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         Taylor, John, 1580-1653.
      
       
         
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             Taylor on Thame Isis: or The description of the tvvo famous riuers of Thame and Isis, who being conioyned or combined together, are called Thamisis, or Thames With all the flats, shoares, shelues, sands, weares, stops, riuers, brooks, bournes, streames, rills, riuolets, streamelets, creeks, and whatsoeuer helps the said riuers haue, from their springs or heads, to their falls into the ocean. As also a discouery of the hinderances which doe impeache the passage of boats and barges, betwixt the famous Vniuersity of Oxford, and the city of London.
             Taylor, John, 1580-1653.
          
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           Isis River (England) -- Poetry -- Early works to 1800.
        
      
    
     
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           TAYLOR
           on
           
             Thame
             Isis
             ▪
          
           OR
           THE
           DESCRIPTION
           OF
           THE
           TWO
           FAmous
           Riuers
           of
           Thame
           and
           
             Isis
             ▪
          
           who
           being
           conioyned
           or
           combined
           together
           ,
           are
           called
           Thamisis
           ,
           or
           Thames
           .
        
         
           With
           all
           the
           Flats
           ,
           Shoares
           ,
           Shelues
           ,
           San●●
           ,
           Weares
           ,
           
             Stops
             ,
          
           ,
           Riuers
           ,
           Brooks
           ,
           ●ournes
           
             Streames
          
           ,
           Rills
           ,
           Riuolets
           ,
           Streamelets
           ,
           Cree●●
           and
           whatsoeuer
           helps
           the
           said
           Riuers
           haue
           ,
           
             from
          
           their
           springs
           ,
           or
           heads
           ,
           to
           their
           falls
           
             into
          
           the
           Ocean
           .
        
         
           As
           also
           a
           discouery
           of
           the
           hinderances
           which
           〈…〉
           e
           impeach
           the
           passage
           of
           Boats
           and
           Barges
           
             betwixt
          
           the
           famous
           Vniversity
           of
           Oxford
           ,
           and
           City
           of
           London
           .
        
         
           LONDON
           ,
           P
           〈…〉
           d
           by
           
             Iohn
             Haui
             〈…〉
          
           .
           163●
        
      
       
         
         
         
           TO
           The
           Right
           Honourable
           Lords
           ,
           THOMAS
           Earle
           of
           Arundell
           and
           Surrey
           ,
           Earle
           Marshall
           of
           England
           :
           EDWARD
           Lord
           Viscount
           
             Wimbleton
             :
             Henry
          
           Lord
           Viscount
           Fawlkland
           :
           and
           Sir
           
             Thomas
             Edmonds
          
           ,
           Knight
           ,
           Treasurer
           of
           the
           Kings
           Houshold
           :
           Lords
           of
           his
           Maiesties
           most
           Honourable
           Priuy
           Councell
           ,
           and
           Commissioners
           for
           the
           Nauigation
           and
           fishing
           of
           the
           famous
           Riuers
           of
           Thames
           and
           Medway
           .
        
         
           
             RIght
             Noble
             Lords
             ,
             with
             sorrow
             I
             beheld
             ,
          
           
             That
             which
             to
             write
             my
             duty
             hath
             compel'd
             ,
          
           
             And
             (
             from
             my
             pen
             )
             the
             Thames
             flow'd
             to
             the
             presse
             ,
          
           
             From
             thence
             it
             ebbes
             to
             you
             to
             finde
             redresse
             .
          
           
             My
             Honourable
             Lord
             of
             Dorchester
             ,
          
           
             He
             truly
             noted
             in
             particular
             ,
          
           
             Dame
             Isis
             wrongs
             ,
             and
             Thames
             great
             injuries
             ,
          
           
             For
             they
             were
             sad
             perspectiues
             to
             his
             eyes
             ,
          
           
             And
             had
             his
             Lordship
             liu'd
             his
             meaning
             was
          
           
             To
             make
             the
             Riuer
             passable
             ,
             to
             passe
             .
          
           
           
             For
             then
             with
             noble
             care
             and
             deligence
          
           
             He
             view'dthe
             helps
             ,
             and
             the
             impediments
             ,
          
           
             Which
             aid
             ,
             or
             hinder
             passage
             vp
             and
             downe
             ,
          
           
             Twixt
             Oxford
             City
             ,
             and
             braue
             Winds●…r
             towne
             ;
          
           
             Yet
             as
             I
             sometimes
             row'd
             and
             sometimes
             st●…r'd
             ,
          
           
             I
             view'd
             wh●…e
             well
             ,
             where
             ill
             the
             way
             appeard
             ;
          
           
             And
             here
             I
             haue
             des●…rib'd
             the
             way
             we
             went
             ,
          
           
             Commixing
             truth
             with
             honest
             merriment
             ,
          
           
             My
             th●…ed-bare
             wit
             a
             mad
             wooll
             gathering
             goes
             ,
          
           
             To
             shew
             the
             things
             in
             verse
             I
             saw
             in
             prose
             ;
          
           
             And
             (
             Honourable
             Pe●…res
             )
             I
             humbly
             craue
             ,
          
           
             My
             artless●…
             lines
             may
             your
             acceptance
             haue
             ,
          
           
             Wis●…ing
             each
             fault
             remou'd
             (
             which
             st●…nds
             vnfi●…
             )
          
           
             As
             soone
             as
             you
             can
             reade
             what
             I
             haue
             writ
             ,
          
           
             Desiring
             God
             to
             giue
             y●…u
             high
             content
          
           
             Here
             ,
             and
             here
             f●…er
             glory
             permanent
             .
          
        
         
           Humbly
           deuoted
           with
           his
           best
           endeuouts
           to
           all
           your
           Honourable
           personag●…s
           ,
        
         
           IOHN
           TAYLOR
           .
        
      
       
         
         
           TO
           The
           memory
           of
           the
           truly
           Noble
           deceased
           DVDLEY
           CARLETON
           ,
           Lord
           Viscount
           Dorchester
           ,
           principall
           Secretary
           of
           State
           to
           his
           Maiestie
           of
           GREAT
           BRITAINE
           .
        
         
           
             IF
             He
             be
             blest
             that
             is
             of
             Noble
             bloud
             ,
          
           
             And
             being
             made
             great
             ,
             is
             both
             great
             and
             good
             ,
          
           
             Who
             is
             a
             Christian
             euery
             way
             compleat
             ,
          
           
             Who
             holds
             it
             better
             to
             be
             good
             than
             great
             ,
          
           
             Whose
             life
             was
             guided
             with
             good
             Conscience
             ,
          
           
             Whose
             end
             was
             sauing
             faith
             and
             penitence
             ,
          
           
             These
             blessings
             Noble
             Dorchester
             were
             thine
             ,
          
           
             And
             these
             haue
             made
             thee
             '
             Immortall
             and
             diuine
             .
          
        
      
       
         
         
         
           To
           any
           Body
           .
        
