The consent of time disciphering the errors of the Grecians in their Olympiads, the vncertaine computation of the Romanes in their penteterydes and building of Rome, of the Persians in their accompt of Cyrus, and of the vanities of the Gentiles in fables of antiquities, disagreeing with the Hebrewes, and with the sacred histories in consent of time. VVherein is also set downe the beginning, continuance, succession, and ouerthrowes of kings, kingdomes, states, and gouernments. By Lodovvik Lloid Esquire.

CHAP. II.

From the time of Hispanus by whom they were called Hispaniards, vntill the monarchie was dissolued, and the names of kinges en∣ded: after what time Hispayne was deuided vnto particu∣lar Prouinces and seuerall dominions after the raigne and go∣uernement of foure and twentie kings, euen from Cetubal the first vnto Mellicola the last.

HItherto you reade howe that the first inhabi∣tauntes were called by diuers names, first of Tubal their first king, by whome they were called Cetubals: at the seconde change, they were called Hiberi, and the countrey Hiberia,

after the name of Hiberus their seconde king: the thirde time, they were called Celtiberi, and the countrey Celtiberia: the fourth time, the countrey was called Hesperia: and the fifte time nowe of Hispanus, the countrey is called Hi∣spayne.

This time in the East kingdomes nothing was done woorth the writing: Forkinges were scant yet knowen, no * 1.1 great warres yet heard of, for at this time reguli non Reges fuere, and therefore I thought it the best course, to set downe the names of the first Kinges, that then inhabited in Hispayne: for all this while, and of long time after, no warre, no victorie, no martiall exploites were in anie part of the worlde, sauing in the East among the Chaldeans and the Assyrians, which grewe by this time so mighty, that they held betwene them the first monarchie, and yet their do∣minion seemed not to extend farre by the sequele. I wil there∣fore bee briefe, for that I cannot finde during the time of these 24. kings, anie historie woorth the writing, nor of long time after these foure and twentie kinges raigned in Spayne one after another.

1 Tubal their first king by whom they were called Cetubals, which raigned 155. yeeeres, and had setled some seates and builded some townes and died.

2 Iberus his sonne and their second king raigned 37. yeres, he also died.

3 Iubalda the third king and the sonne of Iberus raigned 66. yeeres, and dwelt hard by a mount of his owne name, called * 1.2 Iubalda, which vnto this day is of the Spaniards named Gibral∣ta.

4 Brigus succeeded Iubalda in the 20. yere of Arius the sixt king of the Assyrians, and gouerned in Celtiberia 51. yeeres.

5 After him Tagus which is called Orma, gouerned the Celtiberians, and raigned 30. yeeres, hee beganne to gouerne his kingdome with Baleus Xerxes, the eight king of the Assyri∣ans, and at what time the Argiues reared first there, and Phaeton came to Italie. Phaetontis incendium.

6 Then succeeded in Celtiberia Betus their sixth king, which beganne his raigne when Armatrites the ninth king beganne in Assyria and raigned one and thirtie yeeres: this time Eusebius setteth downe the 17. Dynasteia of the * 1.3 Egyptians which endured 103. yeeres. During which time the shepherds had gouernment.

7 Gerion surnamed Deabus raigned 35. yeeres, he inuen∣ted the vse of many good things & found first the vse of mynes of gold, siluer and other mettals.

8 After whom succeeded his three sonnes surnamed Lom∣uini, which builded a towne after their owne name Lomuinia: * 1.4 they also raigned 42. yeeres after their father.

9 Hispalus the sonne of Hercules Libyus, and the 9. king of the Celtiberians, he raigned 11. yeeres, he beganne his gouern∣ment in the 36. yeere of Baleus Iunior the II. king of the Assy∣rians, he did nothing, but builded a towne and named it after his owne name Hispalis.

10 After Hispalus succeeded the tenth king named Hispa∣nus, * 1.5 which raigned 32. yeeres, by whom the whole countrey was called Hispania. This time Iacob with his children went to Egypt, when the great famine was almost ouer the whole world: so long the name of Hispaine continued.

11 Hercules after the death of Hispanus, being verie aged, raigned 19. yeeres: at what time Mamitus the 13. king of the Assyrians gouerned at Niniuie.

