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 .XXVIII. CHAPITER.

MUlmutius Dun∣uallo or as some haue Dunuallo Mulmutius, the sonne of Cloten̄ as testyfyeth the englyshe boke, & also Gaufride: was venquesshour of y^e other dukes or rulers / and began his reygn ouer the hole monarchy of Brytayne, in the yere of the worlde .iiii. thousand vii. hundred & .xlviii. This is named in the englyshe cronycle Donebant: the whyche was a noble man, & cau∣syd to be made wythin the cytye of Troynouant a temple, and named it the temple of peace. The whyche af∣ter some opynyons is that place or feld / where y^e market of wollen cloth is holden called or named Blakwel∣hall. He also made many good laws the which were long after vsed & cal¦led Mulmuti{us} lawes. These lawes holy Gyldas wrote wyth great dyly¦gence out of the brettishe speche into latyne. And longe tyme here after y^e, Aluredus kynge of England turned those lawes oute of latyne into en∣glyshe. He also gaue pryuylege to temples, to plowghes & cytyes, and to the wayes ledynge to y^e same. And as some authours wytnesse / he be∣ganne the foure hye wayes of Bry∣tayne / the whych were fynyshed and perfyted of Belinus his sonne, as af¦ter at length shall be declared. The olde cronycle testyfyeth y^t this Mul∣mutius, whyche he in his boke na∣meth Molle, made the two townes of Malmesbury and Uyes. And all other writers afferme, that this Mul¦mutius, after he hadde stablyshyd his lande, and sette his Brytons in

good and conuenyent order: by the aduyce of his lordes / he ordeyned hym a crowne or dyademe of gold / & caused hym selfe to be crowned wyth great solempnyte after the vsaunce of pagane lawe then vsed. And for this cause, after the opynyon of some wryters / he is named the fyrste kyng of Britayn. And all y^e other before re¦hersyd are named rulers, dukes, or gouernours.

Then yt foloweth in the storye / when Mulmuti{us} had guyded y^e land well and honorably by the terme of xl. yeres: he dyed and was buryed in the foresayde temple of peace within Troynouant or Lōdon / leuynge af∣ter hym two sonnes named Belinus and Brennus.