. A history of the town and parish of Nantwich, or Wich-Malbank, in the county palatine of Chester. nder seeme to vewe,Dothe Hue vntill a thousande yeares bee ronne: Then makes a pile : which, when with Sonne it burnesShee flies therein, and so to ashes turnes. NANTWICH. Whereof, behoulde, an other Phoenix rare,With speede dothe rise most beautifull and faire:And thoughe for truthe, this manie doe declare,Yet thereunto, I meane not for to sweare, Althoughe I knowe that Aucthors witnes trueWhat here I write, bothe of the oulde, and newe. Which when I wayed, the newe, and eke the oulde,I thought
. A history of the town and parish of Nantwich, or Wich-Malbank, in the county palatine of Chester. nder seeme to vewe,Dothe Hue vntill a thousande yeares bee ronne: Then makes a pile : which, when with Sonne it burnesShee flies therein, and so to ashes turnes. NANTWICH. Whereof, behoulde, an other Phoenix rare,With speede dothe rise most beautifull and faire:And thoughe for truthe, this manie doe declare,Yet thereunto, I meane not for to sweare, Althoughe I knowe that Aucthors witnes trueWhat here I write, bothe of the oulde, and newe. Which when I wayed, the newe, and eke the oulde,I thought vppon youre towne destroyed with fire:And did in minde, the newe Nampwiche behoulde,A speiftacle for anie mans desire: Whose buildinges braue, where cinders weare but represente (me thought) the Phoenix fate. And as the oulde, was manie hundreth yeares A towne of fame, before it felt that crosse: Euen soe, (I hope) this Wiche, that nowe appeares, A Phoenix age shall laste, and knowe no losse: Which God vouchsafe, who make you thankfull, all:That see this rise, and sawe the other OLD HOUSES. YEARS OF SCARCITY. Historical )
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