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
which is full ten miles from the lands end, or Bresan Ile eastward, &
rather more, if you reckon to the fall of the Haile, which lieth in the
very middest and highest part of the baie of the same. The soile also is
verie hillie here, as for saint Ies towne, it is almost (as I said) a
byland, and yet is it well watered with sundrie rilles that come from
those hilles vnto the same.
[Sidenote: Haile.]
The Haile riseth in such maner, and from so manie heads, as I haue
before said: howbeit I will adde somewhat more vnto it, for the benefit
of my readers. Certes the chéefe head of Haile riseth by west of
Goodalfin hilles, and going downe toward saint Erthes, it receiueth the
second, and best of the other three rilles from Goodalfin towne:
finallie, comming to saint Erthes, and so vnto the maine baie, it taketh
[Sidenote: Clowart.]
in the Clowart water from Guimer, south of Phelacke, which hath two
heads, the said village standing directlie betwixt them both.
[Sidenote: Caine.]
The Caine riseth southeast of Caineburne towne a mile and more, from
whence it goeth without increase by west of Gwethian, and so into the
sea west of Mara Darwaie. From hence we coasted about the point, & left
the baie till we came to a water that riseth of two heads from those
hilles that lie by south of the same: one of them also runneth by saint
Vni, another by Redreuth, and méeting within a mile, they fall into the
[Sidenote: Luggam.]
Ocean beneath Luggam or Tuggan. A mile and a halfe from this fall we
come vnto another small rill, and likewise two other créekes, betwixt
which the towne of saint Agnes standeth; and likewise the fourth halfe a
mile beyond the most easterlie of these, whose head is almost thrée
miles within the land in a towne called saint Alin. Thence going by the
Manrocke, and west of saint Piran in the sand, we find a course of thrée
miles and more from the head, and hauing a forked branch, the parts doo
méet at west aboue saint Kibbard, and so go into the sea. I take this to
[Sidenote: S. Pirans créeke. Carantocke.]
be saint Pirans créeke, for the next is Carantocke pill or créeke, whose
head is at Guswarth, from whence it goeth vnto Trerise, and soone after
taking in a rill from by west, it runneth into the sea coast of saint
Carantakes. Beyond this is another créeke that riseth aboue little saint
Colan, and goeth by lesse saint Columbe: and east and by north hereof
commeth downe one more whose head is almost south of the Nine stones, &
going from thence to great saint Columbes, it passeth by Lamberne, and
so into the sea. S. Merous créeke is but a little one, rising west of
Padstow, and falling in almost ouer against the Gull rocke. Then turning
[Sidenote: Padstow.]
[Sidenote: Locus bufonis.]
betwéene the point and the blacke rocke, we entred into Padstow hauen
thrée miles lower than port Issec, and a mile from port Ewin, whose
waters remaine next of all to be described.
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