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The Scituacion, Foundation, and auncient Names of the famous Towne of Sallop, not inferiour to manie Citties in this Realme, for Antiquitie, godlie Goverment, good Orders and Wealth. The Lord so continue yt, to his good pleasure and theire good. Amen. By Oliver Mathews, gen. Julie 1616.

HIS most auncient and famous Towne was first fownded by the noble and victorious kinge of Brutaines, Dyffenwall Moell myd, whom the Romanes, Saxons, Normanes and Danes called Mulmutius Dunwallo. The which Fowndation was first begonne abouts 669. yeres after Brutus first entraunce into Brutaine, which before was called Albion, anno mundi 3525. before the Incarnation of our Savioure Christe 438. This most noble kinge, Dyffenwall Moell myd, made the Castle there, and the North Gate, and a Wall from the Castle to Seaverne, and also from the Castle to Seaverne on the North side, leavinge Seaverne to be a Wall and a Defence to the Towne round abouts, savinge the Wall before mentioned, and called the Towne by her first Name Caer Odder yn hafren which is, by enterpretation, the Cittie or the Towne of fallinge or slydinge ground within the wombe of Seaverne. Which most famous river, beinge the second navigable river in the realme of Brutaine, descendeth or beginneth out of the highe and pleasaunt hill Plimhimon or Plimonia, with her twoe Sisters, cominge from the said Hill, Gowe or Wy and Ryndiocke or Ryed wely. Seaverne descendinge, as aforesaide, from ^[1]Plimhimnon, beinge in the furthest part of Mountgomery shire adjoyninge to Cardigan shire and Merioneth shire, cometh to Arnstlie,

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