268 NORTHERN MEMOIRS. 



Bridg. And the resolute Darwin that salutes 

 the ports of Derby, falls into Trent below Wil- 

 den-Ferry. So the sullen Soar that leads through 

 Leicester, glides into Trent near to RedHill. Be- 

 sides the little Leen, whose limpid streams wash 

 the beautiful rocks and the shores of Nottingham, 

 she also pays tribute at Trent-Bridge, and the 

 smooth faced Snite, that scours the vale of Bel- 

 voir, slides into Trent near the sandy foundations 

 of Newark. But nearer the Marshes falls in the 

 Merial ; so does the Idle in the Isle of Axholm. 

 The portable streams of Owse also salute the 

 torrents of Trent, before her espousals with the 

 spacious Humber ; for till then Trent retains 

 her original name, notwithstanding the various 

 and complicated mixture of streams, which are 

 many more that glide into Trent, and would 

 swell my volume if but to name them, 



Theoph. If they be nameless, let them alone ; 

 and proceed, if you please, with the coporation of 

 Newark. 



Arn. Newark, you may see her antient ports 

 stoop with age, and her bulwarks lie buried in 

 sandy earth, and amalgamiz'd together with the 

 surface of the soil, whose banks are saluted with 

 the torrents of Trent, and whose sandy founda- 

 tions, and cultivated fields sweetned with the 

 fragrances of her florid meadows, adorn the north; 

 but most pleasant and delectable pastures adorn 



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