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A64730	Cosmography and geography in two parts, the first, containing the general and absolute part of cosmography and geography, being a translation from that eminent and much esteemed geographer Varenius : wherein are at large handled all such arts as are necessary to be understand for the true knowledge thereof : the second part, being a geographical description of all the world, taken from the notes and works of the famous Monsieur Sanson, late geographer to the French King : to which are added about an hundred cosmographical, geographical and hydrographical tables of several kingdoms and isles of the world, with their chief cities, seaports, bays, &c. drawn from the maps of the said Sanson : illustrated with maps.	Sanson, Nicolas, 1600-1667.; Blome, Richard, d. 1705.; Varenius, Bernhardus, 1622-1650. Geographia generalis. English.	1682 (1682)	Wing V103; ESTC R2087	1,110,349	935

the Helm of State have precedency as the Lord Chancellor or Lord Keeper Lord President of his Majesties Council Lord Privy Seal Lord high Chamberlain the Earl Marshal the Lord Chamberlain the Master of the Horse c. Precedency may be thus observed the King who is the fountain of Honour the Prince of England who is eldest Son to the King and is born Duke of Cornwal and about the age of 17 years is usually created Prince of Wales Princes of the Blood Royal who are the Sons Brothers Uncles and Nephews of the King The Archbishop of Canterbury the Lord Chancellor or Lord Keeper the Archbishop of York Lord Treasurer of England Lord President of the Privy Council Lord Privy Seal Dukes Marquesses Dukes eldest Sons Earls Marquesses eldest Sons Dukes younger Sons Viscounts Earls eldest Sons Marquesses younger Sons Bishops Barons Viscounts eldest Sons Earls younger Sons Barons eldest Sons Privy Counsellors that are not Noblemen Judges Viscounts younger Sons Barons younger Sons Knights of the Garter if not otherwise dignified as is rarely found Knights Bannerets Baronets Knights of the Bath Knights Batchelors Colonels Sergeants at Law Masters of Chancery and Doctors and Esquires and those may be comprehended under five several heads 1. Esquires unto the Kings Body 2. the descendants by the Male-line from a Peer of the Realm 3. the eldest Sons of Knights of the Garter Baronets Knights of the Bath and Knights Batchelors 4. the two Esquires attending on the Knights of the Bath at their Knighting and 5. Officiary Esquires as Justices of the Peace Barresters at Law Lieutenant Colonels Majors and Captains and lastly Gentlemen At a Marshal Court held at White-Hall the 18th of March An. Dom. 1615. it was declared and concluded on that there are two degrees that establish and settle the Title of an Esquire by birth the one the younger Sons of Peers of the Realm which do invest into the Heirs-males descended from them the Name and Title of Esquires the other the lineal Heir-male of a Knights House and these may justly assume and challenge the Title of Esquire by birth so that in all reason the younger Sons of Peers are more worthy than Knights so the setling of a Title proceeding from them is more worthy and eminent than that derived from Knights The Dominions of England The Dominions of the King of England are very large for besides that of England Scotland and Ireland there are divers small Isles scituate nigh unto them and do belong to one or the other as the Isles of ORKNEY or ORCADES in number 32 seated against the North-cape of Scotland The Isles of SHETLAND also under the Scotish Dominions the HEBRIDES in number 44 seated Westwards of Scotland the SORLINGS seated in the Westrn-cape of Cornwall the SPORADES being several Isles dispersed about the British Seas amongst which these following are the chief MAN scituate between England Scotland and Ireland JERSEY and GARNSEY on the French Coast WIGHT part of Hantshire PORTLAND part of Dorsetshire STEEPHOLMS and FLATHOM in Somerfetshire AIBBRE in Cheshire DENNY in Monmouthshire CODLEY in Pembrokeshire ANGLESEY which is one of the Welsh Counties SHEPPEY in Kent NORTHEY OSEY and HORSEY in Essex FERNE COCKET and HOLY Isle in Northumberland with several other small Isles not worth the naming as indeed many of these are Then in Africa as TANGIER GVINEY c. In the East Indies several places though belonging to the East India Company of London and in America large Dominions as NEW ENGLAND NEW YORK MARYLAND VIRGINIA CAROLINA all which are on the Continent also divers Isles some of which are very considerable as JAMAICA BARBADOS BERMVDOS ANTEGO NEW FOVNDLAND c. all which shall be treated of as they come