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Show The defcription ofBritaine. aforfaid countiz that it farve formounteth this pror portion, ibereby tt map be compared for batables to the Sabbatike riuer,called fn ofd firme Gotan, the ground is fo fertile,that euerie graine of bariecie irefle With Italie, hich tn mp time ts called the qrotwing vwth pecld an hundjed kernels at the leak paradife of the tojld, although by reafon of the The defcription of Britaine. fwickedrieffe of fuchas Divell therein tt map be cab Df late peares allo tue haue found aid taken bpa led the finke and dzaineof bell: fo thatipereas thep Were wontto faieof bs that ourlandisgadbutour -_sagqreat trade in planting of hops, thereof our marie hitherto and wnprofitable grounds de peeld fury people eniill, thep dfd but onlte fpeakeit; ubereas tue knoty bperpertence that the toile of Ztalie is ano? -_-_plentie ¢ inereafe , that thetr are ftv farmers 02 0¢8 -_cupiers inthe countrie, ubic)baue not gardens and bie fotlebut the Divcllers therein farte off fromanie 10 hopsqrowing oftheir otune, and thofe farre better bertne 02 gaonelie, than do come from Flanders onto bs, Certes the MHedowes, Dur medotves,are either bottomes (hereof ive haue greatffoxe, amd thofe verie large,bicaufe our -_cograptions pled by the Flemings,and forgerte date -_-itie pradifed in this kind of ware,qaue bs occafion to bozolwed from the befk ¢ fattett patturages. Lhefirlt of themare pearclict often onerfotwen by the rifing of {uch treames as palle theough the fame, 02 violent falles ofland-Wwaters,that defend fromthe bils about them, Che other are feldome o2neucr oners and fend manie our brio them. And this ¥ know by erpertence,that fome one man bp conuerfion of bis moanie grounds inte hoppards, therof before be hav ho commmobditie, doth raife pearelic by fo little as twelue acres it compaffe tivo hurd2ed markes; all foile is billte)o2eife fuch as toe callland meads, and plant fhem bere at home: fo that now twemap{pare lib. 33. cap. 11.) itt low mreadowes ie haue fons times thre,but commontlic ting 92 bpiwarn,as-erp es tence hath off confirmed, Of fuch as are ttoffe motved J (peake not, fith fheirlater math isnot Gholtome forcattell as the firff; although in the mouth moze pleafant fox the lie. Which induftrie Gov continue! though fome fee cret frends of Fflemings let mot to erelatme as gaint this commoditic,as afpotle of tomd,bp reaforr of the poles, ahich nenerthelefle after thre peates Do time ; for thereby thep become oftent imes tobe rots therefore it halt fuffice ¢ é « Of thefe things, . lo ~ The veld of our cosne-gronndis alfo this rate folowing. Shough ont the lana, Ponten to make aneftimat thereof by the ace) in meane aMd indifferent peares, fberei n cach acre of rie ftheat, well tilled and dzefled, eee will peel commontiie firtéone o2 tiventic buthels, The cattell hich tue bredare commontlic fudh,as cattil forgreatnefle of bone, fuetnette of Alef, and other benefits to be reaped by the fame, qfue place onto Hone other sas map appearefirft byour oren, tole forth tivo 02thyat an eaning) giue no place bntoas hie,moze than dm our goates, tio in like fo2t Dew fole loty the fame oxder, and our dere come not bebind, late time fonte baue affaten to veale for Wwine,as te pour lordthtpaltvis right tell knowert . utfith that liquor henit cometh fo the d2inbin g bath bin found more bard,thanthat abtchis bought an acre of batlicfran 69 from bepondthe fea,ana the cot of planting anv bee a ping thereof fo chargeable,that thep map buie it far ne 02 fine Quatters , thich proportion better cheape from other countries : is - twithitanding thep haue gt: : off abated totvard the noth, Ben oner their enterprifes without anie confine as it¢ $ oftentimes tur: ratis Mounted in the fouth. DF on,that as trall other things, fo neither mien come, as peafor the ground Md thirtic bufhels, of ofcs and fu beanes, olen togither > far £8 they call bulmong) rie ann thea and otts (abi bere isno place to fpeake,vet thei t named mitcclin Tpeldisneuerthes fe much atter this P2operti on 288 3 baue often marked, And petis not this Our great folfon parable tothat of hoter coun conn fries of the Mmaine.d8n¢ aeseagerteas e tereafe tht Eldr ed Da atety IS De vmper pafarmountethobere ia ludaors i ‘a be fai thatin the feln nies itfelfe tn the beqinitins, nog fuccette of their traucll Fall anfiver theit evpectation at the fictt,bnattll fac fime as the foile be bought as into acquaty ee mn commoditic,annit tere that prouffion may made for the moze ¢ ploien bpon the fame; fend poe tadiiaiges ny, - fit be true,that ahere wine doth laff invare ell, there it teil Srotw no tyo2fe:% mute and notalittle Sberefine the planting of tines toutn be neglect ed in Cnglan d, hat this tiquo; might bane wara fs Diligent traueller in the old eftate of this mp natiue before, and in the time of the Romans; and the fata nallie Deffrie erle of Cer conffables of theZotmer of London, twoithbeld that postion frothefato houle, butill the reigne of king Stephan,and thereof made -dis daieslatd bponthis Jland. Jn likefort he chars ged the Britons withcerteine implements and be fels of fuozic (as Strabo faith,Udherby it amereth mans called Le lle des vignes.And gad recordaps péereth, that the bithop there bad pearelie thace o2 _of the benefits of their countrie,than elther afterthe comming of the Saronso2 Pormans, in thic thep Olaffe alfo bath bene maneherein great plentie thatinelotime our conntriemen were farre moze induffrfous ann painefall in the ble andayplication gaue themfelues moveto idleneffe mid following of tobimbpleates anv other erdjeats, whereof allo % 30 fléce caufed bp theit haronefie of paffurage, aid & bundance of increate(for in manic places thep bying 02 feucrall binepardsfo: abuantage ad commod te tie. Petof prone burtfull to mante,might beat open aflises and feffions denounced enimic to bis countrie anv conv mion-fwealth of the lann. foure tunne at theleattgtuenbim vowinedecome, bee lie o2 may eafilieerceed them, Dur (Hwepe liketwife for god tat of fic), quantitie of lims, finetfe of trapt to beare anie gtapes alimott faz friendship (02 othertoife) doth attempt to. procure -_oughts from the prince, that may profitbut few and fometinie King ofthis land, toith other folle there ae bout bitto certeine of bis knights, with the libertie of a Guild which therof wascalledisnighton Guild. fide Ghatloeucr ouer-fumme ofthe liqnozdid accrue are fud, as none of anie other nation do commone pleafure ¢ thanotp > Much lele then the platne ficlos bea notable witnedte,as allo the plot ibid weno call ea Smithfield in Rondon giuen bp Canucus a binepard fo their great commoditic mbdlucre. Zhe le of Clic alo tuas inthe irl times of the Pox alfo cometo thefire, and {pare thetr other fetwell, As foeurconies, ¥ haue {ene them fo fat in fome fen,o2 to increate (0 fat in bloud,tiyat the garget} and 40 foiles,efpeciallic about other di(cales om confame manie of them ctallte Deall and Ditnege, that the gale before the Greate of onebeing tweighen, hath petfen berte neere Dil Otvners can {eke out any remedie,b» Phlebo tomic frozfenen ounces. AN thich benefits we fire refer 03 otherinite. Some fuperttitions foles foppote that fo the grace and gmonefle of God,and nert of all ty thepthtch die of the garget are riaper twith the night tothe bountte of our fotle, thich bebath inducd with mate, and therefore thep hang bp fones tbhich nae fo notable amd commodions fruitfulneffe. turallie