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

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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
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Fabyan, Robert, d. 1513.
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Prentyd at London :: by wyllyam Rastell,
1533 [31 Dec.]
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Great Britain -- History -- To 1485 -- Early works to 1800.
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France -- History -- Early works to 1800.
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"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." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A00525.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 21, 2024.

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THE .LIII. CHAPITER.

Kymbelinus or Kymbelyne the sonne of Tēnancius / was of ye Brytōs made kynge, in the yere of the worlde .v. thousande a hundred and .lxxx. This man as wytnesseth Guydo was brought vp at Rome a∣monge the Romaynes, & there made a knyght / and had of them suche fa∣uoure, that he was at lyberty to pay the trybute or not. Of hym is lytell memorye made / excepte all wryters agreen, that in ye season that he was kynge, our sauyoure Cryste Iesus was incarnate of that moste blessyd virgine our lady saynt Mary. which shulde be to accorde historyes, in the xix. yere of his reygne.

Of the reygne of this Kymbelyn authours wryte dyuersly / so yt some shewe no yeres, and some but fewe, whych can not accord wyth the tyme of other cronycles. But the authour of the hystorye called Floure of histo¦ryes wytnessyth, yt he reygned .xxxv. yeres. The whyche sayeng who lyst to se ye table before rehersed: he shall

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there haue knowlege, that this sayd auctoure accordeth beste wyth other storyes and cronycles.

And when that this Kymbelyne had reygned gloryously ouer ye Bry¦tons by all the season before expres∣syd, he dyed & was buryed at Caer∣lud or London / leuynge after hym two sonnes named Guyderius and Aruiragus.

NOw before haue I shewed vn¦to you in ye later chapyter, yt Criste was incarnate, in the .xix. yere of Kymbelyne / whyche maketh the yere of the worlde, that is to saye frō the fyrste creacyon of Adam to the in¦carnacyon .v. thousande a hundred lxxx. and .xix. the whyche accompt is approuyd by holy Isodore, Beda, and other.

  • Then Cryste was incarnate the yere of ye world, as before is expressed.
  • From Noes flood or after .ii. thou∣sande ix. hundred and .lvii.
  • After Abraham .ii thousande & .xvii.
  • After Dauid kyng of Israell, a thou¦sande and .lxxv.
  • From or after the trāsmygracyon of the Iewes to Babylon, v. hūdred lxxx. and .x.
  • After Brute entred Britayne .xi. hun¦dred and .xxxvi.
  • After Alexander the great, nere vp∣pon .iii. hundred and .xxv.
  • After the buyldynge of Rome .vii. hū¦dred and .xxix.
  • And in the begynnyng of ye .xlii. yere of Octauius Augustus, then em¦perour of Rome.
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