[Footnote 7: Camidge, Wm., "Ye Olde Streete of Pavement," York, c.

1893.]

[Footnote 8: Davies, R., "Walks through the City of York," 1880, page 247.]

[Footnote 9: cf. "Spadacrene Anglica," page 125.]

[Footnote 10: "Spadacrene Anglica," page 92.]

[Footnote 11: "Pedigrees of the County Families of Yorkshire," Joseph Foster, 1874, Vol. 1 (West Riding).]

[Footnote 12: E. Hargrove, "The History of the Castle, Town, and Forest of Knaresbrough, with Harrogate and its medicinal Springs." 2nd. ed., 1775, page 45. I have not seen the 1769 ed.]

[Footnote 13: Thomas Short, M.D. "The Natural Experimental and Medicinal History of the Mineral Waters, etc." 1734, page 238.]

[Footnote 14: Grainge, W., "Memoir of the Life of Sir Wm. Slingsby."

1862. Page 16.]

[Footnote 15: "Athenae Oxoniensis," ed. by P. Bliss, 1815, vol. 2, 174, footnote by Rev. Joseph Hunter. Dictionary of Nat. Biography, 1886, vol.

VI. "Dr. Timothy Bright, Some Troubles of an Elizabethan Rector," by Rev. H. Armstrong Hall, 1905, in vol. xv; and "The History of the Parish of Barwick in Elmet," by F.S. Colman, M.A., Rector, 1908, in vol. xvii of the Publications of the Th.o.r.esby Society. "William Shakespeare and Timothy Bright," by M. Levy, 1910. "Timothe Bright, Doctor of Physicke, A Memoir of the Father of Shorthand," 1911, by W.J. Carlton. His Will is published in "Yorkshire Archaeological Journal," 1902, vol 17.]

[Footnote 16: "A Treatise: wherein is declared the sufficiencie of English Medicines for the cure of all diseases cured with medicine,"

T.B. 1580.

"Hygieina, id est de sanitate tuenda, Medicinae Pars prima." 1581.

"Medicinae Therapeutiae pars: de dyscrasia corporis humani." 1583.

"Therapeutica, hoc est de sanitate rest.i.tuenda. Medicinae Pars altera."

"In Physimam G.A. Scribonii Animadversiones." 1584.

"A Treatise of Melancholie. Containing the causes thereof, & reasons of the strange effects it worketh in our mindes and bodies, with the phisicke, cure, and spirituall consolation for such as have therto adjoyned an afflicted conscience, etc." 1586.

"Characterie, an Arte of shorte, swifte and secrete Writing by Character. Invented by Timothe Bright, Doctor of Physike." 1588.

"An Abridgement of the Book of Acts and Monumentes of the Church." 1589.

Better known as "Foxe's Book of the Martyrs."]

[Footnote 17: E. Hargrove, "The History of Knaresbrough." 2nd ed., 1775, page 45.]

[Footnote 18: W. Wheatear, "A Guide to and History of Harrogate," 1890, page 58.]

[Footnote 19: Thomas Short, M.D., "History of Mineral Water," 1734, page 243.]

[Ill.u.s.tration: TUEWHIT WELL THE ENGLISH SPAW FOUNTAIN 1571]

[Ill.u.s.tration: Original t.i.tle page of Deane's ma.n.u.script.]

Spadacrene Anglica.

OR, THE ENGLISH SPAWFOVNTAINE.

Being A BRIEFE TREATISE of the acide, or tart Fountaine in the Forest of _Knaresborow_, in the West-Riding of _Yorkshire_.

As also a Relation of other medicinall Waters in the said Forest.

BY _Edmund Deane_, D^r. in Physicke, _Oxon_. dwelling in the City of YORKE.

_LONDON_, Printed for _John Grismand_: and are to be sold by _Richard Foster_, neere the Minster-gate in _Yorke_. 1626.

THE EPISTLE

TO

THE PHYSITIANS OF YORKE.

_Though it was my fortune first of all to set a new edge on this businesse; yet my journeyes to this Fountaine have not been made without your good companies and a.s.sociation, nor the severall tryals had there, and at home, performed without your worthy helpes and a.s.sistance; nor this little Treatise begun without your instigations and incitements.

Therefore I find none so fit and meet to patronize it, as your_ selves: being able out of your owne knowledge and observation to defend it against all malicious detractions. To extoll it above the_ Germaine Spaw, _may be thought in me either indiscretion, or too much partiality; but why I may not parallele them (being in natures and qualities so agreeable) nor I, nor you (I suppose) know any inducing, much lesse perswading argument. Wherefore being thus confident, I thought it no part of our duties, either to G.o.d, our King, or Country, to conceale so great a benefit, as may thereby arise and accrue not onely unto this whole Kingdome and his Majesties loving subjects, but also in time (after further notice taken of it) to other foraigne nations and countries, who may perhaps with more benefit, lesse hazard and danger of their lives, spoiling and robbing, better partake of this our_ English Spaw _Fountaine, then of those in_ Germanie.

_It were to be wished, that those two famous Physitians, Dr._ Hunton _and Dr._ Bright _had beene yet living, to_ _have given testimony of the great good hopes and expectation they conceived of it. The former of which did oftentimes request me to publish it to the world: and the other was resolved (in case hee had longer lived) to have done it himselfe. So carefull were they both to promote their countries good, and studious to procure the health of their Countrimen._

_I am as briefe and plaine, as possibly I may, to the end the Reader may not be wearied, nor the patient deluded; and, if for these causes I may seem to bee censured, yet I am well a.s.sured, that to your selves brevity and perspicuity cannot, but bee acceptable. So wishing you all happinesse, I shall ever rest and remaine_

From my house in _Yorke_, this 20th. of April, 1626.

Your a.s.sured friend, _Edm; Deane_.

The English Spaw.

_CHAP_. 1.

_=Of the situation of the Towne of_ Knaresborow.=