attempt of man Can win the Fort if house be furnisht throw The troth whereof let world be witnesse now It is great payne from foote of Rocke to clyme To Castle wall and it is greater toyle On Rocke to goe yea any step sometyme Uprightly yet without a faule or foyle And as this Seate and Castle strongly stands Past winning sure with engin sword or hands So lookes it ore the Countrey farre or neere And shines like Torch and Lanterne of the Sheere Wherefore Denbigh thou bearst away the praise Denbigh hath got the garland of our daies Denbigh reapes fame and lawde a thousand waies Denbigh my pen vnto the Clowdes shall raise The Castle there could I in order drawe It should surmount now all that ere I sawe ¶ Of Valey Crucis Thlangothlan and the Castle Dynosebrane THE great desire to see Denbigh at full Did drawe my muse from other matter true But as that sight my mynd away did pull From former things I should present to you So duetie bids a writer to be playne And things left out to call to mynd agayne Thlangothlan then must yet come once in place For diuers notes that giues this booke some grace An Abbey nere that Mountayne towne there is Whose walles yet stand and steeple too likewise But who that rides to see the troth of this Shall thinke he mounts on hilles vnto the Skyes For when one hill behind your backe you see Another comes two tymes as hye as hee And in one place the Mountaynes stands so there In roundnesse such as it a Cockpit were Their height is great and full of narrowe waies And stéepe downe right of force ye must descend Some houses are buylt there but of late daies Full vnderneath the monstrous Mountaynes end Amid them all and those as man may gesse When rayne doth fall doth stand in sore distresse For mightie streames runnes ore both house and thatch When for their liues poore men on Hilles must watch Beyond the same and yet on Hill full hye A Castle stands an old and ruynous thing That haughtie house was buylt in weathers eye A pretie pyle and pleasure for a King A Fort a Strength a strong and stately Hold It was at first though now it is full old On Rocke alone full farre from other Mount It stands which shewes it was of great account Betwéene the Towne and Abbey built it was The Towne is néere the goodly Riuer Dée That vnderneath a Bridge of stone doth passe And still on Rocke the water runnes you see A wondrous way a thing full rare and straunge That Rocke cannot the course of water chaunge For in the streame huge stones and Rocks remayne That backward might the flood of force constrayne From thence to Chirke are Mountaynes all a rowe As though in ranke and battaile Mountaynes stood And ouer them the bitter winde doth blowe And whirles betwixt the valley and the wood Chirke is a place that parts another Sheere And as by Trench and Mount doth well appeere It kept those bounds from forrayne force and power That men might sléepe in suretie euery hower Here Denbighshiere departs from writers pen And Flintshiere now comes brauely marching in With Castles fine with proper Townes and men Whereof in verse my matter must begin Not for to fayne and please the tender eares But to be playne as worlds eye witnesse beares Not by heresay as fables are set out But by good proofe of vewe to voyd a dout WHen Sommer swéete hath blowne ore Winters blast And waies waxe hard that now are soft and foule When calmie Skyes sayth bitter stormes are past And Clowdes waxe cléere that now doth lowre and skoule My muse I hope shall be reuiu'de againe That now lyes dead or rockt a sleepe with paine For labour long hath wearied so the wit That studious head a while in rest must sit But when the Spring comes on with newe delite You shall from me heare what my muse doth write Here endeth my first booke of the worthines of Wales which being wel taken wil encourage me to set forth another in which work not only the rest of the Shieres that now are not written of shalbe orderly put in print but likewise all y e auncient Armes of Gentlemen there in general shalbe plainly described set out to the open vewe of the world if God permit me life and health towards the finishing of so great a labour FINIS Thomas Churchyard EN·DIEV·ET·MON·ROY· Churchiards Armes William Malmesburie de regibus anglorum Dauid Powell a late writer yet excellently learned made a sharp inuectiue against William Paruus and Pollidor Virgill all their complices accusing them of lying tongues enuyous detraction malicious slaunders reproachfull and venomous language wilfull ignoraÌ„ce dogged enuie and canckered mindes for that thei spake vnreuerently of Arthur and many other thrise noble