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 SECONDE PARTE. (Book 2)

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.

THE .XXIX. CHAPITER.

BElinus and Brenn{us} the two sonnes of Mulmutius: be∣ganne to raygne ioyntly as kynges of Brytayne / in the yere of the world iiii. thousande .viii.C. & viii: so that Belinus held to hym Loegria or Lo¦giers, walys, and Cornewayll / and Brennus held to his parte all y^e land ouer & beyonde Humber. with which partycyon eyther of them was cōten¦tyd & pleasyd, as testyfyeth Polycro¦nica, by the terme of .v. yeres. After the whyche terme endyd and expired Brennus entendynge to haue more lande or all: arose agaynste his bro∣ther Belyne, and made vppon hym mortall warre. In the whych warre Brennus was ouersette, and was cō¦pelled to flye the land and sayle vnto Armorica now named lytell Britayn or as sayth Gaufryde, into a countre called Allebrog, as after shalbe more playnely declared / and there allyed hym after the foresayde terme (as be¦fore is sayd) of .v. yeres was expyryd as affermeth Policronica. For Gau¦fryde sayeth in his boke made of the hystory of Brytons / y^t after y^e terme of .v. yeres afore sayde were expyred and runne, Brennus by sterynge of yonge and euyll counsayll, entēdyng as before is sayde: sayled vnwetyng his brother into Norway, and there maryed the doughter of Elfunge or Elfynge then ruler or duke of Nor∣waye, when this was shewed vnto Belyn, consyderynge the sodayne de¦partyng: in all haste he seasyd Alba∣nia and all the other lande appertey∣nyng to Brenne into his owne hand, and strengthed the cytyes and other stronge places wyth his owne sow∣dyours. wherof when Brenne was warned: he in all possyble haste as∣sembled a great people of the Nor∣wayes, and toke hys shyppynge to sayle into Brytayne. And as he was kepynge his course vpon the see: he was encountred wyth Guilthdacus kynge of Denmarke, the whych had lyen in awayte for hym, for loue of y^e wenche y^t Brennus had maryed: for before tyme he had requyred her of Elfungeher fader. whē those .ii. flot{is} were mette: strong shotte and fyght was vppon both partyes. But fy∣nally the Danes ouercame the Nor¦wayes or Norganys, and toke the shyppe by strength whych the wēche was in / y^t whych anone was brought vnto the shyppe of Guilthdake: and Brenne wyth a fewe of his shyppes lefte was fayne to sauegarde hym selfe by flyght.

when Guilthdake hadde thus ob¦teyned y^e vyctorye, entendynge to haue sayled towarde Denmarke: in shorte whyle after y^e tempestes came so hydous vppon the see, that hys nauye was deuyded and scatered that one frome the other / in suche wyse that he was in fere to haue ben drowned. And at the ende of fyue dayes not wetynge where he was /

wyth fewe shyppes landed in the coū¦tre of Northumberlande, where at that tyme was Belyn prouydyng de¦fence agayne his brothers cōmyng. wherof when word was brought vn¦to Belyn of the landynge of the fore sayde Danoys prynce wyth a small company: he reioysed yt, and cōmaū¦ded hym wyth his shyppes & compa∣ny to be put in sure holde & kepynge.

It was not long after but Brēne hadde reculyd and gaderyd to gy∣der the more parte of hys nauye be∣fore (as ye haue harde) chased. And when he hadde theym newely ryg∣gyd and vytayled / he herynge of the aryuayll of Guilthdacus in North∣thūberlād with his wife, sent word{is} of manace vnto his brother Belyn / wyllyng hym to sende vnto hym his wyfe wrōgfully rauyshed by Guilth¦dacus / & also to restore vnto him his land & patrymony / or ellys he wold shorthely inuade his lande, yt for to waste, & his enymy to destroye. The whych desyre or request of Belynus was playnely and shortely denyed. whych knowlege had: Brenn{us} short¦ly after landed in a parte of Albania, and made towarde his brother / and his brother towarde hym: so y^t theyr hostes met nere vnto a wood named at that day Calater or Calaterium, where betwene them was a mortall batayll / in so myche that mych peo∣ple fyll vpon both partyes. But last¦ly the Brytons wanne the felde, and chasyd the Norganys or Norways vnto theyr shyppes / chasynge & sle∣yenge them without pyty. And as af¦fermeth myne authour, y^e fyght was so cruell and sharpe: that there was slayne to the nomber of .xl.M. men.

After this dyscumfyture Brenne was constrayned to flee / and wyth fewe in nomber recoueryd the lande of Gallia.

Belinus hauyng thus victorye of his enemyes / after thankes and obla¦cyons made vnto his goddes, after the pagane law: he then assembled his lordes at Caerbrank or yorke, to haue theyr aduyse what he shuld do wyth the prynce of Denmark. In y^e whych counsayle yt was concludyd / that the foresayd Guylthdac{us} shulde holde and do homage to the kynge of Britayn for the land of Dēmark, and yerely bere to hym a certayne tri¦bute. whyche done wyth suerty and hostages taken: the sayde Guylth∣dacus wyth his loue was sette at ly∣bertye and leue, to retourne into his owne countre: whych yerely tribute as testyfyeth the englyshe cronycle, was a thousande pounde.

THE .XXX. CHAPITER.

Then yt foloweth in y^e hystory, when Belyn hadde thus vyc¦tory of this enemyes, and was alone possessoure of this realme of Bry∣tayne: the lawes before made by his father he cōfermed, and ordeyned iu∣styce to be mynystred thorough the lande. And for so myche as the .iiii. wayes begon by his fader, were not perfyghtyd and endyd: he therfore causyd workmen to be called, and set theym to paue wyth stone the sayde wayes, that they myght suffycyently be knowen of all waygoers or tra∣ueyllers of the countres as hereaf∣ter ensuyth.

The fyrst of these .iiii. wayes was named Fosse, the whyche stretchyd oute of the southe into the north / and begynneth, or at that dayes be∣ganne, at the corner of Totnesse in Cornewayle, and passed forth by De¦uynshyre, Somersetshyre, & so forth by Tutbury vpon Cotteswolde, be∣syde Couētre vnto Leycestre, & from thennes by wylde playnes towarde Newerke, and endyth at the cytye of Lyncoln̄.

