a pleasant, healthful, and fertile yielding plenty of and in such great abundance, that the and are beset with and which grow naturally without in- grafting, and are of an excellent taste; also here are (and formerly were) a great many of which good was made. Here are fed abundance of and great flocks of (especially about ) whose is so much esteemed by strangers for its fineness; and of this the make great quantities of which finds vent throughout all and divers foreign

The principal that this produceth, are and and formerly before it was prohibited the planting.

It is well watered with amongst which are the and above all the famous River which for broadness of swiftness of (even like unto a raising up the from the winding and driving them upon heaps, and oft-times overflowing her banks, proving troublesome to ) and for plentifulness of and other excellent may deservedly be numbred with any River in of the first ranck.

This hath for its Eastern bounds the Counties of and for its Southern, those of and for its Western, those of and and for its Northern, that of

Its extent from in the East, to in the West, is about 26 and from in the South to in the North, about 48; and in circumference about 138

The ancient were the but betwixt the Rivers of and the part of the or of were seated. And when the became Masters of the

It is, or may be divided into four general parts, in which are thirty whose names are set down in the in which are numbred 280 and for the accommodation of its hath 25

The lying Eastward riseth up with and is called which graiseth abundance of whose is exceeding fine: the middle part lyeth low, and watered with the which maketh it a most fertile Plain; and the part Westward on the further side of the is overspread with beareth the name of and affordeth excellent for the building of Great store of is made in this where there are divers and for the working the same.

Places set apart for uses in this were at and which last was built with no small charge by Earl of King of the wherein himself and his Lady were interred. Their Son brought out of the blood of supposed (as falsly said) to be part of that which shed upon the which made this place of to be sufficiently thronged with to pay their worship to the same. This County is very populous, well replenished with and filled with good the chief of which are as followeth.

seated between the and the which five miles from thence falleth into the the River dividing it into two parts, as the doth and but joyned together by a fair so covered with that passing it, it seemeth rather a then a and also in two Counties, to wit, one and the greatest in this and the other in but it will owe subjection to neither, being an entire of its self, enjoying large immunities, sendeth to and governed by its peculiar as a of two and other which are clothed in as the of and other eminent Cities of this Kingdom. This place, by the ancient was called that is, a sweet and delightful City, and indeed its and as well publique as private, doth make it true, being adorned with many fair and well built and is of far more beauty then antiquity. Its are so neatly ordered, (by reason of the River which runeth through it, together with the common and under ground) that no or is to be seen to anoy its and for the better keeping the clean, they imploy no but instead thereof make use of It is a City of a large extent, conteining eighteen besides its dedicated to founded by son to a King of who stored it with at present a fair which hath six and was made an by King the Eighth, and hath a well furnished In the East-end of the City stood a Castle built by Consul of bastard son to the First, wherein King was kept a Prisoner by the which was demolished by and now built into called and It is dignified with the title of an which belongeth to the Right Honorable Earl of It is begirt with a and further defended Its is

It is of note for its taken out of near adjoyning; as also for its hot of a medicinal nature at the bottom of the

a City of good antiquity, built by the where they planted a to it. It lyeth stretched out in length on the over which it hath a fair and pleasantly seated on an easie ascent, the descending every way from the and beautified with a handsome and many neat The City is not large, but well inhabited and frequented, enjoying a good is the of a to which belongeth a and six And for Divine Worship hath twelve besides its or dedicated to which was raised out of the ruins of an ancient and fair built by the vertuous sister to King the Elder, wherein she was afterwards interred. This is at present a fair and beautiful building, consisting of a continued where lyeth, under a Monument of the body of the unfortunate King the Second, who at was barbarously murthered by the cruelty of his wife: And here lyeth the body of the first It hath large and an excellent whispering place. It was once strengthened with a (except on that part which is seated on the River) now reduced to ruin. It was first won from the by the primier King of the in . After which it greatly flourished under the where King of the by the permission of King of the founded a most stately of whereof and Queens of the were successively each after the other. This City is a within it self, is governed by a two twelve a and other enjoyeth large sendeth to is well furnished with and its which are on and are well provided with all and very great for and

Nigh to this City is a place called so made by the in which King of the and the after many conflicts, and bloody battles, in single combate hand to hand here fought; and in the end agreed to part the Kingdom, which they joyntly governed, till Treason took away the life of King and left the sole

or seated on the River over which it hath a and in the very commodious for It was a City of great account in the time of the whose ruinous (yet to be seen) which conteined two in circuit, as also the and engraven that have oft been digged up, sufficiently evidence its fame and antiquity. And here the or of the met, and crossed each other.