Princes Jeffrey of Monmouth Matthewe of Westminster and others are here in like sort to be read looked on The Authors troublesome life briefely set downe A short note of the nature of many CouÌ„tries with the disposition of the people there A commendation of the loyaltie of Welshmen A rehearsall of great strife and dissention that ruinated Wales How Lawe and loue links men together like brethren The accustomed courtesie of Wales No such theft and robberie in Wales as in other Countries Victuals good cheape in most part of Wales A great rebuke to those that speakes not truely of Wales Good disposition neuer wants good maners Good true Authors that affirmes more goodnesse in Wales than I write of Two Riuers by MoÌ„mouth the one called Monnow and the other Wye King Henry the fifth Neere the Towne Sir Charles Harbert of Troy dwelt in a faire Seate called Troy At Wynestow now dwels Sir Thomas Harbert a little from the same Troy Maister Roger Ieames dwelt at Troy nere this Towne The Earle of Worcesters house and Castle The Earle of Penbroke that was created Earle by King Edward the 4. buylt the Castell of Raggland sumptuously at the first Earle of Worcester Lord hereof A faire bridge Maister Lewis of Saint Peere dwelles neere that Sir Charles Sommerset at the Grange doth dwell now Sir William Morgan that is dead dwelt at Pennycoyd Harbert of Colbroke buryed there Chepstow In the Castle there is an ancient tower called Longis tower wherby rests a tale to be considered of Of this Earle is a great and worthie tale to be heard A peece of a petigree Earle Strongbowe was maried to the King of Lynsters Daughter in Ireland and this Strongbowe wan by force of armes the Earledoms of Wolster Tyroll The Authors verses in the honor of noble mynds Good men are made of and bad men rebuked Sir William Harbert of â—â—â—nt Gillyans Polidorus Virgilius spake all of his owne nations praise and sawe but little of Brittaine nor loued the same Venerable bede a noble writer Gildas a passing Poet of Brittaine
grace it shalbe calde of right Speake what you can a happie Seate it is A trim Shiere towne for Noble Barron or Knight A Cittie sure as free as is the best Where Size is kept and learned Lawyers rest Buylt auncient wise in swéete and wholesome ayre Where the best sort of people oft repayre Not farre from thence a famous Castle fine That Raggland hight stands moted almost round Made of Freestone vpright as straight as line Whose workmanship in beautie doth abound The curious knots wrought all with edged toole The stately Tower that lookes ore Pond and Poole The Fountaine trim that runs both day and night Doth yéeld in showe a rare and noble sight Now Chepstowe comes to mynd as well it may Whose Seate is set some part vpon an hill And through the Towne to Neawport lyes a way That ore a Bridge on Wye you ride at will This Bridge is long the Riuer swift and great The Mountaine bigge about doth shade the Seate The craggie Rocks that ore the Towne doth lye Of force farre of doth hinder viewe of eye The common Port and Hauen is so good It merits praise because Barkes there doe ride To which the Sea comes in with flowing flood And doth foure howers aboue the Bridge abide Beyond the same doth Tyntterne Abbey stand As old a Sell as is within that Land Where diuers things hath bene right worthie note Whereof as yet the troth I haue not gote To Chepstowe yet my pen agayne must passe Where Strongbow once an Earle of rare renowne A long time since the Lord and Maister was In princely sort of Castle and of Towne Then after that to Mowbray it befell Of Norffolke Duke a worthie knowne full well Who sold the samet o William Harbert Knight That was the Earle of Penbrooke then by right His eldest Sonne that did succeede his place Of Huntyngton and Penbrooke Earle likewise Had but one childe a Daughter of great race And she was matcht with pompe and solempne guise To Somerset that was Lord Chamberlaine And made an Earle in Henry seuenths raigne Of him doth come Earle Worster liuing nowe Who buildeth vp the house of Raggland throwe A Creation of an Earle EDward by the grace of God King most imperiall Of France England the Lord of Ireland therwithall To Archbishops Bishops all to Abbotes and to Priors To Dukes to Earles to Barrons to Sheriffes of the shires To Iustices to Maiors and chiefe of Townly gouernment To Baylieffes my lichefolke all haue herewith greeting sent Knowe ye whereas we iudge it is a gracious Prince his parte To yéeld loue fauour and reward to men of great desarte Who of himselfe his Royall house and of the publique state Haue well deseru'd their vertues rare euer to