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
Gwendrath or Vendraith vaur riseth in the lower ground, or
not far from the hill Renneth Vaur, whereon castell Careg standeth,
and descending by a pretie long course vnder sundrie bridges, commeth
at the last to Glin, then to Capull Lanberie, and so vnto the sea,
being little augmented with influences by the waie. Vendraith Vehan
riseth a mile higher towards the north than Vendraith Vaur, but out of
the same soile, & thence directing his course toward the southwest, it
goeth by Lancharog, Langendarne, Capull Langell, Bithon, Leighdenie,
Kidwillie, and so into the sea, about one mile from the fall of
Vendraith Vaur.
[Sidenote: Towie.]
The Towie riseth in the mounteines of Elennith foure miles by
southeast from Lintiue, and two from Lingonon, in a moorish ground
foure & twentie miles from Caermardine, and in a forrest called
Bishops forrest, midwaie betwixt Landwibreuie & Landanuerie castell.
For fish, in my opinion, this is much better than the Taw or Taffe,
whose head breedeth no fish, but if it be cast into it, they turne vp
their bellies flote aloft and die out of hand. It parteth Brecknoch
from Cardigonshire also for a certeine season, till it come by the
[Sidenote: Trausnant.]
water of Trausnant, that falleth thereinto from by east out of the
confins of Brecknoch, vnto Pilin capell, and so to Istrodefine, where
[Sidenote: Tothée.]
it méeteth with the Tothee that commeth thither from Lhinuerwin where
it riseth, and so through Rescoth forrest, vniting it selfe by the
[Sidenote: Pescotter.]
waie with the Pescotter, which mounting out of the ground in the edge
of Cardigonshire, runneth along as a limit and march vnto the same,
till it ioine with the Tothée, and both come togither beneath
Istrodefine into Towie, which we haue now in hand. After this
confluence it commeth to Lhanuair Awbreie, Lanihowell, and
Lanimphfrie, and here it receiueth two waters in one chanell, whereof
[Sidenote: Brane.]
[Sidenote: Gutherijc.]
the first is called Brane, the other Gutherijc (which lieth more
southerlie of the two) and fall (as I said) into Towie beneath
[Sidenote: Dulesse.]
[Sidenote: Morlais.]
Landonuereie, which runneth on till it méet with the first Dulesse
that goeth by Lenurdie, then with the Morlais, and these on the
northwest. Certes the Brane is a pretie brooke rising two or thrée
miles aboue Capell Newith, and descending by Lanbrane and
Vstradwalter, it méeteth (I saie) with the Gutherijc, whose head is
west of Tridcastell in Brecknochshire, and thereby it is not a little
increased. But to proceed with the Towie, which being past Lanimphfrie
and a rill that méeteth with the same, descending from northwest of
Lanurdan, it taketh in the influences of diuerse waters in one
chanell, of which the greatest is called Modewie, and thereof I find
this description.
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