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. liii. Chapter.

¶ Howe Seuer made a dike with a wall on it of turues and soddes, to kepe the Pightes and the Scottes from the Britons, ouertwharte the land, frō the east sea vnto y^e west sea.

BVt kyng Seuer hym droue w^t batayl sore Farre north vnto [beyonde.] the Scottishe sea, Wher thei abode & dwelled for[th] euermore, Betwene the [Scottishe sea] [Scottys so.] and Twede no lee; But some bookes saye[n] to Tyne in certayn [certaynte.] , And so is like, for Seuer there did make, [A dike and wall,] [a diche, a wall.] for [the] Scottes & Pightes sake,

¶ From Tymnouth [Tynmouth.] to Alclud his fayre citee, With turues & soddes, & wer theim [to againstand,] [agayn stode.] Where the water myght not the enemytee Kepe of [warre] from his trewe Britayn lande [blode.] , By fyfty myles accompte[d] I vnderstande [vnderstode.] , To the Weste sea, that was of greate Brytayn: [This wal, w^t dikes, Pightes & Scottes did refrein.] [This walle-diche Pictes and Scottys dide refrayne.]

¶ But kyng Fulgē of Pightes & Scottes again, [Fol. xlv.] With hoste full great [sieged Ebranke] [besieged Eboranke.] citee; Whiche Seuer rescowed, and was [ther was.] slayn, And Fulgen also for beten there did dye, [Receaued his guerdon for his tyrannye:] [And Scottes and Pictes to Scotlonde faste dide flee.] At Ebranke [Eboranke.] the kyng Seuer was buried, With victorie and honours glorified.

¶ Getan his sonne, a Romayne generate, [Getā king of Britain chosen by y^e Romayns.] The Romaynes then hastely did crowne: And Britons bloodde [bolde.] together congregate By hole assente [entente.] and playne eleccion, Bassyan chase without collucion [with shorte conclusioune.] ; For borne he was of the feminytee Of Britayn bloodde and consanguitee.

¶ This Bassian with Getan then did fight In great batayll, wher Getan so was slayn, To Bassian so discended all the right, [Bassian reygned vii. yere.] Of whcihe the Brytons all were full [than full.] fayn; Within. iiii. wekes was all this done full [still.] playn: But Bassian then his brother buried, And Romayns all on hepes mortifyed.

Bassian then was crouned kyng of Brytayn, Full well he helde the realme. vii. yere in peace, To tyme Caranse confedered hym agayn, With Scottes & Pightes vpō hym gon [gan.] encrease, All fugitiues, outlawes, to hym [came prease;] [gan prees.] For long he had a robber [been] by the sea, And richer was then any kyng myght bee.

By his manhode set all on [by grete.] roberye, Of lowe bloodde came, rysen by insolence; To soudyours he gaue wages full greatly, For to betraye the kyng, by diligence, He to the [be.] kyng so made by violence; Whiche promyse kepte, he slewe the kyng anone, In place wher as thei wer [with hym] [by theym.] alone.