A Chronycle with a Genealogie declaryng that the Brittons and Welshemen are lineallye dyscended from Brute Newly and very wittely compyled in Meter The preface To the hyghe and moste excellente Prince Edwarde the sixâ—… Kynge of Englande Fraunce and Irelande and in yearthe the supreme heade of the Churche of Englande and Irelande Arthur â—…elton wyssheth continuall peace helthe of bodye and prosperous successe AS the worthy prudent Secretary In those daies named Danucius Wrote volumes large of famous memory Onely to prefer and make glorious The name of his Lord called Aurelius Thinkyng it sinne rebuke and shame Out of his boke to seclude his name ¶ Eucolpius euen in like case Preferred Alexander Seuerus Whiche in his tyme so worthy was The Romain Tato with Citus Liuius Aduaunced the name of â—…easar Iulius Thus one after other their time Did apply To that entent good fame shuld not dy ¶ Euen so most mighty and gracius prince Under support of your benigne grace I mindyng sleuth vtterly to conuince As most vnworthy folowyng their trace Your redoubted father in euery lyke case For to aduaunce my wittes will frame With the most worthiest to set out his name ¶ After shall intreate of his magnificence His lawes statutes his Ciuil ordinaunce His mighty powre his wonderfull prudence His iust iudgemeÌ„tes his rightfull gouernaÌ„ce Namely to speake of very true substance His graces lawes most godly deuised Lately into Wales to vs there commised ¶ With a certayne true comparison Whiche was most worthiest of Antiquitie The Romains with their foundacion Ether the Brutes with their posteritie And of their Cities the soueraigntie Which of them twayne shuld other surmouÌ„t London or Rome as after shall recount ¶ With an extract or a Genealogy Conueiyng his and your most noble discent As auncient Aucthors putteth in memory From the fyrst age to this time present Accordyng to their myndes true iudgement Who wrote the same in time long paste To that intent it shuld indure and last ¶ Consideryng the high magnificence Of your father most clerely did shyne Passing al other in princely excellence None to be compared before his tyme Al men perceiue your nature doth inclyne To amplify the same more out at large SurmouÌ„ting the steps of your fathers stage ¶ In whom consisteth our confidence Our hope our trust our consolacion Wherin nature sheweth an euidence Accordyng to our expectacion To folowe the same by inclinacion With your mother most gracious Quene Whose vertue plaine in your face is sene ¶ Thus God of his deuine myght Hath indued your most noble maiestie As appeareth to euery mannes syght Whose incomperable dexterstie In learnyng hauyng a soueraigntie Passyng all other by reporte of name Consideryng your age this is the fame ¶ The procedynges of yournoble age Doth vs encourage your subiectes trewe Well perceauyng your verteous courage Most godly stories for to insewe Which doth insence my hert doth renewe To dedicate this vnworthy litell boke Unto your highnes therevpon to lake ¶ Whiche was begon in your fathers time Unto whose highnes I minded the same But death alas his life did vptwyne Before I coulde my purpose well frame Preuenting al thinges but his worldly fame Whiche may not passe wither nor yet decaie His famous report indure shal alway ¶ O ye infernal systers of the darcke nighte With Cerberus in Hel as Poetes doth fain Of all nobilitie the quenchers of lighte Whose crueltie no wight can restrayne Ye cut the thred ye parte in twayne The life of man without respecte The poore ye spare the noble reiecte ¶ Cursed be ye ye doughters of Hell Whiche are in number counted but three Cloto Lachesis and Atropos the fell Ye might haue spared your crueltie A littel tyme of our felicite Untill our king most noble of corage Had proceded into moo yeares of age ¶ What I haue written in sentence playne In laude or prayse of your father dere Unto your highnes let it remayne As though it did to your grace appere Written of your selfe as matter clere With no lesse zeale obedience and loue Then duetie may obserue increase and moue ¶ I do confesse and this is trewe If Cato the sage or prudent Tully With their fyled tonges and sentence newâ—… Were here again his grace to magnify As they dyd the Romains glorify Yet shulde they not as in this case Worthely geue prayse vnto his grace ¶ All thynges remembred as of my parte Most humbly desireth your noble grace With constant wyll and faithfull heart To pardon my boldenes foly and trespace Consideryng alway as in this case That euery trewe heart inforced is To rendre his loue duetie and seruice The ende of the