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: Wie.]
Thus haue I brought my selfe out of Caerdigan shire vnto the Wie,
which is limit betwéene it and Merioneth for a certeine space, & being
entred in the mouth thereof we gat vp to the head, minding in the
description of the same to come downeward as in the rest, which we
will doo in such good manner as for the time and want of some
information is possible to be performed. It ariseth in the south part
of Snowdonie and goeth on foorth right to Lammothwie, by Mowdhewie,
Mathan laith, and comming downe to Dinas Mathew, it receiueth two
rilles from northwest, and the third comming by Mailroid called
Cludoch from northeast, & so holdeth on crossing the Angell water at
the west, which boundeth Mongomerie shire in part, till it come to
[Sidenote: Remis.]
Romis, beneath which water it taketh in the Towin that passeth by
Lambrin mawr from Talgarth, and then goeth to Mathrauerne, crossing
another from by north and so foorth to Lanworing, where it méeteth
with the Kerig on the one side, and the Gwidall which commeth from
Dorowen on the other.
After this, our maine riuer goeth by Pengos, and beneath the same
taketh in an influence from southeast, called the Dulas, and another
from the northwest: from thence it hasteth on to Magenillet, or
Machenlet, first crossing the Leuennie from southeast, secondlie the
Peniall from northwest, thirdlie the Einon, fourthlie the Kinar,
fiftlie the Cleidor, these thrée last rehearsed falling into it from
southeast, & the last hauing his course by Langwinhelin and so into
the sea, as mine instruction vpholdeth. It séemeth in some mens
iudgements to part Northwales and Westwales in sunder, and the same
which in Latine hight Deuus, in Welsh or British Difi or Dewie,
whereof the Latine doth séeme to fetch his sound. But to procéed with
the rest of such falles and waters as are to be found in this countie.
Going therfore northwestward we come to a fall fr[=o] the north called
Towen Merionneth which is the mouth of the Difonnie streame, a pretie
riuer rising in the hilles aboue Lanihangle, and west of castell
Traherne receiueth the Ridrijc, which commeth from Chadridrijc hill,
by Tallillin castell, Treherie, and so into the Difonnie from
southeast, fetching his course by Lanegrin, and so into the sea within
fiue miles thereof.
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