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fer the river Trent, because of her rapid and 

 oriental streams, that never sully themselves, 

 till arriving near to the shores of Gainsborough, 

 where Trent oft washeth her banks with the 

 Eagre, so glides immediately into the arms of 

 Humber. Next unto Trent, we present you 

 with the translucid glittering streams of Severn, 

 that not far from Bristol mingle themselves with 

 the ocean. Nor shall we omit those torpid and 

 melancholy streams of Owse, that gulph them- 

 selves into Trent-fall. But of all rivers that 

 glide through the cultivated fields in England, 

 the bountiful, beautiful, and most illustrious 

 Thames has the soveraignty of the rest ; be- 

 cause her streams influence not England only, 

 but all the banks and shores in Europe ; and is 

 without precedent, because of the excellency 

 and delicacy of her fish, more especially below 

 Bridg ; where the merchants turn anglers, and 

 throw their lines as far as both Indies, Peru, the 

 Ganges, Mozembique, Barbary, Smirna, Alex- 

 andria, Aleppo, Scandaroon, and all the wealthy 

 ports in the universe. These are the fish that 

 feast the nation ; otherwise England would be 

 unlike it self, if unhappily wanting such provi- 

 dent anglers. 



But Scotland has already received a character 

 of most of her eminent rivers and rivulets, that 

 wash and moisten her sandy shores ; nor have I 