of good account for making of and for the best in the Kingdom. Noted in times past for its ancient founded by the powerful in , where he kept his but most memorable for that bloody here fought in , between the house of and where (as noteth) the received a total overthrow; in which conflict many were slain, more taken prisoners, and divers beheaded; where the young Prince the only Son of King the Sixth, (who was about the age of twelve years) had his brains dashed out in a most shameful manner, and their power so weakened, and courage so abated, that they never after came into the Field against King the Fourth. It is a fair and large or sendeth to is commodiously seated on and between three the and the over which are as many is well and its which is on is well provided with and

Not far from is where the had a which is testisied by the pieces of there ploughed up.

or which gives Title to the Right Honourable Viscount A of good account, and hath a small on

seated near and where King of the erected an and on the same day he hallowed it, he released a King of whom he kept as his It is seated in a deep Bottom, is, or lately was of note for its planting of and hath a small on

seated bleakly on a and destitute of and a small on and but meanly inhabited.

seated on a branch of the a small but hath a good on for

scituate on or near a branch of the a mean and hath a small on

seated on a branch of the hath a on

on the West side of the a governed by a and twelve and hath a on

so called from the Forest of wherein it is seated, an indisferent good and its which is on is well served with and

commodiously seated both for a sweet and the conveniency of and for and hath a small on

scituate on the River so called, where it hath a on the banks of which are placed abundance of or It is a well built whose for the most part are of hath a good chiefly for and on and is of chief note for making and dying of

not far from the a small on

seated on the a small where there was formerly a and hath an indifferent kept on

on the edge of the towards an indifferent good whose chief is a It is beautified with a fair enjoyeth a great and its which is on for and all other things, is esteemed one of the best in these parts.

honoured with a and gives Title to the Right Honourable Lord &c. It is seated on a branch of the hath a small on and is a place of good Antiquity, where there was formerly a of which Mr. relateth a fine story of a Confederate of the Earl of who got the Lady and divers of the with and then did the Earl relate the same to the King, who procured the Lady and the to be turned out, and then begged it for himself.

seated on, or near a branch of the formerly strengthened with a which is now more then ruinous; The is good, is much inhabited by and hath a small on

as seated under the a good much inhabited by and hath a good on

a of no great account, nor is its which is on

a poor but well seated, and hath a small on

scituate in a of the and in the an indifferent good which hath a very great for on which is also well served with and

seated on the a small whose is on

Near unto this is a small but remarkable for that the slew three or eminent of the and with some others, and for ever dispossessed the of this

near the a of some account, and hath a small on

not far from hath a new erected on which in time is like to be of some note.

Having thus given you an Account of the of this County, in the next place a word or two of the of

The of lyeth in the West side of the County, from which it is divided by the a place of a large tract of ground, extending it self in length about 20 and in breadth about 10, within which are numbred three 23 one one three and one and the (thereof besides the and ) is said to contain 32000 Acres of ground. This place was about forty years since so woody, that men durst not pass thorow it in great winds. Here are store of or which run North and South into other Counties; also great store of for many uses, and some of a very great largeness, said to be about eight or nine foot in length, es pecially about which is the most noted Hill in the Forest, being about a mile and a half in length, and a mile in breadth; a place yet sufficiently well clothed with wood, and is the receptacle of wild and of sundry sorts: nor is it destitute of for in the West there ariseth three Springs of water, which soon fall into one Brook, and drive several also on the North side are many which drive the nor are the East and South parts deficient of fresh Springs, in all which are taken excellent

[] Its natural Commodities

[] Its chief Rivers.

[] Its bounds.

[] Its extent.

[] Ancient Inhabitants.

[] Its division.

[] Religious Houses.

[] Bristoll.

[] City of Glocester.

[] A'ney Isle.

[] Circester.

[] Tewksbury.

[] Lemington.

[] Campden.

[] Winchcombe.

[] Stow on the would.

[] Cheltenham.

[] Newent.

[] Blackley,

[] Newnham.

[] Dean Magna,

[] Panswick,

[] Stroud,

[] Leonards Stanley.

[] Minching-Hampton.

[] Tetbury.

[] Barkley.

[] Dursley.

[] Wotton under-Edge,

[] Horton.

[] Wickware.

[] Chipping Sodbury.

[] Marshsield.

[] Durham.

[] Thornbury

[] Fairsield.

[] Forest of Dean.