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A95552	Iohn Taylors last voyage, and adventure, performed from the twentieth of Iuly last 1641. to the tenth of September following. In which time he past, with a scullers boate from the citie of London, to the cities and townes of Oxford, Gloucester, Shrewesbury, Bristoll, Bathe, Monmouth and Hereford. The manner of his passages and entertainement to and fro, truly described. With a short touch of some wandring and some fixed scismatiques, such as are Brownist, Anabaptists, famalies, humorists and foolists, which the authour found in many places of his voyage and iourney. / By Iohn Taylor.	Taylor, John, 1580-1653.	1641 (1641)	Wing T473; Thomason E1100_3; ESTC R208333	14,156	32

lye there buried vvhen the Saxons had the rule and domination here in the raigne of Vier Pendragon and the renowned worthy King Arthur that City and County had a Duke a Bishop and a Major aboue 1100 yeares past their names were Edell Eldadus and Eldor the shire is divided in 33. Hundreds of which the Citie it selfe is one and two Hundreds more named Kings Burton and Dunstone with 30. Townes and Villages are annexed to the said Citie which is all under the commande of the Major and his brethren It hath beene anciently famous for the Trade of Merchandising now altogether decayed the more is the pitty King Henry the third was Crowned there the 28. of October 1216. there hath been many Dukes Earles of Glocester since the Norman Conquest as first Robert fittz Hamon second William de Mondevill third Robert de Millent which Robert was taken prisoner was exchanged for King Stephen the said King being then taken prisoner by Maude the Empresse the fourth Earle of Glocester was William sonne to the said Robert and Lord of Glamorgan was buried at Kinsham 1183. Iohn who was afterwards King of England was the third Earle of Glocester the sixt was Almerick Mountfort buried at Keinsham Sixt Geoffery de mandevile he was slaine at a Tilting or Tournament 1216. The 7. was Gilbert de Clare 1230. The 8. Richard de Clare 1262. The 9. Gilbert de Clare the second of that name 1295. all these three were buried at Tewxbury Richard de Mount hermer was the 10. Earle 1323. Gilbert de Clare the son of Gilbert the second was the 11. Earle was slaine at Sherbin in Scotland and buried at Tewxbury 1313. Hugh de Audley the 12 Earle dyed 1347. buried at Tunbridge Thomas of Woodstock the son of K. Edward the third Duke of Glocester was murthered at Callice 1397. Thomas Spencer the 13 Earle was beheaded at Bristow 1400. Humphrey Plantagenet the fourth son of K. Edward the fourth who was called the good Duke Humphrey was murthered buried at S. Albons 1440. Richard Duke of Glocester afterwards King of England was slaine at the battle of Bosworth and buried at Leicester 1485. Henry of Oatlands the fourth sonne to our Soveraigne Lord King Charels was borne at Oatlands in Surey on wednesday the eight of Iuly 1640. now Duke of Glocester whom God blesse And so much though much more might be said for the honour of Glocester and Glocestershire That commerce and Trade is the strength and sinnewes of the common wealth the chiefe and onely subsistance of Cities and Corporations it is apparently evident And the greatest honour and glory of Kingdomes the reasons why severall meanes there are that brings wealth and honour to a citie all of them put together in one ballance and the trade of Merchandising in the other it shall overprize them al upon it alone hangs and depends almost all other trades it brings great wealth and honour to all places where it is prosecuted with successe Witnesse that of Leogorne which within this 30. or 40. yeares was but a poore fishing towne which by that trade alone is now the greatest Mart of the Medeterenian Seas As likewise the Low-countries although they cannot build a ship but must fetch the materials from 6. severall kingdomes yet they build and have more ships then all Christendome besides have not any thing almost of a naturall staple commodity to deale upon yet by that trade alone they have ingrossed the greatest part of the trade of the Christian World to thēselves some of them if they please may be gaineful in the trade of merchandising there Now that the Citie of Glocester is scituated in as convenient a place as any other within this Kingdome the reasons following shall demonstrate First the said Citie hath beene an auncient Port towne graced infranchesed with priviledges as ample as London or any other citie or Towne within this Kingdom dignified with the title of the 3. son of the Kings and hath beene famous in former ages for the trade of Merchandizing now altogether decayed And is likewise situated in as rich a soyle as any in this Kingdome whose Markets are alwaies stored with abundance varieties of all commodities that the kingdome of England affords incident to the life