12 Hesperus raigned after Hercules 11. yeeres. In Egypt be∣gan this time to raigne Mispharmutosis: about which time Io∣seph being an hundred yeres old, died in Egypt. Narbon raigned * 1.6 in that part of Fraunce which was called Celta, after whome the countrey was after called Narbon.

13 Kittim called in some places Atlas, after hee had forced * 1.7 his brother Hesperus to forsake the kingdome, and to flie into Italie, raigned in Spaine 11. yeeres. With this Kittim beganne to raigne in Assyria Maucaleus the 14. king, and ouer the Ar∣giues Crassus the fiftking.

14 Sicorus raigned after Kittim Atlas, who raigned 45. yeres:

for Kittim hauing his sonne in his steede to gouerne Spaine, * 1.8 went to Italie, and raigned there, and was called for his great vertue and excellencie of minde, of that countrey Italus. This maried his daughter Electra to Cambo Blaston a Prince of * 1.9 the Ianigenes. During the time of Sicorus Kittims sonne in Spaine, raigned in Egypt Amenophis a cruel king, who made a lawe that all the male children of the Israelites, which then were in great cruell bondage in Egypt, should be drowned in the riuer Nilus: at which time Moses beyng borne then in E∣gypt, was throwen to Nilus: but he was preserued by the ap∣poyntment of God. This time reigned in Assyria Spherus the 15. king.

15 Sicanus the sonne of Sicorus raigned after his Father * 1.10 12. yeres king of Hispaine. Phorbas the sixt king of the Argiues began in his kingdome to raigne, and Sparetus the 17. king of the Assyrians.

16 After Sicanus succeeded Siceleus, which raigned in * 1.11 Spaine 44. yeeres: this king came with the Sicilians to aide Iasius against Dardanus, who both were in armes for the kingdome of Italie, and did no other great thing. In the be∣ginning of this Siceleus raigne, the kingdome of Athens beganne vnder Cecrops their first king, in the fourth yeere of Sparetus the seuenteenth king of the Assyrians, and in the sixte yeere of Marathus the thirteenth King of Peloponesus. At what time Troyphas raigned the seuenth king of the Ar∣giues, and Acengeres raigned king of Egypt. Functius sayeth, that Mercurius Trismegistus an Egyptian Philosopher flouri∣shed about this time, a great learned Priest, whose bookes yet are to this day extant, though some doe doubt of the same, as in so ancient a thing men may easily doubt. I thinke there * 1.12 was not so much diuinitie then in Egypt, as Trismegistus see∣meth to write in his bookes.

17 After that Siceleus had raigned 44. yeeres, his sonne named Lusus succeeded him, and reigned thirtie yeeres: this * 1.13 dwelt in that part of Spayne which he called after his owne name Lusitania: thither he brought manie from Italie and

other places to inhabite. This Lusus beganne to reigne in Spayne in the thirteenth yeere of Ascatades the 18. King of the Assyrians, in the verie yeere that Dardanus slue by * 1.14 deceit his brother Iasius, and after fledde to Samothracia. In the beginning of the reigne of this King, the Israelites were deliuered from their bondage and great miserie vnder Pha∣rao in Egypt, after they had continued foure hundred & thir∣tie yeeres there in seruitude. This time reigned in Athens, Cra∣naus their seconde king, and ouer the Argiues, Crotopus their eight king.

18 Siculus the eighteenth king of Spayne succeeded Sice∣leus, and reigned 64. yeeres. That time that he beganne to * 1.15 gouerne Spaine, then Dardanus beganne to erect a kingdome in Dardania, which afterwarde was called Troy, which was in the last yeere of Ascatades the 18. king of Assyria, 830. yeeres after the flood of Noah. This Dardanus after he was fledde to Samothracia, for the killing of his brother Iasius for the gouernment of Italie, he sought no right in Italie, but resig∣ned the same to Turrhenius, who sailed into that part of Italie, called Ianigena, and possessed it, and reigned 51. yeeres, and Dardanus began his kingdome, and was the first king of Dar∣dania, after called Troy. This time Faunus Priscus reigned ouer * 1.16 the Latines then called Aborigenes: for Latinus was the fift king after Faunus, after whom they were called Latins, after Latinus name their first king.

