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¶ Hely ¶ Samuel ¶ Capitulum 27

HEly the preest after Sampson was Iugge in Israel / xl yere so seyth ysidorus libro quinto and Iosephus libro sex∣to But the seuenty sey that hely was ouer the peple twenty yere In his tyme felle a greet honger in the lande of Israel / And the storye of Ruth that was of moab felle· Hectors childer toke Ili∣um that is troye and put out Anthenores ofsprynge by helpe of helen{us}priam{us} sone silui{us} posthum{us} eneas & Ascani{us} his broder geten on his stepdame lauina was the thyrd kynge of latyns & began to regne and regned nyne and thyrtty yere in the whiche yere Brutus Siluius sonne that was ascanius sonne occupyed bretayne as storyes rehersen. It semeth that historyes discorden that telle of this brutus fader for thystorye of brytons sayth that this brute was siluius sonne the whiche siluius was Ascanius sonne But thystory of Rome sayth that Ascanius gate Iulius of which cam th•• meyny familia iuliorū & maketh no menciō of Silui{us} then if this Iuli{us} had twey names & was cleped silui∣us also that one of historyes fayllyth / for me sayth that this bru¦te whan he was fyften yere old slough his fader at huntyng and alle historyes acorden that Siluius posthumus was eneas sonne and not ascanius sonne and lyued long after vnslayne and reg¦ned also than it is soth that this siluius posthum{us} was not bru∣tes fader but vpon case for thystory of Rome seyth that ascanius after eneas deth norysshed vp tendrely Silui{us} posthum{us} / therfore he is acompted his fader· Herto I wold assente withonten doub¦te / ner that me redeth that siluius was slayne of his sonne Bai¦te T ¶ Ganfr This brute slough his moder in his birth and his fader afterward at huntyng whan he was fyften yere old Therfor he was put out of ytaly•• and went in to grece and there by helpe of the troyans he ouercome pandrasue the kyng of grece & wedded his doughter Innoges· he delyuerd the Troyans and saylled thens and had answer of the goddes and landed in af∣frica / then he passed the auētur•• of philenes the lake callyd lacus salinarum the salt lake / the riuer malue and hercules pilers. and cam in to the see Tiren and founde there corneus and went in to Gyan and ouercome there Gopharyus Duc of Peytowe and Turnus Brutus nenewe was slayne at a Cyte callyd turon

owther Turon by his owne name· And than brute had good wynde and saylled in to brytayn and helde britayn atte clyf of Totenes in Cornewayle and was first kyng of brytayn all hole and destroyed the geauntes that dwellyd there in and cleped the Ilonde Brytayne by his owne name and called his felawes Britons and bitoke cornewayl to corneus and buyld a Cyte & called it Trinouantuin as it were new troy that cyte now is cal¦led london and is vpon Temse Brute bigate thre sonnes Lo∣trinus camber and albanactus and dyed whan he hadde regned four and twenty yere in the yland / The kynges of Scicions fail¦led whan they had regned an honderd yere thre score and twey∣ne. ¶ Samuel after hely was Iugge in ysrael twelue yere soo seyth Iosephus libro octauo / Netheles the scripture speketh not therof from his tyme began the tymes of prophetees tempo∣ra prophetarum· And in his thyrdde yere dauyd was born Pe¦trus This Samuel ordeyned first company of clerkes in que∣res for to singe and than me sayd that they prophecyed that is to meene they worshipt god besyly Afterward Samuel was Iugge in ysrael vnder Saule echten yere / Lotrinus brutus el∣dest sonne began to regne as it were vpon the south see to the Ry¦uer of humbre and named that partye of the ylonde loegria that is englond as it is sayde in the first book in the chapytre of Bri∣tayne / But Albanactus was slayne and camber dyed And lo¦crinus after that he had regned twenty yere was slayne also in batayll that his wyf Gwendolena made ayenst him by cause of a strompete called estrilda And Gwendolena regned after her hus¦band fyften yere