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Territories with inestimable treasure, by following his example in all drowned and deserted Works; And because we find he hath no more desire to
Partnership than the assistance of Providence, and your Highness patronising this his commendable Enterprise, nor any other ambition then gratitude to the memory of that great Philosopher, his deceased Master, the Lord Chancellor Bacon, and to make our Age the president and honor of fulfilling the old proverb, Hingston-Down welly wrought, is worth London-Town dearey bought.
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He was also interested in 'some of the Mynes Royall in
Cornwall,' and particularly in Hingston Down, in order to obtain a verification of the old proverb:—Hingston Down well y-wrought, / Is worth London Town dear y-bought." And, "The only probable means to enrich these Western parts, and your other
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335:'Hingston Down, well wrought, / Is worth London, dear bought.' So runs the ancient rhyme. It has been 'well wrought,' not yet perhaps to the value indicated above, and now its scarred sides are deserted; but perhaps another instalment of London's ransom may yet be mined out of it.
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Hengston-down, well ywrought, / Is worth London-town dear ybought. Hengston-down was supposed not only to be extremely rich in tin, but also to have in its bowels
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254:. London: T. Bensley. p. 272.
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