TheruinsofCarthage，ofthegreatcityofJerusalem，orofancientRome，arenotatallwonderfultome。TheruinsofNineveh，whicharesoentiretysunkasthatitisdoubtfulwherethecitystood；theruinsofBabylon，orthegreatPersepolis，andmanycapitalcities，whichtimeandthechangeofmonarchieshaveoverthrown，these，Isay，arenotatallwonderful，becausebeingthecapitalsofgreatandflourishingkingdoms，wherethosekingdomswereoverthrown，thecapitalcitiesnecessarilyfellwiththem；butforaprivatetown，aseaport，andatownofcommerce，todecay，asitwere，ofitselfforweneverreadofDunwichbeingplunderedorruinedbyanydisaster，atleast，notoflateyears；
this，Imustconfess，seemsowingtonothingbuttothefateofthings，bywhichweseethattowns，kings，countries，families，andpersons，havealltheirelevation，theirmedium，theirdeclination，andeventheirdestructioninthewomboftime，andthecourseofnature。Itistrue，thistownismanifestlydecayedbytheinvasionofthewaters，andasothertownsseemsufferersbythesea，orthetidewithdrawingfromtheirports，suchasOrford，justnownamed，WinchelseainKent，andthelike，sothistownis，asitwere，eatenupbythesea，asabove；andthestillencroachingoceanseemstothreatenitwithafatalimmersioninafewyearsmore。
YetDunwich，howeverruined，retainssomeshareoftrade，asparticularlyfortheshippingofbutter，cheese，andcorn，whichissogreatabusinessinthiscounty，thatitemploysagreatmanypeopleandshipsalso；andthisportliesrightagainsttheparticularpartofthecountyforbutter，asFramlingham，Halstead，etc。AlsoaverygreatquantityofcornisboughtuphereaboutfortheLondonmarket；forIshallstilltouchthatpointhowallthecountiesinEnglandcontributesomethingtowardsthesubsistenceofthegreatcityofLondon，ofwhichthebutterhereisaveryconsiderablearticle；asalsocoarsecheese，whichImentionedbefore，usedchieflyfortheking\'sships。
Hereaboutstheybegintotalkofherringsandthefishery；andwefindintheancientrecordsthatthistown，whichwasthenequaltoalargecity，paid，amongothertributetothegovernment，fiftythousandofherrings。Herealso，andatSwole，orSouthole，thenextseaport，theycurespratsinthesamemannerastheydoherringsatYarmouth；thatistosay，speakingintheirownlanguage，theymakeredsprats；ortospeakgoodEnglish，theymakespratsred。
Itisremarkablethatthistownisnowsomuchwashedawaybythesea，thatwhatlittletradetheyhaveiscarriedonbyWalderswick，alittletownnearSwole，thevesselscominginthere，becausetheruinsofDunwichmaketheshorethereunsafeanduneasytotheboats；fromwhencethenortherncoastingseamenarudeverseoftheirownusing，andIsupposeoftheirownmaking，asfollows，\"SwoulandDunwich，andWalderswick，Allgoinatonelousiecreek。\"