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
The next is a corner of Denbigh, by which we doo as it were step ouer
into Flintshire, and whose first water is not great, yet it commeth from
southwest, and falleth into the north or Irish sea called Virginium,
beneath Landilas; as the next that commeth south from Bettas dooth the
[Sidenote: Gele.]
like thrée miles beneath Abergele, and is not onelie called Gele (as the
name it selfe importeth) but also noted to take his course through the
Canges. Hauing thus gone ouer the angle of Denbighshire, that lieth
betwéene those of Carnaruon and Flint, we come next of all vnto Aber
Cluide, or the fall of Clotha or Glota, which is a streame not to be
shortlie intreated of. It riseth among certeine hilles, which lie not
far distant from the confines of Merioneth and Denbighshires. Southeast
from his fall, and hauing run foure or fiue miles from the head, it
[Sidenote: Maniton.]
commeth about to Darwen, taking in the Maniton on the left hand, and the
Mespin on the right: and soone after the third from bywest, whose head
is not farre from Gloucanocke. Beneath Ruthen also it taketh in the
Leueneie: and after that another, and the third, all on the right hand,
[Sidenote: Cluedoch.]
and so holdeth on till it méet with the Cluedoch, then with the Ystrade,
which passeth by Whitchurch on the left hand. After which we come to the
Whéeler on the right, and so to his ioining with the Elwie, which is
[Sidenote: Elwie.]
beneath S. Asaphes, a bishops sée that is inuironed with them both. This
Elwie riseth aboue Gwitherne, & beneath Lanuair taketh in the Alode,
which commeth from lin Alode, by Lansannan, and ioineth with him fiue
miles beneath Langrenew. The Cluda therefore and the Elwie being met,
the confluence passeth on to the sea by Rutland castell, where it taketh
in the Sarne, which commeth from by east, and hath a course almost of
sixteene miles. From hence we tooke sea toward the Dée mouth: and as we
passed by the rest of the shore, we saw the fall of a little brooke
néere Basing Werke, of another néere to Flint, of the third at Yowleie
castell, which with his two armes in maner includeth it; and the fourth
beneath Hawarden hold, which in like sort goeth round about the same, &
from whence we came to the Dée, where we landed and tooke vp our lodging
in Chester. In this place also it was no hard matter to deliuer & set
downe the names of such riuers and streames as are also to be found in
Angleseie, finding my selfe to haue some leasure and fit opportunitie
for the same: and imagining a iourneie thither also, as vnto the other
places mentioned in this description, whither as yet it hath not béene
my hap to trauell: I thought it not amisse to take it also in hand, and
performe it after this maner.
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