The history of Great Britanie from the first peopling of this island to this present raigne of or [sic] happy and peacefull monarke K: Iames, by Will: Slatyer.

PALAE ALBION.

Ode prima, Inscripta SAMOTHES.

ARGVMENTVM.

Prima palaephatiâ Samothen Sobolem{que} papyro,* 1.1 Samotheae Dominos ceu not at Oda canit; Albion adueniens fatalia donec in arua, Pellit eos, statim pulsus & ipse cadit.

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Institutum operis: & occasione arreptâ, opera Creationis; Rerum tam omnium, quam impraesentiarum primordia.

VIsam Laurigero sacrata palatia Phoebo, Dodoni{que} Iouis patulas, Oracula Graijs, Quercus! Parnassi Colleis, & Phocidos aruae, Sacrorum saltus Memorum, Hyantaea{que} Rura; Pierij Laticis Decus ô Decus omne, Sorores, Nymphae, noster Amor, Libethrides, Aurea Virgo, Gorgophora,* 1.2 & Paeon, linguis animis{que} fauete; Et Dea Mnemosine, pandens ab Origine primâ, Mecum Dic Britones, populos & Praelia Reges: Heroum{que} Ducum{que} Britannûm parta Trophaea; Monstraiter! Aonios superabo, Te Duce, Saltus. Quàm fuit aut Tellus, aut Quod tegit omnia, Coelum, Siue aequor glaucum,* 1.3 Chaos & Lis omnis in Orbe est! Lite{que} Dir••ptâ, fulserunt sydera Coelis; Fronde tegi syluas, cingi Labentia riuis Flumina, protendi Campos, surgescere Colleis Fecit: 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉, Valles subsidere. Littora fluctus Insano fremitu pulsando tumescere Ventis. Terra feris, aqua pisce, repletus & Alite fulgens Aer, non Regio vlla suis animalibus Orba; Aureus egit iter super aethera Apollo, Madentes Nube cadunt Imbres submota,* 1.4 Maximus Atlas Sydereis humeris leuat astra cadentia, Prodit Res Quaeuis, Quocun{que} Modo aedita Lucis in Oras!

Tum Zonis Coelum, omnipotens pater ille,* 1.5 secari Iussit; Parte gradus istâ nix altaretardat, Parte aliâ torrent sudantis Brachia Cancri: Innocuas vireis, exercent flamine venti, Persida{que} Eurus adit, Nabathaea{que} regna; recessit Auster ad Aethiopes; positi{que} sub axe tepentes Hesperio Zephyri! Boreae spirantia Thracis, Frigora saeua Scytho-taurûm famulantur in oris.

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Hominis formatio, lapsus, Gygantes, & Diluvium.

TErra recens partu, producens Plasma decorum,* 1.6 Induit ignotas hominum (res mira) figuras: In se fusa{que} habet Diuinae semina mentis. Natus homo è terrâ colit ex quâ creuerat ipse, Glebam, tuta sedet Pinus, non montibus altis Caesa erat, vt poterat peregrinam visere terram; Non tuba, bella canunt, strepitu non cornuarauco; Aurea tunc vere fuerant ea pristina saecla:* 1.7 Poma cibi, frutices{que}; fluebant Nectare Riui, Lacte greg••s, duro stillabant roscida mella Cortice, dona Ceres nullo cogente ministrat. Fraga rubent nascentia humi, lapidosa{que} Corna; Ver tepet aeternum! sed iam meliore cadebat, Ante statû, quo natus homo; verum{que} fides{que}, Fugêre, instrârunt furor & sine lege libido: Affectando, ferunt, Coelestiaregna Gyganteis, Velle Iouem superis regem detrudere Regnis. Hij sceleraimponunt sceleri, super Ossan Olympum, Multa{que} moliti Diuûm conscendere sedes; Quae Pater ac summa vidit Lucetius Arce, Insidias hominum iratus probitate carenteis, Foeda Lycaoneae referens conuiuia mensae, Consilium stetit humanum genus efferum & excors, Perdere aquis! Nymbis Auster fluuialis anhelis,* 1.8 Suffultus celer Aeolio de carcere fugit: Flumina non iniussaruunt per rura, per agros, Per{que} hominum villas; Latis spaciatur in oris, Aequor caeruleum! migrans Neptunus in arua, Campos & colleis spissâ perfundit arenâ! Cum{que} satis arbusta rapit, pecudes{que} viros{que}; Nat Lupus inter Oueis, Fuluos vehit vnda Leones, Tigres aqua! ablato minime velocia Ceruo Prosunt crura; diuterris vbi sistere posset Quaesitis, lassis volucris vaga decidit alis: Omnia Pontus erat, nec habent quae littora pulsent, Flumina Nereides sub aquis, vrbeis{que} domos{que}

Mirantur, syluis ludunt Delphines in altis: Qui vir de tot erat modo millibus ecce superstes, Cnm consorte thori, sibi coniugibus{que} receptis, Pignoribus{que} datis, vectus rate sospes adhaesit, Montibus Armenijs! Edocti ita Moseos ore,* 1.9 Crediderant Patres; Monumenta{que} sacra reuoluunt; Prole sua toto qui restaurabat in orbe, Humanum genus, vt mundi melioris origo! Nec lamen vt cautum est, scelerata euanuit aetas, In meliúsue redacta fuit, Gygantúmue Anguipedum soboles, prodeunt sceleraomnia in aeuum; Ille suae soboli terras partitur, & vnus, Relliquiae miserae mersae, primordia Gentis, Alterius renouae, prolem dimisit in omnem Terram, sole suo lustratam vbi vertitur axis Fulgidus & minimè freta stricta gelu aurea tingunt Sydera,* 1.10 Bubsequa neué cadentia plaustra secutus; Aethiopes vltra nigros Garamantas & Indos. Corniger vnci Apis primus monstrator aratri, Mizriam ad Aegypti deuenerat ora fluentis Nyli; sub Zephyro colit Hespera limina Tubal; Magog adit Tanais ripas Scythiam{que} niuosam; Ille quo{que} Europam, dictus quod finijt illam, Quam recolunt homines terram, Gomer; Arcades illic, Climate in Arctoo potiuntur sede & Olympo. Te{que} canunt prolem{que} tuam, res dignarelatu, Nos canimus Grandaeue Mesech; Quem saecla subacta, Illustrem norunt Rhutupino in littore Regem.

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Vt Europaearum, ac Borealium magis ita Britanniarum Gentium Origo, & Laudes.

QVid Cretes Britonen? Quae Nympha inferre parantem, Vim Minoa sibi, fugit; commisit & vndis ••leutenerum Corpus rapidis! Quid Pryton Araxes Gnatum, Brytannis memorem dare nomina Regnis? Vestra Iaphet Samothen soboles! Chem creta Gygantes, Albiona! Bruti proles sedêre Brytannis Oris! Angliacis habitârunt finibus Angli. Sed quid ego moror hisce,* 1.11 recenseo{que} ab Ioue gentem? Seu Bruti soboles, seu Picti, * seu Gomeraei, Diues opum patria est, nec si generosa probatis Stemmata,* 1.12 nonne sat est quod sint sine crimine Mores; Nec tam auersus equos nostro sol iungit ab orbe, Non obtusa adeò gestamus pectora, Néue Ingenia illepidus septentrio frigore stringit!

Quid doteis animi referam?* 1.13 Corpúsue labores Posse pati? certè populi, quos despicit Arctos, Viribus vt{que} animi inuictis, ita corpore pollent; Flectere ludus equos & mittere spicula cornu, Siue forum retinet, siue vnctae dona palestrae, Enitet vtra{que} laus! & nunquam ociosa iuuentus Venatu inuigilant; modo rus geniale colendo Exercent vireis; & concutere oppida bello: Durum à stirpe genus Maeotiacas{que} paludeis, Qui circa Tanain habitant, & Phasios vndas: Massagetes qui fugit equo, Pictus{que} Gelonus, Et fera quos homines producit Taurica Tellus, Noruagenus, Dacus, Scythicus trucis incola Iernes, Sauromatae{que} leues, & quos Germania mittit, Dalmata, Maenapî, Cymbri! virideis{que} Britannos Adiungam; longis{que} leueis Axônas in armis: Caussa nec est, cur heîc despecta habeatur origo, Arua quòd haec late Boreas, septem{que} Triones Stringunt! solantur mentem Rhodopeiae arces, Alta{que} Pangaea, & Rhaesi mauortia tellus: Hebrus item{que} Getae! nunquam viduata pruinis, Riphaeis, perfusa niuis conspergine tota Arua ora: Claróue celebria quae loca fastu, Edita iam quae non ne{que} laeserat Inuida fama;* 1.14 Gentibus his Italus natus, Longiusúe remotis Exoritur Francus, Germanus, laesus Iberus; Pannonius satus, e{que} hoc stemmate Alemanus ortus: Quas{que} ferunt Arceis Antenora condere: (qui de Troia prosiliens olim, medijs{que} Mycenis, Turbae vrbem fessis,* 1.15 posuit super ora Timaui:) Sanguine misceri Scythico, rea Ibera{que} tellus. Illius immunis non Anglica terra pericli, Quando Scythae toto debacchabantur in orbe: Quòd modò contulerint, fari horret perbreue tempus, Hellespontiacâ damnum numerosius Alga! Laeua{que} siqua fuit, sors semper laeua meorum, Dente Theomno si velles laedere laudem, Sunt vrbes captae, sunt terrae, deijcere auram Fama adulatricem; vt cnm iam praedixeris omnia, Obtrectes alijs famam quo{que}, liuide morsor, Morsor habes quod{que} Inuideas, praeclara nepotum Stirpis auita suae gesta! & modo certius illo, Cum virtute patrum semper memorabile nomen; Ergo vbi liuor abest, quae belli palma Britannis Mansit adhuc, steterat{que} diu fuit aut vigor ingens Ille animi! vt micuit{que} patrum longe inclyta virtus, Consule scripta virûm clarorum, & Carmina vatum: Nam{que} vti non semper fautrix, ne{que} semper acerba, Caeca sibi Diua, & Dociles non parcerc parcae, Persa potens olim! & iam Media concutis orbem,

Dux{que} Philippiades Macedum,* 1.16 ditione premebas; Gentibus ille Ninus qui transtulit omnibus arma, Caedit auum, incoluit primus qui Persidos oris, Bactra auro, ac gemma pretiosa ditia Regna, Assyrio{que} prior rex Rege Aegyptus & alter, Sarmaticus Tanais vastant vicinia Bello! Sed ne{que} Persepolis, nec quam ipsa Semyramis vrbem Condit, coctilibus Babylon circundata muris; Perpetuò sua colla superba leuarit ad astra: Néue suo assuescat diffuso gurgite in ora Septem, Nylus aquis, spolijs gazis{que} repletas, Ferre rateis Ebeno Indo oneratas; Quam{que} tulisse Telam depectunt sylua Gangetide Scres! Semper Saurobates fugiatné, Semyramis, Iras? Flumine deiectum quem viderat Indus aquoso; Subdita vel Scythico Pontus virosa Tyranno? Roma ingum imposuit populis, Lassis{que} resurgens Viribus, vs{que} potens per saecula Graecia multa! Sed fugit, & mundi volat irreparabilis aetas, Quod{que} fuit non est, neque erit, quod perstet in orbe.