preface The Chronicle of the Brutes IN the Golden tyme when al thynges florished As it were by deuyne prouidence And that nature in manne was stablished Hauyng reason wisdome and science By gifte of the high magnifycence To vnderstand determine and knowe The Heauens aboue and the earth alowe ¶ Then the wyse sage and auncient By great industry and diligent laboure By sobre respecte and great aduisement Made lawes statutes with other good order Man to stablyshe onely by fauoure Them to conducte sauely to bryng Unto knowledge wisdome and learnyng ¶ Thus by politike moderacion Without rigoure or cruel ordinaunce Prynces notable of intencion Hauyng poure and mightye gouernaunce Established lawes by discrete purueyaunce Onely theyr subiectes to keepe in awe Dreadyng God and fearyng his lawe Such Princes kinges famous Emperors Of duetie ought to be magnified Not onely as worthy Lonqueroures But as men with grace nutrified Whose actes are worthy to be specified Enrolled vp with golde pearle and stone Registred in a boke them selfes alone ¶ Like as the Romains wyse circumspect In tyme long past their fame to aduaunce All notable thynges as in effecte Made by statutes or Liuill ordynance Registered was for a remembraunce Their Senate onely to magnify By fam ' report as thei thought theÌ„ worthy ¶ The Romaines most commended Leasar The Troians Hector the famous knyghte The Percians great Alexander The Grekes Achilles for manhode myghtâ—… The Larthagiens to maintain their righte Affirmyng Hanniball their lodesterre Thus euery one his tyme dyd preferre ¶ And we Arthur most worthyest of all Ought to remember in our fantasy Passyng all other in deedes marciall Like Mars him selfe shinyng in glory In his triumphes conquest and victory As the story of him do the recounte All other kinges in his time dyd surmount AS that tyme is past and worne out This tyme present we must put in vre That in time to come there be no doute But that this tyme that time may assure For time once past is without recure Wherfore this tyme let vs intende The time to come may this time coÌ„mende ¶ Let the Romains aduannce their Leasar The Troian Hector their famous knyght The Percian their great Alexander The Greke Achilles for strength myght The Larthagiens to maintain their
to spoyle and waste By colour or craft suthe meanes to caste Them to kepe in thraldome and bondage Where they ought no dewtie nor seruage ¶ Yet some there were by way of exaction Under pretence of suche rialteâ—… By craft and subtill collusion Onely to deceiue the porealtee Affirmyng vnder suche libertee All men to take that there shoulde passe Out of their way to fine for their trespasse ¶ A lacke that suche ingratitude In mannes mynd shuld be comprehended A poore man beyng destitude Oute of his way nothyng offended The oppression before entended Compound they must be it right or wronge Or els inforced to some pryson stronge ¶ Suche was the custome without defence Playnely to yelde or money to pay Foly it was to speake of indigence For ready money wolde then a away And further some dothe report and say They must agre and be at a poynt As the Foster wold or els lose a ioynte ¶ Worthy Edippus the famous yoÌ„g knight Which was so lusty and freshe of courage So strong so hardy so full of myght Had neuer so dredefull a passage Nor in the lengthe of all his voyage Founde none so monsterus a beast In mountayne wodde chace or forest Spynx the serpent whiche was so odible So monsterus so fearefull to see So fyerse so cruell and so terrible Deuouryng all thyng without pitie Was neuer so full of crueltie Men for to spoyle for siluer or golde in story founde that euer was tolde ¶ This Edippus with full pure entent Goyng towarde Thebes that famous citie Of aduenture met this cruell Serpent Uppon the mountayne called Phocie Of his manfull Magnamitee There he slewe this monsterous beast Sâ—…ttyng the countrey and Thebes at rest ¶ But our Edippus refuge and Champion Our comforte our ioye and hearâ—…es solace Our noble most famous of renoune Our kyng most worthiest that euer was Onely by prudence hath brought to pas A thousande hath slayne as in effecte Whiche of suche cryme by force wer detecte Our mountains our wodes ourchases gret From suche exactions are made full playne No raucnous prayes now can they geate They must of force their fury restrayne They may no longer suche purpose attayne There is no helpe for their refute But leaue their custome and olde pursute ¶ There shall no crafte nor yet colusion No fayned tales no falce pretence No colour deceipte or adulacion Be taken nowe for their defence Lyke as