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Show The defeription of Britaine. itis now called,apofe bead ts in the verte bart ofthe vetw Fozreft (fometime conucrted into a place of nourithment for deve by Willian Rufus, buieng his pleature tith the ruine of mante totuns and bil lages, as binerfe bane inclofed 07 inlarged thetr parksby the {poile of vetter occupicngs)¢ running fouthiweff ofLindbirtt «the parke,it gocth by catkof ro tole fhire doth take bir name,andnotof the great plentic of illotves qrowing therein ,as fore fanta, Meokenbirik,Wwelk of Walder, ¢ finalite into the fea fouth and by eaff of Lemtington.% takethis not to be the p2oper neuncof the tuater, but of the bauer, fo> Limen in Greeke ts an bauer: fo that Lintendune és nothing elfe,buta dotone 02 higherplot ofaround lieng on the bauen: nenertheleffe, fith this denomts nation of the riuer bath nolw bir free paflage,F think it not conuenient to feeke ont any ofher name that fhould be giuen bnto if. The nert fall that tue patten by is nameleffe,erceptit be called Bure, 4 as itnel tendeth from-netw Fo2retf,fo the nert buito it bight Pile,as J have heardin Cuglith. Certes the head thereof ts allo in the fonthwwet part of the fain $02 teff,¢ the fall not far from Wilford baidge,bepond the fhich F find a narrow going 02 Ericland leading ira fficall heads dm imagine : Hereof alfo there ts moze plentie in that countrie than ts to be found in other places.3t rifet) among the Denerels, and ranning thence bybill Deuerell,s Deverell long betoge,it goeth totpard Withopsfratv,taking in one riil bp tuck € another from Tipton bp Wilerminfer at northtuetf, From Withops fratw it qoeth to Porton, Cipton, Wadhampton,Steplinford,anod Stapleford,there it 20 meeteth twith the Wlinterburte water from by noth, beftending from Maddenton by Wlinterburne, From Staplefordit hatteth to Withford, Petwton, the point to Wri caftell ahich Tandeth into the fea, as tf it hong by a thred,from the maine of the Zand, readte to be twathed atvaic by the continuall tor Bing and datlie beating of the wanes. he nertriuer that wecame onto of anie nameis the Auon,thidh (as Lelandfaith)rifeth by notheatf, AND not far from Wolfehall in Wtltthire fuppetea tobe the fame thich Prolomiccalled atenus. Zhe fit notable beidge that it runneth bnto,ts at Upba: uett,thence foure miles furtherit goeth tolittle Am» byetburieand there is another befoge,from thence to Ghilbampton, Cilton: and thither commeth a twa ter onto it from fouthwelk hich rifeth of tivo beads aboue Duerdonet . After this tt qoeth bp Wonca fell,to Lifburie,and there receiueth a tater on ech five,Ghereof one commeth from Funthill, the other from tivo flues ( of thich one rifeth at Auttie , the ow ther at Stwalodife) and fo keeping on Mill totth bis 30 courfe,ont WWitlugh runneth nertof all by Sutton. ‘Wiodfordvillage,fanding at the tight band banke, and Maton dillage on left, The bithops of Sa, tum hada proper manozplace at Woodford, thich Thenceit goeth to Fouant,Boberitocke, Southburcombe,Wdilton (where it taketh tn the JFomington 02 Mader twater) Wiettharnam, Salitburie , and Sader ht Caktharnam ; and this is the race of TWilugh. The otberisa naked armeo frreame twithout a nie branches . Ft rifeth aboue Colingburne Ring fon in the hils, and thence it goeth to Colingburne, WUltthire) Shipton, Cholterton, ton brloge,to Cranebsinge oly Sali(burie,new Sa, confluence made of the afoiefain waters, iith this lifenric,and finallie to Warnbant, thie is a ffatetie out fecond Avon, ahereints another taterfalleth bripge of ore, of tir arches at the leatt. There ts at equity (called Becquithes broke) a mile beneath Aparnes poke. the tuett end of the faid beinze {a little Zann that ham brioge,whore headis fue niles from