A knowledge for kings, and a warning for subiects conteyning the moste excellent and worthy history of the Raellyans peruerted state, and gouernment of their common wealth: no lesse rare, then strange ... First written in Latine, by Iames Glaucus a Germaine: and now translated into enlgish by VVilliam Cleuer scholemaster. By speciall recorde, this monument was two thousande yeares of antiquity: and so dusked and forworne with age, that being in a plaine writte[n] letter, could scarce be read ... I with my painefull indeuour haue now renewed it into fresh memorye.

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A knowledge for kings, and a warning for subiects conteyning the moste excellent and worthy history of the Raellyans peruerted state, and gouernment of their common wealth: no lesse rare, then strange ... First written in Latine, by Iames Glaucus a Germaine: and now translated into enlgish by VVilliam Cleuer scholemaster. By speciall recorde, this monument was two thousande yeares of antiquity: and so dusked and forworne with age, that being in a plaine writte[n] letter, could scarce be read ... I with my painefull indeuour haue now renewed it into fresh memorye.

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Glaucus, James.

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Imprinted at London :: By [J. Charlewood for] Richard Ihones,

1576.

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Contents

• title page
• ¶ To the Right worship∣full, M. Gryffyn Ham∣den, of Hamden Essquyer: one of the Queenes Maiesties Iustices, of the Countie of Buckingham. VV. C. wysheth health, and happines, in Christ Iesus. (∴)
• ¶ Iames Glawcus his E∣pistle to the Reader, translated out of Latin by VVilliam Cleuer.
• ¶ A compendious Fable shewing the substaunce of the whole worke.
• story
  • ❧ Howe the Raellyans began their fyrst estate, and of their great Idolatrie to the Asse of Adamant in the holie Alsephon, &c.
  • ❧ The oration of Har∣mannus the Orator, in the behalfe of the common people, for that they would not haue a gouernor.
  • ❧ Howe Alectros, the O∣rator for the Elders, confuteth Har∣mannus his Oration, and what per∣swasions hée vseth for the establishing of a King.
  • ❧ Of the great discenti∣on and hrlie burlie, that fell among the people in the holie Alsephon.
  • ¶ The Determyners O∣ration, for the appeasing of the people.
  • ¶ How the Ascalon of the Alsephon did require an aunswere from the Image, whether they shoulde haue a King, or no.
  • ¶ HOW THE KINGE was chosen by the consent of the whole Realme, as wel the Elders as the commons.
    • The Ascalons Declaration vnto the Elders concerning the answer of the Image.
    • The coronation of Hel∣lepatrus King of the Raellians in the ho¦ly Alsephon.
    • The Kinges Oration.
  • ❧ Here sheweth howe the King was sworne vnto the Commens, and passed forth the daie of his Corona∣tion, with many pleasures.
  • ❧ Here is shewed howe the King fell at discorde with his sub∣iects: his subiects confederated with the King of the Hircans, to inuade their lande: Hellepatrus the king of the Ra∣ellyans, was banished, and restored vnto his kingdome by the King of the Trebonians: with the myserable death that the King of the Trebonyans was executed to.
  • ❧ The King of the Tre∣bonians aunswered his pittyfull com∣playnt in this maner.
    • The death of Hellepatrus the King.
  • ❧ Here is declared the sorrowe that the Raellyans made for the death of Hellepatrus: the straunge sight that was seene in the Alsephon: and what ioye they made in the ende of their sorrow, for the crowning of Hellydorus to bee King.
  • ❧ The Oration of Hel∣lydorus the King.
  • ❧ Here is shewed howe the King passed forth his Coronation with feasting, and actiue tryumphe, fell sicke, and recouering his health, reuenged the death of his father, Hellepatrus.
  • ¶ How the King put ma∣ny to death, for concealing the vvrytinges that were betweene their forefathers, and the Assyrians, when the Lande was firste purchased: And also of a Prophete that ryseth among the Raellyans, and cryeth out of their Idolatrous Image, the Asse, in which was all their trust: The saide Pro∣phete is put to death, by Hellydorus the King.
    • ¶ The Ascalon spake vnto the Prophete after this sort.
  • Here is shewed how the King fell in loue with one Sebona a har∣lotte, married her: and was turned to an Asse: and how the Assirians did repossed the Land of the Raellians by conquest.
  • ¶ Howe Hellidorus was hearde to speake after he was an Asse, and there was de∣uowred of houndes: the Assyrians for the loue that they did beare vnto him, did burie his carkase in the fourme of an Asse: and builded in the middest of the wyldernesse, a verie honorable Tombe ouer the same.
  • ¶ The wordes of King Hellidorus, when he was an Asse.
  • The verses wrytten ouer King Hellydorus his Tombe.