An Historical And Descriptive Account of the Town And Castle of Warwick And of the Neighbouring Spa of Leamington;
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273 Saline Springs noticed by Camden and other early Writers. the Priori/, at Warwich, and the present incumbent is the Rev. John Wise, of Lillington. The Saline Springs, for which ttis village is now «o greatly celebrated, have long been known to its inha^ bitantSj and to those of its immediate vicinity ; and they are also distinctly noticed by many of our earlier writere. Camden, in his Britannia, published about 1586, after having mentioned the name, and described the situation of Leamington..., adds, " Ubi Jons salsus ebullit.'' Speed, in the " Theatre of Great Britain" published in 1 596^ remarks, " at Leamington, so far from the sea, a spring of " salt water boileth up." Fuller, in his " History of the Worthies of Great Britain" published in 1662, observeSj with all his usual singularity of thought, ami quaintness of language — " At Leamington, two miles from " Warwick, there issue out, within a stride, of the womb " of the earth, two twin springs, as different in taste and *' operation, as Jacob and Esau in disposition ^ the one *' salt, the other fresh.
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