Prolicionycion [sic]

¶ De Regnis regnorum{que} lymitibus ¶ Capitulum 51

THe kyngdom of britayn stode without departyng hool & al one kyngdom to the britons from the firste bruyte vnto

Iulius cezars tyme / And fro Iulius cezars tyme vnto Seue∣rus tyme this londe was vnder trybute to the Romayns Nethe∣les kynges they had of the same lond from Seuerus vnto the la¦ste prynce gracyan successours of brytayns faylled / And Ro∣mayns regned in brytayn Afterward the Romayns lefte of the Regnyng in Brytayn. by cause it was fer from Rome of for grete besynesse that they had in other side ¶Thenne Scottes and pyctes by mysledyng of maximus the tyraunt poursiewed bry¦tayn and warred therin with grete strengthe of men of Armes long tyme vnto the tyme that the Saxons come atte prayeng of the brytons ayenst the pyctes and put out gurmund the yrysshe kynge with his pyctes and the brytons also with her kyng that heet Carecticus and drof hem oute of Englond in to wales / And so the saxons were victours and euery prouynce after his strength made hem a kyng & so departed englōd in to vij kyngdōs Netheles afterward these vij kyngeddoms euerych after other come all in to one kyngdō al hool vnder the prince adelstō / nethe¦les the danes poursued this lōd fro athelwulfis tyme that was a luredus fader vnto the thyrde seynt edwardes tyme about / C / lxx yere and regned therin continuelly xxx yere after the danes the / iij. seynt Edward regned therin xxiij yere and a lytil more / And after hym haralt helde the kyngdom ix monethis And after hem Normans haue regned vnto this tyme But how long they shal regne he wote to whom nothyng is vnknowen ¶R Of the for said seuen kyngdomes of her merkes meres and boundes / whan they began and how long they endured / here shal I somwhat shor¦tly telle ¶Alf•• The first kyngdom was the kyngdom of kent that stretcheth fro the eest Occean vnto the Ryuer of Tamyse. the¦re regned the first hengistus & began to regne by the acompting of dyonyse the yere of our lord four / C / lv· That kyngdom dured thre honderd lxviij / yere vnder ·xv / kynges vnto the tyme that Baldrede was put out. And Egbert kyng of westsaxon̄ ioyned that kyngdom to his own. the second kyngdom was of southsax¦on that had in the eest side kent In the south the see and the yle of wight. In the west hampshyre and in the north sothery. Ther ella regned first with his thre sones / And began to regne the ye¦re after the comyng of the angles euen / xxx / But that kyngdom within a short tyme passed in to other kyngdoms The thyrdde kyngdom was of eestsaxon· and had in the est syde the see· In the weste the contrey of London· In the southe Tamyse / In the

north southfolk. The kynges of this contreye estsaxon fro the first Sabertes tyme vnto the tyme of the danes were ten kynges whiche were subget somdel to other kynges / Netheles oftest and lengest they were vnder the kynges of mercia and vnto. that ty¦me that Egbert kyng of westsaxon ioyned that kyngdom to his owne The fourth kyngdom was of eest anglis and conteyned Norfolk and Suffolk and had in the eest side and in the north the see· In the northwest cambrygeshyre· In the west seynt Ed∣mundes dyche and hertfordshyre. And in the southe Ests••x / This kyngdom dured vnder / xij / kynges vnto the tyme that Kynge Edmunde was slayn / And thenne the danes toke wrongfully bothe the kyngdoms of eest angles and of eestsaxon ¶ After¦ward the danes were put and dryuen away or made subgette And the elder kyng Edward ioyned bothe the kyngdoms to his owne / the fyfth kyngdom was of westsaxon & dured lengest of alle these kyngdoms and had in the est side southsaxon. In the north Tamyse. In the southe and weste the see Oxcean· In that kyngdom regned Cerdrick with his sone kenrik and began to reg¦ne the yere of our lord .v·C·xix / And after the comyng of anglis lxxj· so seyth denys the other kyngdoms passyd in to this kyng¦dom. The sixte kyngdom was of mercia and was grettest of alle The markes and the meres therof were in the west side the Ry∣uer dee fast by chestre and seuarn fast by shrowesbury vnto bri∣stowe / In the eest the est see· In the south Tamyse vnto London In the north the Ryuer humbre / And so westward and doun∣ward vnto the Riuer mersee vnto the corner of wirhal ther hū∣bre falleth in to the west see / Penda wybbes sone regned firste in this kyngdom the yere of our lord ·vj / C / xxvj / so seyth denys And fro the comyng of angles an / C.lxxv / yere / This kyngdom dured vnder xviij kynges about two C lxiij yere vnto the laste colwulf / to the which colwulf the danes bitoke that kyngdom to kepe whan burdred the kyng was put out / But the elder Ed¦ward the kynge put out the danes and ioyned the kyngdom of mercia to his own kyngdom / netheles atte begynnyng this kyng¦dom of Mercia was departed in thre In west mercia In myddel mercia and est mercia / The seue nth kyngdom was northamhim¦brorum that is the kyngdom of northumberlond The meres and markes therof were by West and by est the see of occean by south the riuer of humbre and so dounward toward the west by then∣des of the shires of Nothyngham and of derby vnto the Ryuer

of mersee / And by northe the scottysshe see that heete forthe in scottysshe werid in brytysshe· the scotyssh see in englysshe ¶ This kyngdom of northumberlond was first deled in two prouynces / that one was the south side and heete deyra / and that other was the north side and heet brenicia as it were two kyngdoms· And the Riuer departed these two kyngdoms that tyme· For the kyng¦dom of deyra was fro the Ryuer of humber vnto the Riuer of ti¦ne. The kyngdom of brenycia was fro tyne to the scottysshe see· And whan pyctes dwellyd there as beda seyth libro terci•• capitu¦lo secundo / that ninian that holy man conuerted men of the south side / ¶ Ida the kyng regned there first and began to regne the re¦re of oure lord / v / C / xlvij. so seyth dyonyse. In deyra regned the kyng elle the yere of our lord .v.C.xlix· These two kyngdoms were other whyle as it is sayd departed bytwene two kynges & somtyme al hool vnder one kyng ¶And dured as it were .xx en¦glysshe kynges. thre hondred & / xxj / yere / Atte laste osbrutus & elle were slayn in the / ix· yere of her kyngdome / the danes slowe hem· And northumberlond was vode without kyng viij yere ¶ Thenne afterward the danes regned in northumberlond / xxxvj yere vnto the oonyng of the kyngdom of adelston· he made subget the kynges danes scotyssh and walssh / And regned first al one in englond and helde the kyngdom of englond all hoole and all one kyngdom that was the yere of our lord / viij / C.xxvij That Ryuer of mersee was somtyme the marke and mere by∣twene the kyngdom of mercia and the kyngdom of northumber¦lond that may be shewd in two maners •• firste by the proprete of this mersee that is as moche to saye as a see that is a bound and a mere / For it departeth one kyngdom from another ¶ Also it is wryte in Cronycks of Henry and of alfrede that kyng coward the elder fastned a castel at mauncestre in northumberlond / But that cyte maūcestre is fro the Riuer of mersee scarsely thre myle·