and being of man And it is likewise situated in as convenient a place for any trade of Merchandizing being upon the famous River of Severne then which there is not any more miles Navigable within this Kingdome also the River of Avon being made Navigable with in foure miles of Warwick which standeth in the heart and center of the said Kingdome having both the said Rivers the advantage of all opportunities both for exportation importation of all goods and commodities whatsoever into and from at least a third part of the said Kingdome which parts vents as many forraine commodities and yeelds as many varieties of commodities as any other part of the said Kingdome doth And which said parts cannot bee served by or from any other parts then by the said Rivers unlesse they will fetch bring their commodities over the land three or foure score miles at a great charge which cannot bee conceived they will doe if it may be brought home to their doores by water the said Citie having by speciall grant under the Great Seale a spatious and convenient Key or Wharfe built of stone neare the Kings Custome-house upon the said River at which Key or Wharfe the Sea doth in its due course continually ebbe and flow for the bringing in and out of ships and other boates of convenient burthen so that a ship of a hundred and fifty tunne or thereabouts may at every tide come to Gatcombe which is but 12 miles from Gloucester and therelye secure and the River of Wye runneth into the Severne tenne miles above Kingrode where ships of two or three hundred Tunnes may lye secure and safe And I have observed that the trade that Bristoll driveth up to the city of Gloucester and beyond it in small Barkes hoighes and Trowes is at the least two hundred Tunnes of all commodities every spring which is every fortnight or lesse And it is conceiued and more then probable that if the said trade of Merchandizing were settled within the said City of Cloucester as heretoforeit hath beene that neither the trades men of the said City of Gloucester nor others that live three or foure score miles above it will goe downe to Bristoll and may have their commodities in Gloucester for divers Reasons and inconveniences that may thereby happen As first it saveth threescoure miles riding in a dirty Countrey next the ventring of their goods from Bristoll to Gloucester by Water sometimes cast away sometimes the spring not serving they are benept and so cannot have their commodities to serve their turne but usually much abused by Trow-men so that many that live up the River beyond Gloucester are thereby greatly discouraged and doe many

times buy their commoditys at London Souththampton Hull and Chester and so bring it home by land three or fourescore miles at a great charge which if the trade were settled at Gloucester they would not doe for which Reasons aforesaid and many other that might be alledged it hath caused divers men well skilled and versed in the said trade of Merchandizing much to wonder that the said trade hath beene so long neglected many of which hath concluded that the said City of Gloncester with the said key and havens and the Kings custome house thereunto doe lye as convenient for the said trade of Merchandizing as any other City or Towne within this kingdom and might drive the greatest trade of any other London only excepted For this City of Gloucester stands almost within or neere the Center of this kingdome and for exportation and Importation of all Native and forraigne commodities by Reason of the riches of the soyle and Commodiousnesse of the Adiacent Rivers it is comparable to any place except the Metropolis London The village of Galcombe being at first built for the trade of Gloucester most commodious Now forasmuch as it may be objected that the River of Seavern is dangerous I must confesse it is so to those that know it not and through want of practise whereby experience showeth but to those that know it noe danger at all For there is not one Barge in twenty that hath beene cast away but it hath been by the owners covetousnes in loding too deep or venturing too rash upō the tide for feare they should be be kept so loose the spring all which with a certaine trade up and downe the River might wisely be prevented All other difficulties that can or may be alledged are of small consequence to hinder if men of meanes and ingenious spirits doe undertake it The reason aforesaid hath induced some men well affected to the publike good and welfarre of this City to endeavour a beginning of this most honourable action and were they seconded with that incouragement from others which if they were as willing as every way able both with their place and meanes The necessity of this cause so earnestly requiring it the necessity of this cause I say so greatly moveing it there is no doubt but by the blessing of the Almighty and that in a short time it might