loue hitherto for feare of Corin and not for liking Deceit by weapons Memprise slewe his manly brother Manlius by faithlesse craft to be out of his emulatiue danger and dangerous emulation Magicals Bladud dedicated his Bathes to Minerua a dead woman he taught Necromancy in all parts of his country he vndertooke to flie aloft in the ayre with deuised winges and meanes artificially and so fell downe inartificially and died sensibly neither could he become admirable this way as he hoped Wordes Leyr forgetting his Honour asked his three daughters a fond needlesse question as some vse to dally with young children and would forsooth heare of them that were women grown How much they loued him they might haue shewed on their finger Ignorance the Gyantes of this Iland being onely strong and wild men without any great forecast were subdued for want of arte and gouernment Sisill let all matters go and runne at auenture Iago had the same vile fault and died of a frensie as he liued with a megrim Their vertue fortitude is known by their Acts in Peace These honourable Rulers approoued their Princely magnificence and Philotimy in a braue maner Brute the first named this Iland Brutanie of his owne Noble and famous Name He built a fortunate Cittie by the Tems and called it Troy-new in perpetuall honour of his owne Countrey Ebranke built a faire Cittie in hys land Northward which he called Caerbranke after his owne name He built another Cittie with a Castle in Albany and called it Edenbrough in regard of his daughters Leyl built a Citie in this land Northward which he called Caerleyl by his own name Leyr built a Citie in the midst of his land and called it Caerleyr in respect of his owne name Thus they purchased their Glorie with heroicall expences and publicke actions profitably Then the vertuous subiectes shewed their excellent magnanimitie in good sorte They suffered not Madian to rule ouer them till hee was able to carry armour in the Field and lead an armie Duke Corin went to king Locrin with his ordinary battle Axe in his hand and behaued himselfe so manly and plainly with the king that he would not or durst not reiect Guendolin his spouse as he before had purposed Good warly rhetoricke Warre at home Those Dukes Maglan and Hennine suffred not their wiues king Leyrs two eldest daughters to be kept frō the Crowne by Cordeil the youngest daughter Locrin fought with Humber and flewe him in battle because he had slaine his younger brother Albanact the Prince and ruler of Albany Conedag and Morgan the sons of those two Dukes deposed euen Cordeil their aunt from hir vsurpation and royall gouernment Conedag defended his land against Morgan and put him to flight and slewe him and ioyned Morgans kingdome to his owne Guendolin the queene gathered an army against her husband Locrin the king and in their conflict he was slaine with an arrow abroad Ebranke got great victories and rich spoiles both in strange countries far off neere hand then returned home with his mony and men in safety ioy it is no lesse courage to get out of troble then to go through it This was their Fortitude in doing for their friends and vndoing their foes Their vice or extream fortitude is knowen by Couetous ambition Manly warred with his elder brother Memprise to depriue him of the kingdome accounting it his owne if he could win it Leyrs two sons in law Maglane and Hennine expelled him out of his land and vsurped his place a while no time to count of Morgan raised war against Conedag his coosin german with whom he liued neighbourly aforetime but now he aspired to Conedags kingdome Porrex made sodaine war vpon Ferrex his brother and put him to flight and slewe him to be ruler himselfe alone Audacious anger When the people might do what they would in the raigne of Sisill they being naturally giuen to fighting fell to ciuil war among themselues and spilt much innocent bloud Rage is blinde villanes somtime turne wars to their vile vses Pusillanimity or base idlenesse Leyl for want of a good heart coulde not rule his subiectes when he was olde Cordeyl being at her wits end despaired of her libertie and murdered her selfe in prison Gorbodug liued without any memorable act like an idiote or a verie swaine Sisill by continuall ease fell into many colde and phlegmaticke diseases and at last a lethargy made an end of him as hee sowed so hee reaped of a lasie life came a lothsome death Their vertue or Iustice is proued in Diuiding in the generations of the eighteene kings the Crown is euer iustly possessed either by the sons or by the brethren or by the next of the kings bloud except the next to king Leyr Brute the first deuided Brutany among his three sonnes the eldest had the best third the youngest the worst part the middle sonne the meane part not so good as the best nor so ill as the worst Ebranke built a Temple in Caerbrank and appoynted an archflamin to ouersee it Leyl built a Temple in Caerleyl and ordained a flamin to rule ouer it Hurdibras built Caerkent Caeruin and Caerpalladour for the benefit of the countrey and in euery of them he made a Temple Bladud built a Temple in his Citie Caerbadon