. Delices de la Grande Bretagne . ^ Lit f ? * S^rt n ittit tilt-1 fy rtt/ ra iJ 1-1/ / .. • A//v/ , & riiTrntl *Sat ttte *-. ^^^Hlaxdeii The Remains of Seagate, at Winchelfea, Suflex, Through which is feen the Town of Rye. tfYTINCHELSEA was built in the reign of Edward the Firft, in confeouenceof a larger town of the fame name, of eighteen parifhes, two or three milesfouth-eaft of it, being fwallowed up by the fea, by which it was once almoft fur-rounded : but as the angry ocean hid in oblivion the other, fo it ha
. Delices de la Grande Bretagne . ^ Lit f ? * S^rt n ittit tilt-1 fy rtt/ ra iJ 1-1/ / .. • A//v/ , & riiTrntl *Sat ttte *-. ^^^Hlaxdeii The Remains of Seagate, at Winchelfea, Suflex, Through which is feen the Town of Rye. tfYTINCHELSEA was built in the reign of Edward the Firft, in confeouenceof a larger town of the fame name, of eighteen parifhes, two or three milesfouth-eaft of it, being fwallowed up by the fea, by which it was once almoft fur-rounded : but as the angry ocean hid in oblivion the other, fo it has withdrawn its aidfrom this, by its removal a mile from the place; by which means, its traffic being loft,it dwindled away from a principal fea-port to the mere fkeleton of a town; the chiefremains of which is this gate. The town of Rye is of the fame date; it is fituatedupon a clift of the fea, and has the largeft parifh-church in plate is the ftate of the ruin, as taken by Mr. Farrington, in the year CM 0 SJL IN C S3 J TZ, M o .-Z„.;,,.- )(.//. ,/^, ,„., ,,//...//..>; , , ,,/./:,.„,.,.. •IVblLOra ^byAV^ Cpv* Garden. Roflin Caftle. SITUATED five miles fouth-weft of Edinburgh. The time this caftle was builtis not certain, but it exifted about the year 1100: it ftands on a rock decoratedwith the richeft verdure, and almoft round which flows the river Elk, after forminga beautiful cataract down its fteep near the caftle; from whence it winds in luxuix)usftreams to the diftant lawns. The beauties of this place have infpired poets withpaftoral delight; one of whom, in a favourite fong (called Roflin Caftle), fpeaking ofit as the abode of rural felicity, writes thus : Twas in the feafon of the year, When all things gay and fweet appear, That Colin, with the morning ray, Arofe and fung his rural lay: K Of Nannys charms the fliepheid fung, The hills and dales with Nanny rung; Whi
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