior
             ,
             ordained
             there
             by
             King
             
               Henry
            
             the
             Sixth
             ,
             and
             
             under
             him
             every
             Ward
             had
             in
             times
             past
             a
             Captain
             set
             over
             it
             ,
             each
             of
             them
             likewise
             had
             his
             inferiour
             Officers
             .
          
           
             The
             Circuit
             of
             this
             Town
             is
             not
             great
             ,
             but
             much
             renowned
             it
             is
             among
             forrain
             Nations
             :
             and
             not
             so
             much
             for
             the
             comodious
             Haven
             ,
             as
             the
             valour
             of
             the
             Inhabitants
             in
             Sea-services
             of
             all
             sorts
             .
             From
             hence
             was
             Sir
             
               Francis
               Drake
            
             that
             famous
             Knight
             ,
             and
             most
             skilfull
             man
             at
             Sea
             .
             In
             the
             year
             1577.
             putting
             to
             Sea
             from
             hence
             ,
             he
             entered
             into
             the
             Straits
             of
             
               Magellane
               ,
            
             and
             in
             two
             years
             and
             ten
             moneths
             ,
             thorow
             many
             alternative
             varieties
             of
             Fortune
             ,
             God
             being
             his
             guide
             ,
             and
             Valour
             his
             Confort
             ,
             was
             the
             next
             after
             
               Magellaenus
               ,
            
             that
             sailed
             round
             about
             the
             world
             .
             Whereupon
             ,
             one
             wrote
             thus
             unto
             him
             ,
             
               
                 
                   Drake
                   ,
                
                 peragrati
                 novit
                 quem
                 terminus
                 orbis
                 ,
              
               
                 Quemque
                 semel
                 mundi
                 vidit
                 uterque
                 polus
                 .
              
               
                 Si
                 taceant
                 homines
                 ,
                 facient
                 te
                 sidera
                 notum
                 ,
              
               
                 Sol
                 nescit
                 comit
                 is
                 immemòr
                 esse
                 sui
                 .
              
            
          
           
           
             
               Plimpton
            
             a
             Mercate
             Town
             ,
             well
             frequented
             .
          
           
             
               Dertmouth
            
             a
             Port
             Town
             ,
             by
             reason
             
             of
             the
             commodious
             Haven
             ,
             defended
             with
             two
             Castles
             much
             frequented
             by
             Merchants
             ,
             and
             furnished
             with
             good
             shipping
             .
          
           
             
               Excester
               ,
            
             so
             called
             from
             the
             River
             
             
               Isc
               ,
            
             and
             by
             the
             
               Saxons
               Ex.
               
            
             It
             is
             a
             Bishops
             See
             .
             It
             is
             situate
             upon
             a
             little
             Hill
             ,
             gently
             arising
             with
             an
             easie
             ascent
             to
             a
             pretty
             height
             ,
             environed
             about
             with
             Ditches
             ,
             and
             very
             strong
             Walls
             ,
             and
             containeth
             in
             circuit
             a
             mile
             and
             an
             half
             ,
             having
             Suburbs
             running
             out
             a
             great
             way
             on
             each
             side
             .
             In
             it
             there
             are
             fifteen
             Parish
             Churches
             ,
             and
             in
             the
             very
             highest
             part
             thereof
             ,
             neer
             the
             East-gate
             ,
             a
             Castle
             called
             
               Rugemont
               ,
            
             at
             this
             day
             commended
             for
             nothing
             else
             ,
             but
             the
             antiquity
             and
             situation
             thereof
             :
             For
             it
             commandeth
             the
             whole
             
             City
             and
             Territory
             about
             it
             ,
             and
             hath
             a
             very
             pleasant
             prospect
             into
             the
             Sea
             .
          
           
             
               Joseph
               Iscanus
            
             was
             born
             here
             ,
             and
             from
             hence
             took
             his
             surname
             ,
             a
             Poet
             
             of
             a
             most
             excellent
             wit
             ,
             whose
             writings
             were
             so
             well
             approved
             ,
             as
             that
             they
             had
             equal
             commendation
             with
             the
             Works
             of
             ancient
             Poets
             .
             For
             his
             Poeme
             of
             the
             
               Trojan
            
             Warre
             was
             divulged
             once
             or
             twice
             in
             
               Germany
            
             under
             the
             name
             of
             
               Cornelius
               Nepos
               .
            
          
           
             The
             Civil
             Government
             of
             this
             City
             is
             in
             the
             power
             of
             four
             and
             twenty
             persons
             :
             out
             of
             whom
             there
             is
             from
             year
             to
             year
             a
             Maior
             elected
             ;
             who
             with
             four
             Bailiffs
             ruleth
             here
             the
             State
             .
             This
             City
             hath
             three
             Dukes
             .
          
           
             
               Tawstoke
            
             a
             very
             ancient
             Towne
             ,
             
             for
             elegant
             building
             and
             frequency
             of
             people
             ,
             held
             chiefe
             in
             all
             this
             Coast
             .
          
           
             The
             Inhabitants
             (
             for
             the
             most
             part
             )
             are
             Merchants
             ,
             who
             in
             
               France
            
             and
             
               Spain
            
             trade
             and
             traffick
             much
             .
             Out
             of
             
             this
             Towns
             School
             ,
             there
             issued
             two
             right
             learned
             men
             ,
             and
             most
             renowned
             
             Divines
             ,
             
               John
               Jewel
            
             Bishop
             of
             
               Salisbury
               ,
            
             and
             
               Thomas
               Harding
            
             the
             publick
             Professour
             in
             
               Lovain
               ,
            
             who
             most
             hotly
             contended
             ,
             and
             wrote
             learnedly
             one
             against
             the
             other
             ,
             concerning
             the
             truth
             of
             Religion
             .
          
           
             This
             Shire
             containeth
             thirty
             three
             Hundreds
             ,
             thirty
             seven
             Market
             Towns
             ,
             three
             hundred
             and
             ninety
             four
             Parishes
             .
          
        
         
           
             Dorsetshire
             .
          
           
             IT
             is
             bounded
             on
             the
             North-side
             with
             
               Somersetshire
            
             and
             
               Wiltshire
               ,
            
             on
             the
             West
             with
             
               Devonshire
               ,
            
             and
             some
             part
             of
             
               Somersetshire
               ,
            
             on
             the
             East
             with
             
               Hampshire
               :
            
             On
             the
             South
             part
             ,
             where
             it
             carrieth
             the
             greatest
             length
             ,
             it
             lieth
             all
             open
             to
             the
             Sea
             .
          
           
             Some
             say
             ,
             there
             are
             within
             six
             miles
             compasse
             round
             about
             
               Dorchester
               ,
            
             three
             hundred
             thousand
             Sheep
             .
          
           
           
             It
             is
             a
             fruitfull
             soyl
             ,
             and
             a
             great
             Ship
             Countrey
             .
          
           
             
               Lime
            
             a
             little
             Town
             situate
             upon
             a
             deep
             Hill
             ,
             so
             called
             of
             a
             small
             River
             of
             the
             same
             name
             running
             hard
             by
             .
          
           
             
               Shaftsbury
            
             a
             Town
             of
             note
             .
          
           
             
               Baurtport
               ,
            
             or
             more
             truly
             
               Birtport
               ,
            
             is
             placed
             between
             two
             small
             Rivers
             which
             there
             meet
             together
             .
             In
             respect
             of
             the
             soil
             yeelding
             the
             best
             Hemp
             ,
             and
             skill
             of
             the
             people
             for
             making
             Ropes
             and
             Cables
             for
             Ships
             ,
             it
             was
             provided
             by
             a
             special
             Statute
             ,
             to
             remain
             in
             force
             for
             a
             certain
             set
             time
             ,
             that
             Ropes
             for
             the
             Navy
             of
             
               England
            
             should
             be
             twisted
             no where
             else
             .
          
           
             
               Portland
            
             an
             Island
             ,
             so
             called
             of
             one
             
               Port
            
             a
             noble
             
               Saxon
               ,
            
             who
             
               Anno
            
             703.
             infested
             and
             sore
             annoyed
             these
             Coasts
             .
          
           
             
               Weymouth
            
             a
             little
             Town
             upon
             the
             mouth
             of
             
               Wey
            
             a
             small
             River
             ;
             over
             against
             which
             on
             the
             other
             side
             of
             the
             Bank
             standeth
             
               Kings-Melcomb
               ,
            
             divided
             from
             the
             other
             only
             by
             the
             Haven
             between
             .
          
           
             
               Pool
            
             in
             calm
             weather
             ,
             when
             the
             waters
             
             are
             still
             ,
             resembleth
             a
             Pond
             ,
             whence
             it
             receiv'd
             its
             name
             .
             A
             Mercat
             Town
             exceeding
             rich
             and
             wealthy
             ,
             beautified
             with
             goodly
             Houses
             .
          
           
             
               Frau
            
             or
             
               Frome
               ,
            
             the
             greatest
             and
             most
             famous
             River
             of
             all
             this
             tract
             .
          
           
             
               Dorchester
            
             is
             the
             head
             Town
             of
             the
             
             whole
             Shire
             ,
             and
             yet
             is
             neither
             great
             nor
             beautifull
             .
             It
             hath
             but
             three
             Parish
             Churches
             .
          
           
             The
             
               Forest
               of
               White-Hart
               .
            
             When
             King
             
               Henry
            
             the
             Third
             came
             hither
             to
             hunt
             ,
             and
             had
             taken
             other
             Deer
             ,
             he
             spared
             a
             most
             beautifull
             and
             goodly
             White
             Hart
             ,
             which
             afterwards
             
               T.
               de
               la
               Lynde
            
             a
             Gentleman
             of
             this
             Countrey
             ,
             with
             others
             in
             his
             company
             took
             and
             killed
             .
             But
             the
             King
             put
             them
             to
             a
             grievous
             Fine
             of
             money
             for
             it
             ,
             and
             the
             very
             Lands
             which
             they
             held
             pay
             
             even
             to
             this
             day
             every
             yeer
             by
             way
             of
             Amercement
             a
             peece
             of
             money
             into
             the
             Exchequer
             ,
             which
             is
             called
             
               White-Hart
               silver
               .
            
          
           
             
               Shirburn
            
             Town
             or
             Castle
             is
             sited
             in
             
             the
             hanging
             of
             an
             Hill
             ,
             a
             pleasant
             and
             proper
             seat
             :
             It
             is
             the
             most
             populous
             and
             best
             haunted
             Town
             of
             this
             Country
             ,
             
             and
             gaineth
             exceeding
             much
             by
             cloathing
             .
          
           
             It
             containeth
             thirty
             four
             Hundreds
             ,
             eighteen
             Market
             Towns
             ,
             and
             two
             hundred
             and
             fourty
             eight
             Parishes
             .
          
        
         
           
             Durham
             
               or
            
             Duresme
             .
          
           
             
               DUresme
            
             the
             chief
             Town
             ,
             in
             Latine
             
             
               Dunelmum
               ,
            
             a
             County
             Palatine
             ,
             and
             a
             Bishops
             See
             .
          
           
             It
             is
             seated
             on
             high
             ,
             it
             is
             shaped
             in
             form
             of
             an
             Egge
             .
          
           
             The
             River
             
               Teise
            
             or
             
               Teisis
               ,
            
             commonly
             
               Tees
               ,
            
             boundeth
             the
             South
             part
             of
             this
             County
             .
          
           
             It
             first
             beateth
             upon
             
               Bernard-Castle
            
             ,
             built
             and
             so
             named
             by
             
               Bernard
               Balliol
            
             the
             great
             Grand-fathers
             
             Father
             of
             
               John
               Balliol
            
             King
             of
             the
             
               Scots
               .
            
          
           
             
               Hartle-Poole
            
             a
             good
             Towne
             of
             Trade
             ,
             and
             a
             safe
             Harbour
             for
             fishing
             .
          
           
             By
             the
             
               Tine
            
             there
             is
             situate
             a
             memorable
             Town
             called
             
               Gateshead
               ,
            
             or
             
               Goateshead
               :
            
             The
             common
             people
             think
             it
             is
             farre
             more
             ancient
             than
             
               New-Castle
            
             itself
             .
          
           
             This
             name
             was
             given
             unto
             this
             place
             by
             occasion
             of
             some
             Inne
             that
             had
             a
             
               Goats-head
            
             for
             the
             Sign
             .
          
           
             
               Jarrow
               ,
            
             the
             native
             soil
             of
             venerable
             
               Bede
               .
            
          
           
             
               Thomas
               Wolsey
            
             Cardinal
             ,
             who
             in
             his
             high
             prosperity
             wanted
             nothing
             but
             moderation
             ,
             and
             
               Cuthbert
               Tunstall
               ,
            
             who
             for
             singular
             knowledge
             in
             the
             best
             Sciences
             ,
             sincere
             holinesse
             of
             life
             ,
             a
             singular
             Ornament
             to
             his
             native
             Countrey
             ,
             were
             Bishops
             of
             
               Durham
               .
            
          
        
         
         
           
             Essex
             .
          
           
             A
             Countrey
             large
             in
             compasse
             ,
             
             fruitfull
             ,
             full
             of
             Woods
             ,
             plentifull
             of
             Saffron
             ,
             and
             very
             wealthy
             :
             encircled
             ,
             as
             it
             were
             ,
             on
             the
             one
             side
             with
             the
             main
             Sea
             ,
             on
             the
             other
             with
             Fish-full
             Rivers
             ,
             which
             also
             do
             afford
             their
             peculiar
             Commodities
             in
             great
             abundance
             .
          
           
             The
             Air
             is
             temperate
             and
             pleasant
             ,
             only
             towards
             the
             waters
             somewhat
             aguish
             ,
             insomuch
             that
             in
             one
             Hundred
             they
             will
             ask
             a
             stranger
             merrily
             ,
             
               Whether
               the
               Bayliff
               of
               the
               Hundred
               hath
               yet
               arrested
               him
               .
            
          
           
             
               Waltham
            
             Forest
             of
             the
             Town
             
               Waltham
               .
            
             It
             was
             stored
             very
             full
             with
             Deer
             ,
             that
             for
             their
             bignesse
             and
             fatnesse
             withall
             ,
             have
             the
             name
             above
             all
             other
             .
          
           
             
               Rochford
               ,
            
             it
             hath
             given
             name
             to
             an
             Hundred
             .
             It
             is
             aguish
             .
          
           
             
               Rumford
               ,
            
             the
             glory
             whereof
             dependeth
             
             on
             a
             Swine
             Mercat
             .
          
           
             
               Brent-wood
            
             a
             Mercat
             Town
             .
          
           
             
               Engerstone
            
             a
             Town
             of
             note
             for
             nothing
             else
             but
             the
             Mercat
             and
             Innes
             for
             travellers
             .
          
           
             
               Chensford
            
             a
             good
             big
             Town
             situate
             in
             the
             heart
             of
             the
             Shire
             between
             two
             Rivers
             :
             Of
             note
             onely
             for
             the
             Assizes
             .
          
           
             
               Cogeshall
            
             a
             Mercate
             Town
             .
          
           
             
               Maldon
            
             for
             the
             number
             of
             the
             Inhabitants
             ,
             
             and
             the
             bignesse
             ,
             it
             is
             worthily
             counted
             one
             of
             the
             principal
             Towns
             in
             all
             
               Essex
               ,
            
             and
             in
             Records
             named
             ,
             
               The
               Burgh
               of
               Maldon
               .
            
             It
             is
             a
             Haven
             commodious
             enough
             ,
             and
             for
             the
             bignesse
             very
             well
             inhabited
             ,
             being
             but
             one
             especial
             street
             descending
             much
             about
             a
             mile
             in
             length
             ,
             upon
             the
             ridg
             of
             an
             Hill
             answerable
             to
             the
             termination
             of
             
               Dunum
               ,
            
             which
             signified
             
               an
               hilly
               and
               high
               situation
               .
            
          
           
             
               Colchester
            
             a
             proper
             and
             fine
             Burrough
             ,
             
             well
             traded
             ,
             and
             pleasantly
             seated
             ,
             
             as
             being
             situate
             upon
             the
             brow
             of
             an
             Hill
             ,
             stretching
             out
             from
             West
             to
             East
             ,
             walled
             about
             ,
             beautified
             with
             several
             Churches
             ,
             some
             of
             which
             were
             lately
             demolished
             .
          
           
             The
             Inhabitants
             affirm
             ,
             that
             
               Flavia
               Julia
               Helena
            
             the
             Mother
             of
             
               Constantine
            
             the
             Great
             was
             borne
             and
             bred
             there
             .
          
           
             
               Harewich
            
             a
             most
             safe
             Road
             ,
             whence
             it
             hath
             the
             name
             .
             The
             Town
             is
             not
             great
             ,
             but
             well
             peopled
             ,
             fortified
             by
             Art
             and
             Nature
             .
          
           
             
               Walden
               of
               Saffron
            
             
               *
            
             called
             
               Saffron
               Walden
               ,
            
             among
             the
             fields
             looking
             merrily
             with
             most
             lovely
             Saffron
             .
             A
             very
             good
             Mercat
             Town
             .
          
           
             Here
             Sir
             
               Thomas
               Smith
               ,
            
             Secretary
             to
             Queen
             
               Elizabeth
               ,
            
             a
             wise
             and
             learned
             man
             was
             born
             .
          
           
             
               Audley-end
               ,
            
             a
             magnificent
             House
             built
             by
             the
             Earl
             of
             
               Suffolk
               ,
            
             where
             there
             is
             a
             spacious
             and
             very
             broad
             Gallery
             .
          
           
             
               Barrington-Hall
               ,
            
             where
             dwelleth
             
             that
             right
             ancient
             Family
             of
             the
             
               Baringtons
               .
            
          
           
             
               Lees-Abbey
            
             now
             the
             Seat
             of
             the
             right
             Honourable
             Lord
             
               Rich
               ,
            
             Baron
             
               Lees
               ,
            
             and
             Earl
             of
             
               Warwick
               .
            
          
           
             It
             contains
             twenty
             Hundreds
             ,
             one
             and
             twenty
             Market
             Towns
             ,
             and
             four
             hundred
             and
             fifteen
             Parishes
             .
          
        
         
           
             Glocestershire
             .
          
           
             ON
             the
             West-side
             butteth
             on
             
               Monmouthshire
            
             and
             
               Herefordshire
               ;
            
             on
             the
             North
             on
             
               Worcestershire
               ;
            
             on
             the
             East
             upon
             
               Warwickshire
            
             and
             
               Oxfordshire
            
             both
             ;
             on
             the
             South
             with
             
               Somersetshire
               .
            
          
           
             A
             pleasant
             Countrey
             ,
             and
             fruitfull
             in
             Corn
             ,
             Wooll
             ,
             Apples
             and
             Pears
             ,
             and
             
               Severn
            
             full
             of
             Salmon
             .
          
           
             Commonly
             through
             all
             
               Glocestershire
            
             there
             is
             good
             plenty
             of
             Corn
             ,
             Pasture
             and
             Wood
             ,
             saving
             in
             
               Coteswold
               ,
            
             where
             the
             great
             flocks
             of
             Sheep
             be
             ,
             and
             yet
             in
             some
             places
             there
             groweth
             fair
             Corn
             .
             
               Lelands
            
             Itinerary
             .
          
           
           
             
               Forest
               of
               Dean
               ,
            
             or
             
               Dean-Forest
            
             was
             
             wholly
             bespread
             with
             thick
             tall
             Wood
             .
          
           
             It
             is
             between
             two
             navigable
             Rivers
             
               Wie
            
             and
             
               Severn
               .
            
          
           
             It
             was
             a
             wonderfull
             thick
             Forest
             ,
             and
             in
             former
             ages
             so
             dark
             and
             terrible
             ,
             by
             reason
             of
             crooked
             and
             winding
             wayes
             ,
             as
             also
             the
             grisly
             shade
             therein
             ,
             that
             it
             made
             the
             Inhabitants
             more
             fierce
             ,
             and
             bolder
             to
             commit
             robberies
             .
             Since
             that
             rich
             Mines
             of
             Iron
             were
             here
             found
             out
             ,
             those
             thick
             woods
             began
             to
             wax
             thinne
             by
             little
             and
             little
             .
          
           
             
               Tewksbury
               .
            
             It
             is
             a
             great
             and
             fair
             Town
             ,
             having
             three
             Bridges
             to
             passe
             over
             ,
             standing
             upon
             three
             Rivers
             ,
             famous
             for
             the
             best
             Mustard
             .
             One
             may
             carry
             it
             in
             bals
             a
             long
             way
             .
          
           
             
               Glocester
            
             the
             head
             City
             of
             this
             
             Shire
             .
          
           
             It
             lieth
             stretched
             out
             in
             length
             over
             
               Severne
               :
            
             on
             that
             side
             where
             it
             is
             not
             watered
             with
             the
             River
             ,
             it
             hath
             in
             some
             places
             a
             very
             strong
             Wall
             for
             defence
             .
             A
             proper
             and
             fine
             City
             both
             for
             number
             of
             Churches
             ,
             and
             for
             the
             buildings
             .
          
           
           
             Above
             the
             Quire
             ,
             in
             an
             Arch
             of
             this
             Church
             ,
             there
             is
             a
             Wall
             built
             in
             forme
             of
             a
             Semi-circle
             full
             of
             Corners
             ,
             with
             such
             an
             artificial
             devise
             ,
             that
             if
             a
             man
             speak
             with
             never
             so
             low
             a
             voice
             at
             the
             one
             part
             thereof
             ,
             and
             another
             lay
             his
             ear
             to
             the
             other
             being
             a
             good
             way
             distant
             ,
             he
             may
             also
             hear
             every
             syllable
             .
          
           
             
               Cotswold
               ,
            
             it
             took
             its
             name
             of
             Woulds
             and
             Cotes
             ,
             that
             is
             Hils
             and
             Sheepfolds
             .
          
           
             Here
             feed
             in
             great
             numbers
             ,
             flocks
             of
             Sheep
             long
             necked
             ,
             and
             square
             of
             bulk
             and
             bone
             ,
             by
             reason
             of
             the
             hilly
             and
             large
             situation
             of
             their
             pasturage
             :
             whose
             Wooll
             being
             most
             fine
             and
             soft
             is
             had
             in
             passing
             great
             account
             among
             all
             Nations
             .
          
           
             
               Barkly
            
             honoured
             with
             a
             Castle
             ,
             whereof
             the
             Lord
             
               Barklies
            
             are
             entituled
             .
          
           
             
               Camden
            
             a
             Mercat
             Town
             well
             peopled
             ,
             and
             of
             good
             resort
             .
             Near
             unto
             it
             standeth
             
               Weston
               ,
            
             where
             there
             is
             a
             fair
             House
             which
             maketh
             a
             goodly
             shew
             ,
             built
             by
             
               Ralph
               Sheldon
            
             for
             him
             and
             his
             posterity
             .
          
           
           
             
               Hales
            
             in
             late
             time
             a
             most
             flourishing
             Abbey
             ,
             and
             deserving
             commendation
             for
             breeding
             up
             of
             
               Alexander
               of
               Hales
            
             a
             great
             Clerk
             ,
             and
             so
             deeply
             learned
             above
             all
             others
             in
             that
             subtil
             Divinity
             of
             the
             Schoolmen
             ,
             as
             he
             carried
             away
             the
             surname
             of
             
               Doctor
               Irrefr
               agabilis
               ,
            
             the
             
               Doctor
               ungain
               said
               ,
            
             as
             he
             that
             could
             not
             be
             gain-said
             .
          
           
             
               Winchelcomb
            
             a
             great
             Town
             ,
             and
             well
             inhabited
             .
          
           
             
               Cyrencester
            
             a
             famous
             Mercat
             Town
             ,
             both
             for
             Corn
             upon
             the
             Monday
             ,
             and
             for
             Wooll
             and
             Yarn
             on
             the
             Friday
             .
          
           
             
               Bibery
               .
            
             There
             is
             a
             spring
             under
             the
             side
             of
             a
             Hill
             which
             is
             so
             forcible
             ,
             that
             it
             serves
             to
             drive
             a
             Mill
             about
             a
             stones
             cast
             from
             it
             .
          
           
             
               Strowd
               ,
            
             whence
             the
             name
             of
             
               Strowdwater
               ,
            
             where
             are
             multitudes
             of
             rich
             Clothiers
             ,
             fair
             building
             ,
             and
             famous
             also
             for
             dying
             of
             Cloaths
             ,
             by
             reason
             of
             the
             nature
             of
             the
             water
             .
          
           
             It
             containeth
             thirty
             Hundreds
             ,
             two
             hundred
             and
             eighty
             Parishes
             .
          
        
         
         
           
             Hantshire
             .
          
           
             ON
             the
             West
             it
             hath
             
               Dorsetshire
            
             and
             
               Wiltshire
               ;
            
             on
             the
             South
             the
             Ocean
             to
             bound
             it
             :
             on
             the
             East
             it
             joyneth
             to
             
               Sussex
            
             and
             
               Surrey
               ,
            
             and
             on
             the
             North
             it
             bordereth
             upon
             
               Barkshire
               .
            
          
           
             A
             small
             Province
             it
             is
             ,
             fruitful
             in
             Corn
             ,
             rich
             in
             plenteous
             Pasture
             ,
             and
             for
             all
             commodities
             of
             sea
             most
             wealthy
             and
             happy
             .
          
           
             Wools
             ,
             Cloathes
             and
             Iron
             are
             the
             general
             Commodities
             of
             this
             Shire
             .
          
           
             
               Ringwood
            
             a
             well
             frequented
             Mercat
             Town
             .
          
           
             
               New-Forest
               .
            
             King
             
               William
            
             of
             
               Normandy
            
             pulled
             downe
             all
             the
             Townes
             ,
             
             Villages
             ,
             Houses
             ,
             and
             Churches
             farre
             and
             neare
             ,
             cast
             out
             the
             poore
             Inhabitants
             ,
             and
             when
             he
             had
             so
             done
             ,
             brought
             all
             within
             thirty
             miles
             compasse
             ,
             or
             thereabout
             ,
             into
             a
             Forest
             and
             Harbour
             for
             wilde
             Beasts
             .
          
           
             
               Hurst-Castle
            
             commandeth
             Seaward
             every where
             .
          
           
           
             
               South-hanton
            
             a
             Town
             populous
             ,
             rich
             
             and
             beautifull
             ,
             from
             whom
             the
             whole
             Shire
             deriveth
             her
             name
             .
          
           
             
               Andover
               .
            
          
           
             
               Winchester
            
             
               *
            
             in
             Latin
             
               Wintonia
               ;
            
             a
             City
             flourishing
             even
             in
             the
             
               Romans
            
             times
             .
          
           
             It
             is
             indifferently
             well
             peopled
             and
             frequented
             ,
             having
             plenty
             of
             water
             ,
             by
             reason
             of
             the
             River
             conveyed
             divers
             wayes
             into
             it
             ;
             it
             containeth
             about
             a
             mile
             and
             half
             in
             circuit
             within
             the
             Wals
             :
             which
             open
             at
             six
             Gates
             ,
             and
             have
             every
             one
             of
             them
             their
             Suburbs
             reaching
             forth
             without
             a
             good
             way
             .
             It
             is
             adorned
             with
             magnificent
             Churches
             ,
             and
             a
             Bishops
             See
             .
             There
             is
             a
             fair
             Colledge
             which
             
               William
               Wickham
            
             Bishop
             of
             this
             See
             ,
             built
             for
             a
             School
             ,
             out
             of
             which
             ,
             both
             for
             Church
             and
             Commonwealth
             ,
             there
             ariseth
             a
             most
             plentifull
             increase
             of
             right
             learned
             men
             .
          
           
           
             In
             this
             Colledge
             ,
             one
             Warden
             ,
             ten
             Fellows
             ,
             two
             Schoolmasters
             ,
             threescore
             and
             ten
             Scholars
             ,
             with
             divers
             others
             are
             plentifully
             maintained
             .
          
           
             
               Potesmouth
               ,
            
             that
             is
             ,
             the
             mouth
             of
             the
             Haven
             .
             A
             place
             always
             in
             time
             of
             warre
             well
             frequented
             .
             It
             is
             fortified
             with
             a
             Wall
             made
             of
             Timber
             ,
             and
             the
             same
             well
             covered
             over
             with
             thick
             Banks
             of
             earth
             :
             There
             is
             nothing
             wanting
             that
             a
             man
             would
             require
             in
             a
             most
             strong
             and
             fenced
             place
             .
             Of
             the
             Garison
             Souldiers
             ,
             some
             keep
             watch
             and
             ward
             both
             night
             and
             day
             at
             the
             Gates
             :
             Others
             upon
             the
             Tower
             of
             the
             Church
             ,
             who
             by
             the
             ringing
             or
             sound
             of
             a
             Bell
             give
             warning
             how
             many
             Horse
             or
             Foot
             are
             coming
             ,
             and
             by
             putting
             forth
             a
             Banner
             shew
             from
             what
             Quarter
             they
             come
             .
          
           
             
               Basing
               stoke
            
             a
             Mercat
             Town
             well
             frequented
             .
          
           
             
               Basing
            
             is
             near
             it
             ,
             the
             Seat
             of
             the
             Marquesses
             of
             
               Winchester
               .
            
          
           
             
               Odiam
            
             a
             Borough
             corporate
             ,
             belonging
             in
             times
             past
             to
             the
             Bishop
             of
             
               Winchester
               .
            
          
           
             
               William
               Lilie
            
             the
             great
             Grammarian
             
             was
             born
             here
             .
             He
             was
             the
             first
             Master
             of
             
               Pauls
            
             School
             .
          
           
             There
             are
             in
             this
             Shire
             two
             hundred
             and
             fifty
             three
             Parishes
             ,
             eighteen
             Market
             Towns
             ,
             and
             forty
             Hundreds
             .
          
           
             To
             this
             County
             of
             
               Southampton
            
             belongeth
             the
             
               Isle
               of
               Wight
               ,
               Vecta
               ,
            
             or
             
               Vectis
               Insula
               .
            
          
           
             This
             Isle
             ,
             between
             East
             and
             West
             in
             
             an
             old
             form
             ,
             stretcheth
             out
             twenty
             miles
             in
             length
             ;
             and
             spreadeth
             in
             the
             midst
             ,
             which
             is
             broadest
             ,
             twelve
             miles
             .
             So
             
               Camden
               .
            
          
           
             
               Leland
            
             saith
             ,
             it
             is
             ten
             miles
             broad
             .
          
           
             The
             Ground
             (
             to
             say
             nothing
             of
             the
             Sea
             full
             of
             Fish
             )
             consisteth
             of
             a
             very
             fruitfull
             soil
             ,
             it
             breeds
             every where
             store
             of
             Coneys
             ,
             Hares
             ,
             Partridges
             and
             Pheasants
             .
             It
             hath
             one
             little
             Forest
             ,
             and
             two
             Parks
             replenished
             with
             Deer
             ,
             for
             game
             and
             hunting
             pleasure
             .
             Through
             the
             midst
             thereof
             runnes
             a
             long
             tract
             of
             Hils
             ,
             yeelding
             plenty
             of
             
             Pasture
             and
             Forrage
             for
             Sheep
             .
             The
             Wooll
             of
             which
             ,
             next
             unto
             that
             of
             
               Lemster
            
             and
             
               Cotteswold
               ,
            
             is
             esteemed
             best
             ,
             and
             in
             special
             request
             with
             Clothiers
             ,
             whereby
             there
             groweth
             to
             the
             Inhabitants
             much
             gaine
             and
             profit
             .
          
           
             There
             are
             thirty
             six
             Towns
             ,
             Villages
             ,
             and
             Castles
             :
             which
             for
             Ecclesiastical
             Jurisdiction
             belonged
             to
             the
             Bishop
             of
             
               Winchester
               ,
            
             and
             for
             Civil
             Government
             to
             the
             County
             of
             
               South-hanton
               .
            
          
           
             It
             armeth
             four
             thousand
             men
             exercised
             by
             their
             Captains
             .
          
           
             The
             Inhabitants
             of
             this
             Isle
             were
             wont
             merrily
             to
             make
             their
             boast
             ,
             
               That
               their
               case
               was
               happier
               than
               all
               others
               ,
               because
               they
               had
               neither
               hooded
               Monks
               ,
               nor
               cavilling
               Lawyers
               ,
               nor
               yet
               crafty
               Foxes
               .
            
          
           
             
               Newport
            
             is
             the
             principal
             Mercat
             Town
             of
             the
             whole
             Isle
             .
          
           
             
               Caresbrook
            
             an
             old
             Castle
             is
             in
             the
             very
             heart
             and
             midst
             of
             the
             Isle
             .
          
           
             
               Brading
            
             a
             Mercat
             Town
             .
          
           
             
               Newton
            
             and
             
               Yarmouth
            
             have
             their
             Maiors
             ,
             and
             send
             Burgesses
             to
             the
             Parliament
             .
          
           
           
             
               Sauham-Castle
            
             .
          
           
             The
             Inhabitants
             of
             the
             Isle
             being
             naturally
             most
             warlike
             ,
             bold
             and
             adventurous
             ,
             are
             through
             the
             diligence
             and
             care
             of
             the
             Captain
             of
             the
             Isle
             ,
             confirmed
             so
             by
             continual
             exercise
             in
             strength
             and
             military
             Discipline
             ,
             that
             they
             exactly
             know
             before-hand
             with
             their
             Peeces
             to
             shoot
             point-blank
             ,
             and
             not
             misse
             the
             Mark
             ,
             to
             keep
             their
             ranks
             ,
             to
             march
             orderly
             and
             in
             ray
             ,
             to
             cast
             their
             squadrons
             ,
             if
             need
             be
             ,
             close
             into
             a
             ring
             ,
             to
             display
             and
             spread
             the
             same
             at
             large
             ,
             to
             take
             pains
             ,
             to
             runne
             and
             ride
             ,
             to
             endure
             both
             Sunne
             and
             dust
             ,
             and
             fully
             to
             performe
             whatsoever
             warfare
             doth
             require
             .
          
           
             Of
             these
             Souldiers
             thus
             trained
             ,
             the
             Isle
             it self
             is
             able
             to
             bring
             forth
             into
             the
             field
             four
             thousand
             :
             and
             at
             the
             instant
             for
             all
             assayes
             appointed
             ,
             there
             are
             three
             thousand
             more
             of
             most
             expert
             and
             practised
             Souldiers
             out
             of
             
               Hantshire
               ,
            
             and
             two
             thousand
             beside
             out
             of
             
               Wiltshire
               ,
            
             to
             be
             ever
             prest
             and
             in
             readinesse
             for
             the
             defence
             of
             the
             Isle
             .
          
           
             That
             all
             hostile
             Forces
             whatsoever
             
             might
             be
             withstood
             more
             speedily
             and
             with
             greater
             facility
             ,
             the
             whole
             Countrey
             is
             divided
             into
             eleven
             parts
             ,
             and
             every
             of
             them
             hath
             their
             several
             Centoner
             or
             Centurion
             ,
             their
             Vinton
             also
             ,
             Leaders
             (
             as
             it
             were
             )
             of
             twenty
             ,
             their
             great
             peeces
             of
             Ordnance
             ,
             their
             Sentinels
             and
             Warders
             ,
             who
             keep
             Watch
             and
             Ward
             at
             the
             Beacons
             standing
             on
             the
             higher
             grounds
             :
             their
             Posts
             also
             or
             Runners
             ,
             whom
             by
             an
             old
             name
             ,
             grown
             almost
             out
             of
             use
             ,
             they
             terme
             still
             Hoblers
             ,
             who
             presently
             give
             intelligence
             of
             all
             occurrents
             to
             the
             Captain
             and
             Governour
             of
             the
             Isle
             .
          
           
             
               Vespasian
            
             was
             the
             first
             that
             brought
             it
             into
             subjection
             ,
             whiles
             he
             served
             as
             a
             private
             person
             under
             
               Claudius
               Caesar
               .
            
          
           
             This
             Isle
             had
             a
             noble
             Family
             ,
             named
             
             
               De
               Insula
               ,
            
             or
             
               Lisle
               ,
            
             out
             of
             which
             in
             the
             Reign
             of
             King
             
               Edward
            
             the
             Second
             ,
             one
             was
             summoned
             unto
             the
             Parliament
             by
             the
             name
             of
             Sir
             
               John
               Lisle
               ,
            
             of
             the
             
               Isle
               of
               Wight
               .
            
          
        
         
         
           
             Herefordshire
             .
          
           
             THis
             County
             lieth
             round
             in
             compasse
             ,
             
             as
             it
             were
             a
             Circle
             ,
             it
             is
             bounded
             on
             the
             East-side
             with
             
               Worcester
            
             and
             
               Glocestershire
               ;
            
             on
             the
             South
             with
             
               Monmouthshire
               ;
            
             on
             the
             West-side
             with
             
               Radnoc
            
             and
             
               Brecknotshire
               ;
            
             and
             on
             the
             North
             with
             
               Shropshire
               .
            
          
           
             For
             three
             
               W.
               W.
               W.
            
             Wheat
             ,
             Wooll
             and
             Water
             
               *
            
             it
             yeeldeth
             to
             no
             Shire
             of
             
               England
               .
            
          
           
             This
             Countrey
             is
             reputed
             the
             Orchard
             of
             
               England
               .
            
             From
             the
             greatest
             persons
             to
             the
             poorest
             cottager
             ,
             all
             habitations
             are
             encompassed
             with
             Orchards
             and
             Gardens
             ;
             and
             in
             most
             places
             the
             hedges
             are
             enriched
             with
             rows
             of
             Fruit-trees
             ,
             Pears
             or
             Apples
             ,
             Gennet-moyles
             ,
             or
             Crab-trees
             .
             
               Worcestershire
            
             is
             more
             proper
             for
             Pears
             and
             Cherries
             ;
             
               Herefordshire
            
             for
             Apples
             .
          
           
             
               Herefordshire
               Orchards
               ,
               a
               Patern
               for
               all
               England
               .
            
             By
             
               J.
               B.
               
            
          
           
           
             
               Bradwardin-Castle
            
             gave
             both
             original
             and
             name
             to
             that
             famous
             
               Thomas
               Bradwardin
            
             Archbishop
             of
             
               Canterbury
               ,
            
             who
             for
             his
             variety
             of
             knowledge
             ,
             and
             profound
             Learning
             ,
             was
             in
             that
             age
             termed
             ,
             
               The
               profound
               Doctor
               .
            
          
           
             
               Hereford
            
             is
             the
             chief
             City
             of
             the
             
             Shire
             ,
             it
             is
             seated
             among
             most
             pleasant
             Medows
             ,
             and
             as
             plentifull
             Corn-fields
             ,
             compassed
             almost
             round
             about
             with
             Rivers
             .
             On
             the
             North-side
             and
             the
             West
             with
             one
             that
             hath
             no
             name
             ;
             on
             the
             South-side
             with
             
               Wye
               ,
            
             which
             hasteneth
             hither
             out
             of
             
               Wales
               .
            
          
           
             
               Lemster
            
             upon
             the
             River
             
               Lug.
               
            
             The
             greatest
             name
             and
             fame
             that
             it
             hath
             at
             this
             day
             is
             of
             the
             Wooll
             in
             the
             Territories
             round
             about
             it
             ,
             
               (
               Lemster
            
             Ore
             they
             call
             it
             )
             which
             setting
             aside
             that
             of
             
               Apulia
            
             and
             
               Tarentum
            
             all
             
               Europe
            
             counteth
             to
             be
             the
             very
             best
             .
             
               
                 Where
                 lives
                 the
                 man
                 so
                 dull
                 ,
                 on
                 
                   Britains
                
                 furthest
                 shore
                 ,
              
               
                 To
                 whom
                 did
                 never
                 sound
                 the
                 name
                 of
                 
                   Lemster
                
                 Ore
                 :
              
               
                 That
                 with
                 the
                 Silk-worms
                 web
                 for
                 smalnesse
                 doth
                 compare
                 :
              
               
               
                 Wherein
                 ,
                 the
                 winder
                 shews
                 his
                 workmanship
                 so
                 rare
                 .
              
               
                 As
                 doth
                 the
                 Fleece
                 excell
                 ,
                 and
                 mocks
                 her
                 looser
                 clew
                 ;
              
               
                 As
                 neatly
                 bottom'd
                 up
                 as
                 Nature
                 forth
                 it
                 drew
                 ;
              
               
                 Of
                 each
                 in
                 high'st
                 accompt
                 ,
                 and
                 reckoned
                 here
                 as
                 fine
                 ,
              
               
                 As
                 there
                 th'
                 Appulian
                 Fleece
                 ,
                 or
                 dainty
                 Tarentyne
                 .
              
               
                 Draytons
                 Polyolbion
                 7th
                 Song
                 .
              
            
          
           
             In
             
               Apulia
            
             and
             the
             upper
             
               Calabria
            
             of
             
               Italy
               ,
            
             the
             Wool
             hath
             been
             famous
             for
             finest
             excellence
             :
             insomuch
             that
             for
             preserving
             it
             from
             the
             injury
             of
             earth
             ,
             bushes
             and
             weather
             ,
             the
             Shepherds
             used
             to
             clothe
             their
             Sheep
             with
             skins
             ;
             and
             indeed
             was
             so
             chargeable
             in
             these
             and
             other
             kind
             of
             pains
             about
             it
             ,
             that
             it
             scarce
             requites
             the
             cost
             .
          
           
             
               Seld.
            
             Illustrat
             .
             of
             
               Drayt.
               Polyolb
               .
            
          
           
             
               Brameyard
            
             upon
             the
             River
             
               Frome
               .
            
          
           
             
               Ledbury
            
             under
             
               Malvern-Hils
            
             .
          
           
             It
             is
             also
             so
             renowned
             for
             Wheat
             and
             Bread
             of
             the
             finest
             Flour
             ,
             that
             
               Lemster
            
             Bread
             ,
             and
             
               Weabley
            
             Ale
             are
             grown
             unto
             a
             common
             Proverb
             .
             By
             reason
             of
             these
             
             Commodities
             the
             Mercates
             at
             
               Lemster
            
             were
             so
             frequented
             ,
             that
             they
             of
             
               Hereford
            
             and
             
               Worcester
               ,
            
             complaining
             ,
             that
             the
             confluence
             of
             people
             thither
             impaired
             their
             Mercates
             ,
             procured
             that
             by
             Royal
             Authority
             the
             Mercat
             day
             was
             changed
             .
          
           
             There
             are
             an
             hundred
             and
             seventy
             six
             Parishes
             ,
             eight
             Market
             Towns
             ,
             and
             an
             eleven
             Hundreds
             in
             this
             County
             .
          
        
         
           
             Hertfordshire
             .
          
           
             FAmous
             for
             a
             good
             Air
             ,
             and
             fair
             Houses
             of
             Gentlemen
             ,
             and
             Wheat
             .
          
           
             It
             lieth
             on
             the
             East
             ,
             and
             partly
             on
             the
             South-side
             of
             
               Bedfordshire
               :
            
             The
             West-side
             is
             enclosed
             with
             
               Bedfordshire
            
             and
             
               Buckinghamshire
               :
            
             the
             South
             with
             
               Middlesex
               ,
            
             the
             East
             with
             
               Essex
               ,
            
             and
             the
             North
             with
             
               Cambridgeshire
               .
            
          
           
             A
             rich
             Countrey
             in
             Corn
             ,
             Fields
             ,
             Pastures
             ,
             Medows
             ,
             Woods
             ,
             Groves
             ,
             and
             clear
             Riverets
             .
             There
             is
             scarcely
             
             another
             Shire
             in
             all
             
               England
            
             that
             can
             shew
             more
             good
             Towns
             in
             so
             small
             a
             compasse
             .
          
           
             In
             
               Ware
            
             in
             this
             County
             ,
             there
             is
          
           
             
               1.
               
               The
               Head
               of
               the
               River
               that
               runs
               into
               
                 Tames
                 .
              
            
             
               2.
               
               A
               great
               Bed
               which
               is
               about
               three
               yards
               at
               least
               every
               way
               about
               ,
               at
               both
               the
               sides
               and
               ends
               .
            
          
           
             
               Roiston
            
             a
             Town
             well
             known
             ,
             it
             is
             very
             famous
             ,
             and
             passing
             much
             frequented
             for
             Malt.
             
          
           
             It
             parts
             four
             Shires
             ,
             
               Cambridgeshire
               ,
               Bedfordshire
               ,
               Hertfordshire
            
             and
             
               Huntingtonshire
               .
            
          
           
             
               Ashwell
               ,
               The
               Well
            
             or
             
               Fountain
               among
               the
               ashes
               ,
            
             where
             there
             is
             a
             source
             of
             the
             springs
             bubling
             out
             of
             a
             stony
             bank
             overshadowed
             on
             every
             side
             with
             tall
             ashes
             ,
             from
             whence
             there
             floweth
             at
             certain
             Veins
             ,
             continually
             running
             such
             store
             of
             water
             ,
             that
             forthwith
             being
             carried
             within
             banks
             ,
             it
             carrieth
             a
             stream
             able
             to
             drive
             a
             Mill
             ,
             and
             all
             of
             a
             sudden
             ,
             as
             it
             were
             ,
             groweth
             to
             a
             good
             big
             River
             .
          
           
             
               Whethamssed
            
             a
             Town
             plentifull
             in
             Wheat
             ,
             whence
             it
             took
             its
             name
             ;
             
             which
             place
             
               John
            
             of
             
               Whethamsted
            
             there
             born
             ,
             and
             thereof
             named
             ,
             a
             man
             in
             King
             
               Henry
            
             the
             Sixth
             his
             dayes
             much
             renowned
             by
             his
             due
             desert
             of
             learning
             ,
             made
             of
             more
             estimation
             .
          
           
             
               Bishops-Hatfield
            
             in
             times
             past
             belonging
             to
             the
             Bishops
             of
             
               Ely
               ,
            
             whence
             it
             
             was
             named
             
               Bishops-Hatfield
               ,
            
             which
             
               John
               Morton
            
             Bishop
             of
             
               Ely
            
             re-edified
             .
             The
             Earle
             of
             
               Salisbury
            
             hath
             an
             House
             there
             .
          
           
             There
             were
             seven
             Parks
             in
             the
             Mannor
             of
             
               Hatfield
               .
            
          
           
             
               Hertford
               ,
            
             it
             hath
             given
             name
             to
             the
             whole
             County
             ,
             and
             is
             reputed
             the
             Shire
             Town
             ,
             it
             is
             ancient
             .
          
           
             
               Hodesdon
            
             a
             fair
             thorow
             fare
             .
          
           
             
               Saint-Albans
               .
            
             It
             was
             famous
             for
             nothing
             
             so
             much
             as
             bringing
             forth
             
               Alban
            
             a
             Citizen
             of
             singular
             holinesse
             and
             faith
             in
             Christ
             ,
             who
             when
             
               Dioclesian
            
             went
             about
             by
             exquisite
             torments
             to
             wipe
             Christian
             Religion
             quite
             out
             of
             the
             memory
             of
             men
             ,
             was
             the
             first
             in
             
               Britain
            
             that
             with
             invincible
             constancy
             and
             resolution
             suffered
             death
             for
             Christ
             his
             sake
             .
             Whereupon
             he
             is
             called
             our
             
               Stephen
               ,
            
             and
             the
             Protomartyr
             of
             
               Britain
               .
            
          
           
           
             
               Fortunatus
               Presbyter
            
             the
             Poet
             wrote
             thus
             of
             him
             ,
             
               
                 Albanum
                 
                   egregium
                   faecunda
                   Britannia
                   profert
                   .
                
              
            
             
               
                 Fruitfull
                 
                   Britain
                
                 bringeth
                 forth
              
               
                 
                   Alban
                
                 a
                 Martyr
                 of
                 high
                 worth
                 .
              
            
          
           
             The
             Abbey
             of
             St.
             
               Albans
            
             was
             the
             
             first
             of
             
               England
               ,
            
             whether
             because
             
               Adrian
            
             the
             Fourths
             Father
             called
             
               Breakspear
            
             was
             Monk
             there
             ,
             or
             from
             Saint
             
               Alban
            
             himself
             Proto-martyr
             of
             
               England
               .
            
          
           
             This
             Town
             was
             raised
             out
             of
             the
             ruins
             of
             
               Verolamium
               ,
            
             it
             is
             a
             fair
             and
             large
             Town
             .
          