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ILle graueis Persas, qui subijcit, atque superbus, Fine redit Lybies, victor, Gangetide terra, Portando palmas,* 1.17 Brytannicus esse superbit; Cum neque adhuc sciret, quid sit pendere tributuns Romanis rerum Dominis, Brito! Moenia Troiae, Quae modo despectis, duce cum{que} Atriade, Achiuis, Olim Aurorigena nigro sub Memnone in Armis, Defendere diu, non tanti erat Indica bello Agmina vicisse, & Parthos superare fugaces, Medosué Italidas Generosos! vt Latijsue Hospes Dardanius, profugus, fera bella colonis, Concitet! Indomitis, plus, Iulius arma Britannis, Intulit & potuit bello domuisse feroceis! Quis Deus opposuit Phrygibus Phrygas? aut duce quo vel Numine vel furia,* 1.18 vertêre in viscera ferrum? Ilus & Assaracus Genitor sua stemmata clara, Tros{que} parens faciunt, & Troiae Cynthius author! Vt{que} suae stirpis, nostri sis carminis! O ter Principe te dignus fuero, Sol Candide, foelix: Phoebeiae Comites, Parnassi fauete Choraea; Combibat & vates Latices è fontibus haustos, Sic ego, sic qui Delon amat, velit, & Iuga Cynthi, Id{que} Canam, quod non Deus ipse referre recuset!

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Britanniae Topographia.

TRans Gessoriacum mare, Gallica littora contra, Insula in Oceano est,* 1.19 diuisa Britannia ab orbe, Gallûm in conspectu tellus; notissima Fama! Faucibus angustis, Gemini heic vbi Ianua Ponti, Caerulus ille pater spumantia littora fluctû Concutit irato; Morinûm de littore ad Anglos, Traiectus breuis: vs{que} citò,* 1.20 prora illita hiulcet, Littus vtrumque maris, Dorobe•••••••• finibus Anglis, Labenteis vndas, Gallorum à parte Caletae, Mirantur, celeri{que} vident freta concita cursu; Nereus aequoreos Britannos ambit, & huius Forma triquetra patet residentis rupibus albis Insulae,* 1.21 Hybernos quae sustinet vndi{que} fluctus! Angulus ad Gallos, quibus Auster nubila anhelat, In mare progreditur, Rhutupinum littus apertum; Promontoriolum, sed longè, flumina Ibera, Belerium, Zephyri qua molles, spectat Hybernos! Ora vbi Iuuernae cincta est sub sole cadenti, Vergiuio Oceano: Scotiam secluserit Orcas, A Scythi Hyperboreas turbante Aquilonibus vndas: Orcades & validum positae inter Scotum & Hybernen, Aebudes Oceano apparent, vt Sporades inter Aegaeos fluctus, Terrarum{que} vltima Thule: Germanùm terras, Euri si respicis Ortum, Vidimus Aurorae iuga subdita Matutinae! Germanis{que} Ortus, Phoebus cadit inter Iberos, Oceani immergens liquidis caput aureus vndit.

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Encomium Britanniae.

SEd nimium neque stricta gelu,* 1.22 neque sydere ferues, Insula, Diues opum, studijs{que} asperrima belli, Sedes antiqua, at{que} satis famosa cygantum; O nostrae regionis opes! ô florida prata, Pascua{que} & Colles, dumi, campi{que} virences! Cincta ô frondoso nemore, alta cacumina montium, Vmbrosae{que} specus, liquentia flumine rura! Frugiferae valles, zephyri praedulcia anheli, Flamina, syluarum saltus, fluuij{que}, lacus{que}, Muscosi fontes, & quae circumfluus humor Irrigat arua, hortos, mandata{que} semina terrae; Totius ac terrae Tempe celebrata per oras Thessala! cuius opes si possem ac ditia dona, Dicere,* 1.23 si cultus operosos, denique floreis, Ordine contextos & iunctas vitibus vlmos!

Arbor••s aura comas, hominum tua carmina, Aedon, Turturis & gemitus dimulcent suauiter aureis: Alma quies,* 1.24 cum mobilibus sopita susurris, Aurae, inter frondes densas, vmbras{que} virenteis, Praetentat sensus suadenti languida somno, Ponere membra, super viridi lanugine ripam, Praetextam, lenè labentis murmure riui; Colle Lyaeo vuae, Bacchi pendere Racemo; Vellus ouis manibus tondentis, vt Indica Serûm Lanugo! Dea Gargaridas succidier vncâ Falce stupet messeis! Tellus mitissima frugeis, Producit! nostra ô Coelo{que} solo{que} beata Insula: Quid Scythicis nascens aconiton in oris, Nescia, quid posset Pontus virosa venenis.

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Stirps prima Regum, seu regni Britannici origo.

GRatulor huic orbi,* 1.25 quod non sata dentibus Hydrae Monstrosis, enata, sinu terra alma fouebat, Neu creu••re hominum, veteres vti, corpora, bullae Instar, vulgârunt, plunialibus edita fungis! Ipse pater Samothes qui regna prioribus annis, Transtulerat Gallos super aequoreos{que} Britannos: Nam{que} vti flumineâ Cymba pater omnibus vndis, Elatus vidit nemorosa Cacumina montium, Fluctu submersa, iratis{que} euaserat olim Fluminibus, sedem soboles quaesiuit vbi{que}, Tunc{que} nepos Iapetiades, iuga Pontica Mesech, Transgressus, queis fata dabant consistere terris, Vltra Cappadoces positam & Bithynica Regna, Inuenit sedem; sancit sua regna quibus{que} Alpes Aerei latis spaciantur in oris: Non procul hinc, triplici famosi corpore, Ibero Geryones Tauros lauêre, & saltibus herbam, Nequic quam insoliti, nullo pascente per arua, Gramineis errare boues carpsêre! Rapinae, Dignae eo, vt Allectus Tirynthius attigit oras!

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Samothae Britanni Regis primi Imperium ac sedes.

VEnimus ad Samothen!* 1.26 diducunt stemmata ab ipso, Qui{que} Pyrenaeis habuerunt montibus ortum, Qui{que} sub Alpinis oriuntur collibus: aut qui Burgundam iuxta Sequamam; statuisse priusquam Ripis Parisios fertur Marcomyrus vrbem! Lenem Ararim, Rhodanum{que} bibunt, Gens{que} vltima littus * 1.27 Quae colit, extremas vbi pandit Gallia terras, Supremis hominum Morinis, regnis{que} Britannis.

Ille iugis totis superatis venit in arua Sorte data! & Gallum requieuit littore; Rheni Alpini cum iam super ora, & adus{que} Pyrenen, Regna pater sibi venturis{que} nepotibus olim, Obtinuit Samothes! agnouerat Insula Regem, Quamlibet ignoto sita nostra Britannia Ponto.

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Samothidarum Regna.

DIuinam norat Sophiam Rex primus in oris Britannis Samothes! Qui non moritura reliquit,* 1.28 Regna Mago! Populis{que} suis Magus ille dedisse Arteis & Sophiam, quas à patre caeperat ante; Fertur! vt ornârit studijs non saecula docta: Assyricis arteis,* 1.29 adeò vt magiam{que} professis, Astrologis Persis, dubium est, dederit ne sacratas. Defuncto{que} Mago, populis patriae{que} dicatus, Succedit Sarron! & non sine honore gerebat, Imperium; instituit primus Gymnasia; lumen, Adrectum virtutis opus! ter nobile sydus; Quod Parnassiacos colleis,* 1.30 Phoebaea{que} Templa, Visere, Castalios{que} det••ore bibisse liquores: Haec, ó Samothides, non rerum oblite tuarum, Vt gentem Sophiae studijs, & moribus ornes. Sarronides Druis, Arctoos, vbi Sarron ad astra Conscendit,* 1.31 populos rexit! Dicuntur ab illo, Quorum prima foret publicis pro rebus agendis, Atque vigil semper communis cura negotî: Hij cultus docucre Dei immortalis; & ipsum Norunt, pectore dum probitas innata maneret, Nedum ficta iuuet Fanis idola tueri; Siue* 1.32 senis Samij temerassent dogmate sectas: Praeriptunt liteis populo, praesaga futuri Mens erat; & viscum Druides clamare solebant. Graecano•• ita manu Druidum,* 1.33 illustrata{que} Athenis, Pallados A••••aeis, Timagenis arte; choraeis Litter••: Qui ritu Druides periêre profano Gallia quos olim, quos fouit & Anglica tellus.

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De Bardo, & Bardi sectatoribus Poetis.

VLtimus vsque feros fertur rexisse Britannos, Samothidum Bardus! Musarum dulcis Alumnus; Qui cum suanisonas tentaret pollice chordas,* 1.34 Detinuit ripis mirantibus agmen aquarum,

Et tacitos pisceis: captae modulamine syluae, Exoptant vatem, modò quae Phoebaea sonoro Efferret cantu, stupet inscia turba ferarum Carmina, magne Poeta, tui vestigia, Bardi Sectantur! forteis animas bello{que} peremptas, In longum innumeris,* 1.35 qui ducunt laudibus aeuum, Gesta Ducum, Calamo, & Regum recinendo triumphos; Gratia{que} illa fuit, Quam non aboleuerit aetas Vatibus! Ingenium fuluo pretiosius auro; Ennius emeruit Calabris in montibus ortum; Hic decus, ille lares, & non moritura per igneis Nomina! Priamiden, quis, si latuisset Homerus, Nouerit Haemoniûm vi ducier Hectora equorum? Quis Campos, vbi Troia stetit? Quis Moenia Troiae Inclyta Dardaniae? Diuum domus, Ilion ingens Gloria quae Teucrùm est? Quis fortem nosset Achillem? Anni quis Solis{que} vias? Lunae{que} labores Compertos, primam{que} ratem quae nesciat aetas? Carmine ni celebrata forent, fidibus{que} canoris! Gratia tanta lyrae est, Reges Regum{que} triumphi, Hijs cedunt! sed tam periêre fauor{que} decus{que}; Occubat Augustus vatum solatia pascens, Moecenas obijt, nunquam rediturus ab Orco! Sunt quo{que}, stulti-loquis, dicant, quae praemia Musis? Efficite vt redeant Moecenas, & Deus ille, Qui secùm abstulerat discedens vatibus omnia; Ingenij vires, modò venerit ipse, redibunt! O vatum praedulce decus! Libata priusquam, Phoebo grata, mero cithara est; & Bacchica festa, Absynthi ac celebret prope flumina Thracia Bacche! Cum ne{que} sic Furijs, Idaeis, Moenades actae, Bacchauere iugis, sacer vt chorus iste Camoenis. Heu quid inest pretij Musis! vbi grata venustas, Queis venit Alma Thaleia modis? periêre Camoenae; Nos malè deuoti, grex hic imbellis, iners{que}, Vatum, Moeonij mirabimur ora Magistri: Et laudem ipsius canimus, qui monte potitus, Ridet anhelantem dura ad fastigia turbam.