Sarum, diet betinirt this and another bridge , of foure pretic and thee miles aboue Werquithes bridge, as Leland arches and bnder this later runneth a God round doth rentember,aho notety the Cyalkebnrne water chealbbi treame,Ghidy as 3 take ithis a beanchof Quon, that tobauebis nue reconrle alto af this place into the a: breaketh outa little abouc , ¢ fone afer it renniteth fozefato tiuet. Certes it isa pretic brokejann rifeth ‘tt felfe againe : 02 elfe that Tilton water bath there 50 firmile s fron Shattetbaciesano in the wate totvard bis entrie into the Auon, whic Jcannot pet veter: Salitburiein abottome onthe right handyabence tt Mitte, From Warnebam befdge it goeth to Dour» cometh bp tenighton and Fenntiratfor, to wonton,that ts about foure miles,and fo much in like fort fngton,thatis about twelne miles front the head,an d from thence fo Fowinghridge, to Ringwor bfoge about tivo miles and anhalfe from Bonington ofite miles,to Chitttes church Tiwinbam fixe bes miles, heath Doflock e, goeth into the Auon,a mile lotver AND freight into the fea; and hitherts Lelandaof this than Barnham bydge , ercept be forget himfelfe. freaine,tubich fothe wo2thinetfe thereof(imines, his Warnha m, thereof J now intreat,was fortes pinion) ts not fufficienttic orfetiben ., Wherefore 4 fime apzetie-dillage before the erection of netw sett god fo delitter' a fecond receiucd of another, ar lifburie , ano ban a chard of ©, Partine belonging tM moze particular maner to bit hi 60 bnitoit,but now in ten of this church , there is ones courfe bnto te Parnes lic a barne Ganding ina verte low mead on the Cortes this Iuonisa godlie tiuer, rifting (as Northliveof S, Michaels hotpitall. Che catle ofthe fald befoye néere) vito tetalfehal l;although telinquitging of tt twas the moiffneffe of toill fee moze fernputontie fox the bead be wa the fotle, berie off onerflotone.-anodthereas the kings tuft lo ke for the fame abont the boxders ofin dev bisd the fox Wwaiclaie fometinte thiough cutlton , licence telfof Sanernake (thatis Soure Was Oke) hich lieth as obteined of the bing anv Richard bithop of Salitb iit ere imbzacen Yermene the fir armes thercor Tie,to remone that paflage bnto nete Salitburieinw AG X bane beene tfomred. There heads alto ithe manter , amd bpon this-occafion tons the Aconfiuencebp catt of Partinthall hill, do make maine ano we se bridge mateover Auon at iarnebant. Wlottor, _ Sronrithence it goeth Wy fis ere to Milton, Wow, lar nother a little lotwer that alte Of Meanittinges ar runneth into theriteth fame ‘bir change of the waie alfo oto Syalitunrte felkinto btter z decaic , ¢ Wilton abichwas before the bead' towne ©ecated ofthe thite , and turnithen with ttuclue patithicar' changtt® thes,grew to be but a pare billage, and of fmallires sate putation. Bowbeit; this twas not the oneli ecaute of ths flat othertwife ; fith that bill is berie plentifullie ferued twtth {prings and Wwels of berie fet tater. The the tone and baronte of Sturton doth take bis name as J geffe,for ercept mp memovrie do to much fatle me,the lon Sturton giveth the fir heads of the fato iwaterin bis armes,\But to proceed. After thefe branches are contoined in one bottome, tt goeth to long Laime mill, Stilton, Wilton, and beneath Gt truth of the matter therefere is this. lingham receiueth a tater that defcendeth from Yui the timeofciuill warres, the fouldfors of the Mere, Thence the HSture gocth to Bugleie, Stoure, caffell and chanons of oly Sarum fell at ods, infos CUeffouer bfoge, Stoure proust, andper long it much that after often bealies , they fellatlatttefad 10 taketh in the Cale {water, from pen that commeth ¢ie, blowes, Ft haypencd therefore ina rogation eke Dotone bp WUickhampton to Moreland, ¢fo to Sta that the cleargte going in