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Thomas her eldest sonne, repayred this losse, in part, by matching
with one of Carminowes, daughters and heires.

From Nicholas, is descended Carew of Haccumb, who by vertue of
this entayle, succeeded also to Hughs portion, as deceasing
issuelesse.  From William is come Carew of Crocum in Somerset shire,
and from Iohn Vere, the now Earle of Oxford, deriueth his pedigree.
Alexander maried Elizabeth the daughter of Hatch, and begate Iohn,
who tooke to wife Thamesin, one of the daughters and heires of
Holland: their sonne Sir Wymond, espoused Martha, the daughter of
Edmund, and sister to Sir Anthony Denny.  Sir Wymond had Thomas,
the husband of Elizabeth Edgecumb, and they myselfe, linked in
matrimony with Iulian, daughter to Iohn Arundel of Trerice, and
one of the heires to her mother Catherine Cosewarth, who hath
made me father of Richard, lately wedded to Briget, daughter of
Iohn Chudleigh of Ashton in Deuon.

Touching our stock in generall, and my family in particular,
being once vainly disposed (I would it had bene but once) I made
this idle obseruation.


    CArew of ancient Carru was,
      And Carru is a plowe,
    Romanes the trade, Frenchmen the word,
      I doe the name auowe.
    The elder stock, and we a braunch,
      At Phoebes gouerning.

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    From fire to sonne, doe waxe and wane,
      By thrift and lauishing.
    The fire, not valuing at due price
      His wealth, it throwes away:
    The sonne, by seruice or by match,
      Repaireth this decay.
    The smelling fence we sundry want,
      But want it without lack:
    For t'is no sense, to wish a weale,
      That brings a greater wrack.
    Through natures marke, we owne our babes,
      By tip of th' upper lip;
    Black-bearded all the race, saue mine,
      Wrong dide by mothership.
    The Barons wife, Arch-deacons heire,
      Vnto her yonger sonne
    Gaue Antony, which downe to me,
      By 4. descents hath runne.
    All which, and all their wiues, exprest
      A Turtles single loue,
    And neuer did tha'duentrous change,
      Of double wedding proue.
    We are the fist: to swarue herefrom,
      I will not though I could,
    As for my wife, God may dispose,
      Shee shall not, though she would.
    Our family transplants it selfe,
      To grow in other shires,
    And Countrey rather makes then takes,
      As best behoofe appeares.
    Children thrice three God hath vs lent,
      Two sonnes, and then a mayd,
    By order borne, of which, one third
      We in the graue haue layd.
    Our eldest daughter widow fell,
      Before our yongest borne:
    So doe hard haps vnlooked come,
      So are our hopes forlorne.
    Mine trebled haue in either sexe,
      Those which my parents got,
    And yet but halfed them, which God
      My graundsire did allot:
    Whose grace in Court, rarely obtayned,
      To th'yongst of those eighteene,
    Three Kings of England Godfathers,
      For Godmother, our Queene.

The Armes of our family, are Or. 3. Lyons passant, sable: armed and
Langued Gules.

It exceedeth good maners, to inuite your longer stay at our cold
harbour; and  yet, for that diuers strangers haue, either vpon cause
or kindnesse, pretended to like well of a saltwater pond there made;
and others, whose dwelling affoordeth a semblable oportunity,
may (perhaps) take some light herefrom, to doe the like: if they
be so disposed, I will put my selfe to the payne of particularly
describing it, and you may (notwithstanding) at your pleasure,
saue the labour of perusing it; wherein I will by the way interlace
some notes, for the Imitaters better instruction.

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