The firste [laste] volume of the chronicles of England, Scotlande, and Irelande conteyning the description and chronicles of England, from the first inhabiting vnto the conquest : the description and chronicles of Scotland, from the first original of the Scottes nation till the yeare of our Lorde 1571 : the description and chronicles of Yrelande, likewise from the first originall of that nation untill the yeare 1571 / faithfully gathered and set forth by Raphaell Holinshed.

Cunedag and Margan contende for the gouernement.

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CVnedagius & Mar∣ganus Nephews to Cordeilla,* 1.1 hauing reco∣uered the land out of hir hands, deuided the same betwixt them, that is to wit, the countrey ouer & beyonde Humber fell to Margan as it stretcheth euen to Catnesse, & the other part lying South,

and by west, was assigned to Cunidagius. This pertition chanced in the yeere of the World .3170. before the building of Rome .47. Vzia as yet raigning in Iuda, & Ieroboam in Israel. After∣wards, these two cousins, Cunedag and Margā, had not raigned thus past a two yeares, but tho∣rough some seditious persons, Margan was per∣swaded to reise warre against Cunedag, telling him in his eare, howe it was a shame for him be∣ing come of the elder sister, not to haue the rule of [ 10] the whole Ile in his hande. Herevpon, ouercome with pride, ambition, & couetousnesse, he reised an army,* 1.2 & entring into y^e land of Cunedag, he brē∣ued & destroyed y^e coūtrey before him in miserable maner. Cunedag in all hast to resist his aduer∣sarie, assembled also al y^e power he could make, & comming with the same against Margan, gaue him battell, in the which be slew a great nūber of Margās people, and put y^e residue to flight, and furthermore pursued him from countrey to coū∣trey, [ 20] till hee came into Cambria, nowe called Wales, where y^e said Margan gaue him eftsones a new battell: but beeing too weake in number of men,* 1.3 he was there ouercome & slaine in y^e field, by reason wherof, y^t countrey tooke name of him, be∣ing there slaine,* 1.4 and so is called to this day Glau Margā, which is to meane in our English tong, Margans land. This was the end of that Mar∣gan, after hee had raigned with his brother two yeres, or thereaboutes. [ 30]

AFter the death of Margan, Cunedagius the son of Hēnius & Ragay (middlemost daugh∣ter of Leir,* 1.5 before mentioned) became Ruler of all the whole lād of Britayne, in y^e yere of y^e World 3172. before the building of Rome .45. Vzia still raigning in Iuda, and Ieroboam in Israell. He gouerned this Ile wel & honorably for the tearme of .xxxiij. yeeres: And then dying, his body was buried at Troynouant or Londō. Moreouer our writers do reporte, that hee builded also three tē∣ples, [ 40] one to Mars at Perth in Scotland, another to Mercury at Bangor, and the thirde to Apollo in Cornewall.

Notes

• * 1.1

  Cune∣dag & Mar∣gan.
• * 1.2

  •…•…argan in∣••••deth his ••••usin Cune∣••••g.
• * 1.3

  •…•…argan is ••••yne.
• * 1.4

  〈◊〉〈◊〉 VVest.
• * 1.5

  Cune∣dagius •…•…lone.