which was made by him for theyr vse that kept the Bathes or came to them Conedag and Morgan the sonnes of two sisters parted Brutany betweene them and liued quietly So did Ferrex and Porrex two brethren for a time but the comedie became a tragedie Rewarding Brute the first gaue Cornewall to Corin his fellowsouldier for ouercomming Gogmagog the Gyant in wrastling Locrin bestowed the spoyles of Humbers armies vpō the souldiers that woon them in battell Cordeil welcomed her father Leyr most reuerently when he fled vnto her for succour and restored him to his kingdom Kymar kept his land in right frame and order by giuing all braue men that they truely deserued the chiefe pollicy with good natures Challenging Corin seeing changeable affections of Locrin charged him with a promise and contract made betweene him and Guendolin and vrged him so straitly and seuerely that hee made him content to stand to his word the rather for that good seruice which Corin did his father Brute Reuenging Locrin reuenged the death of Albanact his brother with the death of Humber Guendolin fought against her owne husband to plague him for his whoredome and other iniuries and prouided so well for her selfe that in the triall of their Cause hee was slaine and his whore drowned with her base daughter the fiery and deceitfull roote Baaras with the leafe Conedag and Morgan deposed Cordeil from the kingdom which she held from them a long time with some title by her father though insufficient seeing these were the sonnes of her eldest sisters Wyden with her waiting women chopped her sonne Porrex in peeces by night for killing his brother Ferrex without any iust cause
Punishing Gurgust was abhorred of the Brutans for his daily dronkennesse but suffered to be king for his birthrightes sake Madian and Memprise were hated of good men and feared of wicked men for theyr extreame and beastly crueltie so betweene both they were secretly forsaken in time of hunting and the wild beastes suffered to destroy them Here we may very fitly consider how the Power from heauen punished the people of Brutanie with raining bloud three dayes and vexing them with infinite swarms of venimous strange flies that stung their king Riual and many other to death See what life is that flies may take away euen litle flies with their little stings This was their Iustice in Religion and Pollicy Their vice or Iniustice is proued in Diuiding Locrin crowned Elstrid his concubine queene when Guendolin his true wife liued Ebranke dedicated the Temple of his Cittie to a liuing name and dead carcasse Diana that coulde not defend it or him Leyr gaue halfe his goodes to his two eldest daughters at their marriage and made them mightier then himselfe for speaking to him fairely or paintedly but he gaue nothing with Cordeil to her dowry because she told him an open truth without anie forgerie Rewarding Leyr at his death gaue his halfe kingdome to Cordeyl for defending him in trouble the people made her queene by common consent and thereby hindered the right of her two Nephewes the very next apparant heires THE CHRONOLOGY OF Brutes offspring BRute the first began to rule in the yeare of the world 2855. and ruled 24. yeares about the time of Samuell the mightie Prophet in Israel Locrin began in the yeare 2879. and rule 20. yeares in which time hee kept Elstrid seuen yeares about the time of Saul the first king of Israel Guendolin began in the yeare 2899. and ruled 15. yeares about the time of Dauid the kingly Prophet in Israel Madian beganne in the yeare 2914. and ruled 40. yeares about the time of faire Absolons fame in Israel Memprise began in the yeare 2954. and ruled 20. yeares about the time of Salomons magnificent buildings in Israel Ebranke began in the yeare 2974. and ruled 60. yeares in the 23. yeare of his raigne he built Caerbrank about this time the fierie Prophet Elias of Israel began to teach Brute the second began in the yeare 3034. and ruled 12. yeares about this time Baals Prophets were slain at the brooke Kison by the commaundement of Elias the Prophet of God Leyl beganne in the yeare 3046. and raigned 25. yeares about this time Eliseus the great Prophet beganne to worke wonders in Israel Hurdibras began in the yeare 3071. and raigned 30. yeares now Lycurgus the Lacedemonian law-maker florished Bladud began in the yeare 3101. and raigned 21. yeares now Hesiodus the Poet was famous now Homer liued Leyr beganne in the yeare 3122. and raigned 40. yeares now Sardanapalus the last king of Assiria was in his pride and sensualitie Cordeyl began in the yeare 3162. and ruled 5. yeares nowe Esaias the Prophet began to prophesie among the Iewes Conedag began in the yeare 3167. and raigned 33. yeares now Romulus and Remus were borne now the Olimpiades began Riuall began in the yeare 3200. and raigned 46. yeares now Roome was builded now Sennacheribs army was destroied by an Angel of God in one night Gurgust began in the yeare 3246. and raigned 38. yeares now Gyges got the kingdom of Lydia and Numa of Roome heereaboutes Herodotus beginneth his histories which containe 230. yeares Sisill beganne in the yeare 3284. and raigned 