hauc holes in them,and mutt be found ore But as J meane to intreat of thefe things lokeo for; as if (uch a fone tere an 1078 Apt cockefhot largelic hereafter, fo will J tony in this place fothe diuell go run {h2ough and folace one himfelfe twithe benefit Gbfeh our nation manteth,and that ts all whtlet the cattell yo (cotfreeand are Nof the fault thereof is not i one (ofle, but the twine; by bin. 1But if F thouto fet dotwrte buthalf moleften neg e the toes go Sence of our countriemen (efpectallte of the that fuperttition hath bought into fonth onr huthan: pattes)thoda notinure the fame to this common mens heads in this and other bebalfes,it te wouln atke tie,and a pl Nec thanis conuen abich bp reafor of long vifcontinuance , is ient for facha pus hotw become pole, taben . But as in thefe things Z hauenofill, fo J (olens. -_-_twith that fewer licences for the priuat commoditic butof afew were granted (not that thereby ¥ dente the matntenanceof the perogatiue rofall,bnt rather twonld with all my hart that it might be pet moe bonozablie increafen)s that enerie one thich by feeen citiethat tt tsinoty named Port foken ward,and gt -_ftuffe alfo, befibe fine {cifters,theres, collars of golp vent in time pat to the religious honfe within Ale and filuer for Womens necks,crufes and cups of amw gate, otwbeit firt Dtwell,the Archouckl, Dtto,¢ fr 20 ber, were a parcell of the tribute ubich Auguitus tn bate, 02 petaduenture a little moze in an acre of 30 largenetle height,weight,tall oww,bines, and bones ground (Ff bfethe f0020 Carrucata 92 Carruca thich isa fpaine load, and,as J remember,pied by Plinie mainein the accompts of (ome parfons and bfcars in tkhent\, clfethere,befives the records of fundzie futes, commentedin diuerfe eccleftafticall courts, both in dient, Survie,te ; allo the inclofed parcels al moft in euerte abbeie pet called the bineparocs,may 10 being alwates{o redie to offend toitbont ante facul- Principes lon~ tte one twaie,as thepare otherwile topzetame, opon 8°6! otheeramplesoftheir betters then ante holois tobe - (oa ‘The trnth is(feith Iohn Stow ourcountrie man,and Glotven,and that is the caufe therefnre their gratieis 29 charges bomne totward the maintenance ofbis famtie Khorter than thatof the bottomes, and pet is it farre mozefine, tholefome, and batable, fith the baie of ourlow mevotwests not onelic full of fandie cinder, febich baecdcth fimrdzic difeates tn our cattell, but alta more rotutic, foggie, and full of flags, and therefore not fo profitable fo: fouer and forrage as the bigher meads be. Lhe difference furthermore in theit commodities ts great, for tyereas in our land meas dotves te have of offen aboue one gad load of _tett canfes abie the inferfours regary no ged opoer, the emperourgaue equallic to bs, the Galles,amo Spantards, is one fuffictent teftimonte, And that it Did groty here,belide the teftimonte of Beda lib.r. cap.1. the olp notes of fithes for wine that pet rev nto the olpner. ut fhis Gland heretofore, firl the charter that Probus DMpavver. Bape. -_-«the fwarres, * Ffit were requifit that J thoulfpeakeof the hauefene mention. Therefore ourfoileisnottobe blamed, as though our nights twere f erceding fhort J Hat in Augui and September the mone hfe) ts ladie of moifture, echiefe ripener of this lis quar, camot in ante toife ine long inough bpor the fame:a berie meere foie and fable right wozthic tobe fujpzefcd, becaufe erpetience conuinceth the bpbolvers thereof cuenin the bent wines, fundziekindsof mold,as the clegie 02 clate,wheres of are Diverfe forts(red,blue, blacke ano abite)alfo the -_redo2 white fanvie,the lomie,rofellie,grauellic, chal hic 02 blacke,3 could fate that there are fo manie die uevle beines in Weitaine,as elfe abere in ante quars ter oflike quantitte tr the tuozld. otwbeit this J muffnedsconfelle,that thefmbie ¢ cledgiedw beare the greateft fate : but the claie moff of all, as hath he time hath bene alfo that wad, theriithone -_bbeene,and petisalwaies tenes felt through plentie countrie men died theft faces(as Cafar faith) that and dearth of cozne. 