renumerate And to adorne with high reward such vertue cléere and bright Stirs others vp to great attempts and faintnes puts to flight We following on the famous course y e former Kings haue run That worthie approued wight whose déedes most nobly dun Haue greatest things of vs deseru'd we do intend to raise To fame and honors highest type with gifts of Princely praise That truely regall are we meane that valiant worthie Knight That William Herbert hath to name now L. Herbert hight Whose seruice wheÌ„ we first did raigne we did most faithful find When for our royal right we fought which stil we call to mind To which we ad from then till now continuall seruices Which many were whereof each one to vs most pleasing is And chiefly when as lately now his déedes did him declare A worthie Knight wherby he gayn'd both fame and glorie rare When as that Rebell and our foe euen Iasper Tudyrs sonne who said he Earle of Penbroke was did westwales coast oreruÌ„ And there by subtile shifts and force did diuers sondrie waies Anoy our State and therewithall a vyle Sedition raise But there he gaue to him a fielde and with a valiant hand Orethrew him and his forces all that on his part did stand And marching all along those Coasts y e most he flew out right The rest he brake and so disperst they gaue themselues to flight Our Castle then of Hardelach that from our first daies raigne A refuge for all Rebels did against vs still remaine A Fort of wonderous force besiege about did he And tooke it where in most mens mynds it could not taken be He wan it did make them yéeld who there their saftie sought And all the Countrie thereabouts to our obedience brought These therefore his most worthie Acts we calling into minde His seruices and great desarts which we praise worthie finde And for that cause we willing him with honors royally For to adorne decke and aduaunce and to sublime on hye The eight day of September in the eight yéere of our Raigne We by this Charter that for ours shall firme for euer remaine Of speciall grace and knowledge sure sound and determinate And motioÌ„ méere him William doe of Penbroke Count create Erect preferre and vnto him the Title stile and state And name thereof and dignitie foreuer appropriate As Earle of Penbroke and withall we giue all rights that do All honors and preheminence that state perteyne vnto With which estate stile honor great and worthie dignitie By cincture of a Sword we him ennoble reallie For that the sence and worthie words were great The seruice such as merites noble fame The forme thereof in verse I doe repeate And shewe likewise the Lattin of the same He seru'd a King that could him well reward And of his house and race tooke great regard And recompenst his manly doing right With honor due to such a noble Knight Where loyall mynd doth offer life and all For to preserue the Prince and publique state There doth great hap and thankfull Fortune fall As guerdon sent by destnie and good fate No Soueraine can forget a Subiects troeth With whose good grace great loue and fauour goeth Great gifts and place great glorie and renowne They get and gayne that truely serues a Crowne And thou my Knight that art his heire in blood Though Lordship land and Ragglands stately towers A female heire and force of fortunes flood Haue thée bereft yet bearst his fruits and flowers His armes his name his faith and mynd are thyne By nature nurture arte and grace deuyne Ore Seas and Lands these moue thée paynes to take For God for fame for thy swéete Soueraines sake ⧠Here followeth the Creation of an Earle of Penbroke in Latin EDwardus Dei gracia Rex Angliae Fraunciae Dominus Hiberniç Archiepiscopis Episcopis Abbatibê° Prioribus Ducibus Comitibus Baronibus Iusticiarijs Vicecomitibus Prepositis Ministris omnibus Balliuis fidelibus suis saluteÌ„ Sciatis quod cum felicis grati admodum Regis munus censeamus de se de Regia domo deque Republica regno bene meritas personas coÌ„gruis