           
             
               Redborne
            
             or
             
               Red
               water
            
             is
             seated
             upon
             that
             common
             and
             military
             high-way
             ,
             which
             we
             call
             
               Watling-street
               .
            
          
           
             
               Hamsted
            
             a
             little
             Mercat
             Town
             called
             
               Hehan
               Hamsted
            
             situate
             among
             the
             the
             Hils
             by
             a
             Riveret-side
             .
          
           
             
               Kings-Langley
               ,
            
             in
             which
             was
             born
             ,
             and
             thereof
             tooke
             name
             ,
             
               Edmund
               Langley
            
             King
             
               Edward
            
             the
             Third
             his
             
             Sonne
             ,
             and
             Duke
             of
             
               York
               .
            
          
           
             Over
             against
             
               Kings-Langley
               ,
            
             in
             a
             manner
             ,
             there
             is
             
               Abbots-Langley
               ,
            
             so
             called
             ,
             because
             it
             belonged
             to
             the
             Abbots
             of
             St.
             
             
               Albanes
               :
            
             wherein
             was
             born
             
               Nicholas
            
             surnamed
             
               Breakspear
               ,
            
             afterwards
             Bishop
             of
             
               Rome
               ,
            
             known
             by
             the
             name
             of
             Pope
             
               Hadrian
            
             the
             fourth
             ,
             whose
             breath
             was
             stopped
             in
             the
             end
             with
             a
             Flie
             that
             flew
             into
             his
             mouth
             .
          
           
             
               Watford
            
             a
             Mercat
             Town
             .
          
           
             
               Welwen
               .
            
             Here
             the
             murder
             of
             the
             
               Danes
            
             began
             ,
             when
             they
             were
             generally
             murdered
             ;
             and
             it
             was
             so
             called
             ,
             because
             the
             weal
             of
             that
             Countrey
             (
             as
             was
             then
             thought
             )
             was
             there
             first
             wone
             .
             But
             who
             well
             considers
             the
             sequele
             of
             the
             story
             ,
             shall
             find
             little
             weal
             that
             ensued
             of
             this
             deed
             .
             
               Graftons
               Chron.
               
            
          
           
             
               Rickemausworth
            
             also
             a
             Mercat
             Town
             .
          
           
             
               Caishobery
               .
            
             Here
             Sir
             
               Richard
               Merisin
            
             Knight
             ,
             a
             great
             learned
             man
             ,
             and
             who
             had
             been
             used
             in
             Embassages
             to
             the
             mightiest
             Princes
             under
             King
             
               Henry
            
             the
             Eighth
             ,
             and
             King
             
               Edward
            
             the
             Sixth
             
             began
             to
             build
             an
             House
             ,
             which
             Sir
             
               Charles
            
             his
             Sonne
             finished
             .
          
           
             
               Bernet
            
             famous
             for
             the
             Beast
             Mercat
             there
             kept
             .
          
           
             This
             County
             hath
             an
             hundred
             and
             twenty
             Parishes
             ,
             eight
             Hundreds
             ,
             and
             eighteen
             Market
             Towns
             .
          
        
         
           
             Huntingdonshire
             .
          
           
             IT
             confineth
             Northward
             and
             Eastward
             upon
             
               Cambridgeshire
               ,
            
             Southward
             upon
             
               Bedfordshire
               ,
            
             Westward
             upon
             
               Northamptonshire
               .
            
          
           
             A
             Countrey
             good
             for
             Corn
             and
             Tillage
             :
             and
             toward
             the
             East
             ,
             where
             it
             is
             fenny
             ,
             very
             right
             and
             plentifull
             for
             the
             feeding
             of
             Cattel
             :
             elswhere
             right
             pleasant
             ,
             by
             reason
             of
             rising
             Hils
             and
             shady
             Groves
             .
          
           
             
               Kimbolton
               .
            
          
           
             
               Saint-Neots
               ,
            
             commonly
             called
             
               Saint-Needs
               ,
            
             so
             named
             of
             one
             
               Neotus
               ,
            
             a
             man
             both
             learned
             and
             holy
             ;
             who
             travailed
             all
             his
             life
             time
             in
             propagating
             of
             Christian
             Religion
             .
          
           
           
             
               Ainsbury
               ,
            
             it
             was
             named
             
               Ainulphsbury
            
             of
             one
             
               Almulph
            
             likewise
             ,
             an
             holy
             and
             devout
             man
             ,
             which
             name
             continueth
             still
             also
             in
             one
             part
             of
             it
             .
          
           
             
               Huntingdon
               ,
            
             in
             the
             publick
             Seale
             
               Huntersdune
               ,
               Leland
            
             cals
             it
             
               Venantodunum
               ,
            
             the
             Hill
             or
             down
             of
             Hunters
             .
             This
             is
             the
             chief
             Town
             of
             all
             this
             Shire
             ,
             to
             which
             it
             hath
             given
             also
             the
             name
             .
          
           
             
               Godmanchester
            
             a
             very
             great
             Countrey
             Town
             ,
             and
             of
             as
             great
             name
             for
             Tillage
             ;
             situate
             in
             an
             open
             ground
             ,
             of
             a
             light
             mould
             ,
             and
             bending
             for
             the
             Sunne
             .
             There
             is
             not
             a
             Town
             in
             all
             
               England
            
             which
             hath
             more
             stout
             and
             lusty
             Husbandmen
             ,
             or
             more
             Ploughs
             a
             going
             :
             For
             ,
             they
             make
             their
             boast
             that
             they
             have
             in
             former
             time
             received
             the
             Kings
             of
             
               England
               ,
            
             as
             they
             passed
             in
             their
             progresse
             this
             way
             ,
             with
             ninescore
             Ploughs
             ,
             brought
             forth
             in
             a
             rustical
             kinde
             of
             pomp
             ,
             for
             a
             gallant
             shew
             .
          
           
             When
             King
             
               James
            
             came
             first
             into
             
               England
               ,
            
             here
             the
             Bailiffs
             of
             the
             Town
             presented
             him
             with
             seventy
             Teem
             of
             Horses
             ,
             all
             traced
             to
             fair
             new
             Ploughs
             ,
             in
             shew
             of
             their
             Husbandry
             ,
             of
             which
             
             when
             his
             Majesty
             demanded
             the
             reason
             ,
             he
             was
             answered
             ,
             That
             it
             was
             their
             ancient
             Custome
             ,
             whensoever
             any
             King
             of
             
               England
            
             passed
             thorow
             their
             Town
             ,
             
             so
             to
             present
             him
             .
             Besides
             they
             added
             ,
             That
             they
             held
             their
             Lands
             by
             that
             Tenure
             ,
             being
             the
             Kings
             Tenants
             .
             His
             Majesty
             took
             it
             well
             ,
             and
             bad
             them
             use
             well
             their
             Ploughes
             ,
             being
             glad
             he
             was
             Land-lord
             of
             so
             many
             good
             Husbandmen
             in
             one
             Town
             .
          
           
             
               Saint-Ives
            
             of
             
               Ivo
            
             a
             
               Persian
            
             Bishop
             ,
             who
             (
             as
             they
             write
             )
             about
             the
             year
             of
             Christ
             600
             ,
             travelled
             thorow
             
               England
               ,
            
             preached
             diligently
             the
             Word
             of
             God
             ,
             and
             to
             this
             Town
             ,
             wherein
             he
             left
             this
             life
             ,
             left
             also
             his
             name
             .
          
           
             
               Ramsey
            
             a
             wealthy
             Abbey
             .
          
           
             In
             this
             little
             Shire
             are
             numbred
             seventy
             eight
             Parishes
             ,
             four
             Hundreds
             ,
             and
             six
             Market
             Towns
             .
          
        
         
         
           
             Kent
             .
          
           
             THis
             name
             
               Cantium
               ,
            
             and
             the
             name
             
               Kent
               ,
            
             was
             given
             by
             reason
             of
             the
             form
             and
             situation
             .
             The
             
               Helvetian
            
             Countreys
             were
             called
             by
             the
             
               French
               Cantons
               .
            
             This
             Countrey
             by
             the
             old
             Geographers
             is
             called
             
               Angulus
               ,
            
             an
             angle
             ,
             or
             corner
             of
             Land
             .
             Or
             of
             the
             
               British
            
             word
             
               Cainc
               ,
            
             they
             call
             their
             great
             woody
             Forest
             in
             
               Staffordshire
            
             yet
             
             
               Kanc.
               
            
          
           
             It
             is
             the
             pleasantest
             Countrey
             of
             
               England
               .
            
          
           
             This
             Region
             extendeth
             it self
             in
             length
             from
             West
             to
             East
             fifty
             miles
             ;
             and
             from
             South
             to
             North
             six
             and
             twenty
             .
          
           
             The
             upper
             part
             of
             it
             ,
             they
             say
             is
             healthfull
             ,
             but
             not
             so
             wealthy
             :
             the
             middle
             they
             account
             both
             healthfull
             and
             plentifull
             :
             the
             lower
             they
             hold
             to
             be
             wealthy
             ,
             but
             not
             healthy
             ;
             as
             which
             
             for
             a
             great
             part
             thereof
             is
             very
             moist
             .
          
           
             It
             is
             every where
             almost
             full
             of
             Medows
             ,
             Pastures
             and
             Corn-fields
             :
             abounding
             wonderfully
             in
             Apple-trees
             ,
             and
             Cherry-trees
             also
             :
             the
             Trees
             are
             planted
             after
             a
             direct
             manner
             one
             against
             another
             by
             square
             ,
             most
             pleasant
             to
             behold
             .
          
           
             It
             hath
             Villages
             and
             Towns
             exceeding
             thick
             and
             well
             peopled
             ,
             safe
             Rodes
             and
             sure
             Harbours
             for
             Ships
             ,
             with
             some
             veins
             of
             Iron
             and
             Marle
             :
             but
             the
             Air
             is
             somewhat
             thick
             ,
             and
             somewhere
             foggy
             ,
             by
             reason
             of
             vapours
             arising
             out
             of
             the
             waters
             .
          
           
             The
             Revenues
             of
             the
             Inhabitants
             are
             greater
             both
             by
             the
             fertility
             of
             the
             soil
             ,
             
             and
             also
             by
             the
             neighbourhood
             of
             a
             great
             City
             ,
             of
             a
             great
             River
             ,
             and
             the
             main
             Sea
             .
          
           
             This
             County
             is
             enriched
             with
             two
             Cities
             and
             Bishops
             Seas
             ,
             strengthened
             with
             twenty
             seven
             Castles
             ,
             graced
             with
             four
             of
             the
             Kings
             Houses
             ,
             traded
             with
             four
             and
             twenty
             Market
             Towns
             ,
             and
             beautified
             with
             many
             stately
             Buildings
             .
          
           
             
               Camden
            
             in
             
               Kent
               ,
            
             pag.
             324.
             saith
             ,
             The
             
               Kentishmen
            
             had
             priviledge
             to
             leade
             the
             Van
             in
             all
             Battels
             for
             their
             valour
             shewed
             against
             the
             
               Danes
               .
            
          
           
             Amongst
             our
             old
             
               English
            
             the
             
               Kentishmen
            
             had
             the
             honour
             due
             to
             them
             alwayes
             of
             being
             in
             the
             Vant-guard
             ,
             and
             those
             of
             
               Wiltshire
               ,
            
             with
             
               Cornwall
            
             and
             
               Devonshire
            
             in
             the
             Rere
             ,
             which
             they
             all
             might
             challenge
             by
             the
             continuall
             worth
             of
             their
             performance
             .
             Mr.
             
               Seldens
            
             Preface
             to
             his
             Titles
             of
             Honour
             .
          
           
             The
             
               Sueuians
            
             had
             anciently
             prerogative
             ,
             
               In
               omni
               expeditione
               Regis
               Teutonici
               ,
               exercitum
               praecedere
               ,
               &
               primi
               committere
               .
            
             Id.
             ib.
          
           
             The
             meaning
             of
             that
             common
             Proverb
             ,
             
             
               Kent
               and
               Christendome
               ,
            
             was
             ,
             that
             it
             
             was
             famous
             as
             
               Kent
               ,
            
             and
             famous
             as
             Christendom
             .
          
           
             This
             was
             the
             first
             of
             the
             Kingdoms
             of
             the
             Heptarchy
             ,
             and
             no
             one
             County
             of
             
               England
            
             had
             a
             King
             of
             it self
             ,
             but
             this
             .
          
           
             They
             are
             the
             most
             civilized
             people
             of
             the
             Nation
             .
          
           
             It
             is
             plentifull
             of
             Fowl
             and
             Fish
             of
             all
             sorts
             .
             Fertile
             Lands
             ,
             Fruit
             ,
             Grain
             ,
             Wood
             .
          
           
             When
             
               William
            
             the
             Conquerour
             came
             in
             ,
             the
             Yeomanry
             of
             
               Kent
            
             at
             
               Suaves-comb
               ,
            
             carrying
             before
             them
             in
             their
             hands
             ,
             every
             one
             a
             great
             green
             Bough
             ,
             representing
             afarre
             off
             a
             moving
             Wood
             ,
             yeelded
             them
             unto
             
               William
            
             
             the
             Conquerour
             ,
             upon
             this
             condition
             ,
             that
             they
             might
             retain
             their
             ancient
             Customs
             unviolated
             ,
             and
             especially
             that
             which
             they
             call
             
               Gavelkind
               ,
            
             that
             is
             ,
             
               Give
               all
               kinne
               ,
            
             by
             which
             they
             are
             not
             so
             bound
             by
             Copy-hold
             ,
             Customarytenures
             ,
             or
             Tenant-right
             ,
             as
             in
             other
             parts
             of
             
               England
               ,
            
             but
             in
             manner
             every
             man
             is
             a
             Free-holder
             ,
             and
             hath
             some
             part
             of
             his
             own
             to
             live
             upon
             .
          
           
           
             For
             Lands
             of
             this
             nature
             are
             equally
             divided
             among
             the
             Male
             children
             ,
             or
             if
             there
             be
             no
             Sonnes
             ,
             among
             the
             Daughters
             .
             By
             vertue
             of
             this
             also
             ,
             they
             are
             at
             full
             age
             ,
             and
             enter
             upon
             their
             Inheritance
             when
             they
             come
             to
             be
             fifteen
             years
             old
             :
             and
             it
             is
             lawfull
             for
             them
             to
             alienate
             and
             make
             it
             over
             to
             any
             one
             ,
             either
             by
             Gift
             ,
             or
             by
             Sale
             ,
             without
             the
             Lords
             consent
             .
             By
             this
             likewise
             ,
             the
             Sonne
             (
             though
             their
             Parents
             were
             
             condemned
             for
             Felony
             or
             Murder
             )
             succeeds
             them
             neverthelesse
             in
             such
             kind
             of
             Lands
             .
          
           
             After
             this
             ,
             
               William
            
             the
             Conquerour
             ,
             that
             he
             might
             more
             firmly
             assure
             to
             himself
             
               Kent
               ,
            
             which
             is
             the
             very
             Key
             of
             
               England
               ,
            
             placed
             a
             
               Constable
            
             over
             
               Dover-Castle
               ,
            
             the
             most
             important
             Castle
             of
             
               England
               ,
            
             and
             according
             to
             the
             ancient
             order
             of
             the
             
               Romans
               ,
            
             made
             him
             also
             
               Lord
               Warden
               of
               the
               Cinque-Ports
               .
            
             These
             be
             they
             ,
             
               Hastings
               ,
               Dover
               ,
               Hith
               ,
               Rumney
            
             and
             
               Sandwich
               ,
            
             unto
             which
             ,
             
               Winchelsey
            
             and
             
               Rie
            
             are
             joyned
             ,
             as
             principal
             
             Ports
             ,
             and
             other
             small
             Towns
             as
             
             
               Members
               .
            
             Which
             because
             they
             are
             bound
             to
             serve
             in
             the
             Warres
             by
             Sea
             ,
             enjoy
             many
             great
             immunities
             :
             they
             are
             free
             from
             paiment
             of
             Subsidies
             ;
             and
             from
             Wardship
             of
             their
             children
             ,
             as
             touching
             the
             body
             ,
             they
             are
             not
             sued
             in
             any
             Court
             ,
             but
             within
             their
             own
             Towns
             ;
             and
             of
             the
             Inhabitants
             therein
             ,
             such
             as
             they
             call
             
               Barons
               ,
            
             at
             the
             Coronation
             of
             Kings
             and
             Queens
             support
             the
             Canopies
             over
             them
             ,
             yea
             ,
             and
             have
             a
             Table
             by
             themselves
             that
             day
             spread
             ,
             and
             furnished
             on
             the
             Kings
             right
             hand
             .
             And
             the
             
               Lord
               Warden
            
             himself
             ,
             who
             is
             alwayes
             one
             of
             the
             Nobility
             of
             most
             approved
             trust
             ,
             hath
             within
             his
             Jurisdiction
             the
             Authority
             of
             
               Chancellour
            
             and
             
               Admirall
            
             in
             very
             many
             cases
             ,
             and
             enjoyeth
             other
             rights
             besides
             .
          
           
             
               Depe-ford
            
             a
             most
             famous
             Ship-dock
             ,
             where
             the
             Kings
             Ships
             are
             built
             ,
             and
             such
             as
             are
             decayed
             ,
             repaired
             :
             there
             is
             also
             a
             good
             Store-house
             ,
             and
             an
             Incorporation
             ordained
             for
             the
             use
             of
             the
             Navy
             .
          
           
             
               Green-wich
               ,
            
             that
             is
             ,
             the
             
               Green-Creek
               ,
            
             for
             the
             Creek
             of
             a
             River
             in
             
             the
             old
             
               English
            
             tongue
             was
             called
             
               Wic
               .
            
          
           
             A
             place
             of
             very
             great
             name
             by
             reason
             of
             the
             Kings
             House
             there
             ,
             and
             because
             Queen
             
               Elizabeth
            
             was
             here
             borne
             .
          
           
             
               Barclay
            
             the
             
               Scot
            
             in
             his
             
               Icon
               animorum
               ,
            
             commends
             
               Green-wich
            
             Tower
             for
             one
             of
             the
             best
             Prospects
             in
             
               Europe
               ,
            
             to
             see
             
               London
            
             on
             the
             one
             side
             ,
             the
             
               Thames
               ,
            
             Ships
             ,
             and
             pleasant
             Medows
             on
             the
             other
             :
          
           
             
               Eltham
            
             a
             retiring
             place
             likewise
             of
             the
             Kings
             ,
             but
             unwholsome
             by
             reason
             of
             the
             Moor
             .
          
           
             
               Seven-oke
               ,
            
             so
             called
             (
             as
             men
             say
             )
             of
             seven
             exceeding
             great
             Oaks
             now
             cut
             down
             .
             Which
             commendeth
             Sir
             
               William
               Sevenok
            
             an
             Alderman
             of
             
               London
               ,
            
             who
             being
             a
             foundling
             and
             brought
             up
             here
             ;
             and
             therefore
             so
             named
             ,
             built
             herein
             gratefull
             remembrance
             an
             Hospital
             and
             a
             School
             .
          
           
             
               Dartford
            
             upon
             the
             River
             
               Darent
               ,
            
             a
             great
             Mercat
             Town
             well
             frequented
             ,
             and
             well
             watered
             .
          
           
             
               Graves-end
               ,
            
             so
             called
             ,
             as
             the
             
               Gereves-end
               ;
            
             that
             is
             ,
             the
             limit
             of
             the
             
               Gereve
            
             
             or
             
               Reve.
               
            
             A
             Town
             as
             well
             known
             as
             any
             other
             in
             
               England
               ,
            
             for
             the
             usual
             passage
             by
             water
             between
             it
             and
             
               London
               .
               Henry
            
             the
             Eight
             raised
             two
             Block-houses
             here
             ,
             and
             two
             other
             opposite
             on
             
               Essex-side
            
             .
          
           
             
               Tunbridge
            
             the
             Town
             of
             Bridges
             .
          
           
             
               Maidstone
            
             the
             Shire
             Town
             :
             a
             large
             ,
             fair
             ,
             sweet
             and
             populous
             Town
             .
          
           
             
               Rochester
            
             may
             glory
             in
             her
             impregnable
             Fortification
             by
             the
             Navy
             Royal.
             
          
           
             
               Rochester
            
             signifies
             as
             much
             as
             
               Castrum
            
             
             
               in
               rupe
               ,
            
             the
             Camp
             or
             Station
             on
             the
             Rock
             .
             All
             places
             ending
             in
             
               Chester
            
             arise
             from
             the
             ruines
             of
             the
             old
             
               Romane
               Castra
               .
               Burt.
            
             Comment
             .
             on
             
               Antoninus
            
             Itin.
             through
             
               Brit.
               
            
          
           
             The
             Island
             
               Shepey
               ,
            
             or
             the
             
               Isle
               of
               Sheep
               :
            
             It
             feedeth
             mighty
             great
             Floks
             of
             Sheep
             ;
             it
             is
             plentifull
             in
             Corn
             ,
             but
             scarce
             of
             Woods
             ,
             containeth
             twenty
             one
             miles
             in
             compasse
             .
          
           
             
               Queen-Borough-Castle
            
             ,
             King
             
               Edward
            
             the
             Third
             built
             it
             ,
             and
             so
             named
             it
             in
             honour
             of
             his
             Queen
             .
          
           
             
               Tenham
            
             the
             Parent
             (
             as
             it
             were
             )
             of
             all
             the
             choise
             fruit
             Gardens
             and
             Orards
             
             of
             
               Kent
               ,
            
             and
             the
             most
             large
             and
             delightsome
             of
             them
             .
             Thirty
             Parishes
             thereabout
             ,
             are
             replenished
             with
             Cherry-gardens
             ,
             and
             Orchards
             beautifully
             disposed
             in
             direct
             lines
             .
          
           
             As
             for
             Orchards
             of
             Apples
             and
             Gardens
             of
             Cheries
             ,
             and
             those
             of
             most
             delicious
             and
             exquisite
             kinds
             that
             can
             be
             ,
             no
             part
             of
             the
             Realm
             (
             that
             I
             know
             )
             hath
             them
             either
             in
             such
             quantity
             and
             number
             ,
             or
             with
             such
             art
             and
             industry
             set
             and
             planted
             .
             
               Lamb
               .
            
             Perambulat
             .
             of
             
               Kent
               .
            
          
           
             Amongst
             these
             is
             
               Feversham
            
             very
             commodiously
             situate
             .
          
           
             
               Reculver
            
             of
             name
             for
             the
             salt
             savoury
             Oisters
             there
             dregged
             ,
             and
             for
             a
             Minster
             .
          
           
             The
             Oisters
             here
             do
             as
             farre
             surpasse
             those
             of
             
               Whitstaple
               ,
            
             as
             these
             do
             the
             rest
             of
             this
             Shire
             in
             savoury
             saltnesse
             .
             
               Lamb
               Perambul
               of
               Kent
               .
            
          
           
             
               Canterbury
            
             
               *
            
             the
             chief
             City
             of
             this
             County
             ,
             ancient
             and
             famous
             no
             doubt
             
             in
             the
             
               Romans
            
             time
             .
          
           
           
             The
             Archbishop
             of
             
               Canterbury
            
             was
             called
             
               Totius
               Angliae
               Primas
               ;
            
             the
             Archbishop
             of
             
               York
               ,
               Angliae
               Primas
               ;
            
             without
             any
             further
             addition
             .
          
           
             
               Anselme
            
             (
             for
             recompence
             of
             the
             service
             he
             had
             done
             in
             oppugning
             the
             marriage
             of
             Priests
             ,
             and
             resisting
             the
             King
             for
             the
             investiture
             of
             Clerks
             )
             was
             by
             Pope
             
               Urbane
            
             endowed
             with
             this
             accession
             of
             honour
             ,
             that
             he
             and
             his
             Successours
             ,
             should
             from
             thenceforth
             have
             place
             in
             all
             General
             Councels
             ,
             at
             the
             Popes
             right
             foot
             ,
             who
             then
             said
             withall
             ,
             
               Includemus
               hunc
               in
               orbe
               nostro
               ,
               tanquam
               alterius
               orbis
               Papam
               .
            
          
           
             
               Canterbury
            
             is
             one
             of
             the
             famousest
             Cities
             in
             
               England
               :
            
             It
             hath
             had
             a
             rare
             
             Cathedral
             ,
             though
             now
             much
             ruinated
             by
             reason
             of
             these
             later
             times
             .
          
           
             The
             Cathedral
             is
             in
             the
             midst
             of
             the
             City
             ,
             a
             fair
             Church
             ,
             the
             body
             of
             which
             is
             within
             a
             little
             as
             large
             as
             
               Pauls
            
             in
             
               London
               ;
            
             between
             the
             body
             and
             the
             Quire
             a
             very
             high
             Steeple
             ,
             where
             hangeth
             a
             Bell
             ,
             called
             by
             the
             name
             of
             
               Bell-Harry
               ,
            
             being
             one
             of
             them
             which
             King
             
               Henry
            
             brought
             out
             of
             
               France
               .
            
             There
             is
             also
             in
             this
             Steeple
             four
             Spires
             much
             
             like
             to
             
               Sepulchres
            
             in
             
               London
               .
            
             There
             is
             on
             each
             side
             of
             the
             great
             West-gate
             two
             other
             Steeples
             ,
             the
             one
             called
             
               Dunston-steeple
            
             ,
             the
             other
             ,
             
               Arnold-steeple
            
             ,
             in
             each
             of
             which
             are
             a
             very
             pleasant
             ring
             of
             Bels
             .
             In
             the
             same
             Cathedral
             there
             was
             the
             famousest
             Window
             that
             ever
             was
             known
             in
             
               England
               ,
            
             for
             which
             there
             was
             offered
             (
             as
             some
             say
             )
             by
             the
             
               Spanish
            
             Embassadour
             10000lb
             ,
             being
             the
             whole
             History
             of
             Christ
             from
             his
             Nativity
             to
             his
             Sufferings
             ,
             but
             is
             now
             battered
             to
             pieces
             .
             In
             the
             Quire
             of
             this
             Cathedral
             is
             buried
             Prince
             
               Edward
               ,
            
             called
             the
             Black
             Prince
             ,
             whose
             Monument
             is
             there
             of
             brasse
             .
          
           
             The
             Dean
             and
             Prebends
             had
             very
             fair
             Houses
             within
             the
             bounds
             of
             the
             said
             Cathedral
             ,
             which
             was
             like
             a
             little
             City
             ,
             and
             so
             much
             power
             formerly
             ,
             that
             the
             Maiors
             Sword
             was
             not
             suffered
             to
             be
             held
             up
             within
             the
             Gates
             of
             the
             Deanry
             .
             There
             is
             underneath
             this
             Cathedral
             a
             great
             Congregation
             of
             
               French
            
             living
             in
             the
             City
             ;
             and
             the
             
               Dutch
            
             also
             have
             a
             Church
             in
             that
             place
             which
             was
             called
             the
             Bishops
             Palace
             .
          
           
           
             Within
             the
             bounds
             of
             the
             said
             Deanry
             there
             is
             a
             free
             School
             ,
             called
             ,
             
               The
               Kings
               School
               ,
            
             wherein
             are
             two
             Masters
             ,
             and
             many
             Scholars
             (
             formerly
             wearing
             Gowns
             )
             that
             are
             there
             brought
             up
             ,
             and
             many
             from
             thence
             sent
             to
             the
             University
             .
             There
             was
             one
             Schoolmaster
             
               *
            
             some
             years
             before
             he
             died
             ,
             affirmed
             ,
             he
             had
             had
             thirty
             seven
             Masters
             of
             Arts
             of
             his
             bringing
             up
             .
          
           
             There
             are
             many
             Churches
             in
             the
             City
             and
             Suburbs
             .
          
           
             There
             are
             two
             Markets
             a
             week
             .
          
           
             The
             Maior
             and
             Aldermen
             are
             cloathed
             in
             Scarlet
             ,
             and
             they
             keep
             the
             Sessions
             in
             the
             same
             City
             .
             The
             City
             is
             walled
             ,
             and
             hath
             a
             Mote
             about
             it
             ,
             the
             Wall
             being
             so
             broad
             that
             two
             or
             three
             men
             may
             go
             a-brest
             ,
             with
             gallant
             Watch
             houses
             ,
             called
             Citadels
             ,
             all
             built
             with
             flint-stone
             .
          
           
             There
             was
             an
             old
             Castle
             ,
             but
             it
             hath
             been
             for
             many
             years
             demolished
             ,
             and
             some
             of
             the
             Works
             (
             or
             Forts
             )
             are
             yet
             standing
             ,
             that
             were
             when
             the
             
               Danes
            
             came
             in
             ,
             one
             or
             two
             of
             which
             were
             made
             use
             of
             when
             the
             last
             rising
             was
             there
             .
          
           
           
             There
             are
             two
             Hospitals
             in
             the
             City
             ,
             one
             for
             Ancient
             people
             ,
             and
             the
             other
             for
             Children
             .
          
           
             The
             
               Isle
               of
               Thanet
               ,
            
             it
             is
             eight
             miles
             long
             ,
             and
             four
             broad
             ,
             a
             right
             fertile
             soil
             .
          
           
             
               Goodwin-Sands
            
             a
             sandy
             dangerous
             place
             .
          
           
             In
             the
             Reign
             of
             
               William
            
             the
             Second
             ,
             certain
             Lands
             in
             
               Kent
               ,
            
             which
             did
             once
             
             belong
             to
             
               Godwin
            
             Earl
             of
             
               Kent
               ,
            
             were
             overflowed
             and
             covered
             with
             sand
             ,
             which
             to
             this
             day
             do
             bear
             the
             name
             of
             
               Godwins
            
             Sands
             .
          
           
             See
             
               Kilburns
            
             Survey
             of
             
               Kent
               ,
            
             pag.
             262
             ,
             263.
             
             How
             
               Tenterden
            
             Steeple
             was
             said
             to
             be
             the
             cause
             of
             
               Goodwins
            
             Sands
             .
          
           
             
               Sandwich
            
             one
             of
             the
             Cinque Ports
             .
          
           
             
               Dover
               .
            
             The
             Town
             is
             seated
             between
             high
             Cliffs
             ,
             more
             famous
             for
             
             the
             commodiousnesse
             of
             the
             Haven
             ,
             (
             such
             as
             it
             is
             )
             and
             for
             ready
             passage
             into
             
               France
               ,
            
             then
             for
             any
             elegance
             or
             great
             trade
             .
          
           
           
             There
             is
             a
             most
             stately
             Castle
             like
             unto
             a
             pretty
             City
             ,
             fortified
             strongly
             with
             Bulwarks
             ,
             and
             many
             a
             Tower
             .
          
           
             It
             is
             the
             strongest
             hold
             of
             all
             
               England
               ,
            
             and
             most
             commodious
             for
             the
             
               French
               .
            
          
           
             
               Sandgate-Castle
               ,
            
             and
             
               Satlwood
               ,
            
             a
             Castle
             .
          
           
             
               Hith
               ,
            
             it
             signifies
             an
             Haven
             or
             Harbour
             ,
             one
             of
             the
             Cinque Ports
             .
          
           
             
               Rumney-marsh
            
             a
             fruitfull
             soil
             ,
             it
             feedeth
             a
             number
             of
             Herds
             of
             Cattel
             sent
             
             hither
             from
             the
             furthest
             parts
             of
             
               Wales
               ,
            
             and
             
               England
            
             to
             be
             fatted
             .
          
           
             There
             is
             at
             
               Bilsington
            
             a
             Priory
             built
             by
             
               John
               Maunsel
               .
            
          
           
             
               Weaver
            
             in
             his
             Funeral
             Monuments
             saith
             ,
             He
             saw
             a
             Pedigree
             of
             the
             
               Maunsels
            
             from
             
               Philip
               de
               Maunsel
               ,
            
             who
             
             came
             in
             with
             the
             Conquerour
             ,
             untill
             these
             our
             times
             .
          
           
             
               Wie
               .
            
             Here
             was
             born
             
               John
               Kemp
            
             Archbishop
             of
             
               Canterbury
               ,
            
             and
             one
             of
             the
             great
             Benefactors
             to
             the
             University
             of
             
               Oxford
               .
            
          
           
             He
             was
             Bishop
             of
             
               Rochester
               ,
               Chichester
            
             and
             
               London
               ,
            
             Archbishop
             of
             
               York
            
             first
             ,
             and
             afterward
             of
             
               Canterbury
               ,
            
             twice
             made
             Cardinal
             .
             
               
                 Bis
                 primas
                 ,
                 ter
                 Praeses
                 ,
                 &
                 bis
                 Cardine
                 functus
                 .
              
            
          
           
             This
             Province
             hath
             three
             hundred
             ninety
             eight
             Parishes
             ,
             and
             sixty
             four
             Hundreds
             .
          
        
         
           
             Lancashire
             .
          
           
             IT
             is
             a
             large
             ,
             populous
             and
             well
             wooded
             Countrey
             .
          
           
             The
             County
             Palatine
             of
             
               Lancaster
            
             (
             famous
             for
             the
             four
             
               Henries
               ,
            
             the
             Fourth
             ,
             Fifth
             ,
             Sixth
             and
             Seventh
             
             Kings
             of
             
               England
               ,
            
             derived
             from
             
               John
               Gaunt
            
             Duke
             of
             
               Lancaster
               )
            
             is
             upon
             the
             South
             confined
             and
             parted
             by
             the
             River
             
               Mersey
               ,
            
             from
             the
             County
             Palatine
             of
             
               Chester
               ,
            
             the
             County
             of
             
               Darbyshire
            
             bordering
             upon
             the
             East
             ;
             the
             large
             Countrey
             of
             
               Yorkshire
               ,
            
             together
             with
             
               Westmerland
            
             and
             
               Cumberland
               ,
            
             being
             her
             kind
             neighbours
             upon
             the
             North
             ,
             and
             the
             Sea
             called
             
               Mare
               Hibernicum
            
             imbracing
             her
             upon
             the
             West
             .
          
           
             Their
             Kine
             and
             Oxen
             have
             goodly
             Heads
             and
             fair
             spread
             Hornes
             ,
             and
             are
             in
             body
             well
             proportionate
             withall
             .
          
           
             
               Warringdon
               .
            
          
           
             
               Rochdale
            
             a
             Mercate
             Town
             well
             frequented
             .
          
           
             
               Manchester
               ,
            
             a
             Town
             of
             great
             antiquity
             ,
             from
             
               Main
            
             a
             
               British
            
             word
             which
             signifieth
             a
             
               Stone
               :
            
             It
             is
             seated
             upon
             a
             stony
             hill
             ,
             and
             beneath
             the
             Town
             ,
             there
             are
             most
             famous
             quarries
             of
             stone
             .
          
           
             It
             farre
             excelleth
             the
             Towns
             lying
             round
             about
             it
             ,
             for
             the
             beautifull
             shew
             it
             carrieth
             ,
             for
             resort
             unto
             it
             ,
             and
             for
             cloathing
             :
             in
             regard
             also
             of
             the
             Mercate
             
             place
             ,
             the
             fair
             Church
             and
             Colledge
             .
          
           
             
               John
               Bradford
            
             the
             famous
             Martyr
             was
             born
             here
             .
          
           
             
               Letherpool
            
             or
             
               Lirpool
               ,
            
             so
             named
             of
             the
             water
             spreading
             it self
             in
             manner
             of
             a
             Pool
             :
             whence
             there
             is
             a
             convenient
             passage
             over
             into
             
               Ireland
               ,
            
             and
             much
             frequented
             ,
             and
             in
             that
             respect
             more
             notorious
             than
             for
             any
             antiquity
             .
          
           
             
               Ocmeskirk
            
             a
             Mercate
             Town
             ,
             well
             known
             by
             reason
             of
             the
             Sepulture
             there
             ,
             of
             the
             
               Stanleys
            
             Earls
             of
             
               Derby
               ,
            
             whose
             chief
             seat
             
               Latham
               ,
            
             is
             hard
             by
             ,
             a
             stately
             house
             .
          
           
             
               Wiggin
            
             a
             Corporation
             with
             a
             Maior
             and
             Burgesses
             .
          
           
             
               Bolton
            
             upon
             the
             River
             
               Irwell
               .
            
          
           
             
               Preston
            
             a
             great
             fair
             Town
             ,
             and
             well
             
             inhabited
             .
          
           
             
               Hornby
            
             a
             fair
             Castle
             .
          
           
             
               Lancaster
            
             the
             chief
             Town
             of
             this
             
             Region
             .
          
           
             There
             are
             thirty
             six
             Parishes
             in
             this
             Shire
             ,
             but
             those
             very
             populous
             and
             spacious
             ,
             six
             Hundreds
             ,
             and
             fifteen
             Market
             Towns
             .
          
        
         
         
           
             Leicestershire
             .
          
           
             IT
             hath
             bordering
             upon
             it
             on
             the
             East-side
             ,
             both
             
               Rutlandshire
            
             and
             
               Lincolnshire
               ;
            
             on
             the
             North
             
               Notingham
            
             and
             
               Derbyshire
               ;
            
             and
             
               Warwickshire
            
             on
             the
             West
             ;
             and
             on
             the
             South-side
             lieth
             
               Northampton
               .
            
          
           
             The
             whole
             Shire
             yeeldeth
             great
             abundance
             of
             Peas
             and
             Beans
             more
             than
             any
             other
             Country
             ,
             insomuch
             that
             there
             is
             an
             old
             by-word
             of
             the
             same
             ,
             commonly
             known
             to
             all
             men
             ,
             
               viz.
               Leicestershire
               Bean-Belly
               .
            
          
           
             
               Burtons
            
             descript.
             of
             
               Leicestershire
               .
            
          
           
             The
             South-East-side
             of
             this
             Shire
             is
             exceeding
             rich
             ground
             ,
             yeelding
             great
             increase
             of
             Corn
             in
             abundance
             of
             all
             kinds
             ,
             &
             affordeth
             many
             good
             and
             large
             Sheep-Pastures
             ,
             breeding
             a
             Sheep
             to
             that
             height
             and
             goodnesse
             ;
             so
             that
             (
             as
             I
             have
             credibly
             heard
             )
             neither
             
               Lemster
            
             nor
             
               Cotswould
               ,
            
             can
             exceed
             them
             ,
             if
             one
             respect
             either
             largenesse
             of
             the
             body
             ,
             
             finenesse
             of
             the
             Wooll
             ,
             or
             goodnesse
             of
             the
             breed
             .
             
               Id.
               ib.
            
          
           
             
               Leicester
            
             standeth
             upon
             the
             River
             
               Leire
               ,
            
             now
             called
             
               Sore
               ,
            
             it
             signifies
             the
             City
             standing
             upon
             the
             River
             
               Leir
               .
            
             It
             is
             a
             Town
             of
             great
             antiquity
             ,
             and
             standeth
             in
             the
             center
             and
             heart
             of
             the
             Shire
             ,
             bearing
             the
             proportion
             of
             an
             heart
             ,
             and
             being
             in
             the
             very
             midst
             and
             heart
             of
             the
             Land
             .
          
           
             It
             is
             situate
             in
             a
             most
             rich
             ,
             delicate
             and
             pleasant
             soyl
             ,
             and
             delicious
             air
             ;
             it
             wants
             only
             a
             navigable
             River
             .
          
           
             
               Harborow
            
             a
             Town
             famous
             for
             a
             Fair
             of
             Cattel
             there
             kept
             .
          
           
             
               Carleton
               ,
            
             all
             that
             are
             born
             there
             ,
             whether
             it
             be
             by
             a
             peculiar
             property
             of
             the
             
             soyl
             ,
             or
             of
             the
             water
             ;
             or
             else
             by
             some
             other
             secret
             operation
             of
             nature
             ,
             have
             
             an
             ill
             favoured
             ,
             untunable
             ,
             and
             harsh
             manner
             of
             speech
             ,
             fetching
             their
             words
             with
             very
             much
             ado
             ,
             deep
             from
             out
             of
             the
             throat
             ,
             with
             a
             certain
             kind
             of
             wharling
             .
          
           
             
               Lutterworth
            
             a
             Mercat
             Town
             ,
             it
             hath
             
             a
             fair
             Church
             .
             That
             famous
             
               John
               Wicliffe
            
             was
             sometimes
             parson
             of
             this
             Church
             ,
             a
             man
             of
             a
             singular
             ,
             polite
             ,
             
             and
             well
             wrought
             wit
             ,
             most
             conversant
             also
             in
             the
             holy
             Scripture
             .
          
           
             Neer
             to
             this
             Town
             there
             is
             a
             Spring
             so
             call'd
             ,
             that
             within
             a
             short
             time
             turneth
             straws
             and
             sticks
             into
             stones
             .
          
           
             
               Cathorp
               .
            
             It
             came
             to
             one
             
               Cook
               ,
            
             a
             Merchant
             of
             the
             Staple
             in
             the
             time
             of
             
               Henry
            
             the
             Fourth
             ,
             whose
             Daughter
             and
             Heir
             was
             married
             to
             
               William
               Harper
            
             of
             
               Rushall
            
             in
             the
             County
             of
             
               Stafford
               ,
            
             and
             from
             thence
             by
             descent
             ,
             to
             
               Leigh
               .
            
             It
             was
             not
             many
             years
             since
             belonging
             to
             Sir
             
               Edward
               Leigh
            
             of
             
               Rushall
               .
            
          
           
             
               Burtons
            
             descript.
             of
             
               Leicestershire
               .
            
          
           
             
               Hinkley
               .
            
          
           
             
               Burton-Lazers
               ,
            
             so
             called
             from
             a
             famous
             Hospital
             ,
             which
             was
             there
             founded
             for
             the
             use
             of
             Leprous
             people
             ,
             to
             whose
             Master
             all
             the
             lesser
             houses
             of
             that
             kind
             were
             subordinate
             ,
             as
             he
             himself
             was
             to
             the
             Master
             of
             the
             
               Lazers
            
             at
             
               Hierusalem
               .
            
          
           
             
               Bosworth
               ,
            
             an
             ancient
             Mercat
             Town
             .
             Here
             
               Henry
            
             Earl
             of
             
               Richmond
            
             with
             a
             small
             power
             ,
             encountred
             in
             pitch-field
             with
             King
             
               Richard
            
             the
             Third
             ,
             and
             overcame
             and
             slew
             him
             ,
             and
             then
             with
             joyfull
             acclamations
             was
             proclaimed
             King
             
             in
             the
             very
             midst
             of
             slaughtered
             bodies
             round
             about
             .
          
           
             
               Ashby
               de
               la
               Zouch
               ,
            
             a
             most
             pleasant
             
             Lordship
             now
             of
             the
             Earls
             of
             
               Huntingdon
               ,
            
             but
             belonging
             in
             times
             past
             to
             the
             noble
             Family
             
               De
               la
               Zouch
               .
            
          
           
             
               Cole-Overton
            
             or
             
               Orton
               ,
            
             famous
             for
             Pit-coal
             .
             It
             is
             so
             called
             of
             the
             Cole-mines
             which
             are
             there
             in
             great
             abundance
             .
          
           
             
               Mount-Sorehill
               ,
            
             famous
             only
             for
             a
             Mercat
             there
             kept
             .
          
           
             
               Lough-borough
            
             a
             Mercat
             Town
             ,
             next
             Town
             to
             
               Leicester
            
             in
             this
             Shire
             :
             whether
             a
             man
             regard
             the
             bignesse
             or
             building
             thereof
             ,
             or
             the
             pleasant
             Woods
             about
             it
             .
          
           
             
               Melton-Mowbray
            
             a
             Mercat
             Town
             ,
             bearing
             name
             of
             the
             
               Mowbrayes
            
             sometimes
             Lords
             thereof
             .
          
           
             Within
             this
             Shire
             are
             two
             hundred
             Parish
             Churches
             ,
             six
             Hundreds
             ,
             and
             twelve
             Market
             Towns
             .
          
        
         
         
           
             Lincolnshire
             .
          
           
             A
             Very
             large
             Countrey
             ,
             reaching
             
             almost
             threescore
             miles
             in
             length
             ,
             and
             carrying
             in
             some
             places
             above
             thirty
             miles
             in
             bredth
             :
             passing
             good
             for
             yeelding
             of
             Corn
             ,
             and
             feeding
             of
             Cattel
             ;
             well
             furnished
             and
             set
             out
             with
             a
             great
             number
             of
             Towns
             ,
             and
             watered
             with
             many
             Rivers
             .
          
           
             The
             Diocesse
             here
             is
             the
             largest
             of
             
               England
               .
            
          
           
             After
             three
             Bishopricks
             were
             taken
             out
             of
             it
             ,
             it
             containeth
             four
             whole
             Counties
             ,
             and
             parts
             of
             two
             ,
             usually
             thus
             exprest
             ,
             it
             had
             under
             it
             two
             Bs
             ,
             two
             Hs
             ,
             two
             Ls.
          
           
             The
             whole
             Shire
             is
             divided
             into
             three
             
             parts
             ,
             whereof
             one
             is
             called
             
               Holland
               :
            
             a
             second
             
               Kesteuen
               ;
            
             and
             the
             third
             
               Lindsey
               .
            
          
           
             
               Crowland
            
             or
             
               Croyland
               ,
            
             a
             raw
             and
             muddy
             Land
             ,
             as
             
               Ingulph
            
             the
             Abbot
             of
             
             this
             place
             interprets
             it
             ,
             a
             Town
             formerly
             
             of
             good
             note
             among
             the
             Fenne-people
             .
             It
             is
             seated
             like
             unto
             
               Venice
               .
            
             In
             the
             Moneth
             of
             
               August
               ,
            
             they
             have
             sometimes
             spread
             a
             Net
             ,
             and
             at
             once
             drawn
             three
             thousand
             Mallards
             :
             and
             they
             use
             to
             term
             these
             Pools
             or
             watery
             Plots
             of
             theirs
             their
             Corn-fields
             .
             In
             regard
             of
             this
             their
             taking
             of
             Fish
             and
             Fowl
             ,
             they
             paid
             yearly
             in
             times
             past
             to
             the
             Abbot
             three
             hundred
             pounds
             of
             our
             money
             ,
             and
             after
             so
             much
             to
             the
             Crown
             .
          
           
             
               Spalding
            
             a
             fair
             Town
             ,
             enclosed
             round
             about
             with
             Riverets
             .
          
           
             
               Boston
            
             a
             famous
             Town
             ,
             standing
             on
             
             both
             sides
             of
             the
             River
             
               Witham
               ,
            
             which
             hath
             over
             it
             a
             wooden
             Bridge
             of
             a
             great
             heigth
             ,
             well
             frequented
             by
             means
             of
             a
             commodious
             Haven
             unto
             it
             :
             the
             Market
             place
             is
             fair
             and
             large
             ,
             and
             the
             
             Church
             maketh
             a
             goodly
             shew
             ,
             as
             well
             for
             the
             beautifull
             building
             as
             the
             greatnesse
             thereof
             :
             the
             Tower-steeple
             of
             it
             ,
             which
             riseth
             up
             to
             a
             mighty
             height
             ,
             doth
             salute
             passengers
             and
             travellers
             a
             great
             way
             off
             ,
             and
             giveth
             direction
             also
             to
             the
             Sailers
             .
          
           
             In
             the
             Coat
             of
             
               Boston
            
             for
             the
             Corporation
             there
             are
             three
             Crowns
             relating
             
             to
             the
             three
             Kingdoms
             ,
             the
             Crest
             a
             Ramme
             lying
             upon
             a
             Wool-sack
             ,
             the
             Ram
             signifying
             the
             great
             Sheep-walks
             in
             the
             fens
             round
             about
             ,
             and
             the
             Wool-sack
             ,
             that
             it
             was
             a
             Staple-town
             .
             The
             Supporters
             of
             the
             Coat
             are
             two
             Mare-maids
             ,
             signifying
             ,
             that
             it
             is
             a
             Port-Town
             .
          
           
             
               Stanford
               ,
            
             it
             was
             built
             of
             rough
             stone
             ,
             whence
             it
             hath
             the
             name
             .
          
           
             A
             Town
             well
             peopled
             ,
             and
             of
             great
             resort
             ,
             endowed
             also
             with
             sundry
             immunities
             ,
             and
             walled
             about
             .
             It
             is
             
             beautified
             with
             seven
             Parish
             Churches
             ,
             or
             thereabout
             ,
             and
             sheweth
             an
             old
             Hospital
             .
          
