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what ifHilchief and execution it could, the Romanshrought 
their Army nearer, and with whole Legions of Captive 
Britains chopp'd and cut down moft of the Trees, that 
were yet left ftanding, leaving only here and there fome 
great ones untouched, as monuments of their fury, and 
unneedful of their labour ^ which being deftitute of the 
fbpport of the Under-Wood, and of their neighbouring 
Trees, wereeafily overturned by ftrong Winds, All which 
Trees falling crofs the Pvivers that formerly ran through 
this Low Country, foon damm'd up the fame, turned it 
into a great Lake, and gave Origin to the great Turf 
Mores that are here, by the Girations and Workings of 
the Waters,the Precipitation therefrom of Terreftrial Matter, 
the Confumpation and Putrifaftipn of Rotten Boughs 
and Branches, and the vaft increafe of thick Water Mofs, 
which wonder^lly fiourifhes, and grows upon fuch rotten 
grounds* Which even now fince the Drainage, and fince 
that the Country is laid dry for many Miles round about, 
yet for all that, are, fo furgid with Water, and fo foft and 
rotten, that they will fcarce bear Men to walk upon. 
Hence it is, that old Roman Coins, old Roman Ax-heads, 
&c. have been found by thofe Roots, and Trees that lye 
at the bottom of thefe Mores and Levels. 
Hence it is, that in all thefe Grounds are found great 
numbers of Trees that are burnt, fome intwo^ and fome 
length ways, others Hewn and Chopp'd. 
Hence it is, that they lye by their own proper Roots 
with their tops North Eaft. 
Hence it is that fome of the greateft Trees are found with 
their Roots on, and others as they have laid all along have 
had branches growing out of their fides, unto the thicknefs 
and height of confiderable Trees. 
Hence it is that both the Clay and More Soyl of the 
Country is in fome places 2 or 3 yards higher than it was 
formerly, by the growing up of the lame, and the daily 
Warp that the Rivers continually caft thereon^ &c. 
But 