Archbishop that Dubrick hight Did crowne this King in déede Foure Kings before him bore in sight Foure golden Swords we réede These Kings were famous of renowne Yet for their homage due Repayrd vnto Carleon Towne As I rehearse to you How many Dukes and Earles withall Good Authors can you tell And so true writers shewe you shall How Arthur there did dwell What Court he kept what Acts he did What Conquest he obtaynd And in what Princely honor still King Arthur long remaynd Quéene Gueneuer was crown'd likewise In Iulius Church they say Where that fower Quéenes in solemne guise In royall rich aray Foure Pigeons white bore in their hands Before the Princesse face In signe the Quéene of Brittish Lands Was worthie of that grace Carleon lodged all these Kings And many a noble Knight As may be prou'd by sondrie things That I haue seene in sight The bounds hath bene nine myles about The length thereof was great It shewes it self this day throughout It was a Princes Seate In Arthurs tyme a Table round Was there whereat he sate As yet a plot of goodly ground Sets foorth that rare estate The Citie reacht to Creet church than And to Saint Gillyans both Which yet appeares to view of man To trye this tale a troth There are such Uautes and hollowe Caues Such walles and Condits déepe Made all like pypes of earthen pots Wherein a child may créepe Such streates and pauements sondrie waies To euery market Towne Such Bridges built in elders daies And things of such renowne As men may muse of to behold But chiefly for to note There is a Castle very old That may not be forgot It stands vpon a forced Hill Not farre from flowing flood Where loe ye view long Uales at will Enuyron'd all with wood A Seate for any King aliue The Soyle it is so swéete Fresh springs doth streames of water driue Almost through euery streate From Castle all these things are seene as pleasures of the eye The goodly Groues and Uallies gréene and wooddie Mountaines hye The crooked Créekes and pretie Brookes that are amid the Plaine The flowing Tydes that spreads the land and turnes to Sea againe The stately Woods that like a hoope doth compasse all the Uale The Princely plots that stands in troope to beautifie the Dale The Riuers that doth daily runne as cleare as Christall stone Shewes that most pleasures vnder Sunne Carleon had alone Great ruth to see so braue a Soyle Fall in so sore decay In sorowe sit full nere the foyle As Fortune fled away And world forsooke to knowledge those That earst hath bene so greate Where Kings and graue Philosophers Made once therein their Seate Vrbs legionum was it namde In Caesars daies I trowe And Arthur holding resdence there As stories plainly showe Not only Kings and noble Péeres Repayrde vnto that place But learned men full many yéeres Receiu'd therein their grace Than you that auncient things denyes Let now your talke surcease When profe is brought before your eyes Ye ought to hold your peace And let Carleon haue his right And ioye his wonted fame And let each wise and worthie wight Speake well of Arthurs name Would God the brute thereof were knowne In Countrey Court and Towne And she that sits in reagall Throne With Scepter Sword and Crowne Who came from Arthurs rase and lyne Would marke these matters throwe And shewe thereon her gracious eyne To helpe Carleon now Thus farre my pen in Arthurs praise Hath past for plainnesse sake In honor of our elders daies That kéepes my muse awake All only for to publish plaine Tyme past tyme present both That tyme to come may well retaine Of each good tyme the troth ¶ An Introduction to the Letters sent from Lucius Tyberius at the Coronation of King Arthur NOt vnwilling to delate and make large the matter now written of further because the raigne of King Arthur is diuersly treated on and vncertainly spoken of the men of this world are growen so wise I haue searched and found in good Authors such certaintie of King Arthur and matter that merits the reading that I am compelled with pen to explaine and with some paines and studie to pâ—esent the world with in generall The substance whereof being in Latin may be read and vnderstood by thousands is englished because the common sorte as well as the learned shall see how little the Kings and Princes of this Land haue esteemed the power of the Romaines or manasing and force of any forraine foe whatsoeuer And for the amending of my tale let our Soueraine Ladie be well considered of whose graces passeth my pen to shewe and you shall see great things are encountred and no small matters gone about and brought to good passe in the action afore named which becommeth well a Quéene of that race who is descended of so noble a progenie But now purposing orderly to procéede to the former discourse and to rehearse word for word as it was left by our forefathers men of great learning and knowledge I haue set doune some such Letters and Orations as peraduenture wil make you to maruell of or at the least to thinke on so much that some one among a multitude will yéeld me thankes for my labour and rather encourage a true writer to continue in the like exercises then to giue him any occasion to sit ydle and so forget the vse of pen. There followeth hereafter those things before mentioned which I hope the Readers will iudge with aduisement and construe