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A05076	An epitome of chronicles Conteyninge the whole discourse of the histories as well of this realme of England, as al other cou[n]treys, with the succession of their kinges, the time of their reigne, and what notable actes they did ... gathered out of most probable auctours. Firste by Thomas Lanquet, from the beginning of the worlde to the incarnacion of Christe, secondely to the reigne of our soueraigne lord king Edward the sixt by Thomas Cooper, and thirdly to the reigne of our soueraigne Ladye Quene Elizabeth, by Robert Crowley. Anno. 1559.	Lanquet, Thomas, 1521-1545.; Cooper, Thomas, 1517?-1594. aut; Crowley, Robert, 1518?-1588. aut	1559 (1559)	STC 15217.5; ESTC S108255	485,101	678

the wylde beastes parte otherwise most cruelly were slaine at whiche time appered the most terrible example of the wrathe and vengeance of god for the contempte of hys worde and veritee For what herte is soo stonie or hard that wyll not tremble for feare when it considereth that god toke soo sharpe punishement vpon his owne people whom before he loued moste entierlye and amonge al other nations of the world chose for his peculiar flock and vyneyarde The yere of the worlde 4035 The yere of Christ 74 Uespacian the emperour and Tytus his sonne triumphed for their victorye and conquest in Iudea Anni regum britannie 2 Lussius Bassus was ordeined legate or graund capitain into Iudea where he broughte in subiection certayne of the iewes which rebelled in the town named Macherus Uespacian endeuoured with honest lawes to restore the citee of Rome to hir pristinate fourme beautee and pleasantnesse which was greatly corrupted by the vncleane lyfe of that monstruous emperour Nero. The yere of the worlde 4036 The yere of Christ 75 The temple of Iupiter in the Capital was repaired by Uespacian Anni regum britannie 3 Ce●ennius Petus president of Surie discomfited put to flighte and toke prisoner Antiochus kynge of Comagine and sent him to Rome to the emperour Here endeth the histories of Ioseph and Egesippus debello Iudaico The yere of the worlde 4037 The yere of Christ 79 Anni regum britannie 4 Achaia Lycia Rhodus Byzantium Samus Thracia Cilicia Trachea comagene were made prouynces of the empire Galdus after the deathe of Dardannus was ordeyned kyng of Scottes the most valiaunt and noble prince that euer reigned amonge thē and endued with many excellent and pryncely qualitees At the firste entree he punyshed the wycked counsaylours of Dardannus and after called a parliament of his lordes wherin many noble actes were deuysed and the naughty lawe of kyng Ewyn by the whiche the wife 's of the commons were f●●e to the nobles was abrogated and foredoone Of hym the Scottes made many goodly remembraunces in the honour of his noblenes and great victories that he atc●●ued About this time Petulius Cerealis was sent of the Romaines as lieutenaunt to Britaine where he discomfited Galdus kinge of Scottes vanquished the Pictes and Sylurians subdewed to the Romaynes the countrey of Brigantes ouerthrewe and chased Uodicia the daughter of the valiant woman Uoada and quieted the kentishe men and certaine other Britons whiche rebelled After this Petulius a Romain named Iulius Frontinus waslieutenāt in Britain who warred also against the Scottes and Pictes Uespacian made enquirie of all the noble and valiaunt men amonge the Iewes Anni regum britannie 7 The yere of the worlde 4040 The yere of Christ 79 whiche were linially descended from Dauid Whereof ensued a sore and greuous persecucion emonge the Iewes ¶ Three citees of Cypres weere ouerthrowen wyth an earthquake A sore pestilence at Rome Anni regum britannie 8 Uespacian dyed of the flixe The yere of the worlde 4041 The yere of Christ 80 Titus the son of Uespacian reigned .ii. yeres The yere of the worlde 4042 The yere of Christ 81 He was excellently well learned Anni regum britannie 9 and of so pleasaunt swete and gentle behauour that he meruailouslye deserued the fauour of all men In so much that he was therfore named comonly the loue and delite of mankinde He neuer dimissed any man frome hym without hope to obteine his request saiyng that no man ought to go sadde from the speache of a prince Whan he remembred that in a hole daie he had done no benefytte to any man he saied to hys familiars frendes I haue loste a daie reputing that