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 past this we did cast about by the Sarnabigh point, till we came
to the Lingouen becke, and so to the Barre, which is a faire water,
and therefore worthie to be with diligence described, yet it is not
called Bar from the head, but rather Moth or Derie, for so are the two
chiefe heads called out of which this riuer descendeth, and are about
six miles west of the Lin, out of which the Dée hath his issue, and
betwéene which the Raran vaure hilles are situat and haue their being.
After the ioining of the two heds of this Barre, as I name it from the
originall, it receiueth a rill from northeast called Cain, & another
beneath the same, comming from Beurose wood, and so holdeth on towards
the south betwéene Laniltid and Kemmor abbaie, till it meet a little
by west of Dolgelth with the Auon vaure, which comming also out of the
Woodland soile, & taking in a rill from Gwannas, hasteth northwestward
(by Dolgelth) to ioine with the Barre, and being met they receiue the
Kessilgunt, then the Hirgun, & after a course of foure to fiue miles
it falleth into the sea, hauing watered the verie hart & inward parts
of this shire. From hence we crosse the Skethie which runneth by
Corsogdale and Lanthwie, aliàs Lanthonie, then the Lambader which
receiuing the Artro aboue Lambader, doth fall into the sea, southeast
of the point, and flat south of Landango, which is a towne situat on
the other side of the turning.
[Sidenote: Ho.]
After this we passed by Aberho, so named of the riuer Ho, that falleth
there into the sea, and commeth thither from the Alpes or hils of
Snowdonie, mounteins, no lesse fertile for grasse, wood, cattell, fish
and foule, than the famous Alpes beyond the seas, whereof all the
writers doo make so honorable report. From hence we sailed by Abermawr
[Sidenote: Mawr.]
or mouth of Mawr, which commeth in like sort from Snowdonie, and
[Sidenote: Artro.]
taketh diuerse riuers with him whose names I doo not know. Then vnto
the Artro a brooke, whose head commeth from by north east, and in his
course receiueth the Gedar on the north side, and so holdeth on till
it fall into the sea, after a few windlesses which it maketh as it
passeth. After this we come to Traith vehan, which is the fall of the
Drurid, a pretie riuer comming from the marches of Caernaruonshire,
which passing by Festimog, soone after taketh in the Cunwell, then the
Velenrid; and so holdeth on to Deckoin, where it falleth into the said
Traith. For of the other two rilles that lie by south hereof, and haue
their issue also into the same, I make but small accompt, bicause
their quantitie is not great. Next vnto this we haue Traith mawr,
[Sidenote: Farles.]
whereinto the Farles hath his issue, a riuer proceeding from Snowdonie
or the Snowdon hils, descending by Bethkelerke and Lanwrothen, without
mixture of anie other water in all his course and passage. It is
parcell of the march also betwéene Merioneth and Caernaruon shires.
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