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
From hence we went by Stokeflemming to another water, which commeth from
blacke Auton, then to the second that falleth in east of Slapton, and so
coasting out of this baie by the Start point, we saile almost directlie
west, till we come to Saltcombe hauen. Certes this port hath verie
little fresh water comming to it, and therefore no meruell though it be
barred; yet the head of it (such as it is) riseth néere Buckland, and
goeth to Dudbrooke, which standeth betwéene two créekes. Thence it hieth
to Charleton, where it taketh in a rill, whose head commeth from south
and north of Shereford. Finallie it hath another créeke that runneth vp
by Ilton: and the last of all that falleth in north of Portlemouth,
whose head is so néere the baie last afore remembred, that it maketh it
a sorie peninsula (as I haue heard it said.)
[Sidenote: Awne.]
Then come we to the Awne, whose head is in the hils farre aboue Brent
towne, from whence it goeth to Dixford wood, Loddewell, Hache, Aunton,
Thorleston, and so into the sea ouer against a rocke called S. Michaels
[Sidenote: Arme.]
burrow. Arme riseth aboue Harford, thence to Stoford, Iuie bridge,
Armington bridge, Fléet, Orchardton, Ownewell, and so vnto the sea,
which is full of flats and rocks, so that no ship commeth thither in
anie tempest, except it be forced therto, through the vttermost
extremitie and desperat hazard of the fearefull mariners. King Philip of
[Sidenote: Sée Hen. 7. pag. 792, 793, 794.]
Castile lost two ships here in the daies of king Henrie the seuenth,
when he was driuen to land in the west countrie by the rage of weather.
[Sidenote: Yalme.]
Yalme goeth by Cornewood, Slade, Stratleie, Yalmeton, Collaton, Newton
ferrie, and so into the sea, about foure miles by south east from the
[Sidenote: Plim.]
maine streame of Plimmouth. Being past these portlets, then next of all
we come to Plimmouth hauen, a verie busie péece to describe, bicause of
the numbers of waters that resort vnto it, & small helpe that I haue for
the knowledge of their courses; yet will I doo what I may in this, as in
the rest, and so much I hope by Gods grace to performe, as shall suffice
my purpose in this behalfe.
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