Holinshed Chronicles: England, Scotland, and Ireland. Volume 1, CompleteHolinshed, Raphael
History
Holinshed Chronicles: England, Scotland, and Ireland. Volume 1, Complete
Holinshed, Raphael
Great Britain -- History -- To 1485; Great Britain -- History -- Tudors, 1485-1603
beene named Cair kyby, of Kyby a monke that dwelled there) from whence
the readiest passage is commonlie had out of Northwales to get ouer
into Ireland, of which Ile I will not speake at this time, least I
shuld bereaue another of that trauell. Yet Plinie saith, lib. 4. cap.
16. that it lieth not farre off from and ouer against the Silures,
which then dwelled vpon the west coast of our Iland, and euen so farre
as Dunbritton, and beyond: but to our Cair kybi. The Britons named it
[Sidenote: Enilsnach, holie Ile.]
Enylsnach, or holie Ile, of the number of carcases of holie men, which
they affirme to haue beene buried there. But herein I maruell not a
little, wherein women had offended, that they might not come thither,
or at the least wise returne from thence without some notable reproch
or shame vnto their bodies. By south also of Hilarie point, somewhat
inclining toward the east, lieth Inis Lygod, a small thing (God wot)
and therefore not worthie great remembrance: neuertheles not to be
omitted, though nothing else inforced the memoriall thereof, but
onelie the number and certeine tale of such Iles as lie about our
Iland. I might also speake of the Ile Mail Ronyad, which lieth north
west of Anglesei by sixe miles; but bicause the true name hereof, as
of manie riuers and streames are to me vnknowne, I am the more willing
to passe them ouer in silence, least I should be noted to be farther
corrupter of such words as I haue no skill to deliuer and exhibit in
their kind. And now to conclude with the description of the whole
Iland, this I will ad moreouer vnto hir commodities, that as there are
the best milstones of white, red, blew, and gréene gréets,
(especiallie in Tindaithin) so there is great gaines to be gotten by
fishing round about this Ile, if the people there could vse the trade:
but they want both cunning and diligence to take that matter in hand.
And as for temporall regiment, it apperteineth to the countie of
Cairnaruon, so in spirituall cases it belongeth to the bishoprike of
Bangor. This is finallie to be noted of Anglesei, that sundrie earthen
[Sidenote: Ancient buriall.]
pots are often found there of dead mens bones conuerted into ashes,
set with the mouthes downeward contrarie to the vse of other nations,
which turned the brims vpwards, whereof let this suffice.
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