           
             
               Belvoir
            
             or
             
               Beauvoir-Castle
               ,
            
             so
             called
             of
             the
             fair
             Prospect
             ,
             mounted
             upon
             the
             top
             of
             a
             good
             steep
             Hill
             .
             It
             belongs
             to
             the
             Earl
             of
             
               Rutland
               .
            
          
           
             The
             
               Vale
               of
               Bever
               ,
            
             a
             very
             pleasant
             place
             lieth
             under
             the
             Castle
             .
          
           
             The
             
               Vale
               of
               Bevell
            
             barren
             of
             Wooll
             ,
             is
             large
             and
             very
             plentifull
             of
             good
             Corn
             and
             Grasse
             ,
             and
             lieth
             in
             three
             Shires
             ,
             
               Leicester
               ,
               Lincoln
               ,
            
             and
             much
             in
             
               Nottinghamshire
               .
               Lelands
            
             Itinerary
             .
          
           
           
             
               Grantham
            
             a
             Town
             of
             good
             resort
             ,
             adorned
             with
             a
             School
             built
             by
             
               Richard
               Fox
            
             Bishop
             of
             
               Winchester
               ,
            
             and
             with
             a
             fair
             Church
             ,
             having
             a
             Spire-steeple
             of
             a
             mighty
             height
             .
          
           
             
               Lincolne
               .
            
             This
             City
             is
             large
             ,
             well
             
             inhabited
             and
             frequented
             ,
             it
             standeth
             upon
             the
             side
             of
             an
             Hill
             ,
             and
             thence
             hath
             its
             name
             from
             its
             situation
             ,
             or
             because
             it
             hath
             been
             a
             Colony
             .
          
           
             There
             are
             fourteen
             Churches
             ,
             the
             Minster
             is
             a
             fair
             one
             ,
             and
             in
             one
             of
             the
             Steeples
             there
             is
             a
             very
             great
             Bell
             rung
             
             by
             sixteen
             men
             ,
             called
             great
             
               Tom
               of
               Lincoln
               .
            
          
           
             
               Camden
            
             honourably
             mentions
             two
             learned
             Bishops
             of
             
               Lincoln
               ,
               Robert
               Grosthead
               ,
            
             and
             his
             Master
             
               Thomas
               Cooper
               .
            
          
           
             
               Wainfleet
               ,
            
             it
             bred
             
               William
               Wainfleet
            
             Bishop
             of
             
               Winchester
            
             a
             worthy
             Prelate
             ,
             
             founder
             of
             
               Magdalen-Colledge
            
             in
             
               Oxford
               ,
            
             a
             man
             that
             singularly
             well
             deserved
             of
             learning
             .
          
           
             
               Alford
            
             a
             Mercat
             Town
             .
          
           
             
               Castor
            
             an
             ancient
             Castle
             .
          
           
             
               Mercate-Rasin
               ,
            
             so
             called
             of
             a
             Mercat
             there
             well
             resorted
             unto
             .
          
           
           
             
               Gainsborrow
            
             a
             Market
             Town
             standing
             upon
             the
             River
             of
             
               Trent
               .
            
          
           
             
               Grimsby
            
             an
             old
             Market
             Town
             .
             Here
             was
             Archbishop
             
               Whitgift
            
             born
             .
          
           
             There
             are
             in
             this
             Shire
             six
             hundred
             and
             thirty
             
               *
            
             Parishes
             ,
             thirty
             and
             one
             Hundreds
             ,
             and
             thirty
             Market
             Towns
             .
          
        
         
           
             Middlesex
             .
          
           
             IT
             is
             severed
             from
             
               Buckinghamshire
            
             by
             the
             River
             
               Cole
               ;
            
             on
             the
             West-side
             ,
             from
             
               Hertfordshire
               ;
            
             on
             the
             North-side
             by
             a
             known
             crooked
             limit
             ;
             from
             
               Essex
            
             on
             the
             East
             with
             the
             River
             
               Lea
               ,
            
             from
             
               Surrey
            
             and
             
               Kent
            
             on
             the
             South
             by
             the
             
               Thames
               .
            
          
           
             It
             is
             a
             small
             Shire
             ,
             in
             length
             not
             twenty
             miles
             ,
             in
             circuit
             not
             above
             seventy
             miles
             ,
             yet
             for
             the
             fertility
             thereof
             it
             may
             compare
             with
             any
             other
             Shire
             :
             for
             the
             soil
             is
             excellent
             fat
             ,
             fertile
             and
             full
             of
             profit
             .
             
               Nordens
               Speculum
               Britaniae
               .
            
          
           
             For
             Air
             passing
             temperate
             ,
             and
             for
             soyl
             fertile
             ,
             with
             sumptuous
             houses
             ,
             and
             
             pretty
             Towns
             on
             all
             sides
             pleasantly
             beautified
             ,
             and
             every where
             offereth
             to
             the
             view
             many
             things
             memorable
             .
          
           
             
               Uxbridge
            
             full
             of
             Innes
             ,
             it
             stretcheth
             out
             in
             length
             .
          
           
             
               Harrow-hill
               ,
            
             the
             highest
             Hill
             of
             all
             this
             Country
             ,
             under
             which
             Southward
             there
             lie
             for
             a
             long
             way
             together
             ,
             exceeding
             rich
             and
             fruitfull
             fields
             ,
             especially
             about
             
               Heston
            
             a
             small
             Village
             ,
             that
             yeeldeth
             so
             fine
             flour
             for
             manchet
             that
             a
             long
             time
             it
             hath
             served
             for
             the
             Kings
             mouth
             .
          
           
             
               Hampton-Court
            
             a
             Royal
             Palace
             of
             
             the
             Kings
             ,
             a
             work
             of
             admirable
             magnificence
             ,
             built
             out
             of
             the
             ground
             by
             
               Thomas
               Wolsey
            
             Cardinal
             ,
             in
             ostentation
             
             of
             his
             riches
             .
             It
             was
             enlarged
             and
             finished
             by
             King
             
               Henry
            
             the
             Eighth
             so
             amply
             ,
             as
             it
             containeth
             within
             it
             five
             several
             inner
             Courts
             passing
             large
             ,
             environed
             with
             very
             fair
             buildings
             wrought
             right
             curiously
             ,
             and
             goodly
             to
             behold
             .
          
           
             The
             neatest
             pile
             of
             all
             the
             Kings
             houses
             .
             
               Godwins
            
             Annal.
          
           
             It
             is
             called
             
               Hampton-Court
               ,
               Hampton
            
             
             of
             the
             Parish
             of
             
               Hampton
               ,
            
             which
             standeth
             not
             farre
             thence
             :
             
               Court
            
             in
             regard
             of
             the
             Majesty
             and
             princely
             beauty
             .
             There
             are
             two
             Parks
             ,
             the
             one
             of
             Deer
             ,
             the
             other
             of
             Hares
             .
             
               Nordens
               Speculum
               Britaniae
               .
            
          
           
             
               Thistleworth
               ,
            
             or
             
               Isleworth
               .
            
          
           
             
               Brentford
            
             a
             fair
             thorow-fare
             and
             frequent
             Mercat
             .
          
           
             
               Fulham
            
             the
             place
             of
             Fowls
             ,
             where
             the
             Bishop
             of
             
               Londons
            
             house
             was
             .
          
           
             
               Chelsey
            
             a
             place
             garnished
             with
             fair
             and
             stately
             houses
             .
          
           
             
               London
            
             
               *
            
             ,
             the
             Epitome
             or
             Breviary
             of
             all
             
               Britain
               ,
            
             the
             seat
             of
             the
             
               British
            
             Empire
             ,
             and
             the
             King
             of
             
               Englands
            
             chamber
             .
          
           
             King
             
               Luds
            
             re-edifying
             
               Troinovant
            
             (
             first
             built
             by
             
               Brute
               )
            
             and
             from
             thence
             leaving
             the
             name
             of
             
               Caer
               Lud
               ,
            
             afterwards
             turned
             (
             as
             they
             say
             )
             into
             
               London
               ,
            
             is
             not
             unknown
             ,
             scarce
             to
             any
             that
             hathbut
             lookt
             on
             
               Ludgates
            
             inner
             Frontispiece
             .
          
           
             
               Seld.
            
             Illustrat
             .
             of
             the
             eighth
             Song
             of
             
               Drayt.
               Polyolb
               .
            
          
           
             
               Georgius
               Braun
            
             or
             
               Bruin
            
             in
             his
             
               Theatrum
               Praecipuarum
               totius
               mundi
               urbium
               ,
            
             in
             three
             great
             Volumes
             in
             Folio
             ,
             mentions
             
             
               London
            
             in
             the
             first
             place
             of
             his
             first
             Volume
             .
          
           
             Sir
             
               Robert
               Dallington
            
             in
             his
             view
             of
             
               France
               ;
            
             comparing
             the
             City
             of
             
               Paris
            
             with
             
               London
               ,
            
             saith
             ,
             That
             
               Paris
            
             is
             the
             greater
             ,
             the
             fairer
             built
             ,
             and
             the
             better
             situate
             :
             
               London
            
             is
             the
             richer
             ,
             the
             more
             populous
             ,
             the
             more
             ancient
             .
          
           
             
               Howell
            
             in
             his
             
               Londinopolis
            
             makes
             a
             parallel
             of
             it
             ,
             with
             the
             other
             great
             Cities
             of
             the
             world
             ,
             and
             so
             doth
             
               Gainsford
            
             in
             his
             Glory
             of
             
               England
               ,
               lib.
               2.
               ch.
            
             17.
             
          
           
             For
             the
             space
             of
             above
             one
             thousand
             five
             hundred
             fourscore
             and
             six
             years
             it
             hath
             flourished
             more
             for
             the
             statelinesse
             and
             magnificence
             of
             her
             goodly
             buildings
             ,
             for
             the
             large
             extent
             of
             her
             bounds
             and
             jurisdiction
             ,
             for
             the
             Religion
             and
             civility
             of
             her
             Inhabitants
             ,
             for
             the
             Wisdome
             and
             Honour
             of
             her
             Magistrates
             ,
             for
             the
             profession
             of
             Arms
             ,
             all
             good
             Letters
             and
             Arts
             ,
             not
             to
             speak
             of
             her
             Traffique
             and
             Commerce
             with
             all
             Countreys
             and
             Ports
             of
             the
             known
             world
             ,
             more
             than
             any
             other
             knowne
             City
             whatsoever
             throughout
             all
             Christendom
             .
             
               Burtons
            
             Comment
             .
             on
             
               Antonin
               .
            
             his
             
               Itin.
            
             through
             
               Britain
               ,
            
             pag.
             154
             ,
             
             155.
             
             See
             more
             there
             ,
             and
             156
             ,
             157
             ,
             158
             ,
             159
             ,
             160
             ,
             161
             ,
             162
             ,
             163
             ,
             164.
             
             See
             also
             M.
             
               Calamy
            
             and
             M.
             
               Hardie
            
             his
             Sermon
             preacht
             before
             the
             
               Londoners
               .
            
          
           
             
               Caput
               atque
               Metropolis
               totius
               insulae
               Trinovantum
               sive
               Londinium
               sive
               Londinum
               ,
               urbs
               potens
               &
               amaena
               ,
               quam
               fluviorum
               Rex
               Thamesis
               pererrat
               .
            
             Adolphi
             a
             Dans
             
               vita
            
             Elizabethae
             .
             
               
                 Quicquid
                 habet
                 miri
                 Memphis
                 ,
                 pretiive
                 Corinthus
                 ,
              
               
                 Illion
                 antiquum
                 ,
                 Graecia
                 magnificum
                 ,
              
               
                 Roma
                 ecquid
                 sanctum
                 ,
                 Campania
                 deliciarum
                 ,
              
               
                 Subtile
                 Hetrusci
                 ,
                 splendidulum
                 Hesperii
                 :
              
               
                 Quicquid
                 opum
                 Venetis
                 ,
                 doctrinae
                 quicquid
                 Athenis
                 ,
              
               
                 Metropolis
                 Britonum
                 dicat
                 id
                 omne
                 suum
                 .
              
               
                 Stradlingi
                 
                   Epig.
                
                 l.
                 1.
                 p.
                 1.
                 
              
            
          
           
             
               Tacitus
               ,
               Ptolomee
               ,
            
             and
             
               Antonine
            
             call
             it
             
               Londinium
               ;
               Ammianus
               Lundinum
               ,
            
             and
             
               Augusta
               ,
            
             the
             Inhabitants
             
               London
               .
            
          
           
             It
             is
             situate
             in
             a
             rich
             and
             fertile
             soyl
             ,
             
             abounding
             with
             plentifull
             store
             of
             all
             things
             ,
             and
             on
             the
             gentle
             ascent
             and
             rising
             of
             an
             Hill
             ,
             hard
             by
             the
             
               Thames
            
             
             side
             ,
             which
             by
             his
             safe
             and
             deep
             chanel
             able
             to
             entertain
             the
             greatest
             Ships
             that
             be
             ,
             daily
             bringeth
             in
             so
             great
             riches
             from
             all
             parts
             ,
             that
             it
             striveth
             at
             this
             day
             with
             the
             Mart
             Towns
             of
             Christendom
             for
             the
             second
             prize
             ,
             and
             affordeth
             a
             most
             sure
             and
             beautifull
             rode
             for
             shipping
             .
          
           
             King
             
               James
            
             being
             displeased
             with
             the
             City
             ,
             because
             she
             would
             not
             lend
             him
             such
             a
             Summe
             of
             Money
             ,
             he
             told
             the
             Lord
             Maior
             and
             Aldermen
             one
             day
             ,
             
               That
               he
               would
               remove
               his
               own
               Court
               ,
               with
               all
               the
               Records
               of
               the
               Tower
               ,
               and
               the
               Courts
               of
            
             Westminster-Hall
             
               to
               another
               place
               ,
            
             with
             further
             expressions
             of
             his
             Indignation
             ;
             The
             Lord
             Maior
             calmly
             heard
             all
             ,
             and
             at
             last
             answered
             ,
             
               Your
               Majesty
               hath
               power
               to
               do
               what
               you
               please
               ,
               and
               your
               City
               of
            
             London
             
               will
               obey
               accordingly
               ;
               but
               she
               humbly
               desires
               ,
               that
               when
               your
               
               Majesty
               shall
               remove
               your
               Courts
               ,
               you
               would
               be
               pleased
               to
               leave
               the
               Thames
               behind
               you
               .
            
          
           
             It
             is
             for
             Antiquity
             honourable
             .
          
           
             
               Ammianus
               Marcellinus
            
             called
             it
             in
             his
             times
             ,
             and
             that
             was
             twelve
             hundred
             yeers
             ago
             ,
             an
             old
             Town
             :
             and
             
               Cornelius
               Tacitus
            
             in
             like
             manner
             ,
             who
             lived
             in
             
               Nero
            
             his
             dayes
             ,
             1540.
             years
             since
             ,
             reported
             it
             to
             have
             been
             
               a
               place
               very
               famous
               for
               fresh
               trade
               ,
               concourse
               of
               Merchants
               ,
               and
               great
               store
               of
               victuals
               ,
               and
               all
               things
               necessary
               .
            
          
           
             The
             Tower
             of
             
               London
               ,
            
             a
             most
             famous
             and
             goodly
             Citadel
             ,
             encompassed
             round
             about
             with
             thick
             and
             strong
             Wals
             ,
             full
             of
             lofty
             and
             stately
             Turrets
             ,
             fenced
             with
             a
             broad
             and
             deep
             ditch
             ,
             furnished
             also
             with
             an
             Armoury
             or
             Magazine
             of
             warlike
             Munition
             ,
             and
             other
             buildings
             besides
             :
             so
             as
             it
             resembleth
             a
             big
             Town
             .
          
           
             The
             Tower
             containeth
             a
             Kings
             Palace
             ,
             a
             Kings
             Prison
             ,
             a
             Kings
             Armoury
             ,
             a
             Kings
             Mint
             ,
             a
             Kings
             Wardrobe
             ,
             a
             Kings
             Artillery
             .
             
               Gainsford
               .
            
          
           
             In
             the
             yeer
             1235.
             
             
               Frederick
            
             the
             Emperour
             sent
             to
             
               Henry
            
             the
             Third
             three
             
             Leopards
             in
             token
             of
             his
             Regal
             Shield
             of
             Arms
             ,
             wherein
             three
             Leopards
             were
             pictures
             ,
             since
             which
             time
             those
             Lions
             and
             others
             have
             been
             kept
             in
             a
             part
             of
             this
             Bulwark
             ,
             now
             called
             the
             Lions
             Tower
             ,
             and
             their
             Keeper
             there
             lodged
             .
             
               Stows
            
             Survey
             of
             
               London
               .
            
          
           
             There
             are
             twelve
             chief
             Companies
             out
             of
             which
             the
             Lord
             Maior
             is
             to
             be
             annually
             chosen
             .
          
           
             Twelve
             Innes
             ordained
             for
             Students
             
             of
             our
             Common
             Law
             ,
             whereof
             four
             being
             very
             fair
             and
             large
             ,
             belong
             to
             the
             Judicial
             Courts
             ,
             the
             rest
             unto
             the
             Chancery
             .
          
           
             Herein
             such
             a
             number
             of
             young
             Gentlemen
             do
             so
             painfully
             ply
             their
             Books
             and
             study
             the
             Law
             ,
             that
             for
             frequency
             of
             Students
             it
             is
             not
             inferiour
             either
             to
             
               Angiers
               ,
               Cane
               ,
            
             or
             
               Orleans
            
             it self
             ,
             as
             Sir
             
               John
               Fortescue
            
             in
             his
             small
             Treatise
             of
             the
             Laws
             of
             
               England
            
             doth
             witnesse
             .
             The
             said
             four
             principal
             Houses
             ,
             are
             the
             
               Inner-Temple
               ,
            
             the
             
               Middle-Temple
               ,
               Grayes-Inne
               ,
            
             and
             
               Lincolns-Inne
               .
            
          
           
             
               John
               Leland
            
             the
             famous
             Antiquary
             was
             born
             in
             
               London
               ,
            
             Bishop
             
               Andrews
               ,
            
             
             Mr.
             
               Gataker
               ,
            
             M.
             
               Calamy
               ,
            
             Sir
             
               Thomas
               More
               .
               Chaucer
               ,
               Edmund
               Spenser
            
             the
             famous
             
               English
            
             Poets
             were
             born
             in
             
               London
               .
            
          
           
             If
             any
             City
             in
             the
             world
             may
             at
             this
             day
             be
             called
             ,
             as
             
               Jerusalem
            
             once
             was
             ,
             a
             
             
               City
               of
               Truth
               ,
               a
               holy
               Mountain
               ,
            
             in
             regard
             of
             the
             Doctrine
             of
             truth
             and
             holinesse
             preached
             therein
             ,
             then
             certainly
             
               London
            
             may
             .
             Insomuch
             that
             Foraigners
             ,
             
               Hungarians
               ,
               Germans
               ,
               Batavians
               ,
            
             others
             learn
             our
             Language
             ,
             and
             come
             over
             to
             this
             City
             ,
             that
             they
             may
             hear
             our
             Preachers
             ,
             and
             read
             our
             
               English
            
             Divines
             .
          
           
             
               London-Bridge
            
             is
             an
             admirable
             Workmanship
             of
             stone
             hewen
             out
             of
             
             the
             Quarry
             ,
             upon
             nineteen
             Arches
             ,
             besides
             the
             Draw-bridge
             ,
             and
             is
             furnished
             on
             both
             sides
             with
             passing
             fair
             houses
             joyning
             one
             to
             another
             in
             manner
             of
             a
             street
             ,
             that
             for
             bignesse
             and
             beauty
             it
             may
             worthily
             carry
             away
             the
             prize
             from
             all
             the
             Bridges
             in
             
               Europe
               .
            
          
           
             The
             whole
             City
             is
             divided
             into
             six
             and
             twenty
             Wards
             :
             and
             the
             Councel
             of
             the
             City
             consisted
             of
             as
             many
             ancient
             men
             ,
             named
             of
             their
             age
             in
             our
             tongue
             Aldermen
             ,
             as
             one
             would
             say
             
             Senatours
             ,
             who
             each
             one
             have
             the
             over-seeing
             and
             rule
             of
             his
             several
             Ward
             .
          
           
             The
             chief
             Magistrate
             is
             the
             Lord
             Maior
             and
             two
             Sheriffs
             ,
             whereof
             the
             one
             is
             called
             the
             Kings
             ,
             the
             other
             the
             Cities
             Sheriff
             .
          
           
             In
             
               Henry
            
             the
             Sixths
             Reign
             
               Godfrey
               Bolein
            
             was
             Lord
             Maior
             of
             
               London
            
             (
             being
             the
             Ancestor
             of
             two
             renowned
             and
             virtuous
             Queens
             of
             
               England
               ,
               Anne
            
             
             second
             wife
             to
             King
             
               Henry
            
             the
             Eighth
             ,
             and
             
               Elizabeth
            
             their
             Daughter
             )
             through
             whose
             great
             vigilancy
             and
             providence
             ,
             the
             City
             stood
             so
             well
             guarded
             ,
             that
             the
             Kings
             peace
             was
             dutifully
             kept
             ,
             notwithstanding
             the
             great
             Lords
             of
             both
             the
             Factions
             
               (
               Yorkists
            
             and
             
               Lancastrians
               )
            
             were
             with
             so
             great
             Troops
             of
             followers
             lodged
             within
             ,
             and
             about
             the
             same
             .
          
           
             In
             
               Edward
            
             the
             Thirds
             Reign
             ,
             
               Henry
            
             
             
               Picard
            
             Maior
             of
             
               London
               ,
            
             in
             one
             day
             sumptuously
             feasted
             four
             Kings
             ,
             
               Edward
            
             the
             Third
             King
             of
             
               England
               ,
               John
            
             King
             of
             
               France
               ,
            
             the
             King
             of
             
               Cyprus
            
             then
             arrived
             in
             
               England
               ,
               David
            
             King
             of
             
               Scots
               .
            
          
           
           
             See
             the
             courage
             and
             piety
             of
             a
             Lord
             Maior
             in
             King
             
               James
            
             his
             time
             in
             
               Wilsons
            
             History
             of
             
               Great-Britain
               ,
            
             p.
             106.
             
          
           
             The
             Merchants
             meeting
             place
             standing
             upon
             Pillars
             ,
             which
             the
             common
             
             people
             call
             the
             
               Burse
               ,
            
             and
             Queen
             
               Elizabeth
            
             with
             a
             solemn
             Ceremony
             named
             ,
             
               The
               Royal
               Exchange
               ,
            
             was
             set
             up
             by
             Sir
             
               Thomas
               Gresham
            
             Citizen
             and
             Knight
             ;
             a
             magnificent
             work
             ,
             whether
             you
             respect
             the
             Model
             of
             the
             building
             ,
             the
             resort
             of
             Merchants
             from
             all
             Nations
             thither
             ,
             or
             the
             store
             of
             wares
             there
             .
             Which
             Sir
             
               Thomas
               Gresham
               ,
            
             being
             withall
             an
             exceeding
             great
             lover
             of
             Learning
             ,
             consecrated
             a
             most
             spacious
             house
             his
             own
             habitation
             to
             the
             furtherance
             of
             Learning
             ,
             and
             instituted
             the
             Professours
             of
             Divinity
             ,
             Law
             ,
             Physick
             ,
             Astronomy
             ,
             Geometry
             ,
             and
             Musick
             ,
             with
             liberal
             Salaries
             and
             Stipends
             ,
             to
             the
             end
             that
             
               London
            
             might
             be
             a
             place
             ,
             not
             only
             furnished
             with
             all
             kind
             of
             Traffick
             ,
             but
             also
             with
             the
             Liberal
             Arts
             and
             Sciences
             .
          
           
           
             There
             is
             also
             a
             fair
             and
             goodly
             Library
             in
             
               Sion-Colledge
            
             ,
             containing
             an
             hundred
             twenty
             and
             one
             foot
             in
             length
             ,
             and
             above
             five
             and
             twenty
             foot
             in
             breadth
             .
          
           
             In
             the
             Reign
             of
             King
             
               James
               ,
               Robert
            
             Earl
             of
             
               Salisbury
               ,
            
             caused
             to
             be
             erected
             
             a
             stately
             building
             in
             the
             
               Strand
               ,
            
             which
             upon
             
               Tuesday
            
             the
             tenth
             of
             
               April
               ,
            
             in
             the
             yeer
             1609.
             was
             begun
             to
             be
             richly
             furnished
             with
             Wares
             ;
             and
             the
             next
             day
             after
             ,
             the
             King
             ,
             the
             Queen
             and
             Prince
             ,
             with
             many
             great
             Lords
             and
             Ladies
             came
             to
             see
             ,
             and
             then
             the
             King
             gave
             it
             the
             name
             of
             
               Britains
               Burse
               .
            
          
           
             
               Westminster
            
             was
             called
             in
             times
             past
             
               Thorney
               ,
            
             of
             
               Thorns
               ,
            
             now
             
               Westminster
            
             of
             the
             West
             situation
             ,
             and
             the
             Monastery
             .
          
           
             A
             City
             of
             it self
             ,
             having
             its
             peculiar
             Magistrates
             and
             Priviledges
             .
          
           
             It
             is
             renowned
             for
             the
             Abbey
             Church
             ,
             the
             Hall
             of
             Justice
             ,
             and
             the
             Kings
             Palace
             .
          
           
             This
             Church
             is
             famous
             especially
             by
             
             reason
             of
             the
             Inauguration
             and
             Sepulture
             of
             the
             Kings
             of
             
               England
               .
            
          
           
           
             
               William
            
             the
             Conquerour
             and
             
               Matilda
            
             his
             wife
             were
             first
             crowned
             at
             
               Westminster
               ,
            
             and
             since
             them
             all
             other
             Kings
             and
             Queens
             of
             this
             Realm
             have
             been
             there
             crowned
             .
             
               Stows
            
             Surveigh
             of
             
               London
               .
            
          
           
             It
             is
             a
             Church
             of
             very
             fair
             Workmanship
             ,
             supported
             with
             sundry
             rows
             of
             Marble
             Pillars
             ,
             a
             peece
             of
             work
             that
             cost
             fifty
             yeers
             labour
             in
             building
             .
          
           
             It
             was
             founded
             by
             King
             
               Edward
            
             the
             Confessour
             .
          
           
             King
             
               Henry
            
             the
             Seventh
             for
             the
             Burial
             of
             himself
             and
             his
             children
             ,
             adjoyned
             thereto
             in
             the
             East
             end
             a
             Chappel
             of
             admirable
             elegancy
             :
             
               Leland
            
             calleth
             it
             ,
             The
             wonder
             of
             the
             world
             ,
             all
             the
             curious
             and
             exquisite
             work
             that
             can
             be
             devised
             ,
             is
             there
             compacted
             .
          
           
             It
             is
             reported
             ,
             That
             the
             Chappel
             
             cost
             ten
             thousand
             pound
             ,
             or
             as
             others
             say
             fourteen
             thousand
             pound
             .
          
           
             There
             is
             a
             Collegiate
             Church
             ,
             and
             famous
             School
             :
             Forty
             Scholars
             in
             their
             due
             time
             are
             preferred
             to
             the
             Universities
             .
          
           
             Here
             are
             buried
             the
             Prince
             of
             
               English
            
             Poets
             
               Geffrey
               Chaucer
               :
            
             as
             also
             he
             that
             
             for
             pregnant
             wit
             ,
             and
             an
             excellent
             gift
             in
             Poetry
             of
             all
             
               English
            
             Poets
             came
             neerest
             unto
             him
             
               Edmund
               Spenser
               .
            
          
           
             
               Isaac
               Casaubone
               .
            
          
           
             
               William
               Camden
               Clarenceux
            
             King
             of
             Arms
             .
          
           
             
               Westminster-Hall
            
             is
             the
             greatest
             Hall
             in
             
               England
               ,
            
             and
             the
             very
             
               Praetorium
               ,
            
             or
             Hall
             of
             Justice
             .
             In
             this
             are
             the
             Judicial
             
             Courts
             ,
             the
             
               Upper-Bench
               ,
            
             the
             
               Common-Pleas
               ,
            
             and
             the
             
               Chancery
               ;
            
             and
             in
             places
             neer
             thereabout
             ,
             the
             
               Starre-Chamber
               ,
            
             the
             
               Exchequer
               ,
               Court
               of
               Wards
               ,
            
             and
             
               Court
               of
               the
               Dutchy
               of
               Lancaster
               .
            
             In
             which
             at
             certain
             set
             times
             (
             we
             call
             them
             Terms
             )
             Causes
             are
             yeerly
             heard
             and
             tried
             .
          
           
             This
             Judgement
             Hall
             King
             
               Richard
            
             the
             Second
             built
             out
             of
             the
             ground
             ,
             as
             appeareth
             by
             his
             Arms
             engraven
             in
             the
             stone-work
             ,
             and
             many
             arched
             beams
             .
          
           
             There
             are
             a
             hundred
             twenty
             and
             one
             Churches
             ,
             more
             than
             
               Rome
            
             it self
             can
             shew
             .
          
           
             
               Redcliff
               ,
            
             so
             called
             of
             the
             
               Red
               cliff
               ,
            
             a
             pretty
             fine
             Town
             and
             dwelling
             place
             of
             Sailers
             .
          
           
           
             
               Enfield-Chase
            
             a
             place
             much
             renowned
             for
             hunting
             .
          
           
             In
             this
             County
             without
             the
             City
             of
             
               London
            
             are
             reckoned
             Parishes
             much
             about
             seventy
             three
             ,
             with
             the
             City
             ,
             Liberties
             ,
             and
             Suburbs
             an
             hundred
             twenty
             and
             one
             .
          
        
         
           
             Monmouthshire
             .
          
           
             IT
             is
             enclosed
             on
             the
             North-side
             with
             the
             River
             
               Munow
            
             that
             separateth
             it
             from
             
               Herefordshire
               :
            
             on
             the
             East-side
             with
             
               Wye
            
             running
             between
             it
             and
             
               Glocestershire
               :
            
             on
             the
             West
             with
             the
             River
             
               Remmey
               ,
            
             which
             severeth
             it
             from
             
               Glamorganshire
               ;
            
             and
             on
             the
             South
             with
             the
             
               Severn
               .
            
          
           
             The
             East
             part
             is
             full
             of
             Grasse
             and
             Woods
             :
             the
             West
             is
             somewhat
             hilly
             and
             stony
             ,
             yet
             not
             unthankfull
             to
             the
             Husbandman
             .
          
           
             
               Monmouth
            
             the
             chief
             Town
             of
             the
             Shire
             .
          
           
             
               Munow
            
             and
             
               Wye
            
             at
             their
             confluence
             
             do
             compasse
             it
             almost
             round
             about
             ,
             and
             give
             it
             the
             name
             .
             On
             the
             North-side
             ,
             where
             it
             is
             not
             defended
             with
             the
             Rivers
             ,
             it
             was
             fortified
             with
             a
             wall
             and
             ditch
             .
             In
             the
             midst
             of
             the
             Town
             ,
             hard
             by
             the
             Mercat
             place
             standeth
             a
             Castle
             ,
             which
             (
             as
             it
             is
             thought
             )
             
               John
            
             Baron
             of
             
               Monmouth
            
             built
             .
             It
             was
             the
             Birth
             place
             of
             
               Henry
            
             the
             Fifth
             that
             triumpher
             over
             
               France
               ,
            
             and
             the
             second
             Ornament
             of
             the
             
               English
            
             Nation
             .
          
           
             It
             glorieth
             also
             that
             
               Geffrey
               Ap
               Arthur
               ,
            
             or
             of
             
               Munmouth
               ,
            
             Compiler
             of
             the
             
               British
            
             History
             was
             born
             and
             bred
             there
             :
             a
             man
             well
             skilled
             in
             Antiquities
             ,
             but
             (
             as
             it
             seemeth
             )
             not
             of
             antique
             credit
             ;
             so
             many
             toyes
             and
             tales
             he
             every where
             enterlaceth
             out
             of
             his
             owne
             brain
             ,
             as
             he
             was
             charged
             while
             he
             lived
             .
          
           
             
               Chepstow
            
             a
             famous
             Town
             ,
             and
             of
             good
             resort
             ,
             situate
             upon
             the
             side
             of
             an
             Hill
             ,
             rising
             from
             the
             very
             River
             ,
             fortified
             round
             about
             with
             a
             Wall
             of
             a
             large
             circuit
             ,
             which
             includes
             within
             it
             both
             Fields
             and
             Orchards
             .
             It
             hath
             a
             very
             spacious
             Castle
             situate
             over
             the
             River
             .
          
           
           
             
               Strighall
            
             Castle
             ,
             it
             belongs
             to
             the
             Earls
             of
             
               Pembroke
               .
            
          
           
             
               Sudbroke
               ,
            
             the
             Church
             whereof
             called
             
               Trinity-Chappel
            
             standeth
             neer
             the
             Sea
             ,
             a
             moor
             for
             many
             miles
             together
             .
          
           
             
               Abergenny
               ,
            
             It
             is
             fortified
             with
             Wals
             ,
             and
             a
             Castle
             .
          
           
             This
             Shire
             containeth
             Parish
             Churches
             an
             hundred
             twenty
             seven
             .
          
        
         
           
             Northfolk
             
               or
            
             Norfolk
             .
          
           
             PEople
             of
             the
             North
             .
          
           
             It
             is
             a
             Region
             large
             and
             spacious
             ,
             and
             in
             manner
             all
             thorowout
             a
             plain
             champion
             ,
             unlesse
             it
             be
             where
             there
             rise
             gently
             some
             pretty
             Hils
             ;
             passing
             rich
             ,
             exceeding
             full
             of
             Sheep
             ,
             and
             stored
             with
             Coneys
             ,
             replenished
             likewise
             with
             a
             great
             number
             of
             populous
             Villages
             :
             for
             besides
             twenty
             seven
             Mercat
             Towns
             ,
             it
             is
             able
             to
             shew
             Villages
             and
             Countrey
             Towns
             six
             hundred
             twenty
             and
             five
             ,
             watered
             with
             divers
             Rivers
             and
             Brooks
             ,
             and
             not
             altogether
             destitute
             of
             Wood
             .
          
           
           
             A
             man
             may
             collect
             the
             goodnesse
             of
             the
             ground
             by
             this
             ,
             that
             the
             Inhabitants
             
             are
             of
             a
             passing
             good
             complexion
             ,
             to
             say
             nothing
             of
             their
             exceeding
             wily
             wits
             ,
             and
             the
             same
             right
             quick
             in
             the
             insight
             of
             our
             Common
             Laws
             :
             insomuch
             as
             it
             is
             counted
             ,
             the
             only
             Countrey
             for
             best
             Lawyers
             .
          
           
             One
             saith
             ,
             that
             three
             hundred
             and
             forty
             
               nisi
               prius
            
             were
             tried
             there
             at
             one
             Assizes
             .
          
           
             It
             is
             a
             pleasant
             Countrey
             for
             sports
             ,
             Hawking
             and
             Hunting
             .
          
           
             
               Thetford
            
             the
             Ford
             of
             
               Thet
               ,
            
             of
             good
             
             bignesse
             ,
             yet
             it
             hath
             but
             few
             Inhabitants
             .
          
           
             
               Harleston
            
             a
             good
             Mercat
             .
          
           
             
               Norwich
            
             a
             famous
             City
             by
             reason
             of
             the
             wealth
             ,
             number
             of
             Inhabitants
             ,
             the
             resort
             of
             people
             ,
             fair
             buildings
             ,
             and
             many
             fair
             Churches
             (
             it
             containeth
             thirty
             two
             Parishes
             ,
             and
             fourty
             two
             Chappels
             and
             Churches
             )
             the
             painfull
             industry
             of
             the
             Citizens
             ,
             and
             their
             courtesie
             unto
             strangers
             .
          
           
             The
             Market
             ,
             Crosse
             and
             Cloister
             of
             the
             Cathedral
             there
             ,
             are
             the
             fairest
             in
             
               England
               .
            
          
           
           
             It
             is
             pleasantly
             situate
             on
             the
             side
             of
             an
             Hill
             ,
             compassed
             about
             with
             strong
             Wals
             ,
             (
             in
             which
             are
             orderly
             placed
             many
             Turrets
             ,
             and
             twelve
             Gates
             )
             unlesse
             it
             be
             on
             the
             East-side
             ,
             where
             the
             River
             is
             a
             fence
             thereto
             ..
          
           
             It
             is
             three
             miles
             about
             .
             The
             Arms
             of
             the
             City
             are
             the
             
               Castle
            
             and
             
               Lion
               .
            
          
           
             A
             City
             whose
             Antiquity
             
               Alexander
            
             
             
               Nevil
            
             hath
             most
             learnedly
             and
             elegantly
             set
             down
             in
             Latine
             .
          
           
             It
             hath
             been
             long
             famous
             for
             the
             ancient
             cloathes
             ,
             or
             stuff
             ,
             called
             Worsted
             ,
             but
             hath
             lately
             abounded
             in
             variety
             of
             weaving
             through
             the
             invention
             and
             industry
             of
             the
             
               Dutch
            
             and
             
               French
               Flemmings
            
             which
             inhabit
             there
             in
             great
             numbers
             .
          
           
             There
             is
             a
             great
             House
             there
             of
             the
             Duke
             of
             
               Norfolks
               ,
            
             now
             the
             Earl
             of
             
               Arundels
               ,
            
             where
             there
             are
             very
             fair
             Granaries
             ,
             and
             the
             best
             Bowling-alley
             in
             
               England
               .
            
          
           
             There
             is
             also
             an
             Hospital
             ,
             where
             an
             hundred
             of
             men
             and
             women
             are
             maintained
             .
          
           
             
               Matthew
               Parker
            
             was
             born
             here
             .
          
           
             
               Yarmouth
            
             a
             very
             convenient
             Haven
             ,
             
             and
             as
             fair
             a
             Town
             ,
             beautifully
             built
             ,
             and
             well
             fenced
             ,
             both
             by
             the
             natural
             strength
             of
             the
             place
             ,
             and
             also
             by
             the
             skilfull
             industry
             of
             mans
             art
             .
          
           
             It
             hath
             but
             one
             Church
             ,
             yet
             the
             same
             is
             very
             large
             ,
             having
             a
             high
             Steeple
             to
             adorn
             it
             .
             It
             is
             famous
             for
             fishing
             and
             merchandizing
             .
          
           
             There
             are
             two
             long
             Streets
             in
             it
             ,
             each
             of
             them
             a
             mile
             long
             ,
             one
             called
             the
             
               Dean-street
               ,
            
             the
             other
             the
             
               Key
               :
            
             There
             is
             also
             another
             Street
             ,
             called
             the
             
               Middle-street
               ,
            
             and
             many
             rows
             ,
             as
             they
             call
             them
             after
             the
             manner
             of
             
               Holland
               .
            
             There
             is
             also
             a
             fair
             Market
             place
             .
          
           
             
               Holt
            
             a
             Town
             so
             called
             of
             an
             
               Holt
            
             or
             tuft
             of
             trees
             ,
             and
             for
             the
             Mercat
             well
             ▪
             known
             .
          
           
             
               Ailesham
            
             a
             Mercat
             Town
             of
             good
             resort
             .
          
           
             
               Worsted
               ,
            
             where
             the
             stuff
             worsted
             in
             so
             great
             request
             amongst
             our
             Ancestors
             was
             first
             made
             ;
             and
             hence
             so
             named
             ,
             as
             
               Dornicks
               ,
               Camery
               ,
               Calecut
               ,
            
             had
             in
             like
             manner
             their
             denominations
             from
             the
             places
             where
             they
             were
             first
             invented
             and
             made
             .
          
           
             
               Walsingham
               .
            
             This
             Village
             is
             very
             
             famous
             by
             reason
             of
             the
             best
             Saffron
             growing
             there
             .
          
           
             The
             Family
             of
             the
             
               Walsinghams
            
             Knights
             ,
             fetched
             first
             their
             name
             and
             original
             from
             hence
             :
             out
             of
             which
             house
             flourished
             that
             Sir
             
               Francis
               Walsingham
            
             Secretary
             to
             Queen
             
               Elizabeth
               ,
            
             a
             man
             as
             of
             deep
             insight
             ,
             so
             also
             of
             as
             rare
             and
             painfull
             industry
             in
             the
             weightiest
             affairs
             of
             the
             Realm
             .
          
           
             
               Lynne
            
             peradventure
             so
             named
             of
             the
             waters
             broad
             spreading
             .
             So
             
               Lynne
            
             imports
             in
             the
             
               Welch
            
             tongue
             .
          
           
             This
             is
             a
             large
             Town
             encompassed
             with
             a
             deep
             Trench
             and
             Wals
             ,
             for
             the
             most
             part
             thereof
             divided
             by
             two
             small
             Rivers
             that
             have
             fifteen
             Bridges
             ,
             or
             thereabout
             over
             them
             .
             It
             is
             called
             old
             
               Linne
               ,
            
             and
             
               Linnum
               Regis
               ,
            
             that
             is
             ,
             
               Kings
               Linne
               ;
            
             yet
             by
             reason
             of
             the
             safe
             Haven
             which
             yeeldeth
             most
             easie
             accesse
             ,
             for
             the
             number
             also
             of
             the
             Merchants
             there
             dwelling
             ,
             and
             thither
             resorting
             ,
             for
             the
             fair
             and
             the
             goodly
             houses
             ,
             the
             wealth
             also
             of
             the
             Townsmen
             ,
             it
             is
             doubtlesse
             the
             principal
             Town
             of
             this
             Shire
             ,
             except
             
               Norwich
            
             onely
             .
          
           
           
             
               Mershland
               ,
            
             a
             little
             moist
             Mersh-Countrey
             ,
             as
             the
             name
             implieth
             ,
             a
             soil
             standing
             upon
             very
             rich
             and
             fertile
             mould
             ,
             and
             breeding
             abundance
             of
             Cattel
             :
             insomuch
             as
             that
             in
             a
             place
             commonly
             called
             
               Tilneysmeth
            
             there
             feed
             much
             about
             thirty
             thousaud
             Sheep
             .
          
           
             In
             this
             Province
             there
             be
             Parish
             Churches
             about
             six
             hundred
             and
             sixty
             .
          
           
             In
             
               Norfolk
            
             and
             
               Suffolk
            
             there
             are
             more
             Parishes
             than
             in
             any
             other
             Counties
             ,
             six
             hundred
             and
             odde
             in
             
               Norfolk
               ,
            
             and
             above
             five
             hundred
             in
             
               Suffolk
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             Northamptonshire
             .
          
           
             THis
             County
             is
             situate
             in
             the
             very
             middle
             and
             heart
             (
             as
             it
             were
             )
             of
             
               England
               .
            
             On
             the
             East
             lie
             
               Bedford
            
             and
             
               Huntingdonshires
               .
            
             On
             the
             South
             
               Buckingham
            
             and
             
               Oxfordshires
               :
            
             Westward
             
               Warwickshire
               :
            
             Northward
             
               Rutlandshire
               ,
            
             and
             
               Lincolnshire
               ,
            
             separated
             from
             it
             by
             
               Avon
            
             the
             lesse
             ,
             and
             
               Welland
            
             two
             Rivers
             .
          
           
           
             It
             is
             a
             champion
             Countrey
             ,
             exceeding
             populous
             ,
             and
             passing
             well
             furnished
             with
             Noblemens
             and
             Gentlemens
             Houses
             ,
             replenished
             also
             with
             Towns
             and
             Churches
             ;
             insomuch
             as
             in
             some
             places
             there
             are
             twenty
             ,
             and
             in
             others
             thirty
             Seeples
             with
             Spires
             or
             square
             Towers
             within
             view
             at
             once
             .
          
           
             The
             soil
             very
             fertile
             both
             for
             Tillage
             and
             Pasture
             ,
             yet
             nothing
             so
             well
             stored
             with
             Woods
             ,
             unlesse
             it
             be
             in
             the
             further
             and
             hither
             sides
             .
             But
             in
             every
             place
             ,
             as
             elswhere
             also
             in
             
               England
               ,
            
             it
             is
             over-spread
             ,
             and
             (
             as
             it
             were
             )
             beset
             with
             Sheep
             .
          
           
             
               Brakley
            
             a
             place
             full
             of
             Brake
             or
             Fern
             ,
             the
             Students
             of
             
               Magdalen
               ▪
            
             Colledge
             in
             
               Oxford
               ,
            
             use
             the
             Colledge
             there
             for
             a
             retiring
             place
             .
          
           
             
               Torcester
               ,
            
             so
             called
             of
             Towrs
             .
             It
             hath
             a
             large
             Church
             in
             it
             .
          
           
             Hard
             by
             at
             
               Eston-Nessont
            
             there
             is
             a
             
             fair
             and
             beautifull
             House
             belonging
             to
             the
             Knightly
             Family
             of
             the
             
               Farmers
               .
            
          
           
             
               Sacy-Forest
            
             stored
             with
             Deer
             ,
             and
             fit
             for
             game
             .
          
           
             
               Avon
            
             a
             general
             name
             of
             all
             Rivers
             .
             This
             
               Aufona
            
             or
             
               Nen
            
             is
             a
             notable
             River
             ,
             
             which
             after
             a
             sort
             runneth
             through
             the
             middle
             part
             of
             this
             Shire
             .
          
           
             
               Dantrey
            
             is
             a
             through-fare
             Town
             ,
             well
             known
             at
             this
             day
             by
             reason
             of
             the
             Innes
             there
             .
          
           
             
               Fawesly
            
             where
             have
             dwelt
             a
             long
             time
             the
             
               Knightleys
            
             descended
             from
             those
             more
             ancient
             
               Knightleys
            
             of
             
               Gnowshall
            
             in
             the
             County
             of
             
               Stafford
               .
            
          
           
             
               Wedon
            
             in
             the
             street
             .
             It
             is
             a
             pretty
             through-fare
             set
             on
             a
             plain
             ground
             ,
             and
             much
             celebrated
             by
             Carriers
             ,
             because
             it
             standeth
             hard
             by
             the
             famous
             way
             there
             commonly
             call'd
             of
             the
             people
             
               *
            
             
               Watlingstreet
               .
               Lelands
            
             Itinerary
             .
          
           
             
               Holdenby-House
               ,
            
             a
             fair
             patern
             of
             stately
             and
             magnificent
             building
             .
          
           
             
               Northampton
               ,
            
             so
             called
             from
             its
             situation
             upon
             the
             North-bank
             of
             the
             River
             
               Aufon
               .
            
             The
             City
             for
             Houses
             is
             very
             fair
             ,
             for
             circuit
             of
             good
             largenesse
             ,
             and
             walled
             about
             :
             and
             from
             the
             Wall
             there
             is
             a
             goodly
             Prospect
             every
             way
             to
             a
             wide
             and
             spacious
             plain
             Countrey
             .
          
           
             There
             are
             seven
             Parish
             Churches
             within
             the
             Wals
             ,
             whereof
             the
             Church
             
             of
             
               Alhallows
            
             is
             principal
             ,
             standing
             in
             the
             heart
             of
             the
             Town
             ,
             and
             is
             large
             and
             well
             builded
             .
             
               Lelands
            
             Itinerary
             .
          
           
             Mercat
             
               Wellingborow
               .
            
          
           
             
               Kettering
            
             a
             Mercat
             Town
             well
             frequented
             .
          
           
             
               Higham-Ferrers
               .
            
             The
             excellent
             ornament
             of
             this
             place
             was
             
               Henry
               Chichley
            
             
               *
            
             Archbishop
             of
             
               Canterbury
               ,
            
             who
             built
             
               All-Souls
            
             Colledge
             in
             
               Oxford
               ,
            
             and
             another
             here
             ,
             where
             he
             placed
             secular
             Clerks
             and
             Prebendaries
             ,
             and
             withall
             an
             Hospital
             for
             the
             poor
             .
          
           
             
               Oundale
               ,
            
             there
             is
             a
             fair
             Church
             ,
             and
             a
             Free-School
             for
             the
             instruction
             of
             children
             ,
             and
             an
             Almes-house
             for
             poor
             people
             .
          
           
             
               Fothering-hay
            
             Castle
             ,
             environed
             on
             every
             side
             with
             most
             pleasing
             medows
             .
          