         
           
             I
             That
             ne're
             tasted
             the
             Castalian
             fount
             ,
          
           
             Or
             came
             in
             ken
             of
             the
             Thessalian
             Mount
             ;
          
           
             I
             that
             could
             ne're
             attaine
             to
             wet
             my
             lips
             ,
          
           
             With
             Tempes
             liquour
             ,
             or
             sweet
             Aga●…pps
             ,
          
           
             Who
             neuer
             yet
             haue
             so
             much
             fauour
             won
             ,
          
           
             To
             purchase
             one
             carrowse
             from
             Helicon
             ,
          
           
             Who
             with
             good
             Poets
             dare
             compare
             no
             way
          
           
             But
             one
             ,
             which
             is
             in
             being
             poore
             as
             they
             ;
          
           
             And
             hauing
             neuer
             seene
             the
             Muses
             hill
             ,
          
           
             Am
             plentifully
             stor'd
             with
             want
             of
             skill
             ,
          
           
             Then
             Fount
             ,
             or
             Mount
             ,
             nor
             sacred
             trebl●…
             trine
             ,
          
           
             Are
             no
             assistants
             in
             this
             worke
             of
             mine
             :
          
           
             But
             ancient
             Isis
             current
             chrystall
             spring
          
           
             Inspires
             my
             braine
             ,
             and
             I
             her
             praises
             sing
             ,
          
           
             And
             Tame
             with
             Isis
             joynes
             his
             pearely
             streames
             ,
          
           
             Whose
             combination
             are
             my
             ampletheames
             ;
          
           
             Though
             (
             for
             the
             most
             part
             )
             in
             the
             tracts
             I
             tread
             ,
          
           
             Of
             learned
             
               Camden
               ,
               Speed
            
             ,
             and
             Hollinshead
             ,
          
           
             And
             Draytons
             painfull
             Polyolbyon
             ,
          
           
             Whose
             fame
             shall
             liue
             ,
             despight
             obliuion
             ,
          
           
             These
             are
             the
             guides
             I
             follow
             ,
             with
             pretence
          
           
             T'abbreuiate
             and
             extract
             their
             Quint-essence
             ;
          
           
           
             Nor
             can
             it
             be
             to
             them
             disparagement
             ,
          
           
             That
             I
             come
             after
             in
             the
             wayes
             they
             went
             ,
          
           
             For
             they
             of
             former
             writers
             followers
             be
             ,
          
           
             I
             follow
             them
             ,
             and
             some
             may
             follow
             me
             ;
          
           
             And
             man
             to
             man
             a
             President
             is
             made
          
           
             In
             Art
             or
             Science
             ,
             mysterie
             or
             Trade
             ,
          
           
             As
             they
             before
             these
             Riuers
             bounds
             did
             show
             ,
          
           
             Here
             I
             come
             after
             with
             my
             Pen
             and
             row
             .
          
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
           TAYLOR
           ON
           
             THAME
             ISIS
          
           .
        
         
           
             OVr
             patron
             Phoebus
             ,
             whose
             sweet
             influence
             ,
          
           
             Doth
             quicken
             all
             our
             reason
             ,
             life
             and
             sense
             ,
          
           
             T
             is
             he
             makes
             grasse
             to
             grow
             ,
             &
             Riuers
             sprin●
          
           
             He
             makes
             both
             my
             songs
             ,
             subiect
             ,
             and
             me
             sin●
          
           
             His
             beames
             the
             waters
             doe
             extenuate
          
           
             To
             vapours
             ,
             and
             those
             vapours
             eleuate
          
           
             Into
             the
             middle
             Region
             ,
             where
             they
             tumble
             ,
          
           
             And
             melt
             ,
             and
             then
             descend
             and
             are
             made
             humble
             ,
          
           
             Moystning
             the
             face
             of
             many
             a
             spacious
             hill
             ,
          
           
             Where
             soaking
             deepe
             the
             hollow
             vaults
             they
             fill
             ,
          
           
             Where
             into
             Riuers
             they
             againe
             breake
             out
             ,
          
           
             So
             nature
             in
             a
             circle
             runnes
             about
             .
          
           
             Large
             Downes
             doe
             treasure
             vp
             great
             store
             of
             raine
             ,
          
           
             Whose
             bowels
             vent
             it
             in
             the
             vales
             againe
             :
          
           
             No
             place
             in
             England
             could
             a
             treasure
             keepe
             ,
          
           
             Thames
             to
             maintaine
             ,
             but
             Coteswould
             (
             queene
             of
             sheepe
          
           
           
             In
             Glostershire
             (
             my
             dearest
             motherearth
             )
          
           
             From
             whose
             faire
             City
             I
             deriue
             my
             birth
             ,
          
           
             Are
             Coteswould
             hills
             ,
             and
             in
             the
             farthest
             cliffe
          
           
             Of
             all
             those
             hils
             of
             Isis
             head
             is
             chiefe
             :
          
           
             Schollers
             from
             Gloster
             that
             to
             Oxford
             ride
          
           
             The
             truth
             of
             my
             assertion
             oft
             haue
             tride
             ;
          
           
             On
             their
             right
             hand
             neare
             Cubberley
             they
             passe
             ,
          
           
             Two
             Wells
             as
             sweet
             as
             milke
             ,
             as
             cleare
             as
             glasse
             ,
          
           
             Whence
             Isis
             first
             doth
             pedegree
             deriue
             ,
          
           
             Those
             two
             are
             able
             there
             two
             mills
             to
             driue
             .
          
           
             At
             Burton
             on
             the
             water
             ,
             south
             from
             Stow
             
          
           
             
               Vpon
               the
               Would
            
             ,
             great
             vaines
             of
             waters
             flow
          
           
             To
             Burford
             ,
             and
             to
             Witney
             ,
             and
             along
          
           
             Till
             they
             make
             meadowes
             large
             ,
             and
             Isis
             strong
             .
          
           
             The
             famous
             Riuer
             Isis
             hath
             her
             spring
          
           
             Neare
             Tetbury
             ,
             and
             downe
             along
             doth
             bring
          
           
             As
             hand-maids
             )
             to
             attend
             her
             progresse
             ,
             Churne
             ,
          
           
             
               Colne
               ,
               Windrush
               ,
               Yenload
               ,
               Leech
               ,
            
             whose
             windings
             turne
             ,
          
           
             And
             Meads
             ,
             and
             Pastures
             trims
             ,
             bedecks
             ,
             and
             dresses
             ,
          
           
             Like
             an
             vnvaluable
             chaine
             of
             ESSES
             .
          
           
             After
             releefe
             of
             many
             a
             Ducke
             and
             Goose
             ,
          
           
             At
             Saint
             Iohns
             bridge
             they
             make
             their
             rendeuous
             ,
          
           
             And
             there
             like
             robbers
             crossing
             London
             way
             ,
          
           
             Bid
             many
             a
             bare-foot
             Welshman
             wade
             or
             stay
             .
          
           
             Close
             vnder
             Oxford
             one
             of
             Englands
             eyes
             ,
          
           
             Chiefe
             of
             the
             chiefest
             Vniuersities
             ,
          
           
           
             From
             Banbury
             desirous
             to
             adde
             knowledge
          
           
             To
             zeale
             ,
             and
             to
             be
             taught
             in
             Magdalen
             College
             ,
          
           
             The
             Riuer
             Charwell
             doth
             to
             Isis
             runne
             ,
          
           
             And
             beares
             her
             company
             to
             Abington
             ,
          
           
             Whil'st
             very
             neare
             that
             towne
             on
             Barkshire
             side
             ,
          
           
             The
             Riuer
             Ock
             doth
             into
             Isis
             glide
             ;
          
           
             These
             fountaines
             and
             fish-breeding
             Riuolets
             ,
          
           
             (
             The
             Countries
             nurses
             ,
             nourishers
             ,
             and
             teats
             ,
             )
          
           
             Attend
             Dame
             Isis
             downe
             to
             Dorchester
             ,
          
           
             Neare
             which
             her
             louely
             Tame
             doth
             meet
             with
             her
             ,
          
           
             There
             Tame
             his
             Isis
             doth
             embrace
             and
             kisse
             ,
          
           
             Both
             joyn'd
             in
             one
             ,
             cal'd
             Tame
             or
             
               Tame
               Isis
            
             ,
          
           
             Isis
             like
             Salmacis
             becomes
             with
             Tame
          
           
             Hermaphrodite
             in
             nature
             and
             in
             name
             .
          