folemneproceffton, acon: pleford, feuen miles from Wickhampton', pafling trouerfiefell bettucene themt about certeine twalkes in the fatd botage, by Wine Caunton, and the fue andliinits , which the one five clafined and the other beldges, Afterthis confluence, tt runneth to Pinton Denied. Such all was the bot intertainment on ech Maries,and fone after crofleth the Ltoden and Deut: Lippern part, that at the laff the Caftellanes efpicng their Its Waters allin one chanell, whereofthe firlk rifeth Deuris, time,gate betivene the cleargic and the totone, and in lackemoze bale,and goeth to the bithops Cauny fo coiled them as thep returned homeward,that they bell : the fecond in the bils fonth of Pulham, and fo feared anie moze to gang abont their bounds fo3 tunneth te Lidlinc; the third twater ifueth nerve the peare. Herebpon the people mifing their belie 20 Abberton.n,and going bp Fifebed to Liplington,anp ‘Boer. heave (for thep tuere tumnt to haue banketing at there meting twith the Loven , thep recetue the Wiachewater; eueric fation,a thing commonilie pracifeo by the res lackewater aboue Wagburne, and fe go into the ligfousin old time, therelvith to linke in the com: Stoure. mons bute thens,nbom ante man map lead thither Attcr this the Stoure runneth on to Stoureton he willbp the bellic, o2 as Latimer fatd, with beefe, minffer, Fitlefoxo, Hammond, and foneafter tac bread and beere ) thep conceiued forthwith a deadlie king in one water that commeth from Wargraue by batred againt the Caffellans.J6ut not being able to wel Dachard, and a fecond from Funtmill,it goctty cope with thent bp force of armes, thep confulted onto dele , Ankefad, Wandford , Duriveffon, with ichard Pore their bithop, and he with themfo Unighton, WB2ainion, Wlandfoxd, Charleton: ano effectuallie , that it was not long per thep, J meane 30 crofling per long a rill that rifcty about Zarrent,ano the chanons, began a netw church bpon a pece of goeth to Launtton , unketon, Cauntton, Lar theft otone ground called iriffeld, pretending to tant, it procerdeth furth bp Sheptorjc, ana bp and bp ferue God there in better fafetic,and with far moze teceining another broke on the right band, that ris quietneffe than thep could do before . Shis churdy feth about Stricland , and goeth by Quarleffon, {pas begun 1219, the nine and tiwentith of Apuzill, Cahttchurch, Anderfton, and Wlinterburne, it hats a finifhed twith the erpentes of 42000marks, in eth fortvard toStoureminffer, erfod lake > Alen the peare 1260, and fiue ¢ tiventifh of Aarch, theres bridge, Winburne, «ids winburne minffer, thts by itappeereth that ttivas abouefortic pers in bmp, fhe Liotyorths ( thereof the more fontherlte is in bithop Sharton pulled vownealtogither , bicaute it 40 Jomerfon, Porton,the GlinterbuAetwton, Lonete, rnsWaweritocke , Ibasfomethat inruineThenceit goeth to Fithers and fo into Auoneatt of Salifburte . Ano thus ts the feie,qpanniigtiety abbeie, Banningfield on Aetoliigton taketh trv ome rel crore. anb Wer Wroin thereof the firt was a falue onto the latter, as ¥ take it. 3fo2 thereas it was giuen out, that the fotuncimen wanted tater in old Salifburic, itis ther commetha water called Alen (from aknolton, although the clearks twcre tranflated to the neo Wlikebampton, Cttambzfoge, Winton, Barnfleie) totune 1 220,03 the third pere after the frate . The 40 thich hath two heads, obereof one rifeth Moat of people alfo fering the dilfgenceof the chanons, ano TWodcotes, amveattof Farneham, named Lerig, teputing their barmes for their otpne tnconuenithe other at 9unketon aboue &, Giles Winburne, ence, were as earneft on the other five to benere and going thence to S.