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E[fex, JxtcUholMe Jjlt in York-fiiire : many !occ. of 

 Acres have lately been gained from the Sea in L;«- 

 colm^jJm-e^ andasyetmorearctoberaken in there, 

 and in other places. liHmfcy-mdrih in Kent^ con- 

 fiftingot^soco. Acres and upwards, {^sCamhdcn 

 rclateth) is offomcantiquity^where the land is nfii- 

 ally let tor -,0. s./'tr Acre, and yet i . d. p)tT week con - 

 ftantly ispay^d, through the vvholelevil, for the 

 maintenance oi the wall , andnownnd then i. d. 

 whereas ordinary falts are accounted dear at 5.s.or 

 6.S. per Acre^fo that the improvement is very con- 

 f^dcrable; the fame I may fay of Fcns^ efpccially 

 that great Fe;/ of Uttcolne-Jjjjrc, Cambridge^ hlHfiglirjg- 

 don confifting as I am Informed of 580000. Acres, 

 which is now almoft recovered ^ and a friend of 

 mine told me very lately, that he bad proffered a 

 marke per Acre^ for 900. Acres together^ to fowe 

 Rape on, which formerly was fcarcely valued at 1 2. 

 d. ptT Acre^^ycry great therefore is the improve- 

 ment of draining of lands, andourncgligence very 

 great, that they have been wafle fo long, and as 

 yet fo continue in divers places .• for tbe impro- 

 ving of a Kingdome is better than the conquering a 

 new one. 



2. Ifeclikewifenofmallfaultsinthislandjb) ha- 

 ving fo many Chafes and Forrejls ^ where brambles^ 

 braks's ^ furzes' do grow, when as thefe trumperies 

 might be cut up, and pot-a(hcs made ofthem^and 

 the ground imploycd profitably for C<7r»5 , orT^- 

 Hure, I know a Forrejt by Bril/in Buckingham-Jhire 

 takfenin, andthclandisufually letbcing now well 

 cnclofed, for 4.or 5. Nobles per Acre. 



3. Sbrt of vpaflc'land^ is dry heathy Commons. I 



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A pairp from Samuel Hartlib's " Discnursc uit htisbat 