19 Testa succeeded Siculus in Spaine, and reigned seuentie yeeres. During which time Manethon which onely writeth of the first 24. kinges, doeth set downe nothing worth the wri∣ting: for these kings were not heard of any way out of Spaine: they liued so simply, & vnpeopled, without any war or other exploits done: the best is the noting of time, thereigne of o∣ther kings, & the histories of the East coūtreys are by this hi∣storie briefly passed ouer. During the 70. yeres of these kings, Bellopares the 21. king and Lamprides the 22. king of the Assyri∣ans reigned at Niniue. Menophis gouerned Egypt, Minos in Creete, Abas ouer the Argiues, Erictheus the sixt king of the

Athenians. In the latter yeeres of this king, Samgar which suc∣ceeded Ehud, iudged Israel: after Samgar, Debora, and Barac.

20 Romus the twentieth king that gouerned in Spaine: he raigned three and thirty yeeres, at what time raigned in As∣syria * 1.17 Lampares the 24. king, and ouer the Argiues Agrisius their fourteenth and last king. In Dardania raigned Tros their thirde king, who enlarged the citie of Dardania verie * 1.18 much, and altered the name of Dardania after his owne name, and called it Troia. I take little heede to Manethon, for hee doeth much differ from others in manie thinges, and I make as much haste as I can to come to an ende. Nowe af∣ter that Romus dyed, Palatinus succeeded and raygned eighteene yeeres: in whose time the kingdome of the Argiues * 1.19 was translated into Mycena, where for a long time it con∣tinued.

21 This time raigned in Troy, Ilus, after whose name Troy was called Ilion: and in Assyria gouerned Paninas * 1.20 their 25. king: Gedeon iudged Israel. This Palatinus beyng a young man, was driuen out of his kingdome by Cacus in∣to Italie, from whence after a while hee returned and got his kingdome, and forced Cacus to flie into Italie, bee∣yng nowe agayne in his kingdome placed, hee founde the vse of yrons, and taught first the Spaniardes to make di∣uers kindes of weapons. I finde in Manethon that Palati∣nus raigned eighteene yeeres in the first time before he was forced by Cacus to flie into Italie: and after hee wanne his kingdome agayne, after that Cacus had raigned sixe and thirtie yeeres in Spayne: hee gouerned Spayne sixe yeeres. This Cacus was supposed of the auncient Spaniardes, to bee the sonne of Vulcan, for that hee taught to make weapons for to fight in the fielde, and founde the vse of yron. This Cacus was borne in Celtiberia a part of Spayne, two and four∣tie yeeres before Hercules was borne, as Manethon affirmeth: hee gouerned Spayne 222. yeeres after the going of Israel * 1.21 out of Egypt. At what time raigned in Egypt Romascs the se∣cond Larthes.

22 Nowe reigned Dedalus, of whom the Poets fayned that he with his sonne Icarus fledde with winges for Greece into Creete, for the passing celeritie of his sayle. This time Abimelech gouerned Israel, who slue his seuentie bre∣thren, and was slaine himselfe after in the thirde yeere of his reigne by a woman at Thebes. Aegeus King Pandeons sonne and father to Theseus, reigned in Athens this time.

23 Erithrus the 23. king of Spaine, succeeded Palatuus * 1.22 and Cacies: hee reigned king in Spayne 66. yeeres. During which time Iair iudged Israel, and after Iair, Ieptha. Mytreus the 27. king of the Assyrians raigned in Niniue. In the ele∣uenth yeere of this Erithrus reigne, came Euander out of Arcadia into Italie, to whome Faunus the gouernour and ru∣ler of this scattered people that dwelt about Rome called A∣borigines, which yet had certaine dwellinges, gaue a fielde, * 1.23 and a little hill afterwarde called Mons Auentinus, where Her∣cules slue Cacus, at what time Hercules came from Spayne in∣to Italie, before Aeneas comming 55. yeeres. Theseus go∣uerned Athens, after hee had subdued the monster Mino∣taurus, and conquered Creete. This Erithrus reigned in Spayne, vntill the verie yeere that Troy was by the Greekes destroyed.

