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
it receiueth the Tertarith that riseth among the Bane hils, fiue miles
from Brechnocke, and commeth likewise into the verie suburbs of the
towne, beneath Trenewith, or new Troie, whereby it taketh the course.
[Sidenote: Kinuricke.]
After these confluences, the Vske procéedeth on toward Aberkinurike,
or the fall of a water whose head is in the roots of Menuchdennie
hill, and passage by Cantreffe. Thence it goeth by Lanhamlaghe,
Penkethleie castell, Lansanfreid, Landettie, Langonider, and soone
[Sidenote: Riangall.]
after receiuing the Riangall (which riseth about the hill whereon
Dinas castell standeth, and runneth by Lanihangle and Tretoure) it
passeth betwéene Laugattocke and Cerigkhowell, to Langroinie, and
[Sidenote: Groini.]
there about crosseth the Groinie brooke, that descendeth from
Monegather, Arthur hill, by Peter church, as I find. When the Vske is
past this brooke, it taketh in thrée other short rils, from by south
[Sidenote: Cledoch Vaur.]
[Sidenote: Fidan.]
[Sidenote: Cledochveh[=a].]
within a little distance, whereof the first hight Cledoch Vaur, the
second Fidan, and the third Cledochvehan. Of these also the last
falleth in néere to Lanwenarth. From hence the Vske runneth to
[Sidenote: Kebbie.]
Abergeuenni towne, where it méeteth with the Kebbie water from by
north, that riseth short of Bettus chappell aboue the towne, and the
[Sidenote: Geuenni.]
Geuennie that descendeth from aboue Landilobartholl beneath not farre
from Colbroke, and so goeth on to Hardwijc, beneath which it crosseth
thrée namelesse rilles, on the right hand or southwest side before it
come at Lanihangle vpon Vske, of whose courses I know not anie more
than that they are not of anie length, nor the chanell of sufficient
greatnesse seuerallie to intreat of. Betwéene Kemmeis and Trostreie it
[Sidenote: Birthin.]
meeteth with such an other rill that commeth downe by Bettus Newith.
[Sidenote: Caer Vske standeth on one side of
Vske, and Caerleon on the other, but Caer Vske
by diuerse miles further into the land.]
Thence it goeth to Caer Vske or Brenbigeie (whose bridge, I mene that
of Vske, was ouerthrowne by rage of this riuer, in the six and
twentith yeare of king Henrie the eight, vpon saint Hughes daie after
a great snow) but yer it come there, it receiueth the Birthin on the
right hand, which is a pretie water, descending from two heads,
whereof the first is northwest of Manihilot, as the other is of
Lanihangle and Pentmorell.
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