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A95583	A short relation of a long iourney, made round or ovall by encompassing the principalitie of Wales, from London, through and by the counties of Middlesex and Buckingham, Berks, Oxonia, Warwick, Stafford, Chester, Flint, Denbigh, Anglesey, Carnarvan, Merioneth, Cardigan, Pembrooke, Caermarden, Glamorgan, Monmouth, Glocester, &c. This painfull circuit began on Tuesday the 13 of July last, 1652. and was ended (or both ends brought together) on Tuesday the 7. of September following, being near 600. miles. Whereunto is annexed an epitome of the famous history of Wales. / Performed by the riding, going, crawling, running, and writing of John Taylor, dwelling at the sign of the Poets Head, in Phenix Alley, near the midle of Long Aker or Covent Garden.	Taylor, John, 1580-1653.	1653 (1653)	Wing T512; Thomason E1432_2; ESTC R209533	21,036	48

make Warr against the Welsh Wales had ever been a free Countrey not subject to any Prince except their own they owed no Homage or Alegiance neither to England or to any other Crowne or State their Language Lawes and Customs were of their own institutions to which Lawes both Prince and people were subject they lived quietly upon their owne and they never went forth of their owne bounds to rob the English or to spoile and invade England or any other Nation Then the question is with much ease proposed and answered What cause did the Welsh give to the English to make Warre upon them to invade plunder spoile and kill the Answer is or may be Because the English were ambitious and covetous and also stronger then their Neighbours and being able and willing to do injury and oppress the Welsh they many times attempted to subject and conquer them and they on the other side did manfully resist and oppose their English Invadors as this brief Relation will truly declare and manifest Thus force resisted force the Saxons Danes English Irish and Flemmings all severally and sometimes joyned together to conquer and make prey and purchase of poor Wales they all striving to have the Goods and Lands that belonged not to them and the Welsh men with their best indeavours justly and valiantly holding their own They had kept their Country language 2700. years and the Historians Antiquaries and Gentry of that Nation did record their Laws Pedigrees and Genealogies with as much or more exact truth then many or any other Nations They had lived under their own Governours from the time of Heli the High Priest of the Jews 1800 years before Cadwallador who went to Rome and died there from which time the chief Rulers of Wales were sometimes stiled Kings sometimes Princes these were many times under one King or Prince of Northwales sometimes they had three Princes or Kings as North-Wales South-Wales and Powis Land These three Princes although they had many and mighty Enemies did often make Warre upon each other spoiling and harrasing their Countrey to the advantage of their Enemies and ruine of themselves But to proceed to the History In the yeare 688. Ivor a kinsman of Cadwalador was Prince some small time and hee also went to Rome and there ended his daies The Next Ivor Roderick Molwinnoc the second Prince of North-Wales rained 30 years he was Grandchild to Cadwallador a valiant man he died Anno 755. The third was Canon Tindaethwy a gallant Prince he Warr'd with good success against Offa King of Mercia who would have invaded North Wales but Canon did defend himselfe so stoutly that Offa with much loss retired the English at that time had not one foot of ground in Wales Anno 800. Mervin was the fourth King of North-Wales he married Esylht Daughter to Canon in his time Egbert King of the West Saxons invaded and spoyled Anglesey and Kenulph King of Mercia did much mischiefe in Powis Land whereby Mervin being overpowred was slaine valiantly fighting against the King of Mercia Anno 843. Roderick the second called the Great was the 5. King of North-Wales hee had much war with the English Mercians with various success but for the most part fortunate In his Raigne the Danes came and spoiled Anglesey against whom Prince Roderick manfully fighting was unfortunately slaine But some do write that he did beat the Danes out of Anglesey and slain afterwards in a Battell against the Englishmen Anno 876. when he had raigned with much love and honour 39 years The 6. King or Prince was Anarawd the son of Roderick and about that time of Anno 877. the Normans with their Duke Rollo invaded a great Province in France which from the name of Normans or Northern men is to this day called Normandy In the year of grace 878. the Danes and English men came with great powers against Wales between whom and the Welsh was then a