           
             Tame
             doth
             deriue
             his
             Spring
             or
             Pedegree
          
           
             Neare
             Mesworth
             in
             the
             vale
             of
             Aylsbury
             ,
          
           
             From
             whence
             he
             many
             miles
             with
             strange
             meanders
             ,
          
           
             To
             finde
             his
             lovely
             Isis
             slowly
             wanders
             ,
          
           
             Through
             fertile
             lands
             a
             quiet
             course
             he
             keepes
             ,
          
           
             Till
             Southward
             vnder
             Whately
             bridge
             he
             creepes
             ,
          
           
             And
             (
             like
             a
             Pilgrim
             )
             trauels
             all
             alone
             ,
          
           
             No
             Brooke
             or
             Riuer
             waiting
             him
             vpon
             ,
          
           
             Onely
             three
             namelesse
             Riuolets
             and
             two
             springs
             ,
          
           
             Which
             very
             priuately
             their
             tribute
             brings
             ,
          
           
             Bewailing
             Isis
             absence
             ,
             and
             his
             fate
             ,
          
           
             Poore
             Tame
             all
             heauie
             and
             disconsolate
             ,
          
           
           
             ●…nnauigable
             ,
             scorn'd
             ,
             despis'd
             ,
             disgrac'd
             ,
          
           
             ●…auing
             in
             vaine
             so
             many
             paces
             pac'd
             ;
          
           
             ●…espairing
             and
             quite
             desperate
             with
             these
             harmes
             ,
          
           
             ●…e
             hurles
             himselfe
             vnwares
             in
             Isis
             armes
             ;
          
           
             ●…or
             closer
             can
             the
             barke
             be
             to
             the
             tree
             ,
          
           
             ●…han
             their
             infoldings
             and
             embracings
             be
             ;
          
           
             ●…hey
             rise
             and
             fall
             together
             ,
             and
             they
             are
          
           
             ●…n
             want
             and
             plenty
             to
             haue
             equall
             share
             ;
          
           
             ●…d
             Tame
             with
             Isis
             will
             be
             both
             one
             riuer
             ,
          
           
             ●…ill
             in
             the
             Oc●…n
             they
             their
             names
             deliuer
             .
          
           
             ●…t
             Wallingford
             and
             Pangbourne
             ,
             two
             small
             ri●…s
             ,
          
           
             ●…heir
             homages
             to
             Thamisis
             instils
             .
          
           
             ●…he
             more
             the
             riuer
             runnes
             ,
             the
             more
             t
             is
             spreading
             ,
          
           
             ●…ill
             in
             it's
             course
             it
             falls
             as
             low
             as
             Reading
             ,
          
           
             ●…here
             Kennet
             kindly
             comes
             with
             force
             and
             source
             ,
          
           
             ●…o
             aid
             and
             helpe
             Thamisis
             in
             their
             course
             .
          
           
             ●…he
             head
             of
             Kennet
             is
             neare
             Ramsbury
             ,
          
           
             ●…assing
             to
             Hungerford
             by
             Newbury
             .
          
           
             ●…he
             ●…iner
             Anborne
             out
             of
             
             Hampshire
             ●…ies
             ,
          
           
             ●…o
             Kennet
             with
             some
             namelesse
             small
             supplies
          
           
             ●…f
             pe●…ic
             rills
             ,
             which
             passing
             here
             and
             there
             ,
          
           
             ●…ho
             to
             repeat
             ,
             teadious
             and
             needlesse
             were
             .
          
           
             ●…o
             Sunning
             and
             by
             
               Bisham
               Thames
            
             descends
          
           
             ●…o
             Marlow
             (
             called
             great
             )
             from
             whence
             it
             wends
             ;
          
           
             ●…hereas
             a
             little
             rill
             from
             Wickham
             towne
             ,
          
           
             ●…o
             wait
             vpon
             the
             Thames
             comes
             gliding
             downe
             ;
          
           
           
             Then
             pleasantly
             the
             riuer
             takes
             free
             way
          
           
             To
             Topley
             hills
             ,
             by
             Maidenhead
             and
             Bray
             ,
          
           
             Till
             it
             to
             Windsor
             and
             to
             Stanes
             doth
             win
             ,
          
           
             And
             there
             the
             riuer
             Colne
             comes
             gliding
             in
             :
          
           
             Colne
             hath
             its
             head
             or
             spring
             in
             Hartfordshire
             ,
          
           
             At
             
               Abbots
               Langley
            
             ,
             or
             else
             very
             neere
             ,
          
           
             With
             some
             small
             petty
             rils
             and
             riuolets
             ,
          
           
             By
             Colbrooke
             vnto
             Stanes
             and
             Thames
             it
             gets
             ,
          
           
             The
             riuer
             Wey
             ,
             with
             diuers
             namelesse
             springs
          
           
             Neare
             Chertsey
             ,
             vnto
             Thames
             their
             seruice
             brings
             .
          
           
             Wey
             (
             beyond
             Guilford
             )
             help'd
             with
             creeks
             and
             crooks
             ,
          
           
             At
             last
             at
             Oatlands
             towards
             Sunbury
             lookes
             ,
          
           
             And
             there
             a
             little
             rill
             ,
             (
             scarce
             worth
             a
             line
             )
          
           
             In
             Middlesex
             doth
             with
             the
             Thames
             combine
             .
          
           
             Neare
             Reygate
             towne
             the
             riuer
             Mole
             is
             found
             ,
          
           
             Bearing
             its
             course
             ,
             runs
             (
             Mole-like
             )
             vnder
             ground
             ;
          
           
             But
             rising
             vp
             by
             Notbury
             againe
             ,
          
           
             At
             Molsey
             it
             the
             Thames
             doth
             entertaine
             .
          
           
             From
             Ewell
             towne
             the
             riuer
             Brent
             makes
             haste
             ,
          
           
             Who
             by
             the
             Thames
             is
             louingly
             embrac'd
             :
          
           
             Next
             which
             is
             Chiswicke
             towne
             ,
             and
             Hammersmith
             ,
          
           
             It
             entertaines
             a
             rill
             ,
             or
             little
             frith
             ,
          
           
             And
             after
             that
             below
             ,
             neare
             Wandsworth
             mill
             ,
          
           
             Comes
             in
             another
             ●…rooke
             or
             namelesse
             rill
             ;
          
           
             Thus
             I
             the
             riuer
             bring
             ;
             and
             it
             brings
             me
          
           
             From
             their
             first
             springs
             to
             London
             bridge
             you
             see
             .
          
           
           
             Now
             from
             the
             bridge
             below
             descend
             I
             must
             ,
          
           
             Till
             Thames
             it selfe
             doth
             in
             the
             Ocean
             thrust
             ,
          
           
             And
             if
             my
             paines
             to
             good
             men
             proue
             a
             pleasure
             ,
          
           
             My
             gaine
             's
             beyond
             my
             merit
             ,
             beyond
             measure
             ,
          
           
             Of
             Watermen
             ,
             men
             scarce
             can
             finde
             a
             Slower
             ,
          
           
             Yet
             hey
             ,
             to
             Grauesend
             hoe
             and
             somewhat
             lower
             .
          