The second waye was named wat¦lyngstrete / the which stretcheth ouer thwarte y^e wayes of Fosse out of the southest into the northest. This be∣ganne at Douer, and passeth by the myddell of Kente ouer Thamys be∣syde London by weste of westmyn∣ster / and so forth by saynte Albanys in the weste syde of Dunstable, of Stratford, of Towceter, and of we don / by south Kyllyngburne of Kyl∣lebourn̄, by Athicston̄, vnto Gylber∣tes hyll, that now is named wrekyn / and so forth by Seuarn̄ passynge be¦syde wrokceter, & forth vnto Strat∣ton̄ to the myddell of walys vnto a place called Cardycan / at y^e Irysh se.

The thyrde waye was named Er¦myngstrete. The whyche stretcheth out of the weste northweste vnto the eest southeest, & bygynneth at Me∣nema, the whych is in saynt Dauies lande in weste walys / and so stret∣cheth forth vnto south Hampton̄.

The fourth and last waye is called or was called Kykenyldis strete. The which stretcheth forth by worce¦ter, by wycombe, by Birmyngham, by Lychefyld, by Derby, by Chester∣fyeld, by yorke. And so forth vnto Tymmouth: y^e whych was suffycyēt¦ly made. He graūted & confermed thē all suche priuyleges as before were graūted by Dūuallo his fader. The whych priuyleges with other lawes by hym made, who y^t is desyrous to know: let hym rede ouer y^e trāslacy∣on y^e holy Gildas made of Mulmu∣tius lawes out of Brytyshe speche in to latyne / and there he shall se the cir¦cumstaunce of euery thynge.

In this whyle that Belyn was thus occupyed aboute the nedes of his land / his brother Brenne beyng, as before is sayde, in a prouynce of Gallia takynge sore to mynde hys expulsyon from his naturall coūtre, not hauynge any comforte how he myght attayn to his former dignite, lastely resorted (wyth .xii. persones onely accompanyed) vnto the duke or ruler of that prouynce or countre.

For ye shall vnderstande that at those dayes (as testyfyeth Eutropi{us} and other wryters) the Gallis occu∣pyed dyuers countres. And therfore Titus Liuius, whych wrote y^e actes and dedes of the Romayns, made dis¦stynccyon of the Gallis / and nameth them that Brēne ladde, when he be∣seigyd the cytye of Rome and after y^e capitoyll, Cenonenses Galli / which is to name the Gallis of that coūtre where the cytye of Cena than stode & yet doth (as testyfyeth the authour of cronica cronicarū, and other) in a countre of Italy named at this day Etruria. The whiche cytye, as affer¦men the sayde authours, was fyrste buylded of the foresayde Gallis, in y^e tyme of Brenne beyng theyr duke or leder, before the commynge or incar¦nacyon of Cryste .iii. hundred .lxxx. & vi. yeres: whyche maketh the yere of the worlde folowynge the accompte of this worke .iiii. thousand .viii. hun¦dred and .xiii. yeres.

Then yt foloweth in y^e story, when Brenne was comen to the presence of the duke named by myne authour Gaufride Segin{us} duke of Alebrog / the whyche is to vnderstande duke of Armorica, now named lytell Bry∣tayne, as by Policronica and the en¦glyshe cronycle is suffycyently decla¦red / and shewed vnto hym his aduer¦syte & trouble: y^e sayd duke receyued hym into his courte. And for he was personable & well maneryd, hauyng great experyence in hawkynge and huntynge, and other propertyes ap∣perteynynge to a gentylman: he had hym in shorte whyle in especyall fa∣uour before any noble man of hys courte. By meane wherof, he lastly maryed his doughter / vpon condy∣cyon

that yf he dyed wythout Issue∣male, that he then shuld be ruler of y^e countre. And yf yt happened hym to haue an heyre male: that then yt not withstādyng, to ayde and helpe hym to recouer his lande before loste.

The whych condycyons well and suerly vpon the dukes partye, by the assent of y^e nobles of his lāde assured: the said duke within cōpas of y^e same yere dyed. After whose deth when by a conuenyent terme, yt was knowen that the duchesse his wyfe was not wyth chyld: all the lordes to Brēne dyd homage, & became his men. To the whych lordes the more to wynne theyr loues, he departed mych of his tresour: and shortly after with theyr assente gadered a great armye / and so in all hast sayled into Britayne to make new warre vppon his brother Belyne / & after a certayn tyme there landed. Of whose landyng when Be¦lyne was enfourmed: he in all haste gaderyd his Brytons in great nom∣ber, & made towarde hym as to hys mortall enemye. But the moder of the two brethern named Cōnuuēna, or after the englysh boke Cornewey / consyderynge y^e mortall hateryd at∣twene her two chylder, and in partye of theyr both persones: of a moderly and naturall pyty, went attwene her two sonnes, and vsyd her in such dys¦crete maner and moderly cōpassyon, as shewyng her brestes and other de¦meanures, that at length she accor∣ded them. After whych accorde both bretherne with theyr lordes and fren¦des sped them vnto Troynouant or London / and there after many thyn¦ges orderyd and made for the weale of y^e land: they cōdescended & agreed to lede theyr both hostes into Gallia for to subdue to them the sayde coun¦tre. And in as goodly haste as they might p̄pare for y^e iourney, they toke shyppyng, & so sayled into a parte of Gallia brennyng & wastynge y^e conn¦tre without pyty. And as wytnessyth myn authour Gaufryde, in a shorte whyle they subdued a great parte of Gallia Italy and Germania.

But here I entend to leue the far¦ther {pro}cesse of myn authour Gaufrid for so myche as here he varieth from other writers of authority, as Eutro¦pius, Titus Liui{us}, & other, that dyd great dilygence in writynge of y^e de∣dys & actes of the Romayns, and of other peple dwellyng at those dayes in Italia, Gallia, & Germania. For where the sayd Gaufryde sayth, y^t at such tyme Belyn and Brenne made warre in Italye / Gabius & Porsena were at that day consules of Rome: that sayeng is farre dyscordaunt vn¦to the other foresayd authours. For as they afferme at the tyme whenne Brēne besegyd Rome, Claudi{us} Emi¦lius, & Lucius Lucretius were con∣sulis / & Furius Camillus was at y^e tyme dictatour of Rome / and none lyke vnto the other were cōsules ma¦ny yeres before nor after.