49. yeares nowe Tullus ruled in Roome and Ieremias the Prophet began to prophesie Iago began in the yeare 3333. and raigned 25. years now Ancus Martius ruled in Roome and Nabuchodonosor in Babilon Kymar began in the yeare 3358. and raigned 54. yeares now Daniel and Ezechiel the Prophets began to prophesie nowe the seuen wisemen of Greece were famous Gorbodug began in the yeare 3412. and raigned 64. yeares now Tarquinius was expelled out of Roome now Pythagoras liued now Cyrus the great was in his glorie Ferrex and Porrex beganne in the yeare 3475. and raigned 5. yeares now Xerxes beganne his Greeke wars now Anaxagoras the Teacher of Pericles Socrates and Thucydides was famous and somwhat singular Thus Brute and his offspring seeme to ende in the yeare of the world 3480. and to haue continued in the Gouernment of Brutanie 735. yeares There is a time of life and a time of death a time to arise and a time to fall a time for one stock and a time for another Yet infinite be that time which is predestinated for the name of Brute and his Brutans euerlasting be that honor which is due to the branches of such a Tree as groweth without withering is strong without decay and may best serue euen for the Phenix of all men and Vna of all the women in the earth The Topography set downe in the Historie of Brutes generation The places mentioned in this Iland are vniuersall More Locry the south part of Brutanie Cambry the west part Albany the north part so named of Locrin Camber and Albanact the sonnes of Brute All the kings that succeeded Locrin raigned in Locry and Conedag ruled it as his heritage Morgan fled into Cambry from Conedags armie he was ruler in Albany which was assigned him for his portion One of Leyrs sonnes in law was Duke of Albany Lesse Cornewall so called of Corin is in the boundes of Locry there Guendolin wrought her chiefe practises there Madian was brought vp one of Leyrs sonnes in law was Duke thereof Glamorgan is in the limits of Cambry there Morgan was slaine and his Armie ouerthrowne of whom that part had the name Other places ar lesse particular In the water Brute built Troynew by the Riuer Tems Locry and Albany are deuided by the riuer Humber where Locrin vanquished the Duke of the Albans called Humber of whome that riuer had the name Cambry is parted from Locry by the riuer Seuerne called otherwise Habren in which Elstrid and her daughter Habren were drowned by Guendolins commandement and of that daughter the Riuer had the name In the land Brute landed at Totnes Hauen Troynew built by Brute heere Locrin made Elstrids caue heere Bladud Conedag and Gorbodug were buried Caerkent the Cittie of Kent or Canterbury Caerwin or Winchester Caerpalladour or Shaftsbury built by Hurdibras Caerbadon or the Citty Bathe and Stamford built by Bladud Caerleyr or the Cittie of Leyr or Leecester built by Leyr There hee was buried there Cordeyl was buried These are in Locry Caerbranke or the cittie of Ebrank or Yorke and Edenbrough or the cittie of Maides built by Ebranke Caerleyl the cittie of Leyl these are in Albany Places more particular are Temples and religious houses Ebranke built a Temple in Caerbranke and there he was buried there was Riuall buried there Iago was buried Leil built a Temple in Caerleyl and there was he buried Hurdibras built three Temples in his three Citties
in wedlocke with the Pictes whom they knew to be barbarous Scythians by discent of bodies and consent of mindes and very vnfaithfull Their vice or intemperance is in Rashnesse Hirelda and Eueline two knightes in gaming fell to wrastling and in heate fell to wordes and in anger fell to blowes in rage fell to wounds and Hirelda was slaine in the tumult that arose by these meanes A gaming not so profitable as the death of a good knight is hurtfull in a realme Disobedience Eueline being sent for by the Protector Cassiuelan and the Councell departed from the Court with Androgy his kinsman and tooke no leaue of them Will is it selfe witlesse a stomacke without a heart maketh a man a swine Reuenge Aruirage vsed such meanes that he got Hammon the Romane who siue his brother Guinder guilefully and when he had him in his handes he caused him to be cut in peeces and threw him peece by peece into the Sea at South-hampton satisfying herein his insaciable anger for his brothers death and supposing vainly and madly that he killed Hamon so many times as he had peeces of him Their vertue or fortitude is in Glorious desire Hely called the Ile of Ely after hys name that he might be famous for euer Marius set vp a Colosse in remembrance of the victory he had of the Picts with Marij Victoria grauen in it a warly Register Magnificence Lud repaired olde Temples and Cities and built new He made walles about Troynew and called the West gate Ludgate in honour of hys owne name and then dwelt most there because he had built most there Aruirage road about the realme to renew the decayed Cities which the Romans defaced he built a Castle at Douer to strengthen that part of the Land against forraigne Powers Wordes When the Romanes thought to terrifie the Brutans by their letters these sent them word that