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.

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Title: 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.
Author: Dugdale, William, Sir, 1605-1686.
Publication: London :: Printed by Alice Warren,; 1662.
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CAP. IX. HOLSTEIN.

IN Holsatia likewise,* 1.1 about Dith∣marsh, and the tracts of Wilstar, and Crempen, consisting of Low grounds and subject to inundations; Iohannes A∣dolphus, Duke of Holstein, beginning in the year MDCx. by notable works, with∣in the compass of five years, s••cured ma∣ny thousand acres, & improved the lands above three hundred thousand Dollars: which being effected, he parcell'd them out by gift or sale unto his Subjects; re∣serving out of every portion, a Rent unto himself; Tantum territorii subditis & ami∣cis cessit, ea lege, ut vel aggeribus cinga∣tur, vel ab aquis intestinis liberetur, & hinc quotannis celsitudinis suae aerario, certus Ca∣non, pro quolibet * 1.2 demeto numeretur, as the learned Schoneveldeus q 1.3 reporteth.

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* 1.1

Holstein.

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* 1.2

Every d••••••∣tum contains 36 virgae in length, and 6 in bredth; and every Virga 16 foot.

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q 1.3

In Scithyolo∣gia. p. 47.

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