daie lost that he had not done some benefytte in beyng admitted high prieste he aduanted that he toke that ●s●●e vpon him onely to the entente to kepe his handes cleane from bloudeshed and affirmed that him selfe woulde rather die than he woulde suffer any man to perishe The yere of the worlde 4043 The yere of Christ 82 The hyll in Campaine named Uesuuius raged more vehemently with fyre than it was wont Anni regum britannie 10 and casting out great flames dyd much hurt to the countreis liyng therabout A great parte of the citee of Rome was destroyed with sodein mischaunce of fyre which continued burning the space of .iii. daies Turpaneus about this time was king of Danes Tytus the emperour beyng sodeinly taken with an ague and perceiuing that death would nedes ensue greatly bewayled that his life shuld be taken from him causelesse for so muche as he neuer didde any thinge in all his life whereof it did repente him sauynge one but what that thing was he shewed not Anacletus was made the .ii. byshop of Rome after sainct Peter The yere of the worlde 4044 The yere of Christ 83 Domician by nature brother vnto Titus Anni regum britannie 11 but veraye vnlike in maners ▪ reygned .15 yeres whan he was firste admitted to the empire he vsed much to be in his secrete oratorie alone and there did nothing but take flies and pricke them through with a nedle wherfore whā it was demaūdid of U Chrispus who was with the emperour he wyttylye answered Not so muche as a flie At the beginninge this Domician shewed him selfe to abhorre soo much from murther that vneth he would suffer oxen to be kylled for their sacrifice and beynge ordeined Censor of maners was very diligent in his office but in the end folowyng the steppes of Nero and Caligula he became a detestable and cruel tyranne ¶ In the tyme of this Domician a valiaunt capitaine of the Romaines called Iulius Agricola made war nyne yeres continually vpon certain of the Britains Scottes and Pictes and discomfited thē in many greate batails vntil that Domician enuiyng his successe remoued him from that prouince he subdued to the Romains Anuandale the Isle of Man Carrike Kyle Cunigham wyth many other regions Domician ordeyned that no man shoulde be gelded or made Euneukes Anni regum britannie 13 Anianus bishoppe of Alexandria ended his life The yere of the worlde 4046 after whom suc●eded Abilius The yere of Christ 85 Anni regum britannie 14 The emperour Domician outlawed and put to deathe a great noumbre of the noble men and ancient senatours of Rome The yere of the worlde 4047 The yere of Christ 86 Anni regum britannie 16 Quintilian was famous taught Rhetorike in Rome The yere of Christ 88 receiuing his salary out of the emperours escheker The yere of the worlde 4049 In his time were many other great learned men as Cornelius Tacitus the yōger Plinie Sueton Ualerius Flaccus Patauinus Iuuenal Marcial Domician passed the riuer Dounce or Dunaw wyth an army against Darn●pe●us king of Gothes The Gothes vaynquished and putte to flighte the Romaines and slue theyr capitaine Fuscus Menander a notable heretike disciple to Simon Magus was famous in these dayes teachynge that no man could be saued oneles he were baptized in his

Shortly after the vertuous lady queene Iane his mother dyed in childbedde was buried at Windsor An assemble was holden at Wittenberge wherin the preachers of Germany agreed concernynge the controuersy of the sacrament of the body and bloud of Christe Sir Thomas Percy syr Stephē of Hamelton sir Iohn Bulmer and his wife William Lomley Nicolas Tempest and the abbottes of Ierney and Riuers also the lord Darcy the lord Husey Robert Ask wer condemned and put to deathe for high treason Iames kyng of Scottes maried ladie Magdalene the Frenche kynges eldest daughter Frier Forest was hanged and brent in Smithfielde for treason and heresie with the image of Daruell Gathern of Wales The yere of the worlde 5499 The yere of Christ 1538 in whiche idolle the Welshemen had a greate confidence and feigned of him many straunge thynges In the moneth o● december the Marques of Excester the lorde Mountacute and sir Edwarde Neuell were beheaded for treason that was layd to their charges Sir Nicholas Carew maister of the horses was beheaded for treason Pilgremage and idolatrie were forbydden dyuers images al●o hauynge inginnes to make theyr eyes open and shutte and other