as they must so they would defend their Countrey from all forces Aruirage being for his Noblenesse made the Emperours sonne in law and wishing to haue a memoriall of Claudius his queenes and wiues owne father called the Cittie where he married Claudiocestria or Glocester the rather to be free frō tribute in respect of his wife though he were free of himselfe by his vertue Victories Cassiuelan made the Romans flie to their ships at their first battell and at the second beware the third Desertes Cymbelin in his youth led so manly a life in Roome that the Emperour Augustus made him a knight there in his order of knightes Exercise Hirelda and Eueline two braue knightes wrastled openly at the Feast which was made after the victories against the Romanes Warre Guinder denied to pay tribute to the Romans chose rather to sight with them then yeald otherwise Aruirage did the like and when they came against him he made them flie from the southeast part of this Iland to the southwest there he draue them from Excester and Totnes within seuen daies made all well Marius staied the fire and sword of the Picts in Albany and slew their armies Deuise Aruirage seeing his brother Guinder dead took on him presently his armour and Princely cognisāce that the Brutans might not suspect their kings death and be discomforted then hee continued the battel so stedfastly and heartily that the Brutans were stirred vp to fight valiantly by his liuely example till they ouerthrew the Romans Their vice or extreme fortitude is in Bold rashnesse Stenny Cassiuelans brother in the wars against the Romans canne to I. Caesar and puld hys sword out of his hand and slew Labienus a tribune of the Romans therewith and was slaine Obscure glory When Stenny was dead he was buried at Caerlud and the sword which he puld from Caesar with his deaths wound was buried with him that it might be a remembrance of one venturous action euen in a hole Abasement Cassiuelan was tributary to Roome nine yeares Tenancy was too deligent in paying tribute to Rome euen 3000. pounds in gold Cimbelin hauing choice to pay or not to pay tribute forgat the slauery of the act and payd it Aruirage was perswaded by his wife to pay tribute when he had resisted the Romanes valiantly He should haue sent such a wife for the tribute vnto Roome from whence she came and kept the mony in his cofers for warres Coil saw in his poreblinde eyes that it was best to yeald to Roome and agreed to pay tribute Androgy departed to Roome with Caesar a mad and fickle courage THE TIMES OF THESE KINGS CApor began his raigne in the yeare of the world 3894. and raigned two yeares now Mithridates raised warres in Asia and Lucullus was sent against him Dinel began in the yeare 3894. and rule 4. yeares in this time Verres spoiled Sicilia three yeares together now Vergill the Poet was borne Hely beganne 3898. and raigned one yeare in this time Hortentius the Oratour flourished in Roome Lud began 3899. and rule 11. yeares in this time the Poet Horace was borne the conspiracie of Catiline was detected Ierusalem was taken of Pompey Caesar entered the wars in Gallia Cassiuelan began 3910. and rule 19. yeares in this time M. Crassus spoyled the Temple of Ierusalem the ciuill wars began betweene Caesar and Pompey Caesar corrected the Roman yeare Ouid the Poet was borne Tenancy began 3929. and raigned 23. yeares in this time Mecaenas liued the patrone of Horace Vergill and other learned men and gouerned Roome and Italy in the absence of Caesar Augustus so named for that reuerence was giuen him in a diuine maner now Vergill dyed Cymbelin began 3952. and raigned 35. yeares now Horace died the Angel Gabriel was sent to Zachary and Mary Christ was borne the 13. yeare of his raigne Onid and Liuy dyed Guinder began 3987. and ruled 28. yeares nowe Iohn-baptist preached and was slaine Christ taught the Iewes Paul was conuerted Iames was slaine Seneca was made Neroes teacher Aruirage began 4015. and ruled 30. yeares in this time Paul did most of his Actes Iames the lesse was stoned 70000. Romanes were slaine of the Brutans Paul was beheaded Peter crucified Seneca and Lucan bled to death Marius began 4045. and raigned 52. yeares in this time Iohn euangelist writ his Reuelation Plutark and Tacitus liued Timothy was stoned Dyonisius slaine with the sword Coil began 4097. and raigned 54. yeares now Ptolony and Galen liued the Christians by their praier got a strange victory of the Marcomanni and obtained a mighty great raigne from heauen now Lent was appointed by Telesphorus Lucy began 4151. and ruled 12. yeares in this time the Gospel was first preached in Brutany by Fugacius and Damianus Commodus would be called Hercules and Deus but was strangled of his owne man in Vestilians house So this Generation of Capor and the 11. Caporites ended in the yeare of the world 4163. and seeme to haue endured the times of 274. yeares in the kingdome of Brutanie THE PLACES IN THIS HISTORY The places are