But trouth yt is that the sayde .ii. bretherne dyd many great actes in y^e forenamed countres / but not all ac∣cordynge wyth the sayeng of y^e sayd Gaufride. For where he referreth all those dedys to bothe bretherne: the forenamed Titus Liui{us} spekyth but of Brenne onely, as yt shall some dele be touched hereafter. wherefore to folowe the moste wryters / when Belyn hadde dwelled a certayne of tyme wyth hys brother Brenne in those partyes: by agrement of them both, Belyn retourned into Britayn and Brenne remayned there.

THE .XXXI. CHAPITER.

WHen Belinus or Belyn was re∣tourned into Brytayne: he re∣payred olde cytyes, and buyldyd vp∣pon

the ryuer of Uske a cytye, and called yt Caeruske nere vnto the ry∣uer of Seuerne. This city was after namyd y^e cyty of Legiōs, for so mych as y^e legions of Romaynes were lod¦gyd wythin y^e same citye / & now yt is called Caerleon or Carleon. Also he buylded an hauen wyth a gate there ouer wythin Troynouāt / in y^e sum∣mer or pynacle wheron was set a ves¦sell of brasse / in the which was closyd the asshes of his brent body when he was dede. This gate was long after called Belyns or Belin{us} gate / but at this day yt is called Belyngesgate.

In this whyle that Belinus was thus occupyed in Brytayne, his bro∣der Brenne desyrous to wynne fame and honoure buylded in Italy and other partes of Gallia these cytyes and townes folowynge.

• Mediolana or Mylleyn in Lūbardy
• Papya or Papy.
• Burgamum or
• Sena or ☞
• Comum or
• Briria or
• Uerona or
• Uincentia or ☞
• Cremona or
• Mantua or

The whyche cytyes and townes were buylded of the Gallis, or at the leste new repayred, in the tyme that Brenne was theyr leder or duke / all be yt that some wryters wold meane that Comum & Cremona were buyl¦ded after Brenne was dede. Policro¦nica wytnessyth, that the Senons; whych he meaneth by y^e Gallis dwel¦lyng aboute the cytye of Sena / by y^e ledyng of Brēnus ouercame the Ro¦maynes .xi. myle from Rome, at the ryuer Albia, & chasyd them to Rome and toke the city vnto the Capitoll / & after leyd syege to y^e same Capitol. And vppon a nyght whyle the war∣deyns of y^e Capitoll slepte: y^e Frēshe¦men or Gallys by a waye vnder the erth / came into the Capitoll & were lykely to haue wonne it. But a noble Romayne named Mallius or Man¦lius Torquatus, awoke by the cryēg or noyse of a gander or gāders. The which Manlius awakyng the other Romaynes, put of the Gallys. For whych cause y^e Romayns long tyme after helde a feste of ganders, y^e fyrst daye of Iune.

Neuerthelesse afterwarde they cal∣led it Inōs feste, for so mych as they thought that Iuno y^e goddes had by her influence gyuen that grace vnto the ganders, that they shuld by theyr noyse awake the Romayns. But yet the Gallis or frenchmen held y^e Ro∣mayns so short, y^t they were cōpelled to gyue vnto Bren theyr duke a thou¦sand poūde weyght of gold, as ther∣of is wytnesse Tit{us} Liuius. And fur¦ther more sayth y^e sayd Liui{us}, that y^e Gallis slewe of the senatours many in nomber, the whych fyrste they sup¦posed hadde ben goddes bycause of theyr ryche apparell, whych they sat in. But shortly after this the forena∣myd Furius Camillus, whiche was called agayne frō the citye of Ardea, where he was outlawed before, & by the comontye of Rome in this nede made agayne dictatour.

The which pursued Brenne and his people, and to theym gaue batayll, sleynge of them a great multytude, and wanne from them all the golde and iewellys that before tyme y^e Gal¦lis hadde wonne of the Romaynes. The whyche dede was done, as wyt¦nessyth the foresayd Titus Liuius, the yere after the buyldyng of Rome iii. hundred and .lxv. whych was the yere of the worlde, folowynge the ac¦compt of this worke foure thousand viii. hundred and .xxxv: and before Crystys incarnacyon kepynge the same accompt .iii. hundred and .lxiiii.

Then yt foloweth in the storye of Brenne, when he was thus dyscom¦fyted of the Romaynes: he tourned his people towarde the Macedones or Grekes, and dyuyded his people in two hostes. wherof he reteyned y^t one with hym, and that other he sent into a countre called then Gallacia, and after Gallogreci, and lastly Ga¦lates. Then Brenne ouercame the Macedons with theyr duke Sosten̄ and after spoyled the goddes & theyr temples / & sayde in his game, ryche goddes muste gyue to men somedele of theyre rychesse. Also he spoyled the temple of the god Apolyne Del∣phicus standynge in the hyll of the mounte Parnasus. wherfore as testi¦fyeth the wryter Policarpus: the people of that countre prayed to god for helpe / and sodaynly the erth be∣ganne to quake, and a great parte of the hyll fell vpon the hoste of Gallis, and thē slew. And after that ensued and fyll to grounde hayle stones of suche greatnesse, y^t yt slew one other great parte of the sayde hoste / & duke Brennus was sore wounded: wher by he fyll in suche dyspayre, that he slew hym self with his owne swerde. No man shall wonder, though thys Apolyn toke wreche of thē that spoy¦led the goddes and theyr temples. For god sufferyd Apolyn to destroy many nacyons, because of theyr tres¦passes and euyll lyuynge. For yt is certayne that spyrytes of the eyre may vse theyr shrewdnes in thē that be of mysbyleue and vse euyll dedes. For grace is wythdrawen from such maner of men: wherfore the spirites haue the more power to hurte and greue them.

