Fabyans cronycle newly prynted, wyth the cronycle, actes, and dedes done in the tyme of the reygne of the moste excellent prynce kynge Henry the vii. father vnto our most drad souerayne lord kynge Henry the .viii. To whom be all honour, reuere[n]ce, and ioyfull contynaunce of his prosperous reygne, to the pleasure of god and weale of this his realme amen

THE .XVII. CHAPITER.

CUnedagius and Marganus neuewes as before is sayde, of Cordeilla, departyd this lande of Brytayne betwene them, in the yere of the worlde .iiii. thousand .iiii. hun¦dred and .iii. That is to wyt the coū¦trey ouer and beyond Humber fyll to Margan towarde Catenessey: and the other parte of the lande towarde weste as reherseth Gaufride, fyll to Cunedagius.

After two yeres were ronne & en∣ded / some euyll dysposyd came vnto Margan, and sayde, that to hym yt was great reproche and dyshonour (consyderynge that he was comen of Gonorilla the elder suster, & of Ma¦glaunus her husbande / & Cunedag was descended of Ragan the yonger and Hemnius her husbande) that he had not y^e rule of all y^e land: to which sedycyous {per}sons Margan gyuynge credence, was supprysed with pryde and couetyse / and anon by theyr coū¦sayle assembled a great hoste & made warre vpon his sayde brother / bren∣nynge and destroyeng his land with out mercy. wherof Cunedag beynge ware, in all hast gaderyd his people: & after certayne message sent to hym of the reconcylyacyon / seynge there was no peace to be made, but by the iudgement of batayll, he mette wyth his brother in playne felde: where y^e goddes were to hym so fauourable, that he slewe myche of the people of

his brother, and cōpellyd hym to fle. After whyche vyctory thus had, he pursued Margan from coūtre to coū¦tre, tyll he came wythin the countre or prouynce of Cambria or walys: in the whyche coūtre the sayde Mar¦gan gaue one other batayll vnto his brother Cunedag: but for he was farre the weker, he there was ouerco¦men and slayne in the felde. whyche felde or coūtre, where the sayd Mar¦gan fought & was slayne, is to thys daye called Glaumargan / whych is to meane in our vulgare tung, Mar¦gan lande. And thus was Margan slayne, whan he hadde regned wyth his brother two yeres.