Oxford.






The Life of R I C H A R D C A R E W
of Antonie Esq;

By HUGH C******* Esq;




RICHARD CAREW, the Celebrated Author of the Survey of Cornwall, was
born of an antient Family at East-Antonie (a), the Seat of his
Ancestors, in the Year 1555, if we may credit Mr. Wood (b). He was
the Son of Thomas Carew by Elizabeth Edgecumb, Daughter to Sir Richard
Edgecumb, a Gentleman says our Author (c), in whom Mildness and
Stoutness, Diffidence and Wisdom, Deliberateness of Undertaking, and
Sufficiency of Effecting, made a more commendable, than blazing
mixture of Vertue. He adds, that Sir Richard, at his fine House,
call'd to this day Mount-Edgecumb,

"during Queen Mary's Reign, entertain'd at one time
for some good space, the Admirals of the English,
Spanish, and Netherland Fleets, with many Noblemen
besides.