they are suche lyke recompence So that the truthe shal be defended When the vniuste shal be condempned ¶ Hathe not his grace of his mere goodnes Moste pryncely our causes to renewe Brought vs from all wrongfull dures Suche abusions onely to subdew And further all offenders to pursewe Hathe stablyshed vs by prudent purueiaunce Them to Chastise for their misgouernauÌ„ce ¶ Hercules the strong and pereles knyghte Of whoÌ„ the Poetes so muche dothe faine Had neuer more vertue force or myght Then hath our kyng Lorde and soueraygne Yet dyd he wonderfull thinges attayne In his conquest triumphes and victory As the stories of hym do the specify ¶ Busiris Antheus and Gereon Of Egipte Libie also of Spayne All thre kynges by succession Can witnesse this story playne Diomed in Trace as kyng did raygne Cacus Nessus and Cerberus the great Also the Lyon and the Bulle of Crete ¶ Abcor the Serpent odious and blacke Most outragious wylde and sauage The monsterus messe of Archades lake deuouryng all thynges in their rage Hercules with most knyghtly visage Slewe them all suche was his grace None might withstand his knighthod to deface ¶ These tirantes great by odius cryme Accused were of thefte and robbery Bryngyng the countrey vnto ruine Spoilyng the people of malice and enuy Delityng in murder and tiranny Whiche caused Hercules maugre their wyll Them to betray and after to kyll ¶ Here must ye note marke this ryght well As Diodorus affirmeth it playne Also Sainct Ierome likewyse doth tell How that there were Hercules twayne Whiche were ryght noble stories be playne But Hercules named Egipcius Was he that dyd these dedes meruaylous ¶ Not Hercules called Alcides Whiche the Greekes so highly do commend Sonne of Iupiter this is douteles To whose powre he myght not extend Who euer wyll the cause defend Loke in the fifth boke of Antiquities Of Birosus the Ethimologies ¶ As in a treatise lately compyled After my simple and rude deuice As auncient Aucthors hathe comprysed In time long past right famous and wyse Whiche to set forth I did enterpryse Where ye may see of these nobles twayn For the coÌ„mon welth which toke most payn ¶ Of this Hercules Called Egipcius Came the notable and famous lignage Downe to Troy and so to Brutus Unto this day with all the surplusage To our most noble ryall of courage Henry the eyght elect by grace deuine Of the same discent stocke blud and lyne ¶ Whiche onely nowe for our redresse With like vygoure and manfull myght As a kyng of wisedome perelesse Consideryng all thynges of ryght Suche tiranny hath appealed out of syghte By his royall powre and heart most coÌ„stant As at this tyme to vs is apparaunt ¶ Where are become these tirauntes great So insaciate of their desyre Whose â—…auin some time no man could set So â—…raged was their mortall yre Who durst denay what they did require To burne or spoyle all was one thyng Suche was their vse custome and liuyng ¶ The trewe man abrode he might not pas But must of force with them compounde Like as they wold geue more or las Or els they wolde his wealthe confounde With some distres to beate or wounde His cattell steale or goodes to spoile Thus wolde the Thefe the true man defoâ—…e ¶ yf they were taken as seldome was sene They wolde alledge for theyr defence The Lord of the soyie myght them redeme And of this roialtee with them dispence Suche was their vse and vyle pretence Paiyng therfore their fine accustomed From all daungier to be franchysed ¶ The partie nothyng herein suffysed Must nedss of force his wrong sustayne Goddes people vtterly despysed The trewe man the losse the thefe the gayne Restitucion none should they attayne Fiue pounde and a peny paid for the fyne The Thefe goeth quite for fault and crime ¶ And yet alas one custome we had Whiche as I thincke all grace dyd expell I suppose neuer none halfe so bad Ingendred in the pitte of Hell The pryce of a man was knowen to well Yf he ware â—…layne the paiment should be Lyke as he was in byrthe or degre ¶ O custome vnkynde causer of distresse Whose terrible plage infecteth the Ayre Mannes lyfe with murdre to represse Consideryng Christ mannes solle to repayre Became man of a Uirgyn fayre Onely for loue man to redeme Alas that man with murdre shuld be sene ¶ Murdre of truthe is intollerable Murdre before God calleth for vengeaunce Murdre to man is abhominable Murdre to nature is a defiaunce Murdre to lyfe is