           
             Here
             
               Mary
            
             Queen
             of
             
               Scots
            
             was
             beheaded
             .
          
           
             
               Upton
               ,
            
             so
             called
             ,
             because
             it
             is
             highly
             situate
             .
          
           
             
               Peterborow
               ,
            
             because
             the
             Monastery
             
             was
             dedicated
             to
             Saint
             
               Peter
               .
            
             See
             
               Monasticon
               Anglicanum
               ,
            
             p.
             63.
             
          
           
             
               Baibroke
            
             Castle
             .
          
           
             
               Rockingham
            
             Castle
             .
          
           
           
             
               Welledon
               .
            
          
           
             
               Maxey
            
             Castle
             .
          
           
             There
             belong
             unto
             this
             Shire
             three
             hundred
             twenty
             six
             Parishes
             .
          
        
         
           
             Nottinghamshire
             .
          
           
             IT
             is
             limited
             Northward
             with
             
               Yorkshire
               ,
            
             Westward
             with
             
               Darbyshire
               ,
            
             and
             in
             some
             parts
             with
             
               Yorkshire
               ,
            
             and
             on
             the
             South-side
             with
             
               Leicestershire
               .
            
             The
             South
             and
             East
             parts
             thereof
             are
             made
             more
             fruitfull
             by
             the
             noble
             and
             famous
             River
             
               Trent
               ,
            
             with
             other
             Riverets
             resorting
             unto
             it
             .
          
           
             The
             Forest
             of
             
               Shirewood
            
             in
             the
             West
             
             part
             stretcheth
             out
             a
             great
             way
             .
             It
             yeeldeth
             store
             of
             wood
             to
             maintain
             fire
             .
             It
             hath
             a
             grea●
             number
             of
             Fallow-Deer
             ,
             yea
             and
             Stags
             with
             their
             stately
             branching
             heads
             feeding
             within
             it
             .
          
           
             
               Mansfield
            
             there
             is
             a
             great
             Mercat
             passing
             well
             served
             ,
             and
             as
             well
             frequented
             .
             The
             first
             Earl
             of
             
               Mansfield
            
             in
             
               Germany
            
             was
             one
             of
             King
             
               Arthurs
            
             
             Knights
             of
             the
             Round-Table
             ,
             born
             and
             bred
             at
             this
             
               Mansfield
               .
            
          
           
             
               Nottingham
            
             (
             the
             principal
             Town
             ,
             which
             hath
             given
             name
             unto
             the
             Shire
             )
             is
             seated
             on
             the
             side
             of
             an
             Hill
             .
             The
             Town
             for
             the
             natural
             site
             thereof
             is
             right
             pleasant
             :
             as
             where
             ,
             on
             the
             one
             hand
             lie
             fair
             and
             large
             Medows
             by
             the
             Rivers-side
             ;
             on
             the
             other
             ,
             rise
             Hils
             with
             a
             gentle
             and
             easie
             ascent
             :
             and
             is
             plentifully
             provided
             of
             all
             things
             beside
             ,
             necessary
             for
             mans
             life
             .
          
           
             It
             is
             both
             a
             large
             Town
             and
             well
             builded
             for
             Timber
             and
             Plaister
             ,
             and
             standeth
             stately
             on
             a
             climbing
             Hill
             .
             It
             hath
             a
             fair
             Market
             place
             and
             street
             .
             The
             Castle
             standeth
             on
             a
             rocky
             Hill
             on
             the
             West-side
             of
             the
             Town
             ,
             and
             
               Line
            
             Riveret
             goeth
             by
             the
             roots
             of
             it
             .
             
               Lelands
            
             Itinerary
             .
          
           
             For
             largenesse
             ,
             for
             building
             ,
             for
             three
             fair
             Churches
             ,
             a
             passing
             spacious
             and
             beautifull
             Mercat
             place
             ,
             and
             most
             strong
             Castle
             ,
             it
             maketh
             a
             goodly
             shew
             .
          
           
             
               Newark
               ,
            
             as
             one
             would
             say
             ,
             the
             new
             work
             ,
             of
             the
             new
             Castle
             .
             Here
             King
             
               John
            
             finished
             the
             most
             wearisom
             course
             of
             his
             troublesom
             life
             .
          
           
           
             
               Little-borough
               ,
            
             a
             little
             Town
             indeed
             ,
             and
             truly
             answering
             to
             the
             name
             .
          
           
             
               Workensop
            
             a
             Town
             well
             known
             for
             the
             Liquorice
             that
             there
             groweth
             ,
             and
             prospereth
             passing
             well
             .
          
           
             
               Blithe
            
             a
             famous
             Mercat
             Town
             .
          
           
             
               Wollerton
            
             a
             fair
             House
             built
             by
             Sir
             
               Francis
               Willoughby
               .
            
          
           
             There
             are
             in
             this
             County
             an
             hundred
             sixty
             eight
             Parishes
             .
          
        
         
           
             Northumberland
             .
          
           
             THe
             Ground
             it self
             for
             the
             most
             
             part
             is
             rough
             ,
             and
             hard
             to
             be
             manured
             ,
             seemeth
             to
             have
             hardened
             the
             Inhabitants
             ,
             whom
             the
             
               Scots
            
             their
             neighbours
             also
             made
             more
             fierce
             and
             hardy
             ,
             while
             sometimes
             they
             keep
             them
             exercised
             in
             warres
             ,
             and
             other
             whiles
             in
             time
             of
             peace
             intermingle
             their
             manners
             among
             them
             ,
             so
             that
             by
             these
             means
             they
             are
             a
             most
             warlike
             Nation
             ,
             and
             excellent
             good
             Light-horse
             men
             .
             And
             whereas
             they
             addicted
             themselves
             wholly
             
             to
             Arms
             ;
             there
             is
             not
             a
             man
             amongst
             the
             better
             sort
             ,
             that
             hath
             not
             his
             little
             Tower
             or
             Pile
             :
             and
             so
             it
             was
             divided
             into
             a
             number
             of
             Baronies
             :
             the
             Lords
             whereof
             in
             times
             past
             before
             King
             
               Edward
            
             the
             First
             his
             dayes
             went
             commonly
             under
             the
             name
             of
             Barons
             ,
             although
             some
             of
             them
             were
             of
             no
             great
             living
             .
             But
             a
             wise
             and
             politick
             devise
             this
             was
             of
             our
             Ancestours
             ,
             to
             cherish
             and
             maintain
             Martial
             Prowesse
             among
             them
             in
             the
             marches
             of
             the
             Kingdome
             ,
             if
             it
             were
             nothing
             else
             ,
             but
             with
             an
             honourable
             bare
             Title
             .
          
           
             Toward
             the
             Sea
             and
             
               Tine
               ,
            
             by
             diligence
             and
             good
             Husbandry
             it
             becometh
             very
             fruitfull
             ;
             but
             else
             where
             it
             is
             more
             barren
             ,
             rough
             ,
             and
             (
             as
             it
             were
             )
             unmanurable
             .
             And
             in
             many
             places
             Sea-coles
             are
             digged
             up
             in
             great
             plenty
             to
             the
             great
             gain
             of
             the
             Inhabitants
             ,
             and
             commodity
             of
             others
             .
          
           
             
               Thrilwale
            
             Castle
             ,
             not
             great
             ,
             but
             strongly
             built
             .
          
           
             
               Otterburn
               ,
            
             where
             there
             was
             a
             field
             most
             valiantly
             fought
             between
             the
             
               Scots
            
             and
             
               English
               ;
            
             in
             which
             the
             Victory
             waved
             alternatively
             too
             and
             fro
             three
             or
             four
             
             times
             ,
             and
             fell
             in
             the
             end
             to
             the
             
               Scottish
               .
            
          
           
             
               *
            
             
               Hexham
               .
            
          
           
             
               New-Castle
            
             
               *
            
             
               upon
               Tine
               ,
            
             the
             very
             eye
             of
             all
             the
             Towns
             in
             these
             parts
             ,
             ennobled
             by
             a
             notable
             Haven
             ,
             which
             
               Tine
            
             maketh
             ,
             being
             of
             that
             depth
             ,
             that
             it
             beareth
             very
             tall
             Ships
             ,
             and
             so
             defendeth
             them
             ,
             that
             they
             can
             neither
             easily
             be
             tossed
             with
             tempests
             ,
             nor
             driven
             upon
             shallows
             and
             shelves
             .
             It
             is
             situate
             on
             the
             rising
             of
             an
             Hill
             .
             It
             is
             adorned
             with
             four
             Churches
             ,
             and
             fortified
             with
             most
             strong
             walls
             ,
             which
             have
             seven
             Gates
             in
             them
             ,
             with
             many
             Towers
             .
          
           
             It
             is
             wealthy
             ,
             partly
             by
             entercourse
             of
             traffick
             with
             the
             
               Germans
               ,
            
             and
             partly
             by
             carrying
             out
             Sea-coles
             ,
             wherewith
             this
             Countrey
             aboundeth
             ,
             both
             into
             foraign
             Countreys
             ,
             and
             also
             into
             other
             parts
             of
             
               England
               .
            
             
               
                 Portus
                 ,
                 Castrum
                 ,
                 Carbo
                 ,
                 Salmo
                 ,
                 Salina
                 ,
                 Molaris
                 ,
              
               
                 Murus
                 ,
                 Pons
                 ,
                 Templum
                 ,
                 Schola
                 sunt
                 novi
                 gloria
                 Castri
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
               Hurst
               .
               A
               Sylva
               nomen
               accepit
               ,
               nec
               aliunde
               sejactat
               ,
               quam
               a
               minaci
               Castello
               .
               Lel.
            
             Comment
             .
             
               in
               Cygn.
               Cant.
               
            
          
           
           
             
               Tinmouth-Castle
               ,
            
             a
             stately
             and
             strong
             Castle
             .
          
           
             
               Morpeth
            
             a
             famous
             little
             Town
             .
          
           
             
               Morpith-Castle
               ,
            
             so
             called
             ,
             from
             the
             death
             of
             the
             
               Picts
            
             in
             that
             place
             .
          
           
             
               Withrington
            
             an
             ancient
             Castle
             ,
             which
             gave
             the
             name
             unto
             the
             
               Withringtons
            
             Gentlemen
             of
             good
             Birth
             ,
             and
             Knights
             ,
             whose
             valour
             in
             the
             war
             hath
             been
             from
             time
             to
             time
             remarkable
             .
          
           
             
               Warkworth
            
             a
             proper
             fair
             Castle
             .
             There
             is
             a
             Chappel
             wonderfully
             built
             out
             of
             a
             Rock
             hewen
             hollow
             ,
             and
             wrought
             without
             beams
             ,
             rafters
             ,
             or
             any
             pieces
             of
             Timber
             .
          
           
             
               Alnwick
            
             or
             
               Anwick
               ,
            
             a
             Town
             ennobled
             
             by
             the
             victory
             of
             the
             
               Englishmen
            
             over
             the
             
               Scots
               ,
            
             and
             fortified
             with
             a
             goodly
             Castle
             .
             The
             Earls
             of
             
               Northumberland
            
             kept
             their
             Court
             at
             that
             Castle
             .
          
           
             
               Emildon
               .
            
             Here
             was
             born
             
               John
               Duns
               ,
            
             
             called
             
               Scotus
               ,
            
             because
             he
             was
             descended
             of
             
               Scotish
            
             bloud
             ,
             who
             being
             brought
             up
             in
             
               Merton-Colledge
            
             at
             
               Oxford
               ,
            
             became
             wonderfull
             well
             learned
             in
             Logick
             ,
             and
             in
             that
             crabbed
             and
             intricate
             Divinity
             of
             those
             dayes
             :
             yet
             as
             one
             still
             doubtfull
             and
             unresolved
             ,
             he
             did
             overcast
             
             the
             truth
             of
             Religion
             with
             mists
             of
             obscurity
             .
             And
             with
             so
             profound
             and
             admirable
             subtilty
             ,
             in
             a
             dark
             and
             rude
             stile
             ,
             he
             wrote
             many
             Works
             ,
             that
             he
             deserved
             the
             title
             of
             the
             
               Subtile
               Doctor
               :
            
             and
             after
             his
             own
             name
             erected
             a
             new
             Sect
             of
             the
             
               Scotists
               .
            
             But
             he
             died
             pitifully
             ,
             being
             taken
             with
             an
             Apoplexy
             ,
             and
             over-hastily
             buried
             for
             dead
             ;
             whiles
             upon
             return
             of
             life
             ,
             nature
             (
             though
             too
             late
             )
             was
             about
             to
             discusse
             the
             violence
             of
             the
             disease
             :
             and
             he
             ,
             making
             means
             in
             vain
             by
             a
             lamentable
             noise
             for
             help
             ,
             after
             he
             had
             a
             long
             time
             knocked
             his
             head
             against
             the
             Grave-stone
             ,
             dashed
             out
             his
             own
             brains
             ,
             and
             at
             last
             yeelded
             up
             his
             vital
             breath
             .
          
           
             
               Norrham
            
             or
             
               Northam
               .
            
             There
             is
             a
             Castle
             upon
             the
             top
             of
             an
             high
             steep
             Rock
             ,
             and
             fortified
             with
             a
             trench
             .
          
           
             
               Berwick
            
             the
             utmost
             Town
             in
             
               England
               ,
            
             
             and
             the
             strongest
             hold
             in
             all
             
               Britain
               .
            
             It
             is
             well
             neer
             compassed
             about
             with
             the
             Sea
             .
             and
             
               Twede
            
             together
             .
          
           
             Upon
             the
             West
             parts
             of
             
               Northumberland
               ,
            
             the
             
               Picts-Wall
            
             is
             ;
             in
             some
             of
             the
             waste
             ground
             the
             Wall
             is
             to
             be
             seen
             of
             great
             height
             ,
             and
             almost
             whole
             .
          
           
           
             The
             
               Roman
               Britains
            
             being
             continually
             molested
             by
             the
             often
             incursions
             of
             the
             barbarous
             people
             called
             
               Picts
               .
            
             The
             Emperour
             
               Severus
            
             built
             a
             Wall
             of
             stone
             ,
             
             with
             great
             wisdome
             and
             industry
             to
             strengthen
             the
             Northern
             parts
             of
             
               Britain
               ,
            
             against
             the
             many
             inrodes
             of
             the
             
               Picts
               .
            
             At
             every
             miles
             end
             of
             this
             Wall
             was
             a
             Tower
             ,
             and
             in
             the
             Wall
             a
             Pipe
             of
             Mettal
             betwixt
             the
             Tower
             or
             Sentinel-houses
             ,
             that
             so
             soon
             as
             a
             man
             had
             set
             his
             mouth
             to
             this
             Pipe
             ,
             they
             might
             hear
             through
             all
             the
             Sentinels
             ,
             where
             the
             enemy
             was
             ,
             and
             so
             in
             a
             short
             time
             giving
             warning
             from
             one
             end
             of
             the
             Wall
             to
             the
             other
             .
          
           
             There
             are
             about
             fourty
             six
             Parishes
             in
             
               Northumberland
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             Oxfordshire
             .
          
           
             ON
             the
             West-side
             it
             joyneth
             upon
             
               Glocestershire
               ;
            
             on
             the
             South
             ,
             which
             way
             it
             runneth
             out
             farthest
             in
             breadth
             ,
             it
             is
             dissevered
             from
             
               Barkshire
            
             
             by
             the
             River
             
               Isis
            
             or
             
               Tamis
               ;
            
             Eastward
             it
             bordereth
             upon
             
               Buckinghamshire
               ;
            
             and
             Northward
             where
             it
             endeth
             pointed
             ,
             in
             manner
             of
             a
             Cone
             ,
             or
             Pineapple
             ,
             hath
             
               Northamtonshire
            
             of
             one
             side
             ,
             and
             
               Warwickshire
            
             on
             the
             otherside
             ,
             confining
             with
             it
             .
          
           
             It
             is
             a
             fertile
             Countrey
             and
             plentifull
             ▪
             wherein
             the
             plains
             are
             garnished
             with
             Corn-fields
             and
             Medows
             ,
             the
             Hils
             beset
             with
             Woods
             ,
             stored
             in
             every
             place
             not
             only
             with
             Corn
             and
             Fruits
             ,
             but
             also
             with
             all
             kind
             of
             Game
             for
             Hound
             or
             Hawk
             ;
             and
             well
             watered
             with
             fish-full
             Rivers
             .
          
           
             
               Hoch-Norton
               ,
            
             for
             the
             rustical
             behaviour
             of
             the
             Inhabitants
             in
             the
             age
             afore-going
             ,
             it
             grew
             to
             be
             a
             Proverb
             ,
             when
             folk
             would
             say
             of
             one
             rudely
             demeaning
             himself
             ,
             and
             unmannerly
             after
             an
             Hoggish
             kind
             ,
             
               That
               he
               was
               born
               at
               Hocknorton
               .
            
          
           
             
               Woodstock
            
             a
             woody
             place
             .
             Here
             is
             one
             of
             the
             Kings
             Houses
             full
             of
             state
             and
             magnificence
             ,
             built
             by
             King
             
               Henry
            
             the
             First
             ,
             who
             adjoyned
             also
             thereunto
             a
             very
             large
             Park
             compassed
             round
             about
             with
             a
             stone
             wall
             ,
             which
             
               John
               
               Rosse
            
             writeth
             to
             have
             been
             the
             first
             Park
             
             in
             
               England
               .
            
          
           
             Our
             Historians
             report
             ,
             that
             King
             
               Henry
            
             the
             Second
             being
             enamoured
             upon
             
               Rosamond
               Clifford
               ,
            
             a
             Damsel
             so
             fair
             ,
             so
             comely
             and
             well-favoured
             without
             comparison
             ,
             that
             her
             beauty
             did
             put
             all
             other
             women
             out
             of
             the
             Princes
             mind
             ;
             insomuch
             as
             she
             was
             termed
             
               Rosa
               mundi
               ,
            
             the
             Rose
             of
             the
             world
             ;
             and
             to
             hide
             her
             out
             of
             the
             sight
             of
             his
             jealous
             
               Juno
            
             the
             Queen
             ,
             he
             built
             a
             Labyrinth
             in
             this
             House
             ,
             with
             many
             inextricable
             windings
             ,
             backward
             and
             forward
             :
             which
             notwithstanding
             is
             no where
             to
             be
             seen
             at
             this
             day
             .
          
           
             She
             was
             buried
             at
             
               Godstow
            
             with
             this
             Epitaph
             in
             Rhyme
             .
             
               
                 Hic
                 jacet
                 in
                 tumba
                 Rosa
                 mundi
                 ,
                 non
                 Rosa
                 munda
                 ,
              
               
                 Non
                 redolet
                 ,
                 sed
                 olet
                 ,
                 quae
                 redolere
                 solet
                 .
              
            
          
           
             The
             Town
             it self
             having
             nothing
             at
             all
             to
             shew
             ,
             glorieth
             yet
             in
             this
             ,
             that
             
               Jeffrey
               Chaucer
            
             our
             
               English
               Homer
            
             was
             there
             bred
             and
             brought
             up
             .
          
           
           
             
               Banbury
            
             a
             fair
             large
             Town
             .
             It
             is
             famous
             
             for
             Cheese
             and
             Cakes
             .
          
           
             
               Hanwell
               ,
            
             where
             the
             Family
             of
             
               Cope
            
             hath
             flourished
             many
             yeers
             in
             great
             and
             good
             esteem
             .
          
           
             
               Broughton
               ,
            
             the
             seat
             of
             my
             Lord
             
               Say
            
             and
             
               Sele
               .
            
          
           
             
               Islip
            
             the
             native
             place
             of
             that
             King
             
               Edward
               ,
            
             whom
             for
             his
             religious
             piety
             and
             continency
             ,
             our
             Ancestours
             and
             the
             Popes
             vouchsafed
             the
             name
             of
             
               Edward
            
             the
             Confessor
             .
          
           
             
               Oxford
            
             a
             fair
             and
             goodly
             City
             ,
             whether
             
             a
             man
             respect
             the
             seemly
             beauty
             of
             private
             houses
             ,
             or
             the
             stately
             magnificence
             of
             publick
             buildings
             ,
             together
             with
             the
             wholsome
             site
             or
             pleasant
             prospect
             thereof
             .
             It
             was
             from
             its
             situation
             in
             ancient
             times
             ,
             called
             
               Bello
               situm
               .
            
          
           
           
             
               Isidis
               vadum
               Saxonice
               Ouseford
               ,
               &
               Ousenford
               ,
               corrupte
               Oxford
               .
               Historia
               circumfertur
               adfirmans
               hanc
               urbem
               olim
               ab
               amaenitate
               sitûs
               Bellositum
               dictum
               fuisse
               :
            
             Joannes
             Rossus
             
               hinc
               edoctus
               ,
               hoc
               idem
               affirmat
               .
            
             Let.
             
               Comment
               .
               in
               Cygn.
               Cant.
               
            
          
           
             
               Oxoniensis
               Universitas
               Schola
               secunda
               Ecclesiae
               ,
               imo
               Ecclesiae
               fundamentum
               .
            
             Matthew
             Paris
             
               Hist.
               Angl.
               pag.
            
             945.
             
          
           
             In
             the
             Councel
             of
             
               Vienna
               ,
            
             it
             was
             ordained
             that
             there
             should
             be
             erected
             Schools
             for
             the
             Hebrew
             ,
             Greek
             ,
             Arabick
             and
             Chaldaean
             Tongues
             ,
             in
             the
             studies
             of
             
               Paris
               ,
               Oxford
               ,
               Bonony
            
             and
             
               Salamanca
               ,
            
             as
             the
             most
             famous
             of
             all
             others
             ,
             to
             the
             end
             that
             the
             knowledge
             of
             these
             Tongues
             might
             by
             effectual
             instruction
             be
             throughly
             learned
             .
          
           
             Here
             are
             17
             Colledges
             ,
             and
             7
             Hals
             .
          
           
             
               Dorchester
               ,
            
             a
             Town
             known
             in
             times
             past
             to
             the
             
               Romans
               .
               Vide
            
             Lel.
             
               Commentin
               Cygn.
               Cant.
               
            
          
           
             
               Henley
               upon
               Tamis
               ,
            
             The
             Inhabitants
             of
             it
             for
             the
             most
             part
             are
             watermen
             .
          
           
             This
             County
             containeth
             two
             hundred
             and
             eighty
             Parish
             Churches
             .
          
        
         
         
           
             Richmondshire
             .
          
           
             IT
             takes
             the
             name
             from
             a
             Castle
             .
          
           
             Most
             of
             it
             lieth
             very
             high
             ,
             with
             ragged
             Rocks
             ,
             and
             swelling
             Mountains
             ,
             whose
             sloping
             sides
             in
             some
             places
             bear
             good
             Grasse
             ,
             the
             bottom
             and
             Valleys
             are
             not
             altogether
             unfruitfull
             .
             The
             Hils
             themselves
             within
             ,
             are
             stored
             with
             Lead
             ,
             Pit-coal
             and
             Copper
             .
          
           
             
               Nappa
            
             an
             house
             built
             with
             Turrets
             ,
             and
             the
             chief
             seat
             of
             the
             
               Medcalfs
               ,
            
             thought
             to
             be
             not
             long
             since
             the
             greatest
             Family
             for
             multitude
             of
             the
             same
             name
             ,
             in
             all
             
               England
               :
            
             For
             I
             have
             heard
             that
             Sir
             
               Christopher
               Medcalf
            
             Knight
             ,
             and
             the
             top
             of
             this
             kindred
             being
             of
             late
             High-Sheriff
             of
             the
             Shire
             ,
             accompanied
             with
             three
             hundred
             men
             of
             the
             same
             House
             all
             on
             Horse-back
             ,
             and
             in
             a
             Livery
             ,
             met
             and
             received
             the
             Justices
             of
             Assizes
             ,
             and
             so
             brought
             them
             to
             
               York
               .
            
             So
             
               Camden
               .
            
          
           
             
               Bolton-Castle
               ,
            
             a
             stately
             Castle
             .
          
           
           
             
               Richmond
               ,
            
             the
             chief
             Town
             of
             the
             Countrey
             ,
             well
             peopled
             and
             frequented
             .
          
           
             
               Hourby-Castle
               .
            
          
           
             There
             are
             contained
             in
             this
             Shire
             an
             hundred
             and
             four
             Parishes
             besides
             Chappels
             .
          
        
         
           
             Rutlandshire
             .
          
           
             IT
             is
             the
             least
             County
             of
             all
             
               England
               .
            
             Lying
             in
             form
             almost
             round
             like
             a
             circle
             ,
             it
             is
             in
             compasse
             so
             farre
             about
             ,
             as
             a
             Light-horsman
             will
             ride
             in
             one
             day
             .
          
           
             It
             was
             called
             
               Rutland
               ,
            
             as
             one
             would
             
             say
             
               Red-land
               ,
            
             the
             Earth
             in
             this
             Shire
             is
             every where
             red
             ,
             and
             so
             red
             that
             even
             the
             Sheeps
             fleeces
             are
             thereby
             coloured
             red
             :
             the
             
               English-Saxons
            
             called
             Red
             in
             their
             tongue
             
               Roet
            
             and
             
               Rud.
               
            
          
           
             
               Uppingham
            
             a
             place
             upon
             an
             high
             ascent
             ,
             whence
             that
             name
             was
             imposed
             ,
             a
             well
             frequented
             Mercat
             Town
             .
          
           
             The
             
               Vale
               of
               Catmose
            
             a
             field
             full
             of
             Woods
             .
          
           
           
             
               Okeham
            
             is
             in
             the
             midst
             of
             it
             ,
             so
             called
             from
             Oaks
             .
          
           
             This
             small
             Shire
             hath
             Parish
             Churches
             fourty
             eight
             .
          
        
         
           
             Shropshire
             .
          
           
             ON
             the
             East-side
             it
             hath
             
               Staffordshire
               ;
            
             
             on
             the
             West
             
               Mongomeryshire
            
             and
             
               Denbighshire
               ;
            
             on
             the
             South-side
             
               Worcester
               ,
               Hereford
            
             and
             
               Radnorshires
               ,
            
             and
             on
             the
             North
             
               Cheshire
               .
            
          
           
             It
             is
             replenished
             with
             Towns
             and
             Castles
             standing
             thick
             on
             every
             side
             ,
             in
             regard
             of
             repelling
             and
             repressing
             the
             
               Welshmen
            
             in
             the
             Marches
             bordering
             hereupon
             .
             Whence
             our
             Ancestours
             by
             an
             ancient
             word
             ,
             named
             the
             Confines
             of
             this
             Shire
             toward
             
               Wales
               ,
            
             the
             Marches
             ,
             because
             they
             were
             Bounds
             and
             Limits
             between
             the
             
               Welsh
            
             and
             
               English
               ;
            
             and
             divers
             Noblemen
             in
             this
             Tract
             were
             called
             
               Barons
               of
               the
               March
               ,
            
             and
             
               Lords
               Marchers
               ,
            
             who
             had
             every
             one
             in
             their
             Territory
             a
             certain
             peculiar
             jurisdiction
             ,
             
             and
             in
             their
             own
             Courts
             ministred
             Law
             unto
             the
             Inhabitants
             ,
             with
             sundry
             Priviledges
             and
             Immunities
             .
          
           
             
               Bishops-Castle
               ,
            
             so
             called
             ,
             because
             it
             belonged
             to
             the
             Bishops
             of
             
               Hereford
               ,
            
             whose
             Diocesse
             and
             Jurisdiction
             was
             large
             in
             this
             Shire
             .
          
           
             
               Clun-Castle
               ,
            
             so
             called
             from
             the
             River
             
               Clun
               .
            
          
           
             
               Ludlow
               ,
            
             it
             standeth
             upon
             an
             Hill
             ,
             a
             Town
             more
             fair
             than
             ancient
             .
          
           
             
               Bridgnorth
               ,
            
             so
             called
             of
             
               Burgh
            
             or
             
               Burrough
               ,
            
             and
             
               Morfe
            
             (
             heretofore
             a
             Forest
             )
             adjoyning
             .
             A
             Town
             fortified
             with
             Walls
             ,
             a
             Ditch
             ,
             a
             stately
             Castle
             ,
             and
             the
             
               Severn
               :
            
             seated
             also
             upon
             a
             Rock
             ,
             out
             of
             which
             the
             wayes
             leading
             into
             the
             upper
             part
             of
             the
             Town
             were
             wrought
             out
             .
          
           
             
               Wenlock
               ,
            
             now
             known
             for
             the
             Lime
             .
          
           
             
               Huckstow-Forest
               .
            
          
           
             
               Routon-Castle
               .
            
          
           
             
               Tong-Castle
               ,
            
             there
             is
             a
             Bell
             for
             the
             bignesse
             of
             it
             very
             famous
             in
             all
             those
             parts
             adjoyning
             .
          
           
             
               Draiton
               .
            
          
           
             
               Wem
               .
            
          
           
             
               Morton-Corbet
               ,
            
             a
             Castle
             of
             the
             
               Corbets
               .
               Shrewsbury
            
             the
             famousest
             Town
             of
             
             
             this
             Shire
             ,
             it
             standeth
             most
             pleasantly
             .
          
           
             It
             is
             seated
             upon
             an
             Hill
             of
             a
             reddish
             Earth
             ,
             and
             
               Severn
               ,
            
             having
             two
             very
             fair
             Bridges
             upon
             it
             .
             Neither
             is
             it
             strengthened
             only
             by
             nature
             ,
             but
             fortified
             also
             by
             Art
             ;
             it
             is
             like
             a
             Horse-shoe
             in
             the
             opening
             place
             .
             There
             is
             a
             strong
             stately
             Castle
             .
          
           
             It
             is
             a
             fair
             and
             goodly
             City
             well
             frequented
             and
             traded
             ,
             full
             of
             good
             merchandize
             ,
             
             and
             by
             reason
             of
             the
             Citizens
             painfull
             diligence
             ,
             with
             Cloth
             making
             ,
             and
             Traffique
             with
             
               Welshmen
               ,
            
             rich
             and
             wealthy
             .
             For
             ,
             hither
             (
             almost
             )
             all
             the
             Commodities
             of
             
               Wales
            
             do
             conflow
             (
             as
             it
             were
             )
             to
             a
             common
             Mart
             of
             both
             Nations
             .
          
           
             It
             is
             inhabited
             both
             with
             
               Welsh
            
             and
             
               English
               ,
            
             speaking
             both
             Languages
             .
          
           
             One
             of
             the
             rarities
             there
             is
             their
             Cakes
             ,
             such
             as
             cannot
             be
             made
             so
             well
             in
             any
             other
             place
             of
             
               England
               .
            
          
           
             
               Shrawerden
               Castle
               .
            
          
           
             
               Knocking-Castle
               .
            
          
           
             
               Oswestre
               ,
            
             a
             little
             Town
             enclosed
             with
             
             a
             Ditch
             and
             a
             Wall
             ,
             fortified
             also
             with
             a
             pretty
             Castle
             ,
             in
             it
             there
             is
             great
             Traffick
             of
             
               Welsh
            
             Cottons
             .
          
           
           
             
               Whittington-Castle
               .
            
          
           
             
               Whit-Church
               ,
            
             or
             
               Album
               Monasterium
               .
            
          
           
             
               Ellesmer
            
             a
             little
             Territory
             ,
             but
             rich
             and
             fruitfull
             .
          
           
             In
             this
             Region
             there
             are
             about
             an
             hundred
             and
             seventy
             Parishes
             .
          
           
             It
             had
             the
             great
             Lawyer
             ,
             
               Ployden
               ;
            
             the
             rich
             Squire
             
               Thin
               ;
            
             the
             great
             Hebrician
             ,
             
               Broughton
               ;
            
             the
             strong
             man
             ,
             the
             Baron
             of
             
               Burford
               ;
            
             the
             witty
             Jester
             ,
             
               Tarleton
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             Somersetshire
             .
          
           
             THis
             County
             is
             very
             large
             and
             wealthy
             :
             The
             North-side
             whereof
             the
             
               Severn
            
             Sea
             beateth
             upon
             :
             The
             West
             part
             confineth
             with
             
               Denshire
               :
            
             in
             the
             South
             it
             bordereth
             first
             upon
             
               Devonshire
               ,
            
             and
             then
             upon
             
               Dorsetshire
               :
            
             Eastward
             upon
             
               Wiltshire
               :
            
             and
             North-East
             upon
             part
             of
             
               Glocestershire
               .
            
          
           
             The
             soil
             very
             rich
             ,
             yeelding
             for
             the
             most
             part
             thereof
             passing
             great
             plenty
             both
             of
             Pasture
             and
             Corn
             ,
             and
             yet
             not
             without
             stony
             Hils
             :
             exceeding
             populous
             ,
             
             and
             full
             of
             Inhabitants
             :
             furnished
             also
             with
             commodious
             Havens
             ,
             and
             Ports
             sufficiently
             .
          
           
             As
             it
             is
             soul
             ,
             so
             it
             is
             fruitfull
             ,
             which
             makes
             them
             comfort
             themselves
             with
             this
             Proverb
             ,
             
               What
               is
               worst
               for
               the
               Rider
               is
               best
               for
               the
               Abider
               .
            
          
           
             This
             name
             grew
             from
             
               Somerton
               ,
            
             a
             
             famous
             Town
             in
             ancient
             time
             ,
             and
             of
             all
             others
             in
             the
             Shire
             most
             frequented
             .
          
           
             
               Dunster-Castle
            
             is
             enclosed
             round
             about
             with
             Hils
             ,
             saving
             to
             the
             Seaward
             ,
             built
             by
             the
             
               Mohuns
               ,
            
             a
             right
             noble
             and
             mighty
             Family
             ,
             which
             flourished
             from
             the
             very
             Conquerours
             dayes
             ,
             (
             under
             whose
             Reign
             that
             Castle
             was
             built
             )
             unto
             the
             time
             of
             King
             
               Richard
            
             the
             Second
             .
          
           
             
               Cheder
               ,
            
             famous
             for
             five
             things
             :
          
           
             1.
             
             Cheese
             .
             2.
             
             
               *
            
             Teazers
             .
             3.
             
             Garlick
             .
             4.
             
             Mills
             :
             there
             is
             a
             spring
             whereby
             many
             Mils
             are
             turned
             about
             .
             5.
             
             Cliffs
             ,
             a
             great
             Rock
             cleft
             asunder
             .
          
           
             
               Evel
            
             a
             great
             Market
             Town
             .
          
           
             
               West-Camalet
            
             and
             
               East-Camalet
               ,
            
             or
             
               Queens-Camalet
            
             two
             Towns
             .
          
           
             
               Winecaunton
            
             a
             great
             Market
             .
          
           
             
               Ilchester
               ,
            
             there
             is
             a
             Market
             there
             kept
             .
          
           
           
             
               Montacute
               ,
            
             fo
             termed
             ,
             because
             the
             Hill
             riseth
             up
             by
             little
             and
             little
             to
             a
             sharp
             point
             .
             It
             hath
             given
             name
             to
             that
             right
             honourable
             Family
             of
             
               Montacute
               .
            
          
           
             
               Longport
            
             a
             Market
             Town
             well
             frequented
             .
          
           
             
               Wellington
            
             a
             pretty
             Market
             Town
             .
             Sir
             
               John
               Popham
            
             dwelt
             here
             ,
             a
             man
             of
             an
             ancient
             worshipfull
             House
             ,
             and
             withall
             a
             most
             upright
             Justicer
             ,
             and
             of
             singular
             industry
             .
          
           
             
               Taunton
            
             or
             
               Thonton
            
             from
             the
             River
             
               Thone
               .
            
             A
             very
             fine
             and
             proper
             Town
             ,
             and
             most
             pleasantly
             seated
             ,
             one
             of
             the
             eyes
             of
             the
             Shire
             .
             The
             Countrey
             here
             most
             delectable
             on
             every
             side
             with
             green
             medows
             ;
             flourishing
             with
             pleasant
             Gardens
             and
             Orchards
             ,
             and
             replenished
             with
             fair
             Mannor-houses
             ,
             wonderfully
             contenteth
             the
             eyes
             of
             the
             beholders
             .
          
           
             
               Athelney
            
             a
             pretty
             Island
             ,
             a
             place
             famous
             for
             King
             
               Alfreds
            
             shrouding
             himself
             therein
             ,
             when
             the
             
               Danes
            
             had
             brought
             all
             into
             broil
             .
          
           
             
               Somerton
            
             the
             Shire
             Town
             in
             times
             past
             .
             There
             is
             kept
             a
             Fair
             of
             Oxen
             ,
             
             and
             other
             Beasts
             from
             
               Palm-Sunday
            
             untill
             the
             midst
             of
             
               June
               ,
            
             with
             much
             resort
             of
             people
             ;
             the
             Countreymen
             all
             thereabout
             are
             very
             great
             Grasiers
             ,
             Breeders
             ,
             and
             Feeders
             of
             Cattel
             .
          
           
             
               Bridgwater
            
             a
             great
             and
             populous
             Town
             ;
             King
             
               Henry
            
             the
             Eighth
             adorned
             it
             with
             an
             Earldom
             .
          
           
             
               Bruiton
               .
            
          
           
             
               The
               Glassy
               Isle
               ,
            
             so
             called
             ,
             
               Propter
               amnem
               scilicet
               quasi
               vitrei
               coloris
               in
               marisco
               circumfluentem
               ▪
               Monasticon
               Anglicanum
               .
               Vide
               plura
               ibid.
            
          
           
             Here
             flourished
             the
             famous
             Abbey
             of
             
             
               Glastenbury
               ,
            
             the
             beginning
             whereof
             is
             very
             ancient
             ,
             fetched
             even
             from
             that
             
               Joseph
            
             of
             
               Arimathaea
               ,
            
             who
             enterred
             the
             body
             of
             Jesus
             Christ
             ,
             and
             whom
             
               Philip
            
             the
             Apostle
             of
             the
             
               Gauls
               ,
            
             sent
             into
             
               Britain
            
             for
             to
             preach
             Christ
             .
          
           
             See
             
               Dees
               British
               Monarchy
               .
            
          
           
             
               Ochy
               hole
            
             a
             
               Cave
               ,
            
             or
             
               Den
            
             far
             within
             
             the
             ground
             ,
             wherein
             are
             to
             be
             seen
             certain
             Pits
             and
             Riverets
             .
          
           
             
               Congerbury
               ,
            
             so
             named
             of
             one
             
             
               Congar
               ,
            
             a
             man
             of
             singular
             holinesse
             .
          
           
             This
             County
             is
             famoused
             by
             three
             Cities
             ,
             
               Bath
               ,
               Wells
            
             and
             
               Bristow
               .
            
          
           
             
               Wells
            
             a
             little
             City
             with
             an
             Episcopal
             
             See
             ,
             so
             called
             of
             the
             Springs
             or
             Wells
             ,
             which
             boyl
             up
             there
             .
          
           
             For
             multitude
             of
             Inhabitants
             ,
             for
             fair
             and
             stately
             Buildings
             ,
             it
             may
             well
             and
             truly
             challenge
             the
             preheminence
             of
             all
             this
             Province
             .
             It
             hath
             a
             goodly
             Church
             and
             Colledge
             .
             The
             Church
             it self
             all
             thorowout
             is
             very
             beautifull
             ,
             but
             the
             Frontispiece
             thereof
             in
             the
             West-end
             ,
             is
             a
             most
             excellent
             and
             goodly
             piece
             of
             Work
             indeed
             ,
             for
             it
             ariseth
             up
             still
             from
             the
             foot
             to
             the
             top
             all
             of
             Imagery
             ,
             in
             curious
             and
             antique
             wise
             wrought
             of
             stone
             carved
             ,
             and
             embowed
             right
             artificially
             ,
             and
             the
             Cloisters
             adjoyning
             very
             fair
             and
             spacious
             .
          
           
             A
             gorgeous
             Palace
             of
             the
             Bishops
             ,
             built
             in
             manner
             of
             a
             Castle
             ,
             fortified
             with
             Walls
             ,
             and
             a
             Mote
             standeth
             hard
             by
             ,
             Southward
             ;
             and
             on
             the
             other
             side
             fair
             houses
             of
             the
             Prebendaries
             .
          
           
             In
             the
             Reign
             of
             
               Henry
            
             the
             First
             
               Johannes
               de
               Villula
            
             of
             
               Tours
            
             in
             
               France
               ,
            
             being
             elected
             Bishop
             ,
             translated
             his
             See
             
             to
             
               Bath
               ,
            
             since
             which
             time
             the
             two
             Sees
             growing
             into
             one
             ,
             the
             Bishop
             beareth
             the
             title
             of
             both
             ,
             so
             that
             he
             is
             called
             ,
             
               The
               Bishop
               of
               Bath
               and
               Wells
               .
            
          
           
             
               Selwood
               ,
            
             a
             Wood
             thick
             of
             Trees
             ,
             whereof
             the
             Countrey
             adjoyning
             is
             called
             
               Selwoodshire
               .
            
          
           
             
               Bathe
            
             of
             the
             hot
             Bathes
             in
             times
             past
             ,
             
             callid
             in
             Latine
             
               Aquae
               calidae
               .
            
          
           
             It
             is
             seated
             low
             in
             a
             plain
             ,
             environed
             round
             about
             with
             Hils
             almost
             all
             of
             one
             height
             ,
             out
             of
             which
             certain
             rilles
             of
             fresh
             River
             waters
             continually
             descend
             into
             the
             City
             ,
             to
             the
             great
             commodity
             of
             the
             Citizens
             .
             Within
             the
             City
             it self
             there
             bubble
             and
             boil
             up
             three
             Springs
             of
             hot
             water
             ,
             of
             a
             Blewish
             or
             Sea-colour
             ,
             thin
             vapours
             ,
             and
             rising
             up
             from
             thence
             a
             kind
             of
             strong
             sent
             withall
             ,
             by
             reason
             that
             the
             water
             is
             drilled
             and
             strained
             through
             veins
             of
             Brimstone
             ,
             and
             a
             clammy
             kind
             of
             earth
             ,
             called
             
               Bitumen
               ,
            
             which
             Springs
             are
             very
             medicinable
             ,
             and
             of
             great
             vertue
             to
             cure
             bodies
             over-charged
             and
             benummed
             with
             corrupt
             humours
             .
             For
             ,
             by
             their
             heat
             they
             procure
             sweat
             ,
             and
             subdue
             the
             rebellious
             stubbornnesse
             of
             the
             said
             humours
             .
          
           
           
             From
             eight
             of
             the
             clock
             in
             the
             forenoon
             unto
             three
             in
             the
             afternoon
             ,
             they
             are
             in
             a
             manner
             scalding
             hot
             ,
             and
             do
             work
             :
             and
             being
             thus
             troubled
             ,
             cast
             up
             from
             the
             bottom
             certain
             filth
             ;
             during
             which
             time
             they
             are
             shut
             :
             neither
             may
             any body
             go
             into
             them
             ,
             untill
             by
             their
             fluces
             they
             cleanse
             themselves
             ,
             and
             rid
             away
             that
             filthinesse
             .
          
           
             Of
             these
             three
             the
             Crosse-Bath
             (
             so
             called
             of
             a
             Crosse
             standing
             upright
             in
             old
             time
             in
             the
             midst
             of
             it
             )
             is
             of
             a
             very
             mild
             and
             temperate
             warmth
             ;
             and
             hath
             twelve
             seats
             of
             stone
             about
             the
             brink
             or
             border
             thereof
             ,
             and
             is
             enclosed
             within
             a
             wall
             .
          
           
             The
             second
             ,
             distant
             from
             this
             not
             fully
             two
             hundred
             foot
             ,
             is
             much
             hotter
             ;
             whence
             it
             is
             termed
             hot
             Bath
             .
             These
             two
             are
             in
             the
             midst
             of
             a
             street
             on
             the
             West-side
             of
             the
             City
             .
          
           
             The
             third
             ,
             which
             is
             the
             greatest
             ,
             and
             after
             a
             sort
             in
             the
             very
             bosom
             and
             heart
             of
             the
             City
             ,
             is
             called
             ,
             the
             
               Kings
               Bath
               ,
            
             neer
             unto
             the
             Cathedral
             Church
             ,
             walled
             also
             round
             about
             ,
             and
             fitted
             with
             two
             and
             thirty
             seats
             of
             arched
             work
             ;
             wherein
             men
             and
             women
             may
             sit
             apart
             ,
             
             who
             when
             they
             enter
             in
             put
             upon
             their
             bodies
             linnen
             garments
             ,
             and
             have
             their
             guides
             .
          
           
             This
             City
             hath
             flourished
             as
             well
             by
             cloathing
             ,
             as
             by
             reason
             of
             usual
             concourse
             thither
             for
             health
             twice
             every
             yeer
             .
          
           
             
               Bristow
               .
            
             This
             City
             standing
             partly
             in
             
               Somerset
               ,
            
             and
             partly
             in
             
               Glocestershires
               ,
            
             
             is
             not
             to
             be
             reputed
             belonging
             to
             this
             or
             that
             ,
             having
             Magistrates
             of
             its
             own
             ,
             and
             being
             of
             it self
             entire
             ,
             and
             a
             County
             incorporate
             .
          
           
             It
             is
             situate
             somewhat
             high
             between
             
               Avon
               ,
            
             and
             the
             little
             River
             
               Frome
               ,
            
             sufficiently
             defended
             with
             Rivers
             and
             Forfications
             together
             .
             So
             fair
             to
             behold
             by
             reason
             of
             buildings
             ,
             as
             well
             publick
             as
             private
             ,
             that
             it
             is
             fully
             correspondent
             to
             the
             name
             of
             
               Brightstow
               .
            
             With
             common
             
               Sews
            
             or
             
               Sinks
            
             (
             they
             call
             them
             
               Goutes
               )
            
             so
             made
             to
             runne
             under
             the
             ground
             ,
             for
             the
             conveyance
             and
             washing
             away
             of
             all
             filth
             ,
             that
             for
             cleanlinesse
             and
             wholsomnesse
             a
             man
             would
             not
             desire
             more
             :
             whereupon
             there
             is
             no
             use
             here
             of
             carts
             :
             so
             well
             furnished
             with
             all
             things
             necessary
             for
             mans
             life
             ,
             so
             populous
             ,
             
             and
             well
             inhabited
             withall
             ,
             that
             next
             after
             
               London
            
             and
             
               York
               ,
            
             it
             may
             of
             all
             Cities
             in
             
               England
            
             justly
             challenge
             the
             chief
             place
             .
          
           
             For
             the
             mutual
             intercourse
             of
             traffick
             and
             the
             commodious
             Haven
             ,
             which
             admitteth
             in
             Ships
             under
             sail
             into
             the
             very
             bosom
             of
             the
             City
             ,
             hath
             drawn
             people
             of
             many
             countreys
             thither
             .
          
           
             The
             Citizens
             themselves
             are
             rich
             Merchants
             ,
             and
             traffick
             all
             over
             
               Europe
               ,
            
             yea
             ,
             and
             make
             Voyages
             at
             Sea
             so
             farre
             as
             into
             the
             most
             remote
             parts
             of
             
               America
               .
            
          
           
             The
             most
             beautifull
             Church
             there
             is
             S.
             
               Maries
            
             of
             
               Radcliff
            
             without
             the
             Wals
             ,
             into
             which
             there
             is
             a
             stately
             ascent
             upon
             many
             stairs
             ;
             so
             large
             withall
             ,
             so
             finely
             and
             curiously
             wrought
             ,
             with
             an
             arched
             roof
             over
             head
             of
             stone
             artificially
             embowed
             ,
             a
             steeple
             also
             of
             an
             exceeding
             height
             ,
             that
             it
             surpasseth
             in
             many
             degrees
             all
             the
             Parish-churches
             in
             
               England
               .
            
          
           
             There
             is
             hard
             by
             ,
             another
             Church
             also
             ,
             which
             they
             call
             the
             
               Temple
               ,
            
             the
             Tower
             whereof
             ,
             when
             the
             Bell
             rings
             ,
             shaketh
             to
             and
             fro
             ,
             so
             as
             it
             hath
             cloven
             
             and
             divided
             it self
             from
             the
             rest
             of
             the
             building
             ,
             and
             made
             such
             a
             chink
             from
             the
             bottom
             to
             the
             top
             ,
             as
             that
             it
             gapeth
             the
             breadth
             of
             three
             fingers
             ,
             and
             both
             shutteth
             and
             openeth
             whensoever
             the
             Bell
             is
             rung
             .
          
