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
little one from the same side, yer it come to Lanurgwaie and
Lanihangle, from whence it goeth to Guennocke and Penrose, & so in
Vske before it go by Caerleon. But here you must note, that the course
of this streame ioining beneath Quenocke chappell, with the other
which descendeth (as I said) from the hilles about foure miles aboue
Landgwaie and Langweth, dooth make an Iland aboue Caerleon, where
Penrose standeth, & much Romane coine is found of all sorts, so that
the influence of the one into the other séemeth to me to be but a
draine deuised by man, to kéepe the citie from the violence of such
water as otherwise would oft annoie the same.
Being past Caerleon it runneth to Crindie, where maister Harbert
dwelleth, and there carieng another brooke withall, that riseth north
of Tomberlow hill, and descendeth by Henlis and Bettus chappell, it
runneth forth to Newport (in Welch castle Newith) and from thence
vnder a bridge, after thrée or foure miles course to the sea, taking
[Sidenote: Ebowith.]
the Ebowith water withall, which méeteth with the same almost in the
verie mouth or fall, and riseth in the edge of Brecknoch shire, or (as
Leland saith) high Winceland, from two heads of which one is called
Eberith Vehan, the other Eberith Mawr, as I haue beene informed. The
course of the first head is by Blamgrent, and after the confluence
they passe togither by Lanhileth, and comming by west of Tomberlow
hill (crossing a rill, from north east by the waie) it taketh in
[Sidenote: Serowie.]
thereabout the Serowie, that runneth by Trestrent, & is of lesse race
hitherto than the Ebowith, and from that same quarter. After this
confluence it goeth to Risleie, Rocheston castell, next of all
thorough a parke, and so by Greenefield castell, and is not long yer
it fall into the sea, being the last issue that I doo find in the
countie, which beareth the name of Monemouth, and was in old time a
part of the region of the Silures.
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