stocke and our frute ¶ A boke of late there was compiled By Polidorus in Italy borne Nothyng to vs reconsiled But rather written in hatred or scorne Yet shall we saie if he had sworne We Welshmen with hym shall compare For olde antiquities the truth to declare ¶ His slanderous stile to exterminate Reiect auoyde and cleane put a waie Whiche is so subtle and intricate Thynkyng therby our fame to decaie None will so reporte I dare well saie Hauyng wit reason or intelligence Other to iustice myndyng aduertence ¶ Not contented this to deny But would of force our name appall Cleaue to extincte out of memory As though we wer reiectes of all Knowyng not our discent naturall From whence we came nor of what lyne Us to infame this is his cryme ¶ Me thinke of truth to muche ye erre In your reproche spoke of disdain Affirmyng plaine in tyme of warre We Welshemen no honor to attain Nether yet in peace trewe to remain Your barberous wordes backe doth rebouÌ„de To your infame all thynges doth sounde ¶ It is vnmete a man of your age Accompted sadde wise and discrete So violently abrode to rage Matters to penne whiche is vnmete With wordes vntrew with termes onswete Or thynges deny whiche auctours olde In tyme long past bothe wrote and tolde ¶ Who shal but thinke your sentence light As thynges in vain to none effecte Wordes of reproche spoke again right Menne should abhorre and cleane reiecte To breue my tyme this is th effecte Your slaunderous wordes affirmeth plaine To rise of ire hatred or disdayne ¶ If ye of force will vs persewe Onely through your ingratitude Blame vs nothyng your wordes exchewe Beware hurte not a multitude Lest some perchaunce with sentence rude Iustely again like your offence Euen with the same will you recompence ¶ We speake to you Master Polidorus Whose ingratitude we greatly complain Ye go aboute to rase out the floures Of our parentes as thynges in vain And yet of truthe ye cannot refrain But generally vs to accuse No indifferency herin ye vse ¶ We Welshemen saie for our defence That ye Romayns surmountyng in pride With your Imperiall magnificence Supposyng therby the heuens to deuide Came long after our noble tribe So that we maie write of your estate Not ye of vs ye came all to late ¶ How should ye knowe our antecessours Our stocke our line our progeny Our moste mightie conquerours Sithe ye bee of muche lesse memory Writyng nothyng almoste plainly But what doth rebounde to your estate Magnifiyng the pompe of your Senate ¶ By cause your auctoure Titus Liuius Of noble Brute maketh no mencion Beyng perchaunce somewhat obliuius Or knewe not of that succession Therfore ye make no discripcion But onely of your kynges of Italie Whiche reigned there successiuely ¶ As appereth by storie euident Called Fasciculus Temporum Where litle is to vs pertinent But to the first of your succession Hauyng the regall possession Breuely doth passe all other thynges Onely doth write but of a fewe kynges ¶ Though he forgate this noble prince Or listed not his fame to conuaie Yet shall he not his name conuince Nor this his honor to pulle awaie Fasciculus Temporum plainly doth saie That Brute beganne first to excell WheÌ„ Heli was prieste and Iudge of Israel ¶ Holy Eusebius doth testifie Also sainct Bede maketh mencion That noble Brute of the age fiue and thirty Entered first into this region Whiche was before Christes incarnacion A thousand i. C. twenty and twayne And after Troye xliii yeres playne ¶ Galfridus affirmeth assuredly That noble Brute in his yeres grene Like Marce for strength fearce and hardy In Grece moste princely was sene Wan there croune ceptre and diademe From Panderus of Achilles blud His doughter his treasure with all his gud ¶ And further the Grekes to deface That daie he did the felde recure Moste princely met them in the face Whose knightly strokes thei might not in A shilde he bare the felde of asure dure â—…hree crounes of gold sumteously wrought A Lion sette on his helmet a lofte ¶ Also Gâ—…ydo do Collumpnia Doth verifie this to be trewe That he did honor the goddes Diana Passyng the seas fortune to insewe Where he had answere his ioyes to renewe Beyng right yong should supply the place with scepter croune his enemies to inchase ¶ Ranulphus a manne of perfeccion Writeth right playne as in this case How noble Brute within this region Landed first by a speciall grace Predestinate before was that place As Diana the mightie Goddes Had promised namyng it Totnesse ¶ Also the Floure of histories Named Peter Pactauiences With many noble writers Alloweth the verie same sences To muche of truthe are their offences Whiche will alone suche thynges deny That auctours olde do write and verify ¶ Martinus super Cronicas Vtropius and Sabellicus Affirmeth playne how all thyng was In the tyme of Brenne and Belenus Of the discent of noble Brutus How