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A05801	The valiant VVelshman, or The true chronicle history of the life and valiant deedes of Caradoc the Great, King of Cambria, now called Wales As it hath beene sundry times acted by the Prince of Wales his seruants. Written by R.A. Gent.; Valiant Welshman.	R. A., Gent.; Armin, Robert, fl. 1610, attributed name.; Anton, Robert, b. 1584 or 5, attributed name.; Aylett, Robert, 1583-1655?, attributed name.	1615 (1615)	STC 16; ESTC S104360	35,542	72

THE VALIANT VVELSHMAN OR THE TRVE CHRONIcle History of the life and valiant deedes of CARADOC the Great King of Cambria now called WALES AS it hath beene sundry times Acted by the Prince of Wales his seruants Written by R. A. Gent. LONDON Imprinted by George Furslowe for Robert Lownes and are to be solde at his shoppe at the Little North dore of Paules 1615. TO THE INGENVOVS READER AS it hath been a custome of long continuance as well in Rome the Capitall City as in diuers other renowned Cities of the world to haue the liues of Princes and worthy men acted in their Theatres and especially the conquests victories which their owne Princes and Captains had obtained thereby to incourage their youths to follow the steps of their ancesters which custome euen for the same purpose is tolerated in our Age although some peeuish people seeme to dislike of it Amongst so many valiant Princes of our English Nation vvhose liues haue already euen cloyed the Stage I searched the Chronicles of elder ages vvherein I found amongst diuers renovvned persons one Brittish Prince who of his enemies receiued the title of Valiant Brittaine his name was Caradoc he was King of Siluria Ordonica and March which Countries are now called South-Wales North-Wales and the Marches and therefore being borne in Wales and King of Wales I called him the valiant Welshman he liued about the yere of our Lord 70. Cornelius Tacitus in his 12. booke sayth that hee held warres 9. years against all the Romane puissance but in the end hee was betrayed by Cartismanda Queene of Brigance and so conuayed to Rome in triumph so that the name of Caradoc was famous in Rome at that time wherefore finding him so highly commended amongst the Romans who were then Lords of all the world and his enemies I thought it fit amongst so many Worthies whose liues haue already been both acted and printed his life hauing already bin acted with good applause to be likewise worthy the printing Hoping that you will censure indifferently of it and so I bid you farevvell The Actors names Fortune Bardh Octauian King of North-Wales Guiniuer his daughter Codigune his base sonne The Duke of Cornewall The Earle of Gloster Morgan Earle of Anglesey Pheander his sonne the Fayry champion Ratsbane his man A Iugler Cadallan Prince of March with his three sons and his daughter Voada Caradoc Mauron and Constantine Monmouth an vsurper Gederus King of Brittaine Gald his brother Venusius Duke of Yorke Cartismanda his wife Claudius Cesar the Emperour Ostorius Scapula the Romane Lieutenant Marcus Gallicus his sonne Manlius Valens and Cessius Nasica 2. Tribunes of the Romanes A Witch and her sonne Bluso The Clowne with a company of Rustickes A Shepheard An olde man THE VALIANT WELSHMAN ACTVS 1. SCENA 1. Fortune descends downe from heauen to the Stage and then shee cals foorth foure Harpers that by the sound of their Musicke they might awake the ancient Bardh a kind of Welsh Post who long agoe was there intoombed Fortune THus from the high Imperiall Seate of Ioue Romes awfull Goddesse Chaunce descends to view This Stage and Theater of mortall men Whose acts and scenes diuisible by me Sometime present a swelling Tragedy Of discontented men sometimes againe My smiles can mould him to a Comicke vayne Sometimes like Niobe in teares I drowne This Microcosme of man and to conclude I seale the Lease of mans beatitude Amongst the seuerall obiects of my frownes Amongst the sundry subiects of my smiles Amongst so many Kings housde vp in clay Behold I bring a King of Cambria To whom great Pyrrhus Hector poysde in scales Of dauntlesse valour weighes not this Prince of Wales Be dumbe you scornefull English whose blacke mouthes Haue dim'd the glorious splendor of those men Whose resolution merites Homers penne And you the types of the harmonious spheares Call with your siluer tones that reuerend Bardh That long hath slept within his quiet vrne And let his tongue this Welshmans Crest adorne The Harpers play and the Bardh riseth from his Tombe Bardh Who 's this disturbs my rest Fortune None Poet Laureat but a kind request Fortune prefers vnto thy ayry shape That once thou wouldst in well-tunde meeter sing The high-swolne fortunes of a worthy King That valiant Welshman Caradoc by name That foylde the haughty Romanes crackt their fame Bardh I well remember powerfull Deity Arch-gouernesse of this terrestriall Globe Goddesse of all mutation man affords That in the raigne of Romes great Emperour Ycleped Claudian when the Bryttish Ile Was tributary to that conquering See This worthy Prince suruiued whose puissant might Was not inferiour to that sonne of Ioue Who in his cradle chokte two hideous Snakes Which since my Fortune is to speake his worth My vtmost skill aliue shall paint him forth Fort. Then to thy taske graue Bardh tell to mens eare Fame plac't the valiant Welshman in the spheare Exit Bardh Then since I needs must tell the high designes Of this braue Welshman that succeeding times In leaues of gold may register his name And reare a Pyramys vnto his fame This onely doe I craue that in my song Attention guyde your eares silence your tongue Then know all you whose knowing faculties Of your diuiner parts scorne to insist On sensuall obiects or on naked sense But on mans highest Alpes Intelligence For to plebeyan wits it is as good As to be silent as not vnder stood Before faire Wales her happy Vnion had Blest Vnion that such happinesse did bring Like to the azure roofe of heauen full packt With those great golden Tapers of the night Whose spheares sweat with their numbers infinite So was it with the spacious bounds of Wales Whose firmament contaynd two glorious sonnes Two Kings both mighty in their arch-cōmands Though both not lawfull in their gouernement The one Octauian was to whom was left By lineall descent each gouernment But that proud Earle of Munmouth stealing fire Of high ambition did one throne aspire Which by base vsurpation he detaines Of lawfull right vnlawfull treason gaines Twise in two haughty set Battalions The base vsurper Munmouth got the day And now Octauian spurde with griefe and rage Conducted by a more propitious starre Himselfe in person comes to Shrewsbury Where the great Earle of March great in his age But greater in the circuit of his power Yet greatest in the fortunes of his sonnes The Father of our valiant Welshman calld Himselfe his warlike sonnes and all doth bring To supplant Treason and to plant their King No more I le speake but this olde Barde intreats To keepe your vnderstanding and your seates ACTVS 1. SCENA 2. Enter Octauian King of Northwales Gloster Codigunes base sonne Morgan Earle of Anglesey and his foolish sonne with souldiers Octauian Gloster Lord Codigune And Noble Morgan Earle of Anglesey Can the vsurping name of Monmouth liue VVithin the ayry confines of your soules And not infect the purest temprature Of loyalty and sworne