bloudy battell near the water of Conwy where the Welsh had a mighty Victory which they called the Revenge for the death of Roderick Prince Anarawd died after much trouble in Anno 913. having Rained 34. years Seventhly or the 7. Prince was Edwal Voel the Danes spoyled Anglesey and the English burnt and spoiled Brecknock Athelstane King of England enforced the Welsh to pay him a yearly tribute of 20 pounds in Gold 300 pounds in silver and 200 Bieves or Cattell Afterwards Edwal Voel had raigned 25 years he and his Brother Else were both slaine fighting with the Danes Anno 938. The 8. Prince was Howell Dha he was a kinsman to Edwal Voel he was a Prince of South-wales but he afterwards had all Wales the English vexed him often and did much hurt but still Howel galantly resisted them and died much lamented in the year of Christ 948. The 9. were Jevas and Jago or James both Brethren and sons to Edwal Voel They had cruell wars with Owen and his Brethren the sons of Howel Dha in which Bickerings Owen with his Brothers were slaine About this time the Danes spoiled Anglesey and burnt Holy-head And also Wales was much troubled by Edgar King of England but it was agreed at last that the tribute of gold silver cattel which was laid on the Welsh Nation in Edwal Voels time after it had been paid near 13 years should be remitted and in lieu thereof the Princes of Wales were injoyned to pay a certaine number of Woolves heads for at that time four-leg'd Woolves did as much mischiefe amongst Beasts Sheep and Cattell as two-leg'd Woolves have done in these latter times amongst men and by the means of the yearly payment of the aforesaid Woolves heads there was not one of those ravenous beasts in three years payment to be found in all Wales or the Marches of England The Brethren the Princes fell our for Lordship and Love can brook no Rivalls or fellowship James imprisoned Jevaf a long time at which time the Danes entred Anglesey and did much spoile Howell the son of Jevaf made sharp war against his Unkle Jago or James and beat him and releast his Father after which he took his eldest Unkle Meric and put his eyes out but never restored his Father to his former estate but kept the Principality to himselfe This was about the yeare of our Lord 974. The 10. King or Prince of North-Wales or almost all Wales was Howell ap Jevaf or the son of Jevaf Anno 975. there was great wars and much bloudshed betwixt South and North-Wales but Howell took his Unkle James which had imprisoned his Father Jevaf and then possest all Wales in peace for a short while for the Danes brake in and spoiled many Towns and places in North-Wales and did much mischiefe to the Cathedrall of S. Davids And in 982. a great Army from England wasted and spoiled Brecknock and a great part of South-Wales but Prince Howell made war against them slew many and made the rest flee The second yeare

victuals was there Butter as good as the world affords two pence halfe penny or three pence the pound A Salmon two foot and a halfe long twelve pence Biefe three halfe pence the pound Oysters a penny the hundred Egs twelve for a penny Peares six for a penny And all manner of Fish and Flesh at such low prices that a little money will buy much for there is nothing scarce dear or hard to come by but Tobacco pipes My humble thanks to the Governour there to William Guinn of Talliaris Esquire to Sure Henry Vaughan and to all the rest with the good woman mine Hostess Concerning Pembrookshire the people do speak English in it almost generally and therefore they call it little England beyond Wales it being the farthest South and West County in the whole Principality The Shire Town Pembrook hath been in better estate for as it is now some houses down some standing and many without Inhabitants the Castle there hath been strong large stately and impregnable able to hold out any enemy except hunger it being founded upon a lofty Rock gives a brave prospect a far off Tenby Towne and Castle being somewhat near or eight miles from it seems to be more usefull and considerable My thanks to Mistris Powell at the Hart there Tenby hath a good Castle and a Haven but in respect of Milford Haven all the Havens under the Heavens are inconsiderable for it is of such length bredth and depth that 1000. Ships may ride safely in it in all weathers and by reason of the hills that do inclose it and the windings and turnings of the Haven from one poynt of land to another it is conjectured that 1500 ships may ride there and not scarce one of them can see another The Haven hath in it 16 Creekes 5 Bayes and 13 Rodes of large capacity and all these are known by severall names The goodly Church of S. Davids hath beene forced lately to put off the dull and heavy coat of