           
             S.
             
               Vincents
            
             Rock
             ,
             so
             full
             of
             Diamonds
             ,
             that
             a
             man
             may
             fill
             whole
             strikes
             or
             bushels
             of
             them
             .
             They
             are
             not
             so
             much
             set
             by
             ,
             because
             they
             are
             plenteous
             :
             in
             bright
             and
             transparent
             colour
             they
             match
             the
             
               Indian-Diamonds
            
             ,
             if
             they
             passe
             them
             not
             :
             in
             hardnesse
             only
             they
             are
             inferiour
             to
             them
             .
          
           
             In
             this
             County
             are
             numbered
             three
             hundred
             eighty
             five
             Parishes
             .
          
        
         
           
             Staffordshire
             .
          
           
             IT
             hath
             on
             the
             East
             
               Warwickshire
            
             and
             
               Darbyshire
               ;
            
             on
             the
             South-side
             
               Worcestershire
               ;
            
             and
             Westward
             
               Shropshire
            
             bordering
             upon
             it
             ;
             reacheth
             from
             South
             to
             North
             in
             form
             of
             a
             Lozeng
             ,
             broader
             in
             the
             middest
             ,
             and
             growing
             narrower
             
             at
             ends
             .
             The
             North
             part
             is
             full
             of
             Hils
             ,
             and
             so
             lesse
             fruitfull
             :
             the
             middle
             being
             watered
             with
             the
             River
             
               Trent
            
             is
             most
             plentifull
             ,
             clad
             with
             woods
             and
             embrodered
             gallantly
             with
             Corn-fields
             and
             Medows
             :
             as
             is
             the
             South
             port
             likewise
             ,
             which
             hath
             Coals
             also
             digged
             out
             of
             the
             earth
             ,
             and
             Mines
             of
             Iron
             .
          
           
             There
             are
             these
             Rivers
             in
             
               Staffordshire
               ,
               Sow
            
             which
             runneth
             by
             
               Stafford
               ,
               Dove
               ,
               Peru
            
             a
             little
             River
             by
             
               Pencridge
               ,
               Charnet
               ,
               Blith
               ,
               Tame
               .
            
             The
             River
             
               Trent
            
             ariseth
             in
             Collonel
             
               Boyers
            
             Park
             ,
             and
             
               Dove
            
             passeth
             thorow
             part
             of
             it
             ;
             
               Severn
            
             passeth
             thorow
             some
             part
             of
             the
             Shire
             .
          
           
             
               Stourton
               Castle
            
             stands
             upon
             the
             River
             
               Stour
            
             in
             the
             very
             confines
             with
             
               Worcestershire
               .
            
          
           
             
               Dudley-Castle
            
             did
             stand
             upon
             an
             Hill
             ,
             named
             so
             of
             one
             
               Dudo
               ,
            
             or
             
               Dodo
            
             ah
             
               English
               Saxon.
               
            
             It
             is
             now
             demolished
             .
          
           
             Under
             this
             lieth
             
               Pensneth-Chace
               ,
            
             wherein
             are
             many
             Cole-pits
             .
          
           
             
               Pateshall
            
             a
             seat
             of
             the
             
               Astleys
            
             descended
             from
             honourable
             Progenitors
             .
          
           
             
               Wrotestley
               ,
            
             the
             habitation
             of
             Sir
             
               Walter
               
               Wrotesly
            
             whose
             Father
             was
             Sir
             
               Hugh
               Wrotesly
               .
            
             In
             the
             Parlour
             window
             among
             divers
             of
             the
             Arms
             of
             the
             Ancestours
             of
             that
             Family
             there
             is
             one
             Sir
             
               Hugh
               Wrotesley
            
             mentioned
             ,
             who
             for
             his
             approved
             valour
             was
             made
             by
             King
             
               Edward
            
             the
             Third
             Knight
             of
             the
             Garter
             at
             the
             first
             Institution
             ,
             and
             so
             accounted
             one
             of
             the
             Founders
             of
             the
             said
             honourable
             Order
             .
          
           
             
               Chellington
            
             a
             fair
             House
             and
             Mannor
             of
             the
             ancient
             Family
             of
             the
             
               Giffards
               .
            
          
           
             
               Brewood
            
             a
             Mercat
             Town
             .
          
           
             
               Weston
               .
            
          
           
             
               Theoten-Hall
               ,
            
             by
             interpretation
             ,
             the
             habitation
             of
             Heathens
             or
             Pagans
             ,
             at
             this
             day
             
               Tetnal
               .
            
          
           
             
               Ulfrunes-Hampton
               ,
            
             so
             called
             of
             
             
               Wulfruna
            
             a
             most
             devout
             woman
             ,
             who
             enriched
             the
             Town
             (
             called
             before
             simply
             
               Hampton
               )
            
             with
             a
             religious
             House
             ,
             it
             is
             now
             corruptly
             called
             
               Wulver
               Hampton
               .
            
          
           
             For
             an
             In-land
             Town
             ,
             there
             is
             a
             famous
             Market
             for
             Cattel
             and
             Corn
             .
          
           
             
               Weddsborow
               ,
            
             there
             is
             Sea-coal
             .
          
           
             
               Walsal
               ,
            
             a
             little
             Mercat
             Town
             ,
             a
             mile
             
             by
             North
             from
             
               Weddesbury
               .
            
          
           
           
             There
             are
             many
             Smiths
             ,
             Peuterers
             and
             Bit-makers
             .
             There
             is
             a
             Park
             of
             that
             name
             half
             a
             mile
             from
             the
             Town
             .
          
           
             There
             are
             many
             Lime-pits
             neer
             the
             Town
             .
          
           
             
               Draiton-Basset
               ,
            
             the
             seat
             of
             the
             
               Bassets
               .
            
          
           
             
               Tamworth
               ,
            
             a
             Town
             so
             placed
             in
             the
             
             confines
             of
             the
             two
             Shires
             ,
             that
             the
             one
             part
             which
             belonged
             sometime
             to
             the
             
               Mirmions
               ,
            
             is
             counted
             of
             
               Warwickshire
               ;
            
             the
             other
             which
             pertained
             to
             the
             
               Hastings
            
             of
             
               Staffordshire
               .
            
          
           
             Here
             is
             a
             fair
             Castle
             .
          
           
             At
             
               Falkesley-Bridg
            
             that
             
               Roman
            
             High-way
             
               Watlingstreet
               ,
            
             entereth
             into
             this
             Shire
             ,
             and
             cutting
             it
             through
             (
             as
             it
             were
             by
             a
             strait
             line
             )
             goeth
             Westward
             into
             
               Shropshire
               .
            
          
           
             
               Wall
               ,
            
             so
             called
             of
             the
             reliques
             of
             an
             old
             Wall
             there
             remaining
             ,
             and
             taking
             up
             much
             about
             two
             acres
             of
             ground
             .
          
           
             
               Penck-ridge
               ,
            
             so
             named
             of
             the
             River
             
               Penck
               ,
            
             famous
             for
             an
             Horse-Fair
             ,
             which
             the
             Lord
             of
             the
             place
             
               Hugh
               Blunt
            
             obtained
             of
             King
             
               Edward
            
             the
             Second
             .
          
           
             
               New-Castle
               under
               Lyme
               .
            
          
           
             
               Trentham
               .
            
          
           
           
             
               Stone
            
             a
             Mercat
             Town
             ,
             which
             having
             the
             beginning
             in
             the
             
               Saxons
            
             time
             ,
             took
             the
             name
             of
             the
             Stones
             ,
             which
             our
             Ancestours
             after
             a
             solemn
             sort
             had
             cast
             on
             a
             heap
             ,
             to
             notifie
             the
             place
             where
             
               Wolpher
            
             the
             
               Heathenish
            
             King
             of
             the
             
               Mercians
               ,
            
             most
             cruelly
             slew
             his
             two
             Sonnes
             
               Wulfald
            
             and
             
               Rufin
               ,
            
             because
             they
             had
             taken
             upon
             them
             the
             profession
             of
             Christianity
             .
          
           
             
               Sandon
               .
            
          
           
             
               Cankwood
               ,
            
             or
             
               Forest
               .
            
          
           
             
               Gerards-Bromley
            
             an
             House
             .
          
           
             
               Chebsey
               .
            
          
           
             
               Eccleshall
               .
            
          
           
             
               Raunton
            
             a
             Monastery
             .
          
           
             
               Stafford
               ,
            
             neer
             unto
             which
             there
             was
             a
             Castle
             upon
             an
             Hill
             ,
             now
             demolisht
             .
          
           
             It
             is
             the
             head
             Town
             of
             the
             whole
             Shire
             .
          
           
             
               Ticks-Hall
               ,
            
             the
             dwelling
             place
             of
             the
             
               Astons
               ,
            
             a
             Family
             which
             for
             Antiquity
             ,
             Kinred
             and
             Alliance
             ,
             is
             in
             these
             parts
             of
             great
             name
             .
          
           
             
               Chartley
               ,
            
             there
             is
             a
             Castle
             .
          
           
             
               Beaudesert
               ,
            
             the
             House
             of
             the
             Lord
             
               Paget
               .
            
          
           
           
             
               Lichfield
               .
            
             This
             City
             is
             low
             seated
             ,
             of
             
             good
             largeness
             ,
             and
             fair
             withall
             ,
             divided
             into
             two
             parts
             with
             a
             shallow
             pool
             of
             clear
             water
             :
             which
             parts
             notwithstanding
             joyn
             in
             one
             by
             the
             means
             of
             two
             Bridges
             or
             Causeys
             made
             over
             ,
             that
             have
             their
             sluces
             ,
             to
             let
             out
             the
             water
             .
          
           
             It
             was
             beautified
             with
             a
             very
             goodly
             Cathedral
             Church
             ,
             which
             being
             round
             about
             compassed
             with
             a
             fair
             Wall
             Castle-like
             ,
             and
             garnished
             besides
             with
             fair
             Houses
             of
             Prebendaries
             ,
             and
             with
             the
             Bishops
             Palace
             also
             ,
             mounting
             upon
             high
             with
             three
             Pyramids
             or
             Spires
             of
             stone
             ,
             making
             an
             elegant
             shew
             ,
             and
             for
             elegant
             and
             proportional
             building
             it
             did
             yeeld
             to
             few
             Cathedral
             Churches
             ,
             but
             is
             now
             demolished
             .
          
           
             
               Burton
               upon
               Trent
               ,
            
             a
             famous
             Market
             ,
             the
             Bridge
             there
             hath
             38
             Arches
             .
          
           
             
               Blithfield
            
             a
             fair
             House
             of
             the
             ancient
             Family
             of
             the
             
               Bagots
               .
            
          
           
             
               Needwood-Forest
            
             was
             very
             large
             .
          
           
             
               Moorland
               ,
            
             so
             called
             ,
             because
             it
             riseth
             
             higher
             into
             hils
             and
             mountains
             ,
             and
             is
             less
             fruitfull
             ,
             which
             kind
             of
             places
             we
             call
             Moors
             .
          
           
             
               Leek
            
             a
             well
             known
             Market
             Town
             .
          
           
           
             
               Wotton
               ,
            
             a
             little
             Countrey
             Village
             there
             lying
             under
             
               Weverhill
               .
            
             
               
                 
                   Wotton
                
                 under
                 
                   Wever
                
              
               
                 Where
                 God
                 came
                 never
                 .
              
            
          
           
             This
             fond
             Rime
             the
             neighbour
             Inhabitants
             use
             of
             it
             .
             Yet
             in
             so
             hard
             a
             soil
             it
             breedeth
             and
             feedeth
             beasts
             of
             large
             bulk
             ,
             and
             fair
             spread
             .
          
           
             The
             River
             
               Dow
            
             or
             
               Dove
            
             doth
             swiftly
             runne
             along
             the
             most
             part
             of
             the
             East-side
             of
             this
             County
             ,
             and
             separateth
             it
             from
             
               Darbyshire
               ,
            
             if
             it
             chance
             to
             swell
             above
             the
             banks
             ,
             and
             overflow
             the
             Medows
             in
             
               April
               ,
            
             it
             maketh
             them
             so
             fruitfull
             that
             the
             Inhabitants
             use
             commonly
             to
             chant
             this
             joyfull
             note
             ;
             
               
                 In
                 
                   April
                   Doves
                
                 flood
              
               
                 Is
                 worth
                 a
                 Kings
                 good
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
               Utcester
               ,
            
             it
             is
             situate
             upon
             the
             side
             of
             an
             Hill
             with
             a
             gentle
             ascent
             :
             a
             Town
             
             more
             rich
             in
             gay
             flowring
             Medows
             ,
             and
             in
             Cattel
             ,
             than
             fair
             built
             .
          
           
             
               Tutbury-Castle
            
             in
             times
             past
             large
             and
             stately
             .
          
           
             There
             are
             accounted
             an
             hundred
             and
             thirty
             Parishes
             in
             this
             Shire
             .
          
        
         
         
           
             Suffolk
             .
          
           
             IT
             hath
             on
             the
             West-side
             
               Cambridgeshire
               ;
            
             
             on
             the
             South
             the
             River
             
               Stour
               ,
            
             which
             divideth
             it
             from
             
               Essex
               ;
            
             on
             the
             East-side
             the
             
               German-Sea
            
             ,
             and
             on
             the
             North
             two
             little
             Rivers
             ,
             
               ouse
            
             the
             least
             ,
             and
             
               Waveney
               ,
            
             which
             flowing
             out
             (
             as
             it
             were
             )
             of
             the
             same
             fountain
             ,
             runne
             divers
             wayes
             ,
             and
             sever
             it
             apart
             from
             
               Norfolk
               .
            
          
           
             It
             was
             famous
             for
             worthy
             Ministers
             in
             the
             very
             beginning
             of
             Reformation
             .
             In
             the
             entrance
             of
             Queen
             
               Elizabeth
            
             to
             the
             Crown
             ,
             it
             was
             moved
             at
             the
             Council-Table
             ,
             
               Whether
               it
               was
               not
               dangerous
            
             (
             for
             some
             Politick
             respects
             )
             
               to
               alter
               the
               Religion
               before
               established
               ?
            
             Sir
             
               Nicholas
               Bacon
            
             (
             who
             was
             of
             the
             County
             of
             
               Suffolk
               )
            
             demanded
             ,
             
               Which
               was
               the
               true
               Religion
               acccording
               to
               Scripture
               ,
               the
               Protestant
               or
               Popish
               ?
            
             it
             being
             answered
             ,
             the
             Protestant
             ,
             
               Leave
               that
               to
               God
               then
            
             (
             said
             he
             )
             
               to
               defend
               it
               .
            
          
           
           
             It
             is
             a
             large
             Countrey
             and
             full
             of
             Havens
             ,
             of
             a
             fat
             and
             fertile
             soil
             (
             unlesse
             it
             be
             Eastward
             )
             being
             compounded
             of
             Clay
             and
             Marle
             ,
             by
             means
             whereof
             there
             are
             every where
             most
             rich
             and
             goodly
             Corn-fields
             ,
             with
             Pastures
             as
             battable
             for
             grazing
             and
             feeding
             of
             Cattel
             .
          
           
             Great
             store
             of
             Cheeses
             are
             there
             made
             ,
             which
             to
             the
             great
             commodity
             of
             the
             Inhabitants
             are
             vented
             into
             all
             parts
             of
             
               England
               :
            
             nay
             into
             
               Germany
               ,
               France
            
             and
             
               Spain
            
             also
             .
          
           
             There
             are
             also
             Woods
             and
             Parks
             .
          
           
             
               New-Market
            
             a
             Town
             lately
             built
             ,
             as
             the
             very
             name
             imports
             .
          
           
             Here
             lieth
             out
             a
             great
             way
             round
             about
             ,
             a
             large
             plain
             ,
             named
             of
             this
             Town
             ,
             
               New-Market-Heath
               ,
            
             consisting
             of
             a
             sandy
             and
             barren
             ground
             ,
             yet
             green
             withall
             .
          
           
             There
             are
             great
             Ditches
             ,
             called
             ,
             
               The
               Devils
               Ditches
               .
            
          
           
             
               St.
               Edmunds-Bury
               ,
            
             or
             
               Bury
               ,
            
             a
             renowned
             Town
             .
          
           
             A
             place
             for
             situation
             and
             wholsomenesse
             of
             air
             so
             excellent
             ,
             that
             
               Camden
            
             saith
             ,
             
               Sol
               non
               vidit
               urbem
               situ
               elegantiorem
               .
            
             
             Many
             of
             the
             Gentry
             live
             there
             .
          
           
             There
             are
             two
             Churches
             in
             one
             Churchyard
             ,
             where
             there
             are
             Lectures
             several
             dayes
             in
             the
             week
             .
          
           
             Here
             was
             born
             
               Richardus
               de
               Bury
            
             
             Bishop
             of
             
               Durham
               ,
            
             the
             Governour
             of
             
               Edward
            
             the
             Third
             when
             young
             ,
             and
             famous
             especially
             for
             a
             work
             which
             he
             entituled
             
               Philobiblos
               ,
            
             in
             the
             Preface
             of
             which
             he
             confesseth
             ,
             
               Ecstatico
               quodam
               librorum
               amore
               potenter
               se
               abreptum
               .
            
             
             He
             was
             well
             acquainted
             with
             
               Petrark
            
             the
             
               Italian
               ,
            
             and
             other
             learned
             men
             of
             that
             age
             .
             
               Bradwardine
            
             Archbishop
             of
             
               Canterbury
               ,
            
             and
             
               Richard
               Fitzralph
               ,
               Armachanus
               ,
               Walter
               Burleigh
               ,
               Robert
               Halcot
               ,
            
             and
             other
             most
             famous
             men
             of
             that
             age
             were
             his
             Chaplains
             .
          
           
             
               Lidgate
            
             a
             small
             Village
             ,
             yet
             in
             this
             respect
             not
             to
             be
             passed
             over
             in
             silence
             ,
             because
             it
             brought
             into
             the
             world
             
               John
               Lidgate
            
             the
             Monk
             ,
             whose
             wit
             may
             seem
             to
             have
             been
             framed
             and
             shapen
             to
             the
             very
             Muses
             themselves
             :
             so
             brightly
             reshine
             in
             his
             
               English
            
             Verses
             ,
             all
             the
             pleasant
             graces
             and
             elegancies
             of
             speech
             ,
             according
             to
             that
             age
             .
          
           
           
             
               Clare
            
             a
             noble
             Village
             ,
             it
             gave
             name
             
             to
             the
             right
             noble
             Family
             of
             the
             
               Clares
               ,
            
             Earls
             of
             
               Clare
               .
            
          
           
             
               Sudbury
               ,
            
             that
             is
             ,
             the
             
               South-Burgh
               ,
            
             it
             is
             populous
             and
             wealthy
             by
             reason
             of
             cloathing
             there
             .
          
           
             
               Mont-chensie
               .
            
          
           
             
               Nettlested
               .
            
          
           
             
               Offton
            
             the
             Town
             of
             
               Off
               a
            
             King
             of
             the
             
               Mercians
               .
            
          
           
             
               Lancham
            
             a
             pretty
             Mercat
             .
          
           
             
               Hadley
            
             a
             Town
             of
             good
             note
             for
             making
             of
             cloaths
             .
          
           
             
               Higham
               .
            
          
           
             
               Bentley
               .
            
          
           
             
               Walpet
               ,
            
             that
             is
             ,
             the
             Wolves-pit
             ,
             a
             Mercat
             Town
             .
          
           
             
               Stow
            
             and
             
               Needham
            
             two
             little
             Mercat
             Towns
             .
          
           
             
               Ipswich
            
             
               *
            
             a
             fair
             Town
             resembling
             a
             City
             ,
             situate
             in
             a
             ground
             somewhat
             low
             :
             which
             is
             the
             Eye
             of
             this
             Shire
             ,
             as
             having
             an
             Haven
             commodious
             enough
             ;
             fenced
             in
             times
             past
             with
             a
             trench
             and
             rampire
             ,
             of
             good
             trade
             and
             stored
             with
             wares
             ,
             well
             peopled
             and
             full
             of
             Inhabitants
             ,
             adorned
             with
             twelve
             Churches
             ,
             and
             with
             goodly
             large
             and
             stately
             Edifices
             ,
             
             plentifull
             in
             shipping
             .
          
           
             
               Mendlesham
               ,
            
             there
             is
             a
             Market
             and
             Fair
             .
          
           
             
               Ufford
            
             the
             seat
             in
             times
             past
             of
             
               Robert
               de
               Ufford
            
             Earl
             of
             
               Suffolk
               .
            
          
           
             The
             roof
             of
             this
             Church
             and
             other
             parts
             of
             the
             Quire
             are
             curiously
             engraven
             with
             sundry
             kinds
             of
             Works
             and
             Pictures
             ,
             all
             burnisht
             and
             guilt
             with
             gold
             .
          
           
             
               Weevers
            
             Ancient
             Funer
             .
             Mon.
             
          
           
             
               Rendelisham
               ,
            
             that
             is
             ,
             
               Rendils
            
             Mansion
             place
             .
          
           
             
               Woodbridge
            
             a
             little
             Town
             beautified
             with
             fair
             houses
             .
          
           
             
               Framlingham-Castle
               ,
            
             a
             very
             fair
             and
             beautifull
             Castle
             ,
             fortified
             with
             Bank
             ,
             Ditch
             ,
             and
             Walls
             of
             great
             thicknesse
             ,
             wherein
             are
             thirteen
             Towers
             ;
             and
             inwardly
             furnished
             with
             buildings
             right
             commodious
             and
             necessary
             .
          
           
             
               Parrham
            
             a
             little
             Town
             ;
             Barons
             
               Willoughbey
            
             of
             
               Parrham
               .
            
          
           
             
               Oreford
               .
            
          
           
             
               Aldburgh
               ,
            
             that
             is
             ,
             the
             old
             Burgh
             ,
             or
             the
             Burgh
             upon
             the
             River
             
               Ald.
               
            
             An
             Harbour
             very
             commodious
             for
             Sailers
             and
             Fishermen
             ,
             and
             thereby
             well
             frequented
             .
          
           
           
             
               Dunwich
               ,
            
             it
             lieth
             now
             desolate
             .
          
           
             
               Blithborow
            
             a
             small
             Town
             ,
             it
             hath
             a
             Mercat
             and
             a
             Fair
             .
          
           
             
               Southwold
            
             a
             Town
             well
             frequented
             through
             the
             benefit
             of
             an
             Haven
             .
          
           
             
               Wingfield
               ,
            
             it
             hath
             given
             name
             to
             an
             ancient
             and
             renowned
             Family
             .
          
           
             
               Dunnington
            
             the
             habitation
             of
             the
             ancient
             Family
             of
             the
             
               Rousses
               .
            
          
           
             
               Heuningham
            
             the
             residence
             of
             a
             Family
             of
             that
             name
             of
             very
             great
             Antiquity
             .
          
           
             
               Halesworth
            
             a
             Mercat
             Town
             .
          
           
             
               Hoxon
               ,
            
             ennobled
             by
             reason
             of
             King
             
               Edmunds
            
             Martyrdom
             .
          
           
             
               Brome
               ,
            
             there
             dwelt
             a
             long
             time
             the
             Family
             of
             
               Cornwalleis
            
             of
             Knights
             degree
             :
             of
             whom
             Sir
             
               John
               Cornwalleis
            
             was
             Steward
             of
             
               Edward
            
             the
             Sixth
             his
             houshold
             while
             he
             was
             Prince
             ;
             and
             his
             Sonne
             Sir
             
               Thomas
               ,
            
             for
             his
             wisdom
             and
             faithfulnesse
             became
             one
             of
             the
             Privy-Councel
             to
             Queen
             
               Mary
               ,
            
             and
             Controller
             of
             her
             Royal
             House
             .
          
           
             
               Eaye
            
             an
             Island
             .
          
           
             
               Beddingfield
               ,
            
             it
             gave
             the
             name
             to
             an
             ancient
             and
             worshipfull
             Family
             .
          
           
             
               Flixton
               ,
            
             or
             
               Felixton
               ,
            
             so
             named
             of
             
             
               Faelix
            
             the
             first
             Bishop
             of
             these
             parts
             .
          
           
             
               Mettingham
               ,
            
             where
             there
             is
             a
             Castle
             .
          
           
             
               Luthingland
            
             of
             
               Luthing
            
             the
             Lake
             .
          
           
             
               Comerley
            
             Town
             .
          
           
             
               Burgh-Castle
               ,
            
             now
             ruined
             .
          
           
             
               Sommerly-Hall
               ,
            
             my
             Lady
             
               Wentworths
            
             House
             ,
             famous
             for
             fair
             Walks
             and
             Ponds
             .
             There
             is
             one
             long
             Walk
             encompassed
             with
             Fir-trees
             on
             each
             side
             .
          
           
             The
             Parishes
             in
             this
             County
             amount
             to
             the
             number
             of
             five
             hundred
             seventy
             five
             .
          
        
         
           
             Surrey
             .
          
           
             FRom
             the
             West
             it
             boundeth
             partly
             upon
             
               Barkshire
            
             and
             
               Hantshire
               ;
            
             from
             the
             South
             upon
             
               Sussex
               ;
            
             and
             from
             the
             East
             on
             
               Kent
               ;
            
             toward
             the
             North
             it
             is
             watered
             with
             the
             River
             
               Tames
               ,
            
             and
             by
             it
             divided
             from
             
               Middlesex
               .
            
          
           
             It
             is
             a
             Countrey
             not
             very
             large
             ,
             yet
             wealthy
             enough
             ,
             where
             it
             beareth
             upon
             
               Thames
               ,
            
             and
             lieth
             as
             a
             plain
             and
             
             champion
             Countrey
             .
             It
             is
             likened
             by
             some
             unto
             a
             course
             freeze
             garment
             with
             a
             green
             gard
             ,
             or
             to
             a
             cloath
             of
             great
             spinning
             ,
             and
             thin
             woven
             ,
             with
             a
             green
             list
             about
             it
             ,
             because
             the
             inner
             part
             is
             but
             barren
             ,
             the
             outward
             edge
             or
             skirt
             more
             fertile
             .
          
           
             
               Chertsey
            
             a
             kind
             of
             Island
             .
          
           
             
               Fernham
               ,
            
             so
             named
             of
             much
             Fern
             growing
             in
             that
             place
             .
          
           
             
               Guildford
            
             a
             Mercat
             Town
             well
             frequented
             ,
             and
             full
             of
             fair
             Innes
             .
          
           
             
               Ockam
               ,
            
             where
             that
             great
             Philosopher
             and
             Father
             of
             the
             nominals
             
               William
               de
               Ockham
            
             was
             born
             ,
             and
             whereof
             he
             took
             that
             name
             ,
             as
             of
             the
             next
             Village
             
               Ripley
               ,
               George
               Ripley
            
             a
             ring-leader
             of
             our
             Alchymists
             .
          
           
             
               Oatlands
            
             a
             fair
             house
             of
             the
             Kings
             :
             neer
             unto
             which
             
               Caesar
            
             passed
             over
             
               Tames
            
             into
             the
             Borders
             of
             
               Cassivelaunus
               .
            
             For
             
             this
             was
             the
             only
             place
             where
             a
             man
             might
             in
             times
             past
             go
             over
             the
             
               Tames
            
             on
             foot
             ,
             and
             that
             hardly
             too
             ,
             which
             the
             
               Britains
            
             themselves
             improvidently
             bewrayed
             unto
             
               Caesar
               .
            
          
           
             
               Ockley
               ,
            
             so
             named
             of
             Oaks
             .
          
           
             
               Rhiegate
               ,
            
             the
             Rivers
             course
             .
          
           
           
             
               Holm-Castle
               .
            
          
           
             
               Beckworth-Castle
               .
            
          
           
             
               Effingham
               .
            
          
           
             
               Kingstone
            
             a
             very
             good
             Mercat
             Town
             
             for
             the
             bignesse
             ,
             and
             well
             frequented
             .
             It
             had
             beginning
             from
             a
             little
             Town
             more
             ancient
             then
             it
             of
             the
             same
             name
             .
             In
             which
             ,
             when
             
               England
            
             was
             almost
             ruinated
             by
             the
             
               Danish
            
             Warres
             ,
             
               Aethelstan
               ,
               Edwin
            
             and
             
               Ethelred
            
             were
             crowned
             Kings
             upon
             an
             open
             stage
             in
             the
             Market
             place
             ,
             whence
             it
             was
             called
             
               Kingston
               .
            
             Leland
             .
             
               Comment.
               in
               Cygn.
               Cant.
            
             Camd.
             
               Brit.
               
            
          
           
             
               Shene
               ,
            
             so
             called
             of
             its
             shining
             brightnesse
             ,
             now
             
               Richmond
               ,
            
             wherein
             the
             most
             mighty
             Prince
             King
             
               Edward
            
             the
             Third
             ,
             when
             he
             had
             lived
             sufficiently
             both
             to
             glory
             and
             nature
             ,
             died
             .
          
           
             King
             
               Henry
            
             the
             Seventh
             built
             it
             ,
             and
             gave
             it
             that
             name
             of
             
               Richmond
               ,
            
             of
             the
             Title
             he
             bare
             ,
             being
             Earl
             of
             
               Richmond
               ,
            
             before
             he
             obtained
             the
             Crown
             of
             
               England
               .
            
             He
             had
             scarce
             finished
             this
             new
             work
             ,
             when
             in
             this
             place
             he
             yeelded
             unto
             Nature
             ,
             and
             ended
             his
             Life
             .
             Here
             Queen
             
               Elizabeth
            
             also
             died
             .
          
           
           
             
               None-such
            
             a
             retiring
             place
             of
             the
             Princes
             ,
             
             and
             surpasseth
             all
             other
             houses
             round
             about
             :
             which
             King
             
               Henry
            
             the
             Eighth
             ,
             in
             a
             very
             healthfull
             place
             called
             
               Cuddington
            
             before
             ,
             selected
             for
             his
             own
             delight
             and
             ease
             ,
             and
             built
             with
             so
             great
             sumptuousnesse
             and
             rare
             workmanship
             ,
             that
             it
             aspireth
             to
             the
             very
             top
             of
             ostentation
             for
             shew
             :
             so
             as
             a
             man
             may
             think
             ,
             that
             all
             the
             skill
             of
             Architecture
             is
             in
             this
             one
             piece
             of
             work
             bestowed
             ,
             and
             heaped
             up
             together
             .
             So
             many
             Statues
             and
             lively
             Images
             there
             were
             in
             every
             place
             ,
             so
             many
             wonders
             of
             absolute
             Workmanship
             ,
             and
             Workes
             seeming
             to
             contend
             with
             
               Roman
            
             Antiquities
             ,
             that
             most
             worthily
             it
             might
             have
             this
             name
             that
             it
             hath
             of
             
               None-such
               .
            
             
               
                 Hane
                 quia
                 non
                 habeant
                 similem
                 laudare
                 Britanni
                 ,
              
               
                 Saepè
                 solent
                 ,
                 nullique
                 parem
                 ,
                 cognomine
                 dicunt
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 The
                 
                   Britains
                
                 oft
                 are
                 wont
                 to
                 praise
                 this
                 place
                 :
                 For
                 that
                 through
                 all
              
               
                 The
                 Realm
                 they
                 cannot
                 shew
                 the
                 like
                 ,
                 and
                 
                   None-such
                
                 they
                 it
                 call
                 .
              
            
          
           
           
             The
             House
             was
             environed
             about
             with
             Parks
             full
             of
             Deer
             ,
             it
             had
             such
             dainty
             and
             delicate
             Orchards
             ,
             such
             Groves
             adorned
             with
             curious
             Arbours
             ,
             so
             pretty
             quarters
             ,
             Beds
             and
             Alleys
             ,
             such
             Walks
             so
             shadowed
             with
             Trees
             ,
             that
             it
             was
             exceeding
             pleasant
             .
          
           
             
               Wandle
            
             a
             clear
             Riveret
             full
             of
             the
             best
             Trouts
             .
          
           
             
               Woodcot
            
             a
             pretty
             Town
             .
          
           
             
               Croidon
               ,
            
             there
             was
             the
             Archbishops
             house
             of
             
               Canterbury
               :
            
             There
             are
             Charcoals
             .
          
           
             
               Bedington
            
             a
             fair
             house
             ,
             beautified
             with
             a
             delightfull
             shew
             of
             pleasant
             Gardens
             and
             Orchards
             .
          
           
             
               Addington
               .
            
          
           
             
               Aguilon
            
             situate
             in
             a
             most
             fertile
             soil
             .
          
           
             
               Merton
               .
            
             It
             is
             famous
             for
             the
             Statute
             of
             
               Merton
               ,
            
             enacted
             here
             in
             the
             21.
             of
             King
             
               Henry
            
             the
             Third
             ,
             and
             also
             for
             
               Walter
               de
               Merton
            
             Founder
             of
             
               Merton
            
             Colledge
             in
             
               Oxford
               ,
            
             borne
             and
             bred
             here
             .
          
           
             
               Wimbledon
               ,
            
             there
             is
             a
             goodly
             House
             ,
             beautifull
             for
             building
             ,
             and
             delectable
             for
             fair
             profpect
             ,
             and
             right
             pleasant
             Gardens
             ,
             built
             in
             the
             year
             1588.
             when
             
             the
             
               Spanish
               Armado
            
             made
             sail
             upon
             the
             coast
             of
             
               England
               .
            
          
           
             
               Wandlesworth
               .
            
          
           
             
               Putney
               .
               Thomas
               Cromwell
            
             Earl
             of
             
               Essex
            
             in
             the
             Reign
             of
             King
             
               Henry
            
             the
             Eighth
             ,
             was
             born
             there
             .
          
           
             
               Batersey
               .
            
             
          
           
             
               Lambeth
               .
               Canutus
            
             the
             Hardy
             King
             of
             
               England
            
             there
             amidst
             his
             cups
             yeelded
             up
             his
             vital
             breath
             .
          
           
             It
             was
             the
             Palace
             of
             the
             Archbishop
             of
             
               Canterbury
               .
            
          
           
             
               Southwark
               ,
            
             the
             
               Burrough
               of
               Southwork
               ,
            
             the
             most
             famous
             Mercat
             Town
             and
             place
             of
             Trade
             in
             all
             this
             Shire
             .
             It
             is
             large
             and
             populous
             .
             In
             the
             Reign
             of
             King
             
               Edward
            
             the
             Sixth
             ,
             it
             was
             annexed
             to
             the
             City
             of
             
               London
               ,
            
             and
             is
             at
             this
             day
             taken
             for
             a
             member
             (
             as
             it
             were
             )
             of
             it
             .
          
           
             
               Sterborow-Castle
               .
            
          
           
             This
             County
             hath
             in
             it
             an
             hundred
             and
             forty
             Parish
             Churches
             .
          
        
         
         
           
             Sussex
             .
          
           
             THe
             Region
             of
             the
             South
             
               Saxons
               ,
            
             a
             word
             compounded
             of
             the
             site
             thereof
             Southward
             ,
             and
             of
             the
             
               Saxons
               ,
            
             who
             in
             their
             
               Heptarchy
            
             placed
             here
             the
             second
             Kingdom
             .
             It
             is
             above
             threescore
             miles
             long
             ,
             and
             somewhat
             above
             twenty
             miles
             broad
             .
          
           
             It
             lieth
             upon
             the
             
               British
            
             Ocean
             all
             Southward
             with
             a
             strait
             shore
             (
             as
             it
             were
             )
             farre
             more
             in
             length
             than
             breadth
             :
             How
             be
             it
             it
             hath
             few
             harbours
             ,
             by
             reason
             that
             the
             Sea
             is
             dangerous
             for
             shelves
             ,
             and
             therefore
             rough
             and
             troublous
             ,
             the
             shore
             also
             it self
             full
             of
             Rocks
             .
          
           
             The
             Sea-coast
             of
             this
             Countrey
             ,
             hath
             green
             Hils
             on
             it
             ,
             mounting
             to
             a
             greater
             height
             ,
             called
             the
             
               Downs
               ,
            
             which
             because
             they
             stand
             upon
             a
             fat
             chalk
             ,
             or
             kind
             of
             Marle
             ,
             yeeldeth
             corn
             abundantly
             .
          
           
             The
             middle
             tract
             ,
             garnished
             with
             
             Medows
             ,
             Pastures
             ,
             Corn-fields
             and
             Groves
             ,
             maketh
             a
             very
             lovely
             shew
             .
          
           
             The
             hithermore
             and
             northern
             side
             thereof
             is
             shaded
             most
             pleasantly
             with
             Woods
             ,
             like
             as
             in
             times
             past
             the
             whole
             Countrey
             throughout
             ,
             which
             by
             reason
             of
             the
             Woods
             was
             hardly
             passable
             .
             The
             Wood
             
               Andradswald
            
             taking
             the
             name
             of
             
               Anderida
            
             the
             City
             next
             adjoyning
             ,
             took
             up
             in
             this
             quarter
             ,
             a
             hundred
             and
             twenty
             miles
             in
             length
             ,
             and
             thirty
             in
             bredth
             .
          
           
             It
             is
             full
             of
             Mines
             in
             sundry
             places
             ,
             where
             for
             the
             making
             and
             fining
             whereof
             there
             be
             Furnaces
             on
             every
             side
             ,
             and
             a
             huge
             deal
             of
             Wood
             is
             yeerly
             spent
             ,
             to
             which
             purpose
             divers
             Brooks
             in
             many
             places
             are
             brought
             to
             runne
             in
             one
             chanel
             ,
             and
             sundry
             Medows
             turned
             into
             Pools
             and
             Waters
             ,
             that
             they
             might
             be
             of
             power
             sufficient
             to
             drive
             Hammer-mils
             ,
             which
             beating
             upon
             the
             iron
             ,
             resound
             all
             over
             the
             places
             adjoyning
             .
          
           
             
               Boseham
            
             a
             place
             environed
             round
             about
             with
             Woods
             ,
             and
             the
             Sea
             together
             .
          
           
             
               Chichester
            
             lieth
             in
             a
             champion
             plain
             ▪
             
             
             A
             City
             large
             enough
             ,
             and
             walled
             about
             ,
             built
             by
             
               Cissa
            
             a
             
               Saxon
            
             the
             second
             King
             of
             this
             Province
             ,
             and
             of
             him
             so
             named
             .
             It
             hath
             four
             Gates
             opening
             to
             the
             four
             Quarters
             of
             the
             World
             :
             from
             whence
             the
             streets
             lead
             directly
             ,
             and
             crosse
             themselves
             in
             the
             midst
             ,
             where
             the
             Market
             is
             kept
             ;
             a
             fair
             stone
             Market
             place
             ,
             supported
             with
             Pillars
             round
             about
             .
          
           
             The
             Church
             it self
             is
             not
             great
             ,
             but
             very
             fair
             and
             neat
             ,
             having
             a
             Spire-steeple
             of
             stone
             ,
             rising
             up
             passing
             high
             .
          
           
             
               Selsey
            
             the
             Isle
             of
             
               Sea-Calves
               ,
            
             now
             
             famous
             for
             good
             Cockles
             ,
             and
             full
             Lobsters
             .
          
           
             
               Amberley
               ,
            
             there
             is
             a
             Castle
             .
          
           
             
               Arundel
               .
            
          
           
             
               Petworth
            
             a
             house
             of
             my
             Lord
             of
             
               Northumberland
               ,
            
             where
             there
             is
             a
             very
             fair
             stable
             .
          
           
             
               Horseham
            
             an
             indifferent
             Market
             .
          
           
             
               Michel-grove
               ,
            
             that
             is
             ,
             
               Great-Grove
               .
            
          
           
             
               Old
               Shoreham
            
             a
             Village
             .
          
           
             
               Stening
            
             a
             great
             Market
             ,
             and
             at
             certaine
             set
             dayes
             much
             frequented
             .
          
           
           
             
               Lewes
               ,
            
             this
             for
             frequency
             of
             people
             
             and
             greatnesse
             ,
             is
             reputed
             one
             of
             the
             chiefest
             Towns
             of
             the
             County
             ,
             it
             is
             seated
             upon
             a
             rising
             almost
             on
             every
             side
             .
             There
             are
             six
             Churches
             in
             the
             Town
             .
          
           
             
               High-hills
               ,
            
             called
             the
             
               Downs
               ,
            
             which
             for
             rich
             fertility
             giveth
             place
             to
             few
             valleys
             and
             plains
             .
          
           
             
               Pemsey
            
             or
             
               Peremsey
            
             Marsh
             of
             
               Pevensey
               ,
            
             the
             next
             Towne
             adjoyning
             ,
          
           
             
               Herst-Mounceaux
               .
            
          
           
             
               Ashburnham
               ,
            
             it
             gave
             the
             name
             to
             a
             Family
             of
             great
             Antiquity
             .
          
           
             
               Hastings
               .
            
             It
             is
             accounted
             the
             first
             of
             the
             Cinque-Ports
             .
          
           
             
               Winchelsey
            
             a
             fair
             Town
             .
          
           
             
               Rhie
               ,
            
             a
             very
             commodious
             Haven
             :
             
             There
             is
             an
             usual
             passage
             from
             hence
             into
             
               Normandy
               .
            
          
           
             
               Echingham
               .
            
          
           
             
               Bodiam
            
             a
             Castle
             belonging
             to
             the
             ancient
             Family
             of
             the
             
               Leaknors
               .
            
          
           
             
               Ashdown-Forest
               ,
            
             under
             which
             standeth
             
             
               Buckhurst
               ,
            
             the
             Habitation
             of
             the
             ancient
             House
             of
             the
             
               Sackviles
               .
            
          
           
             
               Waterdown-Forest
               .
            
          
           
           
             This
             Province
             containeth
             Parishes
             three
             hundred
             and
             twelve
             .
          
        
         
           
             Warwickshire
             .
          
           
             IT
             is
             bounded
             on
             the
             East-side
             with
             
             
               Northamptonshire
               ,
               Leicestershire
               ,
            
             and
             the
             
               Watlingstreet
            
             way
             :
             on
             the
             South
             with
             
               Oxfordshire
            
             and
             
               Glocestershire
               ;
            
             on
             the
             West
             for
             the
             greatest
             part
             with
             
               Worcestorshire
               ;
            
             and
             on
             the
             North-side
             with
             
               Staffordshire
               .
            
          
           
             It
             is
             divided
             into
             a
             plain
             champion
             ,
             and
             a
             woody
             Countrey
             :
             which
             parts
             the
             River
             
               Avon
               ,
            
             running
             crookedly
             from
             North-East
             to
             South-West
             ,
             doth
             after
             a
             sort
             sever
             one
             from
             the
             other
             .
          
           
             
               Edge-hill
               .
            
          
           
             There
             is
             the
             Vale
             of
             the
             
               Red-horse
               ,
            
             so
             termed
             from
             a
             shape
             of
             a
             Horse
             cut
             out
             in
             a
             red
             Hill
             by
             the
             Countrey
             people
             hard
             by
             .
          
           
             
               Essenhull
               .
            
             It
             takes
             its
             name
             from
             the
             situation
             ,
             standing
             Eastward
             from
             
             
               Monks-Kirby
               ,
            
             and
             upon
             a
             rising
             ground
             .
          
           
             
               Pillerton
               .
            
          
           
             
               Shipston
            
             a
             Mercat
             of
             Sheep
             in
             times
             past
             .
          
           
             
               Kinton
            
             a
             Mercat
             of
             Kine
             .
          
           
             
               Compton
               in
               the
               Hole
               ,
            
             because
             it
             lieth
             hidden
             under
             the
             Hils
             ,
             thence
             a
             noble
             Family
             hath
             taken
             the
             name
             .
          
           
             
               Shugbury
               ,
            
             stones
             resembling
             little
             stars
             are
             there
             found
             ,
             which
             the
             Lords
             of
             the
             place
             surnamed
             thereupon
             ,
             have
             long
             shewed
             in
             their
             Coat-armour
             .
          
           
             
               Southam
            
             a
             Mercate
             Town
             well
             known
             .
          
           
             
               Leamington
            
             a
             Mercat
             Town
             ,
             so
             caled
             of
             
               Leame
            
             a
             small
             Brook
             that
             wandereth
             through
             this
             part
             of
             the
             Shire
             .
          
           
             
               Chesterton
            
             the
             Habitation
             of
             that
             ancient
             Family
             of
             the
             
               Peitoes
               .
            
          
           
             
               Rugby
            
             a
             Mercat
             chiefly
             for
             Butchers
             .
          
           
             
               Newenham
               Regis
               ,
            
             Kings
             
               Newenham
               ,
            
             to
             distinguish
             it
             from
             
               Newenham
               Paddox
               ,
            
             the
             King
             was
             anciently
             possest
             of
             it
             .
             There
             are
             wholsome
             Wells
             .
          
           
             
               Upton
               ,
            
             so
             called
             ,
             because
             it
             stands
             upon
             an
             ascent
             .
          
           
           
             
               Bagginton
               ,
            
             which
             belonged
             sometime
             to
             the
             
               Bagots
               .
            
          
           
             
               Stoneley
            
             a
             stony
             place
             .
          
           
             
               Warwick
            
             is
             the
             principal
             Town
             of
             the
             whole
             Shire
             .
             It
             standeth
             over
             the
             River
             
               Avon
            
             upon
             a
             steep
             and
             high
             Rock
             ,
             and
             all
             the
             Passages
             into
             it
             are
             wrought
             out
             of
             the
             very
             stone
             .
          
           
             It
             stands
             in
             a
             dry
             and
             fertile
             soil
             ,
             having
             the
             benefit
             of
             rich
             and
             pleasant
             Medows
             on
             the
             South
             part
             ,
             with
             the
             lofty
             Groves
             and
             spacious
             thickets
             of
             the
             woodland
             on
             the
             North
             .
          
           
             It
             hath
             a
             very
             strong
             Castle
             ,
             the
             seat
             in
             times
             past
             of
             the
             Earls
             of
             
               Warwick
               ,
            
             The
             Town
             it self
             is
             adorned
             with
             fair
             houses
             .
             
               
                 A
                 place
                 of
                 strength
                 and
                 health
                 in
                 the
                 same
                 Fort
              
               
                 You
                 would
                 conceive
                 a
                 Castle
                 and
                 a
                 Court
                 ,
              
               
                 The
                 Orchards
                 ,
                 Gardens
                 ,
                 Rivers
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Air
              
               
                 May
                 with
                 the
                 Trenches
                 ,
                 Rampires
                 ,
                 Walls
                 compare
                 .
              
               
                 It
                 seems
                 no
                 art
                 ,
                 no
                 force
                 can
                 intercept
                 it
                 ,
              
               
                 As
                 if
                 a
                 Lover
                 built
                 ,
                 a
                 Souldier
                 kept
                 it
                 .
              
               
                 
                   D.
                
                 Corbets
                 Iter
                 Boreale
                 .
              
            
          
           
           
             
               Blacklow-Hill
               ,
            
             here
             
               Piers
               de
               Gaveston
            
             was
             by
             the
             Nobles
             of
             the
             Kingdom
             beheaded
             .
          
           
             
               Charl-Cot
            
             the
             habitation
             of
             the
             renowned
             ancient
             Family
             of
             the
             
               Lucies
            
             Knights
             ,
             which
             place
             long
             ago
             descended
             hereditarily
             to
             them
             from
             the
             
               Charlcots
               .
            
          
           
             
               Stratford
               upon
               Avon
            
             a
             little
             Mercate
             Town
             ;
             there
             is
             a
             stone
             Bridge
             supported
             with
             fourteen
             Arches
             .
          
           
             
               Bitford
            
             a
             Mercat
             Town
             .
          
           
             
               Studly-Castle
               .
            
          
           
             
               Coughton
            
             the
             principal
             mansion
             house
             of
             the
             
               Throckmortons
               .
            
          
           
             
               Beauchamps-Court
               ,
            
             so
             named
             of
             Baron
             
               Beauchamp
            
             of
             
               Powick
               .
            
          
           
             
               Henley
            
             a
             pretty
             Mercat
             Town
             .
          
           
             
               Aulcester
            
             a
             small
             Mercat
             of
             Wares
             and
             trade
             ,
             but
             much
             frequented
             for
             the
             Corn-Fair
             there
             holden
             .
          
