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B11942 The abridgment of Camden's Brita[n]nia with the maps of the seuerall shires of England and Wales.; Britannia. English. Abridgments Camden, William, 1551-1623. 1626 (1626) STC 4527; ESTC S107395 54,613 132

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Writers of the middle age call the Inhabitants of this coast Magesetae and make mention of Earles Magesetenses also the distance if it be counted from Gobannium or Abergeuenny or from Brangonium i. Worcester differeth not from Antonines computation Three miles Eastward from this Towne lieth Prestaine in British Lhan Andrew i. St. Andrews Church which of a very little Village by the meanes of Richard Martin Bishop of St. Davids is of late yeares growne to be so great and faire a M●rket Towne that it dimmeth the light of Radnor Scarce foure miles from Prestaine standeth Knighton a Towne not inferiour to the former it is called in the British Trebuclo in stead of Trefyclaudh of a famous Ditch lying vnder it which Offa King of the Mercians caused to be cast from Dee mouth to Wye mouth to separate the Britaine 's from his English-men In the South-west of this Countrey lieth a wide wildernesse into which Vortigerne whose memory the Britaines may wish damned withdrew himselfe when he had called the Saxons into this Land and in horrible incest married his owne daughter and here was he with his Citie Treguortig●rn burnt with fire from heauen And not farre from the place where this Vortiger● the last absolute Monarch of the Britaines perished was Lhewellin the last Prince of Wales of the British race slaine by Roger Francton The Mortimers not long after the Conquest wonne a great part of this little countrey and after that they had beene a long time eminent aboue others in these parts King Edward the Third created Roger Mortimer Lord of Wigmore Earle of these Welsh limits or according to the common speech Earle of March RADNOR SHIRE Brecknock-shire THis Countie of Brecknock was called Brechineau in the British tongue of one Brichauius a Prince that as the Inhabitants report had foure and twentie daughters and all of them Canonized for Saints It is bounded on the East with Monmouth and Radnor-shires on the West with Carmarden and Cardigan on the South with Glamorgan and the North side by the Riuers Wye and Clarwen is diuided from Radnor The length of it from Istragunles South to Llanuthel North is 28. miles and the extent of the broadest part from Pentrisso East to Llywell West 20. the whole compasse containing much vpon 102. miles Into six Hundreds is this Shire severed and those are subdiuided into 61. Parishes with 27. Riuers is it interlaced ouer which in diuers places are 13. Bridges for passage And for Traffique and trade amongst the Inhabitants it is stored but with three Market Townes namely Hay Bealt and the Shire Towne Brecknock which is now accounted the principall though the other two in former times would haue beene preferred Hay pleasantly seated on Wye and Dulas in Owen Glendowrs rebellion was vtterly ruinated and Bealt though still in some frequencie yet is now nothing to what in antique Ages it hath beene but Brecknock at this time is the best which being pleasantly seated on the Riuers Vske and Howthy is fortified with a faire strong wall that besides ten Towers hath 3. Gates for entrance with a stately Castle situate on the West part of the Towne and is moreouer beautified with diuers faire buildings It is ciuilly gouerned by two Bayliffes fifteene Aldermen two Chamberlaines two Constables where the Pole is eleuated 52. 8. and the longitude 21. 11. The Inhabitants of this Countie that anciently possessed it were the Silures who greatly opposed the Romans whereto they were much aduantaged by the huge Mountaines wherewith the Shire is replenished one of them neere Brecknock which in Welsh they call Mounch-denny is of an vncredible height in so much as nothing without it be some metalline substance or stone can be cast from the top of it but with the aire and wind it will be blowne vp again and neuer fall to the ground Llynsauathan also which is neare to Brecknock is also admirable for there by report stood a sumptuous Citie which suncke downe in an earthquake And with nine Castles hath this Countie beene accommodated The Aire being cold sharpe and piercing and the Soile though for the most part hilly sterill and barren yet the fresh Riuerers issuing from the Mountaines make the Valleyes so fruitfull as they yeeld both Corne and Grasse in abundance BRECKNOCK SHIRE Monmouth-shire FOr the Riuer Mounowe is this Towne Monmouth so termed and from that Towne we call this Countie Monmouth-shire which on the East is bordered vpon by Glocester-shire on the West by Brecknock and Glamorgan-shires The South is bounded by the Seuerne Sea and the North by the Riuer Monnowe diuided from Hereford-shire The extent of the greatest measure between North and South is about twenty foure miles in length and at the widest between East and West not aboue nineteen the whole circumference being much vpon 76. miles The diuision of it is into six Hundreds wherein are contained 127. Parish Churches and with the pleasant streames of fifteene Riuers passable by fourteene Bridges is it interlaced besides which for more delight in this Shire is there one Chace and eight Parks and for Trade and Traffique of buying and selling six Market Townes whereof that of the greatest note is the ancient Shire Towne of Monmouth which betweene the two Riuers Wye and Monnowe is very delectably situate wherein is yet remaining a faire Church and thirteene Gates besides the Towre vpon the Bridge But that which was called the Monkes Church and was in times past most curiously edified in the East end of the Towne is now vtterly ruined as well as the Castle on the North which yet will be euer memorable for the birth of the famous and victorious King Henry the Fifth The gouernment of this Towne is committed to a Maior two Bayliffes fifteene common Councellours and a Towne Clerke The eleuation of the Pole being there 15. 53. and the Longitude 21. 39. The Silures were the ancient Inhabitants of this Countie who had Caerwent for their principall place of abode where the British St. Tathaie made an Academie And at Caer-Lion lay the second Romane Legion called Augusta whereof yet are found many antique Romane testimonies And here also did the great King Arthur keepe his Royall Court which then was a most magnificent Citie but is now intombed in the heapes of her owne ruines And so also are diuers Religious Houses sometime that beautified and fourteene strong Castles that some●●me fortified this famous Prouince where the Aire is pleasant and healthfull and the Soile though hilly yet rich fruitfull and full of Woods yeelding plenty of Corne Grasse Cattell and many other nenessary Commodities MONMOUTH SHIRE Glamorgan-shire THis Province which is called Glamorgan-shire is supposed by some to deriue the name from one Morgan a Prince that possessed it but others hold that it hath it from the Abbey Morgan which on the South side of this Shire neare the Sea did Earle William of Glocester build And it is seuered by the Riuer Remner on the East from