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A12317 The history of Great Britanie from the first peopling of this island to this present raigne of or [sic] happy and peacefull monarke K: Iames, by Will: Slatyer. Slatyer, William, 1587-1647. 1621 (1621) STC 22634; ESTC S117415 259,478 280

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now as no Age no Land more To charme your eares which might amate my Muse But yet your Noblesse doth new spirit infuse And such your Grace thrice Roiall paire shall make Me sing your praise for loued Albions sake REVERENDISSIMO DOMINO SVO DOMINO GEORGIO Prouidentia Diuina Archiepiscopo Cantuariensi TH' Eagle stoops not to catch at Flies her wings Shade often though shelter meanest things That Eagle piercing sight and learnings height That sores aboue the vulgar low conceipt Makes sure swift wing at higher holier things As Heauen the source from whence such knowledge springs Yet since your Grace doth somtimes please to looke On our meane Acts as to me to my Booke Daigne to be Patrone and whats'ere you deeme Your worthie censure I shall most esteeme HONORATISSIMO DOMINO GEORGIO Marchioni Buckingham aureae Periscelidis Equiti WEnd thou thy wayes deare Muse to Court whiles I in Shepheards Weed Thus tune such homely Mantuan Layes on my poore Country Reed Or sitting on the lowly Downes among my Syluan Swaines Doe mone my royall Mistris losse t' our sweet Arcadian Plaines Whose daintiest Nymphes if they perhaps shall grace thee so to make Thee rest in Albions stateliest Towers againe for her deare sake Doe as those ancient Knights profest with all respectiue dutie Thy best endeuours euer prest to honour Vertue Beautie I wish thee more seeke out the Man whose Marquisate and Fame From Tityr's beech-tree shades renownd deriue their noble Name Admired of the vulgar sort and of the Realme a Peere A chiefe flower of the Courtly traine and of his Prince held deere T' is he can giue thee free accesse vnto thy Kings good Grace Thou need'st not feare though thou so meane and he so high of place Tender thy best deuoire and loue he cannot but protect Thy suite and goodnesse of thy Cause a good Cause gaines respect For goodnesse stands at Greatnesse gate sole ay true glorie shines Where Vertue free from flatteries fraud guides acts her blest designes When after Ages all that dare boldly the truth auerre Proclaime them noble whose high Acts from Honours Lawes not erre So hauing gain'd thy Souereignes grace soone all th' attending traine Of Stars that on faire Sols Carre waite will thee like fauour daigne Those Stars that our Horizon sees whom like the welkin cleere Ioues Pallace Sols bright Zodiake holds to glad our Hemisphere Their names should beautifie these lines but that these lines would blenne Their Honours that should be descriu'd by Homers golden Penne. I d'e hope you'd pardon't yet great Duke ally'd to the House of Kings That Pans Pipe plaid till Phoebus tun'd his Lyres melodious strings And you both Earles that Worsters weare and Pembrookes ancient style Sydneyan Worthies Cambrian Lords and Leyster-graced Lysle Sussex Essex nor Oxford then with Howards haughty Name And more braue spirits that there possesse place of respect and fame Should passe vntold saue now I leaue to loftier lines this taske And of the man first mention'd heere this Boone I humbly aske That as he is among his Peeres possessest of chiefest place Hee 'll daigne to bee the meanes may gaine my Muse her Souereignes grace Who if he lending louing lookes on lowly Albion smile Her loue and labours will not thus leaue honouring this our Ile But sing that sandy Seuerne-waues Trent Tweed and siluer Thames Shall loudly Eccho forth her Layes deuoted to King Iames. Author ad Librum FOrtè nec inuideo celsam liber ibis in vrbem Me sine vel placido Principis aula sinu Excipiat foueatque rudem Tu suauiter aures Quàm potes incantes forsan vsque potes Heroumque citans licèt haud tuba Homerica laudes Optârit meritò vir bonus esse suas Gratia seu tibi sit plus debita gloria dignis Haud absit similis nec tuba desit eis Et tibi quis nequid Scoto-Anglûm Cambro-Brytannûm Debeat indigenûm ceu canis arma Ducûm Dente Theonino siquis tua dona rubenteis Suspicor atque Rosas rodere velle vale FINIS AN ALPHABETICALL TABLE CONTAINING ALL THE PRINCIPALL MATTERS mentioned in this Poeme and in the Illustrations thereof A ACts the victorious Acts of Albion 29. The victorious Acts of Ebrank and his sonnes 97. The war-like Acts of Bundicia 139. The honourable Acts of Henry the seuenth 269 The famous Acts of Henry the eighth 271 Adelme his flourishing 209 Adelstane his Reigne 209 Age the golden Age. 5. Agricola his War-like Acts in Brittaine 141 Albion who gaue that name to this I le 7. The originall thereof 39.41 Albion his Descent and first comming to Samothea and destroying the Samothes 29. 47. Albion an enemy to Hercules and Licus 53. Albion ouerthrowne and slaine 55. The disorders of the Kingdome after Albions death 61. The Storie of Albion defended 75 Alfred made King of Northumberland 203. Alfred forsaken of his Dukes yet conquers Rollo the Dane ibid. Alfred brought to the lowest ebbe of Fortune hides himselfe in the Marishes of Somersetshire 205. He founded Oxford ib. Antiquities an assertion of Antiquities 34 Arthur his prowesse life and death 171 Aulus Plancius his beginning was in Guiderus Reigne 137 Aegypt 43 B BArdus his Reigne 17. His vertues and imitation 19 Barbarossa his Conquest of Denmarke 117. His planting in Ireland ibid. Barons their Warres 243 Bathe the foundation thereof 99 Belinus his ciuill war with Brennus 113. His honourable Acts at home 117. His founding of Archflamins ibid. Belus or Belees the diuersities 45 Bergion his comming into Ireland 27. His rule there 29 Bladud his Reigne 99 Brennus his ciuill warre with Belinus 113. His Conquest at Rome 115. His sacriledge and punishment at Delphos ibid. Britons their originall and commendations 7. Their manner of fight and furniture 123 Britaine who first gaue that name 7. Britaine described 13 The qualities and richnesse of the soyle ibid. 15. Who first entred inhabited Britaine 15. The originall of Britaine 39. 41. Britaine much wasted 149. Britaine abandoned by the Romanes and left to the Picts 151 Bundicia her Warre-like Acts. 139 Brute his Descent his Exile Turmoyles and Aduentures in Greece 67. His Markage vnto Pandrasus Daughter and the seeking of his fortune 69. His comming to the Iland Leogetia and his going to the Oracle of Diana ibid. His answere from the Oracle 71. His ioy and preparation ibid. His meeting with Corinaeus the ouerthrow of Guffar and Brutes arriuall in Britaine 73. The storie of Brute defended 77. All Obiections answered ibid. Brute his encounter with the Gyants his ouerthrowing of them killing of Gogmagog 87. Brutes diuision of the Kingdome 91. The end of Brutes Issue 105 C CAmbridge new founded 117 Cantaber the Founder of Cambridge 117 Canute the Dane his famous Reigne 219 Caratacus betrayed and borne in triumph to Rome 139 Caracalla the Emperour 145 Cassibeline his Protectorship his repulsing Caesar. 123. His death 135 Caesar his entring Britaine and his manner of fight 123. His deliuering of