in order but first of the English Counties County of Barkshire described BARKSHIRE well clothed with Wood and watered with Rivers is blest with a sweet Air hath a rich Soil fit both for Corn and Pasturage especially in the Vale of Whitehorse and generally the whole County for profit and pleasure yieldeth to few Shires in England The principal Commodity that this Shire produceth is Cloth which finds great vent and amongst the Rivers that water the County the Isis the Oke and the Kenet which affords excellent Trouts are the chief It is severed into 20 Hundreds in which are 140 Parishes and hath 12 Market Towns Reading Reading pleasantly seated near the Thames and on the Kenet which is navigable for Barges to London which adds much to its Trade which is considerable especially for Cloth and Mault 't is a large Town containing three Parish Churches is beautified with well built Houses hath fair Streets is well inhabited and hath a very considerable Market for Grains Malt Hops and most Country commodities on Saturdays 'T is a Town Corporate governed by a Major 12 Aldermen and as many Burgesses with sub-Officers enjoyeth several Immunities and sendeth Burgesses to Parliament 'T was formerly beautified with a fair and rich Monastery and a strong Castle built by King Henry the First where in the Collegiate Church of the Abby himself and Queen with Maud their Daughter were interr'd both which now lie in their ruins New Windsor Windsor pleasantly seated near the banks of the Thames and adjoyning to a Park and Forest well stored with Game 't is a fair large well frequented and inhabited Town Corporate governed by a Major and other sub-Officers sendeth Burgesses to Parliament and hath a very good Market for Provisions on Saturdays This Town is of great note for its stately Castle and Royal Palace of his Majesty seated on a great eminency wherein is a Chappel for Devotion a Colledge for Learning and an Alms-house for decayed Gentlemen called the poor Knights of Windsor and famous is this Castle not only for giving birth to so many of our Kings and Princes but for being the place where the ceremony of the Knights of the Garter is solemnized on St. Georges day Nigh unto New Windsor is Old Windsor a Town of greater antiquity though not of so much splendor Newbury Newbury well seated on the Kennet and in a Champain Plain a large well inhabited and frequented Town Corporate governed by a Major Aldermen and Burgesses beautified with a spacious Market-place and well built Market-house sufficiently served with Corn Flesh Fish and Fowl on Thursdays This Town had its rise out of the ancient Spinae now a small Village near adjoyning and called Speenhamland and is of note for its Jack of Newbury who got so great an estate by Clothing which this Town at present is very considerable for Wallingford Wallingford a Town of great antiquity and in times past very strong and large containing four Parish Churches within its Walls which took up a mile in circuit 'T is at present a large Town Corporate governed by a Major Aldermen and sub-Officers enjoyeth large Immunities and sendeth Burgesses to Parliament 'T is commodiously seated on the banks of the Thames over which

England is divided into four Circuits for the Administration of Justice and then the first shall contain the Counties of Denbigh Flint and Montgomery the second those of Brecknock Glamorgan and Radnor the third those of Cardigan Carmarden and Pembroke and the fourth those of Anglesey Caernarvon and Merioneth But to proceed to the description of these Counties and first of North-Wales NORTH-WALES Isle of Anglesey THe Island of ANGLESEY is severed from Caernarvon-shire by a narrow Streight of the River Menai and on all other parts it is washed with the Irish Seas It was the ancient Seat of the Druids and brought with no small difficulty under the Roman Scepter by Julius Agricola It is so fertil and abounding in all things as Corn Cattle and Provisions that the Welsh term it the Mother of Wales supplying its defects although for fight it seemeth dry stony and hilly It produceth a sort of Stones called Molares very fit and good for Mill-stones and Grind-stones In this Isle were formerly seated 360 Towns and Villages but at present but 74 and hath intercourse of Traffick with two Markes Towns and hath several good Ports and Harbours as also divers Ferries for the conveyance of Passengers to and fro It s chief places are Beau-Morish Beau-Morish seated on a Moorish-ground but commandeth a fair prospect into the Sea where it hath a very good Harbour for Ships It was built by King Edward the First the better to secure his Conquest