not over as the other parts of and interlaced with fertile both for and feeding good store of small from which they make plenty of and They have also great aboundance of of which they make a sort of wholesome drink called much drank amongst them; but the Country is very defective of as also of

The is healthful, though somewhat colder then in the other parts,as lying open to the Northern winds.

It is indifferently well watered with Rivers,as the and the which send forth (or receive) several lesser streams, which, with the (which is its Northern bounds) do plentifully furnish the with and and hath several safe Harbours for Ships to ride, and anchor in; and this part of the County hath plenty of and of and the adjacent Mountains store of

It is of no large Extent, stretching it self long and narrow, having a piece of it severed from the rest by the interposition of which is its Southern and Western limits,as is its Eastern.

This is most famous for St. not farr from called by the English and is a place of great note, and much frequented as well by those to bath in, (being held a place very good for the curing the diseases of the body) as by out of their Devotion; and in memorial of that Christian Virgin who being beautiful, was doated upon by a young lustful or of the Country, who made fervent courtship to her to gain her Virginity; but her Vertues being a sufficient bulwark to withstand his amorous assaults; and despairing to gain his will on her, having the opportunity of time and place, surprized and ravished her, after which to stop her cries and acclamations, cruelly slew her, and cut off her head; out of which place (according to report) did immediately gush forth a which remaineth to this with so rapid a stream, that at a small distance it is able to drive a Over the head of this or there now standeth a built of of curious workmanship with wrought in the whereof in the is lively pourtraied the History of St. of her life, and how her head was cut off, and set on again by St. And in this there groweth of a most sweet and pleasant smell, which the Country people believe to be St.

This County is severed into five which are but thinly inhabited,numbring no more then 28 and hath but two Its places of most note are

commodiously seated on the River it is but small, and hath no yet the and sendeth a to it is a place of chief note for its (now old and ruinous) founded by

Near to is once famous for its and here began that drawn thence unto or near

seated on an ascent (and about three from the ancient and small City of the which sheweth something of its Antiquity) a small and hath a on which is very good for and

seated on the River where it receiveth the River over each of which it hath a a place of more fame for its Antiquity,then for its largeness or beauty, being an ancient first founded by a Bishop of in , who also built the and a which consisted of about 650, of which about 300 that were unlearned, imployed their times in husbandry within the limits of the said and the rest to a holy life. And upon his return into he ordained a godly man,to be his Successor, from whom it took its name. The or is not large, nor its extraordinary good,its chief glory being its an indifferent Structure, which hath an bearing the same name;and its which is on is but small.

(a little ) where there is a which at certain times ebbeth and floweth like unto the Sea.

or where the obteined a great Victory over the

or seated in that part of the County which is severed from the rest, and on the River a place of great Antiquity,and eminent for its famous of the which according to was so large,and had so great a number of that they were divided into seven Companies, each conteining about 300 persons, and had their several Ruler allotted them.

[] Its Fertility.

[] The air and temperature.

[] Its Rivers.

[] Its form,extent,and bounds.

[] St.Winefrids-Well, or Holy-Well.

[] Flint.

[] Basingwark.

[] Cajervis.

[] St. Asaph.

[] Kilken.

[] Coles-hill.

[] Banchor.