24 After him succeeded Gargorus Mellicola, the 24. * 1.24 and last king of Spayne, who reigned 75. yeeres vntill the first yeere of Aeneas Syluius the fourth king of the Latins, at what time the Lacedemonians and the Corinthians beganne to set vp their kingdomes: for as the Troianes, the Peloponesians, and the Spaniardes ended their kingdomes: so they at that instant beganne to flourish in their newe kingdomes: for the Peloponesians, after they had had sixe and twentie kings, they were gouerned by Priestes called Carin. The Troianes also were ouerthrowen after sixe kinges reigne, and their * 1.25 Countrey destroyed with sworde and fire, so that the rem∣naunt were scattered to seeke newe kingdomes and other countreyes, some to Greece, some to Italie, and some to o∣ther places: and the Spaniardes euen so after 24. Kings, their

kingdome was turned into prouinces, and other particular gouernements.

Thus Spaine, after it reigned vnder kings for the space of 988. yeeres, is nowe become into prouinces, gouerned by * 1.26 seuerall magistrates: during which time of 988. yeres which their kings raigned, yet were they not herd of in any part of the East countreys: their fame grewe no further then to the Confines of Italie, and to the furthest precinct of Spaine. Ephorus an ancient writer affirmeth, that all Spaine was taken to be but a citie named Iberia of all the East countries: and I can easily beleeue it: for the Romanes during the time of their seuen kings, were no where spokē of but within Italie, not so much as the Grecians their next neighbours made any men∣cion of them: neither Thucidides, nor Herodot, late writers, neuer thought of them in all their histories: specially Hero∣dot, who wrote generally of all Asia. In like maner the Greci∣ans were not knowen vnto the Persians before Xerxes time: * 1.27 for so Strabo affirmeth, saying, nec Graeci Persas nec Persae Graecos nouerunt nisi perparum quantum fama percepissent. What frag∣ments Manethon and others found of the antiquitie of Spaine, * 1.28 and of their first gouernement of their kings, I haue briefly noted but the time onely, omitting other things of those dayes as meere fables and trifles, not worth the writing.

Notes

• * 1.1

  Nothing a∣mong the old kings of Assy∣ria and of Hi∣spaine worth the writing.
• * 1.2

  Manethon would fayne haue had cause to write of old Hispaine.
• * 1.3

  The 17. Dyna∣steia of Egypt which endu∣red 103. yeres.
• * 1.4

  Lomuini.
• * 1.5

  From this Hi∣spanus the coū∣trey of Hi∣spaine was na∣med.
• * 1.6

  Narbon.
• * 1.7

  Annius de reg. Hisp.
• * 1.8

  Kittim Atlas.
• * 1.9

  Manethon de reg. Hispaniae.
• * 1.10

  〈◊〉〈◊〉. Sicanus is 〈◊〉〈◊〉. 〈◊〉〈◊〉 of Spaine.
• * 1.11

  Siceleus.
• * 1.12

  Hermes Tris∣megistus.
• * 1.13

  Lusius 17. king of Hispaine.
• * 1.14

  The onely vse of this history is for consent of time.
• * 1.15

  〈◊〉〈◊〉 kings of •…•…ria, and the •…•…nges of Hispaine go∣uerned about one time.
• * 1.16

  Faunus Priscus.
• * 1.17

  Romus 20. king.
• * 1.18

  Manethon do∣eth write more of these histor•…•…es.
• * 1.19

  Palatinus.
• * 1.20

  Cacus founde first the vse of yrons.
• * 1.21

  Manethon. de reg. Hispan.
• * 1.22

  Erythrus 23. king of Hi∣spaine.
• * 1.23

  Aborigenes.
• * 1.24

  Gargorus Mel∣licola the last king of Hi∣spaine. Halicar. lib. 1.
• * 1.25

  The kings of Hispaine end their monar∣chie about the time that the Greciaus de∣stroyed Troy.
• * 1.26

  Hispaine deui∣ded into pro∣uinces after the raigne of 24. Kings.
• * 1.27

  Ioseph. lib. 2. cont. Apio.
• * 1.28

  Strab. lib. 3.