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 .XCII. CHAPITER.

NOwe then lette vs retourne agayne to Uortiger / y^e which when he sawe the Saxons in suche wyse encrease theyr strength, and the Brytons dayly dyscreace / for as wri¦teth myne authour Gaufryde, y^t Sa¦xons had the rule of London, yorke, Lincolne, or Lindecoln̄, and Kaer∣guēt, that is wynchester, wyth other good townes / wherfore as affermeth the sayd Gaufryde, the kyng for fere of y^e Saxōs, & also for that y^• he was some deale warned of the commyng of the .ii. bretherne Aurely and Uter sonnes of Constantyne: he therfore consyderynge these many and great daungers, fledde into Cambria or walys, and there helde hym for the more suertye / where as wytnessyth the sayde Gaufryde he then buylded the castel before mynded. Of y^e which buyldynge and impediment therof / and also of the gettynge or byrthe of Merlyne, and of his prophecyes he made a longe worke, the whyche I passe ouer for dyuerse consyderacy∣ons, & retourne agayne to Uortiger.

Trouth yt is, that whyle Uorty∣gernus was thus besyed in walys / the forenamed brethern Aurely and Uter preparyd theyr nauy and men of armys, and passed the see, and lan¦ded at Totnesse as sayth the englysh cronycle. wherof when the Brytons were ware that were disparklyd and seueryd in many coūtres / they drewe to them in all hasty wyse. The which sayde bretherne when they sawe that they hadde a competent nomber of knyghtes / they made towarde wa∣lys to dystresse Uortyger.

wherof he beynge warned / for so myche as he well knewe, y^t he myght not make sufficyēt defence by strēgth of knyghtes: he therfore garnyshed his castell wyth strength of men and vytayll / entendynge to sauegarde hym selfe by that meane / but all in vayne. For the sayde two bretherne wyth theyr armye, besegyd the sayd castell / and fynally after many as∣sautes, wyth wylde fyre consumed the sayde castell wyth Uortiger, and all that was therin.

Of hym yt is redde, that he shulde lye by his owne doughter, in truste y^e kynges shulde come of his blood. For the whyche dede he was accur∣syd of saynte Germayne / and lastely ended his lyfe as hefore is expressed, when he hadde reygned nowe laste ix. yeres.