to the best intent and meaning For this matter not only shewes by good authoritie the royall Coronation of King Arthur but in like maner declares with what pride and pomp the Romaines sent hether at the very instant of this great tryumph for tribute and homage at which proud and presumptuous demaund King Arthur and all his other Princes about him began to bee greatly moued and presently without further delay gaue so sharpe and sodaine an answer to the Embassadors of Rome that they were so vexed and abashed therewith that they neither knewe well how to take it nor made any further reply as followes by matter presently here if you please throughly to reade it Consider withall that after this Embassage King Arthur in plaine battaile slue Lucius and had gone to Rome to haue bene crowned Emperour there if Mordred had not made a reuolt in Arthurs owne kingdome The Coronation and solemnitie therof The Embassage and proude message of the Romaines And the whole resolution of King Arthur therein is first set forth here in English THE appoynted tyme of the solemnitie approching and all being readie assembled in the Citie of Carleon the Archbishops London and Yorke and in the Citie of Carleon the Archbishop Dubright were conueighed to the Palace with royall solemnitie to crowne King Arthur Dubright therefore because the Court then lay within his Diocesse furnished
must I write to furnish foorth this booke Some Shieres doe part at Waters tryall showes There who so list vpon the same to looke Dulace doth runne along vnto the Hay So Hartford shiere from Breakenoke parteth there Brennick Deelyes Thlauenny as they say At Tawllgath méetes so into Wye they beare From Arthurs Hill Tytarell runnes apace And into Oske and Breakenoke runnes his race Nere Breakenoke Towne there is a Mountaine hye Which shewes so huge it is full hard to clime The Mountaine seemes so monstrous to the eye Yet thousands doe repayre to that sometime And they that stand right on the top shal see A wonder great as people doe report Which common brute and saying true may bee But since in deede I did not there resort I write no more then world will witnesse well Let them that please of those straunge wonders tell What is set downe I haue it surely seene As one that toyld and trauayld for the troth I will not say such things are as I weene And frame a verse as common voyces goeth Nor yet to please the humors of some men I list not stretch nor racke my termes awry My muse will not so farre abuse the pen. That writer shall gayne any blot thereby So he haue thanke in vsing ydle quill He seekes no more for paines and great good will ¶ Ludloe Towne Church and Castle THE Towne doth stand most part vpon an Hill Built well and fayre with streates both large and wide The houses such where straungers lodge at will As long as there the Councell lists abide Both fine and cleane the streates are all throughout With Condits cleere and wholesome water springs And who that lists to walke the Towne about Shall finde therein some rare and pleasant things But chiefly there the ayre so sweete you haue As in no place ye can no better craue The Market house where Corne and Cates are sold Is couered ore and kept in finest sort From which ye shall the Castle well behold And to which walke doe many men resort On euery side thereof fayre houses are That makes a shewe to please both mynd and eye The Church nere that where monuments full rare There is wherein doth sondrie people lye My pen shall touch because the notes I finde Therein deserue to be well borne in minde Within the Quere there is a Ladie layd In Tombe most rich the top of fayre Touchstone There was bestow'd in honour of this mayd Great cost and charge the trueth may well be knowne For as the Tombe is built in sumptuous guise So to the same a closet fayre is wrought Where Lords may sit in stately solemne wise As though it were a fine deuice of thought To beautifie both Tombe and euery part Of that fayre worke that there is made by arte Against that Tombe full on the other side A Knight doth lye that Iustice Townesend hight His wife likewise so soone as that she dyed In this rich Tombe was buryed by this Knight And trueth to tell Dame Alice was her name An Heire in deede that brought both wealth and land And as world sayth a worthie vertuous Dame Whose auncient Armes in colours there doth stand And many more whose Armes I doe not knowe Unto this Knight are ioyned all a roe Amid the Church a Chantrie Chappell stands Where Hozier lyes a man that did much good Bestow'd great wealth and gaue thereto some lands And helpt poore soules that in necessitie