John Brition

The

BEAUTIES of WILTSHIRE,
displayed in

Statistical Historial & Descriptive()
Sketches

Illustrated by Views of

THE PRINCIPAL SEATS &c,
with Anecdotes of

The Mets

Lane

Stoner Se

LONDON,

Published by the Proprietors. April 2.1801,

(and Sold by Vernor & Hood, Poultry, I. Wheble, Warwick Square. and I Britton, N.18, Wilderness Row

THE

BEAUTIES

OF

WILTSHIRE,

DISPLAYED IN

STATISTICAL, HISTORICAL, AND DESCRIPTIVE

SKETCHES:

INTERSPERSED WITH

ANECDOTES OF THE ARTS.

VOL. I.

WILTSHIRE.

Hallow'd memento of the Druid age!
Whose mystic plains a Briton's awe engage,
Whose bleating flocks the ample downs o'erspread,
Where structures rude entomb the mighty dead!
Where bounteous Ceres hails the summer's morn,
And pours exhaustless treasures from her horn;
Where princely Domes, uprear'd by mimic art,
Enchant the eye, and gratify the heart! —
Faintly, O WILTS! my hand essays to trace
The magic splendors of thy varied face;
To snatch from Lethe's stream thy honor'd name,
And sketch thy BEAUTIES on the scroll of fame.

LONDON:

Printed by J. D. Dewick, Aldersgate-street,

FOR VERNOR AND HOOD, POULTRY; J. WHEBLE, WARWICK-

SQUARE; J. BRITTON, WILDERNESS-ROW;

And sold by all Booksellers in the United Kingdoms,

ΤΟ

THE EARL OF RADNOR.

MY LORD,

THE following descriptive sketches of Wiltshire are, with respectful deference, submitted to the public tribunal, under the sanction of your Lordship's name.

The motives which induced me to solicit such distinguished patronage originated in my knowledge of your Lordship's attention to the general interests of literature; in the important services which you have individually rendered to the capital of this county, and in the various improvements which your Lordship's truly patriotic exertions have been instrumental in promoting.

The polite and liberal manner with which you acceded to my request, enhanced the value