           
             
               Wroxhall
               ,
            
             there
             is
             a
             little
             Priory
             .
          
           
             
               Killingworth
               ,
            
             there
             is
             a
             most
             ample
             ,
             beautifull
             and
             strong
             Castle
             ,
             encompassed
             all
             about
             with
             Parks
             .
          
           
             
               Bremicham
            
             or
             
               Bremingham
            
             full
             of
             Inhabitants
             ,
             and
             resounding
             with
             Hammers
             and
             Anvils
             ,
             for
             the
             most
             of
             them
             
             are
             Smiths
             .
             The
             lower
             part
             thereof
             standeth
             very
             waterish
             ,
             the
             upper
             riseth
             with
             fair
             buildings
             .
          
           
             
               Sutton-Coldfield
               .
            
             It
             standeth
             in
             a
             
             wooddy
             ,
             and
             on
             a
             churlish
             hard
             soil
             ,
             but
             in
             an
             excellent
             air
             ,
             and
             full
             of
             all
             manner
             of
             pleasures
             .
             There
             is
             a
             Grammar-School
             .
          
           
             
               Coleshull
               ,
            
             so
             called
             from
             the
             River
             
               Cole
               .
            
          
           
             
               Maxstock-Castle
            
             is
             neer
             to
             it
             .
          
           
             
               Meriden
               .
            
             This
             place
             situated
             upon
             
               London-road
            
             ,
             hath
             from
             some
             Innes
             and
             Ale-houses
             built
             for
             the
             receipt
             of
             Passengers
             ,
             grown
             of
             late
             times
             to
             the
             credit
             of
             a
             Village
             .
          
           
             
               Coventry
               .
            
             It
             is
             a
             City
             very
             commodiously
             
             seated
             ,
             large
             ,
             sweet
             and
             neat
             ,
             fortified
             with
             a
             strong
             Wall
             ,
             and
             set
             out
             with
             right
             goodly
             houses
             :
             among
             which
             there
             rise
             up
             on
             high
             two
             Churches
             of
             rare
             workmanship
             ,
             standing
             one
             hard
             by
             the
             other
             ,
             and
             matched
             (
             as
             it
             were
             )
             as
             concurrents
             ,
             the
             one
             consecrated
             to
             the
             
               Holy
               Trinity
               ,
            
             the
             other
             to
             Saint
             
               Michael
               .
            
             One
             and
             the
             self
             same
             Bishop
             carried
             the
             name
             both
             of
             
               Coventry
            
             and
             
               Lichfield
               .
            
          
           
           
             
               Leofrick
            
             the
             first
             Lord
             of
             this
             City
             being
             much
             offended
             and
             angry
             with
             the
             Citizens
             ,
             oppressed
             them
             with
             most
             heavy
             Tributes
             ,
             which
             he
             would
             remit
             upon
             no
             other
             condition
             ,
             at
             the
             earnest
             suit
             of
             his
             Wife
             
               Godina
               ,
            
             unlesse
             she
             would
             her self
             ride
             on
             horse-back
             naked
             through
             the
             greatest
             and
             most
             inhabited
             street
             of
             the
             City
             :
             which
             she
             did
             indeed
             ,
             and
             was
             so
             covered
             with
             her
             fair
             long
             Hair
             ,
             that
             (
             if
             we
             may
             believe
             the
             common
             sort
             )
             she
             was
             seen
             of
             no body
             ,
             and
             thus
             she
             did
             set
             free
             her
             Citizens
             of
             
               Coventry
            
             from
             many
             paiments
             for
             ever
             .
          
           
             At
             
               Gosford-Gate
            
             there
             hangeth
             to
             be
             seen
             a
             mighty
             great
             Shield-bone
             of
             a
             
             wild
             Bore
             ,
             which
             
               Guy
            
             of
             
               Warwick
            
             slew
             in
             hunting
             ,
             when
             he
             had
             turned
             up
             with
             his
             snout
             a
             great
             pit
             or
             pond
             ,
             which
             is
             now
             called
             
               Swansewell
               ,
            
             but
             
               Swineswell
            
             in
             times
             past
             .
          
           
             
               Ausley-Castle
               .
            
          
           
             
               Brand
               .
            
          
           
             
               Caledon
               .
            
          
           
             
               Whitmore-Park
               .
            
             Though
             it
             be
             for
             the
             most
             part
             woody
             ,
             yet
             is
             in
             some
             places
             so
             moorish
             ,
             as
             that
             the
             ground
             
             beareth
             nothing
             but
             mosse
             ;
             which
             being
             in
             one
             place
             white
             ,
             gave
             occasion
             (
             doubtlesse
             )
             for
             its
             name
             .
          
           
             
               Dugd.
            
             Antiq.
             of
             
               Warwickshire
               .
            
          
           
             
               Willowby
               ,
            
             because
             of
             the
             
               Willows
               .
            
          
           
             
               Cester-over
               ,
            
             neer
             unto
             which
             the
             High
             port-way
             
               Watlingstreet
               .
            
          
           
             
               Nun-Eaton
               ,
            
             or
             
               Eaton
               .
            
          
           
             
               Mancester
            
             a
             very
             small
             Village
             .
          
           
             
               Atherstone
            
             a
             Mercat
             Town
             of
             good
             resort
             .
          
           
             
               Merival
               .
            
          
           
             
               Pollesworth
               .
            
             Sir
             
               Francis
               Nethersole
            
             a
             
               Kentish
            
             Gentleman
             of
             an
             ancient
             house
             ,
             sometimes
             Oratour
             to
             the
             University
             of
             
               Cambridge
               ,
            
             Secretary
             to
             the
             Queen
             of
             
               Bohemia
            
             hath
             erected
             a
             
             School-house
             there
             .
          
           
             In
             this
             County
             there
             are
             an
             hundred
             and
             fifty
             eight
             Parish
             Churches
             .
          
        
         
         
           
             VVestmerland
             .
          
           
             IT
             is
             so
             called
             ,
             because
             it
             lieth
             all
             of
             
             it
             among
             Moors
             and
             high
             Hils
             ,
             and
             was
             for
             the
             most
             part
             unmanured
             .
             Such
             barren
             places
             the
             Northern
             
               Englishmen
            
             call
             Moors
             :
             and
             
               West-moreland
            
             is
             a
             
               Western-moorish
            
             Countrey
             .
          
           
             It
             is
             bounded
             on
             the
             West
             and
             North-side
             with
             
               Cumberland
               ;
            
             on
             the
             East
             with
             
               Yorkshire
               ,
            
             and
             the
             Bishoprick
             of
             
               Durrham
               .
            
          
           
             The
             Barony
             of
             
               Kendale
            
             and
             
               Candale
            
             of
             the
             River
             
               Can
               ,
            
             which
             running
             thorow
             upon
             stones
             ,
             cutteth
             thorow
             it
             .
          
           
             
               Kendale-Kirke
            
             by
             
               Kendale
               ,
            
             a
             Town
             of
             very
             great
             Trade
             and
             resort
             ,
             with
             two
             broad
             and
             long
             streets
             crossing
             the
             one
             over
             the
             other
             ,
             and
             a
             place
             for
             excellent
             cloathing
             ,
             and
             for
             industry
             so
             surpassing
             ,
             that
             in
             regard
             thereof
             it
             carrieth
             a
             great
             name
             .
             For
             ,
             the
             Inhabitants
             
             have
             great
             traffique
             and
             vent
             of
             their
             wollen
             Cloaths
             throughout
             all
             parts
             of
             
               England
               .
            
          
           
           
             In
             the
             River
             
               Can
            
             are
             two
             water-falls
             ,
             where
             the
             waters
             have
             a
             downfall
             ,
             with
             a
             mighty
             noise
             .
          
           
             
               Kirkby-Lonsdale
               ,
            
             whither
             all
             the
             
             people
             round
             about
             repair
             to
             Church
             and
             Mercat
             .
          
           
             
               Wharton-Hall
               ,
            
             the
             seat
             of
             the
             Barons
             
               Wharton
               .
            
          
           
             
               Kirkby-Stephen
            
             a
             Mercat
             Town
             well
             known
             .
          
           
             
               Musgrave
               ,
            
             there
             are
             two
             little
             Villages
             of
             that
             name
             ,
             which
             gave
             name
             unto
             that
             martial
             and
             warlick
             Family
             of
             the
             
               Musgraves
               .
            
          
           
             
               Burgh
            
             under
             
               Stanemore
            
             a
             small
             poor
             Village
             fenced
             with
             a
             little
             Fortresse
             .
          
           
             
               Apelby
            
             memorable
             for
             its
             antiquity
             
             and
             situation
             onely
             .
             It
             standeth
             in
             a
             pleasant
             site
             ,
             encompassed
             for
             the
             most
             part
             with
             the
             River
             
               Eden
               ;
            
             for
             its
             antiquity
             it
             deserves
             to
             be
             counted
             the
             chief
             Town
             of
             the
             Shire
             .
             The
             Castle
             is
             the
             
             common-Goal
             for
             malefactours
             .
          
           
             
               Whellep-Castle
               .
            
          
           
             
               Brougham
               .
            
          
           
             In
             this
             Shire
             are
             contained
             six
             and
             twenty
             Parishes
             .
          
        
         
         
           
             VViltshire
             .
          
           
             IT
             is
             altogether
             a
             mediterranean
             or
             
             midland
             Countrey
             .
             It
             is
             enclosed
             with
             
               Somersetshire
            
             on
             the
             West
             ,
             
               Berkshire
            
             and
             
               Hampshire
            
             on
             the
             East
             ;
             on
             the
             North
             with
             
               Glocestershire
               ;
            
             on
             the
             South
             with
             
               Dorsetshire
               ,
            
             and
             a
             part
             of
             
               Hampshire
               .
            
          
           
             A
             region
             ,
             which
             as
             it
             breedeth
             a
             number
             of
             warlike
             and
             hardy
             men
             ,
             who
             in
             old
             time
             with
             
               Cornwall
            
             and
             
               Denshire
            
             together
             challenged
             by
             reason
             of
             their
             manhood
             ,
             and
             martial
             prowesse
             the
             prerogative
             of
             the
             
               English
            
             Army
             ,
             of
             that
             Regiment
             which
             should
             second
             the
             main
             Battel
             ;
             so
             it
             is
             exceeding
             fertile
             ,
             and
             plentifull
             of
             all
             things
             ;
             yea
             ,
             and
             for
             the
             variety
             thereof
             passing
             pleasant
             and
             delightsome
             .
          
           
             
               Wansdike
            
             a
             Dike
             of
             wonderfull
             work
             ,
             cast
             up
             for
             many
             miles
             together
             .
          
           
             The
             
               Saxons
            
             made
             it
             as
             a
             limit
             to
             divide
             the
             two
             Kingdom
             of
             the
             
               Mercians
            
             
             and
             
               West-Saxons
            
             asunder
             :
             For
             this
             was
             the
             very
             place
             of
             Battel
             between
             them
             ,
             while
             each
             strove
             one
             with
             another
             ,
             to
             enlarge
             his
             Dominions
             .
          
           
             
               Greeklade
               ,
            
             so
             called
             of
             Greek
             Philosophers
             ,
             as
             some
             are
             ready
             to
             believe
             ;
             who
             (
             as
             the
             History
             of
             
               Oxford
            
             reporteth
             )
             began
             there
             an
             University
             ,
             which
             afterwards
             was
             translated
             to
             
               Oxford
               .
            
          
           
             
               Camdens
               Britan.
               
            
             
          
           
             This
             (
             though
             
               Leland
            
             dislikes
             )
             other
             learned
             men
             approve
             .
          
           
             See
             M.
             
               Seldens
            
             Illustrat
             .
             of
             
               Draytons
               Polyolb
               .
            
          
           
             
               High-worth
            
             highly
             seated
             ,
             and
             well
             known
             .
          
           
             
               Wood-Town
            
             or
             
               Wotton-Basset
               .
            
             It
             hath
             his
             primitive
             name
             from
             
               Wood
               ,
            
             the
             addition
             proves
             ,
             that
             it
             belonged
             to
             the
             noble
             House
             of
             the
             
               Bassets
               .
            
          
           
             
               Malmesbury
               ,
            
             a
             very
             neat
             Town
             ,
             and
             hath
             a
             great
             name
             for
             cloathing
             .
          
           
             See
             
               Monasticon
               Anglicanum
               ,
            
             p.
             49.
             of
             the
             Monastery
             here
             .
          
           
             
               Maidulphi
               Urbs
               ,
            
             that
             is
             ,
             
               Maidulphs
            
             City
             ,
             and
             afterwards
             short
             
               Malmesbury
               .
               Aldelme
            
             the
             chief
             of
             
               Maidulphs
            
             Disciples
             
             being
             elected
             ,
             his
             Successour
             built
             there
             a
             very
             fair
             Monastery
             ,
             and
             was
             himself
             the
             first
             Abbot
             thereof
             .
             He
             was
             canonized
             a
             Saint
             ,
             and
             on
             his
             Festival
             day
             ,
             there
             was
             here
             kept
             a
             great
             Fair
             ,
             at
             which
             usually
             there
             is
             a
             Band
             of
             armed
             men
             ,
             appointed
             to
             keep
             the
             peace
             among
             so
             many
             resorting
             thither
             .
             He
             was
             the
             first
             of
             the
             
               English
            
             Nation
             ,
             who
             wrote
             in
             Latine
             ,
             and
             that
             taught
             
               Englishmen
            
             the
             way
             how
             to
             make
             a
             Latine
             Verse
             .
             
               
                 Primus
                 ego
                 in
                 Patriam
                 mecum
                 ,
                 modò
                 vita
                 supersit
                 ,
              
               
                 Aonio
                 rediens
                 deducam
                 vertice
                 Musas
                 .
              
            
          
           
             This
             Monastery
             among
             other
             famous
             Clerks
             ,
             &
             great
             Scholars
             ,
             brought
             forth
             
               William
            
             surnamed
             thereof
             
               Malmesburiensis
               ,
            
             unto
             whom
             for
             his
             learned
             industry
             ,
             the
             History
             of
             
               England
            
             both
             Civil
             and
             Ecclesiastical
             are
             deeply
             indebted
             .
          
           
             
               Colne
            
             an
             old
             little
             Town
             situate
             upon
             a
             stony
             ground
             ,
             having
             in
             it
             a
             fair
             Church
             to
             commend
             it
             .
          
           
             
               Chippenham
               ,
            
             of
             note
             at
             this
             day
             for
             
             the
             Market
             there
             kept
             .
             There
             is
             now
             
             nothing
             worth
             the
             sight
             but
             the
             Church
             ,
             built
             by
             the
             Barons
             
               Hungerford
               ,
            
             as
             appeareth
             every where
             by
             their
             Coats
             of
             Armes
             set
             up
             thereon
             .
          
           
             
               Cosham
            
             a
             little
             Village
             .
          
           
             
               Castle-Comb
            
             an
             old
             Castle
             .
          
           
             
               Leckham
            
             the
             possession
             of
             the
             noble
             Family
             of
             the
             
               Bainards
               .
            
          
           
             
               Lacock
            
             a
             Monastery
             .
          
           
             The
             Castle
             
               De
               Vies
               ,
            
             the
             
               Devizes
               ,
            
             built
             by
             
               Roger
            
             Bishop
             of
             
               Salisbury
               .
            
             He
             built
             also
             the
             Castle
             of
             
               Malmesbury
            
             and
             
               Shireburn
               .
            
          
           
             
               Trubridge
               ,
            
             that
             is
             ,
             a
             sure
             and
             trusty
             Bridge
             in
             great
             name
             and
             prosperity
             by
             reason
             of
             cloathing
             ,
             and
             sheweth
             the
             remains
             of
             a
             Castle
             .
          
           
             
               Bradford
               ,
            
             so
             named
             of
             a
             broad
             Ford
             .
          
           
             
               Long-Leat
               ,
            
             the
             dwelling
             place
             of
             the
             
               Thins
               ,
            
             a
             very
             fair
             ,
             neat
             and
             elegant
             house
             in
             a
             foul
             soil
             .
          
           
             
               Maiden-Bradley
               .
            
             A
             Maiden
             infected
             with
             the
             Leprosie
             ,
             founded
             an
             house
             here
             for
             Maidens
             that
             were
             Lepers
             .
          
           
             
               Stourton
            
             the
             seat
             of
             the
             Lords
             
               Stourton
               ,
            
             so
             called
             of
             the
             River
             
               Stour
               .
            
          
           
           
             
               Werminster
            
             exceeding
             much
             frequented
             for
             a
             round
             Corn-Market
             .
          
           
             
               Sarisbury-Plains
               ,
            
             they
             are
             but
             rarely
             inhabited
             ,
             and
             had
             in
             late
             time
             a
             bad
             name
             ,
             for
             robberies
             there
             committed
             .
          
           
             
               Heitesbury
            
             an
             ancient
             Mansion
             place
             of
             the
             Family
             of
             
               Hungerford
               .
            
          
           
             
               Yanesbury-Castle
            
             a
             very
             large
             warlike
             Fence
             or
             Hold
             ,
             fortified
             with
             a
             deep
             and
             double
             Ditch
             .
          
           
             
               Wardour
            
             a
             proper
             fine
             Castle
             .
          
           
             
               Hindon
               ,
            
             a
             quick
             Market
             .
          
           
             
               Wilton
               ,
            
             so
             called
             from
             the
             River
             
               Willey
               ,
            
             a
             place
             well
             watered
             ,
             and
             sometime
             the
             head
             Town
             of
             the
             whole
             Shire
             ,
             which
             thereof
             took
             the
             name
             .
             It
             is
             now
             a
             small
             Village
             ,
             having
             a
             Maior
             for
             the
             head
             Magistrate
             ,
             and
             in
             it
             a
             fine
             House
             of
             the
             Earls
             of
             
               Pembroke
               .
            
          
           
             
               Salisbury
               .
            
             There
             is
             a
             stately
             and
             
             beautifull
             Minster
             ,
             which
             with
             an
             exceeding
             high
             spired
             Steeple
             ,
             and
             double
             
             crosse-Isles
             on
             both
             sides
             .
             The
             Windows
             in
             the
             Church
             ,
             as
             they
             reckon
             them
             ,
             answer
             just
             in
             number
             to
             the
             dayes
             ,
             the
             Pillars
             great
             and
             small
             ,
             to
             the
             hours
             of
             a
             full
             yeer
             ,
             and
             the
             gates
             to
             the
             twelve
             Moneths
             .
             
               
                 Mira
                 Canam
                 ,
                 Soles
                 quot
                 continet
                 annus
                 ,
                 in
                 unâ
              
               
                 Tam
                 numerosa
                 ,
                 ferunt
                 ,
                 aede
                 ,
                 fenestra
                 micat
                 .
              
               
                 Marmoreasque
                 capit
                 fusas
                 tot
                 ab
                 arte
                 columnas
                 ,
              
               
                 Comprensas
                 horas
                 quot
                 vagus
                 annus
                 habet
                 .
              
               
                 Totque
                 patent
                 portae
                 ,
                 quot
                 mensibus
                 annus
                 abundat
                 ,
              
               
                 Res
                 mira
                 ,
                 at
                 verâres
                 celebrata
                 fide
                 .
              
               
                 Daniel
                 Rogers
                 .
              
            
          
           
             It
             hath
             a
             Cloister
             for
             largenesse
             and
             fine
             workmanship
             inferiour
             to
             none
             :
             whereunto
             joyneth
             the
             Bishops
             Palace
             ,
             a
             very
             fair
             and
             goodly
             house
             :
             and
             on
             the
             other
             side
             a
             high
             bell
             Tower
             ,
             and
             passing
             strong
             withall
             ,
             standing
             by
             it self
             apart
             from
             the
             Minster
             ,
             every
             street
             is
             watered
             .
          
           
             It
             is
             the
             second
             City
             in
             all
             this
             
             Tract
             well
             inhabited
             and
             frequented
             ,
             plentifull
             of
             all
             things
             ,
             especially
             of
             Fish
             ,
             adorned
             with
             a
             very
             stately
             Market
             place
             ,
             wherein
             standeth
             their
             common
             Hall
             of
             Timber
             work
             ,
             a
             very
             beautifull
             Edifice
             .
             It
             boasteth
             chiefly
             of
             
               John
            
             
             
               Jewel
            
             long
             since
             Bishop
             there
             ,
             a
             wonderfull
             great
             and
             deep
             Divine
             ,
             a
             most
             stout
             and
             earnest
             maintainer
             of
             our
             Reformed
             Religion
             against
             the
             Adversaries
             by
             his
             learned
             Books
             .
          
           
             
               Clarindon
            
             a
             very
             large
             and
             goodly
             Park
             very
             fit
             for
             the
             keeping
             and
             feeding
             of
             wild
             beasts
             .
          
           
             About
             six
             miles
             from
             
               Salisbury
            
             in
             
             the
             Plains
             before
             named
             ,
             is
             to
             be
             seen
             a
             huge
             and
             monstrous
             peece
             of
             work
             
               Stone-henge
               .
            
             Within
             the
             circuit
             of
             a
             Ditch
             ,
             there
             are
             erected
             in
             manner
             of
             a
             Crown
             ,
             in
             three
             ranks
             or
             courses
             one
             within
             another
             certain
             mighty
             and
             unwrought
             Stones
             ,
             whereof
             some
             are
             eight
             and
             twenty
             foot
             high
             ,
             and
             seven
             foot
             broad
             ;
             upon
             the
             heads
             of
             which
             ,
             others
             like
             overthwart
             peeces
             do
             bear
             and
             rest
             crosse-wise
             ,
             with
             small
             tenents
             and
             mortesis
             ,
             so
             as
             the
             whole
             frame
             seemeth
             to
             hang
             .
          
           
           
             
               Everly-Warren
               ,
            
             a
             Warren
             of
             Hares
             .
             
          
           
             
               Savernac-Forest
            
             of
             great
             name
             for
             plenty
             of
             good
             game
             ,
             and
             for
             a
             kind
             of
             
               Ferne
            
             there
             ,
             that
             yeeldeth
             a
             most
             pleasing
             savour
             .
             In
             remembrance
             whereof
             ,
             their
             Hunters-horn
             of
             a
             mighty
             bignesse
             ,
             and
             tipt
             with
             silver
             ,
             the
             Earl
             of
             
               Hertford
            
             keepeth
             unto
             this
             day
             ,
             as
             a
             Monument
             of
             his
             Progenitors
             .
          
           
             
               Atibury
            
             an
             uplandish
             Village
             .
          
           
             
               Rockley
            
             a
             little
             Village
             .
          
           
             
               Kenet
               .
            
          
           
             
               Marleborow
               .
            
             It
             was
             most
             famous
             by
             
             reason
             of
             a
             Parliament
             there
             holden
             ,
             wherein
             by
             a
             general
             consent
             of
             the
             States
             of
             the
             Kingdome
             there
             assembled
             ,
             a
             Law
             passed
             for
             the
             appeasing
             of
             all
             Tumults
             ,
             commonly
             called
             ,
             
               The
               Statute
               of
               Marleborow
               .
            
          
           
             
               Ramesbury
            
             a
             pretty
             Village
             ,
             which
             hath
             pretty
             Medows
             about
             it
             .
          
           
             
               Littlecot
               ,
            
             a
             place
             worthy
             to
             be
             remembred
             ,
             because
             of
             the
             late
             Lord
             thereof
             Sir
             
               John
               Popham
               ,
            
             who
             being
             the
             chief
             Judge
             in
             the
             Kings-Bench
             ,
             executed
             Justice
             against
             malefactours
             to
             his
             high
             praise
             and
             commendation
             .
          
           
           
             This
             County
             containeth
             in
             it
             three
             hundred
             and
             four
             Parishes
             .
          
        
         
           
             Worcestershire
             .
          
           
             SO
             called
             of
             the
             principal
             Town
             in
             it
             .
             
          
           
             Here
             are
             many
             Salt-pits
             ,
             which
             the
             old
             
               Englishmen
            
             in
             their
             Language
             named
             
               Wiches
               .
            
          
           
             
               Warwickshire
            
             confineth
             on
             the
             East
             of
             this
             County
             ,
             
               Glocestershire
            
             on
             the
             South
             ,
             it
             is
             bounded
             Westward
             with
             
               Herefordshire
            
             and
             
               Shropshire
               ;
            
             North-East
             with
             
               Staffordshire
               ;
            
             it
             hath
             so
             temperate
             an
             air
             ,
             and
             so
             favourable
             soil
             ,
             that
             for
             healthfulnesse
             and
             plenty
             ,
             it
             is
             not
             inferiour
             to
             the
             neighbour
             Countreys
             ,
             and
             in
             one
             part
             for
             dainty
             Cheese
             surpasseth
             them
             .
             It
             yeeldeth
             store
             of
             Pears
             ,
             of
             which
             they
             make
             a
             bastard
             kind
             of
             Wine
             called
             
               Pyrry
               ,
            
             which
             they
             drink
             very
             much
             ,
             although
             it
             be
             (
             as
             other
             drinks
             of
             that
             kind
             )
             both
             cold
             and
             full
             of
             wind
             .
          
           
           
             In
             every
             place
             there
             are
             sweet
             Rivers
             ,
             which
             afford
             a
             great
             abundance
             of
             the
             most
             delicate
             kind
             of
             fishes
             .
          
           
             
               Severn
            
             that
             noble
             and
             renowned
             River
             carrieth
             his
             stream
             along
             ,
             through
             the
             midst
             of
             the
             Shire
             from
             North
             to
             South
             ;
             and
             
               Avon
            
             that
             cometh
             down
             out
             of
             
               Warwickshire
            
             to
             meet
             with
             
               Severn
               ,
            
             watereth
             the
             South-part
             thereof
             .
          
           
             
               Beawdly
               ,
            
             worthily
             so
             called
             for
             the
             beautifull
             site
             thereof
             ,
             standeth
             most
             pleasantly
             upon
             the
             hanging
             of
             an
             Hill
             ,
             and
             hovereth
             over
             the
             River
             on
             the
             West-side
             :
             on
             late
             dayes
             well
             known
             for
             the
             admirable
             talnesse
             of
             Trees
             growing
             in
             the
             Forest
             of
             
               Wyre
            
             adjoyning
             ,
             which
             now
             in
             manner
             be
             all
             gone
             .
             
               
                 Delicium
                 rerum
                 Bellus
                 Locus
                 ,
                 undique
                 floret
              
               
                 Fronde
                 Coronatus
                 Virianae
                 tempore
                 Sylvae
                 ,
              
            
          
           
             
               Kidderminster
            
             a
             fair
             Town
             ,
             and
             hath
             a
             great
             Mercat
             of
             all
             Commodities
             ,
             well
             frequented
             ,
             parted
             in
             twain
             by
             
             little
             River
             
               Stowre
            
             that
             runneth
             thorow
             it
             .
             There
             is
             a
             very
             beautifull
             Church
             .
          
           
             
               Hertlebury-Castle
               .
            
          
           
             
               Holt-Castle
               ,
            
             so
             called
             of
             a
             very
             thick
             wood
             there
             .
          
           
             
               Frankeley
            
             the
             Family
             of
             the
             
               Littletons
               ,
            
             planted
             by
             
               John
               Littleton
               ,
            
             aliàs
             
               Westcote
            
             the
             famous
             Lawyer
             ,
             Justice
             in
             the
             Kings-Bench
             in
             the
             time
             of
             King
             
               Edward
            
             the
             Fourth
             ,
             to
             whose
             Treatise
             of
             Tenures
             the
             Students
             of
             our
             Common-Law
             are
             no
             lesse
             beholden
             ,
             then
             the
             Civilians
             to
             
               Justinians
            
             Institutes
             .
          
           
             
               Bromesgrove
            
             a
             Mercat
             Town
             .
          
           
             
               Grafton
               .
            
          
           
             
               Droitwich
               ,
            
             some
             term
             it
             
               Durtwich
               ,
            
             
             of
             the
             Salt-pits
             ,
             and
             the
             wettish
             ground
             on
             which
             it
             standeth
             ,
             where
             three
             fountains
             yeelding
             plenty
             of
             water
             to
             make
             salt
             of
             ,
             divided
             asunder
             by
             a
             little
             Brook
             of
             fresh
             water
             passing
             between
             ,
             by
             a
             
             peculiar
             gift
             of
             nature
             spring
             out
             :
             out
             of
             which
             most
             pure
             white
             Salt
             is
             boiled
             for
             six
             Moneths
             every
             year
             ,
             
               viz.
            
             from
             Mid-sommer
             to
             mid-winter
             ,
             in
             many
             set
             furnaces
             round
             about
             .
          
           
             
               Richard
               De
               la
               Wich
            
             Bishop
             of
             
               Chichester
            
             was
             here
             born
             ,
             whom
             Pope
             
               Urban
            
             the
             fourth
             canonized
             for
             a
             Saint
             .
          
           
             
               Fekenham-Forest
               .
            
          
           
             
               Worcester
            
             the
             principal
             City
             of
             this
             
             Shire
             ,
             an
             ancient
             and
             beautifull
             place
             .
             It
             standeth
             in
             a
             place
             rising
             somewhat
             with
             a
             gentle
             ascent
             ,
             by
             the
             Rivers-side
             that
             hath
             a
             fair
             Bridge
             with
             a
             Tower
             over
             it
             ,
             it
             is
             well
             and
             strongly
             walled
             .
             There
             are
             fair
             and
             neat
             Houses
             ,
             many
             Churches
             .
             It
             is
             a
             Bishops
             See
             .
             The
             Cathedral
             Church
             is
             a
             passing
             fair
             and
             stately
             building
             ,
             adorned
             with
             the
             Monuments
             and
             Tombs
             of
             King
             
               John
               ,
               Arthur
            
             Prince
             of
             
               Wales
               ,
            
             and
             divers
             of
             the
             
               Beauchamps
               .
            
          
           
             
               Powick
               ,
            
             famous
             for
             Cherries
             .
          
           
             
               Hanley-Castle
               .
            
          
           
             
               Upton
            
             a
             Mercate
             Towne
             of
             great
             name
             .
          
           
             
               Malvern-Hills
               ,
            
             great
             and
             high
             Mountains
             ,
             which
             for
             the
             space
             of
             seven
             
             miles
             ,
             or
             thereabout
             ,
             do
             (
             as
             it
             were
             )
             by
             degrees
             rise
             higher
             and
             higher
             ,
             dividing
             this
             Shire
             from
             the
             County
             of
             
               Hereford
               .
            
          
           
             
               Bredon-Hills
            
             farre
             lesse
             .
          
           
             
               Elmesley-Castle
               .
            
          
           
             
               Washborn
            
             a
             Village
             ,
             whence
             came
             the
             surname
             to
             a
             very
             ancient
             and
             worshipfull
             Family
             in
             this
             Tract
             .
          
           
             
               Eovesham
               ,
            
             so
             called
             ,
             as
             the
             Monks
             write
             ,
             of
             one
             
               Eoves
               ,
            
             Swinherd
             to
             
               Egwin
            
             Bishop
             of
             
               Worcester
               .
            
             A
             very
             proper
             Town
             situate
             upon
             an
             Hill
             arising
             from
             the
             River
             .
             A
             Town
             well
             known
             for
             the
             Vale
             under
             it
             ,
             named
             thereof
             ,
             
               The
               Vale
               of
               Evesham
               ,
            
             which
             for
             plentifull
             fertility
             hath
             well
             deserved
             to
             be
             called
             the
             Granary
             of
             all
             these
             Countreys
             ;
             so
             good
             and
             plentifull
             is
             the
             ground
             in
             yeelding
             the
             best
             Corn
             abundantly
             .
          
           
             
               Charlton
               ,
            
             now
             the
             seat
             of
             the
             
               Dingleyes
               .
            
          
           
             
               Oswaldslow-Hundred
               ,
            
             so
             called
             of
             
               Oswald
            
             Bishop
             of
             
               Worcester
               ,
            
             who
             obtained
             it
             for
             himself
             of
             King
             
               Edgar
               .
            
          
           
             
               Augustines-Oke
               ,
            
             at
             which
             
               Augustine
            
             
             the
             Apostle
             of
             the
             
               Englishmen
               ,
            
             and
             the
             Bishops
             of
             
               Britain
            
             met
             ,
             and
             after
             they
             had
             disputed
             and
             debated
             the
             matter
             hotly
             for
             a
             good
             while
             touching
             the
             Celebration
             of
             
               Easter
               ,
            
             preaching
             Gods
             Word
             also
             to
             the
             
               English
            
             Nation
             ,
             and
             of
             administring
             Baptisme
             according
             to
             the
             Rites
             of
             the
             
               Roman
            
             Church
             ;
             in
             the
             end
             ,
             when
             they
             could
             not
             agree
             they
             departed
             on
             both
             sides
             with
             discontented
             minds
             ,
             upon
             their
             dissenting
             opinions
             .
          
           
             There
             are
             in
             this
             Shire
             an
             hundred
             fifty
             and
             two
             Parishes
             .
          
        
         
           
             Yorkshire
             .
          
           
             THe
             County
             of
             
               York
               ,
            
             the
             greatest
             
             Shire
             by
             farre
             of
             all
             
               England
               ,
            
             is
             thought
             to
             be
             in
             a
             temperate
             measure
             fruitfull
             .
             If
             in
             one
             place
             there
             be
             stony
             and
             sandy
             barren
             ground
             ,
             in
             another
             place
             there
             are
             for
             it
             Corn-fields
             ,
             as
             rich
             and
             fruitfull
             ;
             if
             it
             be
             void
             and
             destitute
             of
             woods
             here
             ,
             you
             shall
             find
             
             it
             shadowed
             there
             with
             most
             thick
             Forests
             :
             So
             providently
             useth
             nature
             such
             a
             temperature
             ,
             that
             the
             whole
             Countrey
             may
             seem
             by
             reason
             also
             of
             that
             variety
             more
             gracefull
             and
             delectable
             .
          
           
             It
             is
             farre
             greater
             and
             more
             numerous
             in
             the
             circuit
             of
             her
             miles
             ,
             then
             any
             Shire
             of
             
               England
               .
            
             The
             length
             extended
             from
             
               Hart-Hill
            
             in
             the
             South
             to
             the
             mouth
             of
             
               Tees
            
             in
             the
             North
             is
             neer
             unto
             seventy
             miles
             ;
             the
             breadth
             from
             
               Flambrough-head
            
             to
             
               Horn-Castle
            
             upon
             the
             River
             
               Lun
            
             is
             eighty
             ,
             the
             whole
             circumference
             three
             hundred
             and
             eight
             miles
             .
             
               Speed
               .
            
          
           
             
               Helmsley
            
             a
             Mannor
             in
             
               Yorkshire
            
             hath
             two
             Parks
             and
             a
             Chase
             in
             it
             ,
             it
             is
             said
             to
             be
             about
             an
             hundred
             fourty
             six
             miles
             compasse
             ,
             it
             had
             fourty
             thousand
             timber
             Trees
             ,
             and
             two
             hundred
             Acres
             of
             wood
             .
             There
             are
             many
             Free-holders
             there
             .
          
           
             It
             is
             famous
             for
             Wool
             ,
             Grasing
             ,
             Corn
             ,
             Rivers
             and
             Fountains
             .
             There
             are
             the
             
               Gips
            
             upon
             
               Yorkshire
               Woolds
               ,
            
             which
             in
             the
             drought
             of
             Summer
             ,
             when
             all
             other
             Springs
             seem
             to
             be
             
             dried
             up
             ,
             burst
             out
             and
             rise
             up
             five
             or
             six
             yards
             plum
             height
             ,
             and
             so
             fall
             down
             into
             the
             Dales
             ,
             and
             make
             a
             little
             River
             ,
             by
             which
             the
             Towns
             neer
             thereto
             refresh
             their
             Cattel
             ,
             when
             the
             Valley
             springs
             fail
             .
          
           
             On
             the
             North-side
             it
             hath
             the
             Bishoprick
             of
             
               Durham
               ,
            
             which
             the
             River
             
               Tees
            
             with
             a
             continued
             course
             separateth
             from
             it
             :
             On
             the
             East-side
             the
             
               Germane
            
             Sea
             lieth
             sore
             upon
             it
             :
             and
             the
             South-side
             is
             enclosed
             first
             with
             
               Cheshire
            
             and
             
               Darbyshire
               ;
            
             then
             with
             
               Nottinghamshire
               ,
            
             and
             after
             with
             
               Lincolnshire
               ,
            
             where
             that
             famous
             arm
             of
             the
             Sea
             
               Humber
            
             floweth
             between
             ,
             into
             which
             all
             the
             Rivers
             well
             neer
             that
             water
             this
             Shire
             empty
             themselves
             (
             as
             it
             were
             )
             into
             their
             common
             receptacle
             .
          
           
             The
             whole
             Shire
             is
             divided
             into
             three
             parts
             :
             which
             according
             to
             the
             three
             Quarters
             of
             the
             world
             are
             called
             ,
             
               The
               West-Riding
               ,
               The
               East-Riding
               ,
               The
               North-Riding
               .
               West-Riding
               ,
            
             for
             a
             good
             while
             is
             compassed
             in
             with
             the
             River
             
               Ouse
               ,
            
             with
             the
             bound
             of
             
               Lancashire
               ,
            
             and
             with
             the
             South
             limits
             of
             the
             Shire
             ,
             and
             beareth
             toward
             the
             
             West
             and
             South
             .
             
               East-Riding
               ,
            
             looketh
             to
             the
             Sunne-rising
             ,
             and
             the
             Ocean
             ,
             which
             together
             with
             the
             River
             
               Derwent
            
             encloseth
             it
             .
             
               North-Riding
            
             reacheth
             Northward
             ,
             hemmed
             in
             (
             as
             it
             were
             )
             with
             the
             River
             
               Tees
            
             with
             
               Derwent
            
             and
             a
             long
             race
             of
             the
             River
             
               Ouse
               .
            
          
           
             
               West-Riding
               .
            
             
               
                 Sheafield
              
               a
               Town
               of
               great
               name
               for
               the
               Smiths
               therein
               ,
               fortified
               also
               with
               a
               strong
               and
               ancient
               Castle
               .
            
             
               
                 Rotheram
              
               glorieth
               in
               
                 Thomas
                 Rotheram
              
               sometimes
               Archbishop
               of
               
                 York
                 ,
              
               a
               wise
               man
               ,
               bearing
               the
               name
               of
               the
               Town
               ,
               being
               born
               therein
               ,
               and
               a
               singular
               Benefactor
               thereunto
               .
            
             
               
                 Connisborrow
              
               an
               ancient
               Castle
               seated
               upon
               a
               Rock
               .
            
             
               
                 Dan-Castre
                 .
              
               There
               is
               the
               fair
               Church
               
               of
               S.
               
                 Georges
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Tickhill
              
               an
               old
               Town
               ,
               fenced
               with
               as
               old
               a
               Castle
               ,
               large
               enough
               ,
               but
               having
               only
               a
               single
               Wall
               about
               it
               .
            
             
               
                 Hatfiele-Chace
                 ,
              
               a
               great
               game
               and
               hunting
               of
               red
               Deer
               .
            
             
             
               
                 Halifax
              
               a
               most
               famous
               Town
               .
               
            
             
               This
               place
               is
               become
               famous
               as
               well
               among
               the
               multitude
               by
               reason
               of
               the
               Law
               there
               ,
               whereby
               they
               beheaded
               straitwayes
               whosoever
               are
               taken
               stealing
               :
               as
               also
               amongst
               the
               learned
               :
               for
               they
               report
               that
               
                 Johannes
                 de
                 Sacro
                 Bosco
              
               the
               Authour
               of
               the
               Sphere
               ,
               was
               here
               born
               :
               yet
               more
               famous
               it
               is
               ,
               for
               the
               greatnesse
               of
               the
               Parish
               ,
               which
               reckoneth
               eleven
               Chappels
               ;
               whereof
               two
               are
               Parish-Chappels
               ,
               and
               to
               the
               number
               of
               twelve
               thousand
               people
               therein
               .
            
             
               
                 Halifax
              
               Nuts
               are
               spoken
               of
               proverbially
               ,
               
                 All
                 shels
                 and
                 no
                 kernels
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Dewsborough
              
               seated
               under
               an
               high
               Hill
               .
            
             
               
                 Wakefield
              
               a
               Town
               famous
               for
               Cloathing
               ,
               for
               greatnesse
               ,
               for
               fair
               building
               ,
               a
               well
               frequented
               Mercat
               ,
               and
               a
               Bridge
               ,
               upon
               which
               King
               
                 Edward
              
               the
               Fourth
               erected
               a
               beautifull
               Chappel
               ,
               in
               memorial
               of
               those
               that
               lost
               their
               lives
               there
               in
               battel
               .
            
             
               
                 Sandall-Castle
                 .
              
            
             
               The
               Tract
               lying
               here
               round
               about
               for
               a
               great
               way
               together
               ,
               is
               called
               the
               
               Seigniory
               or
               Lordship
               of
               
                 Wakefield
                 ,
              
               and
               hath
               alwayes
               for
               the
               Steward
               one
               of
               the
               better
               sort
               of
               Gentlemen
               dwelling
               thereby
               .
            
             
               
                 Medley
                 ,
              
               so
               called
               for
               the
               situation
               (
               as
               it
               were
               )
               in
               the
               midst
               between
               two
               Rivers
               .
            
             
               
                 Skipton
                 ,
              
               it
               lieth
               hidden
               and
               enclosed
               among
               steep
               Hils
               ,
               as
               
                 Latium
              
               in
               
                 Italy
                 ,
              
               which
               
                 Varro
              
               supposeth
               to
               have
               been
               so
               called
               ,
               because
               it
               lieth
               close
               under
               
                 Appenine
              
               and
               the
               
                 Alps.
                 
              
            
             
               The
               Town
               (
               for
               the
               manner
               of
               their
               building
               among
               these
               Hils
               )
               is
               fair
               enough
               ,
               and
               hath
               a
               very
               proper
               and
               strong
               Castle
               .
            
             
               
                 Leeds
              
               a
               rich
               Town
               by
               reason
               of
               Cloathing
               .
            
             
               
                 Winwidfield
                 ,
              
               a
               name
               given
               it
               from
               a
               victory
               .
            
             
               
                 Pontfret
                 ,
              
               the
               
                 Normans
              
               of
               a
               broken
               
               Bridge
               ,
               named
               it
               in
               
                 French
                 Pontfract
                 .
              
               It
               is
               seated
               in
               a
               very
               pleasant
               place
               ,
               which
               bringeth
               forth
               Liquorice
               and
               Skirworts
               in
               great
               plenty
               ,
               adorned
               also
               with
               fair
               buildings
               ,
               and
               hath
               to
               shew
               a
               stately
               Castle
               ,
               as
               a
               man
               shall
               see
               ,
               situate
               upon
               a
               Rock
               ,
               no
               lesse
               
               goodly
               to
               the
               eye
               ,
               then
               safe
               for
               the
               defence
               ,
               well
               fortified
               with
               Ditches
               and
               Bulwarks
               .
            
             
               
                 Shirburn
              
               a
               little
               Town
               ,
               but
               well
               inhabited
               .
            
             
               
                 Aberford
              
               a
               little
               Village
               ,
               famous
               only
               for
               making
               of
               Pins
               ,
               which
               by
               womens
               judgment
               are
               especially
               commended
               as
               the
               best
               .
            
             
               
                 Hesselwood
              
               the
               principal
               seat
               of
               that
               worthy
               and
               right
               ancient
               Family
               of
               the
               
                 Vavasours
                 ,
              
               who
               by
               their
               Office
               (
               for
               the
               Kings
               Valvasors
               in
               times
               past
               they
               were
               )
               took
               to
               them
               this
               name
               .
            
             
               
                 Peters-post
              
               a
               famous
               quarry
               of
               stone
               ,
               so
               called
               ,
               because
               with
               the
               stones
               hewed
               out
               of
               it
               ,
               by
               the
               liberal
               Grant
               of
               the
               
                 Vavasors
                 ,
              
               that
               stately
               and
               sumptuous
               Church
               of
               S.
               
                 Peters
              
               at
               
                 York
              
               was
               re-edified
               .
            
             
               
                 Harewood-Castle
              
               of
               good
               strength
               .
            
             
               
                 Wetherby
              
               a
               Mercat
               Town
               of
               good
               note
               .
            
             
               
                 Tadcaster
                 ,
              
               it
               is
               situate
               upon
               a
               Port
               high-way
               .
            
             
               
                 Rippley
              
               a
               Mercat
               Town
               .
            
             
               
                 Knasborrow-Castle
                 ,
              
               situate
               upon
               a
               mostragged
               and
               rough
               Rock
               ,
               whence
               
               also
               it
               hath
               the
               name
               .
               There
               is
               a
               Well
               under
               it
               which
               turns
               wood
               into
               stone
               ,
               within
               two
               miles
               of
               it
               is
               the
               
                 Spaw
                 ,
              
               which
               makes
               women
               conceive
               that
               were
               barren
               before
               ,
               and
               cures
               many
               diseases
               .
            
             
               Within
               three
               miles
               of
               
                 Knarsborough
              
               are
               the
               stinking
               Wells
               ,
               which
               come
               out
               of
               a
               mineral
               of
               Brimstone
               ,
               and
               do
               many
               cures
               ,
               especially
               for
               Worms
               ,
               the
               Scurvy
               and
               Itch.
               
            
             
               
                 Rippon
                 .
              
               There
               is
               a
               very
               fair
               Church
               ,
               which
               with
               three
               high
               Spire-steeples
               doth
               welcome
               those
               that
               come
               to
               the
               Town
               .
            
             
               
                 Burrow-Bridge
              
               a
               little
               Town
               ,
               so
               called
               of
               the
               Bridge
               that
               is
               made
               over
               the
               River
               .
            
             
               
                 Pyramides
                 ,
              
               four
               huge
               stones
               of
               pyramidal
               form
               in
               three
               divers
               little
               fields
               ,
               they
               were
               monuments
               of
               victory
               erected
               by
               the
               
                 Romans
                 ,
              
               hard
               by
               the
               high
               street
               that
               went
               this
               way
               .
            
             
               
                 *
              
               
                 York
                 .
              
               This
               is
               the
               second
               City
               of
               
                 England
                 ,
              
               the
               fairest
               in
               all
               this
               Countrey
               ,
               and
               a
               singular
               safeguard
               and
               ornament
               both
               ,
               to
               all
               the
               North
               parts
               .
               A
               pleasant
               place
               ;
               large
               and
               stately
               ,
               well
               
               fortified
               ,
               beautifully
               adorned
               as
               well
               with
               private
               as
               publick
               buildings
               ,
               rich
               ,
               populous
               ;
               and
               it
               hath
               an
               Archiepiscopal
               See
               .
            
             
               
                 Ure
                 ,
              
               which
               now
               is
               called
               
                 Ouse
                 ,
              
               flowing
               with
               a
               gentle
               stream
               from
               the
               North
               part
               Southward
               cutteth
               it
               in
               twain
               ,
               and
               divideth
               it
               (
               as
               it
               were
               )
               into
               two
               Cities
               ,
               which
               are
               conjoyned
               with
               a
               stone
               Bridge
               ,
               having
               one
               mighty
               Arch.
               
            
             
               The
               West
               part
               ,
               nothing
               so
               populous
               ,
               is
               compassed
               in
               with
               a
               very
               fair
               Wall
               ,
               and
               the
               River
               together
               ,
               four
               squarewise
               ,
               and
               giveth
               entrance
               to
               those
               that
               come
               thither
               at
               one
               only
               Gate
               ,
               named
               
                 Mikel-Barre
                 ,
                 The
                 great
                 Gate
                 .
              
               From
               which
               a
               long
               Street
               ,
               and
               a
               broad
               ,
               reacheth
               to
               the
               very
               Bridge
               ,
               and
               the
               same
               Street
               beset
               with
               proper
               Houses
               ,
               having
               Gardens
               and
               Orchards
               planted
               on
               the
               back-side
               on
               either
               hand
               ,
               and
               behind
               them
               fields
               even
               hard
               to
               the
               Walls
               ,
               for
               exercise
               and
               disports
               .
            