thei entered first into Italie Hauyng at Rome gates a noble victorie ¶ This story to amplifie and augment The sixt yere of Artaxarses the kyng As Iacobus Phillippus doth assent Ouer the Persians that tyme reignyng These princes ii with standerdes displaiyng As brother with brother of one minde asseÌ„t Again you Romains with hert most verueÌ„t ¶ Had a battaill strong as is expressed Where your Senate Tribunes Dictators By knightly force wer clene oppressed Your Pretours Consules and gouernors Your lusty manfull young soldiors Your valiant knightes in stele armed bright All wer taken slain or put to flight ¶ Ye cannot well these auctours deny For all your vain stentacion Your citee spoyled all went a wry Make therof a true declaracion Ye wer right faine by composicion A peace to take ths is no naie Els to yelde vp or sone flie awaie ¶ Noble Arthur the famous Brute Of thesame line and true succession Whiche by his coÌ„quest and princely pursute Uanquished full many a region Sonne of Uter called Pendragon Chronicles plainly doth it specify Yet ye Romaines this prince will deny ¶ Loke in Fasciculus Temporum The tyme of Bisshoppe Hilarius In lina Christi accomptyng the sum Foure hundred sixty foure truly to discus Then florished Arthur that was victorious With his owne hande in one daie he slewe Foure hundred sixty if that story be true ¶ Also beholde Poli cronicon The â–ª xxiii Chapiter the seuenth boke There maie ye se by plain discripcion The yere of our Lorde who list to loke Aâ—… xi hundred foure score his body vp toke Translated into Glastinbury By the famous kyng the second Henry ¶ In the thirtie yere or there aboute Of our soueraigne kyng Henry theight Ye blinded Romains to put out of doubte The cause made plain perfect and streight A crosse was founde of full greate waight In Glastenbury with letters of golde Grauen full depe with this sentence olde ¶ Here lieth Arthur the worthy kyng Depe in the
no helpe no other meanyng Let this in our heartes fast be graued Onely by Christes blud our solles ar saued ¶ And yet O Lord how farre do they erre Thy maiesty is all full of mercy No sinner doutles wilt thou debarre Being penitent contrite and sory These couetous heades cleane contrary The poore solle wrapped in woo and payne Without money shal lie still and complaine ¶ What Charitee herein is extended When two solles in paine lieth together Perchance both in one case haue offended The one for money his ioye shall recouer The other for lacke shal lye styll for euer Suche is their Charitee in time of nede Their wordly pompe to set forth and fede ¶ If cruell Nero had now afrende That would disbource and paie at large So to compounde and make an ende For all his synnes and fell outrage I thinke his solle might walke at large Consideryng perdons are so plentie By meane wherof hel is emptie ¶ Oh Lorde God what wondrefull pride Is it on yearth goddes to be called Equall with thy grace solles to deuide As though thei wer in heuen stalled Thy enemies Lorde thei maie be called Whiche will thy people suche errors bryng For their profite our solles deceiuyng ¶ Is there any other maner of meanâ—… Then in the bloud of Christ Jesus The immuculate laÌ„be moste pure and cleane The sonne of God whiche doth forgeue vs If we knowledge our deedes vicius Christ it is that geueth remission By the mercie of his blessed passion ¶ The Apostle blessed sainct Peter Nether yet inspired holy sainct Paull The very trewe and sincere preacher Euer pardoned any solle at all The spirite once past the body mortall That onely to God reserued is His deuine power consisteth in this ¶ O glorius God how muche are we 〈◊〉 Unto thy deuine maiestie These errors greate for to confounde Auoydyng the danger of this infirmitie In the tyme of our necessite Like as sometyme surely it befell Unto thy electe of Israell ¶ Whiche so tenderly hast cared for vs That nothing mought be for our saluacion But by thy pitie moste glorious Thou hast of thy godly affeccion Prepared the same for our redempcion As in the olde lawe apereth full well By Iosiâ—… then kyng of Israell ¶ For when thy lawes wer clene suppressed By the space of many hundred yeres By Iosia again wer redressed Dedicated to thy heuenly speres Abholished their frounyng cheres In worshippyng their false Idolatry Thy glorious name newly to magnify ¶ By reason wherof this prince deserued A name of renowne to hym most excellent By thy grace Lorde onely reserued Whiche to his name shal be permanent Neuer none to hym equiuolent Reignyng as kyng ouer Israell Lorde vnto thee this is knowen right well ¶ So in likewise moste mercifull