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Irreligiosa feritas Samothidarum, euersio Imperij.

VIx dum, qui rigidas quercus at{que} ardua cantu, Saxa mouere suo quiuit, volucreis{que} feras{que} Mollijt indomitae durissima pectora plebis; Quid iuuat ad surdas si cantet Pythius aureis? Nam{que} irrepsit acerba lues,* 1.36 vbi Longus, & alter Bardus, Samothei gessêrunt sceptra nepotes:

Effera colla iugo populus detraxerat, aris Submouêre igneis,* 1.37 infandum! Relligio{que} Ter pia cum probitateiacet, neglecta{que} iura, Sancta patrum, & Legum semper veneranda potestas! Quis stupet in peius si vel meliora residant, Caepta? quod in piscem Seiren formosa superné? Molis erat tantae, impatientia subdere fraeno Colla, aut conceptus animi mutare proteruos. Aurea sic Latij{que} abiêrunt saecula Regis; Regna{que} Samothidum verita est quos Anglica tellus, Quondam! deperit & multos sacrata per annos Relligio, hijs terris, Diuini{que} aetheris haustus Mentis; Sarronides quid enim Bardi{que} Magi{que} Samothei{que} omnes, docuêre nisi ista? Remotis, Qui colitis lucis, ritus, morem{que} sinistrum, Barbaricos, Druides, Coeli quid numina prosunt, Orbe alio, quándo reget idem spiritus artus?

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De Magis & Idololatricae gentium superstitionis origine.

ET Galli Druidas, Bardos{que} habuêre canoros; Arsacidae{que} Magos! sed non Samothes, ne{que} Sarron, Hos certe docuêre Deos, quos impiae honore Afficiunt Gentes! Phoeben ne{que} Apollina diuos, Martem, ipsum{que} Iouem: quis eorum nomina norat? Donec erant Belus Saturnus & omnis Ogyges, Vesta{que} Dij Gentium! quando ignorantia caeca, Nomina Nymbrotes, magni occuluit{que} Iapeti, Tum iuuat à diuis proauorum duce re turmas; Et Saturnus erat Genitor, dein Corniger Hammon, In fanis passim colitur, Crocodilon adorat Aegyptus, saturam{que} pauet serpentibus Ibin! Inscia plebs Diuos ignota{que} nomina Diuûm, Immaneis statuas stupet, ingenteis{que} Colossos: Barbara Memphitim miratur pubes Osyrim! Heu scelus infandum! miserae{que} piacula plebis, Quosque suo sacris peragendis sanguine tristeis Inficiunt Ritus! placatur sanguine diro, Teutates; horrensque feris altaribus Haesus; Taranis & Scythicae non mitiorara Dianae.

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Samothidarum regni finis.

TE Duce, qui poteras resona testudine quercus, Carmine blandiri Rupes, atque agmina Tygres,

Omne nefas latuit scelus & sentina malorum;* 1.38 Quin Duce de medio sublato, & lumine casso, Vulgus iners neque ius, neque fas exercuit! ingens Pestis & exitiosa lues, patriae{que} suique Supplicium fatuo dominatur vbique popello! Nox aeterna ruit, terras Astraea relinquens Magnanimi{que} Iouis superas conscendit in aedes: Astra fides sua distulit! omine purpureus Sol Perquam fatidico, miseris mortalibus, orbem Perstrinxit radijs, hij contempsêre Gygantes Cum superis{que} Iouem; non fabula notior vlla! Pyndo imponebant Ossan, & Pelion Ossae, Anguipedum soboles, Phlegraeis horrida castris; Non minus Albionis per inhospita littora, non iam Dictae, at dicendae nuper, ferus incola, turba, Nequitiae addentes fraudem sceleri{que} Rapinas, Accelerant certam amotâ pietate ruinam; Scilicet improbitas semper scelerata, rescindens Iussa patrum, Leges{que} sacras transgressa, pericli Immunis nunquam euasit! neque honoribus vnquam Quis Reges,* 1.39 putet, exutos putet ignibus Aras Nudatas, lusosúe Deos impune tulisse Monstra diu! non fata sinent, quin, improbe, poenas Heu dabis haud miteis, laesas violator adaras! Sic Bacchi Pentheus, sic Brennus Apollinis iras Senserat occisus, comixtâ grandine Nymbo:

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SIc Reges commissa suûm, commissa{que} Regum Saepe luunt populi;* 1.40 rapta vel imagine diuae, Palladio è Troiâ; potiusné exurere classem Argiuûm, atque ipsos voluit submergere Ponto, Vnius ob noxam, & furias Aiacis Oilaei, Aegide Pallas ouans? Tholosano haud segnius auro, Dux populus{que} perit, violati ob nummis iram. O igitur caeci, & rerum coelestium inanes, Si genus humanum & mortalia temnitis arma, At sperate Deos, memores fandi atque nefandi. Aut si sacrilegis manibus rapere omnia Templis, Sacra, aras, igneis, census, donaria, honores, Vsque adeò libitum, sanctis{que} illudere diuis, Aspicite at celebres dantem Salmonea paenas! Vsque adeò haud licite forsan fieri ista docebit, Detonat ac magno miseris mortalibus ore, Discite iustitiam moniti & non temnere diuos! Et quis non solos pacis{que} piae{que} patronos,

Omnimodae fateatur eos,* 1.41 fontem{que} salutis? Ecquis item nisi mentis inops Iouis omnia plena Ceu videat, summos non illi affingit honores? Quando igitur vacuas video Iouis ignibus aras, Neglectis{que} suis, diuina humana{que}, sacris, Misceri, ruere, ac sine numine, nomine nudos Consilij{que} inopes, suetos rapere omnia Templis; Turpiter infameis cunctis, Ire omnia pessum Ex factis liquet hisce satìs: videor{que} videre Sedibus & populis Reges, populos{que} tumenteis Regibus at{que} sibi saeuam intentare ruinam. Relligione equidem spretâ sequitur{que} Deorum Contemptus,* 1.42 spreto{que} deûm ter numine sacro, Quis pudor? in sanctos Diuûm sub imagine Reges, Quis timor? in moreis vergit Natura deorsùm Damnatos prona, & mutari nescia, vt ante, In melius, ne{que} saepe prehensa, recedere donec Regna ruant, nimium{que} frequens suae sero pericla, Sentiat Impretas, ausa & temeraria damnet. Quandoquidem ille auro patriam, charos{que} penateis Vendidit, hic Leges fixit pretio, at{que} refixit, Vt facile haud quenquam contentum videris vno Flagitio, aut finem ponat sibi, caeca libido, Peccandi & furiosus amor quem coepit, & omnem Excussit semel attrito de fronte ruborem, Regna haec vna, eadem{que} domos subuertit & vrbeis; Funditus Impietas: vos, ô mea dicta, tyranni, Percipite haec animis, multum{que} ignobile vulgus, Instabile, Oceani refluis velut vnda marinis, Fluctibus, assiduos vel passa Diana labores: Percipite haec animis quanquam indignantibus, vs{que} Dura, at ver a tamen, imis{que} reponite sensis. Impietas, mirum, nisi debita praemia dignis Non dabit; eijciet populos, euerterit vrbeis; Facta Ducum scelerata luunt, Regum{que} cruentas Saepe manus, soboles, temerata palatia, & arces.

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HAec mea Samothidûm velut extera linea Regum Eruta saepe docent; quasi talia saepe perennis, Moliri improbitas non desinat ante supremos Credo ità si posset mundum euersura,* 1.43 nouos{que} Semper in exitium sibimet motura tumultus! Sicubi Samothei cedunt Neptunia proles, Succedunt similis{que} cadunt cito conscia culpae, Post igitur Samothen qui regnat adus{que} Pyrenen,

Persis vt nostris Magicae pater artis & author, Quando penes Persas Magus est, qui syderanôrit, Qui sciat herbarum vireis, cultus{que} Deorum, Persepoli clarus! Sarron{que}, Druis{que} Poetûm Carminibus magno Bardus celebratus honore, Longus & à longè sequitur, Bardus{que} secundus, Ordine postremi! quibus vs{que} gerentibus aurea Sceptra manu magni Samothae cessere nepotum. Regna Britanniacis quondam celeberrima in oris: In Gallijs regnante Lyco! qui proximus illis Fertur apud Celtas regnasse; vbi venerat olim Albion Albionis, Iernes vti Bergion Oras.

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Hyberniae Descriptio.

AC velut Albionis tractum quasi praepete pennâ,* 1.44 Lustrata es dudum & sita Littora rupibus albis, Ogygiae{que} situm, peramaena{que} limina Iernes, Nostra referre precor non dedignere Thalia! Vtra{que} ab Aequatore Brittannias Insula distat,* 1.45 Quinquaginta gradus, ter quinque Canariâ Eoos! Vergiuio{que} iacens minor Insula Hybernia Ponto, Cingitur Occiduo: Primas tenet omnibus vndis, Indica Taprobane, dicente Geographo, eidem Succedit{que} secunda Britannia, tertia Ierne! Oblonga, in Boream protensa, simillima{que} ouo, Forma rotunda patet, plenae stagnantibus vndis, Insulae, Hyperboreo quae cingitur vndique ponto. Hesperia{que} plagâ, procul haud se iungit ab Anglis, Quam modo virgiuius circumquâque alluit aestus. Virginia in Zephyrum, longè iacet, Anglia ad Eurum, Thule Aquilonari, opposito{que} Hispania tractu: Dicta eadem antiquis, Ierne, & Iuuernia & Iris, Quae Tartessiaco propior setingere Soles, Conspicit Oceano! Cauri subiecta procacis, Flatibus Aeolijs, quamuis, Hiemis{que} fragori! Cui Deus aut melior Natura, hoc muneris Almi, Concessit chara cum Cretâ altrice tonantis Solis nulla suis edant vti sibila in oris, Terrifici tabo creti Phorcynidos angues: Fortè quo{que} illati compressis faucibus atris Viroso pariter vitam cum sanguine ponant. Degentes{que} ferox inclultis horrida syluis Gens habitat, saeuo mauortia pectora bello, Qui cursu Alipedes norunt praeuertere Ceruos Ierna feris faecunda, fouet! Generosa Caballos Egregios; Armenta boum, pecoris{que} niuosi, Lactea dona sui; miratur, & educat vuas, Pampineis ramis, quamuis nec amata Lyaeo,

Nec Cereri nimiùm: Laedaeos flumine cygnos, Piscosos{que} lacus profert; voiucrum{que} paludeis Omnimodûm lustris faetas! stanni{que} fodinas, Et puri argenti venas, quas terra refossis Visceribus maneis imos visura recludit,

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Albionis aduentus in Britanniam.