who fortified it with a powerful Castle now in good repair It is a pretty good handsom Town Corporate governed by a Major Recorder 2 Bailiffs who are Justices of the Peace and 21 Common Council called Burgesses It is the chief Shire-Town where the Assizes and Sessions are held sends a Burgess to Parliament is indifferently well inhabited and frequented as being the usual place for the reception of Passengers from London to Ireland before their taking Shipping at Holyhead It hath weekly two Markets on Wednesdays and Saturdays which are indifferent good Newburgh Newburgh seated near Brant River where it formeth a Bay and falleth into Menai River a small Borough Town governed by a Major 2 Bailiffs and a Recorder and hath a Market on Tuesdays County of Caernarvon described The County of CAERNARVON before Wales was divided into Shires bore the name of Snowden-Forest from the principal Hill therein seated which is of a very great height and extent and affordeth excellent sweet Mutton on the top of this Hill floateth a Meer and maketh a River and falleth into the Sea at Trathe-Mawer It is a County of a sharp Air very Mountainous yet not unfertil and feedeth good Herds of Cattle In this County are seated 68 Parish Churches and hath six Market Towns Caernarvon Caernarvon commodiously seated on the Sea-shoar where it hath an excellent prospect into the Isle of Anglesey It was a place of good account where the Princes of Wales had their Exchequer and Chancery for North-Wales and is a place of great strength as well by Nature as Art being encompassed on all parts except towards the East with the Sea and two Rivers and had a strong Castle where in a Tower thereof called Eagle-Tower Edward the Second the first Prince of Wales was born It is a place of no great extent having but one Parish Church its Houses and Streets are well built and ordered is well inhabited enjoyeth several Immunities sends a Burgess to Parliament is governed by the Constable of the Castle who is ever Major and hath for his assistance an Alderman 2 Bailiffs a Town-Clerk with Sub-Officers and its Market on Saturdays is very good for Corn and Provisions Bangor lowly seated on the Sea-shoar a Town in Ancient time so large Bangor that it was called Bangor the Great and was defended by a powerful Castle which long since was laid level to the ground It is at present but a small City or rather a Town yet dignified with the See of a Bishop its Cathedral is large and well built its Houses indifferent good is pretty well inhabited is governed by the Bishops-Steward who keepeth Court-Leets and Courts-Baron for the Bishop and hath an indifferent good Market on Wednesdays Nigh unto Bangor is Penmaen-maur that is the Great Stony-head Penmaen-maur being an exceeding high and steep Rock which at High-Sea so hangeth over that it affordeth a very narrow and dangerous passage but having passed this and Penmaen-byehan that is the Lesser Stony-head the Country openeth it self in a broad Plain as far as the River Conwey Aberconwey seated at the Mouth of the Conwey Aberconwey raised out of the Ruins of the ancient Canonium of Antonine being strongly fenced both with Walls and a Castle It is a pretty good Town governed by an Alderman and 2 Bailiffs which for largeness and good Buildings doth rather deserve the name of a City than a Town especially were it thicker inhabited and better resorted unto yet its Market which is on Fridays is well served with Provisions and several Country-commodities Pulhely seated on the Sea-shoar and between two Rivers Pulhely a pretty large and indifferent well-built Bailiwick Town which hath a good Market on Wednesdays for Corn and Provisions and enjoyeth a good Trade by Sea County of Denbigh described DENBIGH-SHIRE a Country very Hilly several of which are of so great a height that they retain Snow and the tops thereof in the Summer season are the Country-mans Morning-Almanack to denote a fair day by the rising of certain Vapours It is of a different Soil the Western part being Heathy is much inclined to sterility and but thinly inhabited except the part which lieth towards the Sea the Eastern beyond the Valley is much more barren and the middle where it lieth flat is a pleasant and fertil Vale and well inhabited with Gentry Here are seated 57 Parish Churches and is traded unto by four Market Towns Denbigh seated on the hanging of a Rocky-Hill Denbigh and on a branch of the Cluyd once a place of good strength when fortified with a strong Wall and an impregnable Castle The Town is indifferent large well built inhabited by Glovers and Tanners enjoyeth a good Trade by some esteemed the best