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. vii. Chapiter.

¶ How Brute conquered Albyon & called it Britayne of his owne name, [The armis of Brute.] y^t now is England, Walis and Scotland; and the armes of Brute in whiche he was clade fyrste when he entred this ysle, after Genesis the Italyane Chronycler, were of gowlys. ii. lions crowne of golde, rampant and com∣battaunt.

AS chronycles telleth & make notificacyō, [Brutus.] Who so them wel shal know & vnderstand, Of what kynne [kynn's.] blode and generacyon Brutus firste came, that conquered all this lande, It to remember I haue nowe take on hande,

Through all olde stories by philosyphers cōpiled, In balade thus it shall be made and fyled.

¶ As out of olde feldes newe corne groweth eche yere, Of olde bokes, by clerkes newe approued, Olde knyghtes actes w^t mynstrelles tonge stere The newe corage of yonge knightes to be moued: Wherfore, me thinketh, old thinges shuld be loued, [Oute of old bokes cōmeth new wisedome.] Sith olde bokes [cunnynge.] maketh young wittes wise, Disposed well [with vertues] [to vertuous.] exercyse.

¶ At olde Adam therfore I wyll begyn, [Adam.] Who was, I fynde, the first olde creatur, Conueyng downe lynyally in kyn, As discent [They distente.] in byrth and in gendur [engendrure.] , Next vnto Brute, as mencion maketh [menciond hath.] scriptur: I shall reporte, as God wyll please [deyne.] to lede, My symple ghoost with language it to fede.

¶ For well I wote, without his supportacion, For [to reporte his veraye] [well to reporte this.] genealogie, Howe he by discent in all generacion, From Adam downe to Troyane auncetrye, Gotten and borne certeyne in Italye: Full herde it is, although I woulde full fayne, [The generacion of Brute.] So symple be my spyrites and my brayne.

¶ Of Adam whiche [so that.] was the fyrst creature, [Adam.] Came Seth forsothe, and Seth gat Enos than, [Seth.] And Enos gatte afterwarde full sure, [Enos.] A sonne that hight and called was Canayn, [Canayn.] Who gatte Melaliel, as scripture tell can, [Melaliel.] Who gatte Iareth, of whom Enoke came, [Iareth. Enoke.] That Matusaly gatte of mykill fame. [Matusale.]

¶ Matusale gatte Lameke, who Noe gatte, [Lamech.] And Noe Iaphet, who gatte Cichym than, [Noe. Iapheth. Cichym.] That Cipre gatte, after whom Cipres hatte, [Cipre. Crete.] Cipre gatte Crete, that the ysle of Crete began [A famouse and a ryght notable man.] [Wheryn nowe duelleth many a man.]

And Crete gatte a sonne hight [that hight.] Cely, [Fol. xi.] [Cely.] Who gatte Saturne a wyse man and a wittye. [Saturne.]

¶ Of whome came then Iubiter of Frigy, [Iubiter.] Whiche is Turky, wherin Troyes citee In honoure stode, and in great victorye; And Iubiter gate Dardanus no lee [Dardanus.] That of Frigy, in greate felicitee, So reygned kyng greatly magnifyed, [And as a god amonge theim glorifyed:] [Omitted. edit. alt.]

¶ Of whom came so his sonne Eritonus, [Eriotonus.] Who gatte a sonne that firste Troye edifyed, That Troilus [Troyus.] hight, of whome came kyng Ilis, [Troilus, Ilis.] That Ilyon made a palays of great pryde, [Ilyon.] Whiche for passyng other was both long & wyde; [Where Hercules slough kynge Lamadone, [Hercules.] And led awaye the royalles of the towne.] [

Roially wrought with stonys full preciouse, And kynge of Troie stode longe full gloriouse. This Ilus gote a sonne Lamedon, Who kynge of Troie wase roiall in that tide, Whan that Iason at Troie first evercion Caste doun Ilion the paleys of grete pride, And Troie destroied, that wase both longe and wide; Where Hercules slewe kynge Leamedon, And ledde awaie the roials of the town.

] [Lamadone.]

¶ Lamedone gatte the kyng Priamus, [Priamus.] Who made agayn his palays Ilion, And Troies citee also [als.] more glorious Then they were before their [the.] subuercion; And royall [roially.] without peruercion, In ioye and myrth they stode many a yere, [Achilles was Priamus brother.] And Achilles with hym his brother dere.