QVin redeo ad susceptum opus! A dominis{que} verendis Dicta ferunt Samothe,* 1.46 nostra Anglia; iam{que} Britannis Plusquam tercentos annos dominantur in oris, Samothei Celtae: donec freta caerula pando Myoparone secans. Neptunius Albion oram, Milite stipatus forti turmis{que} suorum, Attigit Albionis: fatalia{que} inuenit arua, Regna heu Samothidûm miserè vastata furentûm; Cum{que} Britanniaco proles Neptunia Rege, Bergion aduenit, cui subdita Ogygia Ierne! Haebus & Ila suâ atibus{que} imperuia Thyle, Sub ditione iacent. Iapetiadas{que} furore Neptune geniti per litora saeua Tyranni Exagitant fessos lucem{que} oculos{que} perosos: Quos super accumulat Chemnita per inuia rura, Infand••s strageis, miseranda piacula Dirae Sortis vti exortae propter contagia pestis. Iam verò ingemuit tellus, cladis{que} miserta est; Albion in{que} sinus placidos accepit opimos, Heroes Titaniadas, quibus vs{que} vocata est Albion, à dominis deducens nomina! dudum Virgineo cultu, speciosa{que} colla comas{que} Ornata: in qualem iussu Sirena Deorum Formosam posses mutari credere Nympham, Nautis inuisam, quam perdidit acer Vlysses, Neritius quondam; cum iam Scironia saxis Fluctibus in medijs mutarier à Ioue possent Ossa, Seuerinis, ità nostra Britannia nummis, Rupibus vnà ac Nerëidum super insidet albis.

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NVnc Caelireserate vias Heliconacolentes Diuae! opis indigeo vestrae,* 1.47 iuuat ire per astra, Iuuerit astrigeris humeris insistere Atlantis, Hinc homines, instar pecudum, rationis egenos, Despectare procul lubet,* 1.48 & contemnere curas, Rerum humanarum fluxus ediscere, Coelos Sperare, & ferriclarum super aethera mente. Musavola, & resonis pete candida sydera pennis; Dic antiquum Argos, Argiua Aegypta{que} castra, Quam{que} papyriferi septemflua flumina Nili, Rege nouo Graiam fluctu innuectare carinam, Fama refert! Tellus, vberrima cuius inundans Littora Nilus aquis immersit & arua meatu, Illa virum nouit, cui coniux Inachis Iö, Memphitis Dea; funeribus qui raptis iniquis, Non styga perpessus,* 1.49 Phlegetontideué obrutus vndâ Surripuit Templis altaria lucida flammis; Considet in{que} epulis Diuûm, coelo{que} receptus, Numen habet terris, genitus Ioue, magnus Osyris.

Odae primae Finis.

PALAE ALBION.

The first Ode, Entituled SAMOTHES.

THE ARGVMENT.

First Ancient'st records that we finde Enrolled in the Towre of Fame,* 1.50 Samothes and his by Fates assign'de T' our Ile,* 1.51 thence call'•• Samothea, came; Who long time herc as Kings did raigne, Till cha••t hence by rude Albions traine.

CANT. I.

The scope of the Poeme, and by deducing Storie from the beginning, the Creation touched.

FAine would I visit Phoebus shrine, And Dodon Oracles diuine, Parnassus hill, and Phocis fields, That sacred Cells and Solace yeelds: Pierian sisters, honored Nymphs, Lou'd and ador'd, by Learnings Imps. Pallas, faire Sol, and Memnosine, O Gently fauour my designes, And shew me out of stories old The warlike acts of Britons bold; Or guide me to the Towre of Fame, To find their first birth: Ere heauens frame, Or Earth, or Sea was, Chaos was! And out of that Confused Masse, Natures Commandera 1.52 did produce,* 1.53 Bright star's for heauen, heau'n for earths vse; The flowry vales, the hills and woods, Fresh Riuerets, and salt swelling floods, b 1.54 And earth, and aire, and sea, brought forth Their wondrous Creatures, sundrie sorts! The golden Sunne appeares in skie, And dainty showres in Clouds on hie. Whiles Atlas on his shoulders beares The burden of the starry Spheares.

Then mightie Ioue, cuts earth and heauen By zones, degrees,* 1.55 and portions eauen: Farre North or South are frosts and snowes, I'th midst sweat Cancers scorched pawes, Both sides beene temp'rate zones: the windes Eurus and Zephyr, to both Indes,* 1.56 Auster to th' Aethiops hyes apace, Boreas to Scythia, North, and Thrace.

CANZ. II.

The creation of Man, his Fall, the Gyants, Floud, and World re-peopled.

THen new borne earth puts on Mans feature Of all, the last, but perfitt'st Creature. Inspir'de by* 1.57 Gods immortall Breath, Though set, whence tane to till the Earth, The stately Pine on Hills remaynes; Not forc't to plough vp th'Ocean playnes. No Trumpets sound doth Mars enrage In this the truely goldena 1.58 Age, But Apples, Milke, and Honey there Pure Nectar, and Ambrosia were; Whiles Ceres with her golden Tresses, Glads many a Field which no man dresses. Eternall Spring, on Earth abode With Man, till Man forgot his GOD: Then Vertue fled; then Paradise Did fade away; and in came Vice. Men-Deuils then, a Gyant race, Heapt sinne on sinne, Heau'n to out-face. Like Ossa laid onb 1.59 Olymp hie, To pull downe Ioue, and scale the skie; Till Heauens dread Roy to mocke their pride, Remembring fell Lycaons deed, To quench their malice, thought it good,* 1.60 T'orewhelme the World withc 1.61 Noes flood! The Winds sent from th' Aeolian Caues, From Sea to Shore bring Nereus waues. And Neptune with his Sea-Nymph traines,* 1.62 Doth driue the Land-Nymphs from the Plaines. The cristall Brookes and their cleere Springs, Let loose to hurt, helpe drowne all things: And sweepe from Fields and Mountaines steepe,* 1.63 Woolues, Lyons, and whole flocks of Sheepe; Swift Tygres, nor the winged Quire, Could scape the furiousd 1.64 Oceans ire. No Shores appeare, but all's wild Sea; O're Townes tops wanton Dolphins play;

And Mermaid monsters of the floods, Dance in the hyest Hills and Woods. When all flesh sayes the sacred spell, Di'de, saue what Noe, in's Arke-like* 1.65 Cell Sau'de, whose Arke lastly rested at Th'Armenian Mountaynesa 1.66 Ararat. Whence sprung this newer latter race, That now ore-spreads the Earths broad face. Yet who so lookes on this our Time, Might scarce thinke, th'Adder-footed line Of Gyants were extinct, to see Heauens scorne so rife on earth to bee. The second worlds first Father then,* 1.67 Into all Lands that now agen Their heads aboue the flouds shewb 1.68 sorth, Sends out his Sonnes, East, West, and North, As farre as frozen Charlsiz-Wayne, That neuer diues in th'lcy Mayne: To Lybia and the Lands that shew The Moores and Indians blacke of hew. Mizraim to Nyle, Tubal toc 1.69 Spaine, Magog to Scythia; Gomer gaines, Furd'st Europe,* 1.70 where th' Arcadian Beares Are plac't by Ioue, ith'heauenly Spheares. Then Mesech namde in holyd 1.71 Writ, Our Samothes, they say, did sit By-North the Alpes as Monarke or'e The Gaulish and our Brittish shore.

CANZ. III.

European Nations, and especially the Britons originall, with all deserued praises in their honor.

WHat need our Ile then hunt for fame, From Britones and Prytus name? Since Samothes from Iaphet* 1.72 sprong, First rul'd Samothea!* 1.73 and e're long Cham's Sonne of's owne name cald it Albion. Brute,* 1.74 Britaine names, brings Troy from Ilion: And English Englands Scepters sway,* 1.75 Till Normans wore the Victors bay! But whether sprung from Brute or Ioue,* 1.76 Ioue, sure, himselfe their Land doth loue; Their Countries rich, their manners ciuill,* 1.77 And though farre North their chance not euill,* 1.78 Since Phoebus doth their brests inspire With sacred and celestiall Fire;* 1.79

How for their worth can I set forth Those fairest peoples of the* 1.80 North,* 1.81 Whose minds as free as bodies faire, Though bred ith' cold and frozen aire,* 1.82 To ride,* 1.83 to run, to plead, or fight, Their laurell Crownes, and martiall might Were such, all Nations farre and ••eere, Haue seene or felt, or sore did feare, Those hotter clymes yeeld frozen blouds, When North of Tanais frozen flouds, Beene firie spirits, warlike brutes, The Massagett's and painted Iutes; Numberlesse as Hybla's swarmes, the Scythes, Danes, Sweuians, Norwayes, Moscouites, Gaules, Germans, and the folke that held The North and Brittish* 1.84 Iles of eld: Who th'off springs iustly can despize, That from the Northerne clymes did rise? Since there is Rhodopeian Thrace, Pangaea Mount, fierce Rhcsus place, Swift Hebrus, and the warlike Getes, With cold Riphaean snowy seates, So graced erst and famous now, As Enuy ne're could disallow. From these, or farther North then these, Whole Armies oft did South-ward prease, Whencef 1.85 Spaniard and Italian both, Are said descended of the Goth; The courtly French, and Almaine stout, From Picts and Hun's that Scythian Rout, Then Britaine was not free from harmes, When Picts and Huns were vp in armes. Who came downe with their furiousg 1.86 Hosts, From Norway and the Scandian Coasts; And then, if others were not free From enuious fate, what if not wee? When furie of these Northerne blasts, Our Cities, Land, and Countrie wasts! Yet if for this bites Zoilus, Zoilus bites others more then vs. To reade, what Enuie shall repine To reade! see but the Brittish line; Their valiant acts and deeds of old, Their Bardes our Poets ersth 1.87 haue told: So cleare their praise, and palmes their prize, Their brightnesse bleares dimme Enuies eyes. Sometimes,* 1.88 perhaps, they were cast downe: On whom did Fortune neuer frowne?* 1.89 So various are the change of State, So fickle Fortune,* 1.90 doubtfull fate!

