Actes and monuments of matters most speciall and memorable, happenyng in the Church. [vol. 1] with an vniuersall history of the same, wherein is set forth at large the whole race and course of the Church, from the primitiue age to these latter tymes of ours, with the bloudy times, horrible troubles, and great persecutions agaynst the true martyrs of Christ, sought and wrought as well by heathen emperours, as nowe lately practised by Romish prelates, especially in this realme of England and Scotland. Newly reuised and recognised, partly also augmented, and now the fourth time agayne published and recommended to the studious reader, by the author (through the helpe of Christ our Lord) Iohn Foxe, which desireth thee good reader to helpe him with thy prayer.

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Title: Actes and monuments of matters most speciall and memorable, happenyng in the Church. [vol. 1] with an vniuersall history of the same, wherein is set forth at large the whole race and course of the Church, from the primitiue age to these latter tymes of ours, with the bloudy times, horrible troubles, and great persecutions agaynst the true martyrs of Christ, sought and wrought as well by heathen emperours, as nowe lately practised by Romish prelates, especially in this realme of England and Scotland. Newly reuised and recognised, partly also augmented, and now the fourth time agayne published and recommended to the studious reader, by the author (through the helpe of Christ our Lord) Iohn Foxe, which desireth thee good reader to helpe him with thy prayer.
Author: Foxe, John, 1516-1587.
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The entring and raigning of the Saxons.

THis was the comming in first of the Angles or Sax∣ones into this realme, being yet vnchristened and infi∣dels: which was about the yeare of our Lord, as William Malmesbury testifieth * 1.1 .CCCC.lxix. the Captaines of whō were Hengistus and Horsus. Although the sayd Hengist and Saxones at their first comming, for all their subtile wor∣king and cruell attempt, had no quiet setling in Britayne, but were driuen out diuers times by the valiantnesse of Aurelius Ambrosius, and his brother Vter aboue mētioned, who raigned after that among the Britaynes: yet notw^t∣standing they were not so driuen out, but that they retur∣ned againe, and at length possessed all, driuing the Bri∣taynes (such as remained) into Cambria,* 1.2 whych we call nowe Wales. Hengistus, as some Chronicles recorde, reig∣ned. 43. yeares, and died in Kent. Galfridus in suo Britanni∣co sayeth: that he was taken in warre by Aurelius Ambro∣sius, and beheaded at Coningesburgh, after he had raigned xxxix. yeare.

After the death of Hengist, hys sonne Osca, raigned xxiiij. yeres leauing his sonne Octa, to whose reigne with hys sonne Ymenricus, hystories doe attribute liij. yeares, who also were slaine at length by Vter Pendragon,* 1.3 Polichro∣ni. Lib. 5. cap. 4.

The Saxones after they were setled in the possession of England, distributed the Realme among themselues, first in seuen partes: euery part to haue his king, that is: The first to be the king of Kent. The second to be king of Sussex and Southerye, holding hys Palace at Cicester. The thirde king was of Westsexe. The fourth king of Es∣sex. The fift king was of the Eastangles,* 1.4 that is, of Cam∣bridgeshire, Northfolke, and Southfolke. The vj. king of Merceland, or Mercia, and in his kingdome were cōtei∣ned the Countesses of Lincolne, Leycester, Huntyngdon, Northampton, Orford, Darby, Warwike. &c. The vii. king had all the countries beyond Humber, and was cal∣led king of Northumberland.

Of these seuen kingdomes, although they continued not long, but at length ioyned all in one, comming all into the possession & subiection of the Westsaxons: yet for the space they cōtinued (which was w^t continuall trouble & warres among themselues) thys is the race and order of them, as in this Table particularly followeth to be seene.

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* 1.1

Aurelius and Vter. sonnes to Constanti∣nus.

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* 1.2

Ex Gaufri∣do.

Ex Alfrido in suo Bri∣tannico.
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* 1.3

Ex Policron. lib. 5. cap. 4.

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* 1.4

Seuen kings ruling in Eng∣land.

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