partes of theyr bodye to steere and many other false iuglynges as the bloudd of hayles and suche lyke wherwith the people of longe tyme had been deceiued were espied out and destroyed Abbaies were suppressed and all friers monkes channons nunnes and other sectes of religion were roted out of this realme for theyr iniquitie and naughtinesse In Ma●e the citisyns of London mustred al in bryghte harneis with coates of white silke and clothe Anni regum Angli 31 and chaines of golde in three great battailes The abbottes of Redinge Glastenburye and Colchester wyth dyuers other were atteinted of treason and put to death It was ordeined that suche religious persons as were discharged of their profession might purchase pursue and be sued in al maner of accions Auctoritee was graunted to the kyng by acte of parliament to nominate and make bishops and bishoprikes by his letters patentes or other writinges The landes and profites of all abbaies heretofore dissolued or that hereafter should be dissolued were assured to the kynges hyghnesse and his heyres The greate Onele of Irelande inuaded the Englisshe ●ale and brent almoste .xx. myles within the same wherfore the lorde Graie beynge deputie there assembled a stronge power and droue hym backe Duke Friderike of Bauerie Palsgraue of Rhine the Marshall of Duke Iohn Friderike electour of Saxonie with certaine other came to London by whome the mariage was concluded betwene Kyng Henrie and the lady Anne sister to the Duke of Cleue who in Decembre was receyued into the realme with great triumphe and sumptuous prouision The commons of Gaunt rebelled and were brought in subiection and cruelly handled by the Emperour The acte made for the abolishynge of opinions concernyng the .vi. articles was publisshed with greate rigoure and extremitee Whiche ye maye reade in the actes of the pa●liament holden the .xxxi. yere of the kyng Anni regum Angli 32 In this yeare was so great a h●ate and drought that in many places the people wold haue geuen one busshel for the grindynge of an other The yere of the worlde 5501 The yere of Christ 1540 and dyuers great ryuers were dryed The byshoppe of Chichester and doctour Wilson were deliuered out of the tower vpon the kynges pardon Many died of hot● burning agues and of the laske in all partes of this realme The religion of the knyghtes of the Rhodes was dyssolued by acte of parliament By commaundement of kinge Henrie certaine learned men were apoincted to set foorth an vniforme introduction into the latine tongue whiche onely shoulde be taught in all scholes the vse of all other grammers beynge sette a parte Barnes Hierom Garrarde priestes were forced to recante at S. Maries spitle in London Lorde Cromwel late before created Erle of Essex and Water lorde Hungerforde were beheaded the .28 day of Iuly The .xxx. day Robert Barnes Thomas Garrarde Wylliam Hierom priestes were burned The same daye Thomas Abell Edwarde Powel and Richarde Fetherston were hāged drawen and quartered for mainteinyng the byshop of Romes auctoritee and deniyng the kinge to be supreme head of the churche of Englande Kyng Henrye by auctoritee of the clergie was diuorsed from his pretenced mariage made with the ladie Anne of Cleue and maryed shortlye after the ladie Katherine Hawarde where they were sworne to bee true prisoners and than were delyuered to the custody of dyuers noble men whiche honourably i●tertained them In this season an heraulde of England rydyng on the borders syde to doo a message was mette by certayne rebelles which cruelly against all lawe of armes slew him in his coate armure But they for this moste vengeable deede were s●nt to the kyng the yere folowyng who worthily executed them for that offence After the ouerthrowe of the Scottishe army the kyng of Scottes dyd not long enioy his lyf● for he died incontinent after leauynge his queene with chylde who was delyuered of a mayden At Newe yeares tyde the Scottes that were taken by Ca●li●e were by the kyng sent home agayne with greate gyftes vpon condicion to agree to certaine articles for the welth of bothe realmes The Burdeux fl●te was arested in Gascoyne and lykewyse the ●renchmen h●re and at the I le of Wight wer taken seuen shippes laded with marchandise of the frenchemen Wherevpon the ambassadours of bothe parties were restreined after dyuers requestes proponed to the ambassadour of France ce●tain