Then syns I haue here shewed vn¦to you the fyne or ende of Brennus, I shall nowe retourne my style vnto his brother Belynus, the whyche, as before is towched, endeuoryd hym aboute the weale of hys lande of Brytayne and his people duryng y^e tyme of his reygne, in executyng of many notable dedes, the whyche for length of tyme I ouer passe: so that lastely he dyed and was buryed, as before is sayde at Belius or Beli∣nus gate wythin Troynouante or London / when he had reygned wyth his brother and alone, after the most concordaūce of wryters .xxvi. yeres, leuyng after hym a sonne called Gur¦guyntus, Gurguynt Brabtruc, or aftersome wryters Gurguynt Bar∣berous, whyche is to meane Gur∣guynt wyth the red berde.

THE .XXXII. CHAPITER.

GUrguintus or Gurguynt the sonne of Belyne, was made kynge of the lande of Brytayne, in the yere of the worlde foure .M.viii. hundred and .xxxiiii. This in the en¦glyshe cronycle is named Corynbra∣tus or Corynbatus. The whych for so myche as the trybute before graū¦ted by Guilthdak kyng of Dēmark, vnto the kynges of Brytayne for a perpetuyty, was denayed: he array∣ed his army and nauye, and sayled into Denmarke / and there wasted and harmed the countre wyth iron and fyre: in such wyse that at length the kynge of Denmarke, wyth the assent of his Baronage, graunted to paye and contynue the foresayde tribute yerely of a thousande poūde. After whyche vyctorye thus hadde of the Danys: he wyth great try∣umphe retourned towarde Britayn. And in kepynge of hys course / he en¦countred wyth a nauye of .xxx. sayle besyde the yle of Orchades full of men and women / of whyche flote the chyefe captayne was called after moste wryters Bartholomew. The whyche when he was brought vnto

the kynges presence, shewyd that he wyth his people were putte or exyled out of the countre of Spayne, and were named Balenses / and had say¦led longe tyme vppon the see, to the ende to fynde some prynce, that wold gyue to them a dwellynge place, and they to become his subiectys & holde theyr lande of hym / besechynge the kynge to haue compassyon of them, and to graunt to them some place to enhabyte them in / & that they shulde no lenger dwell in theyr shyppes, cōsyderyng theyr vytayle was spent by reason of theyr long lyeng vpon y^e see. After whych request thus made by theyr captayne / the kyng with the aduyse of his barons, graunted vn∣to them a voyde and waste countre, whyche was and is the farthest ile of all the iles / towarde the weste / the whych yle as sayth the Englyshe cro¦nycle, was then named Irelande, af¦ter the name of theyr captayn called in the Englyshe cronycle Irlamal. But who so wyll knowe the fyrste cause of the namynge of this yle Ir∣lande: lette hym rede the .xxxii. and xxxiii. chapytres of the fyrste boke of Policronica / and there he shall fynd y^e more certaynly of y^e fyrst namynge therof, with many other thynges tou¦chynge y^e sayd yle, the whych I ouer¦passe for length of y^e mater. For there he shall be suffyciently enfourmed of that, and also of other thynges.

Then yt foloweth in the story, af∣ter this Gurguintus was retourned into his lande of Britayne: he ordey¦ned to be stablyshed & kepte y^e lawes made by his forefaders / & exersy∣syd iustyce to his subiectes, and guy∣ded his lande well and nobly by the terme, after moste wryters, of .xix. yeres / and then dyed, and was bu∣ryed at newe Troye or London, or at Caerleon / leuynge after hym a sonne named after myne authoure Guynthelinus, but after some he is named Guyntellius.

THE .XXXIII. CHAPITER.

GUinthelin{us} or Guintellius y^e sonne of Gurguintus / was made kynge of Brytayne, in the yere of the world .iiii. thousande .viii. hun¦dred and .liii. This is named in the englyshe cronycle Gwentolyne, the whyche guyded his lande and Bry∣tons with great mekenesse and sober¦nesse. He hadde also a noble wyfe called Marcia, instructe and lerned in many scyēces / the whych amonge other noble dedys by her done, stu∣dyed and broughte forth a certayne good and conuenyent lawe amonge the Brytons / the whyche was na∣med longe after the Marcyan lawe. This lawe for that yt was thought both good and necessary, Aluredus, whyche longe after was kynge of Englande, translated oute of Bre∣tyshe into Saxon speche / and then was yt called after that translacyon in the Saxon tonge Marthehelage, whych is to meane the lawe of Mar¦cia. To this womā for her wysdome was committed all the gouernaunce of the lande / in so myche, as wytnes∣syth myne authoure Gaufryde and other, she reygned as quene of Bry¦tayne a certayne tyme after her hus∣bande was dede. But the yeres of her reygne be accompted with the ye¦res of her husbande, or wyth the ye¦res of her sonne Sisillius / so that no tyme asserteyned is to her deputed or sette.

Then yt foloweth, whē this Guin¦helinus hadde reygned well and me¦kely by the terme of .xxvi. yeres, he dyed and was buryed at newe Troy or London, leuyng after hym a son named Sisillius or Cecilius.

THE .XXXIIII. CHAPITER.

SIsillius or Cecili{us} the sonne of Guynthelinus, was made kynge of Brytayne, in the yere of the world .iiii. thousande .viii. hundred & lxxix. This in the Englysh cronycle is named Seyzyl. Of whych no men¦cion nor worthy memory is made. Al be yt that Gaufryde meaneth, y^t this Sisillius was but .vii. yeres of age when his father dyed. wherfore the charge of the realme was committed vnto Marcia his moder / the which guyded yt well and suffycyently tyll her sayde sonne came to his lawfull age, and then resygnyd to hym all y^e rule: whyche so contynued / but how longe he reygned Gaufryde expres∣syth not. wherfore I now folowe the sayenge of the forenamed authoure called the Floure of historyes, which affermeth hym to reygne onely .vii. yeres / all be yt the Englyshe boke sayeth he reygned .xv. yeres, whyche agreeth not so well wyth the concor∣daunce of other historyes & tymes.

This Sisillius, as Gaufryde wyt¦nessyth, left after him a sonne named Kymarus / whome the englysh boke nameth Kymor.

THE .XXXV. CHAPITER.

RImarus the sonne of Sisilli∣us / was made kynge of Bry∣tayne, in the yere of the worlde .iiii. thousande .viii. hundred .lxxx. & vi. This in the englyshe boke is called Kymor / of y^t whych is made no men∣cyon nother of hys tyme of reygne, nor of his dedes.

