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,£ The CaufTes be thefe ; Firft the Wood cutt doun 
<c was never copifid, and this hath beene a great Caufe 
“ of Deftru&ion of Wood thorough Wales. Secondly 
“ after cutting doun of Wooddys the Gottys hath 
“ fo bytren the young Spring that it never grew but 
“ lyke Sbrubbes. Third del y Men for the nonys de- 
<c ftroied the great Woddis that thei fhuld not harborow 
“ Theves. 
“ F om Whitchirch a Mile and a hilf of I cam by the p> 
c ' Pale of the ] rge Parke of Blazer longging to the 
a Erie of Sbrevsbiri, wherin is a very fair Place or Loge„ 
“ The Park oath both redde Dere and fa low. In the 
(c Park (as I hard fay) be iii. faire Poles, of the wich 
“ I law by the Pale the largeft caullid ;Blakei/i, wherof 
the Park is namid. 
“ It is to be funpofid that thes Pooles for the moft - 
<c part in Morifch Groundes, and lying fumwh'at in 
u low Groundes dreime the modi Places about them, 
u and fo having no Place to iflbe owt ftagne there. 
“ Sum be likeiyhod have begon of Marie Pittes; For 
“ the Sandy Grounde of fum Partes of Sbropjhire, and 
“ efpecially of Chejtr.ejhire and Lane afire (hire, wiile no£ - 
“ bere Corne plentifully but ir be merly'd. 
u From Blxfemere to Byhlem in a Foffe iii. Miles of Sand 
“ hard by Cholweley. fir ft I faw the great ntimbre of r? 
« pi 
^re- Trees, the wiche the Xnhabitantes thereby 
“ communely digge up for Fier Wood, but then did 
“ I fe no Fyrre Trees grouing. Oftentimes in diggim 
“ in this Moffe or More for Petes or Turves they finds 
“ the hole Trees of the firft, fum (hart and fum veri 
“ long, without Twike or Bow-, lying futntime not, a 
u Foote, fumtime iii. or iiii. Foote depe in the Ground,* 
<( but how or when thes Trees cam doune other be 
“ Gutting or Wind Faulle no Manee ther can telle. 
44 The Wood of them in Burning . favorith of He- 
“ fine. - 