3Fo2if this latter (A meane the ficlo(and alfo women ¢ their Danghtersin latv Dib ffaine their bodies ¢ go naked,int the pickle bnto the factifices of thett gods,couctingtorefembletherin the @thioptans,as Plinic faith li.22.cap.1.)anb alfo mabdbder baue beene (nert bnto our tin and tyolles) the chiefe commodities. and merchandise of this monlie in date peares for Wheat) then is there genes tall plentie ; ttheras tfit fatle, then banete fcarfitie, according to the old rade verte fet Downe of Engs land,but fo be buperttodof the thole Zlano,as er; perience doth confirme : Whenthe fand doothferue the claie, they might feeme terrible to ther enimies in the 40 claie)dm peclo bir full increafe (tchich it both coms tealme. J find alfo that rape oile bath bene made within this land.But noty ourfoile efther twill not 02 Then maywefing well awaie, But whenthe claie dooth feruethe fand, at the leaftvife map not beare either wad 03 made Thenis it meric with England. det: J faie not that the groundisnotable fo todo, 50 Amight here intreat of the famousballies in Cr: but that wwe are negligent, afraid of the pilling of gland,ofwich one ts called the bale of White hortte,es our grounds, and careleffe of our one profit, as another of Conefham,commontlie taken fo? the gras men rather willing to buie the fame of others than narie of CHorceflerthire, the third of Ailetbirte that take ante paine to plant them bere at home. Zhe like Koeth by Lame,the rotes of Chilterne hils, to Dons 3 map fate of far, which bp latw ought to be owen in fable, Petwport panell, Stonie Stratford, Wuckso euerie countrie-totone in Cngland, more 02 Ieffe bingham,iBirfane parke, ec. thetileof the fourth but 3 fe no fuccefle of that god and ttholefome latw, of Whitehart 02 Blackemaze in Dorletthire. The fith tt is rather contemptuonflie reieaed thanothers fiff of Kingdale 02 1Xcnidale,cozrnptlie called Rings twife putifullie kept in ante place of Englano, tatle, that lietii(as mine autho; fatth)opon the edge of Some faie that our great number of lates do 6o Eller md Cambzidgethire, anv alfo the Warlhwar breed a genterall negligence andcontempt ofall goo bale : but for fomuchas J bnoty not twell thefr (cues ozbder; bicaufe we baue fo manie,fhat nofubiea can ralllimits,3 giueoner to go ante further tn their ore Uue twfthout the tranfgreffton of fome of them, and fcription. Jn like fozt tt Thoulo not be amiffe to. -genneg? . tat the often alteration of our o2dinances doth fpeake of our fennes, although our countrie be not mud barine in this refpea,wbid(after Ariftorle)poth fo fullof this Kind of folle as the parties bepond the feeme to carie fome reafon withall ,foz(as Cornelius feas, to wit, arbon, 4c: and thereto of other plea Gallus bath:) Euentus varios res nouafemper habet. Wut verie mane let not to affirme that the qrés die corruption of the promoters on the one fine, facts litie in difpenfing with gad latues ann firft breach of the fame in the lawmakers ¢ {upertozs,¢ prtuat res {peasof their efablihment onthe otherare the grea fant botoms, the abic)are not onclie indued tith ercellent riuers and greatffoze of come and fine fons Det fo2 neat and ho2ffesin time of the peare(ahbercbp they are erceeding benefictall onto their otpners)but alfo of 0 {mall compaffe and quantitie in ground. Fo2 Come of our fens are well knofwen to be either of ten, ttoclue, Grtane, tiventic, o2 thirticintles tn dfs length, |