           
             Braue
             London
             Bridge
             claimes
             right
             preheminence
          
           
             For
             strength
             ,
             and
             Architects
             magnificence
             ,
          
           
             To
             be
             true
             None-such
             ,
             for
             no
             eye
             beheld
          
           
             A
             bridge
             which
             it
             each
             way
             hath
             paralleld
             .
          
           
             The
             arches
             
               (
               Tame
            
             and
             Isis
             )
             shadie
             bowres
             ,
          
           
             Through
             which
             both
             East
             and
             West
             in
             twice
             twelue
             houres
          
           
             Twice
             Neptune
             greets
             it
             flowing
             from
             the
             Maine
             ,
          
           
             And
             twice
             the
             riuer
             sends
             it
             backe
             againe
             ,
          
           
             And
             as
             the
             flouds
             or
             ebbes
             encrease
             or
             falls
             ,
          
           
             They
             through
             the
             arches
             murmure
             Madrigals
             ,
          
           
             Whil'st
             th'
             Eddies
             divers
             wayes
             doth
             turne
             and
             trace
             ,
          
           
             Tame
             doth
             with
             Isis
             dance
             the
             wilde
             goose
             chace
             ,
          
           
             From
             this
             rare
             matchlesse
             piece
             of
             workmanship
             ,
          
           
             I
             with
             the
             tide
             of
             Ebbe
             must
             quickly
             slip
             ,
          
           
             And
             downe
             into
             the
             Riuer
             Lea
             I
             hie
             ,
          
           
             That
             parts
             Midsaxon
             from
             
               East
               Saxony
            
             .
          
           
             Which
             riuer
             fals
             from
             Ware
             to
             Walthamstow
             ,
          
           
             And
             downe
             by
             Layton
             vnto
             
               Stratford
               
                 Bow
              
            
             ,
          
           
             Some
             call
             it
             Lea
             ,
             but
             Camden
             calls
             it
             Stowre
             ,
          
           
             And
             neare
             Blackwall
             it
             in
             the
             Thames
             doth
             powre
             ,
          
           
           
             Next
             Rodeing
             is
             (
             a
             Brooke
             or
             riuer
             small
             )
          
           
             Which
             Foord
             from
             Berking
             into
             Thames
             doth
             fall
             .
          
           
             From
             
               Hauering
               ,
               Burntwood
            
             and
             from
             Ockingdon
             ,
          
           
             Three
             little
             Rils
             into
             the
             Thames
             do
             run
             ,
          
           
             Th'
             are
             namelesse
             ,
             or
             scarce
             worth
             the
             nomination
             .
          
           
             And
             so
             on
             Essex
             side
             I
             end
             my
             station
             .
          
           
             And
             now
             I
             'le
             crosse
             into
             the
             County
             Kent
          
           
             To
             note
             what
             riuers
             from
             her
             bound
             are
             sent
             ,
          
           
             To
             wait
             vpon
             the
             mighty
             bigswolne
             Thames
             ,
          
           
             Who
             now
             is
             grown
             the
             Prince
             of
             Brittains
             streams
             .
          
           
             By
             Bromley
             glides
             the
             riuer
             Rauensburne
          
           
             To
             Deptford
             downe
             with
             many
             a
             wandring
             turne
             ,
          
           
             The
             riuer
             Darrent
             is
             the
             next
             and
             last
             ,
          
           
             Which
             downe
             by
             Dartford
             into
             Thames
             is
             cast
             .
          
           
             And
             thus
             from
             Glocester
             shire
             neare
             Tetbury
          
           
             And
             Buckingham
             shire
             close
             by
             Aylsbury
             ,
          
           
             I
             haue
             brought
             Isis
             and
             her
             partner
             Tame
          
           
             With
             twenty
             seven
             helpes
             losing
             each
             their
             name
             ,
          
           
             Who
             spend
             themselues
             to
             make
             the
             Thames
             grow
             great
             ,
          
           
             Till
             (
             below
             Lee
             )
             it
             lose
             both
             name
             and
             seat
             ,
          
           
             Through
             many
             Countries
             as
             these
             waters
             passe
             ,
          
           
             They
             make
             the
             Pastures
             fructifie
             in
             grasse
             :
          
           
             Cattell
             grow
             fat
             ,
             and
             cheese
             and
             butter
             Cheape
             ,
          
           
             Hey
             in
             abundance
             ,
             Corne
             by
             stricke
             and
             heape
             ,
          
           
             Beasts
             breed
             ,
             and
             Fish
             increase
             ,
             fowles
             multiply
             ,
          
           
             It
             brings
             wood
             ,
             Cole
             ,
             and
             Timber
             plenteously
             :
          
           
           
             It
             beares
             the
             lame
             and
             weake
             ,
             makes
             fat
             the
             leane
             ,
          
           
             And
             keepes
             whole
             townes
             and
             countries
             sweet
             and
             cleane
             ;
          
           
             Wer
             't
             not
             for
             Thames
             (
             as
             heauens
             high
             hand
             doth
             blesse
             it
             )
          
           
             We
             neither
             could
             haue
             fish
             ,
             or
             fire
             to
             dresse
             it
             ,
          
           
             The
             very
             Brewers
             would
             be
             at
             a
             fault
             ,
          
           
             And
             buy
             their
             water
             dearer
             than
             their
             mault
             ,
          
           
             And
             had
             they
             malt
             and
             water
             at
             desire
             ,
          
           
             What
             shift
             (
             a
             Gods
             name
             )
             would
             they
             make
             for
             fire
             ?
          
           
             There
             's
             many
             a
             Seaman
             ,
             many
             a
             Nauigator
             ,
          
           
             Watermen
             ,
             fishers
             ,
             bargemen
             on
             this
             water
             ,
          
           
             Themselues
             and
             families
             beyond
             compare
             ,
          
           
             In
             number
             more
             than
             hundred
             thousands
             are
             ,
          
           
             Who
             doe
             their
             Prince
             and
             Country
             often
             serue
             ,
          
           
             And
             wer
             't
             not
             for
             this
             riuer
             might
             goe
             sterue
             ;
          
           
             And
             for
             the
             good
             to
             England
             it
             hath
             done
             ,
          
           
             Shall
             it
             to
             spoyle
             and
             ruine
             be
             let
             runne
             ?
          
           
             Shall
             p●…iuate
             persons
             for
             their
             gainfull
             use
             ,
          
           
             Ingrosse
             the
             water
             and
             the
             land
             abuse
             ,
          
           
             Shall
             that
             which
             God
             and
             nature
             giues
             us
             free
             ,
          
           
             For
             vse
             and
             profit
             in
             community
             ,
          
           
             Be
             barr'd
             from
             men
             ,
             and
             damb'd
             vp
             as
             in
             Thames
             ,
          
           
             (
             A
             shamelesse
             auarice
             surpassing
             shames
             ;
             )
          
           
             I
             speake
             not
             of
             the
             riuers
             bounds
             below
             ,
          
           
             Whereas
             the
             tides
             perpetuall
             ebbe
             and
             flow
             ,
          
           
             Nor
             is
             the
             r●…er
             wanting
             much
             repaire
             ,
          
           
             Within
             the
             bounds
             of
             Londons
             honour'd
             Maior
             ,
          
           
           
             Which
             limits
             all
             are
             cleare
             from
             stakes
             and
             piles
             ,
          
           
             Beyond
             Stanes
             bridge
             (
             that
             's
             more
             than
             forty
             miles
             )
          
           
             But
             I
             (
             from
             Oxford
             )
             downe
             to
             Stanes
             will
             slide
             ,
          
           
             And
             tell
             the
             riuers
             wrongs
             which
             I
             espide
             ,
          
           
             Not
             doubting
             but
             good
             mindes
             their
             powers
             will
             lend
             ,
          
           
             T'
             endeuour
             these
             abuses
             to
             amend
             :
          
           
             Therefore
             I
             pray
             the
             Readers
             to
             dispence
             ,
          
           
             And
             pardon
             my
             abrupt
             intelligence
             .
          
