Chronicles (1 of 6): The Description of BritaineHolinshed, Raphael
History
Chronicles (1 of 6): The Description of Britaine
Holinshed, Raphael
Great Britain -- History -- To 1485; Great Britain -- History -- Tudors, 1485-1603
Thence we cast about by the said castell, and came by another créeke
that falleth in by east, then the second aboue saint Iustus, the third
at Ardenora, the fourth at Rilan. And hauing as it were visited all
these in order, we came backe againe about by Tregonnian, and then going
vpward betweene it and Taluerne, till we came to Fentangolan, we found
the confluence of two great creekes beneath saint Clements, whereof one
hath a fresh water comming downe by S. Merther, the other another from
Truro, increased with sundrie branches, though not one of them of anie
greatnesse, and therefore vnworthie to be handled. Pole hole standeth
vpon the head almost of the most easterlie of them. S. Kenwen and Truro
stand aboue the confluence of other two. The fourth falleth in by west
from certeine hils: as for the fift and sixt, as they be little créeks
and no fresh, so haue I lesse language and talke to spend about them.
[Sidenote: S. Caie.]
Of saint Caie, and saint Feokes créeke, whose issue is betwéene
Restronget and créeke of Trurie, I sée no cause to make any long spéech;
[Sidenote: S. Feoks.]
yet I remember that the towne of S. Feoke standeth betwéene them both.
That also called after this saint, rising aboue Perannarwothill, and
[Sidenote: Milor.]
comming thence by Kirklo, falleth into Falamouth, northeast of Milor,
which standeth vpon the point betwéene it and Milor créeke. Milor creeke
is next Restronget: some call it Milor poole, from whence we went by
Trefusis point, and there found an other great fall from Perin, which
being branched in the top, hath Perin towne almost in the verie
confluence. And thus much by my collection of the fall. But for somuch
as Leland hath taken some paines in the description of this riuer, I
will not suffer it to perish, sith there is other matter conteined
therein worthie remembrance, although not deliuered in such order as the
thing it selfe requireth.
[Sidenote: Fala.]
The verie point (saith he) of the hauen mouth (being an hill whereon the
king hath builded a castell) is called Pendinant. It is about a mile in
compasse, almost inuironed with the sea: and where the sea couereth not,
the ground is so low that it were a small mastrie to make Pendinant an
Iland. Furthermore, there lieth a cape or foreland within the hauen a
mile and a halfe, and betwixt this and maister Killigrewes house one
great arme of the hauen runneth vp to Penrine towne, which is three
miles from the verie entrie
[Sidenote: Leuine.]
of Falamouth hauen, and two good miles from Penfusis. Moreouer there is
Leuine, Priselo, betwixt saint Budocus and Pendinas, which were a good
hauen but for the barre of sand. But to procéed.
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