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
Thence we cast about by the said castell, and came by another créeke
that falleth in by east, then the second aboue saint Iustus, the third
at Ardenora, the fourth at Rilan. And hauing as it were visited all
these in order, we came backe againe about by Tregonnian, and then
going vpward betweene it and Taluerne, till we came to Fentangolan, we
found the confluence of two great creekes beneath saint Clements,
whereof one hath a fresh water comming downe by S. Merther, the other
another from Truro, increased with sundrie branches, though not one of
them of anie greatnesse, and therefore vnworthie to be handled. Pole
hole standeth vpon the head almost of the most easterlie of them. S.
Kenwen and Truro stand aboue the confluence of other two. The fourth
falleth in by west from certeine hils: as for the fift and sixt, as
they be little créeks and no fresh, so haue I lesse language and talke
to spend about them.
[Sidenote: S. Caie.]
Of saint Caie, and saint Feokes créeke, whose issue is betwéene
Restronget and créeke of Trurie, I sée no cause to make any long
[Sidenote: S. Feoks.]
spéech; yet I remember that the towne of S. Feoke standeth betwéene
them both. That also called after this saint, rising aboue
[Sidenote: Milor.]
Perannarwothill, and comming thence by Kirklo, falleth into Falamouth,
northeast of Milor, which standeth vpon the point betwéene it and
Milor créeke. Milor creeke is next Restronget: some call it Milor
poole, from whence we went by Trefusis point, and there found an other
great fall from Perin, which being branched in the top, hath Perin
towne almost in the verie confluence. And thus much by my collection
of the fall. But for somuch as Leland hath taken some paines in the
description of this riuer, I will not suffer it to perish, sith there
is other matter conteined therein worthie remembrance, although not
deliuered in such order as the thing it selfe requireth.
[Sidenote: Fala.]
The verie point (saith he) of the hauen mouth (being an hill whereon
the king hath builded a castell) is called Pendinant. It is about a
mile in compasse, almost inuironed with the sea: and where the sea
couereth not, the ground is so low that it were a small mastrie to
make Pendinant an Iland. Furthermore, there lieth a cape or foreland
within the hauen a mile and a halfe, and betwixt this and maister
Killigrewes house one great arme of the hauen runneth vp to Penrine
towne, which is three miles from the verie entrie of Falamouth hauen,
[Sidenote: Leuine.]
and two good miles from Penfusis. Moreouer there is Leuine, Priselo,
betwixt saint Budocus and Pendinas, which were a good hauen but for
the barre of sand. But to procéed.
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