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¶Of kyngdoms of boundes and mar¦kes bytwene them. ca .xii.

THe kyngdome of Brytayne sto∣de withoute departynge hole and all one kyngdome to the Brytons from the fyrste Brute vnto Iulius Cezars ty¦me / and fro Iulius Cezars tyme vnto se¦uerus tyme this londe was vnder trybu¦te to the Romayns. Neuerthelesse kyn∣ges they hadde of the same londe from Seuerus vnto the laste prynce Gracyā successours of Brytayne fayled and Ro¦mayns regned in Brytayn Afterwarde the Romayns lefte of theyr regnynge in Brytayne by cause it was ferre frome Rome / and for grete besynesse that they hadde in other syde / Thenne Scottes and Pyctes by mysledynge of Maxim{us} the tyraūt pursewed Brytayn and war¦red ther with grete strength of mē of ar¦mes longe tyme vnto the tyme that the Saxons come at the prayenge of the bri¦tons agaynste the Pyctes / and put oute Gurmonde she Iryss he kynge with his Pyctes and the Brytons also with her kynge that heet Careticus & drofe hem oute of Englonde into wales / and soo y^• Saxons were vyctours and euery pro∣uynce after his strengthe made hȳ a kȳ ge. And so departed Englonde into se∣uen kyngedomes. Netheles afterwarde these seuen kyngedomes euerychone af∣ter other came all in to one kyngedome•• All hole vnder the prynce Adelstone Ne¦theles the Danes pursewed this londe fro Adelwolfys tyme that was Alure∣des fader vnto the thyrde saynt. Edwar¦des tyme aboute a hondred .lxx. yere that regned contynuelly therin .xxiii. yere and a lytell more. & after hym Haralde hel∣de the kyngdome .ix. mouethes. And af∣ter hym Normās haue regned vnto this tyme. But howe longe they shall regne he wote to whome no thynge is vnknow¦en. ¶R. Of the forsayd seuen kyngdo∣mes and her markes mares and boun∣des whan they beganne and how longe they endurede here shall I som what shor¦tely tely. ¶Alfre. The fyrste kyngdome was the kyngdome of Kente. that shet∣cheth fro the cest Occyan vnto the Ry∣uere of Tamyle. There regned the fyr¦ste Hengistis / and began to regne by the acomptynge of Dyonise the yere of our lorde a hondred .lv. that kyngdome du∣red thre hondred and: lviii. yere .xo. kyn∣ges vnto the tyme that Baldrede was put oute and Egbert kynge weste saxon Ioyned that kyngdome to his owne the seconde kyngdome was at southesaxon that had in the eest syde Rente. in y^• sou∣th the see and the yle of wyght / in y^• we∣st hampshyre / and in the north sothery there Ella regned / fyrste with his three sones / and began to regne the yere after the comynge of y^• Angles euen .xxx. but that kyngdome within shorte tyme pas∣sed into the other kyngdomes / The thir¦de kyngdom was of eestsaxon / and had in the eest syde the see / in the coū¦tre of London / in the south Temse and in the north southfolke. The kynges of this countre of westsaxon fro the fyrste. Sebertes tyme vnto the tyme of the da¦nes were .x. kynges the whiche were 〈◊〉〈◊〉 gect somdele to other kynges. Neuerthe∣les ofteste and lengeste they were vnder the kynges of Mercta and vnto that ty¦me that Egbert the kynge of westsaxon Ioyned that kyngedome to hys owne

