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¶ De Incolis prioribus ¶ Capitulum 33

GYraldus sayth that Casera Noes nece drad the flood and fledde with thre men and fyfty wymmen in to that Ilond and dwellyd therin first the last yere to fore noes floode / But af¦terward bartholanus Seres sone that come of Iaphet noes sone come theder with his .iij. sones by happe or by craft thre hon∣derd yere after noes flood and dwellid there and encreced to the nōbre of ix / M / men / And afterward for stenche of kareyns of geants that they had kyld / they deyden al saue one ruanus that lyued a thousand and fyue honderd yere vnto seynt patriks tyme / And enformed the holy man of the forsayd men / and of al their doingisand dedes / thenne the thyrdde tyme come thyder Nymeth out of Sichia with his four sones and dwellyd there ij honderd yere and sixtene. and atte last of his ofsprynge by dy∣use mishappes of warres and of moreyn they were clene destro∣yed and the lond lefte voyde .ij / C yere after· the fourth tyme fyue dukes that were bretheren gādius / genandus Sagandius / Ru∣theragus sclauius of the forsayd nimethis successours come out of grece & occuppyed that londe & deled it in fyue partyes. And euery partye conteyned / xxij / candredes ¶ A candrede is a coun¦traye that conteyneth an honderd townes / & they sette a stone in the myddel of the londe as it were in the nauel & begynnynge of / v / kyngdomes / Atte laste slani{us} was made kynge of al the londe· the fyfte tyme whan this nacion was .xxx. yere to gyder they wexe feble. four noble men that were myllesi{us} the kyngis sones come out of spayne with many other in a Nauye of / lx / shippis / and two of the worthiest of these foure bretheren that hi¦te hiberus and hermon deled the londe bitwene hem tweyn But afterward couenaūt was broken bytwene hem both and hiber{us} was slayn thēne hermon was kynge of all that londe / & from his tyme to the first patriks tyme were kynges of that nacion sex score & euleuen. & so fro the comynge of the hyber∣mensis vnto the fyrst patrik were a thousand yere and viij·C / They had that name hibermenses & hibernici of the forsayd hibe∣rus. or ellys of hiberos a Ryuer of spayne· they were called al¦so Gaytels and scottes of one / gaytelus that was phenius ne∣uew / this gaytelus coude speke many langages after the lan∣gages that were made at nemproths tour / And wedded one sco¦ta pharoes doughter / ¶ Of these dukes come the hibermenses

¶ Men saye that these gaytelus made the yryshe langage and called it gaytelaf. as it were a langage gadred / of alle langa∣ges and tonges Atte laste Belinus kyng of bretayn had a sone that hight gurguncius· As this gurguncius come oute of den∣marke atte Irlondes Orcades he fonde men that were called bas¦clenses and were come thyder oute of spayne. these men prayde & besoughte for to haue place to dwelle Inne· And the kyng sente hem to Irlond that was tho voyde and waste. and ordeyned and sente with hem dukes and capitayns of his owne / And so it se∣meth that Irlond shold longe to. brytayn by right of old tyme ffrom the first seynt patrik vnto Fedlinudius the kyngis tyme four honderd yere regned xxxiij. kynegs eueryche after other in Irlond In this Fedlinudius tyme Turgesius duke and capy¦tayn of Norweyes brought thyder men of Norweye and occupy∣ed that londe and made in many places depe dyches and castels sengle double and treble and many wardes strongly walled / & many therof stonde yet alhoole / But Irysshe men retche not of castels· For they take wodes for castels and mareys and mores for castel dyches ¶But atte laste Turgesius deyde by gyleful wyles of wymmen / And Englysshe men seyn that gurmundus wan Irlond and made thylke dyches / and make no mencion of Turgesius / And yrysshe men speke of Turgesius / And knowe not of gurmundus. therfor is to wete that gurmundus had wō∣ne brytayn and dwellyd therinne / And sente Turgesius with grete strengthe in to yrlond for to wynne that lond / and by cause Turgesius was Capytayn and leder of that viage and iourney and seen emonge them therfor yrysshe men speke moche of hym as a noble man that was seen in that lond and knowen. Atte la¦ste whan gurmundus was slayn in Fraunce· Turgesius / loued the kynges doughter of meth in Irlond. And her fader behyghte Turgesius that he wolde sende her hym to the lowe lacherin with xv. maydens. And Turgesius promysed to mete hem there with .xv· of the noblest men that he had / And helde couenaunt and thought no gyle. but there come / xv / yōg berdles men clothed like wymmen with short swordes vnder her clothes / and fylle on tur∣gesius and slewe hym right there and so he was traitoursly slain after he had regned / xxx / yere· Not long after thre bretheren ame¦lanus Syracus and iourus come in to Irlond with her men out of Norwaye as it had ben for lone of pees and of marchandyse and dwellyd by the see sides by assente of Irysshe men / that

were alway ydel as paules knyghtes / And the norwayes byl∣ded thre cytees· deuelyn waterford and lymeryche. and encreced and after wexe rebelle ayenst men of that londe and brought first sparthes in to Irlond / So fro Turgesius tyme vnto Rotheriks tyme kyng of cannaccia that was the laste that was kynge of al the londe were xvij kynges in Irlond And so the kynges that regned in Irlond from the first hermons tyme vnto the last Rotheriks time were in al an honderd four score and one knygis that were not crowned nether enoynted ne by lawe of herita∣ge. but by myght maystrye & by strengthe of Armes· The second harry kyng of Englond made this Rotherick subgette the yere of kynge harryes age fourty. and of his regne xvij· the yere of our lord .xj.C lxxij