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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

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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