Town in North-Wales is governed by 2 Aldermen 2 Bailiffs and 25 Capital Burgesses with sub-Officers electeth a Parliament man and hath a good Market for Corn Cattle and Provisions on Wednesdays Ruthin seated on the Cluyd which washeth a rich Vale Ruthin of note for its once large and fair Castle It is a large well inhabited and frequented Town Corporate governed by 2 Aldermen and Burgesses hath a large Hospital and a Free School governed by a Warden and hath a very considerable Market for Corn and Provisions on Mondays which is esteemed the best in the Vale. Wrexham seated in a good Soil affordeth plenty of Lead Wrexham and on a small River which falleth into the Dee It is an indifferent

large well-built and inhabited Town graced with a fair Church whose Steeple is not inferiour to any in England and hath two Markets weekly viz. on Mondays which is but small and on Thursdays which is very great for Corn Cattle and Provisions In this County is Llansainan seated on the River Aled Llansalnan a small Town but of note for its Cave made in the side of a Rock or Stony-hill wherein are 24 Seats some bigger and some lesser known by the name of Arthur's Round-Table a place much frequented by Shepheards and Heardsmen Flintshire described The County of FLINT is not over Mountainous and those that are being interlaced with fertil Valleys affordeth plenty of Corn and Pasturage it hath great abundance of Hony but is very defective of Wood and Fruits It is indifferently well watered hath several safe Harbours for Ships to Ride and Anchor in and this part of the County hath plenty of Mines of Pit-Coal and the adjacent Mountains have store of Lead-Oar This Shire is famous for St. Winfrids-Well St. Winfrids-Well not far from Cajervis in English Holy-Well a place of great note and much resorted unto as well by those to Bath in as being esteemed very good for several Diseases as by Pilgrims out of their devotion in memory of that Christian Virgin Winfrid who was there ravished by a young Lord or Prince of the Country and to stop her Acclamations cruelly slew her and cut off her Head out of which place according to Report did immediately gush forth a Spring which is of so rapid a Stream that at a small distance it is able to drive a Mill. Over the Head of this Spring or Well there now standeth a Chapel built of Free-stone of curious workmanship and in the Chancel on the Glass-window is lively pourtraied the History of St. Winfrid of her life and how her Head was cut off and set on again by St. Reuno In the Well there groweth Moss of a most sweet and pleasant smell which is said to be St. Winfrids-hair Here are seated 28 Parishes and hath two Market Towns Flint Flint well seated on the Dee● of chief note for its now old and ruinous Castle and although the Shire-Town is but small and hath no Market but as a Borough-Town electeth Parliament man St. Asaph seated on the Elwy St. Asaph where it receiveth the Cluyd over each of which there is a Bridge a place of more fame for its antiquity than largeness or beauty being an ancient Episcopal See founded by Kentigerne a Scot Bishop of Glasco in Anno 560 of which about 300 that were unlearned employed their times in Husbandry within the limits of the said Monastery and the rest to a Holy life By this it may be judged their Bounds were exceeding large and upon his return into Scotland he ordained Asaph a godly man to be his Successor from whom the Town or City took its name which at present is not large not its Buildings very good chiefly glorying in its Cathedral It hath a small Market on Saturdays County of Merioneth described The County of MERIONETH is exceeding Mountainous and Rocky very unpleasant and for the generality much inclined to sterility bearing but thin Crops of Corn yet is found to feed good flocks of Sheep and Herds of Cattle from which the Inhabitants draw their chief Maintenance It is observed that these Mountains are of so great an height that in many places two men may stand and discourse together each upon a several Mountain but must travel some miles before they can come to meet It is well watered with Rivers and is well provided with red Deer Fowl and Fish and as this County is thus Mountainous and barren so is it as thinly inhabited numbring but 37 Parishes and those but ordinary and hath but three Market Towns Harlech Harlech seated on a Rock on the Sea-shoar a small Borough Town which is but thinly inhabited nor its Houses over well built although the chief of the County It is governed by a Major for its chief Magistrate sends a Burgess to Parliament and hath a mean Market This Town was once of a greater