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u 29; BRITISH I-LANDS, y
‘ mmefoally troubled, menypartenteoxtsfignti wertghzflil 12] terrible t;mfejI.t, 'IV!.!lI:l'.’fffd- R
ordinayjjfdimsjliajhizzg amlvialmt lightning: andfferj imprtftiam: which after they were
ayzpedfcd, ill: II4mz'cr.s certiftd Izim, tbalfmze om cf great eminent] ma: dead; , And :1 lit-
tle after. H (Agnew litfzid mgrimzcr, that time was atertain: Jlandylztr: wherein Saturn:
-iva: [1] Briurm: claftd up and leap; in pfi[anj6z:ndujI::fc,f;9rjle:p: mu tli: mmm to "bald
Mm ::ptip:).1b0Ilt 'lt‘IJ%’ftr[0Il mm ‘were man] Denzonegat lm']9ct,:lxaMoodatt:m1ing
rtI[&r?JiI0!lII. Thus they toolce plpeaiiire in old time, as nowvalfont this day,boldly to
devife ilrange wonders and tales of places farreprcmote in :1 ccrtainc fecure veinc of
lying asitwereby authorityg J y pt , E‘; 3' y '5‘ ;, ‘ M -t I up i >- .
i ‘In the narrow lea ofS evern,there peep up firft of all two fm all Ilands,whereof the
’ ‘and with an even ground , is by us called ‘FIJIIJDIMI, in the
one‘; becaufeitlieth flat
fame ienfctlfat Pjmarj is nyarned Italy’: il1yC‘O[llCl'5f’,(lD:-iimgmt, beeziuferifetlt Ileyepc,
I inthe Btittifh tongue Rem": .- both of them, when the Britans bate rule, wer'e”tear-
V . . A tired Echni: like asin our age flnlmdif for To the Anglo-Saxons ectlled gteene plnines
i . ‘ s cnclofedwithitt water: neitherwete they in aneient timesfaritousfor any thing elfc,
. , but for that the Danes lay there at road : and forthe tompbeof one G.-mlzIm:,t aBritan
- - offingular devoutneffe , whoieDiieipleB4rrt4cI1 leftthis narnelito thclland Harry in
Wales (as an ancient monument of the church oflwdafwitneffeth) which llnnd in
like mane: hath given name to :1 noble houfc of the Barraje: in Inland
This hath lying hard to it , thelittle Iland Sill] upon the coaft of the ancient Silu-
m,ofwhofe nameitfeemcth to retaine (till , more than :1‘ ihadow; like as afmall
townc over againilt it , in GI.mcarg.m-[bin : yet dare Inot avoueh it to be Silum or
Infield Silumm, the Hand that Salim: mentioneth,‘ feeing there be other llands bca-y
ting the fame name 5yet,farre diitant from the Silurtx. J
From thence we come to Caldt-j,in theBtitifh Imi:-Pix,lyingnere untokthe fhore;
and to Mmlqfarther within the Tea, over againit cfaldgj, Sebelonging unto Dawn-y
t y , , , T jlxirvcgfronithe ptotnontory or eape ivheYof,nairiet1l2’ert.nJe,itlieth 14.miles.Larger
i .5 = V I ' this iseouritedpof the tw‘ain‘e,howbeit reported to be not much more than two miles
3 ' ‘ i .lo‘n‘.g‘arrd cganetnile broad; fo encircled with ro’ekes,and eliiies round about,that there -
is no avenue unto it but in one or twoplaces." A fott orfconfe it had : theruins wher- D‘
of',lil<e as of Saint Helens Chappell, are yet to be feene.‘ Thatit had hecne in time ’
pat’: eated with the plough , the ridges and furtowes in it doe evidently fhew : now
all the cornmodity and proht that it tecldeth doth arifefrom fea fonle , whereof it‘
‘hzitlfgrleat fiore.’ Trees it hath’nonephtitllinlcinglilders’ Which" the Stares haunt in 4
fueh mttltitudes, that urieth for their dung there isany eomniingto them." But What
nreanel tpiiand heereupon tconfidering that Sir Tlmmu D: lat1t.!:reKnight (inre-4
pottinghow that filly king Edward the fceond,‘when his froward and ttnreaforiable
. wife ,‘.toge.tl1et‘ with the Unruly’ Barons thundred out threats and denotineed terri-
lale nienaces,Wastniirded to withdraw himfelfhither, as to aplaceofrefu e)haih in
914 ‘lm."; d?fCYibCd it in: this wife zlobdaj (faith he) "ii an Jlzmd ljj21g‘in'! zciizzoutb ofg:
up + . ., x J - ' $7‘1'('rn twlolmilet [mg aim‘ W4] , fix]! afpltaftnt pafltzfts zit .1]f%rd;tb Coimi::ingrE4t'
A ' "5 4'. D91’?-7 4d%1i(5(Wbitb )1Icx.wa'ti' Nulzlzm tcfmetb Gwimezlet l2ir‘d.r)itl1:tl1 em,-‘
fI'I1tI4[(]f?ixft time to tt'jne'rezta’ to [4] : itjefuetla the illbatbi!JI7fI[)!fK1f!,1l’ifbf;'tf5 water,"
A ytglpztng abauagdanny aid ofpringx ,' ilmzgb imlfe be an AlMde:’c'om;pt5ff::1;t'itI;tl2:fe,‘z.‘
‘Om IN] afentrancei: 174:1; intuit, trlzereiix amtmd mm lzzrdljgoe afro)1tjogetr’2:"ro'rz'
f?F,"3 0 '1 5, yer? pat: Qtfidt-J , (Ix: drtazzftll rulw bearing am mg 11!] btigtlz,’ I;."nt1er‘zll-
mgreje. Btttfcgrcely dd: r2'nr,I.J‘i[faria;2:'y make any mmtiaitafit , [we on?!) lfarv Willinn
- ‘ ‘ . Y Qlartvfco -1 ma]? laaudvmdmijilziewux rwer in 117: rcigmqfking Henry :12: third, ram’
5."”"‘f""“.”I,f“7‘."'%.' W47! I'I1f'I'me!parj5‘i mid tlmt in [QM Ezhrarzl the tlzird I21’: daicsi
i[.ni,‘t:‘t2..zvrt Icffbc, Luttenll: inlieritame. 2 ‘ ‘ . . . t ' i
. ‘ .KFr0mthcnCC H; thst very bent and tuming of Pctnbroehfliire , wc‘n)eete with. F. l
(;m,mm’ g(t[5jt7[mt,.9tpgk:?o.me,and‘:S‘r:[mej 5 in which is plenty pfgraile,’ &wi'ld "thyme grow.
ml Vgfx imld PIS 35"‘!-J 1:115 day was’, when I thought’Sc.xlm:j to have been:
5 cJ1,m'y. R 3‘ 1 ,1- 1 M NV 5 Wllfcll 1’ mic In Old time wrote of;.but thetruth hath now made
lrmnux. ‘3l"?3:)F)1‘.““E5" my ‘’Pl"i0‘‘- 120‘ 5 Ilmt S x 1; '1 miv s of Plinie(as- the affinity of the word A
implieth)