NORTHERN MEMOIRS. 



alabaster, and red marly earth, hovering over the 

 streams of Trent ; and borders on the skirts of 

 the Vale of Belvoir, facing the Forest; andBridge- 

 ford lies much on the same level, west south- 

 west, guarded with rocks and stately mountains, 

 opposite, as I take it, to the inundations of Trent. 

 But the town of Gun thorp stands directly north, 

 blest with flourishing and florid meadows; whose 

 fragrancy oftimes perfumes the shores, as Trent's 

 proud waves besprinkle her sands. Shelford, 

 you may see, inclines yet more westward, whose 

 foundations I have considered lie so low and flat, 

 that they level the very surface of Trent ; but 

 Burton and Bulcoat stand north of her ruins, 

 and are shaded by the flourishing trees of the 

 Forest. 



Theoph. What have we here ? 



Am. Gedlin and Carleton, these lie yet more 

 west, and incline, if I mistake not, two points to 

 the northward; but the palace of Holm-pier-point 

 adorns the south : from whose beautiful eleva- 

 vations we discover the battlements, and some 

 part of the situations of famous Nottingham ; 

 whose odoriferous gardens perfume the air ; and 

 whose florid fields, and fragrant meadows, glut 

 the scickle, and satiate the sithe. 



Theoph. Grant my allowances, and I'll give 

 you my opinion ; and not stick to tell you, that 

 Trent surpasseth Tagus, notwithstanding the 