account for its strong and beautiful Castle highly seated commanding both Sea and Country adjoyning but was reduced to Ruins in the late unhappy Wars by the Parliamentteers this being a Garrison of the Kings Bala Bala seated near Pimble-Meer which is of a large extent through which the Dee is said to run but not to mingle with its water which is proved for that the Salmons plentifully taken in the Dee are not found in this Meer and likewise the Fish called Gwyniaid much like unto Whitings which is in as great plenty taken in this Meer are never found in the Dee This Town is Incorporated enjoyeth some Immunities is governed by Bailiffs hath an indifferent Market on Saturdays but the Town is mean and small County of Montgomery described MONTGOMERY-SHIRE very Hilly and Mountainous but interlaced with fertil Valleys both for Tillage and Pasturage and was in ancient time of note for its good breed of Horses Here are seated 47 Parish Churches and is traded unto by 6 Market Towns Montgomery the Shire-Town so called from Roger de Montgomery Montgomery Earl of Shrewsbury the first builder thereof It is well seated amongst rich grounds and on an easie Ascent of a Hill a place once fortified with a powerful Castle and fenced about with a Wall which was dismantled in the late Wars It is an indifferent large Town Corporate governed by Bailiffs sends a Burgess to Parliament and its Market which is on Thursdays is well resorted unto and hath a good Shambles Welch-Pool seated on the Severn and in a rich Vale Welch-Pool the greatest and best built Town Corporate in the County governed by Bailiffs is well inhabited enjoyeth a very good Trade for English Commodities from Bristol and its Market on Mondays is very considerable for Cattle Provisions and Flannels It s Castle called Powis-Castle which within the compass of its Wall containeth two Castles is of late a large and stately Pile of Building Llanvilling scituate in a Flat amongst the Hills Llanvilling and between the Cain and the Ebir it is a good Town and hath a considerable Market for Cattle Corn Wool and Provisions on Thursdays Within three miles of this Town is Matravan-Castle sometimes the Royal Seat of the Princes of Powis-Land south-SOVTH-WALES County of Pembroke described PEMBROKE-SHIRE called in Welsh Brechinean is said to take its name from one Brechanius a Prince who had a great Off-spring of 24 Daughters and all Saints It is a County for the generality very Mountainous some of which are exceeding high especially Monuchdenny-Hill not far from Brecknock which exalteth it self above the Clouds and although thus Hilly yet is not without many large and fertil Plains and Valleys both for Corn and feeding of Cattle and the more by reason of the Rivers Vske and

Bodies and call the Isles of Japan those which are on the East of China the Philippine Isles those which are likewise on the South East of China the Isles of the Moluccoes those which are to the South of the Philippines the Isles of the Sound those which are to the West of the Moluccoes and I put for the fifth Ceylan and the Maldives which are East and South-East from Cape Comori the utmost point of Malabar There are moreover many Isles which belong to Asia but not to compare with these of which we shall also speak a word as occasion offers The Isles of Japan are on this side the Tropick of Cancer the Philippines between the Tropick and the Equinoctial Line the Moluccoes the Isles of the Sound and the Maldives are about this Line returning from East to West The Isles of JAPAN or JAPON The Isles of Japan WE call the Isle or Isles of Japan a certain multitude of Isles and of different bigness which are on the East of China distant from it about 100 Leagues and so are seated in the most Oriental part of our Continent They stretch together in length about 300 Leagues from West to East and from South to North 40 50 60 and sometimes 100 Leagues in breadth Amongst these Isles there are 3 very considerable The first and which is much greater then the two others is called by us Japan or Japon by its Inhabitants Hippon or Niphon which signifies The Spring of Light or of the Sun A name proper for it since it lies to the East and Sun-rising of all Asia and of all our Continent The second is called Ximo that is a Low Countrey or Saycock that that is Nine Kingdoms The last Tokoesi or Xicoco that is Four Kingdoms We must likewise make account that these three great Isles are cut asunder by several Channels which divide them into several Isles but because these Channels are very narrow these parts are esteemed pieces contigious in regard of the others where the Channels or