The chronicle of Iohn Hardyng. Containing an account of public transactions from the earliest period of English history to the beginning of the reign of King Edward the Fourth. Together with the continuation by Richard Grafton, to the thirty fourth year of King Henry the Eighth. The former part collated with two manuscripts of the author's own time; the last, with Grafton's duplicate edition. To which are added a biographical and literary preface, and an index, by Henry Ellis.

The. xliiii. Chapiter.

¶ Howe Iulius Caesar came agayne to Britayne the thyrde tyme, & accorded with the kyng, and had truage of hym.

PVrposed fully on theim to bee auenged, For whiche thei sent anone to Iulius, And prayed [praied hym.] to come his right y^t he had chalēged. To clayme it hole, thei wrote [hym right] [unto hym.] thus, Thei should hym helpe with people plenteous. Through whose councell ful gladly then he came, At Douer arryued [rofe.] with mykeil ioye and game.

¶ Where then the kyng Cassybalayn he met, And fought full sore, where that Androgeus Out of a woode on Cassibalayn set, And to a mounte hym droaue, where [that] Iulius [And he hym sieged [hym beseged.] ] again [agayn he.] full coragious. [He] fought full sore, with [all] manly defence [resistence.] , All nyght [afore, by myghty resistence.] [after by watche and grete defence.]

¶ But some [after soone.] , for drede fo famyshement, He treated with the duke Androgeus, To paye his tribute to Roome in good entent, And to amende all thynges greuous, With all his might and [hertes beneuolence.] [herte benevolous.]

Androgeus to all this did assente, And made Iulius to this fully consent.

¶ This truage was. iii. M. li. well payde Eche yere to Rome, of siluer good and fyne; These princes thus accorded wer and daied In peace and reste; and Iulius went fro heyne [hyne.] To warre vpon Pompey, y^t nought wold enclyne To Romys senate, after [afore.] that Iulius Hym had conquered by [warre full fortuous.] [were fortunous. Fortunuous. MS. edit. alt.]

¶ With whome then went the duke Androgeus, [Fol. xxxvliii.] And in Britayne no lenger wolde abyde; He lefte his brother, duke Tennancius, In Britayne with Cassybalyn [Cassibelayne.] that tyde, [And so to Rome with Iulius dyd ryde:] [Who afterwarde Engelonde gouerned so wide.] But Neminus, brother of Cassybalayne, Full manly fought on [with.] Iulius tymes tweyne.

¶ With strokes sore ayther on other bette, But [at the laste this prynce syr] [at laste this grete prince.] Iulius, Crosea [Crosea.] mors, his swerde, in shelde [the shelde.] sette Of the manly worthy sir Neminus; [Whiche, of manly force and myght vigoros,] [To haue him slayne in his grete furious.] The [whiche.] swearde he brought away oute of the felde, As Iulius it [set faste] [faste sett bade.] in his shelde.

¶ Through which stroke [strokes.] sir Neminus then died, And buried was at [the North gate,] [North-west gate.] certayne, Of London then, where nowe is [Scotlande] edified, [London, cytee royall of all Britayne.] [A yate roiall of all citese in Britayne.] [Thus this worthy knyght in his graue befayne,] [Por whome was made grete sorowe not to layne.] Crosea [Crocea.] mors, his swearde layde by his syde, Whiche he [brought from] [by strenght toke fro.] Iulius that tyde.

¶ After whiche accorded [accorde. edit. alt. this accorde, MS.] , this kyng Cassybalayn Reigned fully in Britayne then. vii. yere,

Payeng [trybute to Rome alwaye] [a tribute for ever to Rome.] certayne, Rulyng his lande in lawe and peace full clere: And reygned had, in all, full thyrtye yere, And foure aboue, vnto his god so yede; Buryed at Ebranke w^t all knyghtly [manner.] worthihede.