Norfolk and Suffolk near; so named of the sites,
Adorned every way with wonderful delights

To the beholding eye, that every where are seen,
Abounding with rich fields, and pastures fresh and green;
Fair habens to their shores; large heaths within them lie,
As Bature in them strobe to shew variety.

Drayton.

NORWICH:

PRINTED BY AND FOR JOHN STACY.

LONDON:

SOLD BY LONGMAN, REES, ORME, BROWN, AND GREEN.

MDCCCXXIX.

ENTERED AT STATIONERS' HALL.

"THE collection before us abounds with a vast mass of multifarious matter, often valuable, important, and curious. In description and biography the book is particularly copious, and the articles have the discriminative minuteness of passports. Upon the whole, the subscribers ought to be well satisfied, for the work, as strong and stout as a porter or pedlar, carries a large pack of goods, and leaves it behind with the purchasers upon exceedingly cheap terms.” -Gentleman's Magazine.

"It is the Fate of COUNTY HISTORIES, more than any others, to meet violent attacks at their first appearance. One man's place is not said enough of, his neighbour's too much, such a thing contradicts the tradition of one's grandfather, &c. &c.-—If Job, in addition to his other plagues, had been appointed a COUNTY HISTORIAN, I doubt whether his patience would have stood the trial; he had indeed to encounter the Devil, and the Devil, I find by experience, is a powerful antagonist, but Satan treated him like a gentleman."-Vide DR. BENNET'S LETTER to REV. R. POLWHELE.