rather the Arms of the Sea which divide them are much larger They have all those Fruits Trees Herbs and Beasts which we have in Europe with several others not known amongst us as also abundance of several Fowls both tame and wild the surface of the Earth is well clothed with Woods and Forests in which are found very lofty Cedars and the bowels of the Earth stored with divers Metals as Gold Silver Copper Tin Lead Iron c. though not so good as in the Indies except it be their Silver which is excellent and abundant Their Pearls are great red and of no less esteem then the white ones These with several Manufactures which are her● made are the chief Commodities of this Island Chief places Meaco described In this Island are several Cities of some note as 1 Meaco seated in the midst of the great Isle of Japan a fair and large City formerly 21 miles in compass but now by reason of their Wars it is reduced to the third part of what it was in which the Jesuites did formerly esteem it to have 180000 Houses and judged it to have near 100000 when they were there This City is the ordinary residence of the Triumviri or the three principal Magistrates which rule or sway the affairs of these Islands of whom the first is entituled the Dayri or Voo that is the Emperor who hath the care of Civil Affairs the second is the Cube or King of Tenza who is chief of the Militia managing the Affairs of Peace or War and thirdly the Zazo or Xaca who is chief in Religion and Sacred matters The City is divided into the higher and lower the one and the other together were not above 20000 paces long and 8 or 10000 paces large The Palace of the Dayri was in the higher City great The Palace of the Dayri stately and adorned with all things which may add to its luster and the Houses or Palaces of his Conges with the Houses of the chief Lords of all Japan were about that of the Emperor The lower City was almost contigious to Fuximi which serves for a Fortress to Meaco This City as most of all those in these Islands are unwalled but its Streets in the night are chained up and a Watch of two men at each end of every Street who are to give account of the transactions that happen in the night Its Streets are large and well composed its Houses well built and most of Wood all their Pagodes are made of Wood they are neither large nor high and in these Pagodes they have several ill-shapen Figures to which they address their Prayers and bestow on them great gifts in way of Alins which their Priests make use of Nobunanga was the first that lessened this City which he did by burning a part of it in 1571 and since it hath received divers jostlings of ill fortune 2. Amangucki a Maritime City and the fairest of the Kingdom of Nangato hath been formerly well known for its Trade containing few less then 10000 Families It was burned in 1555 during some revolt it was builded again and again burnt and afterwards rebuilt These fires happen often in Japan the greatest part of their building being of Wood but the wood is very near and curious marbled c. Nangasaki was the most famous of the Isles of Saycock and there are a great number of fair Cities through all Japan Amongst these Cities that of Sacay on the South of Meaco which Ferdinand Mendez Pinto provided that he doth not lie says he hath known not to have depended upon any King or Lord but was governed of it self in form of a Republick created all its Magistrates and Officers and he assures us that all the Masters of Families rich or poor make themselves be called Kings and Queens and their Children Princes and Princesses This liberty and vanity is observable if it be true The City of Yendo Mandelssos in his Book of Travels makes mention of a City called Yendo which he makes to be a fair large and well built City in which he saith there is a Castle about two Leagues in compass being strongly fortified with 3 Walls and as many Moats The building is very irregular but fair having to the Walls abundance of Gates Within the last Gate he saith there is a Magazin of Arms for 3 or 4000 men on which all the Streets that are fair and broad take their rise 〈◊〉 in which said Streets on both sides are many magnificent Palaces for the Nobles In the midst of this Castle is seated the Emperors Palace having belonging to it many stately edifices and apartments as Halls Chambers Galleries Gardens Orchards Groves Fish-Ponds Fountains Courts c. as also several Select Houses for his Wives and Concubines And here is his ordinary Residence being in the Province of Quanto about 120000 paces from Meaco between which are abundance of stately and magnificent Palaces and Houses for the