Deſcription of Cornwall.
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There are certain Peculiars, ſome appertaining to the Dignity of the Cathedral Church of Exeter, viz. St. Probus, St. Peran; and ſome to private Perſons; as Burian and Temple.
In the Time of Paganiſm, Cunedag built a Temple in Cornwall to Apollo; but where it ſtood is now uncertain.
Since it made Room for Chriſtianity, the following religious Houſes were erected.
- Priories, at St. Germains, Bodmin, Tiwardreth.
- Nunneries, at St. Martin.
- Frieries, at Launceſton, Truro, and Bodmin.
- Colleges, at Penrin, Crantock, and Burian.
- Hoſpitals, at Helſton.
At the planting of the Chriſtian Religion, Monaſteries, and Cathedral Churches were likewiſe founded, which ſerved as Seed Plots, or Nurſeries, for the Clergy to labour in. After this, about the Time of the laſt Conqueſt, the Country was ſorted, in a more orderly Manner, into Pariſhes,
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