Albions England Or historicall map of the same island: prosecuted from the liues, actes, and labors of Saturne, Iupiter, Hercules, and Æneas: originalles of the Brutons, and English-men, and occasion of the Brutons their first aryuall in Albion. Continuing the same historie vnto the tribute to the Romaines, entrie of the Saxones, inuasion by the Danes, and conquest by the Normaines. With historicall intermixtures, inuention, and varietie: proffitably, briefly, and pleasantly, performed in verse and prose by William Warner.

CHAP. I.

I Tell of things done long agoe, of manie thinges in few: And chieflie of this Elyme of ours, the Accidents pursue. Thou high Director of the same assist my Artlesse pen, To write the gests of Brutons stoute, and acts of Englishmen. When arked Noah, and seuen with him the emptie worldes remain, Had left the instrumentall meane that landed them againe: And that both man and beast, and all did multiplie with store, To Asia Sem, to Affricke Cham, to Europe Iapheth bore Their Families. Thus triple wise the worlde deuided was: one language common vnto all: vntill it came to passe That Nembroth sonne to Chus, the sonne of Cham, olde Noah his sonne, In Chaldia (neuer seene vefore) an Empire had begunne· As hée and his audatious crewe the Tower of Babell reare, Pretending it should checke the cloudes, so to auoide the feare Of following flooddes, the Creator of creatures beheld The climing tops of cloud-high Towers, and more to bée fulfilde. To cut of which ambitious plot, and quash their proude intent Amongst a worlde of people there hee sundrie spéeches sent, So that, vnable to conferre about the worke they went, The Tower was left vnfinished: and euerie man withdrewe Himselfe apart, to ioine with those whose language best hée knew: And thus confused tongues at first to euerie nation grewe.

THE Babylonian Saturne though his buildings speede was bad, Yet found the meanes that vnder him hée manie nations had. Hée was the first that rul'd as king, or forraine landes subdude, Or went about into the right of others to intrude: Ere this aspiring mindes did sléepe, and wealth was not pursude. His sonne Ioue Belus after him succeeded: hée puruaide For dreadfull warres, but aw••esse death his dreadfull purpose staide, Then Ninus prosecutes the warres preuented Belus sought, And filde the wronged world with armes, and to subiection brought Much people, yet not capable of such his nouile fight, From Caldia to Assyrea he translates the Empier quite: And caused fire on horses backs before him euer borne To be adorned for a God. Thus out of vse was worne In Caldia and Assyria to the honour rightly due To high Iehoua, God indéed. Idolatrie thus grewe From Ninus first: he first of al a Monarchie did frame, And built in fomous Niniuie, that bore the builders name. His warlike wife Simeramis, her husband being dead, And sonne in nonage, faining him she ruled in his stéede: Delating in a males attire the Empire newe begonne: The which, his yeares admitting it, she yealded to her sonne. Thus Cham his broode did borgon first and held the world in awe: But Iapheths Line to Iabans land from Assur doth me drawe.

Much praise is spoke of Thessalie and Pegasus his springs, and how the nimphes of Moena in Tempe did great things, And how that Cecrops and his seede did honour Athens so, As that from thence are said the Springs of Sciences to flowe. Not onlie artes but Cheualrie from Greece deri••e we may: Whereof (omitting manie things) my muse alonlie say How Saturne, Ioue, and Hercules did fill the world with ••auie Of iustice, prowesse, and how they both men and Monsters tame: And so from these deriue the meane how Brute to Albion came. In Create did florish in those daies (the first that florisht so) Vranos: he in wealth and wit all others did out-goe. This took to Wife (not then forbode) his Sister Vesta faire,

The croked Titan did to him an comelie Saturne baer. The elder of deformities in making and for minde▪ with Parents and the people too, did lesser liking finde: The younger by the contraries gaue hansel in his prime Of manie vertues, honouring their Owners ••lder time. Away slips age: death spareth none: Vranos leaues the stage: His bodie (now depriu'd of pomp) inter••d the wormes doe gage. Well may a rich mans Hearse want teares, but heires he shal not misse, To whom that he is dead at length no little ioy it is. This errour notwithstanding did Vranos Sonnes lament: Yet scarce the Fathers Ghost from graue to heauen or hell was sent, But that his heires did fall at ods about the vacant Raine: and Titan chafes disabled then the Scepter to sustaine. Ech eye did follow Saturns forme, ech heart applaudes his fame, and to conclude, with whole consent he winnes away the game. Yet for because the Birth-right should inure to Titan stil, In Mars his Church did Saturne vow his Issues Males to kill. Not meanely glad was Saturne then his head possest of Crowne, When, of his building, hee was Lord of manie a peopled Towne, He giueth lawes, his lawes are kept, he ••ids, and all obey, and equallie beloud and feard he wealds a kinglie sway: He teacheth men (vntaught before) to eare the lustie land: and how to pearse the pathlesse aire with shaft from Bow-mans hand: God D••s did quaile to sée his gold so fast conuaid from hell & fishes quakt 〈…〉〈…〉 amidst their floods did dwel Who loues not 〈…〉〈…〉 did not the king of Creat excel? But what auaile or Townes, or Lawes, or what doe Subiects moue? Sheaues, Shafts, or Ships▪ or Gold, or all? king Saturne is in loue. He loues, and is beloud again••▪ yet so might not suffice, In former vow to Titan made his paine of pleasure lies: But no man from the Monarke Lou•• by wealth or weapon flies. Cybella, faire Cybella is espoused to her brother: and as doe Venus killing Birds so loue they one another. In Coiture she doth conceaue: 〈◊〉〈◊〉 sonne is borne, and slaine: And Saturne of the hansell hard doth malconsent remaine.