Chronicles (1 of 6): The Description of BritaineHolinshed, Raphael
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Chronicles (1 of 6): The Description of Britaine
Holinshed, Raphael
Great Britain -- History -- To 1485; Great Britain -- History -- Tudors, 1485-1603
The next riuer that runneth into this port, springeth in the new
[Sidenote: Eling.]
Forrest, and commeth thereinto about Eling, not passing one mile by west
of the fall of Test. From hence casting about againe into the maine sea,
and leauing Calde shore castell on the right hand, we directed our
course toward the southwest, vnto Beaulieu hauen, whereinto the Mineie
[Sidenote: Mineie.]
descendeth. The Mineie riseth not far from Mineiestéed, a village in the
north part of the new Forrest; and going by Beaulieu, it falleth into
the sea southwest (as I take it) of Exburie, a village standing vpon the
shore.
[Sidenote: Limen.]
Being past the Mineie, we crossed the Limen as it is now called, whose
head is in the verie hart of the new Forrest (sometime conuerted into a
place of nourishment for déere by William Rufus, buieng his pleasure
with the ruine of manie towns and villages, as diuerse haue inclosed or
inlarged their parks by the spoile of better occupiengs) & running
southwest of Lindhirst & the parke, it goeth by east of Brokenhirst,
west of Bulder, & finallie into the sea south and by east of Lemington.
I take this not to be the proper name of the water, but of the hauen,
for Limen in Gréeke is an hauen: so that Limendune is nothing else, but
a downe or higher plot of ground lieng on the hauen: neuerthelesse, sith
this denomination of the riuer hath now hir frée passage, I think it not
conuenient to séeke out any other name that should be giuen vnto it. The
next fall that we passed by is namelesse, except it be called Bure, & as
[Sidenote: Bure.]
[Sidenote: Milis.]
it descendeth from new Forrest, so the next vnto it hight Mile, as I
haue heard in English. Certes the head thereof is also in the southwest
part of the said Forrest, & the fall not far from Milford bridge, beyond
the which I find a narrow going or strictland leading fr[=o] the point
to Hirst castell which standeth into the sea, as if it hoong by a thred,
from the maine of the Iland, readie to be washed awaie by the continuall
working and dailie beating of the waues.
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