a County of a sharp and piercing and much troubled with pinching boisterous and deep in the which would be more offensive to its were it not for the great plenty of here had at such easie rates.

It is a Countrey but thinly which is occasioned through its near neighbourhood to and its barrenness, being for the most part exceeding rough, hilly, and very hard to be manured; but in some parts towards the Sea, by the toylsome labour of the with the benesit of it is of late years become indifferent fertile. But as the is thus the (which plentifully water this County) together with the Sea, furnish them with abundance of and

It is bounded on the East with the on the South with the River which severeth it from the of on the West with and the which parts it from and on the North with the River which also divides it from

Its form is and extendeth it self from in the South, to in the North about 43 and from in the East, to in the West, about 30; and in circumference about 145

The chief Riches of this County are drawn from the which is here in such exceeding great plenty, that it supplies the defect of and other parts; many hundred sail of having yearly from hence their loading.

This County sheweth abundance of memorable as well along the which traverseth the Southern part, as elsewhere; as pieces of with broken and unperfect which Mr. hath very learnedly taken notice of in his description of this amongst which these are note-worthy: where

Here have been several bloody fought; at where Fortune favoured the at where K. of was taken Prisoner, and presented to the Second: at where K. fought a pitched with great success against the K. of and K. of at where the were in which the fourth K. of was slain: and at where slew the in a pitched and soon after from a lover of the became one, and professed the and caused his people to be instructed in the of

The which possessed this County before the coming of the (according to ) were the and (according to Mr. ) being brought under the Jurisdiction, by brother to and by his son had first official Governours under the fealty to the Kings of After that, when the Kingdom of the by the (called which signifieth ) was erected, that which reached from the to the (being the best part) was subject to the Kings of who having finished their period, whatsoever lay beyond was accounted Then was it yielded up to K. of the who laid it to his own Territory. Afterwards by permission of K. the possessed it, who were in few years dispossessed and drove out by and soon after it was governed by

This County is severed into six in which are numbred 46 many of which are very large, having their Chappels of Ease; and for its defense hath several and for the accommodation of its tants, is traded unto by six which are as followeth.

seated on the rising of an very uneven, and upon the North bank of the River over which it hath a fair which leadeth into the of where on the South side of the is which serveth as a Suburb to This before the was called as being (as 'tis said) in the possession of which name was changed to by son to the from a there built by him. It is a and County of it self, being incorporated, and governed by a 12 a and other and amongst its hath the election of It is a place of a good largeness, numbring four besides one in is beautified with good and by reason of its deep and secure is a place much inhabited and frequented by

This is dignisied with the Title of a which at present is in the person of the R. Noble Duke, Marquess, and Earl of

according to a in former times of great fame and beauty, which wife to K. gave unto St. about the year , that he should exalt it with an who built there a most stately Church, said to surpass all the in It enjoyed ten the first amongst which was St. the fifth of and being spoiled by the furious it was added to the See of It is scituate on the River and is at present a good well- built having the accommodation of an indifferent for and on And may boast of its which though at present decayed, was once very famous, as was its before a great part thereof was pulled down by the

seated on the River a very fine being incorporated, governed by two sendeth to is strengthned with a and hatha on which is esteemed the best in the County, being sufficiently stored with all and which from hence are dispersed to divers parts of this Kingdom.

a small scituate on the side of a but hat a great for on

seated on the River of note for the bloody here fought betwixt the and as before is noted. It is an indifferent good once strengthened with a large which is now something ruinous; near adjoyning to which is an old decayed out of whose ruins there is now a fine house built. Its is on which is not great.

commodiously seated betwixt the two Kingdoms of and but neither in nor although on the North or side of the being a and of it self. It is a place of great strength as well by Nature as Art, being almost encompassed with the Sea, and the River on which it is seated, and strongly fenced about with a and other the better to secure it, as being a place of such great importance unto for whensoever any discord hapned betwixt the two before their union, this was sure to endure the brunts of ill fortune and incursions, having been oft-times possessed by the and as oft by the who have been possessors thereof from the reign of the Fourth, and have so well strengthned it, that it is esteemed the strongest hold in the two It is a governed by a and and sendeth to The is large and populous, the well bullt, enjoyeth a good especially for and and its which is on is very great, and well served with which are had at casie rates.

Here is a stately over the snsteined by 14 or 15 being esteemed not much inferiour to any in

Along the Coast of this County are the Islands of and

a small Isle near

seated two from on the North-cast of which lyeth some small Islands, as and It is of a small extent, not exceeding fifteen in circumference.

The is much inclined to sterility, and very deficient of and except and It is encircled with and hath an very unwholsome, and subject to many diseases, occasioned through the misty and drawn up from the Sea.

Here are not many much less or yet hath it a or fortisied place about the midst thereof.

or the Isle of so called from the River it is seated not far from and here the oft-times retired themselves, as a solitary place fit for Devotion.

The form of this is long and narrow, running out with a neck of land towards and of no great extent, being from East to West about two miles and a quarter; and from North to South, not much above a mile.

The is very ungrateful and unfit for tillage or pasturage, being rocky and full of neither having for the feeding of good pastures for the grasing of or replenished with water, except one River which descendeth from a standing pond; the only accommodation of this being and

And being thus barren, together with an unheal thful makes it to be a place thinly peopled, having but one with a and under which there is a commodious defended with a And in this according to report, the in ancient time instituted an

[] Its bounds.

[] Its extent.

[] Great plenty of Sea-coal.

[] Many places of Antiquity, for which see Mr. Cambden.

[] Battels fought.

[] Aucient Inhabitants.

[] Its division. Parishes.

[] Newcastle.

[] Hexam.

[] Morpeth,

[] Woller.

[] Alnewick.

[] Barwick.

[] Isles along the Coast.

[] Cocket Isle.

[] Farn Isle.

[] Holy Island.

[] Its form and extent.

[] Its soil.