For the more partye of wryters re¦herse in moste breuest & shorteste ma¦ner, y^t after Kimar{us} reygned Elani{us}. After Elani{us} Morindus. But y^e old cronycle, whych I haue before tyme spoken of sayth that this Kymarus, which he nameth Kymarch{us} Elani{us}▪ was a wylde yonge man, and lyued after hys pleasure. wherfore as he was in his dysporte of huntynge, he was by his euyll willers slayne, whē he hadde ruled skarsly .iii. yeres.

THE .XXXVI. CHAPITER.

ELanius the sonne of Kymar{us}, as wytnessyth the foresayde Floure of cronycles, but the broder of Kimarus as sayth Gaufride / was made kynge of Brytayne, in the ye∣re of the worlde foure thousand .viii. hundred .lxxx. and .ix. the whyche in the englyshe boke is named Howan. Of this also is no mēcyon made nor memory nother of acte nor of reygn, but as the forenamed olde cronycle sayth, that Kymarus and Elanius was one persone / and reygned as be¦fore is sayde: but the abouesayd wri¦ter called Floure of hystoryes sayth, he reygned fully two yeres.

THE .XXXVII. CHAPITER.

MOrindus the bastarde sonne of Elanius, as sayth Gau∣fryde and other / was made kynge of Brytayne, in y^e yere of y^e world foure thousande .viii. hundred .lxxx. and .xi. the whych in the englyshe cronicle is called Morwith. This as witnesseth Gaufryde, was goten vppon the concubyne of Elanius named Tan∣guestela, and was a man of worthy fame in dedys of chyualry / but he was so ouercome with wrath & cruel¦nesse, y^t lyghtly he slew all men that hym tened or angred. He was also beauteouse of persone and lyberall of gyftes / and wyth that he was of a meruelouse strength, in so mych that he had not his pere wythin his realm of any man of noble byrthe.

In his tyme came into Brytayne a prynce oute of a countre called Mau¦ritania / the whyche countre at those dayes is assygned by Strabo y^e wry¦ter▪ to be betwene the kyngdomes of

Hungary, and of Beame / the whych prynce wyth his cruell & fyers peo∣ple wasted the lād of Britayne with iron and fyre wythout pytye. wherof Morindus beynge warned / in all haste gaderyd his people, and hym mette / and faught in such wyse, that he chasyd the sayde prynce agayne to the see, and toke many of his sowdy∣ours as prysoners, the whyche in sa∣tysfyeng of his cruelnesse and tyran∣ny, he caused to be put to deth in his syght by dyuerse maners of tormen∣tes / as by heedynge, fleynge, bren¦nynge, and other cruell execucyons. Lastely as testyfyeth Guydo de Co∣lumpna and other, this Morindus walkynge or rydynge vppon the see stronde espyed a wōderfull monstre, the whych of his corage and knyght hod he thought to sle. And by a māly corage and force assayled this mon∣stre or beste, fyghtyng wyth yt a cer∣tayne of tyme. But in conclusyon he was deuoured and swalowyd of the sayd monstre: after he had reygned, after moste wryters, by the terme of viii. yeres / leuynge after hym, as wytnessyth Gaufryde, fyue sonnes, wherof the fyrste was named Gorbo¦mānus: the secunde Archygallo, the thyrde Elidurus, the fourth Uigeni¦us or Nigenius, and the fyfte or yon¦gest, Peredurus.

THE .XXXVIII. CHAPITER.

GOrbamānus the fyrste sonne of Morind{us} / was made king of Brytayne / in the yere of the world foure thousande .viii. hundred .lxxx. and .xviii. This in the englyshe cro∣nycle ys named Granbodyan / the whyche as testifyeth Gaufryde, was a iuste and ryghtwyse man to y^e god¦des and to his people, and yelded to eyther partye that was his / that ys to say to his goddes he yelded due reuerence & sacrifyce / and to the peo¦ple iustyce & equyte. And he renewed and repayred all olde temples tho∣rough his realme, and buylded some newe. And in his tyme was more welth and plente in his realme, mych more thē was in any of his predeces∣sours dayes. But fynally to y^e great sorow of all his Brytons / he was ta¦ken wyth sykenesse, and dyed wyth∣out issue of his body, when he hadde reygned after moste wryters by the terme of .xi. yeres.

THE .XXXIX. CHAPITER.

ARchigallo the seconde sonne of Morindus, and broder vn¦to Gorbomānus, was made kynge of Brytayne, in the yere of y^e worlde foure thousande .ix. hundred and .x. This in the englyshe boke is named Artogayll / the whyche folowed no∣thynge the workes of his brother, but gaue hym selfe all to discencyon and stryfe / and imagyned causes a∣gayne his nobles to put them from theyr goodes and dygnytyes and in theyr places to sette and ordeyne vn¦noble and of rude byrthe and maner / and from the ryche by synystre and wrongfull meanes he plucked theyr ryches and goodes. By whyche inor¦dynate meanes he enryched hym self and impoueryshed his subiectes. For whyche condycyons his lordes & sub¦iectes murmuryd agaynst hym / and lastly of one assent toke him, or more verely, depryuyd hym of all honour and kyngly dygnyte, when he hadde reygned after moste concordaunce of wryters fyue yeres.

THE .XL. CHAPITER.

