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
Being come into Cardigon shire, and hauing passed the Cardigon point,
an Iland of the same denomination lieng by west thereof, we came vnto
[Sidenote: Airon.]
the fall of Airon thrée miles beneath Lancleere, it riseth in the
mounteines by a chappell called Blam Peniall belonging to Landwie
breuie about thrée or foure miles from Tiue banks, & runneth on by
Lamberwooddie, Langitho, Tregrigaron hill, Treuilian, Talaferne, and
soone after taking in a rill from by south from Siliam by Lanleir it
runneth by Istrade, Kilkennen, Lanicharin, and finallie into the sea,
[Sidenote: Bidder.]
crossing by the waie the Bidder brooke, which comming from Dehewide,
dooth fall into the same, betwéene Lanchairin, and Henuenneie. The
[Sidenote: Arth.]
Arth which is the next fall is no great thing, neither of anie long
course, yet somewhat crotched, and it riseth three or foure miles or
more within the land slopewise, and comming by Lambaderne, and
Treueglois, it falleth into the sea, northeast of Aberarth.
Being past the Arth, & hauing staied there a while bicause we found
[Sidenote: Ris aliàs Wereie.]
some harborough, we came next of all vnto the Wereie, which riseth of
two heads, aboue whose confluence standeth a towne, named Lanihangle,
Redrod, and from whence it goeth by Lanigruthen to Laristed, & so into
the Ocean. Then went we to the Ystwith, which riseth in the blacke
mounteins aboue Comerstwith, from whence it runneth certeine miles,
[Sidenote: Istwith.]
vntill it come vnto Ispittie, Istwith, Lananon, Laniler, Lan
Nachairne, and so into the sea, taking withall first the Meleuen, then
[Sidenote: Redholl.]
the Ridall or Redholl not farre from the shore, whereof I haue this
description. The Ridall riseth in the top of Plimlimmon hill out of a
lake named Lin Ridall, from whence going toward Spittie Kinwen, it
crosseth one water on the north, and another beneth it on the
southeast, and so goeth on by Lanbeder vaure, till it come to
Aberistwith, the Istwith, and so into the Ocean. Hauing thus viewed
the Istwith, and taken our selues againe to the sea, we crossed the
[Sidenote: Salique.]
Salke or Salique brooke, whereof I find this memoriall.
The Salique brooke descendeth in like sort from the blacke mounteins,
& going from Vmmaboue, toward Gogarth, or Gogirthar, it receiueth the
[Sidenote: Massalique.]
Massalique, and from thence goeth into the sea, southwest from his
[Sidenote: Lerie.]
originall. From hence we went to the Lerie, an indraught of no great
quantitie, neither commodious as I gesse (yet I may be deceiued) for
anie ship to harborough in. It riseth toward the lower ground of the
blacke hils, and going by Lanihangle castell Gwalter, it runneth from
thence northeast into the Ocean, receiuing a rill by the waie from the
hilles which lie by northeast of his course. But what stand I vpon
trifles?
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