The fourth kyngdome was of eest An¦gles and conteyneth Northfolke & south¦folke / and had in the eest syde / and in y^• north syde the see / and in the north west Lambrigeshyre / in the west saȳt Edmō¦des dyche and Herfordshyre / and in the south Estsex / And this kyngdom dured vnder twelue kynges vnto the tyme that kynge Edmonde was slayne. And then the Danes toke wronfully both the kyn¦gedoms of eest Angles and of estsaxon Afterwarde the Danes were put out & dryuen awaye or made subgette. And then the elder kynge Edwarde Ioyned both the kyngdomes too his owne. The fyfte kyngdom was of westsaxon and dured lengeste of al these kyngdōs / and hadde in the eest syde southsaxon / in the north Tamyse / in the south and in the west the see Dccean. In that kyngdom regned Serdryk with his sone Kenryk. and began to regne the yere of oure lor¦de fyue hondred and: xix. and thenne af¦ter the comynge of Angles .lxxi. so sayth Denys the other kyngdoms passed into this kyngdom: The syxt kyngdom was of Mercia and was grettest of all. The markes and the meres therof were in y^• west syde of the Ryuer Dee fast by Ches¦tre and Scuarne faste by shrowesbury / vnto Brystowe / in the eest the eest see / in the south Tamyse vnto London / in the north the Ryuer of Humber. and so west¦warde and downwarde vnto the Ryuer Merse vnto y^• corner of Wythall / there Humbre falleth into the west se. Penda Wybbes sone regned fyrste in this kyn¦gedom in the yere of our lord Ihesu cris te .vi. hondred .xxvi. so sayth Denys and fro the comynge of Angles an hondred lxxv. yere. This kyngdom dured vnder xvii. kynges aboute two hondred .lxiii. yere vnto the laste Colwulf the Danes betoke that kyngdom to kepe whan bur¦dred the kynge was put oute / but the el∣der Edwarde the kynge put oute the da¦nes and Ioyned the kyngdome of Mer¦cia to his owne kyngdome. Netheles at the begynnynge this kyngdome of mer¦cia was departed into thre / in west mer¦cia / in myddell Mercia / & reste / Mercia The .vii. kyngedome Was Northam∣hymbro{rum} that is y^• kyngdome of North¦humberlonde / the meres and Markes therof were by west and by eest the se of Dccean / by southe the Ryuere of Hum¦bre and so downwarde to warde the wes¦te by thende of the shyres of Notynghā and of Derby vnto the Ryuer of Merse and by north the Scottes see that heet forthe in Scottes / Weres in Brytysshe. the Scottesshe see in Englysshe / Thys kyngedome of Northumberlonde was fyrste dealed in two prouynces That o¦ne was the south syde and heet / Deyra and that other was the north syde & heet Brenicia / as it were two kyngedomes / and the Ryuer departed these two kyng¦domes that tyme / for the kyngdome of Deyra was from the Ryuere of Hum∣bre vnto the Ryuer of Tyne. The kyn¦gedome of Brenicia was fro Tyme to the Scottysshe see / And whanne Py•••••• dwelled there as Beda sayth .li.iii. ca .ii That Ninian that holy man conuer∣ted men of the south syde. Ida the kyn¦ge regned there fyrste and began to reg¦ne the yere of oure lorde fyue hondrede xlvii. soo sayth Dyonyse. In Deyra regned kynge Elle the yere of oure lorde fyue hondred / xlix. Thyse two kyngdo¦mes were otherwhyle as it is sayde de∣parted bytwene two kynges and somty me all hole vnder one kynge / and dured as it were .xx. Englysshe kynges. CCC. xxi. yere Atte laste Dsbartus and Elle∣were slayne in the .ix. yere of her kynge¦dom the Danes slewe theym / and Nor¦thumberlonde was voyd without kyng viii. yere. Then afterwarde the Danes regned in Northumberlonde .xxxvi. yere vnto the oonynge of the kyngdom Adel¦stone / he made subgect the kynges Da¦nes Scott••sshe and walshe and regned

fyrste allone in Englonde & helde y^• kȳ¦gedome of Englonde all hole & all one kyngdom y^t was the yere of oure lorde. viii. C .xxviii That Ryuer of merse was somtyme y^• marke & mere bytweene the kyngdom of Mercia & the kyngdom of Northūberlond / y^t may be shewed in two maners fyrst by this properte of this mer¦see / y^t is as moche to saye as a see y^• is a boūde & a mere for it departed one kyng¦dome from an other. Also it is writen in Cionides of Henry & Alfrede y^• kynged warde y^• elder fastned a castell at Mam¦cestre in Northūberlonde / but y^• cyte Mā¦cestre is fro the Ryuer of Mersee scarse¦ly thre myle.