Magnae Britanniae notitia: or, the present state of Great Britain. With diverse remarks upon the ancient state thereof / by John Chamberlayne.

  • Chamberlayne, Edward, 1616-1703.
Date:
1737
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Credit: Magnae Britanniae notitia: or, the present state of Great Britain. With diverse remarks upon the ancient state thereof / by John Chamberlayne. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    shire, near the Sea, She'rWo'od on the Trent, Dean, on the Severn, and Win dfor-Fo reft near the Thames. We have likewife great Store of Iron. For TGr, for Coach and Waggon, for Travelling, Hunting and Racing, no where greater Plenty ofHorfes, though youf New England Pads are efteemed as the fwiftefl Pacers; affofor Plough and Pack-Carriage; infomucli as Mules and AfTes* fo generally made ufe ofin France, Italy and Spain, are utterly defpifedjn England. Here are Dogs of all Sorts, Sizes and Ufes, as MaftifFs, Grey- bounds, Spaniels for Land and Water, Hounds for Stag, Buck, Pox, Hare and Otter, Lurchers, Setting-dogs, The Bear and Bull-dog Maftiffs feem to be the bolded and flrongeli Creatures of their Size in the World 5 one of them will encoun¬ ter fingiy a Lion, Bear, Bull, or any Creature they are fee upon, and not give over to the lad Breath of Life. Our Game- Cocks likewife are fo dour and hardy, that if two of them are Well matched, they both become dying Conquerors by flaying ©ne another ; but it is well known both of Englifh Cocks and Dogs, that if they are carried into another Country, after fome confiderable Time they degenerate. Moreover, England produceth, belides a mighty Quantity of Tin, Lead and Iron, fome Brafs and Copperas, Copper, and Lapis Calaminaris to make Brafs 5 much Allum, Salt, Hops* Liquorice, Wax, Tallow, Coney-furs, Salt-petre, Madder, and Woad for Dying; all Sorts of Glafs, Flax, Hemp, e7c. and diverfe other beneficial Commodities. It wants not Mines' of Silver in Wales, Cornwall, lancaflnre, and the Bifhopridc of Durham, which yield ordinarily fix or eight Ounces per Cent, but mod of thefe lying deep, are hard to come unto, and Workmen dear. It wants not Hot Paths, as in Somerfetflnre, Derbyftr.re ; and abounds in Medicinal Springs, working either by Stool or Urine, as at Tunbridge, Epfom, Scarborough, Ajtrop, Jlclon, Barnet,, North-Hall, Dullidge, ljlington. Sellenge, Cobham, Shooter s Hill, Richmond and Hampfiead- [Of late Years the Holt Watet has been much ufed : At Otters-Pool near Watford in HertforJjhire is an excellent Cold Bath, which has done great Good to Per- fons adihded with the Rheumatifm, Scorbutkk, Leprofy, and other Humours.] Though fome Countries excel England in fome Things, yet generally there is no one Country which hath greater Abun¬ dance of all Things neceffary for.Man’s Life, and more efpeci- ally for all kind of Food ; infomuch that it hath been judged, that there is yearly as much Field and Beer confuioed in Eng¬ land, by ovcr-plentifulTables, as would ferve three rimes the Number of People. Add to all this, that being encompaffed with the Sea, and well furnifhed with Ships, and abundance of commodious and excellent Havens and Ports, it excels for Safety and Security all the neighbouring Cov.u-ries.