and chiefly of Great Britain, engaged him to attempt a Description
of Cornwall; as it is natural to every Man to have a particular
Fondness for his native Country:

Nescio qua natale solum dulcedine cunctos
Ducit & immemores non finit esse sui.

This he only undertook for his private Satisfaction and Entertainment;
but was afterwards prevail'd upon by his Friends to publish it, as we
shall see anon. Mr. Camden, who had seen it, and was an excellent
Judge in those Matters, thought himself obliged to do justice both to
the Author and his Performance, in the first Edition of his Britannia,
printed in the Year 1586:

"But these Matters" (says he, at the end of his Account
of Cornwall) " will be laid open more distinctly and
fully, by Richard Carew of Antonie, a Person no less
eminent for his honourable Ancestors, than his own
Virtue and Learning, who is writing a Description of
this Country, not in little, but at large."

Sed haec planius & plenius docebit Richardus Carew
de Antonie, non minus generis splendore, quam virtute &
doctrina nobilis; qui hujus regionis descriptionem
latiore specie, & non ad tenue elimat (D).

Our Author's Knowledge in the Laws, his Love for Justice and Equity,
and his Affection to the Government, rais'd him to all the Posts of
Honour, that are consistent with a Country Life. Mr. Wood assures
us (E), that he was made Justice of the Peace in 1581, High-Sheriff