@iles Athlete, tt taketh in the bntothefe prelats, and therefore euerie man bought Horton becke , as the Wozton doth the Cranburne. bis bonfe onto that place, ¢ thus became old Sarum Finallie, metingwith the erig aboue Analton, ThisStoney infetw peres biterlie vefolate, andnef Salitburie theprunon dnder the name of Alento the Stoure aboundeth Taifed bp in feed thereof ,to the great decaie alfoof tbich goeth to the Wanfords, Wzetfon, Hingthun, need ‘ arnbam and Wilton, thereof ¥ {pake oflate. if Percy,roch, Perlete , and Polnet : but per tt come at rPolnefit Dace runaee JReuerthelelle tt ould femme to me that this new taketh in too bzokes in one bottome, thereof one onana ica, citie is not altogither botd of fome great, binderany 50 commeth from Wlodland parke bp olt parte , and tes uot and then bp tater : for inthe fecondof Volt another ftom aboute byper Walinburne , by os Caivard the fecond (tbo belo a parlement there) mondelham, Wertivmd, and Mannington, and tots there‘iwas a (ndden thatw after a great fro, which ning abont S, Leonards, thepgo to Pormebstoge, caufed the waters (0 falt to arile , that euen at bigh andfo into Stoure. After abich confluence,the fata mafle time the tater came into the minfter , and Stonre runneth by Fuo2 bridge, and fo into Auon, not onelie ouerflotved the nether part of the fame, leaning Chittts church) aboue the meeting of the (Kio but came bp all to the kings pauate therebe fate, Waters (as ¥ haue faid before.) fherebp be became wetfhon,. anv in the end inforced Hantng tn this maner paten Chiltfes durch hean fo icaue the churd), as theerecutour div bis maffe, ihe come to the fail of the Burne, hich ts a little Burm. lea thep Mould all baue bene drowned: athis 60 broke tuning from Stourefeln heath, twithout tage inbured there foz the {pace oftivo dates , there: branches; from abence we proceeded : ¢ the nextfall bpon no feruice could be fato in the faid mintter, that Wweconte bntots Pole,from thote mouthapon Pole, Aotoreturne agatne from tbence F thus ot: the (ho2e,bp fouthiwett tna bate of thee milesoft, is Srefled, Dur Auon therefore oeparting from Sali, a porefiber totpne called Sandtoleh, there wefaty burie, gocth by Wurtfozd , Longfoz0, and taking tn apeére and alittle fret brake. The verte veter part the waters afoxe mentiones by the waie, it goeth bp of faint Avelmes point, is fue miles from Sanne Stanleie, Dunketon, Cratford, Wurgate, Foing wich. Jn another baie lieth teff Lilletworth, there budge, Wingivwd,Anon, € hrftes churd:and finallie ‘(a8 F heare)is fore profitable barbo2ough for thips, {nto the fea.25ut per it come all there ¢ alitle bencth he totone of Pooleis from Caltnburne about foure Ghriffes churd,ttcrotledy the Stonre oj Sture ,a ve» miles,and it fanoeth almoff as an Fle tn the hanen, tie faire ftreame; tthofe contfeis fuc) as map not be Hhe haven it (clfe alfo,ifa man Hhoulomeature tt by left bntouced.St rifeth of firbeans whereof thre lie the circuit, twanteth little of (wentie miles,as Foiy on the nezth fide of the parke at Stourton tofthin the geile by the bie. } pale, the other rife totthoutthe parkes ¢ of this riuer Going therefore into the Came,betwen the nox ane a PSomsved the Wirieie, te crotfed fhe Liment as a aee ae as ae ee = fall, Weing therefore pal Peiwington, it qoeth to Wphauen (thereof Leland {peaketh) to Chetiiburie, Compton, Adlington, little Almfburie, Darntfozo, WH wdford,old Dalifburie,and fo to netw Salifburie, here it receiueth one notable rtuer from by nozthy twelf,¢ another from nozth attrhich tive F will fir deleribe,leaning the Anon at Salifburte for a tile, The firtk of thefe is called the Wtilugh , thereof the wiugh, 028, the rine ofold Saltfourte,fith J read of ttvo other, Sa bpon The defcription of Britaine. pPatneie, Herder, WAilfor, Charleton , ard Rutt fuel (as 4 take it) of Grburie, a village Handing |