Lorde This present houre of thy tender loue Thy olde mercie newly to recorde Our princes herte inwardly doth mouâ—… Suche abusions to reiecte and reproue Thy lawes Lorde long out of remembraÌ„câ—… Are now reduced to thy godly ordinance ¶ By our moste noble Henry theight Through thy incomperable goodnesse All thynges Lorde is made pure and streight Aâ—…holished is all wickednesse In especiall Lorde this is doubtlesse The power of Rome so long misused Our kyng hath now vtterly confused ¶ Now to returne where I began So to conclude and briefe my stile Betwene the Brute and the Roman No termes to seke my tong to fyle No matter more now to compile The tyme to tracte do I intende But close vp my boke and make an ende ¶ But first to you master Polidoâ—… Your conscience onely to discharge Whiche of long tyme hath been obliuiâ—… Against vs Brutes in writyng so large Your spirites incensed all in a rage By your yeporte vs to infame Your pen to rashe your termes out of frame ¶ Where is become your bounden deutie Our antecessours this to deface Sithe it pleaseth the high Maiestie Of our moste noble the kynges good grace Not to disdaine as in this case To be compted of the same stocke and lyne Doune by dissent to this present tyme. Who wer more worthy then wer these three Hercules Hector and Arthur the kyng For their princely Magnanimitee Was neuer none to them resemblyng In bodely strength all other surmountyng Lions Dragons monsterous and wild By manly coÌ„straint made them tame milde ¶ These princely men these worthies thre Whose knightly force for to preferre Poetes do fayne a singularitee For their manhode and strength in warre Should be transformed into a starre As it wer by a deuine grace In the Cristall sky to take their place ¶ To bryng you from all ambiguitie Unto the truth of this succession By a dissente and a genelogie Without any vain ostentacion I purpose with an honest emulacion Here to conclude who so list to loke Set together at the ende of my boke ¶ But yet because I haue expressed As here to fore somewhat al large Our old abuses newly redressed Perchance ye will ley theim to my charge Saiyng therin ye haue aduantage So that we cannot the thyng deny But with the Prophete to saie peccaui ¶ We do confesse our simplicite Like as it was in tyme of Israell To liue with milke yerbes and hony For greate excesse we take no trauell Nether for pompe or riche apparell We Welshemen plaine that do deny Whiche is oft muche vsed in Italie ¶ But as Dauid with grace replete In tyme of Saull the famous kyng Disdained not his shepe to kepe Aboute the feldes them pastoryng Likewise do we our selfes conferryng Disdaine not herdmen to be Whiche is aparte of our ciuilite ¶ We vse no figges in pees â—…tage or meat Which in Italy is oft frequented Without suspecte together we eate No poysons with vs is there inuented And ye again contrary incensed With poyson strong this is insubstance The greater estate the lesse of assurance ¶ Withdrawe your pen Master Polidorus Your vain reporte and fliyng fantasy Your termes grose and matter slanderus No more in this to amplify But what maie stande with honesty Wordes of defame ye maie well thinke Men will requite euen to the pittes brinkâ—… ¶ Herin to make a degression After the mynde of Iosephus In the yeres and computacion Betwene noble Brute and Romulus And of their citees stately and sumpteous Which of theÌ„ twaine should other surmouÌ„t Of antiquitee their yeres to accompt ¶ Also their stocke birthe and their lyne As â—…usebius and also sainct Bede Plainly doth define and determyne Brute to bee moste auncient in dede Foure hundred and twenty yeres as I rede So that London was a citee of fame When Rome nor Romulus beare no name ¶ Loke vp your stories and marke theÌ„ well When Brute began his foundacion Ely was Iudge and prieste in Israell Nexte insuyng after Samson As holy scripture maketh mencion Whiche was before Christ M. C. xxii yere As in the stories more plainly doth apere ¶ And thus Eusebius also sainct Bede Affirmeth plain in