           
             From
             Oxford
             two
             miles
             Ifley
             distant
             is
             ,
          
           
             And
             there
             a
             new
             turne
             pike
             doth
             stand
             amisse
             ,
          
           
             Another
             stands
             at
             Stanford
             ,
             below
             that
             ,
          
           
             Weeds
             ,
             shelues
             ,
             and
             shoales
             all
             waterlesse
             and
             flat
             ;
          
           
             At
             Newnham
             locke
             there
             's
             plac'd
             a
             fishing
             weare
             ,
          
           
             A
             gra●…ell
             hill
             too
             high
             ,
             scarce
             water
             there
             ;
          
           
             At
             Abington
             the
             shoales
             are
             worse
             and
             worse
             ,
          
           
             That
             
               Swift
               ditch
            
             seemes
             to
             be
             the
             better
             course
             ,
          
           
             Below
             which
             towne
             neare
             Sutton
             there
             are
             left
          
           
             Piles
             that
             almost
             our
             Barges
             bottome
             cleft
             ;
          
           
             Then
             Sutton
             locks
             are
             great
             impediments
             ,
          
           
             The
             waters
             fall
             with
             such
             great
             violence
             ,
          
           
             Thence
             downe
             to
             Cullom
             ,
             streame
             runs
             quicke
             and
             quicke
          
           
             Yet
             we
             rub'd
             twice
             a
             ground
             for
             want
             of
             liquor
             .
          
           
             The
             Weare
             of
             Carpenter's
             sans
             fault
             I
             thinke
             ,
          
           
             But
             yet
             neare
             Witnum
             towne
             a
             tree
             did
             sinke
             ,
          
           
             Whereas
             by
             fortune
             we
             our
             Barge
             did
             hit
             ,
          
           
             And
             by
             misfortune
             there
             a
             board
             was
             split
             ;
          
           
           
             
               At
            
             
               Clif
               on
            
             there
             are
             rocks
             ,
             and
             sands
             ,
             and
             flats
             ,
          
           
             
               Which
            
             made
             vs
             wade
             ,
             and
             wet
             like
             drowned
             rats
             ,
          
           
             ●he
             passage
             bare
             ,
             the
             water
             often
             gone
             ,
          
           
             ●nd
             rocks
             smooth
             worne
             ,
             doe
             paue
             it
             like
             free
             stone
             .
          
           
             ●rom
             Clifton
             downe
             to
             Wallingford
             we
             fleet
             ,
          
           
             
               Where
            
             (
             for
             annoyance
             )
             piles
             are
             plac'd
             vnmeet
             ;
          
           
             ●rom
             thence
             our
             Oares
             did
             downe
             the
             riuer
             draw
             ,
          
           
             ●ntill
             we
             came
             vnto
             a
             mungrill
             Spaw
             ,
          
           
             〈◊〉
             Bath
             ,
             a
             Spring
             ,
             a
             Fountaine
             ,
             or
             a
             Rill
             ,
          
           
             ●ha●
             issues
             from
             the
             bowels
             of
             a
             hill
             ,
          
           
             〈◊〉
             hill
             it
             may
             be
             tearm'd
             ,
             or
             demie
             mountaine
             ,
          
           
             ●rom
             out
             whose
             entralls
             springs
             this
             new-found
             fountaine
             ,
          
           
             
               Whose
            
             water
             (
             cleare
             as
             Chrystall
             ,
             sweet
             as
             hony
             ,
             )
          
           
             
               Cures
            
             all
             diseases
             (
             except
             want
             of
             mony
             ,
             )
          
           
             〈◊〉
             helpes
             the
             Palsey
             ,
             Cramp
             ,
             or
             Apoplexie
             ,
          
           
             ●cab
             scurfe
             ,
             or
             scald
             ,
             or
             dropsie
             if
             it
             vex
             yee
             ,
          
           
             ●he
             Plurisie
             ,
             the
             Lethargie
             ,
             Strangury
             ,
          
           
             ●t
             cures
             the
             Cataracke
             ,
             and
             the
             Stone
             assure
             yee
             ;
          
           
             ●he
             head-ach
             ,
             Megrim
             ,
             Canker
             ,
             or
             the
             Mumps
             ,
          
           
             
               Mange
            
             ,
             Murrians
             ,
             Meazles
             ,
             Melancholy
             dumps
             ,
          
           
             ●t
             is
             of
             vertue
             ,
             vigor
             ,
             and
             of
             force
          
           
             ●o
             driue
             all
             malladies
             from
             man
             or
             horse
             ;
          
           
             
               Help'd
            
             of
             a
             Tertian
             ague
             I
             saw
             one
             ,
          
           
             Weake
             ,
             and
             not
             worth
             the
             ground
             he
             went
             vpon
             )
          
           
             Who
             drank
             the
             water
             mingled
             with
             the
             clay
             ,
          
           
             And
             presently
             the
             Ague
             ran
             away
             ;
          
           
           
             It
             cures
             an
             old
             sore
             ,
             or
             a
             bruised
             blow
             ;
          
           
             It
             made
             the
             deafe
             to
             heare
             ,
             the
             lame
             to
             goe
             ;
          
           
             One
             dumbe
             came
             thither
             ,
             and
             straightway
             disputed
             ,
          
           
             And
             on
             the
             trees
             are
             crutches
             executed
             ;
          
           
             To
             heale
             greene
             wounds
             it
             hath
             such
             Soueraigne
             power
             ,
          
           
             It
             cur'd
             a
             broken
             pate
             in
             halfe
             an
             houre
             ,
          
           
             Which
             sconce
             was
             crack'd
             on
             purpose
             to
             th'
             intent
             ,
          
           
             To
             try
             the
             vertue
             of
             the
             Element
             .
          
           
             If
             any
             man
             imagine
             I
             doe
             lie
             ,
          
           
             Let
             him
             goe
             thither
             ,
             breake
             his
             pate
             and
             trie
             .
          
           
             Some
             say
             crack'd
             maidenheads
             are
             there
             new
             sodered
             ,
          
           
             I
             'm
             sure
             the
             hill
             with
             beggers
             is
             embroidered
             ,
          
           
             And
             all
             those
             beggers
             are
             with
             little
             cost
             ,
          
           
             With
             lice
             and
             scabs
             embroidered
             and
             embost
             ;
          
           
             And
             as
             it
             were
             the
             Well
             of
             Aristotle
             ,
          
           
             The
             water
             is
             farre
             fetch'd
             in
             many
             a
             bottle
             ,
          
           
             The
             clay
             mixt
             with
             the
             liquour
             kils
             the
             Cornes
             ,
          
           
             Ah
             could
             it
             cure
             some
             Cuckolds
             of
             their
             hornes
             ,
          
           
             It
             would
             haue
             patients
             out
             of
             euery
             climat
             ,
          
           
             More
             than
             my
             patience
             could
             endure
             to
             rime
             at
             ,
          
           
             And
             had
             it
             but
             the
             vertue
             to
             surcease
          
           
             Some
             clamorous
             tongues
             ,
             and
             make
             them
             hold
             their
             pea●…
          
           
             Thousands
             of
             husbands
             would
             their
             wiues
             send
             thither
             ;
          
           
             That
             they
             might
             be
             recouered
             all
             together
             .
          