ELid••rus the thyrde sonne of Morindus, and the brother of Archigallo / was by one assent of the

Brytons made kynge of Brytayne, in the yere of the worlde .iiii.M.ix. hundred and .xv. This in y^e englyshe cronycle is named Hisider or Eso∣dyr. The which became so myld and benygne to the Brytons, that they gaue to hym a surname, and called hym Elidure y^e meke. For he amōge other dedys of mekenes, as he was vpon a daye in his dysporte of hun∣tynge, in a wode nere vnto Caerbrāk or yorke called Calater, or after some wryters Caltras: he fande his elder brother Archigallo late kynge, mas∣kelyng or wandrynge in the thykest of the woode / whome louyngly and charytably he in secrete maner con∣ueyed vnto his owne mancyō into y^e cytye then named Aldud or Acliut. And as affermeth myn authour Gau¦fryde, to thentent to brynge his bro∣ther to his former dygnytye as after foloweth: the sayd Elidurus fayned hym selfe syke / and in all haste sente his messagers aboute his realme to gather and assemble the Barons of his lāde. And when the daye of assem¦ble was cōmyn, and his lordes accor¦dynge to his commaundement were present: he called them one by one, as they were of honour, into his se∣crete cubycle or chamber / & there by his wyse & dyscrete wordes as well in benygne and louynge maner, as other wordes and countenaunce ap¦perteynyng to his royall power and dygnyty / he gat graunte of his sayd lordes, that they shuld ayde & strēgth hym to theyr powers, to brynge hys brother Archigallo to his former ho∣nour and regally. After which graūt by the lordes made: he assembled a counsayll of his Brytons at Caer∣brank or yorke / & there caused suche meanes to be made to the cōmons, that in conclusion when the sayd Eli¦durus hadde ruled the lande .v. ye∣res as kynge, he there resygned his crowne and all kyngly power vnto his sayde brother Archigallo.

THE .XLI. CHAPITER.

WHen Archigallo was thus resto¦red to his kyngly dygnyte, he re¦membred well the euyl lyfe that before tyme he had ladde, and the pu¦nishement which he had suffred for y^e same. wherfore in eschewynge of lyke daunger: He chaunged all hys olde condicyons, and became a good and ryghtwyse man, mynystryng to the people equyte and iustyce / & bare hym so nobly agayne his lordes and rulers vnder hym of his landes, that he was belouyd & dradde of all hys subiectes / and so contynued duryng the terme of his naturall lyfe. But fy¦nally he payde the dette of nature, when he hadde reygned nowe lastly after moste wryters .x. yeres / & was buryed, as sayth the sayde olde cro∣nycle at Caerbranke or yorke.

THE XLII. CHAPITER.

ELidurus before named was agayne by one assent of y^e Bry¦tons made kynge / in the yere of the worlde .iiii. thousande .ix. hundred & xxx. But his two yonger bretherne Uigenius and Peredurus, hauynge of hym indignacyon, that he was for his vertue and good gouernaūce so well fauoured with the Brytons: of malyce conspyryd agayne hym / & ga¦theryd an army of soudiours, & made a felde wyth hym. And in the felde toke hym, and commaūded hym vn∣to the towre of Troynouāt as sayth Gaufryde, there as a prysoner to be sauely kepte. After & when he hadde reygned nowe laste by the space, as wytnesseth the old cronycle .ii. yeres.

THE .XLIII. CHAPITER.

UIgenius and Peredurus y^e yongest sonnes of Morind{us},

and bretherne of Elidurus before sayde / were ioyntly made kynges of Brytayne / in the yere of the worlde foure thousande .ix. hundred & .xxxii. These two bretherne are named in y^e engleshe cronycle Higanius and Pe¦tytur / the whych as testyfyeth Gau∣fryde departed y^e land betwene thē, so y^t all y^e land from the water of Hūber westwarde, fyll to Uigenius or Nige¦ni{us}: & the other part of the land with also Albania or Scotlande, fyll vn∣to Peredurus. But after the saynge of Guydo de Columna, Uigenius or Nigeni{us} was not kyng, but alonely Peredurus / the whych, as he sayth, helde his brother Elidurus in pry∣son by his owne assent, for so myche as Elidurus was not wyllyng to be kynge. And as affermeth the sayde Guydo / this Peredurus was cruell and tyrannous to the Britayns, and slew and entreated y^e lordes in moste cruell maner. wherfore he became so odyous to them / that they rebelled agaynst hym and slew hym.

This sayeng contraryeth and en∣pugnyth myne authoure Gaufryde, sayeng y^t Uigeni{us} dyed after he had reygned .vii. yeres. After whose deth Peredurus seasyd all the lande into his owne rule / & ruled yt wyth great sobernesse, in such wyse that he excel¦led or was preysed aboue all his bre∣thern, so that Elidur{us} was clene for∣goten of the Brytons. The englysh cronycle also sayth that this Peredu¦rus founded the town of Pikeryng. But fynally he was taken wyth so∣dayne sykenesse / whereof he dyed, when he had reygned wyth his bro∣ther and alone, after the accorde of moste wryters .ix. yeres / leuynge af∣ter hym no chylde to be his heyr.

THE .XLIIII. CHAPITER.

ELidur{us} before named so soone as Peredurus was dede, for as myche as he was next heyre to the crowne / was taken forth of pryson and made the thyrde tyme kynge of Brytayne, in the yere of y^e world .iiii. thousande .ix. hundred and .xli. The whyche as before tyme he had vsyd hym selfe so he contynued styll in my¦nystrynge to all persones ryght and iustyce all the dayes of his lyfe. And lastely beynge of good age he dyed, whē he had now reygned after moste concordaunce of wryters .iiii. yeres / leuynge after hym a son named Gor¦bonianus or Gorbomanus. And as wytnesseth the olde cronycle, and the englyshe cronycle / y^e fore named Eli¦durus was buryed at Caerleyl or Karlele.

THE .XLV. CHAPITER.

YE shall vnderstande y^t to the deth of the foresayde Elidure, the wry∣ters of the storye of Brytons wry¦ten dyuersly / so that the one varyeth greatly from the other, both in y^e na∣mes, and also in the tyme of theyre reygnes / the which wold aske a long tyme to reherse in order the dyuersy∣tye of that one from the other / & also to some reders y^e mater therof shulde be but small pleasure. wherfore to suche as ben desyrous to knowe of y^e tyme and season that passed betwene the laste yere of Elidurus, & the fyrst yere of Lud / in whych passe tyme rey¦gned in Britayne .xxxii. or after some writers .xxxiii. kyng••: let hym loke in a table before y^e begynnynge of this worke. And there he shall se my con∣ceyt for y^e declaracyon of y^e yeres pas¦sed or spent betwene the forsayd two kynges Elidurus and Lud / prayēge hym or them that so shall loke in the sayde draught, that yf I haue in any poynte erryd, that of theyr goodnes they wolde wyth good delyberacyon correcte and amende yt. But for it se¦meth to me, that of al such authours as I haue redde or seen, Guydo de

Columna reherseth most breuely the passetyme of the sayde kynges: ther¦fore I purpose here to reherse his say¦enge, as he hath left yt to vs in latyn.