euery thyng How Rome was made the iiii yere in dede Of Acham that tyme of Italy kyng Whiche doth agre the yeres accomptyng That LondoÌ„ before Rome was raised first Foure hundred and twenty yeres iust ¶ Also Galfridus reherseth plain How many kynges successiuely One after other here did remain Of one dissent lyne and progeny Fully an hundred as he doth specifie Recon from Brute doune to Cadwaladre And thus of the kynges was the hole nuÌ„bre ¶ From Cadwalader the yere accomptyng As diuerse auctours doth specify Untill this tyme doune dissendyng Till our moste noble theight kyng Henry Of thesame stocke lyne and progeny As by dissent the yeres doth appere Fully eight hundred fiftie and eight yere ¶ Then to accompt the yeres the numbre Sithen Brute toke his first possession Equally deuide them asunder Recordyng to the computacion And ye shall finde by plain discription Two thousand sixe huÌ„dred lxvi yeres plain Sithin Brute began the yere of his reigne ¶ Thus for yeres tyme and continuaunce For bloud birthe and high parentage For nobilitee and mightie puissaunce For vigoure strength and manfull corage Let vs compare with Rome and Cartage With all other notable citees For our renoumed olde antiquitees ¶ What should I more of this report Sithe stories olde doth it renewe Whose list therto hymself resorte As I haue saied shall finde it trewe Set out at large as it is dewe Honor reuerence with all other thynges As doth appertayne to worthy kynges ¶ Wherfore let vs Integratly intende Our moste famous kyng for to aduance Like his desertes his grace to commende In his high and mightie gouernance Blessed are we happy his ouâ—… chance To be borne vnder so noble a kyng To se his grace ouer vs reignyng ¶ Whiche hath prouided for our redresse Neuer none like before this daie Let vs in Wales the truth confesse And for his grace moste hertely praie Long to continewe God graunt he maie With rest and peace emongest vs here Saue our Quene our prince his doughter dere ¶ The Autour COnsideryng fortunes mutabilitee Now vp now doune as the whele goth a To day a prince of muche nobilite bout To morowe in daÌ„ger staÌ„dyng in great doubt This hath happened the worlde throughout Well moste none of the first bloud and lyne In any region reigneth at this tyme. ¶ Emong all princes of excellence Foâ—…ength of tyme bloud and progeny Let vs preferre the highe magnificence Of our moste royall theight kyng Henry Whiche at this houre by grace of the deity Possesseth the same kyngdome and powre Like as did Brute his first progenitoure ¶ Though doble fortune in tyme long past His noble bloud for to incumbre Her traiterous traynes a brode did cast With foren kynges to kepe them vnder In diuerse places sente in an numbre Yâ—…t God would not of his deuine grace The Troyans bloud should lose their place ¶ As shall appere by this dissente Brifely set out this present tyme By auctours good famous and excellent As stories olde doth determine Though for a tyme thei wer in ruine Not possessyng their in heritaunce God of his might hath now made assurauÌ„ce ¶ But sithe it wer all to tedious Their auncient names for to prescribe I will be briefe and compâ—…ndious By numbre to accompt this tribe All foren kynges foâ—… to deuide Onely a fewe of the Brutes to name As thei wer worthy of laude and fame FINIS ¶ A Genelogie of the Brutes Osiris the firste kyng of Egipt in Genesis called Misraem Also kyng of Italie Labus or Libus called grâ—…a Hercules Kyng of Egipte Italie Almayne Phenice Pâ—…rigie Libie Argis Grece Affricke Gall Seltike and Tuscan Tusâ—…us the sonne of Hercules Kyng of Italie ¶ Atheus the sonne of Tuscus Kyng of Italy ¶ Blascon the sonne of Altheus kyng of Italye ¶ LomblablascoÌ„ the soÌ„ne of Blascon Kyng of Italye Iaseus Kyng of Italy Armonia the third brother Dardanus the secoÌ„d sonne of LoÌ„bloblascon kyng of Dardine in Phrigie Erictonius the soÌ„ne of Dar dayne the second Kyng of Dardayne Troos the soÌ„ne of Eryctonyus changed the name of Dardaine and called it Troy. The yong sonne Ganimides whiche Tantalus betrayed Ilion sonne of Trois kyng of Troye Laomedon sonne of Ilion kyng of Troy. Priamus the sonne of Laomedon the laste Kyng Assaracus the seconde soonne of Troys Lapis tâ—…e soonne of Assararus a Prince of Troye Anchisis the sonne of Lapis a prince of Troy. ¶ Eness the sonne of Anchisis kyng of Italy ¶ Ascanius the sonne of Eneas and of Lheusa dou ghter of Priamus Kyng of â—…roy ¶ Siluius brother of Ascanius sonne of Eneas and of Lauina ¶ Brute the firste Kyng of Britayne sonne of Siluius Posthumus Lambre Prince of Wales â—…banactus of Scotland ¶ Lotrynus the sonne of Brute the seconde Kyng of Britayne ¶ Belinus the soonne of Donwallo the twentie and one Kyng of Britayne Lassibelan soonne of Hely the three score and seuen Kyng of Brâ—…ayne â—…mbelyne the soonne of Timen cius the. 