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
From Traith mawr we passe by the
Krekith, and come to another water descending from the north by
Lanstidwie, and after that to the Moie, whose mouthes are so néere
togither, that no more than halfe a mile of the land dooth seeme to
kéepe them in sunder.
[Sidenote: Erke.]
Then come we vnto the Erke, a pretie brooke descending from Madrijn
hils, into whose mouth two other of no lesse quantitie than it selfe doo
séeme to haue their confluence, and whose courses doo come along from
the west and northwest; the most southerlie being called Girch, and the
other the Hellie: except my memorie doo faile me. Then casting about
toward the south (as the coast lieth) we saw the Abersoch or mouth of
[Sidenote: Soch.]
the Soch riuer vpon our right hand, in the mouth whereof, or not farre
by south thereof lie two Ilands, of which the more northerlie is called
Tudfall, and the other Penrijn: as Leland did obserue. I would set downe
the British names of such townes and villages as these waters passe by;
but the writing of them (for want of the language) is so hard to me,
that I choose rather to shew their falles and risings, than to corrupt
their denominations in the writing: and yet now and then I vse such
words as our Englishmen doo giue vnto some of them, but that is not
often, where the British name is easie to be found out and sounded.
After this, going about by the point, and leauing Gwelin Ile on the
[Sidenote: Daron.]
right hand, we come to Daron riuer, wherevpon standeth Aberdaron a
quarter of a mile from the shore betwixt Aberdaron and Vortigernes vale,
where the compasse of the sea gathereth in a head, and entereth at both
[Sidenote: Edarne beck.]
ends. Then come we about the point to Edarne becke, a mile and more
south of Newin. And ten or twelue miles from hence is the Vennie brooke,
whose course is little aboue so manie miles; and not farre from it is
the Liuan, a farre lesse water, comming also from the east: and next
vnto that another, wherinto the Willie by south and the Carrog by north
after their coniunction doo make their common influence. Hauing passed
this riuer, we cast about toward the north east, and enter at Abermenaie
ferrie, into the streicts or streame called Menaie, betweene Angleseie
and the maine, méeting first of all with the Gornaie, which commeth from
the Snowdonie out of the Treuennian lake, and passeth by Lanunda into
the sea or Menaie streame at Southcrocke. Next of all we meet with the
Saint, which commeth from Lin Lanbereie, passeth by Lanihangle, and so
falleth into the Menaie at Abersaint, which is on the southwest side of
Caernaruon: on the other side also of the said towne is the Skeuernocke,
whereby it standeth betweene two riuers, of which this hath his head not
farre from Dinas Orueg.
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