           
             Apothecaries
             I
             lament
             your
             lots
             ,
          
           
             Your
             medcines
             now
             will
             mould
             in
             Gallipots
             ,
          
           
           
             ●…ur
             drugges
             with
             barbarous
             names
             vnbought
             will
             lie
             ,
          
           
             ●…d
             waste
             and
             languish
             in
             obscurity
             ,
          
           
             ●…ill
             begger
             all
             the
             Quacksaluers
             outright
             ,
          
           
             〈◊〉
             all
             our
             Mountebanks
             are
             vndone
             quite
             ,
          
           
             〈◊〉
             what
             's
             become
             of
             me
             ?
             can
             any
             tell
             ?
          
           
             ●…od
             Reader
             helpe
             me
             out
             of
             this
             strange
             well
             ;
          
           
             ●…with
             my
             pen
             its
             praise
             did
             meane
             to
             touch
             ,
          
           
             ●…nd
             it
             (
             I
             feare
             )
             hath
             made
             me
             write
             too
             much
             ,
          
           
             ●…hich
             if
             I
             haue
             ,
             let
             your
             constructions
             be
             ,
          
           
             ●…ame
             the
             strange
             working
             waters
             and
             not
             me
             :
          
           
             ●…ut
             he
             that
             sayes
             that
             I
             doe
             ouer-doe
             ,
          
           
             ●…et
             him
             goe
             thither
             and
             hee
             'le
             doe
             so
             to
             ;
          
           
             〈◊〉
             farewell
             ,
             Well
             ,
             well
             fare
             thou
             ,
             still
             excell
             ,
          
           
             ●…crease
             in
             operation
             ,
             Well
             farewell
             .
          
           
             〈◊〉
             eath
             the
             fountaine
             ,
             next
             is
             Cleaue
             locks
             fall
             ,
          
           
             ●…d
             neare
             to
             that
             a
             locke
             men
             Goring
             call
             ,
          
           
             ●…ut
             hauing
             past
             the
             locke
             at
             Gorings
             there
             ,
          
           
             ●…t
             Master
             Coltons
             house
             we
             had
             good
             cheare
             ,
          
           
             ●…ith
             hearty
             welcome
             ,
             but
             't
             was
             for
             his
             sake
          
           
             ●…hat
             d●…d
             this
             hopefull
             businesse
             vndertake
             ,
          
           
             ●…et
             with
             our
             hearty
             thanks
             we
             thanke
             them
             all
             ,
          
           
             ●…hat
             din'd
             vs
             like
             a
             solemne
             festiuall
             .
          
           
             ●…rom
             thence
             to
             Harts
             locke
             downward
             we
             descended
             ,
          
           
             ●…d
             next
             to
             Whitchurch
             locke
             which
             must
             be
             mended
             ,
          
           
             ●…ecause
             the
             waters
             turne
             so
             swift
             and
             various
             ,
          
           
             〈◊〉
             gainst
             our
             wils
             to
             dangerous
             courses
             carry
             vs
             :
          
           
           
             Next
             there
             's
             a
             Weare
             ,
             that
             if
             it
             had
             its
             right
             ,
          
           
             Should
             be
             well
             lib'd
             ,
             or
             else
             remoued
             quite
             ;
          
           
             Below
             that
             
               Maple
               Ducham
            
             locke
             appeares
             ,
          
           
             Where
             stands
             three
             faulty
             and
             vntoward
             Weares
             ;
          
           
             Then
             neare
             the
             bridge
             of
             Cauersham
             there
             is
          
           
             One
             Welbecks
             Weare
             ,
             fit
             to
             be
             mou'd
             I
             wis
             ;
          
           
             As
             past
             the
             locke
             at
             Cauersham
             we
             row
             ,
          
           
             We
             found
             the
             riuer
             very
             foule
             below
             ,
          
           
             With
             weeds
             and
             hills
             of
             mud
             and
             grauell
             choak'd
             .
          
           
             That
             with
             our
             Oares
             and
             staues
             we
             thrust
             and
             poak'd
             .
          
           
             Next
             Breaches
             Weare
             neare
             Sunning
             naught
             doth
             lie
             ,
          
           
             And
             Sunning
             locke
             the
             groundsill
             is
             too
             high
             ,
          
           
             Besides
             two
             Gin-holes
             that
             are
             very
             bad
          
           
             And
             Sunning
             bridge
             much
             need
             of
             mending
             had
             ;
          
           
             Haules
             Weare
             doth
             almost
             crosse
             the
             riuer
             all
             ,
          
           
             Making
             the
             passage
             straight
             and
             very
             small
             ,
          
           
             How
             can
             that
             man
             be
             counted
             a
             good
             liuer
          
           
             That
             for
             his
             priuate
             vse
             will
             stop
             a
             riuer
             ?
          
           
             Shiplocke
             ,
             or
             Cottrels
             locke
             stand
             very
             neare
             ,
          
           
             Not
             from
             that
             farre
             is
             Elmes
             his
             fishing
             weare
             ,
          
           
             Whereas
             the
             riuers
             case
             is
             altered
             well
             ,
          
           
             For
             Master
             Ployden
             neare
             that
             place
             doth
             dwell
             ;
          
           
             Marsh
             locke
             is
             plac'd
             a
             little
             aboue
             Henly
             ,
          
           
             And
             there
             the
             Thames
             is
             kept
             indifferent
             cleanly
             ,
          
           
             And
             here
             at
             Henley
             once
             in
             fifteene
             yeares
             ,
          
           
             A
             Riuer
             stranger
             in
             the
             street
             appeares
             ,
          
           
           
             Whose
             cesterne
             in
             the
             Woods
             his
             wealth
             doth
             gather
             ,
          
           
             ●…n
             that
             long
             space
             ,
             and
             cannot
             get
             it
             rather
             ,
          
           
             B●…t
             gotten
             out
             of
             high-way-flouds
             ,
             and
             leaues
             ,
          
           
             A●…
             Dutchmen
             keepe
             the
             drops
             of
             their
             house-eues
             .
          
           
             The
             cesterne
             fils
             and
             then
             the
             wals
             breake
             downe
             ,
          
           
             And
             send
             their
             stowage
             vnto
             Henley
             towne
             ,
          
           
             An●…ther
             fifteene
             yeares
             the
             wals
             repaire
             ,
          
           
             And
             fill
             the
             place
             with
             raine
             or
             thawed
             ayre
             ,
          
           
             And
             being
             so
             replenisht
             in
             that
             space
             ,
          
           
             It
             runnes
             (
             rub
             rub
             )
             close
             by
             the
             bowling
             place
             .
          
           
             Neare
             Henley
             (
             some
             three
             quarters
             of
             a
             mile
             )
          
           
             A
             little
             I
             le
             digresse
             and
             change
             my
             stile
             .
          
