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Show The defcription of Britaine. rie fometintes food ,'al(o not farre from Wath there iga faire tod, aereof if pou take anie peece, and pitch it into the ground thereabouts, 02 thzotn tt into the water, within tivelue moneths it till tarne ints bard fone. Jn part of the billes eat foutheatt of Aloerleie,a mile from Iingfvod , are tones dailie found, perfedite fathioned like cockles and mightic The defcription of England. (J fai) that they participate of one fofle, and rife fo Dpon afaperffitions imagination, that thofe crofies nigh one to another. % baue rotice gituen nie moze oucr of a ftonenot farre from faint Danios, thichis berie great , as a bed, 02 fuch like thing: and being Mhoula be thete defenfe aw hielo againf their av Trebius have twzitten mane fupetEttions things uerfacies, Beda calleth the place therethe faid fielo was fought, ipeauen field ; it lieth not far from the thereof , but efpectallic our Qhpmiftssje make it qaicif} wall,and the famous monafferie of a, feed,thereof they babble manie wonders, and poate Thereis a well notfarre from Monie Stratforp, gulffad . \But. move of this elfetere . seither will J {peakeofthe little billets fene in manie pla hbfc) conuerteth manic things into fone ; and an other in Wales, thichis {ato to double o2 triple the force of anie cdge tele that is quenched in the fame, ces of our Ble; hereof though the bnikilfull people babble manie things: pet are thep nothing elfe but of fuch effets as map well be perfoymed indeed ahen the ferne bearethfeed,which is commonlp<d calends Gracds , fox before tt Will not be found. But to pros ced. ibere ig a well tn Darbielhire called Lidel Zn Legenia, a parccliof Gales, there isa noble {uch toms ¢ carcafles as be daily found in the fame, ratfed bp,a man mapflicre tt tutth bis thumbe; but not with bis houlocr o2 force of bis trhole bode. well (¥ meane in the parttof Hilken) tbtch ts of maruellous nature, and much ike to another tock at differs, which fomedzeame baue lien there ener fince Scuill in Spaine; fo althoughit be fir niles from the flond.3n the cliffs betiwcene the WBlacke head and the fea, it cbbeth and flowweth tivife in one date ; al Frefwarodeth baie tn Comiwall, is a certeine cauc, fwaics ebbing then the fea Deoth vie to flotv , and tt there things appeare like fmages quilded, on the flotwing liketwife ten the fea bath bfe to ebbe; tubers fives of the fante, which J take to be.nothing but the of fome dm fable, that this ellis Late and miftreffe thining of the beight oze of coppat and other mettals of the ocean . Mot farre from thence alfo ts amedi readie at hand to be found there, if anie diligence iwere bled, Wotwbett , becanfe it is marue fed 20 cinable {ping called Schinant of old tiine,but now at as arate thing,Z do not thinke tt to be bumeet fo Whenefrides well, in the edges abereof doth baeda be placed ainongft our wonders. Matfer Guile beric odoziferous anddeledable mofle, theretvith hadof late,and fill hath (for aught that's knoiw) a the beavof the fineller te maruelloufite refrethen. D> mano in Glocefferihire , there certeine okes do ther Welles and twater-courfes ive haue liketuife, grolv, thole rotes are beriehard fone. And befide fbicy at fone times burff out into huge ftreames, this, the ground is fo fertile there(as thep faie) that if thoughat other {cafons thep run but berie foftlie, a matt hewwa fake of ante md,md pitch tf into the feherebp the people gather fone alterationof eftate earth, it Will grow and takeroting bepond all expec: tobe at hand. And {uch one there is at Wenleie, ¢ an tation. SMlueceffer towne allo is fatd to conteine other at Crofpan; ¢furha one alfo in thejgolden dale fonrefcoze acresof land twithin theiwalles , nbereof o belive Anderne in Picardie, thereof the common fome ts oane-ground. (as Leland faith ) and the fort imagine manie things. Some! of the greater gratne abich is grotwing therein Doth come to berie fort alfo giue once torun at all in fach times , therot godperfection till tt be reabie fo be cut dotone : but thep concefuc the ltke opinfon. Andof the fame nas Suen then,o2 aboutthat time it vanifheth atvap 4 bes ture, though of no great quantitie, is a pit 02 well at commeth altogither onpzofitable. 