that is digged vp in earnest Yet neyther seuen Polydores more nor ten Buchanans shall perswade me that this Genealogy is a fabulous Tale. Let Polydore get him to Vrbin in Italy and Buchanan hye him to Buchany in Scotland it becommeth not these outlandish intruders to vsurpe the censure of the Brutan Histories if they looke well about them they haue enough to doe at home we neede none of their gossiping cups but they are dead and their historicall iudgementes are interred with them if any man will raise them from the graue who will beleeue their mortified Ghosts A Brutan may iustly except against the witnesse of an Italian or a Scot Ielousie and malignity are two blinde guids Then hold your owne ye braue Brutans and guide your selues your owne heades are fittest for your owne bodies THE ARTES AND ACTES OF Brute and his Brutans were in their Vertues and Vices Their vertue and Temperance appeared in Friendship and communion Betweene man wife in marriage Locrine married Guendolin Leyr married his two eldest daughters with two Dukes Cordeil was married to Aganip Duke of the Gaules for her womanly vertues and vertuous womanhoode Talke and conference Betweene superiour and inferiour the ruler and the subiect Guendolin after her husbandes death liued contentedly and louingly with her kindred and acquaintance in Cornewall till shee dyed Brute the second carried euer a greene shield with him to signifie what a minde he did carry withall euen a mind and desire to haue all thinges grow and florish like the fruitfull fieldes vnto a ioyful haruest whereupon hee was named Greeneshield a Prince gentle toward all men and merciful to the needie Leyl liued peaceably in his young dayes Hurdibras allayed the factions and quarrels that hee found among his people and of vnquiet men made them very quiet Leyr liued moderately with his subiectes Cordeil behaued her selfe so louingly and paciently that she would not punish the two sonnes of Maglan and Hennine for their fathers she thought it no reason to plaister one bodie for an other bodies sores to beate one for anothers fault Riual liued quietly Gurgustus kept his countrey in rest and wealthy peace by some learned counsell Betweene the father and the childe Cordeil being euer modestly and maydenly shamefaced either would not or could not flatter her father Leyr with needlesse phrases and vain othes but answered him mildly and simply without ostentation or deceite that she loued him as her naturall father with an obedient euer and thankfull hearth vnfainedly Betweene two coosins When Conedag was informed by his olde trustie friendes and tolde from his mortall ennemies that Morgan began roundly to make open warre agaynst him he himselfe desired peace by letters and sought it with all good meanes otherwise by Embassadours he was so vnwilling to shed bloud if he might chuse or euen to carry armour against his kinsman THIS WAS THEIR TEMPERANCE in Deedes and Wordes Their vice and Intemperance appeared in Wordes First Gonoril told Leyr she loued him more then her owne soule then Ragan sayd she loued him vnspeakably Leuity When Locrin saw Elstrid he would haue reiected Guendolin Memprise liued loosely and spent most of his time in pastime and licentious games Drinke Gurgust by some naturall infirmitie of braine was dronken once a day this dronkennesse neither shortened his life nor hindered his actions as it seemeth by the yeares of his gouernement and life Discord Madian was subiect to much impatience and tyrannie Memprise procured the death of those great men whom hee feared for their vertue and therefore hated for his owne guiltie life Venery Locrine kept Elstrid his captiue for his Concubine and accompanied her a long time too long by sixe yeares and twelue monethes Memprise solde himselfe to adultery he gaue his body to buggery and beastly loue which was loue sauing your reuerence Ebrank had twentie wiues some saye but I think nineteene of them were huswifes as we commonly saye and she his wife onely that married him and knew him first A right line is betweene two to go aside is to go amisse Their vertue or wisdome is seene in Discipline or desire of knowledge Madian though he were borne a mortall Prince or earthly God was in his childhood sent into Cornewall to his most valiant grandsir Corin that he might learne of him all experienced manhood fit for a soueraigne Ruler Bladud in his young yeares was sent otherwise and carried ouer seas to Athenes that hee might forsooth be taught the wisedome of the Grecians this Athenian English Prince at his returne brought home with him no lesse then foure great Philosophers to teach the Brutans and either found or founded Schooles for them at Stamford or Stanefoda after the smoothest and Atticall Idiome Artes both Geometry and Astrology Brute presently vpon his Arriuall searched this Iland optically and throughly he and his surueyed it quantitatiuely and queintly to the purpose Hurdibras taking in his head and hand to build the cittie or woodworke stone-worke of Caerpalladour called for the iudiciall aduise deuise of Aquila his Astrologer in laying the foundations of that starry and elementary Citty that the worlde might better esteeme it Philosophy both naturall and morall the foure wisemen of Athens that taught some of the Brutans euen as Bladud the