             
               The
               East-side
               ,
               wherein
               the
               Houses
               stand
               very
               thick
               ,
               and
               the
               Streets
               be
               narrower
               ,
               in
               form
               resembleth
               (
               as
               it
               
               were
               )
               a
               lentill
               ,
               and
               is
               fortified
               also
               with
               very
               strong
               Walls
               ;
               and
               on
               the
               South-East
               defended
               with
               the
               deep
               chanel
               of
               
                 Fosse
                 ▪
              
               a
               muddy
               River
               ;
               which
               entring
               into
               the
               heart
               of
               the
               City
               by
               a
               blind
               way
               ,
               hath
               a
               Bridge
               over
               it
               ,
               with
               houses
               standing
               upon
               it
               ,
               so
               close
               ranged
               one
               by
               another
               ,
               that
               any
               man
               would
               judge
               it
               ,
               to
               be
               not
               a
               Bridge
               ,
               but
               a
               continued
               Street
               ;
               and
               so
               a
               little
               lower
               runneth
               into
               
                 Ouse
                 .
              
            
             
               There
               is
               a
               Cathedral
               Church
               dedicated
               to
               Saint
               
                 Peter
                 ,
              
               an
               excellent
               fair
               and
               stately
               Fabrick
               ,
               neer
               unto
               which
               there
               is
               the
               Princes
               House
               ,
               commonly
               called
               ,
               
                 The
                 Mannour
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 York
              
               was
               a
               Colony
               of
               the
               
                 Romans
                 ,
              
               as
               appeareth
               both
               by
               the
               authority
               of
               
                 Ptolomee
              
               and
               
                 Antonine
                 ;
              
               and
               also
               by
               a
               peece
               of
               Money
               coined
               by
               the
               Emperour
               
                 Severus
                 ,
              
               in
               the
               reverse
               whereof
               we
               read
               ,
               
                 
                   COL.
                   EBORACUM
                   LEG
                   .
                   VI
                   .
                   VICTRIX
                   .
                
              
            
             
               
                 Severus
              
               had
               his
               Palace
               in
               this
               City
               ,
               and
               here
               at
               the
               hour
               of
               death
               gave
               up
               his
               last
               breath
               ,
               with
               these
               words
               :
               
                 I
                 entered
                 upon
                 a
                 State
                 every
                 way
                 troublesome
                 ,
                 
                 and
                 I
                 leave
                 it
                 peaceable
                 even
                 to
                 the
              
               Britains
               .
            
             
               
                 Valerius
                 Constantius
              
               surnamed
               
                 Chlorus
                 ,
              
               an
               Emperour
               surpassing
               in
               all
               Vertue
               and
               Christian
               Piety
               ,
               ended
               his
               life
               also
               in
               this
               City
               ,
               and
               was
               deified
               .
            
             
               This
               Emperour
               begat
               of
               his
               former
               Wife
               
                 Helena
                 ,
                 Constantine
              
               the
               Great
               ,
               who
               was
               present
               in
               
                 York
              
               at
               his
               Fathers
               last
               gasp
               ,
               and
               forthwith
               proclaimed
               Emperour
               .
            
             
               
                 York
              
               was
               in
               great
               estimation
               in
               those
               dayes
               ,
               since
               the
               
                 Romane
              
               Emperours
               Court
               was
               there
               held
               .
            
             
               Our
               own
               Countrey
               Writers
               record
               ,
               That
               this
               City
               was
               by
               
                 Constantius
              
               adorned
               and
               graced
               with
               an
               Episcopal
               See
               .
               
                 Alcwin
              
               of
               
                 York
              
               Schoolmaster
               to
               
                 Charles
              
               the
               Great
               ,
               first
               Founder
               of
               the
               University
               of
               
                 Paris
                 ,
              
               and
               the
               singular
               honour
               of
               this
               City
               .
            
             
               From
               
                 Paulinus
              
               the
               first
               Archbishop
               ,
               consecrated
               in
               the
               Year
               of
               our
               Redemption
               625.
               there
               have
               sitten
               in
               that
               See
               threescore
               and
               five
               Archbishops
               ,
               unto
               the
               Year
               1606.
               in
               which
               Dr
               
                 Tobie
                 Matthew
              
               a
               most
               Reverend
               Prelate
               ,
               for
               the
               Ornaments
               of
               Vertue
               and
               
               Piety
               ,
               for
               learned
               Eloquence
               ,
               and
               continual
               exercise
               of
               Teaching
               ,
               was
               translated
               hither
               from
               the
               Bishoprick
               of
               
                 Durham
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Cawood
              
               a
               Castle
               .
            
             
               
                 Selby
              
               a
               little
               Town
               ,
               well
               peopled
               ,
               and
               of
               good
               resort
               ;
               where
               King
               
                 Henry
              
               the
               First
               was
               born
               .
            
          
           
             
               East-Riding
               .
            
             
               It
               is
               the
               second
               part
               of
               this
               Region
               ,
               it
               lieth
               Eastward
               from
               
                 York
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Stanford-Bridge
                 ,
              
               of
               the
               Battell
               there
               fought
               ,
               it
               is
               called
               
                 Battle-Bridge
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Wreshill
              
               a
               proper
               and
               strong
               Castle
               .
            
             
               
                 Howden
              
               a
               Mercat
               Town
               ,
               it
               hath
               given
               name
               to
               a
               little
               Territory
               adjoyning
               ,
               called
               of
               it
               
                 Howdenshire
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Metham
                 ,
              
               it
               gave
               both
               surname
               and
               habitation
               also
               to
               the
               ancient
               House
               of
               the
               
                 Methams
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Humber
              
               an
               arm
               of
               the
               Sea
               ,
               whereof
               also
               the
               Countrey
               beyond
               it
               ,
               by
               a
               general
               name
               was
               called
               
                 Northumberland
                 .
              
            
             
               It
               is
               one
               of
               the
               broadest
               arms
               of
               the
               
               Sea
               ,
               and
               best
               stored
               with
               Fish
               in
               all
               
                 Britain
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Wighton
              
               a
               small
               Town
               of
               Husbandry
               well
               inhabited
               .
            
             
               
                 Drifield
              
               a
               Village
               well
               known
               by
               reason
               of
               the
               Tomb
               of
               
                 Alfred
              
               that
               most
               learned
               King
               of
               
                 Northumberland
                 ;
              
               and
               the
               Mounts
               that
               are
               raised
               here
               and
               there
               about
               it
               .
            
             
               
                 Beverley
              
               a
               great
               Town
               ,
               very
               populous
               and
               full
               of
               Trade
               .
            
             
               
                 John
              
               surnamed
               
                 de
                 Beverley
                 ,
              
               Archbishop
               of
               
                 York
                 ,
              
               a
               man
               both
               godly
               and
               learned
               ,
               after
               he
               had
               given
               over
               his
               Bishoprick
               ,
               as
               weary
               of
               this
               world
               ,
               came
               hither
               ,
               and
               ended
               his
               life
               in
               contemplation
               ,
               about
               the
               Year
               of
               our
               Redemption
               ,
               721.
               
            
             
               
                 Cottingham
                 ,
              
               a
               Countrey
               Town
               of
               Husbandry
               .
            
             
               
                 Kingston
                 upon
                 Hull
                 ,
              
               but
               commonly
               
               
                 Hull
                 .
              
            
             
               For
               stately
               and
               sumptuous
               Buildings
               ,
               for
               strong
               Block-houses
               ,
               for
               well
               furnished
               Ships
               ,
               for
               store
               of
               Merchants
               ,
               and
               abundance
               of
               all
               things
               ,
               it
               is
               become
               now
               the
               most
               famous
               Town
               of
               Merchandize
               in
               these
               parts
               .
            
             
             
               The
               Town
               is
               a
               County
               incorporate
               by
               it self
               .
            
             
               
                 Headon
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Patrington
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Rosse
                 ,
              
               from
               whence
               the
               honourable
               Family
               of
               the
               Barons
               
                 Rosse
              
               took
               their
               name
               .
            
             
               
                 Kelnsey
              
               a
               little
               Village
               .
            
             
               
                 Constable-Burton
                 ,
              
               so
               called
               of
               the
               
               Lords
               thereof
               .
            
             
               
                 Sureby
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Bridlington
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
               North-Riding
               .
            
             
               This
               carrieth
               a
               very
               long
               Tract
               with
               
               it
               (
               though
               not
               so
               broad
               )
               for
               threescore
               miles
               together
               ,
               even
               as
               far
               as
               to
               
                 Westmorland
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Scarborough-Castle
              
               a
               goodly
               and
               famous
               Castle
               .
            
             
               Within
               it
               there
               is
               
                 Ting-tong-Wells
              
               which
               go
               two
               miles
               under
               the
               earth
               toward
               an
               Hill
               ,
               called
               
                 Weapness
                 ,
              
               in
               which
               passage
               there
               is
               an
               Iron-gate
               ,
               and
               by
               that
               way
               the
               people
               in
               the
               time
               of
               Civil
               Wars
               brought
               in
               their
               Goods
               and
               Cattel
               ,
               and
               so
               supplied
               the
               Castle
               .
            
             
             
               The
               
                 Hollanders
              
               and
               
                 Zelanders
              
               use
               to
               take
               marvellous
               plenty
               of
               Herrings
               upon
               this
               Coast
               ,
               and
               make
               a
               very
               gainfull
               Trade
               thereof
               ,
               having
               anciently
               first
               obtained
               Licence
               by
               an
               ancient
               Custom
               out
               of
               this
               Castle
               .
            
             
               
                 Cliveland
                 ,
              
               it
               taketh
               that
               name
               of
               steep
               Banks
               ,
               which
               we
               call
               Cliffs
               ;
               for
               there
               runne
               all
               along
               the
               side
               thereof
               cliffie
               Hils
               .
            
             
               
                 Sken-grave
              
               a
               little
               Village
               much
               benefited
               by
               taking
               great
               store
               of
               Fish
               .
            
             
               
                 Kilton-Castle
              
               within
               a
               Park
               .
            
             
               
                 Skelton-Castle
              
               appertaining
               to
               the
               ancient
               Family
               of
               the
               Barons
               
                 Brus
                 ,
              
               who
               derive
               their
               Descent
               from
               
                 Robert
                 Brus
              
               the
               
                 Norman
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Wilton-Castle
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Y
                 are
              
               a
               Mercat
               Town
               well
               known
               .
            
             
               
                 Stokesley
              
               a
               little
               Mercat
               Town
               .
            
             
               
                 Gisburgh
              
               a
               small
               Town
               very
               pleasant
               and
               delightfull
               .
            
             
               
                 Ounsbery-Hill
                 ,
              
               or
               
                 Rosebery-Topping
                 ,
              
               it
               mounteth
               up
               a
               mighty
               height
               ,
               and
               maketh
               a
               goodly
               shew
               a
               farre
               off
               ,
               so
               often
               as
               the
               Head
               therof
               hath
               his
               cloudy
               Cap
               on
               ,
               lightly
               there
               followeth
               rain
               :
               whence
               they
               have
               a
               proverbial
               Rhime
               ,
               
               
                 
                   When
                   
                     Rosebery-Topping
                  
                   wears
                   a
                   Cap
                   ,
                
                 
                   Let
                   
                     Cliveland
                  
                   then
                   beware
                   a
                   clap
                   .
                
              
            
             
               
                 Kildale
              
               a
               Castle
               .
            
             
               
                 Pickering
              
               a
               good
               big
               Town
               belonging
               to
               the
               Dutchy
               of
               
                 Lancaster
                 ,
              
               situate
               upon
               an
               Hill
               ,
               and
               fortified
               with
               an
               old
               Castle
               :
               unto
               which
               a
               number
               of
               small
               Villages
               lying
               there
               round
               about
               do
               appertain
               :
               whence
               the
               Countrey
               adjoyning
               is
               commonly
               called
               
                 Pickering-Lith
                 ;
                 The
                 Liberty
                 of
                 Pickering
                 and
                 Forest
                 of
                 Pickering
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Kirkby-Morside
              
               it
               lieth
               hard
               unto
               the
               Hils
               ,
               whereof
               it
               had
               that
               name
               ,
               a
               famous
               Mercat
               Town
               .
            
             
               
                 Rhidal
              
               a
               goodly
               ,
               pleasant
               and
               plentifull
               Vale
               ,
               adorned
               with
               three
               and
               twenty
               Parish
               Churches
               ,
               through
               the
               midst
               whereof
               runneth
               the
               River
               
                 Rhie
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Malton
              
               a
               Mercat
               Town
               well
               known
               and
               frequented
               for
               Corne
               ,
               Horses
               ,
               Fish
               ,
               and
               implements
               of
               Husbandry
               .
            
             
             
               
                 Newborrough
              
               a
               famous
               Abbey
               unto
               which
               we
               are
               indebted
               for
               
                 William
              
               of
               
                 Newborrough
                 ,
              
               a
               learned
               and
               diligent
               Writer
               of
               the
               
                 English
              
               History
               .
            
             
               
                 Gilling-Castle
              
               belongs
               unto
               that
               ancient
               and
               worshipfull
               Family
               ,
               which
               of
               their
               fair
               bush
               of
               Hair
               got
               their
               name
               
                 Fairfax
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 The
                 Forest
                 of
                 Galtres
                 ,
              
               notorious
               for
               a
               solemn
               Horse-running
               ,
               wherein
               the
               Horse
               that
               out-runneth
               the
               rest
               hath
               for
               his
               prize
               a
               little
               golden
               Bell
               .
            
             
               
                 Sherry-Hutton
              
               a
               fair
               Castle
               .
            
             
               
                 Hinderskell
              
               a
               little
               Castle
               :
               Others
               call
               it
               
                 Hundred-skell
              
               of
               a
               number
               of
               Fountaines
               that
               spring
               up
               and
               rise
               there
               .
            
             
               
                 Northallertonshire
                 ,
              
               a
               little
               Countrey
               watered
               with
               the
               Riveret
               
                 Wisk
                 ,
              
               and
               taking
               the
               name
               of
               
                 Northalverton
              
               a
               Town
               having
               in
               it
               on
               Saint
               
                 Bartholomews
              
               day
               a
               great
               Fair
               of
               Kine
               and
               Oxen.
               
            
             
               In
               this
               County
               there
               are
               four
               hundred
               and
               fifty
               nine
               Parishes
               ,
               under
               which
               are
               very
               many
               Chappels
               ,
               for
               number
               of
               Inhabitants
               equal
               unto
               great
               Parishes
               .
            
          
        
      
    
     
       
       
         
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           a
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           at
           the
           
             Princes-Armes
          
           in
           
             Chancery-lane
             ,
          
           near
           
             Fleetstreet
             .
          
        
         
           
             Folio
             .
          
           
             
               THe
               Sovereigns
               Prerogative
               ,
               and
               the
               Subjects
               Priviledge
               ,
            
             comprised
             in
             several
             
               Speeches
               ,
               Cases
            
             and
             
               Arguments
            
             of
             
               Law
               ,
            
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             the
             late
             King
             
               Charles
               ,
            
             and
             the
             most
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             Persons
             of
             both
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             of
             Parliament
             .
          
           
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             with
             the
             Grand
             Mysteries
             
             of
             State
             then
             in
             agitation
             ,
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             and
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               Tho.
               Fuller
            
             B.
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             Fol.
             
          
        
         
           
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             .
          
           
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             Peece
             ,
             entituled
             ,
             
               Gemmarius
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               ,
            
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             ,
             
               The
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             Narration
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             several
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             accurate
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             of
             such
             as
             are
             Adulterate
             and
             Counterfeit
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             and
             Tradesmen
             .
          
        
         
           
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             .
          
           
             
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               the
               witty
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               ,
            
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             last
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             ,
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             .
          
           
             
               The
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               ,
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             and
             
               Theologie
               .
            
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               Mans
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             divers
             Kings
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             .
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             profitable
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             .
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             most
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               Dialogue
            
             of
             D.
             
               Thaulerus
            
             with
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             Beggar
             .
          
           
             
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               ,
            
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             of
             all
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             and
             Ministers
             of
             the
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             .
          
           
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             with
             special
             Instructions
             for
             the
             Solicitation
             of
             any
             Cause
             in
             Chancery
             or
             elswhere
             ,
             relating
             to
             the
             present
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             last
             and
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               ,
            
             or
             ,
             A
             Narrative
             of
             the
             happy
             Conversion
             of
             Signior
             
               Ripex
               Dandulo
            
             the
             only
             sonne
             of
             a
             silk
             Merchant
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             the
             Isle
             of
             
               Tzio
            
             from
             the
             Delusions
             of
             that
             great
             Impostor
             
               Mahomet
            
             unto
             the
             Christian
             Religion
             ,
             and
             of
             his
             Admission
             unto
             Baptisme
             ,
             by
             M.
             
               Gunning
            
             at
             
               Exeter-house
            
             the
             8th
             of
             
               November
               ,
            
             1657.
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             up
             by
             
               Tho.
               Warmestry
            
             D.
             D.
             
          
           
           
             
               The
               Mirrour
               of
               Justices
               ,
            
             by
             
               Andrew
               Horn
               .
            
             To
             which
             is
             added
             ,
             
               The
               Diversity
               and
               Jurisdictions
               of
               Courts
               ,
            
             both
             now
             most
             exactly
             rendred
             to
             more
             ample
             advantage
             out
             of
             the
             old
             
               French
            
             into
             the
             
               English
            
             Tongue
             ,
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               W.
               H.
            
             of
             
               Grayes
               Inne
            
             
               Esq.
            
             The
             second
             Edition
             corrected
             and
             amended
             .
          
           
             
               Advice
               to
            
             Balaam's
             
               Ass
               ,
            
             or
             ,
             
               Momus
               Catechized
               ;
            
             in
             Answer
             to
             a
             certain
             scurrilous
             Pamphlet
             ,
             entituled
             ,
             
               Advice
               to
               a
               Daughter
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             Large
             Twelves
             .
          
           
             
               The
               Entrance
               of
            
             Mazzarini
             
               through
               the
               first
               years
               Regency
               of
            
             Anna
             Maria
             
               of
            
             Austria
             
               Queen
               Dowager
               of
            
             France
             ,
             
               and
               Mother
               of
               the
               present
               Monarch
            
             Lewis
             XIV
             .
             
               wherein
               the
               Principal
               Causes
               of
               those
               Revolutions
               that
               have
               since
               happened
               in
               that
               Kingdom
               may
               be
               discovered
               .
            
          
           
             
               The
               Fatal
               Doom
               to
               the
               Reprobates
               ,
               and
               Charms
               of
               Divine
               Love
               to
               the
               Regenerate
               ,
            
             being
             a
             Learned
             and
             Usefull
             Comment
             on
             1
             
               Cor.
            
             16.
             21.
             by
             
               R.
               Hook
            
             late
             Preacher
             to
             the
             Honourable
             Society
             of
             
               Lincolns-Inne
               .
            
          
        
         
         
           
             Small
             Twelves
             .
          
           
             
               The
               Christian
               Diary
               ,
            
             or
             ,
             
               The
               whole
               Duty
               of
               Man
               ,
            
             describing
             the
             Means
             of
             obtaining
             every
             
               Vertue
               ,
            
             and
             the
             Remedies
             against
             every
             
               Vice
               ,
            
             with
             
               Prayers
            
             containing
             the
             whole
             Duty
             of
             a
             Christian
             ,
             and
             the
             Parts
             of
             
               Devotions
               ,
            
             fitted
             for
             all
             Occasions
             and
             Necessities
             ,
             by
             
               N.
               Caussin
            
             Authour
             of
             the
             
               Holy
               Court
               .
            
          
           
             
               The
               Wicked
               Mans
               Plot
               Defeated
               ,
            
             or
             ,
             
               The
               Wicked
               Man
               laughed
               out
               of
               Countenance
               ,
            
             by
             
               Tho.
               Baker
            
             Rector
             of
             S.
             
               Mary
               the
               More
            
             in
             
               Exon.
               
            
          
           
             
               A
               Word
               of
               Caution
               to
               the
               present
               Times
               ,
               in
               relation
               to
               the
            
             Atheists
             
               and
            
             ERRORISTS
             
               thereof
               ,
            
             by
             
               Edward
               Reynolds
            
             D.
             D.
             
          
        
         
           
             Twenty
             fours
             .
          
           
             
               A
               Bundle
               of
               Spikenard
               ,
            
             or
             ,
             
               Holy
               Thoughts
               and
               Devotions
               for
               the
               Lords
               Table
               ,
               before
               the
               Receiving
               of
               the
               Sacrament
               ,
            
             by
             
               Tho.
               Warmestry
            
             D.
             D.
             
          
           
             
               HYGIASTICON
               ,
            
             or
             ,
             
               The
               right
               course
               of
               preserving
               Life
               and
               Health
               unto
               extream
               Old-Age
               :
            
             Together
             with
             soundness
             and
             integrity
             of
             the
             Senses
             ,
             Judgment
             and
             Memory
             ,
             by
             the
             learned
             
             
               Leo
               Lessius
               .
            
             The
             third
             Edition
             .
          
           
             
               An
               Elegie
               on
               the
               deplored
               Death
               of
               that
               rare
               Column
               of
            
             Parnassus
             
               M.
            
             John
             Cleveland
             .
          
           
             
               Playes
               .
            
             
               The
               Valiant
               
                 Scot
                 .
              
            
             
               Antiquary
               .
            
             
               Dukes
               Mistresse
               .
            
             
               Unnatural
               Combate
               .
            
             
               Mounsieur
               
                 Thomas
                 .
              
            
          
        
      
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A88898e-400
           
             *
             Octob.
             18th
             ,
             1647.
             
          
           
             *
             Octob.
             18.
             
          
        
         
           Notes for div A88898e-1710
           
             Vide
             
               Bertii
            
             Europae
             Universalis
             descript.
          
           
             Britannia
             ,
             quae
             Ptol.
             
               Albion
               ,
            
             insula
             maxima
             
               Europae
            
             in
             oceano
             
               Galliae
            
             obversa
             .
             
               Ferrarii
            
             Lexicon
             .
             Geographicum
             .
             Vide
             
               Twini
            
             Comment.
             derebus
             .
             
               Albioniois
               ,
               Britannicis
               .
            
             L.
             1.
             p.
             9
             ,
             10
             ,
             11
             ,
             12.
             
             Munsteri
             Cosmog.
             univers.
             l.
             2.
             
               Camd.
               Britan.
            
             pag.
             1.
             
             
               Britanniam
            
             omnium
             insularum
             quas
             continet
             terrarum
             orbis
             :
             nobilissimam
             esse
             ,
             &
             multis
             retrò
             ,
             seculis
             extitisse
             ,
             cunctorum
             jam
             poenè
             literis
             ac
             linguis
             percrebuit
             ,
             sive
             naturam
             loci
             ,
             situsve
             speciem
             atque
             pulchritudinem
             spectes
             ,
             sive
             gentis
             rerumque
             à
             gente
             gestarum
             magnitudinem
             .
             
               Nevvilli
               Norvicus
               .
            
          
           
             
               Britain
            
             was
             generally
             called
             the
             great
             Island
             .
             See
             
               Burtons
            
             Annotat.
             on
             
               Clements
               first
               Epist.
               to
               the
            
             Corinth
             .
          
           
             Omnium
             Europae
             populorum
             bellicosissimi
             &
             strenuissimi
             sunt
             Britanni
             .
             
               Bodin
            
             in
             Meth.
             Hist.
             c.
             5.
             de
             recto
             Histor.
             judicio
             .
          
           
             Quam
             existimatis
             fuisse
             Galliae
             faciem
             ,
             auditores
             cum
             
               Edvardus
            
             III.
             
             Angliae
             Rex
             ,
             
               Philippum
            
             Valesium
             Galliarum
             Regem
             ad
             Cressiacum
             vicit
             ?
             Ubi
             interempti
             Gallorum
             circiter
             XXX
             .
             millia
             &
             inventi
             inter
             Cadavera
             
               Joannes
            
             Rex
             Bohemiae
             ,
             decem
             Principes
             ,
             octoginta
             Barones
             ,
             mille
             ducenti
             Equites
             ,
             flos
             totius
             Nobilitatis
             Galliae
             ;
             
               Philippus
            
             autem
             vix
             fugâ
             evasit
             ,
             qui
             noctu
             ad
             urbem
             
               Brayum
            
             deveniens
             ,
             Praefecto
             ad
             portas
             quaeren
             i
             ;
             
               Qui
               va
               la
               ?
            
             Miserabili
             voce
             respondit
             :
             
               La
               Fortune
               de
               France
               .
               Achillis
            
             Consultatio
             de
             principatu
             inter
             provincias
             Europae
             .
             Vide
             
               Humfredi
               .
               Lhyd.
            
             Fragmentum
             Commentarioli
             Britannicae
             Descriptionis
             prop.
             fin
             .
             Terra
             Gallica
             frequens
             suit
             tam
             pretium
             quam
             scena
             fortitudinis
             Anglicanae
             ,
             praeliaque
             de
             
               Cressey
               ,
               Poictiers
               ,
               Agincourt
            
             aeterna
             manent
             stupendae
             nostratium
             victoriae
             monimenta
             .
             Praefat.
             ad
             expeditionem
             in
             Ream
             Insulam
             .
             Vide
             plura
             ibid.
          
           
             Vide
             
               Spelman
               .
            
             Aspilogiam
             .
             
               p.
            
             95.
             
          
           
             His
             name
             and
             fame
             was
             dreadfull
             to
             the
             French
             people
             absent
             ,
             insomuch
             that
             women
             in
             
               France
            
             to
             fear
             their
             young
             children
             ,
             would
             cry
             ,
             The
             
               Talbot
            
             cometh
             ,
             the
             
               Talbot
            
             cometh
             .
             Grafton
             
               in
            
             Henry
             
               the
               sixth
               .
            
             See
             
               Speed
            
             there
             .
          
           
             
               Johannes
               Talbotus
            
             Comes
             Salopiensis
             vir
             clarissimus
             ,
             fortissimusque
             ,
             cujus
             virtute
             populi
             Anglicani
             nomen
             maximè
             Gallis
             formidolcsum
             extiterat
             .
             
               Polyd.
               Verg.
            
             Ang.
             Hist.
             l.
             23.
             
          
           
             
               Sir
            
             Clement
             Edmunds
             
               in
               his
               observations
               ,
               on
            
             Caesars
             
               Commentaries
               ,
               saith
               ,
            
             We
             got
             most
             of
             our
             victories
             from
             the
             
               French
            
             by
             our
             good
             Archers
             .
             
               See
               Sir
            
             Thomas
             Elyoth
             
               Governour
               ,
            
             pag.
             83.
             
             
               And
            
             Aschams
             
               Toxophilus
               ,
            
             l.
             1.
             p.
             29.
             
             Bello
             sunt
             merepidi
             optimi
             sagittarii
             .
             
               Bertius
            
             descript.
             Angl.
             
          
           
             *
             
               See
            
             Dees
             British
             Monarchy
             .
          
           
             He
             is
             called
             by
             the
             
               Spaniards
            
             yet
             Don
             
               Richard
               of
               the
               Greenfield
               ,
            
             and
             they
             fright
             their
             children
             with
             him
             .
             
               Vide
            
             Camd.
             
               Annal.
               rerum
               Anglic.
               part
               .
               4.
               p.
            
             40.
             
          
           
             Habingtons
             
               History
               of
            
             Edw.
             
               the
            
             4th
             .
             p.
             134.
             
             
               See
               more
               there
               .
            
             Fuere
             viri
             semper
             in
             insula
             eruditissimi
             ,
             qui
             tanquam
             doctrinarum
             riv●…li
             ab
             illo
             fonte
             decurrentes
             ,
             non
             modo
             Angliam
             ,
             sed
             Galliam
             quoque
             mellifluo
             disciplinarum
             nectare
             irrigarunt
             .
             
               Polyd.
            
             ver.
             hist.
             Arg.
             p.
             15.
             
             Vide
             
               l.
            
             4.
             
          
           
             The
             Letter
             is
             in
             
               Walsingham
               .
            
          
           
             
               Camd.
            
             Brit.
             p.
             4
             ,
             5
             ,
             6
             ,
             7
             ,
             8
             ,
             9.
             
          
           
             
               Caesar
            
             qui
             primus
             
               Romanorum
            
             hujus
             insulae
             nomen
             
          
           
             litteris
             commendavit
             ,
             eam
             
               Britanniam
            
             appellavit
             ,
             quem
             omnes
             ferè
             ,
             Latini
             Scriptores
             secuti
             ,
             idem
             nomen
             haud
             mutavere
             .
             Commentarioli
             .
             Britan.
             Descrip
             .
             Fragmentum
             per
             
               Llhyd
               .
            
             Ille
             
               Brutus
            
             sive
             
               Brito
            
             (
             sic
             enim
             nominandus
             erat
             ,
             ut
             ex
             ejus
             nomine
             ,
             
               Britanniae
            
             aliquo
             pacto
             dicta
             videretur
             )
             fertur
             à
             principio
             insulae
             potitus
             imperio
             ,
             ac
             
               Britannorum
            
             gentis
             autor
             fuisse
             ,
             nec
             diu
             deinde
             visus
             in
             terris
             .
             
               Polyd.
               Verg.
            
             Angl.
             Hist.
             lib.
             1.
             
             Fama
             perrebuit
             ,
             an
             verax
             nescio
             ,
             (
             nec
             virorum
             magnorum
             ,
             Nennii
             ,
             Galfridi
             Monumethensis
             ,
             Pontici
             Virunnii
             ,
             Alexandri
             Nechamii
             ,
             
               &c.
            
             nec
             non
             
               Joh.
               
               Lelandi
            
             horum
             omnium
             acerrimi
             defensoris
             ,
             patrocinio
             indiget
             )
             
               Brutum
               Albanium
            
             (
             quem
             volunt
             
               Ascanii
               Trojani
               Albae
               Italorum
            
             conditoris
             nepotem
             )
             
               Britanniam
            
             aut
             
               Albionem
            
             cum
             suis
             occupasse
             ;
             hinc
             antiquitus
             (
             ut
             aiunt
             )
             à
             
               Bruto
            
             nomen
             obtinuit
             .
             
               Wheloci
            
             notae
             in
             
               Bed.
            
             Hist.
             Eccles.
             Gentis
             .
             Angl.
             l.
             1.
             
             Vide
             
               Seldeni
            
             Praefat.
             ad
             Analecta
             Anglo-Britan
             .
             
               Anglia
            
             Oceani
             Polygonia
             insula
             ,
             quam
             
               Britanniam
            
             vocant
             à
             
               Bruto
            
             Trojanorum
             duce
             ,
             qui
             profugus
             in
             hanc
             terram
             venit
             ,
             vidit
             ,
             vicit
             .
             
               Adolphi
            
             à
             Daus
             vita
             
               Elizabethae
               .
            
          
           
             
               Camd.
            
             Brit.
             p.
             23
             ,
             24.
             
             
               Albion
            
             ab
             albedine
             rupium
             ab
             austro
             albarum
             ,
             dici
             quidam
             volunt
             ,
             quale
             quid
             
               Albion
            
             in
             summitate
             montis
             Alpium
             apud
             Strabonem
             prae
             se
             fert
             .
             
               Wheloci
            
             notae
             in
             
               Bedae
            
             Hist.
             Eccles.
             Gentis
             Anglorum
             ,
             
               lib.
               1.
               cap.
            
             1.
             
             Vide
             
               Polyd.
               Verg.
            
             Angl.
             Hist.
             lib.
             1.
             
             Vide
             
               RR.
            
             Armach
             .
             Primord
             .
             Eccles.
             Brit.
             pag.
             721.
             
             &
             733.
             
             
               Albion
            
             ab
             Albione
             Nep●
             uni
             filio
             ibidem
             regnante
             sic
             appellāta
             .
             Circa
             annum
             mundi
             2220.
             
             Quod
             verò
             aliqui
             eam
             ab
             albis
             rupibus
             ,
             sic
             vocatam
             affirmant
             ,
             ridiculum
             est
             :
             mirorque
             viros
             alias
             perspicaces
             ,
             in
             tanta
             luce
             connivisse
             ,
             omniumque
             locorum
             &
             hominum
             nomina
             Etymologiis
             Latinis
             obsuscare
             :
             Cum
             omnibus
             constat
             Latinos
             minimam
             Italiae
             partem
             tunc
             temporis
             possedisse
             .
             Commentarioli
             Britannicae
             descript.
             Fragmenta
             ,
             Auctore
             
               Humfredo
               Lhyd.
               
            
          
           
             Ita
             illa
             quasi
             Heroina
             ,
             &
             honoraria
             arbitra
             inter
             Hispanos
             ,
             Gallos
             &
             ordines
             sedit
             ,
             ut
             illud
             patris
             usurpare
             potuerit
             .
             
               Cui
               Adhaereo
               praeest
               .
            
             Et
             verum
             sit
             quod
             ille
             scripsit
             ,
             Galliam
             &
             Hispaniam
             esse
             quasi
             lances
             in
             Europae
             libra
             ,
             &
             Angliam
             lingulam
             sive
             libripendem
             .
             
               Camd.
            
             Annal.
             rerum
             Anglic
             par
             .
             prim
             .
             p
             271.
             
          
           
             Britannorum
             inaccessa
             Romanis
             loca
             Christo
             verò
             subdita
             .
             
               Tertul.
            
             advers.
             Jud.
             cap.
             7.
             
          
           
             
               Gildas
            
             testis
             est
             ,
             
               Britannos
            
             jam
             inde
             ab
             initio
             orti
             Evangelii
             ,
             Christianam
             recepisse
             religionem
             .
             
               Polyd.
               Verg.
            
             Hist.
             Angl.
             l.
             2.
             
             Vide
             
               R
               R.
            
             Armach
             .
             in
             Primord
             .
             Antiquitat
             .
             Britan.
             p.
             3.
             
             &
             27.
             
             &
             740.
             &
             eruditissimum
             D.
             
               Hen.
               Spelm.
            
             in
             apparatu
             .
             Concil.
             Brit.
             pag.
             12.
             
             &
             
               Godwinum
            
             De
             prima
             Britanniae
             nostrae
             ad
             fidem
             Christianam
             conversione
             .
          
           
             2
             Tim.
             4.
             21.
             
          
           
             Vide
             
               Spelman
               .
            
             Epist.
             Ded.
             ad
             Lib.
             de
             Concil.
             Seldens
             
               Illust.
               of
            
             Drayt.
             Polyolb
             .
             
               Song
            
             8.
             
          
           
             M.
             
               Selden
            
             saith
             there
             also
             ,
             that
             
               Constantine
            
             the
             Great
             was
             born
             here
             .
          
           
             Regina
             
               Elizabetha
            
             Protestantibus
             in
             Gallia
             subvenit
             ,
             Gallosque
             in
             Angliam
             confugientes
             nullo
             non
             humanitatis
             genere
             prosequuta
             est
             ,
             ut
             etiam
             &
             Belgas
             ,
             quorum
             magna
             multitudo
             ,
             Albano
             nihil
             nisi
             Caedem
             &
             sanguinem
             spirante
             ,
             in
             Angliam
             ut
             in
             asylum
             se
             receperant
             .
             Qui
             Reginae
             permissu
             Norwici
             ,
             Colcestriae
             ,
             Sandwici
             ,
             Maidstonae
             ,
             &
             Hamptonae
             sedes
             posuerant
             magno
             sanè
             Angliae
             emolumento
             .
             Artem
             enim
             conficiendi
             levidensas
             quas
             
               Bayes
            
             &
             
               Sayes
            
             vocant
             ,
             &
             id
             genus
             alia
             linea
             &
             lanea
             varia
             textura
             primi
             in
             Angliam
             intulerunt
             .
             
               Camd.
            
             Annal.
             rerum
             Anglic.
             pars
             prima
             .
             p.
             148.
             
             Vide
             
               Humfredum
            
             de
             nobil.
             l.
             2.
             p.
             252
             ,
             253
             ,
             254.
             
          
           
             Leones
             tres
             aureos
             gradientesque
             ,
             oribus
             obversis
             ,
             in
             scuto
             puniceo
             gestabant
             Reges
             Angliae
             ;
             
               &
               eorum
               ad
               exemplum
               ,
               leones
               frequentissimè
               nostris
               in
               clypeis
               videre
               est
               .
            
             Bissaei
             
               notae
               inVptonum
            
             .
             Polydorus
             Vergilius
             ,
             Wilielmo
             ,
             
               quem
               vocant
               ,
               Conquestori
               ,
            
             Tres
             Leones
             accomodat
             jubatos
             aureos
             in
             clypeo
             rubeo
             .
             Sed
             &
             tribus
             etiam
             liliis
             
               (
               ut
               hodiè
               solet
               )
            
             commixtos
             :
             
               oblitus
               lilia
               ab
            
             Edwardo
             
               tertio
               ,
               accedente
               jam
               Gallia
               ,
               fuisse
               annexa
               .
            
             Spelman
             .
             
               Aspilogia
               p.
            
             44.
             
          
           
             Subsidium
             vocamus
             quod
             singulis
             capite
             censis
             viritim
             pro
             ratione
             bonorum
             &
             agrorum
             imponitur
             .
             Verùm
             nec
             haec
             ,
             nec
             illa
             taxatio
             (
             quindenarum
             &
             decimarum
             )
             unquam
             imponitur
             nisi
             ex
             ordinum
             consensu
             in
             Parliamento
             .
             
               Camd.
            
             Annal.
             rerum
             Angl.
             par
             .
             1.
             p.
             80.
             
          
           
             The
             
               Englishmen
            
             are
             the
             best
             shot
             in
             the
             world
             ,
             saith
             
               Philip
               de
               Commines
            
             l.
             1.
             c.
             3.
             p.
             10.
             
          
           
             
               Sir
            
             Walt.
             Ral.
             
               Hist.
               See
            
             Gainsfords
             Englands
             Glory
             ,
             
               Chap.
               24.
               
               ●
               And
               Sir
            
             Francis
             Bacons
             
               History
               of
            
             Henry
             the
             Seventh
             ,
             
               pag.
            
             74.
             
          
           
             Britannia
             beatissima
             est
             insularum
             ,
             foecunda
             frugibus
             &
             arboribus
             ,
             copiosa
             rivis
             &
             nemoribus
             ,
             jucunda
             volucrum
             &
             ferarum
             venatibus
             ,
             ferax
             avium
             multi
             fluviis
             ,
             &
             diversi
             generis
             terra
             ;
             mari
             ,
             &
             fluviis
             alendis
             autem
             mira
             pecoribus
             ,
             &
             jumentis
             ,
             Fluviis
             abundat
             
             valde
             piscosis
             ,
             fontibus
             praeclara
             copiosis
             :
             Et
             quidem
             praecipuè
             isicio
             redundat
             &
             anguilla
             ,
             nec
             non
             &
             halecia
             ,
             &
             ostrea
             mire
             in
             ea
             redundant
             .
             
               Huntingd.
            
             Hist.
             lib.
             1.
             
             Ager
             non
             sterilis
             ,
             sed
             mirè
             foecundus
             est
             ,
             excepto
             quod
             merum
             non
             gignat
             ,
             nec
             illic
             largo
             vinea
             pubescat
             foetu
             .
             Genus
             hominum
             non
             solutum
             ,
             non
             agreste
             ,
             sed
             maxime
             cultum
             ,
             qui
             per
             totum
             terrarum
             orbem
             ,
             vel
             literis
             ,
             vel
             armis
             clari
             habentur
             .
             Non
             silebo
             luculentam
             corporis
             pulchritudinem
             qua
             cunctas
             gentes
             &
             nationes
             vincunt
             .
             
               Adolphi
            
             à
             Dans
             vita
             
               Elizabethae
               .
            
             Vide
             plura
             ibid.
          
           
             A
             Spaniard
             
               boasting
               of
               his
               Countreys
               Citrons
               ,
               Orenges
               ,
               Olives
               ,
               and
               such
               like
               ,
               Sir
            
             Roger
             Williams
             
               answered
               him
               ;
            
             yea
             ,
             but
             
               (
               said
               he
               )
            
             in
             
               England
               ,
            
             we
             have
             dainty
             Veal
             ,
             and
             well
             fed
             Capons
             to
             eat
             with
             this
             sauce
             ,
             and
             many
             delicate
             dishes
             worthy
             the
             name
             of
             sustenance
             indeed
             .
             
               Gainsfords
            
             Glory
             of
             
               England
               ,
            
             lib.
             2.
             chap.
             13.
             
          
           
             
               England
            
             a
             great
             mistresse
             of
             Hunting
             .
          
           
             
               Ortel
               .
            
             theat.
             .
             Orbis
             terrarum
             .
          
           
             
               Camd.
            
             Brit.
             in
             
               Hantshire
               .
               See
               him
               also
               in
            
             Middlesex
             .
             Molossi
             nullibi
             terrarum
             praestantiores
             saevioresque
             sunt
             .
             
               Lucae
               de
               Lind.
            
             descript.
             Orbis
             .
          
           
             Sunt
             duo
             flumina
             caeteris
             clariora
             .
             Tamesis
             &
             Sabrina
             quasi
             duo
             brachia
             Britaniae
             ,
             per
             quae
             sibi
             suas
             &
             alienas
             effert
             &
             infert
             divitias
             .
             
               Huntingd
               .
            
             Hist.
             l.
             1.
             
             Tamesis
             fluviorum
             omnium
             ,
             qui
             Britanniam
             alluunt
             facile
             princeps
             .
             
               Lel.
            
             praefat.
             in
             Cygn.
             Cant.
             
          
           
             Tame
             
               and
            
             Isis
             meet
             neer
             
               Wallingford
            
             in
             
               Barkshire
               ,
            
             as
             
               Jordan
            
             is
             compounded
             of
             
               Jor
            
             and
             
               Dan.
               
            
          
           
             Camd.
             
               Brit.
            
             in
             
               Surrey
               .
            
             See
             more
             there
             .
          
           
             Sabrina
             Tacitus
             .
          
           
             
               Camd.
            
             Brit.
             
               in
            
             Montgomery-shire
             .
          
           
             Camd.
             
               Brit.
            
             in
             Staffordshire
             .
          
           
             Vigent
             duo
             Gymnasia
             alterum
             apud
             
               Oxonium
            
             supra
             
               Thamesim
               ,
            
             alterum
             
               Cantabrigiae
            
             non
             longè
             ab
             
               Eliensis
            
             urbis
             paludibus
             In
             haec
             ingenuorum
             adolescentium
             ingens
             numerus
             ad
             perdiscendas
             liberales
             disciplinas
             concurrit
             :
             professoribus
             enim
             stipendia
             ,
             alimentaque
             discipulis
             antiquâ
             Regum
             liberalitate
             ,
             &
             optimorum
             Antistitum
             testamentis
             persolvuntur
             .
             
               Paul
               .
               Jov.
            
             Britanniae
             Descriptio
             .
          
           
             See
             my
             Book
             of
             Religion
             and
             Learning
             .
          
           
             Lana
             Anglica
             verum
             fuerit
             Belis
             
               Vellus
               Aureum
               ,
            
             cui
             Inclytus
             ille
             militaris
             
               Ordo
               Velleris
               Aurei
               ,
            
             suam
             originem
             &
             Burgundiae
             Duces
             magnas
             opes
             debuerunt
             .
             
               Camd.
            
             Annal.
             rerum
             Angl.
             pars
             .
             prima
             .
             pag.
             90.
             
          
           
             Anglicum
             Idioma
             non
             solum
             Belgico
             &
             Alemannico
             ,
             sed
             etiam
             Graeco
             &
             Hebraico
             in
             multis
             convenire
             inspicienti
             sacile
             patebit
             .
             
               Seldeni
            
             Praefat.
             ad
             Analecta
             Anglo
             Brit.
             
             Saxonica
             lingua
             eo
             olim
             in
             honore
             fuit
             (
             fortè
             quod
             è
             Graeco
             plurima
             retulisset
             )
             ut
             doctissimo
             ipfi
             
               Bedae
            
             Anglo-Saxoni
             inter
             laudes
             detur
             ,
             fuisse
             doctum
             in
             Saxonica
             lingua
             .
             
               Spelm.
            
             Praefat.
             ad
             lib.
             de
             Concil.
             Vide
             plura
             ibid.
          
           
             Vide
             
               Polyd.
               Verg.
            
             Ang.
             Hist.
             l.
             26.
             in
             
               Henrico
            
             7timo
             ,
             pag.
             568.
             
             
               Speeds
            
             Chron.
             
               in
            
             Edw.
             6.
             
          
           
             
               Specula
               .
            
             Lamb
             .
             Perambul
             .
             of
             
               Kent
               .
            
          
           
             Camden
             
               in
            
             Hantshire
             .
          
           
             The
             
               Scots
            
             in
             such
             danger
             command
             the
             fire-crosse
             to
             be
             carried
             (
             an
             ancient
             custome
             in
             cases
             of
             importance
             )
             which
             was
             two
             fire-brands
             set
             in
             fashion
             of
             a
             Crosse
             ,
             and
             pitched
             upon
             the
             point
             of
             a
             spear
             .
             Sir
             
               Richard
               Bakers
            
             Chron.
             in
             the
             Reigne
             of
             King
             
               Edward
            
             the
             
               6th
               .
            
          
           
             The
             
               Saxon
            
             Heptarchy
             .
             This
             Island
             most
             flourished
             then
             ,
             and
             in
             the
             Conquerours
             time
             it
             was
             farre
             better
             inhabited
             then
             at
             the
             present
             .
          
           
             *
             So
             named
             ,
             because
             there
             were
             ten
             persons
             in
             each
             of
             them
             ,
             whereof
             each
             was
             surety
             for
             others
             good
             abearing
             .
             
               Lamberts
            
             Perambulat
             .
             of
             
               Kent
               .
            
          
           
             
               Totius
               Angliae
            
             (
             de
             
               Aluredo
            
             Rege
             sic
             scribit
             Ingulphus
             Abbas
             Croulandensis
             )
             
               pagos
               &
               Provincias
               in
               comitatus
               primus
               omnium
               commutavit
               .
            
             Comitatus
             in
             Centurias
             &
             in
             decimas
             divisit
             ,
             ut
             omnis
             indigena
             legalis
             in
             aliqua
             centuria
             &
             decima
             existeret
             .
             
               Seldeni
            
             Janus
             Anglorum
             .
          
        
         
           Notes for div A88898e-8280
           
             Abbay
             Town
             .
          
           
             The
             vale
             of
             the
             white
             Horse
             ,
             is
             a
             very
             fruitfull
             vale
             ,
             and
             full
             of
             Gentry
             ,
             it
             is
             both
             in
             
               Barkshire
            
             and
             
               Wiltshire
               .
            
          
           
             A
             very
             ancient
             Town
             ,
             and
             the
             best
             Town
             of
             all
             
               Barkshire
               .
               Lelands
            
             Itinerary
             MS.
             to
             
               H.
            
             8.
             
             Others
             say
             
               Abington
               .
            
          
           
             New
             Windsore
             ▪
             Oppidum
             antiquum
             ,
             nobile
             ,
             magnificum
             ,
             &
             situ
             denique
             tam
             amaenum
             ,
             ut
             cum
             alio
             quocunque
             jure
             optimo
             de
             palma
             contendat
             ,
             quam
             &
             mihi
             vel
             in
             ipso
             castri
             vertice
             quo
             sol
             splendidius
             sanè
             nihil
             aspicit
             ,
             decentissimè
             gestare
             videtur
             .
             
               Lel.
            
             Comment
             .
             in
             Cyg
             .
             Cant.
             
          
           
             See
             
               Histoire
               d'
               Angle-terre
               .
            
             Par
             Du
             Chesne
             ,
             l.
             15.
             p.
             670
             ,
             671
             ,
             672
             ,
          
           
             Camd.
             
               Britanin
            
             Barkshire
             .
          
           
             An
             Order
             verily
             of
             all
             the
             Orders
             of
             the
             Christian
             world
             (
             if
             it
             be
             to
             be
             compared
             with
             any
             other
             )
             most
             ancient
             and
             most
             famous
             .
             
               Milles
            
             of
             Nobil.
             Polit.
             and
             Civil
             .
             
               p.
            
             88.
             
             The
             Order
             of
             the
             Garter
             exceeds
             in
             majesty
             ,
             honour
             and
             fame
             ,
             all
             chivalrous
             Orders
             in
             the
             world
             .
             
               Selden
               .
            
             Illustrat
             of
             
               Drayt.
            