raise the ruines of the decayed trade of this City so much complained of by all and make it as honourable as now it is contemptible which is shal be the deadly prayers and desires of him who presenteth this Hoping that no Churlish Naball Mallicious Sanballar corrupted Tobiah proud Haman unmercifull Dives or any of the deadly sinnes can or shall hinder so good a worke FOr who can but with pittie here behold These multitudes of mischiefes manifold Shall Rivers thus be barr'd with stops and locks With Mills and Hills with gravels beds and rocks With weares and weedes and forced Islands made To spoyle a pulique for a private Trade Shame fall the doers and th' Almighties blessng Be heap'd upon their heads that seeke redreffing Were such a businesse to be done in Flanders Or Holland mongst the industrious Netherlanders They to deepe passages would turne our hils To Windmills they would change our watermils All helps unto these rivers they would ayd And all impedunents shall be destroyed Our vagabonds the wandring brood of Caine They would inforce those runna gates take paine Whereby much profit quickly would accrue For labour robs the hangman of his due In common reason all men must agree That if these Rivers were made cleane and free One Barge with eight poore mens iudustrious paines Would carry more than forty carts or waines And every waine to draw them horses five And each two men or boye to guide or drive Charge of an hundred horse and eighty men With eight mens labour would be served then Thus men would be implovd and horse preserv'd And all the Countrey at cheape rates be serv'd 'T is said the Dutchmen taught us drinke and swill I 'm sure we goe beyond them in that skill I wish as we exceede them in what 's bad That we some portion of their goodnesse had Then should this worthy worke be soone begun And with successefull expedition done Which I dispaire not of but humbly plead That God his blessings will increase and spread On them that love this worke and on their heires Their goods and chattels and on all that 's theirs I wish them blest externall and internall And in the end with happinesse eternall In the most part of my Iourney I came to few places but their was to be found plenty of beggers or Doggmaticall Scismaticall full of Beggerly Rudiments as the Apostle saith Galathians 4. Opinionated divers wayes and every one would have his owne fancy to stand for his Religion for they all differ one from another yet all joyne against that which they have beene baptized and brought up in In one place there is a blind old woman and she repeates and Interprets in another a Pavier and he will take upon him to mend the way Then their is a Strange fellow a Baker one light loafe and he will new bolt sift Knead and mould Relligion In another a quondam Brewers Clearke would faine be a Priest and Preaches most wonderfully in a mault house besides a zealous Sowgelder that professeth most desperate doctrine Good Lord in thy mercy looke upon us and give us true peace and unity both in Church and Common wealth FINIS

Iohn Taylors last Voyage AND ADVENTVRE PERFORMED from the twentieth of Iuly last 1641. to the tenth of September following In which time he past with a Scullers Boate from the Citie of London to the Cities and Townes of Oxford Gloucester Shrewesbury Bristoll Bathe Monmouth and Hereford The manner of his Passages and Entertainement to and fro truly described With a short touch of some wandring and some fixed Scismatiques such as are Brownists Anabaptists Famalies Humorists and foolists which the Authour found in many places of his Voyage and Iourney By Iohn Taylor Printed at London by F. L. for Iohn Taylor and may be had at the shoppe of Thomas Bates in the Old Baily 1641. To his Friend Mr. John Tayler on his voyage and Iourney IF true affection doth your muse inspire To 'th honor'd welfare of your native place Then set your hand to now I you desire The time is now when you may do us grace This Subiect sure is large if you thinke of it You are not bounded but you may at ease Survey collect the good the honour profit Of trade of Citie Countrey Rivers Seaes It may provoke some yet not thought upon To raise the ruines of this decayed place To procecute this hopefull worke begun And leave some honour to our after Race From ancient Monmouth Geffery tooke his name So Henry did from Huntington likewise Why may not Gloucester ad to Taylors fame Since that from thence his birth and name did rise Gloucester this 3 of August 1641. Yours to command HENRY ELLIS Iohn Taylor Water-Poet ANAGRAMME Loapety-Troian roweth STrange Newes There is arrived at our Key A wandring Poet alwaies in his way Whose wilfull Errors makes him thus to vaunt Aeneas-like I came from Troyonvant I rowed in Rivers sometimes checkt by Milles Steer'd under Bridges and came over Hilles The Oares of pleasure and of profit brought This Water-Poet