4s it anp wonder iLangleie parke in ent, hereof (bp gad bap) it (thinke pou) to tell of fundsic caucs neere to Bzoins was mp lucke toread a notable biftorie inan ance bam, on the tneff fideof the riuer Aimote, therein ent dyontele that 9 fatw of late. What the foltfh are halles, chambers , and all offices of bouthola cut people dzeamteof the hell kettles , it is not twopthie outof the bard rocke 2 Fit be,then may Wweincreafe the rebearfall; pet fo the end the etd Opinfon cone the number of marucis verie much by a rebearfall o felued ofthem map grotw intocontempt, 3 twill fate ofother alfo.$02 we haue manieof the like, as one thus much allo of thofe pits. Zheve are certeinepits, neere faint Atfarhs oponthe banke of Elivie, and as O2 rather thee little poles, a ntile from Darlington, boutthe head of Cendzatl Uehan in wales tthere- thto men baue offer entred ano walked, anb pet found nothing but largeromes', and fandie ground jean feet, and other elfc-tthere. \But fith thete WIGS are not range, let them ‘ fward with the ree, oa alta Gn the parith of Lanofarnam in Hales, and in a1 a quarterof a mile Diffant from the Tpefe banks Sthich the people call the lacttles of bell, o2 the dinels Kettles , as tfhe fhould (wth toules cf Gnfull ment and Women inthem . Thep addealfo,that the fpivits haue oft bene heard fo crie and pell about them, with otherlike falke fauozing altogether of pagal tnfioclitie. The truth is,and ofthts opinton alls was the five of a onic bill, is a place therein ate foure so Cuthbert Cunfall late bithop of Durham, a nat aNd tlwentie feats betwenout of the hardrockes; but {ajo did cut thent, and to hat end » as pettt So not learned. As for the buge fone thatlieth at Wms ber in Guitherte parith, ano of the notable catcatfe (nofipithtanbing the bafenete of bis birth, being bee gotten bp one Lunftall bpon a daughter of the boule of the Commers,as Leland faith) of great learning that ts affirmed to lie onder the fame, there ts no andfndgement, that the cole-mines in thote places it remoued, though it tuere butonlie to fre thatitis, Eich the people haue tn fo great eftimation ¢ eure of fome other bnauous matterbe fet on fire, ich being here and there confumed 5 the earth falleth in, "caufe totouch it bere : pet twereit tuell pone to haue ate kindled, o2if there beno coles,there map amine and fo doth leaue a pit . Indeed the twater is now rence, Gpereis alfo'a polein Logh Catw, among and then twarme (as thep faic) and the blacke mounteins in Brecknock fre, where (as 60 not cleee the people (uppote them befiae that itis to be an hund2ed ts faio)is the bead of Law that commet h to fadam heépe. The bigged feteohich bath (uch a propertie, that it on . fith at all,t if anic be cat into tt,thep die twfthou tre: ociterie:but this peraduenture map gtotw throgh the Accidental corruption of the water father than the naturall force of the elementit (clfe « There is alfo alin in Wales, Lhtch in the one five beareth trowts foredas famons,and in the other abich is the tcf erlie fide, verie Abite andoclicat e, 3 beare alfo of ttwo knelles not far from Landien, thich ftand berie Nerte togither , and pet are offuct ) Diuerfitie of nas tute, that the one beareth fope, andis a Maruellous fine waters, the other altogithcr of contrarie qualis fies. Whichis nota litle to be mufeoat, confidering of them alfo hath antflue into the Thefe, as erperience hath confirmed, JO? Dodo? Wellotves «lids Welsis made report, a bucke markeo afferthe fathtonof the puckes how of the bithopzike of Durham > Wasiputinto the fame be- toirt Darlington and There banke 5 andafferiward fcene at absinge not farre from matter Clereuar boute. Bfit mere toorth thenoting , ¥ twonlo alto make relation of manie temden crofles found verie offen about Balioon » Ohereof the old inhabitants concefued an opinion that thep werefallen from hea' uen; thereas in truth,thep twere madeand bone bp king Ofwalo and bis men tn the battell abercin they Prcuailed fontetimes againk the writith imfioels, pon Acthiopis: and Aclianus, Oppianuk, Kyramis,,and of