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¶How Cadwaldre wente oute of this londe in to lytell Brytayne.

CAdwaldre sawe grete hūgre mor∣talyte & pestylence / and the londe all poore / & faylynge cornes & other vy∣taylles / and his folke perysshed / & sawe also y^• moost partye of his londe all wa∣sted & voyde of people. He appareylled hym & his folke that were lefte a lyue / & passed ouer in to lytell Brytayne with a lytell nauy vnto kynge Alayne that he moche loued / that was his cosyn / and that his fader had moche loued in his ty¦me. And as they sayled in the see / he ma¦de moche lamentacyon / & so dyde all tho that were with hym and sayd (Dedisti¦nos dn̄e tan•• oues esca{rum}. et in gentibus dispersisti nos)

ANd thenne began Cadwaldre to complayne hym to his folke py∣tously & sayd. Alas sayd he. to vs wret∣ches & caytyues is sorowe for our grete synnes / the whiche we wolde not amen∣de vs whyle we had space / & now repen¦taunce is comen vpon vs thrugh mysa∣uenture / whiche chaced vs out of our rea me & propre soyle. And out of the whi∣che s••••tyme Romayns. Scottes. Sax∣ons / neyther Danys / myght not exyle vs. ¶But what auaylleth it now to vs that before tyme / ofte tymes haue goten many other londes / syth it is not y^• wyll of god that we abyde and dwelle in our owne londe. God that is very Iuge that all thynges knoweth before they ben do∣••e or made / he seeth that we wolde not cesse of our synnes / & that our enmyes myght not vs ne our lygnage exyle fro / and out of our reame. He wolde that we amende vs of our folyes / & that we see our propre defawtess. And therfore hath shewed to vs wrath / and woll chastyse vs of our mysdedes. Syth that he doeth vs without batayl / or strength of our en¦myes / by greate companyes wretchedly to leue our reame & propre londe. ¶Tor¦ne agayne ye Romayns / torne agayne ye Scottes / torne agayne ye Saxons / tor¦ne agayne ye Fraūsoys. Now sheweth to you Brytayne all deserte / the whiche your power myght neuer make deserte / ne yet our power hath not put vs now in exyle But oonly the power of the 〈◊〉〈◊〉 almyghty / whome we haue often of∣fended by our folyes / the whiche we wol¦de not leue vntyll he chastysed vs by dy¦uyne power. ¶Amonge the wordes and lamentacyon that the kynge Cadwal∣dre made to his folke / they arryued in ly¦tell Brytayne / and came to kynge Aley ne before sayd. ¶And the kynge recey∣ued hym with grete Ioye / & made hym to be serued wonder nobly. And there a∣bode they longe tyme after. ¶The En¦glysshe people that were left a lyue and were escaped the grete hungre & morta∣lyte / lyued in the best wyse y^• they myght And moche people sprange & came of them. ¶And they sente in to Saron••e where that they were borne to theyr fron¦des for men / wymmen / and childern to restore the cytees with people & to w∣nes that were all voyde of people / & for to labour / traueylle / and tylthe the erthe ¶Whan the Saxons berde these trdyn¦ges / they came in to the londe wonder thycke in grete companyes / and herbe∣rowed themself in the coū••er all about where that they wolde / for they founde no man them for to lette ne withstonde. And so they wexed & multeplyed gretly. And vsed the maners and customes of the coū••re wherof they were come. And they vsed also the lawes and the langa∣ges and speche of theyr owne londe that they came fro. And also they chaunged all the names of cytees / townes / castel∣les / and brughs / and yaue them names

and called them as they now ben called And they helde the Countees. Barona∣ges & lordshyps in manere as the Bry∣tons before tyme had compassed them / And amonge other greate companyes that came from Germayne in to this londe / came y^• noble quene that was cal¦led Sexburga with men & wȳmen with¦out nombre. And arryued in the coūtree of Northumberlonde / & toke the londe from Albion vnto Cornewaylle for her & for her folke. For there was none that myght them lette / for all was desolate & vayde of people / but it were a fewe poore Brytons that were lefte on mountayns & woodes vntyll that tyme. ¶And fro that tyme forth loste the Brytons this reame for all theyr dayes. And the Eu∣glysshe people began to regne / & depar∣ted the londe bytwene them. And they made many kynges aboute by dyuerse partyes of the londe as here ben diuyded The fyrst of Westsexe / the seconde Mer¦cheurtche / the thyrde Estangle / the four∣the kente / the fyfth Southsex. All those regned in this londe after y^• Cadwaldre was passed out of this londe / & dwelled in lytell Brytayne with kynge Alayne his cosyn & true frende. And whan he had longe dwelled there / and had kno∣w••••••ge that the mortalyte & pestylence was ouerpassed and that the londe was repleaysshed ayen w^t people / he thought to tome ayen in to his londe. And prayed kynge Aleyne his cosyn of socour & hel∣pe that he myght be restored ayen to his owne propre reame and fyrfst dygnyte / And kynge Aleyne graunted hym his askynge. ¶Thenne dyde he appareylle hym to take his waye and vyage in to this londe. And prayed god almyghty de¦noutely that he wolde make to hym de∣monstracyon / yf his prayer to this londe were to hym pleasaūt or none / for ayenst the wyll of god almyghty he wolde noo thynge do. ¶Whan he had thus deuou∣tely made his prayer / a boys fro heuen to hym sayd. And badde hym leue that Iourney awaye in to Englonde / & that he sholde go to the pope of Rome / for it was not the wyll of almyghty god that the Brytons sholde regne more in Bry∣tayne / ne neuer recouer it vnto the tyme of the prophecye that Merlyn sayd befo¦re be fulfylletd. And that sholde neuer be vnto the tyme were come / that the re∣lyques of his body shall be brought fro Rome and translated in to Brytayne / And whan the relykes of other sayntes that haue ben hydde for the persecucion of the paynem folke shall be founde and and opely shewed / thenne shal they reco¦uer theyr londe ayen / the whiche they ha¦ue so longe tyme lost thrugh theyr deser¦tes. ¶Whan Cadwaldre had herde this answere / he meruaylled gretly and tol∣de it to kynge Aleyne. ¶Thenne kynge Aleyne dyde sende for the clergye of his londe / and made them to brynge the sto¦ryes & prophecyes that Me••lyn and Sy¦byll had sayd in theyr prophecyes. And whan he knewe that the prophecye that festom had prophecyed of the Egle. and other prophecyes accorded to the dy••yn answere that Cadwaldre had herde. He counseylled hym / and ryght faythfully desyred hym to leue his people & his na¦uy / and submytte hym to the dyspolicy∣on of god / and do all that the aungell had cōmaunded hym. ¶Thenne Cad∣waldre called Ynor his sone / and Yuori his cosyn that was his systers sone / and sayd to them. Taketh sayd he my folke & my nauy that is here all redy / and pas¦se in to Walys & be ye lordes of Brytons that no dyshonour come to them by in∣terrupcyon of the Paynem folke for de∣faute of lordes. ¶And then he hymself lefte his reame of Brytayne and his fol¦ke for euer more / and toke his waye vn∣to the pope of Rome Sergius / the whi∣che worshypped hym moche / and soo he was confessyd / and toke penaunce for his synnes. And he had not longe dwel∣led

there that he ne deyed / the .xij. Ka∣lendis in May / the yere of grace .v.C.lxxix.