Prolicionycion [sic]

¶ De famosis fluminibus Alfr ¶ Capitulum 46 /

THre famous Ryuers rennen thurgh brytayn by the which thre riuers marchaūtes of by yonde the see comē in shippes in to brytayn wel nygh out of al maner nacions & londes These thre riuers ben temse seuarn & humbre / the see ebbeth & flo∣weth atte mouthes of the thre riuers & departeth the thre prouin¦ces of the ylond as it were the thre kyngdoms a sondre· the thre partyes ben loegria Cambria & northumbria· that ben myddel en∣glond wales & northumberland. R / these name temse semeth made one name of two names of two riu{er}s that ben tame & yse. for the riu{er} tame renneth besides dorchestre & falleth in yse. therfor al the riuer fro the first hede vnto the eest see is named tamyse or temse Tamise begynneth besides tetbury that is thre myle by north mal¦mesbury / there temse springeth of a welle that renneth estward & passeth the fosse & departeth gloucetre shyre and wylshyre & dra¦weth with hym many other welles & stremes and wexth grete at grecestre & passeth forth than toward hampton & so forth by oxen¦ford by wallynford by redyng & by london W d. po / c. & atte hauen of sandwych it falleth in to the est see· and holdeth his name ·xl. mile beyonde london / & departed in som place kente & esex westsex & mercia that is as it were a grete dele of myddel englond. R / Seuarn is a / riuer of britain & is called habern in britons / & hath that name habren of habren that was estrildes doughter Gue¦delon the quene drenchid this habren therin therfore the Britons called the Ryuer Habren after the woman that was drowned thrinne. ¶ But by corrupte latyn it is called Sabrina Se∣uarn in englysshe Seuarn begynneth in the myddel of wales

And passith first toward the eest vnto shrowesbury / And then̄e torneth southward vnto brigge northe wyrcetre and Gloncetre & falleth in to the weste see besides bristow and departeth in somme pla••e Englond and wales· W / de pon / li· 4 / Seuarn is swyfte of streme· Fysshe craft is therin / wodenes of the swolewyng and of whyrlyng water casteth vp & gadrith to heepe grete hepes of gra¦uel / Seuarn ofte aryseth and ouerfloweth the bankes / R· Hum∣bre hath that name of humber kyng of hunes ffor he was drow∣ned therin· and renneth first a crookout of the southside of yorke ¶And thenne it departeth the prouynce of lyndeseye that longed somtyme to the merces from the other contrey northumberland / Trente and Ouse rennen in to humber and maken the Riuer ful grete Treuisa ¶ The merces were men as it were of myddel englond as it shal be sayd here after