farve moze bertue thanour {miths du their ferne Tumuls 02 gravesof foypmer times, asappeareth by 1° well (fonamed of the i020 ttae, 02 to ebbe and flow) thole wateroften feemefh to rife and fall , as the fea then thep be digged Downe. The like fond tmaz thich is fortie miles froncit doth bfuallie accuffome gination baue they of a kindof lunaric, tbich is to be found in manie places, althongh not fo tell kno: wwe by the forme onto them, as by the effect there, of,becanfe tt noi and then opencth the lockes hangs ing.on the holes feetas hit opon it Hbere if groweth in thefr feeding. Roger Bacon our conntrieman no: tethit Co grow plentiouflie in Luthth Gelds about Londow. 3 bane beard of it to be within compaffe 20 to ebbe and flo, And bereof an opinion is grower that it keepeth anozdinarie courfe as the fea doth, Potwbeitth ofuerfeare knotone to have tatchea the fame, it map be that at fometimesit rifeth, but notcontinuallie; andthatit foamth Zant fullie per: {uaded to beleeue. Ibutcuen inougd of the wmnders of our countrie,lcaft J ow fame bp talkinglongerof them, wonderoulie to onerfhat mp felfe, ano forget holy much doth ret behind of the aclcviption of mp countrie. As fo2 thofe that are to be touchen of Scot, land,the defcription of that part (atl in fome part remember them, ofthe parith there J otwell,, and do fake it for none other than the Sfera Cauallo, thereof Mathiolus and the berbartits bo waite, albeit that it hath not bene morlacke at anietinte to behold it. Plinic calleth it _ ReRRERERERSEeeeRSEERS The Contents ofthe fecond Booke. Ofthe ancient and prefenteftate of the church ofEngland. Ofthe number of bifhoprikes and their feuerall circuits. Ofvniuerfities. Of the partition of England into fhires and counties, Of degrees of peoplein the common-wealth ofEngland. Ofthe food and diet ofthe Englifh. Oftheirapparell and attire. Of the high court ofparlement & authoritie of the fame. Of the lawes of England fince hir firftinhabitation. Io Ofprouifion made for the poore. 11 Of fundrie kinds of punifhment Ofthe ancient and prefent eftate of the church of England. Chap. 1. Here are now tivo prouinces onelie in Cugland, of tid the firft and greateft is fub> appointed for malefactors. 12 Ofthe manerof building and furniture ofour houfes, 13 Ofcities and townesin England. 14 Ofcaftelsand holds, 15 Ofpalaces belonging to the prince. 16 Ofarmourand munition. 17 Ofthe nauie of England. 18 Offairesand markets. 19 Ofparkesand warrens, 20 Ofgardens and orchards. 21 Ofwaters generallie. 22 Ofwoodsand marifhes, 23 Of baths and hot welles. 24 Ofantiquities found, 25 Ofthe coines ofEngland, ther bath bir archbithop refivent commonite tofthin bir otvne limits, tho bathnot onclie the cheefe dear ling in matters aperteining to the bierarcie ano turifoiction of the church; but alfo great authozitic tn ctuill affatres touching the gouernement of the commonwealth : © far fo2th as thetr committions and feuerall circuits bm extend, Gn old time there were thzce archbifhops, and fo manite ppouinces in this Ble; of tbhic)one kept at comp2ebending a parte of 3° London,another at @orke, anv the thirp at Cacre + Lboegres , hole Cambzia, Ibeon bpon Ufke , Wut as that of London was ¢alf Sreland,Gbich in time tranflated to Canturburie by Auguftine, and that Cay, Aa patt nere feucrall, ¢ brought of Pozrke remaineth (notwithanding that the greas {nto one bp fhe archbithopof the faid {ee ¢ alfittance tett part of bis turifoidion is now bereft him anogt of the pope; abo inrefpec of med, did peein buto the vento the Scotith archbithop) fo that of Cacribeon ambitions defires of fundzie ardybithops of Caw is biterlie ertingnithe, aid the gouernement of the tutrbuvie,as J haue elfettbere declared. Zhe fecond countrie bniten to that of Canturburie in {pirituall proumice ts Onder the (ee of Wozrke, an of thefe; ef cafes rafter it was once before remoucnto &, Da: mids a ee Le et Sere hand, it turmey into ftene. Jt mapbe (fatth be) that fone fand oF ther fine ground tTueth out tit this iwater fromtfete bard rocks, tbich cleaning bnto thofe things, giucth them in tinte the forme of ffones gc, eere onto the place here Tinburne monatee |