stood As many men are bent to win good will By some good turne that they may freely showe So Hoziers hands and head were working still For those he did in det or daunger knowe He smyld to see a begger at his doore For all his ioye was to reléeue the poore Another man whose name was Cookes for troth Like Hozier was in all good gifts of grace This Cookes did giue great lands and liuings both For to maintaine a Chauntrie in that place A yéerely dole and monthly almes likewise He ordaynd there which now the poore doe mis His wife and he within that Chappell lyes Where yet full plaine the Chauntrie standing is Some other things of note there may you see Within that Church not touched now by mée Yet Beawpy must be nam'd good reason why For he bestow'd great charge before he dyde To helpe poore men and now his bones doth lye Full nere the Font vpon the formost side Thus in those daies the poore was lookt vnto The rich was glad to fling great wealth away So that their almes the poore some good might do In poore mens boxe who doth his treasure lay Shall finde againe ten fold for one he leaues Or els my hope and knowledge me deceiues THE Castle now I mynd here to set out It stands right well and pleasant to the vewe With sweete prospect yea all the field about An auncient Seate yet many buildings newe Lord Presdent made to giue it greater fame But if I must discourse of things as true There are great works that now doth beare no name Which were of old and yet may pleasure you To see the same for loe in elders daies Was much bestow'd that now is much to praise Prince Arthurs Armes is there well wrought in stone A worthie worke that fewe or none may mend This worke not such that it may passe alone For as the tyme did alwaies people send To world that might excéede in wit and spréete So sondrie sorts of works are in that Seate That for so hye a stately place is méete Which shewes this day the workmanship is greate Looke on my Lords and speak your fancies throw And you will praise fayre Ludloe Castle now In it besides the works are here vnnam'd A Chappell is most trim and costly sure So brauely wrought so fayre and finely fram'd That to worlds end the beautie may endure About the same are Armes in colours sitch As fewe can shewe in any Soyle or place A great deuice a worke most rare and ritch Which truely shewes the Armes the blood and race Of sondrie Kings but chiefly Noble men That here in prose I will set out with pen. Sir Walter Lacie was first owner of Ludloe Castle whose Armes are there and so followes the rest by order as you may reade Ieffrey Genyuile did match with Lacie Roger Mortymer the first Earle of Martchy an Earle of a great house matcht with Genyuile Leonell Duke of Clarence ioyned with Ulster in Armes Edmond Earle of Marchy matched with Clarence Richard Earle of Cambridge matcht with the Earle of Marchy Richard Duke of Yorke matcht with Westmerland Edward the fourth matcht with Woduile of Riuers Henry the seuenth matcht with Elizabeth right heire of England Henry the eight matcht with the Marquese of Penbroke These are the greatest first to be named that are there set out worthely as they were of dignitie and birth Now followes the rest of those that were Lord Presidents and others
in the hall windowe All that followes are Armes of Princes and Noblemen The great water called TeaÌ„ comes 17. mile froÌ„ a place called the Whitehall neere vnto Begyldie in the County of Radnor The Forrest of Brenwood is west from the towne The Chace of Mocktrie and Oâ—kley Parkes staÌ„ds not farre from thence A deuice of the Lord Presidents He gaue great possessions large liberties and did incorporate them with many goodly freedomes That Towne hath bin well gouerned a loÌ„g while with two Bayliefes twelue Aldermen and fiue and thirtie Commoners a Recorder a Townclarke assistant to the sayd Bayliefes by iudiciall course of lawe weekely in as large and ample maner for their triall betweene partie and partie as any Cittie or Borrowe of England hath The poore haue sweete lodgings each one a part to himselfe An Hospitall called S. Iones A Guyld that King Edward by Letters Pattents gaue to the Bayliefs and Burgesses of the towne The AldermeÌ„ are Iustices of the Peace for the time being A deuice of the Author called Reasons threatning The Author borne in Shrewseburie Shrewseburie the marshes of Wales Reasons threatning is done The priuie blowes that Reason giues For feare of shame slouthfull men are well occupied Newe buildings makes old deuice blush Labour reapes reward Many well borne and rich in Shrewseburie Diuers Almes houses in Shrewseburie and hath bin