king appointed them had many times for their variable and strange voices a wonderfull great audience and those wisemens schollers succeeded them and continued orderly about the times of fourteene hundred yeares after with great glorie but but how good I knowe not Bladud found the hote Bathes in this Iland by his Geomanticall and Hydromanticall skill and subtiltie Brute the first made many good politicke laws for the benefit direction of himselfe and his subiectes Guendolin ministred true iudgement to the people well and wisely at last fearing by reason or inspiration that the king Madian her sonne would scarsely vse her Honourably as the son should vse his mother went her way and dwelt far enough ought of sight in Cornewall among them that were glad euer of her daily company Ebranke for his sonnes sake and his owne sent his thirtie daughters to Siluius an Italian Duke that they might be married with their owne bloud the old Troian bloud and thereby get their father many friendes or welwillers abroad to strengthen him in his neede if nede were Wordes of counsell Cordeil tolde her father in a melancholicke vaine That as his riches were more or lesse so he should be loued and feared more and lesse This was their Prudence in teaching and learning Their vice or folly is seene in Deceite by bulding Locrine for want of better conueiance built a caue for his Concubine and made some few men of his priuy Counsell but tolde other men that it was a secret place for praier and sacrifice in the maner of his owne outlandish religion when he heard and knew of Corins death he crowned Elstrid queene and reiected Guendolin whom he seemed to
and in the Temple of Caerwin was he buried Bladud built a Temple in Caerbadon there Sisill was buried Bladud fell downe vpon the aultar of Apollo when his flying failed him Prophane places Ebranke built a Castle in Edenbrough The Caue of Elstrid built by Locrin. The bellies of beastes were the toombers of Madian and Memprise Places out of this Iland mentioned are Neerer vs Germany thence Elstrid was brought by Humber thence Ebranke brought great spoyles Gallia whence Ebranke got many riches there Aganip the husband of Cordeil was Ruler Leyr and Ferrex in their neede fled thither Farder from vs Latium in Italy whether Ebranke sent his 30. daughters Athens in Greece where Bladud was taught and schooled For the trauailes of Brute before hee came to vs pertaine not to vs in respect of the places or otherwise Till hee was of our Commonwealth he was not with vs but against vs. THE GENEALOGY OR ISSVE OF CLOTO CLoto Duke of Cornwall descending from Corin Great Brutes nephew began the second family of the Brutan kinges and begat Mulmucie Mulmucie begat two sonnes of Conwen his wife the first was Belin the second was Brenne a verie personable man yet hee left no knowne seede behinde him Belin begat Gurguint Gurguint begat Guintelin Guintelin begat Sisill the second of Martia his wife Sisill begat Kymar the second Kymar begat Elane Elane begat Morind of his concubine Tanguestela Morind begat 5. sonnes the first Gorboman the second Archigall the third Elidure the fourth Vigeny the fift Peridure which died without any naturall issue onely Elidure begat Gorboman the second These are the 14. Generations of Cloto in the kingdome of Locry which 14. onely are well registred and acknowledged as true heires in the succession of the Brutan Crowne There are differences of Houses aswel for number as for time but opinion destroieth nature often or else some families would last euer the force of education is mightie THE ARTES AND ACTES OF Cloto and the Clotoans are in their Vertues and Vices Their vertue or Iustice appeareth in Diuiding Mulmucy of all the kings was first crowned with gold hee founded the Temple of Troynew Belin the first brother possessed the first part and Bren the second inherited the second after that Bren fled out of this Iland and left no children Belin tooke his kingdome for his owne Elidure being a younger brother to Archigall gaue ouer the kingdome vnto him accounting it rightly Archigals good for his life time Peridure after the death of his elder brother Vigeny tooke the kingdome into his handes because Vigeny died without issue and ioyned his owne kingdome and this in one Rewarding Mulmucy made of his Temples priuiledged sanctuaries that none should die or suffer any violence in them his lawes which he writ approue his righteousnesse Belin repaired the olde Citties which other kinges had built aforetime hee offered sacrifices and giftes freely to the Gods and most solemnly thanked them for the victorie he got against Brenne and his Norwaies He ordained three archflamins in three Citties hee confirmed his fathers lawes Martia was generally allowed for Ruler and king of the realme euen in the dayes of her husband and her sonne because her gift in iudgement was most singular and vnmacheable Gorboman repaired all the Temples in his whole kingdome throughout Elidure was chosen king three sundry times for his vpright dealing in all cases That constant vertue is happy that findeth her friendes constant like herselfe Punishing Belin