Sequitur Capitulum 19
BAssianus Antonius seuerus sonne regned after his fader seuen yere. this was callid marcus aurelius and carakalla also for a maner clothyng that he gaue at Rome And therfor bathes that he made at Rome ben called caracalane This was a right euil man and sharper of maners than his fader and he was vnsuffrable of lechery R ¶ So that he toke his owne stepdame Iuliana and wedded her to wyf ¶ Of the place and maner of his dyeng auctours discorden as it is sayd to fore hon∣de Gaufr and Alfr While this bassianus regned one caransius that come••h of the lowest blode of brytons was a noble man of coūceyl & of honde ••he gate of the senatours the kepyng of the cos¦tes of Brytayne· for that tyme frensshemen and saxons werryd therupon but whan 〈◊〉〈◊〉 had goten his axyng he dyde more harme and damage than proff••t to the comynte For he byhete to the bri¦tons that he wolde 〈◊〉〈◊〉 and chace the Romayns oute of the ylond yf they wold make hym kyng ¶ Thenne he slough bassia∣nus and 〈◊〉〈◊〉 the kyngdome seuen yere For the pyctes that ful¦gencius the ••nc bassianus moders broder had brought oute of Sacia and oute of other londes fors••••e bassianus in the bataill For carancius hadde hyred hem / And soo carancius hadde the vyctorye and yaue to the pyctes a dwellyng place in Albania that is Scotland / there they were medled with brytons & dwel¦lid there afterwarde longe tyme The Senatours of Rome herde herof and sente one allectus with thre legyons in to brytayn for to slee the tiraunt carancius and he was slayne Allectus reg¦ned thre yere and he restored brytayne agayne to the power of rome. Gir· And for this Allectus greued and poursiewed the brytons that had holde with caransius one asclepiodotus duk of cornewayle was made kynge And after thre yeere he slough Allectus at london and many thousandes of Romayns ¶ Gau¦redus After that london was lon ge besieged / venodotes men of north wales fylle vpon gallus Allectus felawe and slough hym within london at a broke. that hath the name of hym and is callyd gallebro•••• or walbrooke ¶And asclepiodotus reg∣ned somwhat of yeres in the ylond vnto dioclisianus tyme Thenne coelus duc of colchesire slough Asclepiodotus ¶ R Giraldus & gaufredus calle this aslepiodot{us} duc of cornewaile