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
After this we procéeded on with our iournie toward the west, and passing
by Longstone, we came soone after to Sothan baie, where we crossed the
Seton water, whose head is about Liscard, & his course by Minheniet,
[Sidenote: Sutton.]
[Sidenote: Low.]
Chafrench, Tregowike, Sutton and so into the sea. Then came we to Low,
and going in betwéene it and Mount Ile, we find that it had a branched
course, and thereto the confluence aboue Low. The chiefe head riseth in
the hils, as it were two miles aboue Gaine, and going by that towne, it
ceaseth not to continue his course east of Dulo, till it come a little
aboue Low, where it crosseth and ioineth with the Brodoke water that
runneth from Brodokes by Trewargo, and so into the sea. Next vnto these
[Sidenote: Polpir.]
are two other rils, of which one is called Polpir, before we come at
Foy, or Fawy.
[Sidenote: Fawie.]
Foy or Fawy riuer riseth in Fawy moore, on the side of an hill in Fawy
moore, from whence it runneth by certeine bridges, till it méet with the
[Sidenote: Glin.]
Glin water west of Glin towne, which rising aboue Temple, & méeting with
a rill that commeth in from S. Neotes, doth fall into Fawy a mile and
more aboue Resprin from by east. After this confluence then, it goeth to
Resprin bridge, Lestermen castell, Lostwithiell bridge, Pill, saint
[Sidenote: Lerinus.]
Kingtons, saint Winnow, and Golant, and here also receiueth the Lerine
water out of a parke, that taketh his waie into the maine streame by
Biconke, Tethe, and the Fining house. Being thus vnited, it proceedeth
vnto Fawy towne, taking in a rill or creeke from aboue it on the one
side, and another beneath it south of Halling on the other: of which two
this latter is the longest of course, sith it runneth thrée good miles
[Sidenote: Faw.]
before it come at the Foy. Leland writing of this riuer addeth verie
largelie vnto it after this maner. The Fawy riseth in Fawy moore (about
two miles from Camilford by south, and sixtéene miles from Fawy towne)
in a verie quaue mire on the side of an hill. From hence it goeth to
Drainesbridge, to Clobham bridge, Lergen bridge, New bridge, Resprin
bridge, and Lostwithiell bridge, where it meeteth with a little brooke,
and néere therevnto parteth it selfe in twaine. Of these two armes
therefore one goeth to a bridge of stone, the other to another of
timber, and soone after ioining againe, the maine riuer goeth to saint
Gwinnowes, from thence also to the point of saint Gwinnowes wood, which
is about halfe a mile from thence, except my memorie dooth faile me.
Here goeth in a salt créeke halfe a mile on the east side of the hauen,
and at the head of it is a bridge called Lerine bridge; the créeke it
selfe in like maner bearing the same denomination.
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