Sometime the* 1.91 Persian Empire flourisht, And Media Easterne Monarks nourisht,* 1.92 Then Macedonian Scanders Court, Was the Worlds Empires whole resort;* 1.93 Though first th'Assyrian Monarks wore Th'Imperiall Purple long before!* 1.94 Yet kept they not their Honors won, Persia,* 1.95 nor towred Babylon; For Fame hath left this now long while Euphrates shores, and seuen-fold Nyle,* 1.96 The Seres with their silken woods,* 1.97 And those that dwell by Ganges floods, Might lastly sit and take their rest, By Westerne Warriors long opprest! Being Pontus and the Regions nie, Set free fromi 1.98 Scythian slauerie: But Rome at last bore all the sway, When Greeks had lost their Phoebus bay; Thus Ages, Empires, wondrous strange, The world, and wee, and all doe change!

CANZ. IIII.

Excusing, as also incident to the greatest Nations, their misfortunes.

BVt Conquerors with Laurell crown'd, That Persia turn'd to Roman ground, Indus and Lybia's desart shore; Ink 1.99 Brittish titles gloried more; A much grac't stile! when nere erst they Tribute to Roman Lords did pay: Nor was it held so great a grace T'haue held those Indian troopes in chase, Whose Ancestors, to Greeks annoy, Stoutly defended stately Troy; Or Parthians put or Medes to flight, Or Turnus powers in bloudie fight; As Iulius deeds, who Britaine pierc't, And tam'd her brood, vntamedl 1.100 erst; But what or God, or power, did send Troians with Troians to contend? Tros, Ilus, and Assaracus, Being Parents both to them and vs! And thou, Troyes founder, both our glories Author, bright Phoebus in these stories, Whiles I the Brittons acts reherse, Daigne to be Patron of my Verse! With such sweet influence thy traynes Shall then perhaps inspire these straynes, That thy selfe, faire Sol, at my sute, Shalt sing them to thy Ebon Lute.

CANZ. V.

The description and site of Britaine.

BEyond the Mayne and shores of France, Brittish Iles their chalkie tops* 1.101 aduance: Short being the passage twixt both Strands, From Douer Cliffs tom 1.102 Callaice Sands; Whence flouds in narrow Seas with force, Doe beate vpon both Britaines shores; And Nereus euery way doth bound Our Iland with the Ocean round: Whose whitish Rocks and three-squaren 1.103 forme, Feele th'Oceans rage, and sore Sea stormes. Right South is France, South-East doth lie, One angle towardso 1.104 Germanie, At second corner Michaels Mount, South-west doth Spaine and Ireland front: The last third angle pointeth forth, 'Mongst Orkney Scottish Iles iust North! Ireland is West, more North therewhiles, Ebudes, furd'st Thyle, and Orkney Iles: Denmarke is East, and Germanie, Norway North-East; so heauens bright eye Rising, as 'twere, from Germans East, Twixt Spaine and Ireland seemes to rest! South narrow Seas, North frozen bee, Th'East German, West Vergiuian Sea.

CANZ. VI.

The qualitie and richnesse of the soile.

THus lyes our Ile, our pleasant seate, Nor vext with cold, norp 1.105 Cancers heate. Doubtfull whether for Gyants bold, Or wealth, or warre, most fam'd of old! O, our rich flowrie Fields and Plaines, In Summers pride, when Flora raignes, Greene meadowes, mountayns, dales & downes, Whom many a groue with shaddowes crownes, Lakes, Riuerets, Flouds, and Fountaynes faire, Where Zephyr breathes his sweetest aire! Plentie and pleasure temp'red are, So sweet, scarce Tempe may compare, Those famous fields of Thessalie, With this our pleasant Arcadie: Such beds of flowres and Hybla Thyme, The louing Elme with spreadingq 1.106 Vine, Soft gentle aire, sweet Philomel, Kind Turtles moanes, and shadie Cells,

Intyre ones yeelding eares and eyes, To taste such daintiest nouelties: Or rest or sleepe by Riuers sides, Whose streames with gentle murmur glides. Our Land doth yeeld Lyaean* 1.107 Vines, The golden fleece, or twist as fine, Almost as Indian Seres weaue; Pomona's fruit, and Ceres sheaues, Thrice happy soile for Earth and Aire, Scarce knowing what (the lesse her care!) To Scythian Aconitum strong, Or Pontus poysons doth belong.

CANZ. VII.

First entrance and inhabiting thereof.

THis ioy we more, that not our Land From teeth of Hydra sowne in sand, Receiued her Peoples,* 1.108 they their birth, Like wat'ry* 1.109 Mushromes from the earth! Since Gaules and Britons, both of these, Are said to come of Samothes, Great Noahs Nephew; for when hee Saw one world drown'd, and scaping free, With woodden Horse, not winged Steed, Vnto th'Armenian Hills did speed. Our Sire, his Nephew, Iaphets sonne, So twise all Nations sprung from one, Mesech call'd Samothes that time, Passing beyond the Pontike clime, In Europe plac't his seate betweene The snowya 1.110 Alpes and frozen Rhene: Not farre from whence by Iber's side, The Geryons Heards, fam'd farre and wide, Long since did feed! till Victor-wise, Alcides tooke them for his prize.

CANZ. VIII.

Samothes Rule and Empire here, the first King of this Iland.

NOw sing we Samothes, whose Race Held th'Alpes,* 1.111 Pyrene, and all the space Twixt that and Seyne, where now aspires, Faire Paris, built by Marcomyre; And Rhene, and Rhosne, and Arar's source, And farthest French and Brittish shores. First Samothes came from the East, Whither Fate assign'd him place of rest;

Who sate him downe, sole Lord betweene The Pyrene Hills, and Alpine Rhene: For vnto Samothes they say, Both France, and Brittish Iles obey: Who was to all or Sire or King, That with him came, or from him spring.

CANZ. IX.

Samothes issue, Kings after him, Magus, Sarron, Druis; of whom the Druides tooke their name, and beginning.

IN Samothes sacred wisedome shone;* 1.112 Next him sate* 1.113 Magus in his Throne; And with his Fathers Crowne inherits, His prudence, iust and best demerits! Diuiner Artes he lou'd, and taught Those Magi of the East, 'tis thought! Magus sonne,* 1.114 Sarron, next succeeds Heire, both to's Crowne, and vertuous Deeds. He founded Schooles,* 1.115 the Load-starre bright, That vertue guides with louinga 1.116 light. Then Parnasse Nymphs, and Phoebus Shrine, And learnings Lamps seem'd here to shine. O, well becomes itb 1.117 Royall blood, And Prince, to care for peoples good! Sarrons sonne,* 1.118 Druis, next is King, From whom thec 1.119 Druid's name did spring, Whose care and state was vnderstood, For peoples worth, and publike good. These taught diuine Philosophie, What Vertue meant, what Pietie, Ere they in Temples Idols plac't, Or with strange Sects their owne disgrac't. They iudge the people, prophetize, Vs'd Misle-toe at sacrifize. Greeke literature, from them, 'twas thought, Byd 1.120 Timagen, to Athens brought: Though since they fell, that sometimes flourisht, Whom Gallia er'st, and Britaine nourisht.

CANZ. X.

Bardus, last absolute Lord and King of that race here, of whom the Bardes, the ancient and grauer Poets, glorie to haue beene followers.

THe last of these Samotheans race, Druis sonne,* 1.121 Bardus, takes his place; The* 1.122 Graces Darling, Muses Friend, Whom choisest vertues did commend.

Like Orpheus with his daintie Lute, The Woods, Fields, Flouds, and Fishes mute, He held attentiue, and among, The sauage Beasts with his sweet song. French Bardes, great Poet, and Welsh would grace Their name, when theirs, in thine they trace! Who soules to rest departed sing, * 1.123 Heröes acts and gests of Kings: Once wit was priz'd more worth then gold, And once these flourisht! so of old, Iapigian Mountaynes won much honors For Ennius birth, Athens for Homers! And who had knowne or Priams glorie, Or Hector stout, or Troians storie, Dardanian Troy, or Ilion Towres, Great Thetis sonne, or Ida's Bowres. The various motions of the Spheares, And all those acts of elder yeares, Ifg 1.124 Poets had not sweetly song, And so preseru'd their fames thus long! Kings with their triumphs may giue place To laureate poesie that doth grace, Their worth's with praise! the worthies names With trumpe of neuer dying Fame. But some haue said 'twixt spight and hate, That poesie now is out of date: Indeed, Moecenas he is dead, And great Augustus lapt in lead; But let such liue againe, and see, If euer fades the Laurell Tree. Yet more, I muse not much, if Phoebus And gentle Nymphs the Muses leaue vs, Since these our Poets more adore Their Bacchus feasts, then Phoebus lore: Whose follies fits, as furioush 1.125 beene As Moenad' froes, on Ida's greene! Let best admire but ne're come neere, That graue, sweet, old Moeonian quire.

CANZ. XI.

The irreligious and barbarous acts of the Samotheans, their ouerthrow.

BVt our Prince-Poet Bardus, when Hee could moue Rocks, could scarce moue Men. With his so sweet enchanting tongue; Deafe eares despize e'en Phoebus song! For when next age, in France they sayne, * 1.126 Longus, and second Bardus raigne;

Brittons rude lawlesse wild desires, From th'altars hur'ld, their hallowed fires, And Pietie being thrust out of Grace, Pollicy yet stept not vp in place; Thus oft begun well, sometimes failes, And Syrens formes haue fishes tailes: So great a worke of waight and wonder, 'Twas now to bring these peoples vnder. That Saturnes golden Age is vanisht, And from the Brittish coasts are banisht, Samothes and his; fall what may fall, Religion, Scepters, Monarchs, all! Which Monarchs then both Priests and Kings, Melchisedek-like did rule all things, Guiding both sacred and prophane, Teaching things heauenly and humane.

CANZ. XII.

The originall of Idolatrie and Heathenish superstition.

FRom Samothes and Sarron sprong, Druid's for State-matters, Bardes for Song; And Magi so for wisedome nam'd In Persia, or to Persia fam'd: Did flourish long: that yet not taught Those fables fond with dotage fraught Of Saturne, Ioue, Pan, and Apollo, And all those Heathen gods that follow; Whose* 1.127 names were neuer heard nor knowne, Till blindnesse blossomes were full blowne, And Ignorance had with their fames Almost hid both themselues and names; Of Noe, Nimrod, and the rest, Of those great Worthies, then at least, Each one with might and mayne did striue, From Gods their Linage to deriue; Then Ioue and Saturne honoured were, For Gods, some are so wise, they feare Huge Idols, stocks and flouds, as Nyle, Anubis, and thea 1.128 Crocodyle: And with their owne, or strangers blouds, Foile th'altars of their Scythique gods.

CANZ. XIII.

The end of the Samotheans Kingdome.

