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
[Sidenote: Romeneie.]
The Romenie or (as some corruptlie call it) the Nonneie, is a goodlie
water, and from the head a march betwéene Monemouth & Glamorgan
shires. The head hereof is aboue Egglins Tider vap Hoell otherwise
called Fanum Theodori, or the church of Theodorus, whence commeth
manie springs, & taking one bottome, the water is called Canoch and
not Romeneie till it be come to Romeneie. It receiueth no water on the
east side, but on the west diuerse small beckes, whereof three (and
one of them called Ifra) are betwéene the rising and Brathetere
chappell, the fourth c[=o]meth in by Capell Gledis, and Kethligaire,
the fift from betwéene the Faldraie and Lanuabor, the sixt & seuenth
before it come to Bedwas, and the eight ouer against Bedwas it selfe
from chappell Martin, Cairfillie castell, and Thauan, after which
confluences it runneth on by Maghan, Keuen, Mableie and Romeneie, &
yer long crossing a becke at north west that commeth from aboue
Lisuan, Lamssen and Roch, it falleth into the sea, about six miles
from the Wisbe, and albeit the mouth therof be nothing profitable for
ships, yet is it also a march betwéene the Silures and Glamorganshire.
[Sidenote: Laie.]
The Laie falleth into the sea a mile almost from the Taffe, and riseth
in the hilles aboue Lantrissent (for all the region is verie hillie.)
From whence comming by Lantrissent and Auercastell, it runneth by Coit
Marchan parke, Lambedder, S. Brides, Lhannihangle, saint Fagans and
Elaie, Leckwith, Landowgh, Cogampill, and so into the sea, without
[Sidenote: Dunelais.]
anie maner increase by anie rils at all sauing the Dunelais, which
riseth foure miles from his fall, east northeast, and meeteth withall
a little more than a quarter of a mile from Pont Velim Vaur, and
[Sidenote: Methcoid.]
likewise by west, the Methcoid that commeth from Glinne Rodeneie, and
[Sidenote: Pedware.]
wherein to the Pedware dischargeth that small water gathered in his
chanell. Here will I staie a little and breake off into a discourse,
which Leland left also as parcell of this coast who toucheth it after
this maner.
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