peacefull Lead which was metamorphosed into warlike bullets In that Church lies interred Edmund Earle of Richmond Father to King Henry the seventh for whose sake his Grandson K. Henry the eight did spare it from defacing when hee spared not much that belonged to the Church Thus having gone and riden many miles with too many turning and winding Mountains stony turning waies forward backward sidewaies circular and semicircular upon the 17. of August I rode to the house of the right Honourable Richard Vaughan Earle of Karbery at a place called Golden Grove and surely that house with the faire Fields Woods Walks and pleasant scituation may not onely be rightly called the Golden Grove but it may without fiction be justly stiled the Cambrian Paradise and Elizium of Wales but that which grac'd it totally was the nobleness and affable presence and deportment of the Earle with his faire and vertuous new married Countess the beautifull Lady Alice or Alicia daughter to the right Honourable the late Earle of Bridgwater deccased I humbly thank them both for they were pleased to Honour me so much that I supp'd with them at which time a Gentleman came in who being sate did relate a strange discourse of a violent ram which fell on the mountains in part of Radnorshire and into Glomorganshire the story was as near as I can remember as followeth That on Saturday the 17. of July last 1652. there fell a sudden showre of rain in the Counties aforesaid as if an Ocean had flowed from the Clouds to overwhelm and drown the mountains it poured down with such violent impetuositie that it tumbled down divers houses of stone that stood in the way of it it drowned many Cattell and Sheep bore all before it as it ran therefore a poore man with his son and daughter forsook their house and the father and son climed up into a tree for their safety in the mean time the merciless waters took hold of the poore maid and most furiously bare her away down betwen two mountains rolling and hurling her against many great stones till at last it threw her near the side of the stream and her hair and hair-lace being loose it catched hold of a stump of an old thorn bush by which means she was stayed being almost dead but as she lay in this misery she saw a sad and lamentable sight for the water had fiercely unrooted the tree and bore it down the streame with her father and brother who were both unfortunately drowned the Maid as I was certified is like to live and recover My humble thanks to the good yong hopefull Lord Vaughan and to all the rest of the Noble Olive Branches of that most Worthy Tree of Honour their Father not omitting or yet forgetting my gratitude to Mr. Steward there withall the rest of the Gentlemen and servants attendant with my love to Mr. Thomas Ryve unknown and so Golden Grove farewell The 18. of August I hired a Guide who brought me to Swansey 16 well stretch'd Welch Mountainous Miles where I was cordially welcome to an Ancient Worthy Gentleman Waker Thomas Esquire for whose Love and Liberality I am much obliged to him and the good Gentlewoman his Wife he staid me till the next day after Diner and then sent his man with me a mile to his Sons house named William Thomas Esquire There as soone as I had rewarded my Guide he slip'd from me leaving me to the mercy of the House where I found neither mercy nor manners for the good Gentleman and his Wife were both rode from home and though there were people old enough and big enough yet there was not one kind enough or good enough to do me the least kind of courtesie or friendship they did not so much as bid me come into the house or offer me a cup of drink they all scornfully wondred at me like so many Buzzards and Woodcocks about an Owle there was a shotten thin scul'd shallow brain'd simpleton fellow that answered me that he was a stranger there but I believed him not by reason of his familiarity with the rest of the folks there was also a single-soal'd Gentlewoman of the last Edition who would vouchsafe me not one poor glance of her eye-beams to whom I said as followeth Fair Gentlewoman I was sent hither by the Father of the Gentleman of this House to whom I have a Letter from a Gentleman of his familiar acquaintance I am sure that the Owner of this Place is famed and reported to be a man endowed with all affability and courtesie to strangers as is every way accommodating to a Gentleman of Worth and Quality and that if I were but a meer stranger to him yet his Generosity would not suffer me to be harbourless but by reason of his Fathers sending his servant with me and a Friends Letter I sayd that if Mr. Thomas had been at home I should be better entertained To which Mrs. Pumpkins looking scornfully ascue over her shoulders answered me