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

Anglia. THE .CXL. CHAPITER.

CAdwaladrus that of y^e reuerente Be∣da is named Ced∣walla / beganne to aryse and rule the Brytons and also the westsaxons, in the yere of grace vi. hundred .lxxx. and thre / and y^e .xii. yere of Theodoricus then kynge of Fraunce / and also the last yere of Ke¦newinus or Kentwinus then kynge of westsaxon. This of Gaufryde and other authours wyth y^e englyshe cro¦nicle is called the sonne of Cedwall. But wyllyam that wrote the actes & dedys of kynges sayth, that he was the sonne of Kenebryght / and descen¦dyd lynyally of the blode of Cerdic{us} the fyrste kynge of the westsaxons. The which Cadwaladyr or Cedwal¦la made warre vpon Lothari{us} kyng of Kent, and destroyed myche of that prouynce / and wan the yle of wyght, and gaue the fourth parte therof vn¦to saynte wylfryde / in the whyche sayde .iiii. parte were accompted .iii. hundred housholdes.

The whyle that Calwaladyr was besyed in one parte of Kent / his bro∣ther named Mulkyn wyth a certayn of knyghtes was beseged, and laste¦ly brente in a nother parte therof. In reuengement wherof, Cadwaladyr of new destroyed a more parte of the sayde prouynce.

Contynuynge the whyche warre, Lotharius forenamed was woūded and dyed. After whom Edricus was kynge / y^e whych reygned but a shorte season.

Aboute this tyme saynte Cutbert was byshop of Hogulstald or Dur∣ham / & after byshop of Lyndefarn. But lastely he rufusyd that / and be¦came an anker in the yle of Farne, and there dyed. This ile now is cal∣led holy ilande.

Thē Cadwaladyr made warre vp¦pon Athelwold kynge of Southsa∣xons or Southsex / and slewe hym in playne batayll, and after made hys prouynce thrall to hym. But thys agreeth not with y^e former sayeng re¦hersyd in the .lxxx. & .xiiii. chapyter of this worke precedynge / where yt is sayde that the kyngdome of South∣saxons enduryd but a hundred .xii. ye¦res. By whyche reason this Ethel∣wolde or Athelwolde shulde not at this season be kyng of Southsaxōs. For the terme of a hundred and .xii. yeres was expyrd more then .lxxx. and .viii. yeres before this daye. But ye shall vnderstande y^t this forsayde terme of a hundred and .xii. yeres / is ment for the contynuaunce of this kyngedome or they were subdued, and the kynges therof named vnder kynges as this Ethelwold was.

Then yt foloweth when Cadwa∣ladyr hadde ruled the Brytons and also the westsaxons, by the terme of thre yeres, as wytnessyth Ranulphe munke of Chester / he then of pure de¦uocyon renouncyd the pompe and pryde of the worlde, and yode in pyl¦grymage to Rome / where of the fyrst Sergius then pope, he was confyr∣myd and after made a white munke, and contynued there hys lyfe tyme in perfyte holynes.

Of thys Cadwaladyr or Cedwal¦la many and dyuers opynyons are wryten of authours, both of hys rey¦gne and also of the contynuaunce therof / and ouer that, of the tyme whē he forsoke hys lande. wherin is great varyaunce, as I haue shewed

in the table in the begynnyng of this symple worke. So that it shuld seme that these two names shulde sounde to be sondry persones / wherof the cō¦trary is a certayned by the foresayde Ranulphe / where as he sayeth that Cadwaladr{us} or Cedwalla was but one persone, the whyche was laste kyng of Britons and of westsaxons. Also for so mych as they ioyned next vnto Cambria or walys.

If I shuld here bryng in the cause of the auoydynge of thys lande by Cadwaladyr, as is rehersyd by Gau¦fryde / yt wolde aske a longe tracte of tyme / and also to me yt apperyth the more doutefull, that yt is not te∣styfyed of the authour of Policrony¦con / consyderynge the great nomber of authours, whyche he sought and allegyd for his authoryte, as yt shew¦yth in the fyrste chapyter of his fyrst boke. And specyally syns that ho∣ly Gyldas and Bede is amonge the sayde authours accomptyd / y^e whych dyd great dilygence in serchynge of the dedes and actes of the Brytons / and of the aungellis monycyon that to hym was geuen / with also the pro¦phecye of Merlyn, that the Brytons shulde not recouer this lande tyll the relykes of Cadwaladyr wyth other of holy saintes, were brought hyther out of Rome. I hold that for no part of my beleue though many welshe∣men yt do. wherfore to folowe the moste authoryte as before is sayde / when this Cadwaladyr had reygned thre yeres, he went to Rome / & there lastely dyed, and was buryed in the chyrche of saynt Peter, with this epy¦thaphye or superscrypcyon vppon his toumbe, as foloweth in metyr,

Culmen opus sobolem pollencia regna triumphos, Eximias proceros moenia castra lares, Quae{que} patrum virtus, & quae congesserat ipse. Cadwald armipotens, linquit amore dei.