WHile thou didst liue, whose sweetest voyce, Made rocks, wild beasts, & woods reioyce,

All ill was hush't! when thou* 1.129 didst die, Stept in foule rude impietie, And all what plagues or deadly smarts, Could pierce such lawlesse peoples hearts. Eternall night might cloud our skie, To heauen when Iustice seem'd to hie, And Faith was fled! might Phoebus beames Well faile or faint, when such foule streames Of loathed vice, in heauens disgrace, Both heauen and him seem'd to outface, As if those Gyants had beene reuiu'd, Noahs floud erst of life deptiu'd; These Monsters now of men, so much Degenerate, their rudenesse such, Vice heap't on vice, they godlesse grow, And haste on fast their ouerthrow. Yet mark't who will, when orders meete, And Lawes beene troddena 1.130 vnder feete, It neuer past vnpunisht quight, Or God or King dis-rob'de of right, Heauen suffred long such lawlesse rage To prosper! or at least next age, Done rue, or damne, to lowest night, Deeds so ill sped to heauens despight! Pentheus, to Bacchus, Bren t'Apollo's Rauisht shrin•• fearefull vengeance follow's.

CANZ. XIIII.

Wickednesse, the destruction of Empires.

KIngs haue ru'd peoples faults, they Kings, Whence State & Realmes oft ruine springs, So for one Greeks fault, Pallas ire Thousands drown'd or consum'd with fire, Of sacred Rapin'd haplesse gold, * 1.131 Tholouze for meed shall e're be told. O foolish Mortalls most vnwise, Can you so Heauen and Hell despise, And thinke with sacrilegious hands To heape vp treasures, leaue faire lands, And not heauen and her Saints fell doomes Reuenge wrong'd Altars, Temples, Tombes! That 'tis not safe to iest at Saints, Or mocke heauens Host, thy wretched plaints, Salmoneus, shew, and Mizers notes, Yell'd through their hellish bellowing throates, Who heauen nor hop't nor fear'd, now dwell In dungeons deepe of darkest hell!

When I see some so much want grace, As Church and Gods right would deface, How needefull wer't to call out then, Dare not God, though you dread not men! All things must runne to ruine* 1.132 needs, Whereso foule swelling tumor breeds; Nor to sole priuate state this tends, Such Comet kingdomes fall portends! For the that puls Gods honors downe, From Kings head puls withall the crowne: Or do's what ere he can to tread Downe Vertue, and lay Honour dead. Many poore weeping states can tell How ill Kings far'd, where God not well; God builds their houses that build his, And puls downe theirs that pull downe this; Or if God should not vengeance take, Sense shewes how senselesse they mistake, With Tyrannous and Turkish might, Or policy rather then right, That thinke to rule; giue leaue, but marke, Gainst milde Religions cause that barke, How carnall, and on how weake grounds They build, selfe-wit selfe-weight confounds! See they that most religion spight Or wrong the Church, Fooles-motto right, They cut the bough they stand on! take Religion downe, shall not crownes shake? For God not worshipt, to his Image, Kings, who will reuerence doe or homage? Who then shall gouerne, how protect, Liues or lands in such lawes neglect? And who will feare to sinne, when sin May goe vnpunisht? who begin To care for goodnesse when there's naught That's good, or God, or Conscience taught?

CANZ. XV.

Exemplified in these Samotheans, and not vn∣punished.

SEe then, you Tyrants, that misconster Religion! many-headded* 1.133 Monster That barkes at thine owne bowels: theirs, Is thine, and thine may be their heires! Time will shew truth. Most famous men Most grac't Gods House, that theirs agen; When they that pul'd it downe most fast, Swine-like must liue, most miseries tast.

Small strokes leaue small impressions! greater Make the great giuers ne're the better! Experience of this truth, they sayne, Samotheans irreligious trayne, Growne orderlesse and lawlesse feeles; Albion to scourge them hard at heeles: That wrought their ruine; what time came Bergion to Ireland, so sayes Fame.

CANZ. XVI.

A short description of Ireland, occasioned by Bergions comming in with Albion, and possessing the same.

NOw gentle Muse, since in thy flight Thou Albion coasts didst touch! but light: And* 1.134 Ireland now her neighbour neere Comes thus in place! Touch also here, Lightly her site! since ancients stile By name of Brittish either Ile: Fifty degrees North; East fifteene Both lye, or but small difference seene; Third chiefe Ile plac't by Ptolomey, Next Britaine and Taprobane, Seated in the Vergiuian Mayne, Full of Lakes and of Egge-forme playne. Ireland is North-extended! East England at hand; Virginia West. Aloofe in thata 1.135 Verginian Mayne, Island farre Northward, South lyes Spaine. Iuuerna, Ierne, and Iris height; Subiect to wind and winters spight, Sees the Sunnes set, in Iber's floud: Whom God and Nature gaue this good With Candy Ioues owne foster place, Equall, that none of Pythons race, Doe breed there; and if thither brought They die! a secret notb 1.136 vnsought; From venom's free! The men for warres, Swift runners, nimble swimmers; Mars Their ee'n ord'narie play-mate takes, For Townes or Cities, Loughes or Lakes, That beene with Fish and Fowle repleate, And snow-white Swans their pleasant seate, Whole herds of beasts both wild and tame, In pastures largec 1.137 for goods and gaine, Much milch-store and fam'd Hobbies race; Their grounds for Corne and Wine lesse grace! By Ceres nor Lyaeus lou'd, Their ill-late-ripened fruits well prou'd;

Her Plutus pelfe neere Pluto's Cell, Th'Earth hides in mines e'en halfe at Hell. But to retire to Albion, whence We came, returne, deare Muse, from hence With Proserpine, to th' Orientall, Ioues Pallace, from this Occidentall.

CANZ. XVII.

Albion, Neptunes sonne, comming hither, destroyeth the Samotheans, Bergion ruleth in Ireland.

NOw Samothes Sonne in France and heere, Had raign'd wel-nigh three hundred yeere! Of whom our Iland first tooke* 1.138 name, Samothea cleped, so sayes Fame; Yet now their rule was in the wayning, Longus, and second Bardus, raigning In France among the Celts, before Albion found out our Brittish shore; As soone as this our Brittaine shore; As soone as this our Brittaine stoopes To Neptunes Albion and hisa 1.139 troopes, His Brother Bergion sayles for Thyle, Haebudes, Ireland, Orkney, and Ile; But still Cham's issue, Albions traine, From Neptune sprung, in great disdaine, Massacre their lawlesse Caytifes, and Chase them through their misgouern'd land, Wearie of their liues, in all their borders Doing penance for their foule disorders; So heauen tooke vengeance whiles earth stood, Amaz'd to see't e'en drunke with blood; And Albion, her new Lords that came, Gently receiues and keepes their name. Faire Ile, whose flowry bosome is A Paradise of earthly blisse, So faire, so sweet, that all mens eyes, Thy Syren beautie doth entice, O, sure some Nimph thus turnd by Ioue, Drown'd for vnkinde Vlysses loue, For Syren-like with wauingb 1.140 locks, Seuerus seates thee on white rocks.

CANZ. XVIII.

A descending to the seeking out of Albions descent, which, with his acts and fall, are the subiects of the second Ode.

NOw, aid me Muses, for I long To rest on Atlas shoulders* 1.141 strong, Whence Ialoofe, with carelesse eie, Viewing poore mortals miserie, May earth despise, and rapt aboue Those starry battlements of Ioue, On contemplations spotlesse wings, To heau'ns cleere light the soules faire spring, Taste, feede, and feast on, ô best good, Heauenly Ambrosia, Angels food; My mind most free, whiles I in verse Doe Albions due descent rehearse, Should then suruey Aegyptian Nile, And ancient Argos where some while, Osyris raig'nd, and Isis Queene, Alcides Tutoresse, Albions teene, Who plac't in heauen, for iust* 1.142 desires Were hayl'd on earth, with hallowed fires.

The end of the first Ode.

Notes

• * 1.1

  Series Poematis in hac margine.
• * 1.2

  Institutum operis & Votum.
• * 1.3

  Narratio, in qua exquirltur origo Mundi, secundo Gen∣tium, ac De••nceps Britonum.
• * 1.4

  Creationis series.
• * 1.5

  Mundi, per parteis, ordinatio & dispositio.
• * 1.6

  Prima hominis formatio.
• * 1.7

  Descriptio Paradisi, siue Aureae aetatis. & Lapsus hominis. ac demum Gygansomachiae.
• * 1.8

  Diluvij caussa, & Descriptio.
• * 1.9

  Diluvij cessatio & Mundi in∣ter Nohae posteros diuisio.
• * 1.10

  Historia Nohae, & Gnatorum.
• * 1.11

  Vt nom•••• Brit sonat.
• * 1.12

  De Britannicae gentis Nobi∣litate, discertatio, quorum laus petita, & satis conspicua.
• * 1.13

  Ex Moribus, Dotibus Animi, & Corporis, Sosijs; & eiusdem Rei Amplificatio, à patriae situ,
• * 1.14

  Sua aliarum{que} gentium ori∣gine,
• * 1.15

  Periculis, & tum suis, aliorum{que} consimilibus casibus,
• * 1.16

  & Infortunijs ac denuò,
• * 1.17

  per Romanos subiugatione;
• * 1.18

  Epiphonema.
• * 1.19

  Britanniae Illustratio. à
• * 1.20

  situ & situatione, à
• * 1.21

  qualitate loci postea, vnde
• * 1.22

  Laudes.
• * 1.23

  Vberior expatiatio, in Bri∣tanniae laudibus, argumento sumpto,
• * 1.24

  〈◊〉〈◊〉 opum ac deliciarum suarum 〈◊〉〈◊〉 Coeli ••um ••eli natura & be∣n•••• 〈◊〉〈◊〉,
• * 1.25

  & Incolatum 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉: Historica relatio, de
• * 1.26

  Samothe Rege, quod aiunt, Britanniarum primo.
• * 1.27

  Deinceps de
• * 1.28

  Samothidis: Samothae sc. Ne∣potibus ac posteris.
• * 1.29

  Magia, & Magi.
• * 1.30

  Academiarum prima institu∣tio.
• * 1.31

  Druidarum origo, secta, Autoritas, & literatura,
• * 1.32

  Doc••nt••s Metem••suchosim.
• * 1.33

  Apud Gallos, Graecos.
• * 1.34

  Bardorum
• * 1.35

  Poetarum nomen & origo, a∣pud antiquos Gallos & Bri∣tannos, eorum{que} institutum sectae primum, per∣quam laudabile, & Mores, sed & ab instituto Defectio & deflectio, satis illaudata & vilis, Vnde querimonia.
• * 1.36

  Samothidarum,
• * 1.37

  vtique & aliorum quorundam vanitates, & Improbitates superstitiosae, easdem{que} securae poenae, &
• * 1.38

  Pernicies.
• * 1.39

  Exaggeratio, in qua
• * 1.40

  ••ffectus scelerum commisso∣rum monstratur in priuatis & publici••, tam
• * 1.41

  Personis, quam Rel••us; Regnis scilicet, & Imperijs.
• * 1.42

  Eiusdem rei amplificatio, & confirmatio, per rationes.
• * 1.43

  Experimenta, & Exempla.
• * 1.44

  Hyberniae breuis illustratio.
• * 1.45

  Chorographia, Forma, Situs, & Nomina, Loci Natura, Mira, Incolarum suorum Mores, Habitus, Opes, ac Diuitiae.
• * 1.46

  〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 siue Regressio, ad propositam de Samotheda∣rum exitio, & Albionis ad∣uentu, ac denuo
• * 1.47

  Transitio ad seq.
• * 1.48

  De ortu & interitu eiusdem, necnon regno ac regni extir∣patione, quae in Oda proxima describuntur, historiam.
• * 1.49

  Osyris.
• * 1.50

  Synchronis∣mus, siue cō∣putatio anno∣rum sequitur in hac scrie.
• * 1.51

  Supplementum Historia in isto latere.
• a 1.52

  Principio creauit Deus, &c. Gen. 1. The works of the Crea∣tion: the spring and originall of all things, and so consequently of the Kingdomes of the Earth: and therein the Kinreds, Peoples, and Nations. Coelum & Terra.
• * 1.53

  Opera primorum sex dierum.
• b 1.54

  Vnder this truth of the Crea∣tion of Heauen and Earth, the Poets would needs inuolue great mysteries and fictions of their owne, concerning Vranus or Coelum, and Terra called Ve∣sta, the most ancient of their Pa∣nym Gods, being indeed in re∣gard of their Pagan and Idola∣trous worship, truely Terrae filij. Sol.
• * 1.55

  Zonae.
• * 1.56

  Venti.
• * 1.57

  Formauit Deus hominem de limo terrae, & inspirauit in faciem eius spiraculum vitae, Genes. 2.
• a 1.58

  Aurea aetas, The golden Age, vnder which terme, the Poets seeme to set forth Paradise, and the happy estate of Man in his cre∣ation and innocen••y: as vnder the title of the Iron Age, the fall of him at first, with his degenera∣ting more, to these present times.
• b 1.59

  Gygantes autem erant su∣per terram in diebus illis, Ge∣nes. 6. So in these Gyants, as in the story of the Floud, the Poets seeme to allude to the history of the Bible, hauing perhaps read the same, as may be gathered by Or∣pheus in his Hymnes.
• * 1.60

  Vniuersale Di∣luvium Nohae, e∣rat A. M. 1656.
• c 1.61

  Whence the fabulous Greekes stealing and forging all Antiqui∣ties of others, and vsurping all such things to the glorie of their Nation, would shaddow this vni∣uersall Deluge, vnder the colour of their Deucalions floud, which was but an invndation of some, though perhaps a great part of Thessaly.
• * 1.62

  Diluvium Ogy∣gium, circa An. 2250. apud The∣bas sub Ogyge R.
• * 1.63

  Deucalionis Di∣luvium à Poetis tantummodo ce∣lebratum in par∣te Thessaliae, cir∣ca An. 2440.
• d 1.64

  Some haue beene of opinion, that the breaking of Sicilia from Italy, of England from France, and the like, were the effects of this furious Deluge, though there want not reasons alleaged to the contrary, which may be these and other like strange euents of that nature, the accidents of later ages.
• * 1.65

  Noahs building of the Arke, h••s entrance into, and comming forth of the same, Gen. 7. & seq.
• a 1.66

  Quicuit Arca in montibus Armenijs vocatis Ararat, Ge∣nes 8. Supposed a branch of the Mountayne Caucasus, where Prometheus is fayned to be tyed in chaynes by Iupiter, for stea∣ling fire from heauen: where in∣deed Noah sacrificed first, whe∣ther deriued or hauing such holy fire stolen to prophane and Hea∣th••n••sh Rites, by Cham, in all likelihood their founder, therefore cursed, and as afterwards per∣petuo patris Anathemati sub∣iectus.
• * 1.67

  A. M. 1750. quo tempore Peleg natus est, circa 100. annos post Diluvium.
• b 1.68

  Because of the wild beasts a∣bounding anciently in Albion, and diuers sea fish shels & great bones found in the vpper skirts of Germanie and France, Master Verstegan is of opinion that the Low Countries, and those inferior parts of Germany haue beene recouered from the Sea since the floud, there hauing beene an Isih∣mos between Albion & Gallia, and of later ages broken vp, and the higher Seas towards Den∣marke vnburdening themselues into the lower towards Spaine, those Prouinces appeared; the like inequalitie hauing beene no∣ted by the Kings of Egypt of the Red Sea aboue the Mediterran, and of late of Mardel zur, aboue the Atlantike Ocean.
• c 1.69

  Of this first plantation and peopling of the world, and the Iles of the Gentiles, Gen. 10. of the further di∣uisions and distributions of the Princos among the sonnes and posteritie of Noah. Vide Ioseph. de anti∣quit. Berosum, & al.
• * 1.70

  A. M. 1787. post Diluvium 131.
• d 1.71

  Mesech, Mo••och, or Samothes, came, as is said, with Gomer and Fuisco, or Aschenas, founders of the Westerne Gaules and Germans, about Anno 1787. what time twentie other Dukes of the sonnes of Noah, are supposed sent, who peopled Europe and these parts.
• * 1.72

  The foure names that this King∣dome of Britaine successiuely tooke from her Lords and inhabi∣tants at seuerall times: viz. Sa∣mothea, of Samothes or Me∣sech: Albion, of Neptunes Sonne Albion: Britaine, of Brute: And lastly, the chiefest part, Engla-lond, Anglia, or England, from Egbert, and the Angles: To which may fitly bee added, with that addition, the renouation of her ancient name, or new naming, now great Bri∣taine; Embleme of the ioyfull v∣nion of her long distracted King∣domes, in the raigne and person of her happy and peacefull Prince, and Monarch, King IAMES.
• * 1.73

  Samothes, A. M. 1787. post Dilu∣vium 131.
• * 1.74

  Ante Christum, 2158.
• * 1.75

  Albion, A. M. 2200.
• * 1.76

  Brutus, A. M. 2850.
• * 1.77

  Egbert, A. 4750.
• * 1.78

  Gulielmus Con∣questor, A. M. 5020.
• * 1.79

  A. Christi 1070.
• * 1.80

  All Naturalists affirming, the more Southerne peoples to be sub∣till, politique, and ingenious: nei∣ther can they, if they would, deny, but that al our part of the North, being but the temporate Zone, af∣fordeth peoples ingenious, bold, & warlike, and for outward linea∣ments of body, strong, goodly, and beautifull; that no Nation can deseruedly haue greater prayses, then they ••aue at all times pur∣chased and howeuer the Prouerb stupidus Thrax, may intimate very farre North, more dull of apprehension, it hath beene euer seene that these haue beene in di∣uers gifts admirably excelling.
• * 1.81

  Iacobus Primus in magna Bri∣taniâ.
• * 1.82

  A. M. 5550.
• * 1.83

  A. Christi 1602.
• * 1.84

  Vnder the name of British Iles, or Insulae Britannicae was anciently comprehended both Bri∣taine and Ireland, and all the adiacent Iles of Orcades, Hae∣budes, and the rest.
• f 1.85

  The Spaniard will not indure to bee accounted sprung from 〈◊〉〈◊〉 Moore, or other stranger inhabi∣tants of Spaine, then the Goth; which he much applaudeth, affir∣ming in his owne tongue, Io soy del antigo Gotho.
• g 1.86

  Wbence many great Warriours and Armies, hurrying ouer and harrying in very furious sort Greece, Italy, Spaine, and the Southerne Countries, haue often∣times come, as Danes, Cym∣brians, Gaules, Goths, Van∣dals, Hunnes, vnder the con∣duct of Totyla, Alarik, Attyla, Brennus, &c.
• h 1.87

  Bardes were the auncient Gaulish and Brittish Poets, as Druides their Priests and Philo∣sophers, who also were Magi∣strates.
• * 1.88

  Assyr. Monar∣chia.
• * 1.89

  Belus, A. M. 1750.
• * 1.90

  Nium, A. 1790.
• * 1.91

  The first Monarchy or Empire of the World, was that of Assyria begun by Ninus, and ended in Sardan ••palus, or the Babylo∣nians; the second, of the Medes & Persians, begun by Arbaces, but flourishing to the greatest height vnder Cyrus: the third of the Graecians, begun by A∣lexander: the fourth of the Ro∣mans, begun in the nature in∣deed of an Empire by the Con∣suls and Magistracy, but perfe∣cted and reduced from Aristo∣cracy to Monarchy by Caesar, who first of the Romans entred Britaine.
• * 1.92

  Medorum, Arbaces, A. 3076.
• * 1.93

  Persarum, Cyrus, A. 3400.
• * 1.94

  Graecorum, Alexander, A. 3620.
• * 1.95

  Romanorum, Caesar, A. 3907.
• * 1.96

  Carolus M. 4750
• * 1.97

  A. Christi 800.
• i 1.98

  Of Mithridates and ancient∣ly the Amazons and other ••••cy∣thian Warriors, did euer out of the North disturbe the Empires of the Medes, Persians, Greeks and Romans; as of later yeares the Vandals, Gothes, Huns, &c. from almost the same coasts; and since, the Turke, Tamer∣lane, and the Tartars.
• k 1.99

  And with their Titles of Im∣perator, Foelix, Augustus, Triumphator, &c. in••erted Britannicus: many time trium∣phing for their Conquests, gotten here.
• l 1.100

  By Caesar supposed to be Gauls; though sin••e consisting of ••oure Nations especially, vsing so many different sorts of speech within the compasse of the Iland, viz. the first & ancientest the Welsh, be∣ing the very Britons: The second, the Cornish, part Britons, as their Dialect argueth, and likely to bee with-all the remnant of the Gaules, if any were, as Caesar intimateth, and their corner or part of the Land called Cornu∣gallia, doth seeme to sound: The third and greatest, Angles and Saxons, now called Englishmen: The fourth, Scots, the very race of the Irish; Ireland being first Scotia and Scotia Magna: Ta∣maris diuideth Cornwall from the rest of England, whereof it is now accounted but one of the for∣tie shires or countries: Seuerne and Dee do naturally diuide the Welsh & their Wales from vs: Tweed nowe parteth vs from Scotland.
• * 1.101

  Of which whitenesse of the Rocks, appearing to passengers, Antiquitie hath supposed her cal∣led Albion.
• m 1.102

  Not past thirtie miles.
• n 1.103

  One and the narrowest flat∣side lying against France, South: the second, East, against Den∣marke: the third, West, against Ireland: and the Ebudes, the angles or corners pointing as fol∣loweth.
• o 1.104

  From which Corner, viz. Sandwich in Kent, ouer against German••▪ to 〈◊〉〈◊〉 Mount in Cornwal (o•• fr••m Saint Da∣uids to Yarmou••h) bring the breadth of the Iland, extending from East to West, 〈◊〉〈◊〉 ned 200 miles and vpwards; and from the sa••d Corners to the far∣thest 〈◊〉〈◊〉 of Scotland rea••h••ng among the Orcades, being the length of Britain••, extending from South to North, is 800. miles ••r better, so that it very neare 〈◊〉〈◊〉 with Cae••ars ac∣count, to be 2000. miles in com∣passe, or much more according to the now Italian miles.
• p 1.105