there mainteyned in old time Shrewseburie and Wales are like in courtesie Fayre wordes and reuerence is a common thing there Good nature and good maners shewes good mynds Stout behauiour is rather abhorred then embraced Many of wales wealthie men in Shrewseburie A deepe deuice the foundation of Shrewseburie The Castle built in such a braue plot that it could haue espyed a byrd flying in euery streate A matter to be marked A Knight lyes crosselegged in S. Maries his name is Leyborne Of the same of Churches Of the Riuer of Seuarne A notable Riuer called Seuarn running vnder two faire bridges of stone There is a bridge called Welshbridge which shewes Shrewseburie to be of Wales The Castle though old and ruynate stands most braue and gallantly Maister Prince his house staÌ„ds so trim and finely that it graceth all the Soyle it is in Here is the way to Meluerley to Wattels Borrow where Ma. Leighton dwelles to Cawx Castle Lord Staffords and to Maister Williams house Aldermen in Scarlet orderly in Shrewseburie and two Bayliefes as richly set out many Mayor of some great Cities Great costly banquetting in Christmas and at all Sessions Sizes A matter of trafficke to be noted and coÌ„sidered of London compared to the flowing Sea The great must maintaine the smal Ludloe is set out after Ozestrie and Bishops Castle doth front in Wales Of a notable market a meruclous matter Poore folkes makes fewe words in bargayning The blessednesse of plaine people A rare report yet truely giuen of Wales You must reade further before you finde Ludloe described The Authors forgetfulnesse clensed A pleasant and artificiall peece of grouÌ„d Maister Aston was a good and godly Preacher A Friery house stood by this ground called the Welsh Fryers In Shrewseburie were three Fryer houses A briefe discourse of auncient tyme. The occasion of buylding strong Holds Wales hath a wonderfull number of Castles A description of Denbighshiere A conceyted toy to set a broach an earnest matter Being Muster-maister of Kent more chargeable then well coÌ„sidered of there Chirke Castle a goodly and princely house yet Keeryock a wondrous violent water Maister Iohn Edwards hath a fayre house nere this Newe Bridge on the Riuer Dee A strauÌ„ge nature of a water There is a poole in Meryonethshiere of three myle long rageth so by storme that it makes this Riuer flowe Ruabon Church is a fayre peece of worke This Gentleman was called Iohn Bellis Eytton Offaes Dyke Wats Dyke Robert Howell lyes there a Gentleman In Maylor are all these Gentlemen Maister Roger Pilsons house at Itâ—hlay Maister Almmer at Pantyokin Maister Iohn Pilson of Bersan Maister Edward Iones of Cadoogan Maister Iames Eaton of Eatton Maister Edward Eaton by Ruabon Maister Owen Brueton of Borras Maister Iohn Pilson of Haberdewerne Maister Thomas Powell of Horsley Maister Iohn Treuar of Treuohn Agene all praise of all Gentlemen inhabiting of any Countrey Holt Castle an excellent fine place the Riuer of Dee running by it Maister Hues dwelles there Maister Euan Flud dwelles in Yale in a fayre house Castle Dynosebraen on a wooddie hill on the one side Greene Castle on the other A Bridge of stone very faire there stands ouer Dee Maister Lakon Ma. Thlude of Yale The names of the Riuers of Denbighshire Keeriock parts Shropshere DeÌ„bighshere before Chirk Dee at newe Bridge and Thlangothlen Aleyn in the valley of Yale Clanweddock in the fayre vale of Dufrin Cloyd Cloyd receiues Clanweddock and Elwye by Saint Asse Istrade by Denbigh Raihad comes to the Voâ—â—ney Keynthleth comes into Rayhad The Castle of Wrythen is yet outwardly a marueilous faire and large princely place There is a Poole here abouts that hath in it a kynd of fish that no other water can shewe A Riuer called Aleyn in the valley of Yale The valley of Yale The Earle of Kent lyes here An Anckres in King Henrie the fourths tyme buryed here The pleasant vale of Diffrin Cloyd The Vale throughly described Three Riuers in this Vale. A naturall secret touched Thomas Salesburie of Lleweni Robert Salesburie of Bachenbid Foulk Lloyd of Houllan Piers Holland of Kynmel Piers Owen of Abergele Edward Theleall of Beren William Wyn of Llamuaire Elis Price of Spitty Iohn Middleton The strongest Castle seate that euer man beheld Marke wel the situation and buylding of the same A practise by the Author proued A great glorie giuen to Denbigh The Abbey of Valey Crucis Castle Dynosebraen A goodly bridge of stone here The Towne and the bridge with the vyolent Riuer before that Towne A little spoke of Fluntshiere The Author fell sicke here The writer takes here breath till a better season serues