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English-French Library Carew, Richard, 1555-1620 - The Survey of Cornwall

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         Deo gloria: mihi gratia. 1602. April. 23.








              The Table of the first Booke.

                                             | Accidents.
                    | generall, in the first | Elements.
The Suruey of       | booke, reporting her   | Inhabitants.
Cornwal contai-     |
neth  a description | Special,in the 2.book, | Topographical,
                    | containing matters     | Historicall.


Accidents, wherein are deliuered the name & shape.   Fol. 1.
Climat.                                                   2.
The quantitie, length and breadth.                     ibid.
Borders.                                               ibid.
Commodities of the situation.                             3.
Discommodities.                                           4.
Temperature.                                              5.


                      Elements.

Earth aboue, forme, qualitie.                             5.
Things of life, growing, and feeling.
Earth vnder, Mynerals.                                    6.
Precious, Diamonds, Pearle, and Agats.                    7.
Water fresh, springs, riuers, ponds.                     26.
Therein the fish.                                        28.
The taking.                                              30.
Sea, things liuelesse: liuing, fish, foule.


              Things of life, growing.

Mats.                                                    18.
Hearbs.                                                  19.
Corne,     | dressing.                                 ibid.
           | kindes.                                     20.
Trees for fruit.                                       ibid.
Fewel, timber.                                           21.


              Things of life, feeling.

Wormes.                                                  21.
         | Venery.                                       22.
Beasts,  | meat.                                         23.
         | vse.                                          24.
Birds.                                                 ibid.


                    Minerals.

Stones for walling, windowes, couering, pauing, ;yme.     6.
Mettals : Tynne :                                         7.
Copper.                                                   6.
Siluer and Gold.                                          7.


                   Tynne-works.

Kindes, finding.                                          8.
Colour, bignesse.                                        10.
                                  | Aduentures.        ibid.
Working, expressing the persons : | Captaine.          ibid.
                                  | Labourers.         ibid.
Maner, tooles.                                         ibid.
Loose earth, rockes.                                     11.
Conueyance by water, engines, Addits.                  ibid.


                  Tynne-dressing.

Breaking, stamping, drying, crazing, washing.          ibid.
Blowing.                                                 12.


                   Iurisdiction.

Charter.                                                 16.
Officers supreme : L. Warden, Vice-warden.               17.
Inferior: Stewards, Gaylour.                             18.
Iuries: great, petty.                                  ibid.
Witnesses.                                             ibid.


                     Orders.

Sharing.                                                 12.
Places: Wastrel, Seuerall.                               13.
Bounds, doales, measure.                               ibid.

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