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
Being past this we did cast about by the Sarnabigh point, till we came
to the Lingouen becke, and so to the Barre, which is a faire water, and
therefore worthie to be with diligence described, yet it is not called
Bar from the head, but rather Moth or Derie, for so are the two chiefe
heads called out of which this riuer descendeth, and are about six miles
west of the Lin, out of which the Dée hath his issue, and betwéene which
the Raran vaure hilles are situat and haue their being. After the
ioining of the two heds of this Barre, as I name it from the originall,
it receiueth a rill from northeast called Cain, & another beneath the
same, comming from Beurose wood, and so holdeth on towards the south
betwéene Laniltid and Kemmor abbaie, till it meet a little by west of
Dolgelth with the Auon vaure, which comming also out of the Woodland
soile, & taking in a rill from Gwannas, hasteth northwestward (by
Dolgelth) to ioine with the Barre, and being met they receiue the
Kessilgunt, then the Hirgun, & after a course of foure to fiue miles it
falleth into the sea, hauing watered the verie hart & inward parts of
this shire. From hence we crosse the Skethie which runneth by Corsogdale
and Lanthwie, aliàs Lanthonie, then the Lambader which receiuing the
Artro aboue Lambader, doth fall into the sea, southeast of the point,
and flat south of Landango, which is a towne situat on the other side of
the turning.
[Sidenote: Ho.]
After this we passed by Aberho, so named of the riuer Ho, that falleth
there into the sea, and commeth thither from the Alpes or hils of
Snowdonie, mounteins, no lesse fertile for grasse, wood, cattell, fish
and foule, than the famous Alpes beyond the seas, whereof all the
writers doo make so honorable report. From hence we sailed by Abermawr
[Sidenote: Mawr.]
or mouth of Mawr, which commeth in like sort from Snowdonie, and taketh
[Sidenote: Artro.]
diuerse riuers with him whose names I doo not know. Then vnto the Artro
a brooke, whose head commeth from by north east, and in his course
receiueth the Gedar on the north side, and so holdeth on till it fall
into the sea, after a few windlesses which it maketh as it passeth.
After this we come to Traith vehan, which is the fall of the Drurid, a
pretie riuer comming from the marches of Caernaruonshire, which passing
by Festimog, soone after taketh in the Cunwell, then the Velenrid; and
so holdeth on to Deckoin, where it falleth into the said Traith. For of
the other two rilles that lie by south hereof, and haue their issue also
into the same, I make but small accompt, bicause their quantitie is not
[Sidenote: Farles.]
great. Next vnto this we haue Traith mawr, whereinto the Farles hath his
issue, a riuer proceeding from Snowdonie or the Snowdon hils, descending
by Bethkelerke and Lanwrothen, without mixture of anie other water in
all his course and passage. It is parcell of the march also betwéene
Merioneth and Caernaruon shires.
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