blest with a wholsome and delectable and of a different the South-east part, by reason of its being watered with the and other fresh Streams falling into it, is most fertile, and apt to bear and and being of a clayey earth, is called by the the Clay part: and the Western, wherein is the Forest of (famous for and his Companions) taketh up a good part of the County, which is plentifully cloathed with hath store of and well served with and the being generally of a sandy temperature, is called the

This County hath for its Eastern bounds from which, for a good distance, it is severed by the River for its Southern, for its Western the Counties of and and for its Northern also

It is of an oval form, doubling in length twice its breadth; for from in the East, to in the West, it is about 19 and from in the South, to in the North, about 38; and in circumference about 110

The ancient before the were the and upon the coming of the it became part of the Kingdom of the

in this County were at both the and and

This County produceth a softer then but being burnt maketh a harder then that of with which they floor their which being throughly dry, becometh exceeding hard and durable.

It is very well watered with Rivers, the chief amongst which are the and the which liberally send forth their refreshing streams.

It may be severed into two or which are again divided into eight or in which are numbred 168 and is traded unto by nine whose names are as fo.loweth.

pleasantly and conveniently seated on the River (which at a quarter of a distance falleth into the over which it hath a fair and another fair over the besides two other over two Ponds, called the ) and on a enjoying a fair prospect. The is large, conteining three is beautified with well-built hath fair a spacious and on the West side of the it is defended by a which for magnificence, and delightful prospect, might formerly have been compared with the best in (but destroyed in the late Wars) and was a place of so great strength, that the made it their and so resisted the assaults of King of the and King of the who brough a powerful Army against it, that finding with all their Force they could not batter the were constrained to break up their In the reign of King surnamed the elder, it was about, but was dismantled thereof in the betwixt King and the by Earl of at which time the suffered much by It is a of great Antiquity, and amongst its places of remark, here are many strange hewed out of the Rocks, especially under the which are discended by divers or on the of one of which was engraven the Story of the of which is said to be cut by the hand of the second King of the during his imprisonment there. Also so called, as being the place where the Lord was surprised in the nonage of King the Third: and these have their several and artificially made; also in the are having and wrought out of the solid Rock. This is honoured with the Title of an which apperteineth to the Right Honorable Earl of It enjoyeth several sendeth to and is governed by a six two two a and other It is a place very well enjoyeth a very good for an for most is a place well frequented, and the rather as being the place where the is, and where the are held; and hath weekly three on and which are but small, and on which is very considerable for

seated in the of a mean and hath a small on

an ancient hath a and a on which is but small.

At that is King the Second, founded a small

seated on the high Road to and on the over which it hath a which leadeth into a small it is a good large governed by an and 12 is well inhabited,

scituate in the Forest of a good large graced with well-built is a place well inhabited; hath a good for and its which is on is very great for and

also in the Forest of of more account for the great store of excellent here growing, then for its on which is but small.

seated in the South Clay; a mean and hath a small on

seated on the River an ancient governed by two six and a sendeth to and hath the accommodation of a great for and on

seated on a an indifferent which hath a small on

Not far from is seated on the where there is a which is much resorted unto for a passage into

[] Its Air, Fertility, &c.

[] Its bounds.

[] Its extent.

[] Its ancient Inhabitants.

[] Religious Houses.

[] Its Rivers.

[] Nottingham.

[] Bingham.

[] Southwell.

[] Newsted,

[] Newark.

[] Mansfield.

[] Worksop.

[] Tuxford.

[] Redford.

[] Blyth.

[] Littleburgh.