The history of imbanking and drayning of divers fenns and marshes, both in forein parts and in this kingdom, and of the improvements thereby extracted from records, manuscripts, and other authentick testimonies / by William Dugdale.

Sect. 6. The Fucine Lake.

Nor is it a little to be admired, what labour and costs the Romans bestowed in endeavours of this kind; it being testi∣fied p 1.1 of the Emperour Claudius, that he imployed no lesse than thirty thousand men, for the space of eleven years, with∣out intermission, for drayning of the great Fucine q 1.2 Lake, in Italy: who digg'd for that purpose, a Chanel of three miles in length; whereof part was cut through a Mountain; yet did not ac∣complish the work. Which failing•• no whit deterred posterity for making Father attempts therein: For it appears, r 1.3 that Plinie described to the Emperour Trajan, how it might be perfected. What he did thereupon I find not; for it was his successor Adrian that finisht † 1.4 it.

Notes

• p 1.1

  〈◊〉〈◊〉 in vi••â Cl••ud••i cap. 20.
• q 1.2

  Nov. ••word de C••lan••.
• r 1.3

  C. P••in. Ep. l. x. 69. n.
• † 1.4

  〈…〉〈…〉 Sp••r••. d•• Ad iano C••. in hist. Augu••t. Paris. aedita anno 1620.