ENGOVLMOIS.* 1.1
BOunded vpon the North with Poictou; vpon the West with Xaintoinge; vpon the South with Perigort; & vpon the East with Limousin. It con∣taineth 24 French leagues in length, & in breadth some. 15. leagues; affording plenty of very excellent, and perfect wines. Chiefer townes are Coignac vpon the riuer Charente. Chasteau-neuf, vpon the Charente, nere to Xain∣toigne,* 1.2 and Poictou. Angolesme (Ciuitas Etolisnensium of Antoni∣nus,) a Bishops sea, Seneschaussee, and the chiefe towne, vpon the river Cha∣rente, and the coing of a spacious plaine, descending in a banke, or moun∣taine, with whose steepe, & headlong rockes (wherewith the wals are almost round environed) and a double trench'd castle towards the plaine, it is strong¦ly fenced, and secured. One of the gates yet beareth the name of Chande from from the Lord Iohn Chandois, sometimes Seneschal of the country vnder the English, by whom it was built. Roche-Foucat vpon the Charente. Villebois. Marevil. Engoulmois anciently were the Etolisnenses of Anto∣ninus. To the accompt hereof Merula addeth le pais d' Aulniz; which is a little country lying betwixt this, and Xaintoinge.