             Polyolb
             .
             16th
             Song
             .
             See
             more
             there
             ,
             and
             
               Lel.
               
               Com.
               in
               cygn.
               
               Cant.
            
             and
             
               Seld.
            
             Tit.
             of
             Hon.
             4to
             ,
             pag.
             363.
             
          
           
             Vir
             pugnacissimus
             
               Joannes
               Chandos
            
             Periscelidis
             eques
             primarius
             ,
             Gallisque
             propter
             summam
             virtutem
             sub
             
               Ed.
            
             3.
             bellator
             notissimus
             .
             
               Spelman
               .
            
             Aspilogia
             .
          
           
             Splendor
             loci
             omnis
             in
             scholae
             publica
             ,
             quam
             erexit
             Vindelisorae
             in
             alumnos
             ,
             Rex●longe
             pientior
             ,
             quam
             fortunatior
             .
             
               Lelandi
            
             Comment
             .
             in
             Cygneam
             Cantionem
             .
          
           
             
               Bedfordia
               ,
            
             the
             River
             
               Ouse
            
             runs
             thorow
             the
             Town
             in
             the
             middest
             .
          
           
             A
             tale
             of
             vain
             credit
             is
             reported
             of
             
               Dunstable
               ,
            
             that
             it
             was
             built
             to
             bridle
             the
             outragiousnesse
             of
             a
             thief
             named
             
               Dun
               ,
            
             by
             King
             
               Henry
            
             the
             First
             :
             but
             certain
             it
             is
             ,
             the
             place
             was
             formerly
             held
             by
             the
             Romans
             .
             
               Speed
               .
            
             Yet
             Sir
             
               John
               Hayward
            
             in
             the
             Life
             of
             King
             
               Henry
            
             the
             First
             ,
             
               pag
            
             282.
             saith
             ,
             
               Dun
            
             was
             a
             famous
             thief
             amongst
             others
             ,
             commander
             over
             the
             rest
             ,
             and
             of
             him
             the
             place
             was
             called
             
               Dunstable
               .
            
          
           
             There
             is
             a
             Countrey
             in
             
               Germany
            
             bearing
             Beech-trees
             ,
             named
             
               Buchonia
               ,
            
             and
             with
             us
             a
             Town
             in
             
               Norfolk
            
             called
             
               Buckenham
               ,
            
             fruitfull
             of
             Beech
             .
          
           
             
               Pontes
            
             in
             
               France
            
             and
             our
             
               Tunbrige
               ,
            
             and
             others
             are
             so
             called
             of
             Bridges
             .
          
           
             
               Cambridge
            
             and
             
               Huntingtonshire
            
             have
             but
             one
             Sheriff
             .
          
           
             *
             Sedes
             est
             &
             Cathedra
             Episcopalis
             .
             Ipsum
             solum
             fertilitate
             omnes
             alias
             Angliae
             regiones
             adaequat
             ,
             plerasque
             superat
             ;
             pascua
             succulento
             virent
             gramine
             ,
             agri
             denso
             laetantur
             segete
             ,
             prata
             aquis
             irrigua
             luxuriant
             .
             Sed
             alia
             est
             ubertas
             nobilior
             ,
             in
             qua
             mihitriumphare
             videtur
             ,
             triginta
             concionatores
             simul
             floruerunt
             ,
             qui
             ex
             oppido
             solo
             natales
             suos
             derivarent
             ;
             quod
             de
             nulla
             alia
             civitate
             ,
             
               Londino
            
             excepto
             ,
             affirmari
             posse
             credo
             .
             
               Willeti
            
             Epistola
             Dedicat.
             ad
             lib.
             2.
             
             
               Samuelis
               .
            
             Vide
             plura
             ibid.
          
           
             It
             begins
             on
             the
             8th
             of
             
               September
               ,
            
             and
             lasts
             about
             a
             fortnight
             .
             It
             is
             called
             
               Sturbridge-Fair
            
             .
          
           
             
               Cheshire
            
             chief
             of
             men
             ;
             
               Lancashire
            
             fair
             women
             .
             King
             of
             
               Cheshire
               .
            
          
           
             Yet
             
               Banchor
            
             is
             in
             
               Flintshire
               .
            
          
           
             *
             It
             is
             chiefly
             one
             street
             ,
             of
             very
             mean
             building
             .
             
               Lel.
               Itin.
               
            
          
           
             
               Cestria
            
             Episcopalis
             magnifica
             ,
             &
             celeberrima
             Angliae
             urbs
             ,
             amplitudine
             ,
             superbo
             aedificiorum
             nitore
             ,
             &
             cultissimorum
             hortorum
             elegantia
             commendata
             ,
             duo
             passuum
             millia
             ,
             in
             circuitu
             colligit
             .
             Ecclesias
             Parochiales
             novem
             ,
             &
             Cathedralem
             elegantem
             exhibet
             praeter
             loca
             alia
             sacra
             ,
             ut
             hospitalia
             ,
             &
             nosocomia
             religioni
             nuncupata
             .
             
               Georgius
               Bruin
               .
            
             theat.
             .
             Vrbium
             praecipuarum
             totius
             mundi
             .
          
           
             
               Salinae
               Anglicè
               ,
            
             The
             Wiches
             ,
             
               videlicet
            
             Nantovicum
             ,
             Nortovicum
             ,
             &
             Dirtovicum
             ,
             
               in
               quibus
               locis
               sal
               purissimus
               conficitur
               .
            
             Leland
             .
             
               Cheshire
            
             excelleth
             for
             white
             salt
             ,
             not
             only
             all
             other
             Shires
             in
             
               England
               ,
            
             but
             also
             all
             other
             Countreys
             beyond
             the
             Seas
             .
             
               King
               of
               Cheshire
               .
            
          
           
             
               A
               rebus
            
             of
             a
             Brier
             and
             a
             Tun
             .
          
           
             
               Adlington
            
             the
             chief
             seat
             of
             that
             race
             of
             
               Leighs
            
             of
             
               Adlington
               ,
            
             which
             is
             one
             of
             the
             great
             names
             of
             Gentry
             in
             this
             County
             ,
             whereof
             these
             have
             had
             a
             very
             ancient
             continuance
             here
             from
             many
             Knights
             and
             Esquires
             ,
             down
             to
             the
             present
             owner
             Sir
             
               Vrian
               Leigh
            
             Knight
             .
             
               King
               of
               Cheshire
               .
            
          
           
             In
             
               Richard
            
             the
             Seconds
             reign
             ,
             this
             was
             Ancestor
             of
             Sr
             
               Peter
               Leigh
            
             of
             
               Lime
            
             in
             
               Cheshire
            
             that
             now
             is
             .
          
           
             
               Cornwallia
               ,
            
             The
             farthest
             Shire
             of
             
               England
            
             westwards
             ,
             so
             called
             from
             
               Cornu
               Galliae
               ,
            
             being
             cast
             out
             into
             the
             Sea
             ,
             with
             the
             shape
             of
             a
             Horn
             .
             
               Carews
            
             Surveigh
             of
             
               Cornwall
               .
               Vide
            
             Polyd.
             Verg.
             
               Camden
            
             in
             the
             close
             of
             
               Cornwall
            
             commends
             that
             
               Carew
               ,
            
             and
             acknowledgeth
             he
             received
             much
             light
             from
             his
             Description
             of
             this
             Countrey
             .
          
           
             The
             
               Cornish
            
             are
             a
             race
             of
             men
             ,
             stout
             of
             stomack
             ,
             mighty
             of
             body
             and
             limb
             ,
             which
             live
             hardly
             in
             a
             barren
             countrey
             .
             Sr
             
               Francis
               Bacon
            
             in
             his
             Hist.
             of
             
               H.
            
             7th
             .
          
           
             The
             places
             every where
             bear
             British
             names
             .
          
           
             Black-lead
             is
             also
             found
             there
             .
          
           
             Two
             other
             Hils
             in
             that
             Tract
             .
          
           
             In
             Latine
             
               Carleolum
               .
            
          
           
             It
             flourished
             in
             the
             time
             of
             the
             
               Romans
               ,
            
             as
             divers
             tokens
             of
             Antiquity
             now
             and
             then
             digged
             up
             there
             ,
             and
             the
             famous
             mention
             of
             it
             in
             those
             dayes
             do
             sufficiently
             prove
             .
          
           
             The
             foundation
             of
             it
             was
             laid
             by
             young
             men
             and
             maids
             ,
             and
             part
             of
             it
             built
             by
             them
             ,
             as
             appears
             in
             letters
             there
             on
             the
             Steeple
             .
          
           
             In
             Anglia
             est
             Castrum
             quod
             dicitur
             
               Pech
               ,
            
             in
             quodam
             monte
             situm
             ;
             in
             cujus
             montis
             latere
             est
             foramen
             apertum
             ,
             de
             qu●
             sicut
             de
             quad
             am
             fistula
             ,
             ventus
             non
             modicus
             saepe
             spirat
             ;
             cujus
             Dominus
             dictus
             
               Gulielmus
               Penerelli
               ,
            
             cum
             in
             animalibus
             dives
             esset
             ,
             &
             subulcus
             ejus
             unam
             gravidam
             suem
             in
             pascuis
             amisisset
             ,
             pro
             ipsa
             quaerenda
             dictum
             foramen
             intravit
             ,
             quod
             tamen
             nec
             dum
             aliquis
             perscrutatus
             fuerat
             .
             Cum
             ergo
             per
             opaca
             foraminis
             percurrisset
             ,
             tandem
             in
             locum
             lucidum
             devenit
             ,
             scilicet
             in
             Camporum
             planitiem
             spatiosam
             :
             ad
             quam
             ingressus
             ;
             Messores
             colligentes
             maturas
             segetes
             reperit
             ,
             inter
             quos
             suem
             perditam
             ,
             quae
             suculas
             ediderat
             ,
             adinvenit
             Habito
             ergo
             verbo
             cum
             praeposito
             terrae
             illius
             ,
             scropham
             recepit
             ,
             &
             dimissus
             ab
             illis
             ,
             ipsam
             nove
             grege
             per
             idem
             soramen
             ad
             domum
             Domini
             sui
             reduxit
             .
          
           
             Mira
             res
             ait
             
               Gervasius
            
             (
             qui
             apparet
             Anglicus
             fuisse
             ,
             vel
             multum
             in
             Anglia
             commoratus
             )
             de
             messibus
             subtèrraneis
             venerat
             ,
             &
             in
             nostro
             hemispherio
             hyemalia
             frigora
             videt
             .
             
               Pet.
               Berchor
               .
            
             Deduct
             .
             Moral
             .
             De
             Anglia
             .
          
           
             In
             Latine
             
               Devonia
               .
               Devonia
               nobilium
               ingeniorum
               ferax
               .
            
             Camd.
             The
             commodities
             of
             this
             shire
             Cloath
             ,
             Kerfies
             ,
             Lead
             ,
             Silver
             ,
             Loadstone
             
          
           
             At
             the
             mouth
             of
             the
             River
             
               Dert
               .
            
             The
             mouth
             is
             the
             place
             where
             any
             River
             finds
             a
             passage
             out
             ,
             either
             into
             the
             Sea
             ,
             or
             into
             another
             greater
             River
             ;
             which
             in
             Latine
             is
             termed
             
               ostium
               ,
            
             or
             a
             gate
             ,
             
               Septem
               ostia
               Nili
               ,
            
             Seven
             mouths
             ,
             by
             which
             it
             fals
             into
             the
             mediterranean
             .
             This
             gave
             the
             name
             to
             many
             Cities
             and
             Towns
             in
             
               England
               ,
            
             as
             
               Dartmouth
               ,
               Plimmouth
               ,
               Portsmouth
               ,
               Yarmouth
               ,
               Weymouth
               ,
               Axmouth
               ,
            
             with
             many
             others
             .
             
               Carpenters
            
             Geog.
             
               l.
            
             2.
             ch.
             9.
             
          
           
             In
             Latine
             
               Exonia
               :
               Ptolomee
            
             calleth
             it
             
               Isca
               .
            
          
           
             
               Bartholomaeus
               ,
            
             qui
             quod
             in
             lucem
             editus
             esset
             
               Exoniae
            
             (
             quae
             civitas
             antiquitus
             
               Isca
            
             dicitur
             appellata
             )
             
               Iscanus
            
             est
             cognominatus
             ,
             in
             
               Exoniensem
            
             Episcopum
             consecratus
             fuit
             ;
             in
             utraque
             Philosophia
             ,
             tam
             humana
             scilicet
             ,
             quam
             divina
             ,
             vir
             non
             mediocriter
             eruditus
             .
             
               Godw.
            
             de
             Praesul
             .
             Ang.
             Comment
             .
          
           
             
               Berstable
            
             upon
             the
             Taw
             navigable
             here
             for
             great
             vessels
             .
          
           
             See
             
               Carpenters
            
             Geog.
             
               l.
               2.
               c.
            
             15.
             the
             famous
             men
             of
             
               Devonshire
               .
            
          
           
             
               Durnovaria
            
             the
             River
             passage
             or
             Ferry
             .
          
           
             Camden
             .
          
           
             
               Fons
               limpidus
               ,
            
             or
             
               clarus
               .
            
             Pure
             fountain
             or
             clear
             Well
             .
          
           
             
               Bishoprick
               of
            
             Durham
             .
             Durham
             Dunelmensis
             civitatis
             &
             Ecclesiae
             indita
             est
             appellatio
             à
             
               Dun
               ,
            
             quod
             montem
             ,
             &
             
               Holm
               ,
            
             quod
             lingua
             
               Saxonica
            
             insulam
             amnicam
             significat
             ,
             quia
             Coquedus
             fluvius
             per
             Maeandrum
             in
             se
             quasi
             reductus
             ,
             montem
             ab
             omni
             ferè
             parte
             circumluit
             (
             quasi
             insulam
             molitus
             )
             in
             quo
             
               Dunelmum
            
             (
             Anglice
             
               Durham
               )
            
             situm
             est
             .
             
               Godwin
               .
            
             de
             Praesul
             .
             Ang.
             Comment
             .
          
           
             It
             is
             famous
             for
             the
             Ministry
             ,
             
               Dike
            
             of
             
               Epping
               ,
            
             and
             
               Rogers
            
             of
             
               Dedham
               ,
            
             whose
             picture
             is
             therein
             the
             Church
             .
          
           
             An
             ancient
             Colony
             of
             the
             
               Romans
               ,
            
             called
             
               Camalodunum
               .
            
          
           
             The
             chiefest
             Town
             of
             the
             Shire
             .
             Many
             have
             thought
             it
             was
             so
             called
             from
             a
             Colony
             in
             the
             
               R●man
            
             time
             placed
             there
             ,
             rather
             from
             
               Coln
            
             the
             River
             whereon
             it
             stands
             ,
             as
             
               Lincolne
            
             from
             the
             River
             
               Lune
               .
               Burtons
            
             Commentary
             on
             
               Antoninus
            
             his
             Itinerary
             through
             
               Britain
               .
            
             It
             is
             famous
             for
             Oisters
             and
             candied
             Eringoroots
             ,
             and
             Cloth
             .
          
           
             *
             Crocum
             ad
             cor
             exhilarandum
             ,
             &
             sedandos
             dolores
             utile
             ,
             cujus
             fortasse
             non
             est
             ubique
             terrarum
             quàm
             in
             agris
             
               Essexio
               ,
               Suffulcio
               ,
            
             &
             
               Cantabrigienfi
               ,
            
             tam
             uber
             proventus
             .
             
               Twini
            
             de
             Rebus
             Britan.
             Comment.
             lib.
             2.
             pag.
             138.
             
          
           
             It
             had
             this
             name
             of
             
               Dean
            
             a
             little
             Town
             adjoyning
             .
          
           
             A
             Bishops
             See
             .
          
           
             Either
             that
             the
             
               Normans
            
             might
             have
             more
             secure
             arrival
             into
             
               England
               ,
            
             or
             for
             the
             pleasure
             he
             took
             in
             hunting
             .
          
           
             
               Antona
               australis
               ,
            
             Northampton
             
               Antona
               Borealis
               ,
            
             so
             called
             for
             the
             South
             situation
             of
             it
             .
          
           
             *
             
               Its
               situation
               is
               fruitfull
               and
               pleasant
               ,
               in
               a
               Valley
               under
               Hils
               .
               Wina
               Wintoniensis
            
             primus
             extitit
             Antistes
             ,
             neque
             tamen
             civitati
             nomen
             dedit
             ,
             quod
             stolide
             satis
             nonnulli
             augurantur
             ,
             Ab
             antiquis
             Britannis
             Caerguentia
             olim
             apellata
             ,
             quasi
             Civiras
             Guenta
             ;
             à
             Saxonibus
             (
             quod
             idem
             sonat
             )
             
               Wentchester
               ,
               Wentancester
            
             &
             
               Wintoncester
            
             nuncupata
             est
             ,
             unde
             nostra
             
               Wintonia
               .
            
             Godw.
             De
             Praesul
             .
             Arg.
             Comment
             .
             Vrbs
             vini
             vel
             vinifera
             ,
             quasi
             dicas
             munitio
             vel
             fortificatio
             ubi
             crevit
             optimum
             vinum
             in
             Britannia
             ,
             appellata
             est
             .
             Celebris
             fuit
             haec
             civitas
             olim
             ,
             
               Arthurii
            
             procerum
             mensa
             rotunda
             ,
             occidentalium
             Saxonum
             regia
             &
             sepulchris
             ,
             Episcopali
             sede
             ,
             lanarum
             custodia
             &
             mercatu
             ,
             
               Henrici
            
             tertii
             favore
             &
             frequenti
             praesentia
             ,
             instructissimo
             
               Wickami
            
             Episcopi
             Collegio
             .
             
               Twini
            
             De
             Rebus
             Britannic
             .
             Comment.
             lib.
             2.
             pag.
             116
             ,
             117.
             
          
           
             
               Vectis
               Insula
               ,
            
             forma
             Ovo
             simillima
             à
             littore
             alibi
             septem
             alibi
             duobus
             passuum
             millibus
             distans
             Neoportus
             unicum
             insulae
             Emporium
             .
             Est
             &
             Castrwn
             Caerbro
             ,
             id
             est
             ,
             Cassium
             tractus
             ,
             antiquitatem
             Britannicam
             referens
             .
             
               Lhyd.
            
             Comment
             .
             Britann
             .
             descript.
             Fragmentum
             .
          
           
             Nobilissima
             Lisleiorum
             familia
             ,
             
               D'or
               au
               chef
               d'
               azur
               ,
               trois
               lyons
               rampans
               del
               premier
               .
            
             Ex
             hac
             gente
             nonnulli
             olim
             ad
             Comitia
             Parliamentaria
             ,
             cum
             reliquis
             Regni
             Bar●nibus
             evocati
             fuerunt
             .
             
               Bissaei
            
             Notae
             in
             
               Uptonum
               .
            
             p.
             48.
             
          
           
             This
             and
             
               Monmouthshire
            
             have
             been
             now
             long
             reckoned
             among
             the
             Counties
             of
             
               England
               .
            
          
           
             *
             There
             are
             sundry
             sweet
             and
             fresh
             Rivers
             ,
             the
             chiefest
             whereof
             are
             the
             
               Wye
               ,
               Lug
            
             and
             
               Manow
               .
            
          
           
             A
             Bishops
             See
             .
          
           
             Godwin
             .
             
               de
               Praesulibus
               Ang.
            
             saith
             ,
             it
             is
             reported
             that
             
               Bradwardine
            
             was
             here
             born
             .
          
           
             Vide
             R.
             
               Usseri
               .
            
             de
             Britannic
             .
             Eccles.
             primord
             .
             cap.
             7.
             
          
           
             
               L.
            
             Herberts
             Henry
             
               the
               8th
               .
               See
               ▪
            
             Monasticon
             Anglicanum
             .
          
           
             
               Howe
               's
            
             Chron.
             
          
           
             Lamb
             .
             
               Perambulat
               .
               of
            
             Kent
             .
             
               See
            
             Kilbourns
             
               Surveigh
               of
            
             Kent
             ,
             
               p.
               2.
               
               Cantium
               ,
            
             quod
             amaenissima
             &
             humanissima
             ▪
             Britanniae
             habita
             semper
             fuit
             provincia
             ,
             ad
             austrum
             Solemque
             Orientem
             Oceano
             Germanico
             ,
             ad
             aquilonem
             uberrimo
             Thamesi
             fluvio
             ,
             ad
             Occidentem
             Surra
             ,
             ac
             Sussexia
             provinciis
             ,
             quas
             Angli
             comitatus
             appellant
             ,
             cingitur
             .
             Haec
             &
             agrorum
             feracitate
             faecunda
             ,
             populoque
             generoso
             ac
             potenti
             referta
             ,
             plures
             urbes
             ,
             villasqae
             in
             locis
             ob
             aquas
             &
             sylvas
             ,
             vicinas
             humanae
             habitationi
             commodioribus
             condidit
             ,
             &
             ob
             maritimos
             portus
             ,
             quas
             multos
             habet
             ,
             peregrinorum
             consuetudine
             ,
             Galliaeque
             vicinitate
             magis
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             ,
             quam
             reliquae
             hujus
             Insulae
             regiones
             à
             Scriptoribus
             perhibetur
             .
             Quibus
             item
             rationibus
             ,
             &
             moribus
             cultier
             ,
             &
             opibus
             ditior
             jure
             existimatur
             .
             
               Antiquitates
               Britannieae
               ,
            
             pag.
             33.
             
             Britannos
             
               Caesar
               ,
            
             maximè
             Cantios
             ,
             longè
             omnium
             humanissimos
             vocat
             ,
             &
             eam
             humanitatem
             illis
             fraudi
             fuisse
             ,
             &
             belli
             
               Caesariani
            
             causam
             extitisse
             apparet
             ,
             quod
             praesidia
             Gallis
             
               Caesaris
            
             hostibus
             submiserint
             ,
             &
             eos
             adventantes
             subinde
             amico
             ac
             peropportunos
             profugio
             exceperint
             .
             
               Humfredus
            
             De
             Nobil.
             lib.
             2.
             
          
           
             Not
             that
             
               Kent
            
             was
             conceived
             distinct
             from
             Christendome
             .
             
               Kilburns
            
             Survey
             of
             
               Kent
               .
            
             p.
             5.
             
          
           
             It
             is
             agreed
             by
             all
             men
             ,
             that
             there
             were
             never
             any
             bondmen
             (
             or
             villains
             ,
             as
             the
             Law
             calleth
             them
             )
             in
             
               Kent
               .
               Lamberts
            
             Perambulat
             .
             of
             
               Kent
               .
            
             The
             tenures
             of
             Land
             here
             are
             as
             free
             tenures
             as
             any
             in
             
               England
               .
            
          
           
             The
             father
             to
             the
             Bough
             ,
             and
             the
             son
             to
             the
             Plough
             .
          
           
             Oppidum
             
               Winchilseum
            
             olim
             vento
             ,
             frigori
             ,
             &
             ponto
             obnoxium
             ,
             unde
             ei
             nomen
             obvenit
             .
             
               Twini
            
             Comment.
             De
             Rebus
             Brittanuicis
             .
             lib.
             1.
             pag.
             25.
             
          
           
             A
             Bishops
             See
             .
          
           
             *
             Durovernum
             olim
             ,
             nunc
             Cantuaria
             .
             Cantuaria
             urbs
             est
             Archiepiscopalis
             &
             Metropolitica
             ,
             quae
             ut
             antiquitate
             it
             a
             peramaena
             situs
             jucunditate
             multis
             Angliae
             urbibus
             ,
             sed
             &
             dignitate
             praefertur
             .
             Nam
             Cantuariensis
             Archipraesul
             totius
             Angliae
             primatum
             obtinet
             .
             
               Georgius
               Bruin
               .
            
             in
             Tabulis
             urbium
             Praecipuarum
             totius
             mundi
             .
          
           
             A
             Bishops
             See
             .
          
           
             See
             Mr
             
               Somner
            
             of
             
               Canterbury
               .
            
          
           
             *
             
               Mr
            
             John
             Ludd
             .
          
           
             
               Haywards
            
             Life
             of
             
               William
            
             the
             2d
             .
          
           
             Dubris
             .
             
               One
               of
               the
               Cinque Ports
               .
            
             A
             Dovero
             ad
             Caletum
             maritimum
             ex
             altera
             parte
             in
             Gallia
             oppidum
             secundis
             ventis
             spirantibus
             ,
             quatuor
             horis
             brevissimus
             fit
             trajectus
             .
             
               Antiqu.
               Britann
               .
            
          
           
             
               One
               of
               the
               Cinque Ports
               .
               It
               containeth
               24000
               Acres
               .
            
             Lamb
             .
             
               Perambul
               .
               of
            
             Kent
             .
             Quis
             quaeso
             hodiè
             credat
             ,
             magnam
             partem
             illius
             prati
             sivè
             Planiciei
             nobis
             nunc
             Rumnensis
             marshii
             ,
             id
             est
             ,
             Romani
             maris
             ,
             nomine
             dictae
             ,
             fuisse
             quondam
             altum
             Pelagus
             ,
             &
             mare
             Velivolum
             ?
             Vbi
             tot
             ovium
             greges
             oberrant
             :
             tot
             pecorum
             armenta
             pascuntur
             tot
             juga
             bovum
             arant
             :
             tanti
             foeni
             copia
             qvotannis
             conficitur
             :
             tot
             templa
             in
             divinum
             cultum
             construuntur
             :
             tot
             familiae
             foventur
             :
             denique
             unde
             tot
             pingues
             pecudes
             in
             macellis
             veniunt
             ,
             ut
             non
             modo
             universum
             Cantium
             hujus
             locis
             commoda
             sentiat
             ,
             verum
             etiam
             civitas
             Londinum
             non
             nihil
             emolumenti
             inde
             percipiat
             .
             
               Twini
            
             Comment.
             De
             Rebus
             Britan.
             
               l.
               1.
               p.
            
             31.
             
          
           
             Priests-Town
             .
          
           
             Or
             
               Loncaster
            
             from
             the
             River
             
               Lone
               .
            
          
           
             Carlton-Curlew
             
          
           
             They
             cannot
             prenounce
             the
             letter
             
               R.
               Camd.
               Brit.
            
             And
             
               Burtons
            
             descript.
             of
             
               Leicestershire
               .
            
          
           
             Bishop
             
               Latimer
            
             was
             also
             born
             at
             
               Thurcaston
            
             in
             
               Leicestershire
               .
            
          
           
             It
             was
             so
             called
             of
             the
             
               Zouches
               ,
            
             sometimes
             Lords
             thereof
             .
             
               Burtons
            
             descript.
             of
             
               Leicestershire
               ▪
            
          
           
             The
             largest
             next
             
               Yorkshire
               .
            
          
           
             It
             is
             well
             stored
             with
             all
             kind
             of
             provision
             ,
             it
             abounds
             with
             fish
             and
             fowl
             .
          
           
             The
             roof
             of
             the
             Church
             is
             richly
             guilt
             .
          
           
             Mr
             
               John
               Fox
            
             the
             Authour
             of
             the
             Acts
             and
             Monuments
             was
             born
             here
             .
          
           
             There
             are
             so
             many
             steps
             in
             the
             steeple
             from
             the
             bottom
             to
             the
             top
             as
             there
             are
             dayes
             in
             the
             years
             .
          
           
             At
             the
             
               George
            
             there
             is
             one
             of
             the
             fairest
             Inns
             of
             
               England
               .
            
          
           
             Lincolnia
             .
          
           
             The
             greatest
             Bell
             of
             
               England
               .
            
          
           
             He
             was
             great
             with
             
               Henry
            
             the
             6th
             ,
             he
             built
             a
             Free-School
             at
             
               Wainflet
               ,
            
             his
             name
             was
             
               Patten
            
             of
             the
             worshipfull
             family
             of
             which
             he
             was
             descended
             .
          
           
             *
             More
             than
             in
             
               Yorkshire
               .
            
          
           
             The
             chiefest
             at
             this
             day
             of
             all
             the
             Kings
             houses
             .
          
           
             A
             City
             rather
             in
             shew
             then
             the
             Palace
             of
             a
             Prince
             :
             and
             for
             stately
             port
             and
             gorgeous
             building
             not
             inferiour
             to
             any
             in
             
               Europe
               .
               Weavers
            
             Monum.
          
           
             *
             It
             is
             most
             sweetly
             situate
             upon
             the
             
               Thames
               ,
            
             served
             with
             all
             kind
             of
             necessaries
             most
             commodiously
             .
             The
             air
             health
             full
             ,
             it
             is
             populous
             ,
             rich
             and
             beautifull
             .
             
               Nordens
               Speculum
               Britanniae
               .
            
          
           
             It
             is
             convenient
             for
             situation
             ,
             hath
             a
             noble
             Bridge
             ,
             navigable
             River
             .
             2.
             
             Strictly
             governed
             .
             3.
             
             Opulent
             ,
             hath
             abundance
             of
             all
             kinds
             of
             provision
             .
             4.
             
             Ancient
             ,
             and
             enjoyeth
             many
             Immunities
             .
             Of
             St
             
               Pauls
            
             Cathedral
             .
             See
             Mr
             
               Dugdales
            
             History
             ,
             and
             of
             the
             Bishops
             of
             
               Pauls
               .
               Londinum
               copia
               negotiatorum
               &
               commeatu
               valde
               celebre
               .
            
             Tacitus
             .
          
           
             The
             
               Inner-Temple
            
             is
             the
             mother
             and
             most
             ancient
             of
             all
             the
             other
             houses
             of
             Court
             ,
             
               Burtons
            
             descript.
             of
             
               Leicestershire
               .
            
          
           
             Dr
             
               Reynolds
            
             Sions
             praises
             .
          
           
             This
             work
             ,
             
               viz.
            
             the
             Arches
             ,
             Chappel
             ,
             and
             stone-bridge
             over
             the
             
               Thames
            
             was
             thirty
             three
             yeers
             in
             building
             .
             
               Stow.
               
            
          
           
             Speeds
             
               Chron.
               
            
          
           
             
               Stows
            
             and
             
               Speeds
            
             Chron.
             in
             
               Edw.
            
             the
             3d.
          
           
             
               Thomas
               Greshamus
            
             Cives
             Londinensis
             ,
             Mercator
             Regius
             ,
             &
             ex
             ordine
             Equestri
             ,
             qui
             patriae
             ornamento
             ,
             &
             Mercatorum
             usui
             Perystillium
             pulcherrimum
             (
             Excambiam
             Regium
             
               Elizabetha
            
             nominavit
             )
             Londini
             extruxit
             ,
             &
             aedes
             ,
             quas
             in
             urbe
             habuit
             amplissimas
             bonarum
             literarum
             professioni
             dicavit
             ,
             constitutis
             in
             iisdem
             Sacrae
             Theologiae
             ,
             Juris
             Civilis
             ,
             Medicinae
             ,
             Astronomiae
             ,
             Geometriae
             &
             Rhetoricae
             praelectionibus
             cum
             honestis
             salariis
             .
             
               Camd.
            
             Annal.
             rerum
             Anglic.
             pars
             ●●
             .
             p.
             286.
             
             Vide
             etiam
             pag.
             189.
             
          
           
             The
             new
             Ex
             change
             .
          
           
             Monasterium
             Westmonasteriense
             Regum
             angliae
             inauguratione
             ,
             sepultura
             ,
             &
             Insignium
             Regalium
             custodia
             celeberrimam
             .
             
               Camd.
            
             Annal.
             rerum
             Anglic.
             par
             .
             1o
             .
             p.
             60.
             
             Vide
             plura
             ibid.
             &
             Monasticon
             Anglicanum
             ,
             p
             55
             ,
             
               &c.
               
            
          
           
             L.
             
               Herb.
               Henry
            
             the
             8th
             .
          
           
             Neer
             hereunto
             are
             the
             two
             Houses
             of
             Parliament
             .
          
           
             Ex
             infima
             plebe
             non
             pauci
             reperiuntur
             quin
             si
             nihil
             litium
             sit
             ,
             lites
             tamen
             ex
             ipsis
             Juris
             apicibus
             serere
             calleant
             .
             
               Camdenus
               .
            
          
           
             There
             are
             three
             Churches
             .
          
           
             Vrbs
             nunc
             ampla
             est
             ,
             nobilis
             florens
             ,
             celebris
             ,
             &
             civitatum
             omnium
             secundum
             Londinum
             (
             universi
             Regni
             Emporium
             )
             multo
             maxima
             augustissimaque
             .
             
               Nevilli
               Norvicus
               .
               No
               one
               Shire
               of
            
             England
             
               hath
               three
               such
               Towns
               as
            
             Norwich
             ,
             Linn
             
               and
            
             Yarmouth
             .
             Speed
             .
          
           
             There
             is
             the
             earliest
             Park
             of
             
               England
               .
            
             The
             King
             was
             wont
             to
             have
             venison
             thence
             before
             he
             had
             it
             out
             of
             his
             own
             Parks
             .
          
           
             *
             Of
             that
             ,
             and
             the
             other
             famous
             wayes
             in
             
               England
               ,
            
             see
             
               Burtons
            
             Commen
             .
             on
             
               Antoninus
            
             his
             Itinerary
             through
             
               Britain
               .
            
          
           
             *
             He
             was
             brought
             up
             in
             
               New-Colledge
            
             in
             
               Oxford
               ,
            
             where
             he
             proceeded
             Doctor
             of
             Law
             .
          
           
             Petriburgus
             ,
             
               or
            
             Petropolis
             .
          
           
             Ab
             arborum
             proceritate
             ,
             &
             in
             frequentia
             veprium
             ,
             
               Lympida
               Sylva
            
             noto
             satis
             nomine
             dicitur
             .
             
               Twini
            
             Comment.
          
           
             The
             Nobility
             and
             Gentry
             of
             the
             North
             ,
             are
             of
             great
             antiquity
             ,
             and
             can
             produce
             more
             ancient
             Families
             ,
             then
             any
             other
             part
             of
             
               England
               ,
            
             many
             of
             them
             Gentry
             before
             the
             Conquest
             ;
             the
             rest
             came
             in
             with
             
               William
            
             the
             Conquerour
             .
          
           
             *
             Axelodunum
             .
          
           
             *
             So
             called
             ,
             because
             
               Robert
               de
               Curtois
            
             Son
             of
             
               William
            
             the
             Conquerour
             built
             there
             a
             new
             Castle
             out
             of
             the
             ground
             against
             the
             neighbouring
             
               Scots
               .
            
          
           
             Alnevicum
             .
          
           
             In
             
               Dunston
            
             a
             little
             village
             within
             the
             Parish
             of
             
               Emildon
               .
            
          
           
             Berwicus
             .
          
           
             An
             hundred
             miles
             long
             .
          
           
             
               Wedgenock
            
             Park
             in
             
               Warwickshire
            
             is
             one
             of
             the
             most
             ancient
             Parks
             in
             
               England
               .
            
          
           
             
               Nunc
               autem
               conficiendo
               Caseo
               notissimum
               .
            
             So
             
               Camden
               .
            
             Dr
             
               Holland
            
             englisheth
             that
             thus
             .
             Now
             the
             fame
             of
             this
             Town
             is
             for
             Zeal
             ,
             Cheese
             and
             Cakes
             .
             Though
             that
             is
             but
             an
             unhandsome
             conjunction
             ,
             and
             there
             is
             no
             ground
             for
             it
             in
             
               Camden
               ,
            
             yet
             in
             Mr
             
               Wheatlyes
            
             time
             (
             to
             my
             knowledge
             )
             it
             was
             famous
             for
             zeal
             ,
             and
             I
             hope
             is
             so
             now
             .
          
           
             Oxonia
             
               or
            
             Oxonium
             .
             Quodcunque
             habuit
             ab
             initio
             nomen
             ,
             pulcherrimum
             &
             saluberrimum
             habet
             situm
             regionemque
             ,
             omnia
             necessaria
             affatim
             ministrantem
             ,
             bonarumque
             litterarum
             celeberrimam
             scholam
             ,
             ut
             omnes
             ,
             qui
             alias
             Europae
             Academias
             adierunt
             ,
             facilè
             agnoscunt
             .
             
               Lhyd.
            
             Com.
             Brit.
             Descrip
             .
             Fragment
             .
          
           
             
               Rutlan-Castle
            
             in
             
               Wales
            
             is
             so
             named
             ,
             being
             built
             on
             a
             shore
             of
             red
             earth
             .
          
           
             Commitatus
             Salopiensis
             .
          
           
             Salop
             
               in
               Latine
            
             Salopia
             .
          
           
             It
             hath
             a
             fair
             Library
             and
             School-house
             ▪
             and
             Brew-house
             .
          
           
             So
             called
             from
             
               Oswald
            
             King
             of
             the
             
               Northumbers
               :
            
          
           
             
               Asserius
               ,
            
             an
             ancient
             Writer
             calleth
             this
             Countrey
             alwayes
             
               Somertunensis
               ,
            
             that
             is
             ,
             
               Somertunshire
               .
            
          
           
             *
             Used
             about
             Cloath
             .
          
           
             Glastonia
             Monasterium
             viderint
             parentes
             nostri
             ,
             amplitudine
             ,
             ac
             magnitudine
             perpaucis
             in
             universa
             Europa
             (
             quantum
             autumo
             )
             postponendum
             .
             
               Godwinus
            
             De
             Conversione
             Britanniae
             ad
             Christianam
             Religionem
             .
             Vide
             plura
             ibid.
             Et
             Monasticon
             Anglicanum
             ,
             
               p.
            
             1
             ,
             2
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             Of
             
               Ogo
            
             a
             
               British
            
             word
             which
             betokeneth
             
               Den
               .
            
          
           
             
               Fontanensis
               Ecclesia
               ,
            
             Fountain
             Church
             .
          
           
             
               Bathonia
               .
            
             Vrbs
             non
             mode
             antiqua
             verum
             etiam
             celebris
             Romanorum
             Monumentis
             multis
             ,
             liquidò
             in
             muris
             comparet
             ,
             qua
             itur
             à
             porta
             meridionali
             ad
             borealem
             .
             
               Lelandi
            
             Comment
             .
             in
             Cygneam
             Cantionem
             .
             Vide
             
               Johnsonum
            
             De
             urbe
             ;
             &
             Thermis
             Bathonicis
             .
          
           
             A
             Bishops
             See
             ,
             and
             famous
             Port.
             
          
           
             In
             
               Henry
            
             the
             7th
             his
             time
             
               Stephen
               Gennings
            
             Maior
             of
             
               London
            
             founded
             a
             free
             Grammar-School
             there
             ,
             where
             he
             was
             born
             .
          
           
             There
             is
             a
             Corporation
             .
          
           
             So
             called
             from
             
               Tame
            
             the
             River
             running
             beside
             it
             .
          
           
             
               Cadaverum
               Campus
               .
            
             The
             field
             of
             dead
             bodies
             ,
             a
             number
             of
             Christians
             was
             there
             martyred
             under
             the
             Emperour
             
               Dieclesian
               .
            
          
           
             A
             small
             Countrey
             bare
             and
             cold
             ,
             it
             keepeth
             snow
             lying
             upon
             it
             a
             good
             while
             .
          
           
             A
             Market
             Town
             .
             Dr
             
               Lightfoot
            
             was
             born
             there
             .
          
           
             
               Southfolk
            
             or
             people
             in
             respect
             of
             
               Norfolk
               .
            
          
           
             Here
             Bishop
             
               Steven
               Gardiner
            
             was
             born
             .
          
           
             
               Godw.
            
             de
             Praesul
             .
             Ang.
             Comment
             .
          
           
             
               Stoke
               Clare
            
             the
             Dukes
             of
             
               Clarence
               .
            
          
           
             *
             A
             large
             ,
             sweet
             ,
             well
             watered
             Town
             ,
             a
             Town
             in
             Orchards
             .
             Here
             was
             born
             Cardinal
             
               Wolsey
               ,
            
             of
             whom
             see
             a
             pithy
             description
             in
             
               Herberts
               Henry
            
             the
             8th
             ,
             pag.
             314
             ,
             315.
             
          
           
             See
             more
             in
             
               Camdens
               Britania
            
             there
             .
          
           
             
               The
               Kings
               Town
               .
            
             Regio-dunum
             Tamesinam
             sic
             dictum
             quod
             ad
             Tamesini
             fluvii
             ripam
             situm
             sit
             .
             
               Lel.
            
             Kings
             Kingston
             upon
             the
             Thames
             ,
             
               so
               called
               to
               distinguish
               it
               from
            
             Kingston
             upon
             Hull
             
               in
            
             Yorkshire
             .
          
           
             Quanta
             illic
             Romanae
             antiquitaris
             aemulatio
             ?
             Quantum
             speciosae
             picturae
             ?
             Quantum
             auri
             ?
             Quantum
             denique
             omnia
             genera
             ornamentorum
             .
             Diceres
             Coelum
             esse
             stellis
             interpolatum
             .
             
               Lel.
            
             Comment
             .
             in
             Cygn.
             Cant.
             
          
           
             
               Battersega
               .
               Nomen
               loco
               inditum
               ut
               ego
               conjicio
               ex
               cymbis
               .
            
             Leland
             .
             
               Comment.
               in
               Cygn.
               Cant.
            
             A
             low
             or
             clayish
             rode
             or
             hide
             .
             The
             Southwork
             or
             building
             ,
             because
             it
             standeth
             South
             ove
             against
             
               London
               ,
            
             the
             Suburbs
             whèreof
             it
             may
             seem
             in
             some
             sort
             to
             be
             .
          
           
             In
             Latine
             
               Cicestria
               .
            
          
           
             Called
             Seals
             .
          
           
             It
             is
             the
             Shire
             Town
             .
          
           
             Ripa
             .
          
           
             
               Baron
            
             Buckhurst
             .
          
           
             
               Sanders
               ,
               Glover
            
             and
             manyother
             Martyrs
             suffered
             in
             
               Warwickshire
               .
            
          
           
             It
             stands
             South
             of
             
               Lichfield
               .
            
          
           
             
               Coventria
               quasi
               Coventus
               trium
               ,
            
             a
             Covent
             of
             three
             sorts
             of
             Monks
             .
          
           
             Or
             rather
             of
             an
             Elephant
             ,
             being
             not
             so
             little
             as
             a
             yard
             in
             length
             .
             
               Speed
               .
            
          
           
             See
             Mr
             
               Dugdales
            
             Antiq.
             of
             
               Warwickshire
            
             illustrated
             .
          
           
             Westmaria
             ,
             Westmorlandia
             .
          
           
             There
             were
             Lords
             also
             of
             
               Kendale
               .
            
          
           
             From
             the
             River
             
               Lone
               .
            
          
           
             Aballaba
             .
          
           
             The
             Sessions
             and
             Assizes
             are
             there
             kept
             
          
           
             
               Wiltonia
            
             of
             
               Wilton
            
             sometime
             the
             chief
             Town
             ,
             and
             of
             the
             River
             
               Willy
            
          
           
             Crecolada
             non
             insignis
             olim
             ut
             vulgus
             indoctum
             somniat
             ,
             Grecanicis
             scholis
             .
             
               Lel.
            
             Comment
             .
             in
             Cygn.
             Cant.
             Vide
             
               Burtoni
            
             Graec.
             Ling.
             hist.
             p.
             52.
             
             Et
             
               Godwin
               .
            
             de
             Praesul
             .
             Ang.
             Comment
             .
             de
             
               Theodoro
            
             Archiepisc
             .
             Cant.
             p.
             61.
             
          
           
             
               Cyppanus
            
             in
             the
             
               Saxon
            
             tongue
             is
             
               to
            
             buy
             ,
             
               and
            
             Cyppen
             a
             buyer
             ,
             
               as
               with
               us
            
             Cheapen
             
               and
            
             Chapman
             .
          
           
             
               Sarisburia
               .
               Roger
            
             of
             
               Salisbury
            
             built
             this
             stately
             Church
             also
             .
             The
             Cathedral
             was
             longer
             in
             building
             than
             the
             Jews
             Temple
             ,
             for
             it
             was
             above
             fifty
             years
             in
             building
             ,
             and
             do
             you
             not
             think
             the
             Founders
             did
             intend
             ,
             by
             proportioning
             the
             Doors
             to
             the
             Moneths
             ,
             and
             the
             Windows
             to
             the
             Dayes
             ,
             and
             the
             Pillars
             to
             the
             Hours
             of
             the
             Year
             ,
             that
             you
             should
             learn
             this
             instruction
             ?
             
               Not
               a
               Moneth
               ,
               nay
               not
               a
               Day
               ,
               nay
               not
               an
               Hour
               should
               be
               let
               passe
               without
               something
               of
               Religion
               .
            
             Mr
             
               Annesley
            
             on
             1
             
               Chron.
            
             12.
             32.
             
          
           
             It
             had
             also
             Bishop
             
               Abbot
            
             and
             
               Davenant
               .
            
          
           
             Our
             old
             Historians
             termed
             it
             for
             the
             greatnesse
             
               Chorea
               Gigantum
               ,
            
             the
             Gyants
             dance
             .
             Our
             Country-men
             reckon
             this
             for
             one
             of
             our
             miracles
             .
          
           
             Leporarium
             .
          
           
             Of
             
               Marga
               marle
               ,
            
             which
             we
             use
             in
             stead
             of
             dung
             to
             manure
             our
             grounds
             .
             It
             lieth
             near
             a
             chaulkie-hill
             ,
             which
             our
             Ancestours
             before
             they
             borrowed
             this
             name
             Chaulk
             of
             the
             Latine
             word
             
               Calx
               ,
            
             named
             
               Marle
               .
            
          
           
             Wigorniensis
             Comitatus
             .
          
           
             Vnum
             est
             satis
             mirabile
             ,
             quia
             aqua
             illa
             per
             medium
             annum
             est
             salsa
             ,
             scilicet
             à
             nativitate
             Domini
             usque
             ad
             festum
             sancti
             
               Johannis
            
             Baptistae
             ,
             per
             aliud
             verò
             medium
             temporis
             est
             dulcis
             .
             Sed
             quod
             mirabilius
             est
             pro
             illo
             tempore
             quo
             est
             sali
             necessaria
             ,
             si
             non
             hauritur
             ,
             superfluit
             ,
             per
             aliud
             verò
             temporis
             vix
             semper
             excrescit
             .
             
               Gervas
               .
            
             in
             lib.
             de
             Ociis
             imperialibus
             citat●…r
             
               Pet.
               Bechor
               .
            
             Reduct
             .
             Moral
             .
             l.
             13.
             c.
             3.
             
             De
             Anglia
             .
          
           
             Vigornia
             
               and
            
             Wignornia
             .
          
           
             Some
             say
             ,
             it
             is
             as
             big
             as
             the
             twelve
             Counties
             in
             
               Wales
               .
            
          
           
             The
             
               Scots
            
             call
             it
             
               Don-Castle
            
             from
             the
             River
             
               Don.
               
            
          
           
             
               Holy-hair
               .
            
             The
             
               Englishmen
            
             dwelling
             beyond
             
               Trent
               ,
            
             called
             the
             hair
             of
             the
             Head
             
               Fax
               .
            
             There
             is
             also
             a
             Family
             in
             this
             Countrey
             of
             Gentlemen
             ,
             named
             
               Fairfax
               ,
            
             of
             the
             fair
             bush
             of
             their
             Hair
             .
          
           
             
               Pontefract
               .
            
             A
             
               French
            
             name
             brought
             in
             by
             the
             
               Lacies
               Normans
               ,
            
             for
             the
             
               English
            
             word
             of
             broken
             bridge
             .
             
               Lelands
            
             Itinerary
             .
          
           
             *
             
               Eboracum
               ,
               Eburacum
            
             is
             derived
             from
             the
             River
             
               Vré
            
             by
             
               Vre
               ,
            
             or
             a
             long
             the
             side
             of
             
               Vre
               .
            
             See
             
               Burtons
            
             Comment
             .
             on
             
               Anton.
            
             his
             Itin.
             p.
             60
             ,
             61.
             why
             it
             is
             called
             
               Eboracum
               ;
            
          
           
             The
             Kings-Town
             built
             by
             King
             
               Edward
            
             the
             First
             .
          
           
             There
             are
             also
             high
             and
             low
             
               Burton
            
             houses
             .
          
           
             Or
             the
             North-part
             of
             this
             Countrey
             .