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The year before his death he was defirous of promoting a con- 

 fiderable embankment on the confines of Carnarvon, and Meri- 

 onethfhire q ; as appears by the following letter : ■ ; : 



-iit'd iOr^o&id ~ i • v».- r-i 'ji's^moo i Hib^^Mhiid (id Aft • > 

 44 Right worthee Sir, my good Couiyn, and' one of the 



" greate Honours of Veneration, 



wis * :'ft t . :^otq 0 'jilo stetf i7/:?{ I . 



44 I Underftand of a greate work that you have performed in 



Ci the Ifle of Wight, in gaininge two thoufand acres from the 



" fea : I may faie to you as the Jewes faid to (Thrift ; we have heard 



" of thy great workes done abroad, doe fomewhat in thine ow'ne 



44 Countrey. 



** There are two wayis in Merionythfhire whereon fome parte 

 44 of my living 1 lieth, called Traethmawr and Traethbychan, of 

 *' a greate extent of ground, and entringe into the fea by one 

 " Iffue, which ys not a mile broade at full fea and verie mallow : 

 44 the frefli currents that run into the fea, are both vehement 

 '*• and greate, and carrie with them much fand, befide the fou- 

 44 therly winde, which bloweth to the haven's mouth, carrieth 

 44 with it fosinuch fand that it hath overwhelmed a greate email- 

 44 title of the ground adjacent. There are alfo in the boarderinge 

 44 countreys abundance of wood, brum, and other materials fit to 

 " make mounts, to be had at a verie cheape rate, and eanlie 

 44 brought to the place, which I hear they do in Lincolnmire -to 

 *i repeil the fea. My fkill ys little, and my experience none at 

 44 all in fuch matters ; yet I ever had a defire to further my 

 " country in fuch anions as might be for their profit, and leave 

 " a remembrance of my endeavours ; but hindered with- other 

 44 matters, I have oneiie wifhed well, and done nothinge. 



i Engineers have lately made their reports in favour of this under- 

 raking j but hitherto no workmen have been employed. 



1 Anciently ufed for an ejlatc, thus, " I have a little living in this town." 



The London Prodigal, afcribed to Shakefpeare. 



44 Now 