would not restore Brens kingdome vnto him because hee had lost it by falshoode and in triall of warre Belin would not deliuer Guilthdake the Danish intruder out of prison and send him home to his kingdome in Denmarke vntill hee had taken a most sure order for a yearely tribute in consideration of his present deliuery to bee payd to Belin and his heires for euer Gurguint when the Dane denyed hys yearely tribute plagued the Dane incessantly by fire and sword till hee agreed to pay him the yearely tribute which was lawfully due to the king of Brutanie Archigall was depriued of the kingdome by his subiectes for his wicked life When Morind had ouerthrowne the Mores that inuaded his land hee burnt them before his face because they had burnt in some partes of this Countrey Heere wee may well consider the Iustice of Heauen which slewe many of Brens souldiers and wounded him to death when hee had spoyled a Temple Their Vice or Iniustice appeared in Diuiding Archigall sought by all meanes to aduaunce base men and rude vassals whom hee fauoured most and to pull downe the great and rich men whom hee liked not so much as them Like will to like tyranny respecteth onely herselfe Peredure and Vigeny enuying the grace and glory of their brother Elidure made warre against him and tooke him prisoner and kept him in hold while they liued without any other reason but the vnreasonable power of forcible entry Punishing Kymar the second being hated of some vngratious and desperate subiectes was slaine by them most wrongfully the more vnhappy man hee that coulde not foresee Morind was of so violent and boisterous a nature that whosoeuer offended him should surely dye for his fault though it were but a small trespasse because hee was displeased Euery offence is not deadly no man liueth without offences but a Prince without patience doth euer most mischiefe Their Vertue or fortitude is seene in Peace at home Mulmucy built Blackwell Hall and Malmesbury hee beganne to cut and lay out 4. High-waies vniuersall to this Land he restored chiualry Belin built those 4. waies and finished them he built a Citie and a Hauen with faire gates in Troynew and a Tower Guintelin built a Cittie Gorboman the first built two Citties Peace abroad Bren built some Citties in Italy and repayred some Warre at home Mulmucy vanquished 4. great Dukes which warred with him for the crowne of this kingdome Belin ouerthrew Brens armies twise he took Guilthdake prisoner and those ships that were sent against the Land Morind slewe an Irish Sea Monster he destroyed a Duke of the Mores and hys men that arriued in this Iland to destroy it Warre abroad Belin and Bren sayled together with both their forces into Gallia and subdued it Bren sought afterward newe kingdomes abroad he vanquished great partes of Italy and sacked Rome it selfe he got infinite spoyles in Macedonia Gurguint sayled into Denmarke and forced the king there in his owne Land to yeald vnto him Reuenging Bren gathered himselfe an Army in Norway to recouer his kingdom of Belin thereby So he prouided for himselfe afterward in Armoricke against Belin vppon the same cause and for the like purpose Their Vice or extreme Fortitude is in Ambition Bren arose with all his powers against Belin to take from him his right Dominion if hee could Vigeny and Peredure conspired against Elidure and tooke his kingdome from him by open force Rage Bren threatned Belin with wordes of great defiance
called Caerlud by his owne name but Stenny would haue it keepe the olde name in honour of the predecessors and Troians from whom he came It is iustice both to respect our auncestors and iustice to consider our own glory This were a pretty question for discourse which name ought to take place and stand in force if it were well handled Diuiding and deposing Cassiuelan the 2. sonne of Hely was the Protectour and Gouernour of the Realme in the minoritie and nonage of Luds two sonnes hys two nephewes Kingdomes are too heauy for childrens shoulders Cassiuelan ordained a common sacrifice to God that gaue him the victory against the Romanes and a publicke feast to his Nobles that helped him in the battels deuised many pastimes in honour of God and men Tenancy was made king by the treasonable absence of his elder brother Androgy Euery one of these kings hath his right succession except Cassiuelan which vsurpeth Punishing and correcting Cassiuelan summoned Eueline to appeare before him the Councell to answere for the death of Hirelda When he could not preuaile with Androgy by faire meanes he made warre vpon him to plague him for his stubbornesse Ought Androgy to bee at his call a disputable matter of great vse Nature preferreth the kings son to the Crowne before the kings brother but Pollicie preferred Cassiuelan before Androgy a good man before a bad Their Vice or Iniustice is in Diuiding Cassiuelan appointed vnto Androgy the eldest sonne of Lud the Citty of Caerlud and the land of Kent and to Tenancy the younger sonne the Land of Cornewall and kept the kingdome from them though they were his elder brothers true sons and vsurped it himselfe by force He is not fit to be a Protector