THE XLVI. CHAPITER.

GOrbonian{us} or Gorbomānus the sonne of Regny sonne of Elidure / was made kynge of Bry∣tayne, in the yere of the worlde foure thousande .ix. hundred and .xlv. Af∣ter whom succedyd Margan. After Margā Emerian{us} brother to y^e sayd Margan / the whyche Emerianus was depryuyd for his cruelnes. And after hym reygned .xx. kynges succes¦syuely the one after the other / of the whyche, as sayth myn authour Guy¦do, is no mencyon made / eyther for theyr rudenesse, or ellys for crueltye or dyscordaunte meanes or maners vsed in y^e tyme of theyr reygnes / the whyche mysorder clerkes disdayned to wryte or put in memory. And next the laste of these foresayd .xx. kynges succedyd Blegabridus a connynge musycyan: the whyche for his excel∣lence in that facultye, was called of the Brytons god of glemen.

After Blegabrid{us} was thus kyng and dyed, succeded .ix. kynges / of whome for the former cōsyderacyon is nother name nor tyme of reygne put in memory. The laste of whyche ix. kynges was by the agremēt of all wryters named Hely / whych Hely af¦ter some wryters reygned .xl. yeres, & after some but bare .vii. monethes. In the whych .xxxiii. kynges tymes, passed or flowed (that is to say from the laste yere of Elidure vnto the last yere of the foresayde Hely, as by the fornamed table apperyth) a hūdred and .lxxxvi. yeres. whyche sayde He¦ly lefte after hym .iii. sonnes, named Lud, Cassibellanus, and Neurius.

THE .XLVII. CHAPITER.

LUd the eldeste sonne of Hely, was made kyng of Brytayn, in the yere of y^e worlde .v. thousand a hundred and .xxxi. This mā was ho¦nourable in all his dedes / for he edy¦fyed new temples, and repayred the olde. He also repayred olde cytyes & townes / and specyally in the cytye of Troynouant he causyd many buyl¦dynges to be made / and gyrde the sayde citye about wyth a strong wall of lyme and stone. And in the weste parte of the sayde walle he arreryd a fayre and stronge gate, and com∣maūded it to be called Luddys gate, whych at this daye is clepyd Ludde gate. And for he loued myche this cy¦tye: he vsed myche & moste to lye there. By reason wherof yt was cal∣led Caerlud or Luddys towne / and after by corrupcyon or shortynge of the speche, yt was named London, whych name at this daye remayneth and abydeth.

This Lud also, as wytnessyth Gau¦fryde, was strōge and myghty in ar∣mys in subduynge his enymyes. He was also lyberall of gyftes and plen¦tuouse in his houshold / so y^t he was myche loued and drad of his Britōs. But when he hadde contynued hys reygn with great honour by y^e terme of .xi. yeres: he dyed, & was buryed in his gate called Portlud or Lud∣gate / leuynge after hym, as wytnes¦syth Gaufryde, two sonnes, Andro∣geus, & Temancius or Tenancius.

THE .XLVIII. CHAPITER.

CAssibellan the brother of Lud was made kyng of Brytayn, in the yere of the worlde .v. thousand a hundred and .xlii. For so myche as the .ii. sonnes before named of Lud were to yonge or insuffycyent for to take on hand so great a charge. But

as wytnessyth the olde cronycle, and also the authour of the Floure of hi∣storyes: thys Cassybellan was not made kynge, but ruler or protectour of the lande, for the tyme of the non-age of the foresayde brethern: all be yt myne authour Gaufryde sayth, y^t after Cassibellan was sette in autho∣rite / he became so noble and lyberall, that his name sprange farre / and by his exercysynge of iustyce, the Bry∣tons ought to hym more fauour, thē to eyther of his neuewes. How be yt he cheryshed them, & brought theym forth accordyng to theyr byrth. And when they came vnto yeres of dyscre¦cyon, he gaue to Androge{us} the cytye of London, wyth the dukedome or the erledome of Kent / and to Teman¦cius the dukedome of Cornewayll.

In this season was Caius Iuli{us}, the whyche is moste commonly cal∣led Iulius Cesar, sente by the se∣nate of Rome as felowe and consull wyth Lucius Bubulus into Gallia nowe called Fraunce, for to subdue them vnto the empyre of Rome. The whyche Iulius beyng vppon the see syde, after he had ouercome the Gal¦lis, and beholdyng the whyte clyues or rockes of Brytayne: enquyred of the countre, and what people dwel∣led therin. And when he was suffy∣cyently enfourmed of all the commo¦dytyes therof: he had great wyll to brynge the sayde countre vnder the yocke of the Romaynes, for so mych as at those dayes a great parte of the worlde was tributary to Rome. But as sayth myne authour, fyrste he ex∣orted the Britons by writyng & mes∣sagers, to gyue trybute vnto Rome. wherfore Cassybellan hauynge indy¦gnacyon wrote vnto hym sharpe & short answeres, shewyng that he and euery noble man was bounde specy∣ally to kepe his coūtre from seruage / and to kepe his subiectes, that they myght enioy lybertye and franchise. The whyche to obserue, he wold do the vttermost of his power & myght. wyth the which answere Iulius be∣ynge nothynge cōtentyd, in all hast made redy his nauy and people, and sayled towarde Brytayne. And whē the Romaynes were comyn nere the land of Brytayne, & shuld haue lan¦ded: y^e Brytons pyght sharpe stakes and longe vppon the bankes / which causyd theym to wynne lande wyth great daunger. And not longe after theyr landynge, Cassibellan wyth a stronge hoste of Britons encountred the Romaynes / gyuynge or yeldyng to them suche fyght and batayll that they were fayne to resorte to theyr shyppes for theyr suertye. Not wyth standyng y^e, as witnesseth Gaufride and other / Iulius after he hadde re∣newed his knyghtes, and also ryg∣gyd his nauye: he came agayne the seconde tyme, entendynge to subdue the land to the empyre of Rome. But as before tyme he was by the man∣hode of the kynge and his Brytons manfully and knyghtly wythstāden and chasyd: so this seconde tyme he was in lyke wise ouercome, and com¦pelled to flee wythout honoure. For whych vyctory thus twyes obteyned by the Brytons, Cassibellan enten∣dynge to gyue thanke vnto his god∣des, and rewarde to hys knyghtes: in goodly haste caused an assemble to be made of his lordes & knyghtes at the cytye of Caerlud or London. where after dew obseruaunces done to theyr goddes, after y^e vse of theyr pagan lawes, a great and solemne feste was holden by the kynge to all that wolde come, wyth moste lybera¦lytye and plentye in all that was ne∣cessarye to such a feste. And the more to encrease the kynges honoure / and to the more comforte and dilectacion of his lordes and other there beynge