hither in his boat And hence he must but yet he will I trow To the Brittaines rather then the Latines row English will serve him rightly to rehearse His crooked travells in good prose or verse When as the winds of fancy cease to blow him If he have watermen to row or tow him Expect Relations I beleeve in fyne The Poets waterworkes will goe in wine And all his dry-land passages appeare With casuall events both here and there Now I doe wish he may accomplsh it Without expence of any thing but wit Gloucester 3. August 1641. Yours IO. DORNEY IOHN TAYLORS LAST VOYAGE AND ADVENTVRE performed from the twentieth of Iuly last 1641. to the tenth of September following OF famous Rivers Brooks Bournes Rills Springs Of Deepes and Shallowes my invention Sings Of Rocks Impenetrable fourds and Mills Of Stopps and Weares Shelves Sands and mighty Hills Of Navigable passages Neglected Of Rivers Spoyl'd men begger'd and deiected Of Tame of Isis Seaverne Wye and Teme Lugg ' Loden Doyre and Monnoes Pearly Streame Of these of more then these and of their Vses And of their miserable strange Abuses I truely treate that men may note and see What blessings Navigable Rivers bee And how that thousands are debar'd those blessings By few mens Avaritious hard oppressings I also shew how those faults may be mended And no man have iust cause to be offended And with a paire of Oares for that intent I once from London unto Lincolne went Whereas a passage seven miles was cut thorowe From Lincolne into Trent and to Gainsborowe That way I past and into Humber past To Hull from thence to Owse and Yorke at last Another Voyage to the West againe I with a Wherry past the raging maine From London to the Isle of Wight and thence To Salisbury with Time and Coynes expence Since when our gratious soveraigne did ordaine The Uiscount Dorchester to take the paine To view what wrongs the River Thames did beare I served then and every Stoppe and Weare And all impediments I found I writ And hoping for amendment printed it For care was taken and true industrie That from faire Oxfords Vniversity To London I Annottomiz'd the flood And shew'd it's qualities both bad and good Promise was made Thames wrongs should bee reform'd And some small helps were speedily perform'd But yet not halfe is done that then was spoken All promises are either kept or broken For as a monument of our disgraces The Rivers too too fowle in many places I have describ'd heere many an injury In three great Rivers Severne Thames and Wye Besides two Rivers Avon one makes speede To Bristol and doth make it rich indeede And would Bathe cure that Rivers great amisse That City would be richer then it is But each man to himselfe beares private love And no man will the generall griefe remove The other Avon Ruines past Gloster West From Bristols Avon fifty miles at least It glides to Stretford Towne from Coventry And into Severne falls at Tewxbury Of Rivers many writers well have done Grave Camden Draytons Polyolbyon And painefull Speede doth in his Mappes declare Where all these Brookes and waters were and are But yet not any one have sought but I To finde their wrongs and shew some remedy I shew the meane neglect of Navigation For few mens profit publique lamentation T'e encrease some five or sixe mens Treasury Whiles twenty thousand lives in misery From shore to shore brave Rivers are dam'd so That not a woodden dish hath roome to go no not a hand breadth but that all is stop'd And from the poore man all reliefe is stop'd It is the goodnesse of our God to give To us foure Elements whereby we live Those Elements Fire Water Ayre are nam'd And Earth of which althings are made and fram'd And all those blessings the great God of Heaven Some more some lesse to every man hath given By ayre and breath and breath no man buy Ayre serves all creatures in community And though earth yeeld materialls for the fire Which many a sonne by right holds from his sire Yet sure me thinkes the water should be free For passage for all men of each degree And though the Rivers in proportions are Shar'd thine or mine or this or that mans share Yet sure where God gives water boates to beare It should not be stop'd up with Mill or Weare And now my meaning plainer to disclose A little while I 'le turne my Verse to Prose AS Raine from the Firmament is drawne from the Sea and other waters and vapours of the Earth and Ayre by the vigour of the Sunne whereby Rivers spring and overflow Grasse Groves Fruits encrease fishes multiplie beasts and cattell breede and waxe fat Corne plentifulls Butter and Cheese in abundance and all other blessings for the life of man or beast is nourished with milke of Heaven as raine may justly be called So Navigable Rivers are the Cherishing veines of the body of every Countrey Kingdome and Nation And as the veines of man doth distill supporting sustinence to every part and member of his