ALbertus then vsurped the Empire here in Brytayne,* 1.1 agaynste whome Constantine wyth hys former prepa∣ration made readye for warre, and launched out in haste, thoughe the winde was contrarie: Whyche when hys souldiours vnderstoode, they sette out also wyth side windes out of the Seyne and other Ports, in suche foggie and mystie* 1.2 weather, that they passed by Alectus Nauie, then honering for them aboute the Ile of Wighte, not séeing one the o∣ther.
The chronicles of England from Brute vnto this present yeare of Christ. 1580. Collected by Iohn Stow citizen of London.
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The Romaines as soone as they landed burnte theyr shippes, determining either to winne, or lose their liues, which when Allectus vnderstoode, he left the shore, and pre∣pared himselfe for battaile with his Mercenarie barbarous souldiours, in which he was slaine, by Asclepiodatus Lorde greate maister of the Emperours house.
In thys fight none of the Romaynes perished, but here al the fielde was ouer-spred with deade bodyes of the enimies, among whom lay Alectus himselfe, without any Imperiall ornamentes, and scantly knowen.
Other Romaine souldiours also whiche had loste theyr companye in the myste, arriued at London, slewe in the Ci∣tie greate number of barbarous people whyche escaped from the battaile, and purposed to haue sacked London.
Then when Constantius came a lande, the Brytains with their wiues and children flocked vnto him, and submit∣ted themselues ioyfully, being nowe deliuered out of a long thraldome.
Thys expedition of Constantius into Brytain, is ascri∣bed by some to Maximianus, into which error a false inscrip∣tion of the Panegirike hath led them.
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Seyne.