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. xlv. Chapiter.

TEmancius, his neuewe then full faire, [Temancius reygned. xvii. yere.] Kyng Luds sonne [son of kynge Lud.] , y^t duke was of Cornewayle, With diademe was crowned as ryght heire, Of all Britayne had the [all the.] gouernalle; Who kepte the lande, in his tyme, by good gouernalle [counsayle.] , Full. xvii. yere; to his God then wente, Buryed full fayre, as to suche a prynce appente.

¶ Kymbalayne so was, his sonne and heyre, Noryshed at Rome, instructe with [in.] cheualre, That knyght was made, with honour great & fayer, [Kymbelyne.] By Octauyan, reigning then enterly, Emperour [then of Romes great] [of Rome the myghty.] monerchy: In whose tyme was both peace and all concorde Through all y^e worlde, and borne was Christ oure Lorde.

This Kinbelyne reigned fully. x. yere, And ruled this lande in lawe and peace full well, And dyed then, as sayth the chronycler, That ilke same yere that Christe was [borne w^t zele,] [bore with sele.] [Of his mother a mayden fayre and wele,] [In Bethleem of Marie the maiden so clere.] For christen folke by grace then [theym.] to redeme From payne [the payne.] of hell to blysse, as clerkes deme.

¶ From tyme y^e worlde firste was begoonne and made, Vnto the tyme of Christes natiuytee, Accompted ere [were. edit. alt. been. MS.] through Christendom full brade, Fyue. M. yere. ix. score and. xix. bee [Or Goddes sonne cam man for to bee;] [In bokes wretyn of olde antiquyte.] As Orosius, the discyple of Austyne, In this writyng so [as he coulde] [couth it.] determyne.

¶ Guyder [Gwider.] , his sonne and heyre, full corageous [Guyder reigned. xliiii. yere.] [Fol. xxxix.] That crowned was, nd kyng of excellence, The trybute which the Romayns had [claymed.] of vs, [Denied then,] [He denyed.] and made greate resystens, With [great trouble and manly violence,] [his Britons and theire manly defence.] Vnto the tyme that he had reygned clere In Bretayne by. iiii. And fourty yere.

¶ In whiche yere then the Emperour Claudius, At Caire Peers [Caier Peris.] , that nowe Porchestre hight, [Arryued a] [Arofe to.] lande, with people full corageous; [He closed the gates afore] [assawte that tovn.] with [with full.] mykyll myght, And [the cytee assauted both] [it seged both be.] daye and nyght, The cytezens to famyshe and conquer [to conquer.] , His name in armes and honour to proffer [prefere.] .

¶ But king Guider [Gwider.] fought there w^t themperour, And slewe men [his men.] on euery syde aboute, Rescowyd the towne as very protectour, And made [caused.] hym [to] fle, were he neuer so stoute; But one Hamon rode faste into the route, Hauyng on him the Britains sygne of warre, Who, in the prees, slewe the kyng Guyder [Gwiderre.] .