           
             Should
             I
             forget
             the
             good
             Iudge
             Whitlocks
             loue
             ,
          
           
             Vnmanner'd
             and
             vngratefull
             I
             should
             proue
             ,
          
           
             It
             was
             about
             the
             time
             (
             as
             I
             remember
             )
          
           
             In
             August
             ,
             some
             fiue
             dayes
             before
             September
             )
          
           
             We
             landed
             neare
             the
             noble
             Iudges
             harbour
             ,
          
           
             (
             With
             stomacks
             sharpe
             as
             razour
             of
             a
             Barber
             )
          
           
             The
             time
             was
             short
             ,
             we
             neither
             toyd
             nor
             trifled
             ,
          
           
             The
             Kitchin
             ,
             Pantry
             ,
             Pastry
             strait
             we
             rifled
             ;
          
           
             The
             Celler
             and
             the
             Buttery
             both
             we
             forrag'd
             ,
          
           
             By
             which
             braue
             booty
             we
             were
             much
             encourag'd
             ,
          
           
             S●…ke
             and
             good
             Claret
             drawne
             from
             Tierce
             and
             Punchion
             ,
          
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             one
             whole
             day
             ,
             and
             two
             euenings
             Nunchion
             ;
          
           
             Ou●…
             b●…ead
             as
             good
             as
             euer
             baker
             sifted
             ,
          
           
             Ou●…
             wine
             (
             rare
             wine
             )
             as
             ere
             to
             mouth
             was
             lifted
             ,
          
           
           
             And
             in
             our
             businesse
             (
             though
             we
             all
             were
             hasty
             )
          
           
             We
             did
             surprize
             an
             excellent
             Venson
             pasty
             ,
          
           
             We
             there
             did
             saue
             the
             labour
             of
             inuiters
             ;
          
           
             Whole
             ioynts
             of
             mutton
             prou'd
             vs
             good
             sheepe-biters
             ,
          
           
             Our
             beere
             was
             brauely
             boyl'd
             and
             strongly
             malted
             ,
          
           
             Our
             Pidgeon
             Pie
             was
             pepper'd
             well
             and
             salted
             ,
          
           
             Most
             tender
             Chickins
             ,
             Pullet
             ,
             and
             a
             Capon
             ,
          
           
             We
             (
             in
             our
             fury
             )
             did
             commit
             a
             rape
             on
             ;
          
           
             A
             mighty
             scarlet
             Lobster
             last
             we
             seased
             ,
          
           
             And
             so
             with
             these
             Acchats
             our
             minds
             were
             eased
             ,
          
           
             But
             that
             which
             made
             our
             viands
             taste
             the
             better
             ,
          
           
             Was
             welcome
             ,
             which
             made
             each
             of
             vs
             a
             debter
             ;
          
           
             And
             long
             may
             he
             and
             his
             suruiue
             and
             flourish
             ,
          
           
             That
             did
             poore
             trauellers
             so
             kindly
             nourish
             ,
          
           
             These
             lines
             are
             writ
             in
             duty
             to
             expresse
          
           
             Our
             loue
             ,
             our
             duty
             ,
             and
             our
             thankfulnesse
             .
          
           
             From
             thence
             we
             hi'd
             vs
             with
             the
             streame
             and
             wind
             ,
          
           
             And
             in
             the
             Barge
             at
             noone
             we
             brauely
             din'd
             ,
          
           
             And
             as
             our
             meat
             our
             gratefull
             minds
             did
             moue
             ,
          
           
             We
             dranke
             Iudge
             Whitlocks
             health
             to
             shew
             our
             loue
             .
          
           
             Then
             came
             we
             to
             a
             locke
             call'd
             Hambleton
             ,
          
           
             Whereas
             the
             streame
             a
             handsome
             course
             doth
             runne
             ;
          
           
             Next
             Mednam
             Weare
             doth
             speedy
             mending
             lacke
             ,
          
           
             It
             puts
             the
             Thames
             ,
             and
             Thames
             puts
             it
             to
             wracke
             ,
          
           
             And
             neare
             Frogge-mill
             two
             paltry
             stops
             there
             are
             ,
          
           
             That
             in
             the
             Riuer
             take
             too
             great
             a
             share
             ;
          
           
           
             〈◊〉
             at
             Harley
             ,
             and
             a
             Weare
             below
             ,
          
           
             ●…lmost
             a
             stop
             ,
             (
             fit
             to
             be
             clear'd
             I
             know
             ;
             )
          
           
             ●…hen
             Temple
             locke
             ,
             '
             bouc
             Bisham
             Church
             there
             is
             ,
          
           
             ●…eneath
             which
             is
             a
             Weare
             somewhat
             amisse
             ,
          
           
             ●…hen
             Marlow
             locke
             is
             worst
             I
             must
             confesse
             ,
          
           
             ●…he
             water
             is
             so
             pinch'd
             with
             shallownesse
             ,
          
           
             ●…eneath
             which
             is
             a
             Weare
             should
             be
             defac'd
             ,
          
           
             ●…nd
             Cottrels
             Weare
             of
             Cookham
             be
             displac'd
             .
          
           
             〈◊〉
             Weare
             doth
             to
             one
             Holdernesse
             belong
             ,
          
           
             ●…hich
             doth
             the
             riuer
             most
             in●…ious
             wrong
             ,
          
           
             ●…eare
             which
             a
             Spring
             runs
             from
             the
             chalkie
             hills
             ,
          
           
             ●…he
             which
             (
             not
             long
             agoe
             )
             did
             driue
             two
             mills
             ,
          
           
             〈◊〉
             stop
             'gainst
             Toplow
             Warren
             much
             doth
             spread
          
           
             ●…ext
             Bolters
             lock
             ,
             (
             a
             mile
             from
             
               Maydenhead
               .
            
             )
          
           
             ●…hus
             haue
             I
             past
             the
             locks
             ,
             now
             weares
             and
             stops
             ,
          
           
             ●…rom
             thence
             as
             farre
             as
             Stanes
             mine
             Inkhorne
             drops
             .
          
           
             ●…oue
             Maidenhead
             bridge
             a
             stop
             and
             one
             beneath
             ,
          
           
             ●…hich
             both
             to
             be
             amended
             I
             bequeath
             ;
          
           
             ●…gainst
             Bray
             church
             ,
             and
             Bray
             mill
             ,
             stand
             three
             more
             ,
          
           
             ●…different
             bad
             as
             any
             were
             before
             ;
          
           
             〈◊〉
             stop
             at
             Water
             Oakley
             naught
             doth
             lie
             ,
          
           
             ●…t
             
               Rudles
               poole
            
             the
             grauell
             hills
             too
             high
             ,
          
           
             ●…he
             water
             turnes
             so
             short
             ,
             and
             runnes
             so
             quicke
             ,
          
           
             ●…hat
             oft
             the
             Barges
             there
             a
             ground
             doe
             stricke
             ;
          
           
             ●…eare
             Boueney
             Church
             a
             dangerous
             stop
             is
             found
             ,
          
           
             ●…n
             which
             fiue
             passengers
             were
             lately
             drown'd
             ;
          
           
           
             Below
             the
             bridge
             at
             Windsor
             (
             passing
             thus
             )
          
           
             Some
             need
             lesse
             p●…les
             stand
             very
             perillous
             :
          
           
             Neare
             Eaton
             College
             is
             a
             stop
             and
             weare
             ,
          
           
             Whose
             absence
             well
             the
             riuer
             may
             forbeare
             ;
          
           
             A
             stop
             ,
             a
             weare
             ,
             a
             dangerous
             s●…nke
             tree
             ,
          
           
             No●…
             farre
             from
             〈◊〉
             Ferry
             are
             all
             three
             ;
          
           
             A
             graue●…l
             bed
             ,
             two
             stops
             and
             stakes
             beside
             ,
          
           
             Agai●…st
             and
             neare
             old
             Windsor
             Church
             we
             spide
             ,
          