that is ambitious it is a wofull thing to be a childe among our enimies or amongst the enuious sectaries Reuenging Androgy being vnable of himselfe to withstand Cassiuelan sent letters to I. Caesar in Gallia and certified him that if he would come into Brutany he should be welcome when hee had gotten Caesars Army to set vppon Cassiuelan in the valley of Dorobernia or Canterbury and the fight had endured till both partes were almost weary he came vpon Cassiuelan with a fresh reply and put him to flight and thus he displeased the whole realme to please himself yet his owne hurt was neuer the lesse for making the misery of his Country greater But when Cassiuelan thought to punish Androgy he punished himselfe as much as him he did euen put fire to Brimstone and flaxe to the flame It was traiterously done of him to warre against his legitimate king and of Androgy to make his natiue Country subiect to outlandish Powers Their Vertue or Prudence is in Order Cassiuelan brought vp Androgy and Tenancy Princes sonnes princely in all points Cassiuelan considering that the two victories which he had gotten of the Romans concerned himselfe and all his Noblemen most specially caused an assembly of them to be made that in a generall meeting there might bee a generall thankesgiuing to God almighty and to one another for their seruices and actes done in the Field Nothing teacheth men more courage then a beleefe of heauenly assistance with an honourable remembrance of their vertues this way of harting men is chiefest Desire of knowledge Lucy seeking al means to make his people true and louing among themselues and hearing that Christians were without hatred and falshood desired to heare their religion and receiue their doctrine and sent two Noble schollers Eluane and Meduine to Eleuthery Bishop of Roome with letters desiring to be taught Christianitie Reformacion Lucy changed the three Archflamins and the 28. Flamins into three Archbishops and 28. Bishops he destroyed the Temple of Apollo in the Ile Thorney and made a Temple in honour of the Almighty God which we now call Westminster Discipline Lucy seeing that men were executed for disobeying the law because heerein they disobeyed God and that the kings pardon was not so much to be esteemed as a pardon from God and perceiuing the heartie and vnfained repentance of some offenders and knowing that God forgaue such men thought it no reason that such Penitents should be put to death but reserued to a better vse wherefore he ordained that if any man did offend by mischance and repent him or any one were oppressed and could not otherwise escape oppression then by appealing to Gods word that such men should get them into the Temple of God and ther approue themselues to be true godly men and so be safe both body and goods Their vice or folly is in Permission the Brutans forgetting the true title that Luds two sonnes had to the kingdom of their father and feeling the liberall gifts of Cassiuelan an vsurper suffered him to keep the Rule Key of all the Land and taught one another to disinherit one another by causelesse and deceitfull popularitie and flattery Hatred the Brutans could not agree vpon a king no not in fifteene yeares space when Lucy was dead though euery countrey must needs see one nearer the Crowne then another if they could aduise thēselues marke euery family in good māer They could not foresee the miseries of forrain Dominion they were blinded with malice selfewill among themselues Improuidence Cymbelin was brought vp in Roome both in contempt of all his own countrey learning in slauery to outlandish with Coil the second was brought vp in Roome as if hee were borne to serue Roome and not to serue Brutany Of the two extreames it is safer to haue our men vplandish then outlandish plain then perilous Deceit the Brutans set great long sharp stakes closely in the bankes where the Romanes should arriue and so troubled them extreamely in theyr landing a poore and pittifull inuention to slay and Host Their vertue or temperance is in Behauiour Lud was bountifull in housekeeping and by that means beloued generally Cimbelin with the moderate vsage of himselfe so pleased the Emperour that he loued him greatly and receiued manie good words and gifts from him if this were not intemperance to please an enemy Aruirage got into such fauour with Claudius the Emperor that he married his daughter Genissa if this were not incontinence to be linked with outlandish that was mightier then himselfe He was beloued of his subiectes for his vsage toward them in all cases Marius was of honourable demeanour euery way He accepted the pitition of the vanquished Pictes he allotted to them the fardest part of Albany afterward he gaue himselfe to the wealth of the realme Lucy was loued of all his subiectes for his good life hys loynes were in the cloudes and hys seed among the starres he had rather be a father in Morals then in Naturals such was his abstinence It may be Galaxias the milky bright way in heauen was made in honour of such men as Lucy was no meaner then a Saint Marriage the Brutans would not in any case ioyne their daughters