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liave been exceeding ftrong in ancient times, 

 able to refift all the forces of the Welm: to 

 bridle them, it was built in the reign of Wil- 

 liam Rufus ; three fides of it are a precipice 

 quite inacceffible, guarded by a deep and 

 broad ditch. I was forry that more of fo 

 noble a Caftle did not remain, but glad to 

 think, that, by our incorporating union with 

 the Welfh, this and many others, which have 

 been ere&ed to fecure the neighbouring 

 counties of England, againft their incurfions, 

 or to maintain our fovereignty over that 

 fierce and warlike people, are now become 

 ufelefs. 



From hence we travelled, with infinite 

 pleafure (through the moft charming country 

 my eyes ever beheld, or my imagination can 

 paint) to Powis Caftle, part of which was 

 burnt down about thirty years ago; but there 

 are ftill remains of a great lioufe, fituated fo 

 finely, and fo nobly, th3t, were I in the place 

 of Lord Powis, I fhould foffake Okely Park, 

 with all it's beauties, and fix my feat as near 

 there, as the moft eligible in every refpeft. 

 About 3000 laid out upon it, would make it 

 the moft auguft place in the kingdom. It Hands 

 upon the fide of a very high hill ; below lies 

 a vale of incomparable beauty, with the Se- 

 vern winding through it, the town of Welfh 

 C c 2 Pool, 