  In the temperate Zone, the South parts of Britaine, about the Degree of 50: of North lati∣tude, reaching thence 10. De∣grees North: the longitude there∣of being from the Degree 17. to 25. o•• thereabouts. So the De∣grees of latitude measuring the length, of longitude the breadth of the Iland.
• q 1.106

  That there haue beene flore of Vines and Vine-yards in Eng∣land, as at Windsore, and other places, appeareth in the Records kept by the Clerke of the Pleas for that Castle, the Honours and Forrests; where is set downe the charge of the Vineyard in the litle Parke, and making the Wine, whereof tithe was paid to the Ab∣bot of Waltham.
• * 1.107

  To these prayses of the Land, for the peoples honor, adde this as a corollary: since Arts taught scarce any Nation more ingenious: since Christianitie, more zealously giuen and religious; witnesse the many Schooles of learning, the V∣niuersities, besides those in Scot∣land, two in England, compa∣rable with any in the world; the faire Churches, Buildings, Hospi∣tals, Monasteries, Religious hou∣ses and Colle••ges, though a multi∣tude swept away and defaced, in the reigne of King Henrie the eight, yet monuments of the piety, arte, wisedome and industrie of our Ancestors, in such abundance, as scarce any Nation able to equall, at least, to surpasse them.
• * 1.108

  Gomer suppo∣sed founder of the most Western Gaules. Tuisco or Aschenaz, of the people of the more Southerne coasts, & higher Germany. Mesech, Mo∣soch, or Samo∣thes, of the more North and East parts of Gaule, Germany and Britaine, with other the sonnes of Noah, are said to come into Europe, A. M. 1787. post Diluuium 131. Ante Christum 2158.
• * 1.109

  As the 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 in Greece, and Aborigines in Italy, were supposed to haue had there begin∣ning: And the old Germans affirmed their first founder Tuis∣co, to be the sonne of the Earth; all Pagan antiquitie deriued their Gods and great Men, from Vranus and Vesta, signifying, Coelum & Terra, which might be Noe, and Arezia his wife, Arez signifying the Earth in He∣brew. So did the West Indians, the Americans, of ••ate time, a∣bout Peru, worshipping their gods Pacha-Cama and Con, suppose, and were taught they were sonnes of the Sunne and the Earth.
• a 1.110

  From whence it is said, with Colonies sent ouer, be peopled and ruled Britaine, as Caesar in his time perceiued affinitie betweene those neighbouring Countries.
• * 1.111

  Or at least the more Northern•• parts of France, Gallia Belgi∣ca, and Britaine; if the Westerns parts (as they are by some) be as∣signed for Gemers habitation, or Kingdome, according to the fa∣shion of raigning of those first Kings, in the ruder age of the World.
• * 1.112

  Samothes, A. M. 1787.
• * 1.113

  Magus now signifieth 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉, Sapiens, a wise man: and so were the Philosophers in Persia, and the East named: And of them were chosen the Kings or chiefe Counsellors to the Kings. This Magus is said to haue built a∣mongst the Gaules, the Cities of Neomagus, Sitomagus, Rho∣tomagus, Nouiomagus, &c.
• * 1.114

  Magus.
• * 1.115

  Sarron.
• a 1.116

  First, Schooles and Vniuersi∣ties, founded by Sarron, the tbird King of this Land.
• b 1.117

  A pious and Prince-like ear••.
• * 1.118

  Druis.
• c 1.119

  Of the Druides, Priests, or chiefe Philosophers and States∣men among the ancient Gaules and Britons, how they gouerned the state, determined matters, sa∣crificed to the gods, and therein vsed Mis••••-toe, called Viscus, which they accounted a most holy branch, taught the people, and their owne Sect; their learning consisting ch••efly of a great num∣ber of Verses, said and learned by heart, with others of their beha∣uiours & superstitions, Tacitus, Suetonius, and other latine Au∣thors, abundantly doe mention.
• d 1.120

  Philosophie ••nd good Let∣ters, brought from whence, and by whom, to Athens.
• * 1.121

  Bardus.
• * 1.122

  Bardus, according to his ex∣cellent qualities, the honourable Author of both their Poeme, and the Brittish Poets name: of him afterwards called Bardi, and Barthes to this day.
• * 1.123

  It was their practice, the re∣counting of the exploits of noble Captaynes, and famous men; Ge∣nealogies, such was Hesiode, Theogonia, and singing them to their Instruments of musique, in very stately sort, as followeth.
• g 1.124

  More may bee said in the ho∣nour of true Poetrie, that elswhere as well as here, 〈◊〉〈◊〉 authours and fauorites were of the greatest and best Princes & Personages of the World: and the Diuines, Priests, and Philosophers with Princes, were of the chiefest Poets, or at least well skild in poefie: To leaue those m••re sacred Poets, Dauid, Salomon, the author of Iobs booke, Debora, Moses, &c. witnesse Phoebus and King Pie∣rus Daughters, Chyron, Achil∣les, Hesiodus, Orpheus, Py∣thagorus, Phocylides, Tyr∣taeus, Aristotle, Augustus, with a multitude of the worthyest, dedi∣cating themselues to it, or most de∣lighted in the same.
• h 1.125

  Not to suppose many licentious, bald, and ribauld rimes, where∣with much paper hath beene stuf∣fed, worthy to passe vnder the name of Poesie; being more di∣stant from true Poetrie, them Sy∣nons subtiltie, from wisedome: foole-bardy acts, or Aiax impa∣tient attempt of murdering him∣selfe, from true valour: such being indeed but sterquilinium ve∣lamento Aureo-se••ico obdu∣ctum. A varnish of words, or scarce that: Apes in outward imi∣tation, Parats for verball pro∣nunciation, else, nothing parta∣king of the grauitie, wisedome, and moderation of the former.
• * 1.126

  The wa••ing of the Brittish Monarchy vnder Longho, and second Bardus, Kings in France and here, with the causes of the fame.
• * 1.127

  The beginning of Pagan and Heathenish Idolatrie, by letting vp and honouring the Statues of their deceased Kings, in some pla∣ces; otherwhere by other meanes & deuillish illusions. So among the old Germans and Saxons were the ••dols & Statues in their Tem∣ples of the Sunne and Moone, and of their ancestors, Tuisco, Wo∣den, their Mars or Mercurie, Thor their Ioue, Frea th••ir Venus, and Seater, of whom the Weeke dayes, Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Sat••rday, continued from the Saxons to vs, doe yet retayne their names, with the I∣dols of E••menseal, like Hermes or Mercurie, Fl••nt, standing on a flint stone, and in a sheete, like Death: Helmsteed, Prono, Fidegast, Siwe, and diuers o∣thers, to whom, euen till late times, they sacrificed Creatures, and in extremitie their sonnes & daughters, in Germany, Nor∣way, and those Sept••ntrionall Regions.
• a 1.128

  So did the Egyptians & their superstitions did ouer-spread a great part of the world; Busiris also King of Egypt, did offer strangers bloud to his gods, the like was done in these North Countries and Scythia, to Taranis, and Di••na Taurica; they offered their childrens bloud, in Syria, Egypt, and elsewhere, the Bible sheweth.
• * 1.129

  Bardus, being so excellent & Musician and Poet, and King of this Iland.
• a 1.130

  To this tune was that sung by the famous Poet of our Land, When faith failes in Priests sawes, And Lords lusts bin held for lawes, When robbery is holden purchase, And lechery is counted solace; Then shall the Land of Albion▪ Be brought to great confusion,
• * 1.131

  Where not one of the Souldiers or others that spoyled the Temples or tooke, or had share of their gold, escaped a most fearefull end, insomuch, that like pennae A∣quilinae, or Seianus horse, Tho∣losanum aurum, was taken vp prouerib-wise, for an vnfortunate possession, or an execrable and vn∣happy spoile, such as all rapines from Churches and hallowed v∣ses are.
• * 1.132

  For where they dare be so busie with God, it is likely they will bee bold with mortall men; and the dispising and despite of Religion, which is the b••nd of peace, and things pertayning to the same, in very morall obseruation leauing the diuine Iustice, decaying the ordinarie Fidelitie and Integritie of men, subuerteth Kingdomes, the only neglect thereof working confusion and disorder, being the way leading to the assured ruine of Crownes, and all setled estates.
• * 1.133

  Vulgus bellua multorum capitum, as the Prouerbe sayes, and so called, as also instabile vulgus, of their folly and vncon∣stancy.
• * 1.134

  The description of Ireland briefly, and of her situation and people.
• a 1.135

  Ireland is almost round, the length that is so varying from a direct round, is extending from North to South, accounted 300. Miles.
• b 1.136

  Whence they haue supposed it called anciently, as Ogygia, so Banno, and holy Iland; being no such venemous Creatures liue there; and it is said, the roofe of Westminster Hall framed of Irish Oake, and ••imber brought from thence, so breedeth neither Cobwebs nor Spiders.
• c 1.137

  The commodities of Ireland.
• * 1.138

  Samothea, and since that time called Albion, as some say, of the Greeke word, Olbion, Happy; others, ab Albis Rupi∣bus, white Rocks, appearing to to them that on the South coast saile by it; others of Albion, Neptunes sonne; and lastly, some but most fabulously of Albania, Dioclesians supposed Daughter; the name of Britaine, some de∣riue from Britone, a Nymph of Creete; others of one Prytus; some, as Sir Thomas Eliot, of the Greeke Prytaneia; Master Lluid, of Welsh Pryd-cain, a faire forme; Master Camden, of Brith, a painting, that the old Britons vsed; Goropius Be∣canus, of Free-Dania, or Bry-Dania, as it were, Free Den∣marke, but quite besides the marke, as well as they that sup∣pose the name to haue come from little Britaine, for that it was ancienter of name then either of them, and little Britaine recei∣ued name from hence, the com∣mon receiued opinion is, that it is so named of King Brute, as Eng∣land of the English.
• a 1.139

  The end of the Samotheans raigne, and the comming in of Albion & Bergion, who hence∣forth ruled this Iland and Ire∣land.
• b 1.140

  The Emperour Seuerus did so describe this Iland of Albion in his Coy••••.
• * 1.141

  The Transition to the Story (in the second Ode) of Albion, and his trayne, next inhabitants of this Ile, who came from Greece and Egypt, where Osyris raign∣ed, whose Cousin or Grand-child Albion was.
• * 1.142

  With holy Vowes were sacrifi∣ced and prayed vnto, for their propitious ayde, by their deuout Clyents, thereby to obtayne their Petitions, and iust desires: A re∣uerent salutation and hayling of the Deities, being then accustom∣ably vsed.