The chronicles of England from Brute vnto this present yeare of Christ. 1580. Collected by Iohn Stow citizen of London.

LVcius y^e son of Coilus, was ordained King, who in all hys* 1.1 acts & déeds followed the steps of hys forefathers, in such

wise as he was of al men loued & dread. He sēt his two Am∣bassadors Eluanus & Meduuinus▪ twoo learned mē in y^t scrip∣tures, with his louing letters to Elutherius Bishop of Rome,* 1.2 desiring him to sende some deuout & learned men, by whose instruction both he & his people might be taught y^e faith & re∣ligiō of Christ: wherof Elutherius being very glad, baptized these two messēgers, making Eluanus a Bishop, & Meduui∣nus a teacher, & sent also with thē into Brytaine two famous Clarks, Faganus & Deruuianus, by whose diligence Lucius & his people of Brytaine were baptized & instructed in y^e faith of Christ. 28. Temples were made Cathedral churches, & By∣shops placed, where Flamins before had bin: at Lōdon, Yorke▪ & Carlein, (which is now S. Dauids in Wales) were placed Arch¦bishops:* 1.3 & now foloweth an Epistle of Elutherius, sente to Lucius K. of Brytain, as I find y^e same recorded in a Booke of y^e Constitutions of London▪ pertaining to y^e Guild Hall of London▪

The yeare after Christs birth 202. Pope Elutherius did write to Lucius king of Brytaine, for y^e amendment of y^e kings & the nobilitie of Brytaine as foloweth. You required that we should send you the Romain & Imperial laws, y^e you might vse thē in your kingdom of Brytaine, but those laws we may disproue, & not the lawes of God. You haue receiued lately through Gods goodnes in your kingdom, y^e faith and law of Christ: you haue there in your kingdom both Testaments, out of thē by Gods grace, & the aduice of your realme take a law, & thereby patiently gouern y^e kingdom. You are y^e Ui∣car of God in your kingdom, according to y^e kingly prophet. The earth is y^e Lords, & his fulnesse is y^e whole world, & al y^t* 1.4 dwel therin: & again, Thou hast loued righteousnes, & hated iniquitie, wherfore God (euē thy God) hath annoynted thée with y^• ••ile of gladnes aboue thy fellows. They are y^e kings children, christian nations, & people of your kingdome that liue & consist vnder your protection, peace, & kingdom accor∣ding to the Scripture, as an Hen gathereth chickens vnder hir wings, the people, & nations of the kingdome of Brytaine is youres, suche as are diuided you shoulde gather them

togither to the lawe of Christe: his holy Churche, to peace & concorde: and cherishe, maintaine, protect, gouerne, and de∣fend them from the iniurious, malicious, and their enimies. Woe be to that kingdome, the King whereof is a childe, and the Princes eate earely in the morning. I doe not call a King a child for his youth or minoritie, but for his follie, ini∣quitie,* 1.5 and madnesse, according to the Kingly Prophet. The bloud-thirsty and deceitfull menne shall not out-liue halfe their dayes. By eating we shall vnderstande Gluttonie, by Gluttonie, Luxurie, by Luxurie, all filth, wickednesse, and mischiefe, according to King Salomon: Wisedome will not* 1.6 enter into a spitefull soule, nor inhabite in a body subiecte to sinne. A King hathe his name of gouerning, and not of hys Kingdome, so long you shall be a King, as you rule well, o∣therwise, you shall not be so named, and lose that name, (which God forbid) God graunt that you maye so rule your Realme of Brytaine, that you may raigne wyth hym euerla∣stingly, whose Uicar you are in the saide Kingdome. To whome with the father, &c.

There remayneth in the Churche of Saint Peter vpon Cornhil at London, a Table, wherein is written, that Lucius foūded the same Church to be an Archbishops sea, and made it the Metropolitane and chiefe Churche of hys Kingdome, whych so endured the space of 400. yeres, vnto the comming of Saint Augustine.

Ioseline of Fornes, in his booke that he wrote of the Brytish* 1.7 Bishops, saith, that Thean, who was first Archbishop of Lō∣don, in the time of Lucius, builded the said Church of S. Peter* 1.8 in a place called Cornhil in London, by the aide and help of Ci∣ran, chief Butler to King Lucius, & also that Clauus, the secōd Archbishop there, builded a Librarie to the same church ad∣ioyning, & conuerted many of the Erwydes (learned men in the Pagan Law) to the Christian faith. The third Archby∣shop was named Cadar, the fourth Obinus, the fift Conan, y^• sixt Paladius, the seuenth Stephan, the eighte Iltut, the ninth Dedwin, the tenth Thedred, the eleuenth Hillary, y^• twelfth

Guidilinus, the thirtenth Vodinus, who was slain of the Sa∣rons that came first into this lande. Lucius raigned 12. yere, and was buryed at Gloucester.

Notes

• * 1.1

  179 Florent. Vig••r••••.
• * 1.2

  England recey∣ued the faith▪ ••eda. Asser. Flores Historiarū. Record of Saint Asaphs Church▪ Iohn Capgraue. Marianus Scotus.
• * 1.3

  London, Yorke and Carlein, Archbishops. The Epistle of Eleutherius to Lucius King of Brytaine. Lib. constitut. Lon.
• * 1.4

  Psalm. 45.
• * 1.5

  Psalm. 55.
• * 1.6

  Sapience. ••.
• * 1.7

  Ioseline of Furneys.
• * 1.8

  Archbishops of London. 13.