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the diftant Breiddin hills, with much of 

 the cultivated and well wooded country 

 of Salop. 



Leland and Camden* each fpeak of 

 two caftles here both included in the 

 fame walls. The words of the former 

 are, " Welfchpole had two Lord's Mar- 

 " cher's Caftles with one wall, the Lord 

 " Powys namid Greye, and the Lord 

 " Dudley caullid Sutton ; but now the 

 " Lord Powys hathe bothe in his hand. 

 " The Welfchpole (Caftle) is in com- 

 " pas almofl as much as a little towne. 

 " The Lord Dudley's park is almofl 

 " fallen downe. The Lord Powys park 

 " is neatly good/' 



Whether thefe two caftles were creel- 

 ed at the fame or at different times, I 

 have not been able to learn, nor what 

 were their different names, for, except in 

 the two authors above cited, I have feen 



* Leland's Itinerary and Camden 's Britannia. 



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