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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A40385	Northern memoirs, calculated for the meridian of Scotland wherein most or all of the cities, citadels, seaports, castles, forts, fortresses, rivers and rivulets are compendiously described : together with choice collections of various discoveries, remarkable observations, theological notions ... : to which is added the contemplative & practical angler ... / writ in the year 1658, but not till now made publick, by Richard Franck ...	Franck, Richard, 1624?-1708.	1694 (1694)	Wing F2064; ESTC R20592	173,699	348

with Trout and Salmon but the Access lies too open more especially amongst her pleasant gliding Streams where the Angler if Lord of his Exercise may expect incredible Entertainments whose Foundations are laid in gravelly Sand and interchangably mix'd with shining Stones that look not unlike to golden Granulaes but were they such I should fancy Tagus but a Toy to it Because to imprint in the Angler's Memory those remarkable Characters of shining Rocks glittering Sands and falls of Water which 'tis morally impossible he should ever forget Not far from this dingy Castle of Glorret stands delectable Kilsieth in whose martial Fields Marquess Montross defeated his Country-Men North-West from thence we must top those burdened Mountains of Compsy whose weeping Rocks moisten the Air representing the Spouts and are a lively Emblem of the Cataracts of Nile From whence we descend to the Kirk of Compsy near to which Kirk runs the memorable Anderwick a rapid River of strong and stiff Streams whose fertil Banks refresh the Borderer and whose Fords if well examined are Arguments sufficient to convince the Angler of Trout as are her Deeps when consulted the noble Race and Treasure of Salmon or remonstrate his Ignorance in the Art of Angling Besides this Anderwick there are many other small Rivulets that glide up and down these solitary Parts omitted in this Paragraph because not having time to insert them Th. This travelling State Arnoldus reminds me of the old Proverb viz. A rolling Stone gathers no Moss nor we any Money which runs somewhat parallel But it 's all one in time for time must be untim'd in the Cusp of Eternity then shall we be found in an Eternal state and as Eternity is infinite in it self so is it the Ray of the Majesty of God who created the Heavens the Elements and Orbs and gave unto them perpetual Motion and Rotation predestinated to the Ends of Time unmeasurable by any except himself Whilst thus contemplating what 's Sacred and Divine we trace along the gliding Streams of Anderwick guarded with Trees and knotty Rocks as delightful and pleasant for ought I know as were the myrtle Groves so sonneted by Poets Ar. As I am of your Opinion in that so I suppose you 'r of mine in this that though Sin untune the Strings of the Soul yet Sin cannot unstring the Soul the Faculties are left still though in such disorder that all the Wit of Man can no more tune them than the Strings of an untun'd Lute can dispose themselves for Harmony without a skilful Musician's Hand By this we know God governs the World who also rules in the Heart of Man and makes it a Temple for the Holy Ghost So let us pass on with our travelling Design by the House of Cardrus to the Ports of Sterling where stands a beautiful and imbellished Castle elevated on the Precipice of an impregnable Rock that commands the Vallies as well as the Town and all those habitable Parts about it those are the Turrets that present before us let us enter her Ports both strong and spacious whose incircling Arms surround a City but not a great one that 's built all with Stone so is her Castle and situated close by the River Firth as above explain'd upon lofty craggy and mountanous Rocks almost inaccessable More Southward yet the City spreads it self into many sweet Situations that invigorate the Inhabitants and accommodate the low-Low-land Merchant rather than the Mariner with profitable Returns from the Hills by the Highlander The Firth runs here that washeth and melts the Foundations of the City but relieves the Country with her plenty of Salmon where the Burgo-masters as in many other parts of Scotland are compell'd to reinforce an ancient Statute that commands all Masters and others not to force nor compel any Servant or an Apprentice to feed upon Salmon more than thrice a Week Th. Is there such a Law in force now Ar. Yes sure for ought I know it remains to this Day and the Reason of it is as I conceive from the plenty of Salmon in these Northern Parts that should the Inhabitants daily feed upon them they would inevitably endanger their Health if not their Lives by Surfeiting for the abundance of Salmon hereabouts in these Parts is hardly to be credited And the Reader I fancy will be of my Perswasion when he comes to consider that the price of a Salmon formerly exceeded the value of Sixpence Sterling which I suppose no English Man will grudg nor think it unreasonable to give at any time so that the Danger in my Opinion lies most in the Diet for as Salmon is a Fish very apt to surfeit more especially fresh Salmon when only boiled which if too frequently fed on relaxes the Belly and makes the Passages so slippery that the retentive Faculties become debilitated so suffers the Body to be hurried into a Flux and sometimes into a Fever as pernicious as Death Which is much better prevented by Abstinency than to stand the Test of uncorrected Physick This famous Firth is the most portable River in Scotland whose Streams because meandring make it deep and torpid so fit it for Navigation for below Bridg there are neither Streams nor Sharps but above Bridg there 's enough more especially towards the flourishing Fields of Montieth which I rather prefer than Alan and Althrwery for the Anglers Diversion except Frith and Koak the one for Pearl but the other for Trout Th. What Town is this Ar. Dirty Dumblain let us pass by it and not cumber our Discourse with so inconsiderable a Corporation our itch after Mockeny puts a Spur to quicken our Expectation for who knows but the various alteration of Weather may in some measure frustrate those Expectations we may have of those admirable Streams to answer our Designs Th. Do what you please Ar. Truly I think it but Time lost to survey the Reliques of a ruinous heap of Stones that lean o're the Verge of a River facing the Mountains The Houses it's true are built with Stone but then to consider them low and little it plainly demonstrates there 's nothing eminent but narrow Streets and dirty Houses a convincing Argument there 's no Scavengers amongst them And for their Houswifery let that alone for if you touch it you sully your Fingers There is a Market-place such an one as it is but as for Merchants there 's no such thing in Nature But a Palace there is and a Cathedral too otherwise Dumblain had nothing to boast of But there is one thing remarkable and that 's the House of Domine Caudwel a formal Pedagogue that absolv'd the Thief and conceal'd the Theft so lost his Breeches for you must know the good Woman his Wife was a notable Comer one of the first Magnitude who with two more of her Consorts as I was told at a Four-hours drinking guzled down as much Ale and Brandy Wine and strong Waters as amounted to the Sum of forty Pound Scots But wanting Money