present: there was all maner kyn{is} of games that at those dayes were exercysed and vsed. Contynewynge whyche feste, two noble and yonge knyghtes amonge other hapened to assey eyther other in wrastlyng / wher¦of that one was neuew to kyng Cas¦sibellan named Hirelda / and y^e other named Euelinus, was allyed vnto Androgeus erle or duke of London. By meane of this wrastlynge dyuy¦syon or vnfyttynge wordes fyll be∣twene the two yonge knyghtes, y^t af¦ter wordes ensued strokes / by meane wherof partyes were takē on eyther syde, whyche ranne to gyder in great ••re and malyce, so that on eyther part many and diuers were hurte & woun¦ded. Among whome Hirelda neuew to the kynge was slayne / whych cau¦sed great dysturbaunce in the courte and amonge the lordes.

when the knowlege of the deth of Hirelda was brought vnto y^e kyng: he was therwyth greatly amoued / & entendynge dewe iustice to be hadde & mynystred by thaduyce of his Ba∣rons, causyd the forenamed cosyn of Androgeus Euelinus to be sommo¦ned for to appere before hym & hys counsayll, and there to acquyte hym of suche cryme as to hym was layde for the deth of Hirelda before slayne. But Euelinus by coūsayll of Andro¦geus wythstode that commaunde∣ment / and shortly after the sayde An¦drogeus and Euelyne departed the courte wythoute takynge leue of the kynge.

The kynge dysdaynynge this de∣meanure of Androge{us} / after dyuers monycyons to hym gyuen, gathered his knightes and made warre vpon Androgeus. wherfore he cōsyderyng after many ways & meanes thought y^t he was not of power to wythstand the kynges great indignacyon / sent his letters vnto Caius Iuli{us} Cesar, shewynge to hym the circumstaunce of the mater / and aduoydynge hym of all gylt, besought and prayed him in moste humble wyse, that he wolde shortly retourne wyth his army into Brytayne / & he wyth his hole power shuld be redy to ayde and helpe hym agayne the Brytons.

Of this message was Iulius very glad / and in all haste made towarde Brytayne wyth a great power. To whom y^e wynde was so fauourable / y^t in short tyme after this message he drew nere y^e land. But as affermeth myne authour Gaufryde / or he wold lande, ferynge the treason of Andro¦geus, he receyued frō hym in hostage his sonne named Scena, wyth .xxx. other of the moste noble of his lord∣shyppe / & that done he landed wyth the helpe and ayde of Androgeus. wherof when Cassibellan hadde war¦nynge, in all haste he made towarde the Romaynes / and in a valey nere vnto Dorobernia now named Can∣terbury, there he foūde the hoste of y^e said Iuli{us} lodged, & with him Andro¦ge{us} with all his power. After whych knowlege had eyther of other / wyth theyr habyllemētes of warre eyther greued other, tyll at lēgth both host{is} mette hande for hand and faught vy¦gerously, in such wise that many fell on eyther partye.

But when the Brytons, as sayth Gaufryde, hadde longe foughten & knyghtly defended the Romaynes: Androge{us} with his peple came by a wynge of the Brytons / and them so sharpely assayled, that they were con¦streyned to forsake the feld and place y^t they before had kepte. The whiche flyght dyscōforted so the other, that fynally all fledde and gaue place to the Romaynes, the which pursued & slewe them withoute pytye. So that Cassibellan wyth his Brytons that were lefte, were fayne to gette them

to a place of suerty / there to reste tyll they myght newly prouyde to wyth stande theyr enemyes.

But fynally as all wryters agre, Iulius helde the kyng so shorte, that for an vnytye and concorde he was fayne to become trybutary to the Ro¦maynes, and to paye to them yerely a certayne trybute, whych Gaufryd affermeth to be .iii. thousande poūd. And when the sayde trybute was set in a suertye / so that the sayd Romay¦nes were wyth yt contented, and Iu¦lius hadde accomplyshed his wyll & pleasure in thynges to hym thought necessary: he with Androgeus depar¦ted the lande, and so spedde hym to∣warde Rome / where soone after he was agayn, by the will of y^e most of y^e senatours made emperour. And this tribute thus was graūted when Cas¦sibellan hadde reygned as kynge of Britayne fully .viii. yeres and more.

THE .XLIX. CHAPITER.

THis begynnynge of this try∣bute payde by Cassibellan vn¦to the Romayns, shuld seme by most concordaunce of wryters to be vpon xl. and .viii. yeres before Crystes in∣carnacyon, or after some .l. But for profe of the fyrste sayenge / I haue shewed my conceyte in the tabyll be¦fore named / the whych I remytte to the correccyon of such as haue {pro}fyte vndertandynge in calculynge of hy¦storyes and tymes.

And here I make an ende of the seconde parte of this worke / in yel¦dynge graces to oure moste consola¦tryce, that moste blessed virgyne our lady saynt Mary, the whyche here I agayne salute wyth the seconde of the forsayde .vii. ioyes, whyche be¦gynneth,

Gaude sponsa chara dei. &c. Be ioyous thou spouse of god moste 〈◊〉〈◊〉 Whyche lyke to the sonne, moste clerest of syght When in the daye he shyneth moste clere The worlde illumynest by meanes full ryght And thorowe the vertue of thy full myght Causest the worlde to be resplendissaunt By meane of thy peas, which is full habundaunt.

This seconde parte to be accomp¦ted from the last yere of the dyscorde of the Brytons to the ende of the .ix. yere of Cassybellan, includeth of ye∣res .iii. hundred .lxxx. and .iii.