The whyche versys may be englys∣shed in maner as foloweth.

worshypfull ryches, kynred, trium∣phes assuryd, Plenteous welth, wyth clothes rych¦ly dyghte, Houses, castellys, and townes strōg¦ly muryd, And other honours whyche by hys parentes myght / And his ownes this marcyall ver∣tuous knyghte, Cadwalde the stronge, descendyd of kynges bloode, For Crystes loue renouncyd all hys good.

And thus here endeth the lyfe & rule of the Brytons nowe called welshe¦men / whych toke that name of theyr duke or leder as sayth Guydo called wallo or Guallo / or ellys of a quene of walys named Galaes or walaes. But how so y^e name came first to thē, onw are they called welshe mē, y^t som¦tyme were named Brytons or Bru∣tons, descendyd fyrste of Troyans, and after of Brute, & lastely of Dū∣wallo Moliuncius or Molmucius Dūwallo. All be yt they were gretly mynglyd or medelyd wyth other na∣cyōs, as Romayns, Pictes, & other / as by the redyng of the premisses ye may wel perceyue & know. And now be they englyshe, that in theyr begyn¦nyng were named Saxōs or Anglis

But yet for so myche as welchmē extolle so hougely theyr blode & ally∣aūce, fetchyng yt frō Pryam but not from Eneas, & regarded so lytle the progeny or lynyall descent of y^e Sa∣xōs or Anglis: therfore to y^e entēt to kele somwhat theyr hygh corage, or to opp̄sse in {per}ty their brutyshe blast{is}, I will bryng in here y^e sayng of Guy¦do & other, y^e auaūce the blode or dys¦sent of the Saxōs to be farre aboue the Britons / as they y^t ar descendyd of goddes & men immortall / where

the Britons clayme the ofsprynge to come of men they were mortall / & not moste to be alowed in honour, yf they thynke vppon Eneas vntrouth and treason.

Then to folowe the foresayde au∣thour Guydo, that sayth. woden, of whom the Saxons taken theyr ory∣gynall, was y^e sonne of Frealoffe the sonne of Fredewolfe, the sonne of Flyn, the son of Flokwald, the son of Geta, that was the sonne of Minos, that is nexte in honour to Pluto god of hell, and chefe iudge of his infer∣nall iurisdyccyon.

Therfore ye welshe men here after nurture lere.

And dyspyse not Saxōs that ben to god so nere.

Thus then apperyth by the con∣ueyaunce of this worke, y^t the last or thyrd yere of Cadwaldyr was y^e yere of grace .vi. hundred .lxxx. & vi. which maketh the yere of y^e worlde .v. thou∣sand .viii. hūdred .lxxx. & .v. By which reason yt apperyth, that the Britons had the rule of this land for the more party, to reken frō the fyrst cōmynge of the duke or leader Brute, by the space of a thousande .viii. hundred & xxii. yeres.

And thus here an ende of the fyfte parte of this worke, for the consyde∣racyon before rehersyd, that Briton kynges after this day, reygned none in this realme / and the Saxons or Anglis began fully to haue domyny¦on therof.

wherfore as before tyme I haue vsed and done in the other parties be¦fore specyfyed, so now I here agayn salute and gyue thankes to that moste excellēt virgyn our lady saynt Mary, with the .v. ioy∣es of the forenamed seuen ioyes, begynnynge.

Gaude mater miserorum &c.

Thou mother to wretches and other disconsolate, Hayll and be glad, for god of worldes all To them that here in this presente state Done to the worshyppe, he rewarde shall, Wyth condygne meryte passynge all temporall, In heuen to be stallyd, wyth moste felicyte, Euermore to reygne with thy sonne and th••.

This .v. parte to be accompted from the laste yere of the mysery of Bry∣tons, or the fyrste yere of Constan∣tyne brother to kynge of Armorica / vnto the thyrd or last yere of Cadwa¦ladyr, includyth of yeres .CCliii.