a County of a small extent, being from in the East, to in the West, scarce 15 and from in the South, to in the North, not above 20; so that its circumference is said not to exceed 67

As to its bounds, it is severed on the East with on the South with on the West with and on the North by the River which also divides it from the County of

It is generally of a fertile both for and garnished with delightful and towards the East, where it adjoyneth on the hath rich which are imployed in grazing and fatning of In former time it was very being accounted a and afforded excellent But in the beginning of the Reign of King the second it was disforested; yet is not destitute of nor do the find any want of the Rivers serving them with and the with especially that part towards the

It is well watered with the chief of which is the which divideth it self into several streams.

This County had in it several and as at and elsewhere.

It is divided into four in which are numbred 79 and is traded unto by five whose names are as followeth.

pleasantly seated on a rising ascent, and on the North banks of the River over which it hath a fair which leadeth to It is a of great antiquity, and was once very populous and large, numbring no less then 15 which are now reduced unto four; and in the reign of the was severed into four and had a for By of King this

aliàs opposite to on the other side of the a very great Country and an ancient incorporated in the Reign of King by the mame of two twelve and of the of It is seated in a rich and fertile yielding great plenty of is very well inhabited, amongst which there are more able and then in any in insomuch that they make their brags, that they have received the of (as they have passed by in their Progress) with 180 of good bedeck't with and other their with so many to shew their

a fair, large and ancient seated on the over which is a fair so called from one a who (as 'tis reported) about the year , travelled through preaching the and here ended his dayes; whose Body in a short time after was removed by the to The is on which is well served with and is of chief note for living Here was an ancient which is now much decayed, yet the of a

or so called from a of a man no less holy then learned, whose was translated from in hither; and in honour to him (as Mr. noteth) converted the Palace of Earl unto a which soon after the coming in of the was liberally endowed by wife to Earl of It is a large and well built beautified with a neat which hath a fine and is commodiously seated on the River over which it hath a fair which leadeth into Its is on which is very well provided with and through the commodiousness of the the neighbouring are from hence furnished with

A little beneath at or are two Springs, the one fresh, and the other somewhat brackish; and the one is said to be good against the and and the other against the dimness of the

a pretty fair seated in a bottom, and on the confines of this County reguarding Gives title of to the Right Honorable the Earl of whose Mansion is called the of and hath a on

taketh notice of an ancient, though small City, seated on the banks of the near which by of was called and but quite destroyed before his time: and this City was thought to be the which the speaketh of; for besides the ancient and other remarks of Antiquity, there leadeth to it directly from a and a little above a high bank sheweth it self, which was called which runneth through a four-square whose North-side was fenced with and on all other sides with a of

seated in the amongst rich grounds both for and and near the of and which, with the that plentifully water it, affords excellent and in great plenty are taken, which the buy at easie rates. It is a good having a on This place in former time was of great fame for its founded in the year of Grace by E. dedicated to our and and by of replenished with from and being the Shrine of two martyred and and of the it became to be a place so wealthy, that it was called the rich; and enclosing to themselves a large circuit of and which they called the Seignory of or they began to affect popular command, and by Soveraign grant enjoyed regal Liberty, and had place in and then was the head of their and in this great glory it continued until its desolution by the Eighth.

seated near the having a so called. It is an indifferent and had a which is now disused, or so slenderly. frequented, that it is not worth the taking notice of.

[] Its bounds.

[] Its fertility.

[] Its Rivers.

[] Religious Houses.

[] Huntington.

[] Godmanchester

[] St. Ives.

[] St. Neots.

[] At Aileweston medicinal waters.

[] Kimbolton.

[] An ancient City.

[] Ramsey.

[] Ramsey-Abbey

[] Yaxley.