〈◊〉 and nyne Kyng of Britayne ¶ Lucius the soonne of â—…oelles the seuenty and foure Kyng of Britayne CoÌ„stantine the great sonne of S. Helin the iiiâ—… score kyng of Britaygne Constantine th third of that name the. lxxâ—…iiii kyng of Britaygne Arthur the gret in the yere of our lord 400. lxxx was that lxxxxii kig of Britayne Tadwallader the hunderde kynge of Britaygne and the last kyng of Brytayne Idwall sonne of Tadwallader prince of Northe Wales Tewdwr Mawre the great Prynce of Wales was the ten the Prynce Edmond Earle of Richemonde sonne of Owen and Quene Katherine Henri the seuenth sonne of Edmond Earle of Richmond Henry the eyghte sonne of Henry the seuenth Edwarde the sixt sonne of Hen ry the eight whom Eod preserue THese Auctours olde with one accorde This famous line coÌ„ueigheth streight To ouâ—… most drad soueraigne Lorde By the grace of God Henry the eyght â–ª To Edward our price our tresure of weight Whom God aboue their enemies represse Send them long life with plenteous successe FINIS Alcibiades of Athenes Minos king of Crete ppus of bâ—… â—…uses of 〈◊〉 or Eâ—… â—…iê° Sardaâ—…all â—…cou Arbachu â—…idorus To Master â—…olidorus Marcus Aurelius Remus and Romulus Marius and Silla Ceasar Julius Pompeius 〈◊〉 Scipions 〈◊〉 â—…ully Ualarian Sapor Domician Maxence Galerius Ualence Iulian Apostita Uicius Nero. 〈◊〉 â—…eter and â—…aule â—…clecian â—…ximian â—…aidus â—…h honoâ—…s The bish of Rome 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 C Diodorus Seculâ—…s Birosus the Laldy in the. v. boke of his anti quities Busebius Tibule and Boc cas affirmith Osiris was called Siâ—…pis the God in Egipte Hercules sonne of Osiris Samct Iherom in theâ—…r of Genâ—…â—…is Diodorus Biroâ—…us affirmentl this Hercules to do the. rii nota ble labores And not Hercules Al cides whiche the Grekes affirmeth to be their Lhampion Birosus in his v boke of antiquities I hoÌ„ de Utter by commeÌ„tator of Birosê° saieth he had 3 sonnes Iaseus Dardanus Ar monia Eusebius saith that Dardanê° began too reigne the yere of the worlde iii. thousande seuen hun dred xxiii the age of Moses i. hundred and. xiiii Loke in Diodorus seculus the fifte boke for Erictonius Diodorus writeth ex pressely that Troye exiled Tan talus out of hyghe Phrigee beyng kig there Iliê° Assaracus Ganimâ—… des soÌ„nes of Trois Hector the valiaÌ„t the soÌ„ne of priamê° Looke in sainct Au â—…en the twentye Chapiter of the seuentene booke of the Litee of God. Loke in Eusebius and Sabellicus Kyng of Italy Kyng of Italy Brute of the noble bloud of â—…roye loke i Fasciculus TemporuÌ„â—… liâ—…a Chri stâ—… when Helâ—… was prieste in Israell also loke Galfride Betwene Lotrsnus and Bellinuâ—… wâ—…â—…viii kingâ—… Belinus with helpe of his brother Brâ—… ouercame the Bomâ—… Loke 〈◊〉 Aâ—… the xx boâ—… â–ª ¶ Betwene Belinê° and Lassibelan were 〈◊〉 â–ª 〈◊〉 â–ª geâ—… In LassibelaÌ„s time Iulius Le far came into this lande with his Romayns Next Lassibelan was Tinencius kyng In 〈◊〉 time IESVS CHRIST was borne of the glorious virgyn Mari Betwene â—…imbelyn and Lucius was foure Kynges ¶ Lucius was the first Christen Kyng in the yere of our lord an huÌ„dred fiftye and fiue yere Looke in Gyldas Emperoure of Rome Monarche and presydente of euery region of ChristeÌ„dome Betwene CoÌ„stantine the Emperour and Constantyne the third was four kynges in Britayne This Con stantine dâ—…aue oute of Britany the Scotts Danes Norweges Pictes and hunes with the Romains whi the sore oppressed Bry taygne Betwene Constantine the thyrde and Arthure was but foure kinges in Britaigne Of Arthur the greate loke in Fasciculus TeÌ„porum in Li nea Christi iiii huÌ„drede lxiiii in Policâ—…onicon xxiii Chapter and in Galfride Betwene der was ix Arthur and kynges in Cadwala-Britaygne Loke in Fabian whych affirmeth he slew Lotha riê° his brother Edryâ—…us and Ithelwolde three of the Saxons kiges Loke also of Gal fridus The mortal plages infectioÌ„ of pestilence and scarsnes of victaylles draue Tadwallader to Rome Idwall came into Wales by commandemeÌ„t of Cadwalader to defende the Brytons agaynste the SaxoÌ„s Of this Idwal Walshmen had their name Betwene Idwal Twdwr Mawr was there eyght princes successiuely This price chased the Saxons Danes and Pictes froÌ„ the borders of Wales with all other foreyn enemyes Betwene Tewdwr Maure and Edmonde Earle of Richmond wer of lineall discente fully xi betwene Tadwaller and EdmoÌ„d xxi This famê° Edmond of the veraye true lyne of Tadwalader dyrectly half brother to kig Henri vi whose mother was doughter to the French Kyng and wyfe to the famous Kyng Henry the fifth This noble Kynge was called the second Salomon Henry the eyght moste christeÌ„king King of En glaÌ„d FraÌ„ce and Ireland and of the Church of England and IrelaÌ„d the first supreme Heade ¶ Imprinted at LondoÌ„ in the parishe of Christes Church within new gate by Richard Grafton Prynter to our soueraigne lorde Kyng Edward the. VI. 1547. Cum priuilegio ad imprimendum solum