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〈…〉〈…〉 Ancus marci{us}. Tarquim{us} pris••us. Sermus tulli{us}. Tarquimus su{per}b{us}
[ R] ¶Romulus & Remus bredyrne & ••wyndels after that they had slayne An••••ius byldyd a cyte in t••e place where they were cast in the water to haue been drownyd / But because it was not knowyn who was the elder brother some dyscord grewe Betwene thē who shuld haue the name of the Cyte wher∣fore it was agreed after the custome of theyre old wichcraftys that eyther of them shuld stand vppon dyuers hyl••••s & ouer whose hed so euer it were that most nomber of Byrdys callyd vulturus dyd fle yt he shuld haue the preemynēc•• wherof the fortune fell to Romul{us} wherfore he namyd the cyte Rome But incontinent after this Romulus slew his broder Remus because he went ouer the wallys of the Cyte contrary to his broder•• cōmaundement / wherfore then Romulus abode soole kyng of Rome / This Romulus ordeynyd that there shuld be a .C. of the wysyst of the people elect whiche were callyd Senatours by whose councell all matters shuld be dyrectyd / This Romulus was slayn in a tempest of thunder & lyghtenyng that no man coud tell where his body became Therefore the rōmayns seyd that he was translatyd into heuyn wherfore afterward they honouryd hym as a god.
¶Numa pompilius a Sabyne born was next kyng of Rome / because ther was oft dyscord betwen the Romayns & Sabynis it was agreed that bothe cuntreys shuld be as one & the kyng to be chosyn by eleccyon and agreemēt of both people / which Numa so chosyn gouernyd ye people by sych maner that he was without any war duryng his lyfe / wherfore the Romayns incresyd meruelously both in strenght and ryches.
¶Tulli{us} hostili{us} a romayn was next chosyn kīg / he made war agaīst ye Albayns & subduyd the king callyd Caius Ciuilius and b••e••t and dy••lroyed the cyte of Alba And made all the people subduyd to Rome / This Tullius was slayn with thonder and lyghtening.
¶Ancus marcius son to Numa was next chosyn king of Rome / He adioynyd to the cite of Rome yt mount{is} Auentyne and Iamcule and was the furst that byldyd the bryge ouer Tyber. ¶Tarquinius priscus borne in the cite of Tarquia was next chosin king of Rome ••e dubled the nō∣ber of the Senatours and made a nother .C. which were callid Peeres or Faders of ye yōg senatours He fortefied gretly the cite of Rome he gaue his doughter in mariage to Seruius tullius wherefo••e by the menis of the chileren of Ancus he was in his ••ales slayn by treason.
¶Seruius tulli{us} was next king Not made by the cōsēt of all the peple but on••y by cōsēt of the Peres he made the diche about the town wall{is} of Rome and was after slayn by Tarquini{us} his sō in law. ¶Tarquinius su{per}bus .s. the proud son to Tarquinius priscus was nexte king of Rome he was the furst that vsurpid and took vppon hī to be king without Eleccion of the people or of the peeris. This Tarquini{us} su{per}bus had a sō callid Sextus tarquini{us} which raueshid one Lucres wife to Tarquini{us} Colantinus wherfore this Lucres thinkyng her self vnworthy euer after to lye by her husband and in purgyng her self because it was agaynst her wyll in the p̄lens of her husband and of diuers other stykkyd her self with a knyfe to the hart for a {per}petuall memory therof to be had / for which cruell deed of Rauyshment done by ye seyd Sextus tarquinius the romayns did put downe the se••d Tarqui∣ni{us} su{per}{bus} from his dignyte of kyngdome & banyshyd hym & all his chyldren for euer / and after they had 〈☐〉〈☐〉 name of a kyng in as gret hatred as the name of a theef / wherfore instede of a kyng they made .ii. Cousull{is} to gouern the peopu••l whose Auctorytis shuld last but for one yeer. [ R]