fi74^^SRITISH ANGLER.P.III. 



Ifle. This Humber indeed is not a diftind Ri- 

 ver, having a Spring-head of its own, but ra- 

 ther the Mouth or y^^/^;7//;» of divers Rivers 

 here meeting together ; among which, befides 

 the I'rent^ are the Darwent^ and Oufe» 



4. The Medway^ a Kentijh River, falling 

 into the Sea together with the T^bames^ and fa- 

 mous for harbouring the Royal Navy. 



5. The l^weed, the North-Eaft Bound of 

 England, on whofc Banks is feated the ftrong 

 and almoft impregnable Town of Berwick. 



6. The Tine, famous for Newcaftle, and 

 her inexhauftibie Coal-pits. Thefe, and the reft 

 of principal Note, are thus comprehended in 

 one of Mr. Drayfon^% Sonnets* 



The Floods ^^<?;^,Thames, for Ships and Swans 

 is crowned, 



Andjlately Severn /^r her Shore is praised $ 

 The ChryftarVrtnt for Fords and Fijh renown'dy 



And Avon'j Famd to Albion'i Cliffs is raised: 

 Carlegion Chefter vaunts her holy Dee -, 



York many Wonders of her Oufe can tell : 

 The Peak her Dove, whofe Banks fo fertile he^ 



And Kent will fay her Medway doth excel. 

 Cotfwold eoimnends her Ifis to the Tame -, 



Our Northern Borders hoaft of TweedV fair 

 Flood ; 

 Our fVeftern Parts extol their ^iWys Fame; 



And the old Lea brags of the Danifh Blood, 



But I return again to the Thames^ of which, 

 and the Rivers that fail into it, I Ihall treat 



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