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
[Sidenote: Wie.]
Thus haue I brought my selfe out of Caerdigan shire vnto the Wie, which
is limit betwéene it and Merioneth for a certeine space, & being entred
in the mouth thereof we gat vp to the head, minding in the description
of the same to come downeward as in the rest, which we will doo in such
good manner as for the time and want of some information is possible to
be performed. It ariseth in the south part of Snowdonie and goeth on
foorth right to Lammothwie, by Mowdhewie, Mathan laith, and comming
downe to Dinas Mathew, it receiueth two rilles from northwest, and the
third comming by Mailroid called Cludoch from northeast, & so holdeth on
crossing the Angell water at the west, which boundeth Mongomerie shire
[Sidenote: Remis.]
in part, till it come to Romis, beneath which water it taketh in the
Towin that passeth by Lambrin mawr from Talgarth, and then goeth to
Mathrauerne, crossing another from by north and so foorth to Lanworing,
where it méeteth with the Kerig on the one side, and the Gwidall which
commeth from Dorowen on the other.
After this, our maine riuer goeth by Pengos, and beneath the same taketh
in an influence from southeast, called the Dulas, and another from the
northwest: from thence it hasteth on to Magenillet, or Machenlet, first
crossing the Leuennie from southeast, secondlie the Peniall from
northwest, thirdlie the Einon, fourthlie the Kinar, fiftlie the Cleidor,
these thrée last rehearsed falling into it from southeast, & the last
hauing his course by Langwinhelin and so into the sea, as mine
instruction vpholdeth. It séemeth in some mens iudgements to part
Northwales and Westwales in sunder, and the same which in Latine hight
Deuus, in Welsh or British Difi or Dewie, whereof the Latine doth séeme
to fetch his sound. But to procéed with the rest of such falles and
waters as are to be found in this countie. Going therfore northwestward
we come to a fall fr[=o] the north called Towen Merionneth which is the
mouth of the Difonnie streame, a pretie riuer rising in the hilles aboue
Lanihangle, and west of castell Traherne receiueth the Ridrijc, which
commeth from Chadridrijc hill, by Tallillin castell, Treherie, and so
into the Difonnie from southeast, fetching his course by Lanegrin, and
so into the sea within fiue miles thereof.
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