           
             With
             〈◊〉
             stops
             more
             we
             saw
             neare
             Ankerwike
             ,
          
           
             And
             neare
             my
             Lord
             Maiors
             stone
             we
             saw
             the
             like
             ,
          
           
             Besides
             an
             〈◊〉
             or
             Island
             there
             we
             found
             ,
          
           
             Hedg'd
             far
             〈◊〉
             into
             the
             streame
             to
             gaine
             more
             ground
             :
          
           
             From
             Stanes
             we
             past
             to
             
               Lallum
               guls
            
             ,
             most
             shallow
             ,
          
           
             Whereas
             ●…iue
             Barges
             fast
             aground
             did
             wallow
             ;
          
           
             And
             su●…h
             a
             trowling
             current
             there
             did
             set
             ,
          
           
             That
             we
             were
             vildly
             puzzled
             by
             to
             get
             ;
          
           
             Tumbling
             'twixt
             Middlesex
             and
             Surrey
             land
             ,
          
           
             We
             came
             where
             Chertseyes
             crooked
             bridge
             doth
             stand
             ,
          
           
             Which
             s●…re
             was
             made
             all
             by
             left-handed
             men
             ,
          
           
             The
             like
             of
             it
             was
             neuer
             in
             my
             ken
             ;
          
           
             Wiw
             waw
             to
             Oakam
             ward
             ,
             kim
             kam
             ,
             kiwwaw
             ,
          
           
             That
             through
             i●…
             men
             can
             hardly
             set
             or
             row
             ,
          
           
             That
             's
             the
             last
             fault
             I
             found
             that
             merits
             note
             ,
          
           
             And
             downe
             from
             thence
             we
             merrily
             did
             ●…lote
             .
          
           
             Thus
             haue
             I
             shew'd
             Thames
             wrongs
             in
             generall
             ,
          
           
             And
             wish
             they
             may
             be
             mou'd
             ,
             or
             mended
             all
             ;
          
           
           
             And
             who
             can
             but
             with
             pity
             here
             behold
          
           
             These
             multitudes
             of
             mischiefes
             manifold
             ?
          
           
             Shall
             Thames
             be
             barr'd
             its
             course
             with
             stops
             and
             locks
             ,
          
           
             With
             Mils
             ,
             and
             hils
             ,
             with
             gravell
             beds
             ,
             and
             rocks
             :
          
           
             With
             weares
             ,
             and
             weeds
             ,
             and
             forced
             Ilands
             made
             ,
          
           
             To
             spoile
             a
             publike
             for
             a
             priuate
             Trade
             ?
          
           
             Shame
             fall
             the
             doers
             ,
             and
             Almighties
             blessing
          
           
             Be
             heap'd
             vpon
             their
             heads
             that
             seeke
             redressing
             .
          
           
             Were
             such
             a
             businesse
             to
             be
             done
             in
             Flanders
          
           
             Or
             Holland
             mongst
             the
             industrious
             Netherlanders
             ,
          
           
             They
             to
             deepe
             passages
             would
             turne
             our
             hils
             ,
          
           
             To
             Windmils
             they
             would
             change
             our
             watermils
             .
          
           
             All
             helpes
             vnto
             this
             riuer
             they
             would
             ayd
             ,
          
           
             And
             all
             impediments
             should
             be
             destroyed
             :
          
           
             Our
             vagabonds
             (
             the
             wandering
             brood
             of
             
               Caine
               ,
            
             )
          
           
             They
             would
             enforce
             those
             runnagates
             take
             paine
             ,
          
           
             Whereby
             much
             profit
             quickly
             would
             accrue
             ,
          
           
             (
             For
             labour
             robs
             the
             hangman
             of
             his
             due
             .
             )
          
           
             In
             common
             reason
             ,
             all
             men
             must
             agree
          
           
             That
             if
             the
             riuer
             were
             made
             cleane
             and
             free
             ,
          
           
             One
             Barge
             ,
             with
             eight
             poore
             mens
             industrious
             paines
             ,
          
           
             Would
             carry
             more
             than
             forty
             carts
             or
             waines
             .
          
           
             And
             euery
             waine
             to
             draw
             them
             horses
             fiue
             ,
          
           
             And
             each
             two
             men
             or
             boyes
             to
             guide
             or
             driue
             ,
          
           
             Charge
             of
             an
             hundred
             horse
             and
             80.
             men
          
           
             With
             eight
             mens
             labour
             would
             be
             serued
             then
             ,
          
           
           
             Thus
             men
             would
             be
             employed
             ,
             and
             horse
             preseru'd
             ,
          
           
             And
             all
             the
             Countrey
             at
             cheape
             rates
             be
             seru'd
             .
          
           
             T'
             is
             said
             the
             Dutchmen
             taught
             vs
             drinke
             and
             swill
             ,
          
           
             I
             'm
             sure
             we
             goe
             beyond
             them
             in
             that
             skill
             ,
          
           
             I
             wish
             (
             as
             we
             exceed
             them
             in
             what
             's
             bad
             ,
             )
          
           
             That
             we
             some
             portion
             of
             their
             goodnesse
             had
             :
          
           
             Then
             should
             this
             worthy
             worke
             be
             soone
             begun
             ,
          
           
             And
             with
             successefull
             expedition
             done
             :
          
           
             Which
             I
             despaire
             not
             of
             ,
             but
             humbly
             plead
             ,
          
           
             That
             God
             his
             blessings
             will
             increase
             and
             spread
          
           
             On
             them
             that
             loue
             this
             work
             ,
             and
             on
             their
             heires
             ,
          
           
             Their
             goods
             and
             chattels
             ,
             and
             on
             all
             that
             's
             theirs
             :
          
           
             I
             wish
             them
             blest
             externall
             ,
             and
             internall
             ,
          
           
             And
             in
             the
             end
             with
             happinesse
             eternall
             .
          
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
           I
           
             Haue
             almost
             finished
             another
             small
             booke
             which
             I
             will
             name
             ,
          
           ALL
           WATERS
           ,
           
             wherein
             I
             haue
             treated
             of
             the
             strange
             diuersities
             of
             waters
             ,
             and
             also
             I
             haue
             described
             and
             explained
             the
             various
             dispositions
             of
             watermen
             ,
             their
             lawfull
             vses
             ,
             and
             their
             vnlawfull
             abuses
             ,
             neither
             flattering
             ,
             sparing
             ,
             or
             wronging
             any
             good
             or
             ill
             ,
             which
             I
             know
             either
             by
             them
             or
             my selfe
             ,
             not
             omitting
             any
             thing
             that
             may
             tend
             in
             the
             praise
             of
             their
             honest
             trade
             and
             conditions
             ,
             nor
             inserting
             any
             thing
             to
             couer
             their
             causlesse
             iniuries
             ,
             which
             many
             of
             them
             haue
             done
             to
             me
             and
             others
             ;
             for
             they
             haue
             lately
             cast
             out
             scandalous
             libels
             ,
             and
             defaming
             speeches
             against
             me
             ,
             and
             I
             must
             make
             them
             know
             ,
             that
             I
             am
             not
             of
             that
             tame
             patience
             to
             forbeare
             them
             ,
             who
             are
             knowin●…
             to
             be
             nothing
             but
             rumour
             and
             rabble
             ;
             therefore
             vpon
             such
             I
             must
             right
             my selfe
             in
             print
             .
          
        
         
      
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A13509-e1250
           
             Corruptly
             called
             Stow
             the
             old
             .
          
        
      
    
  