respite was graunted to knowe his maysters mynde who wolde not agree to any reasonable demandes nor yet receiue the kynges herald who came with honorable and indifferent conditions of peace for whiche causes and most specially for the common profite of Christendom seyng the French kyng had entred in league with the Turke and procured hym to make warre vpon Christendome and also that he withholdyng from kyng Henry his tribute he with the emperour Charles ioyn●tely proclaymed warre agaynste the frenche kynge In the meane tyme a parliament was holden at London in which an act was made wherby the common pe●ple were restreigned from r●dyng the holy scripture and in li●u of it was sette foorth by the kynge and his clergie a doctrine for all his subiectes to folowe to the whiche all bookes that were repugnaunte by auctoritee of the saied parliament were condemned In thys parliamente was graunted a subsidie to the kynge of .ij. s̄ of the pounde of goodes and .iii. s̄ of landes to be paied in thre yeares Anni regum Angli 35 Thomas Becon Wysedom The yere of the worlde 5504 The yere of Christ 1543 and Shingleton wer forced to recante openlye at Paules crosse The Abrine a lorde of Ireland with diuers of the wild Irishe submitted them vnto Kynge Henrie King Henry maried lady Katherine Latimer at Hampton court About this time the Sacre of Diep a shippe royal and the minion of Englande foughte a cruell fyght

from the prowes and vertue of theyr auncestours Wherfore if that mighty cytie shuld persist in that state knowinge the ignauy nicitee and sluggishenesse of the Romaynes nothinge were more certayne but that they would againe contende for the empyre and oppresse the Romans subduing them vnder theyr power but Scipio Nasica was of contrary opinion he wold not haue Carthage charge to be destroied First because it were an vnhonest thing that the Romains should shewe so great tyranny and so cruelly to slea such a people Moreouer it were vnprofitable for without that towne Aphrica cold be kept in due obedience excepte they woulde tourne all into a wildernesse Thyrdelye it was veray necessary that the Romains should haue such a citye aduersary vnto them whereby theyr people mighte be incited to prowesse and actiuitie otherwise it shoulde chaunce that they shoulde contend togither in ciuile warres if they had not a brode an enemy The yere before Christe 147 whome they shoulde feare Before Britayne knovven 97 but in conclusion Cato obteyned The yere of the worlde 3716 and Piso was sent to besiege Carthage Phan●as with certaine of his men fell vnto the parte of the Romaines Masimissa dying committed his sonne to the custody of Scipio Ad●●scus a man of a bace state Before Britayne knovven 96 whiche counterfayted him selfe to be Philip The yere of the worlde 3817 The yere before Christe 146 inuaded Macedony ouercam and put to flight Iuuencus the pretor Scipio besieged Carthage The Asians chose Ptolomeus for theyr kinge but he gaue it vnto Demetrius Demetrius called also Nicanor the .xii. kinge of Syria reigned .v. yeres Scipio after the continuall assault of six dayes Before Britayne knovven 95 tooke Carthage The yere of the worlde 3818 The yere before Christe 149 vnto whom Hasdrubal yelded him selfe And albeit that Scipio permitted free flighte to all yet in the spoyle of the city was committed great slaughter After when by the commaundemente of Scipio the citee was fyred the wife of Hasdrubal with a stoute courage lept into the fire finishing her life with that deathe whyche the first quene suffered The citee burned cōtinually .17 daies shewing a miserable spectacle to her beholders It is sayde that after Carthage was thus destroied Scipio wente to beholde the place where some time that fayre and beautifull citie stode and there seinge the myserable ruine and desolacion therof with muche wepinge sayd That he did forsee Rome in time to come to lye in suche maner ouerthrowen and distroyed The destruction of this citie was done .679 yeres after the buylding therof 608. yeres after the buylding of Rome and 693. yeres after the arriual of Brute here in Britayne The same yere Corinte a noble citee of Grece was destroyed with fyre by Mummius the consul Metellus first in the streictes of Thermop●le and after in Phoea ouercame the Macedones brought Andariscu● in his subiection and recouered Macedony Mummius toke Corinth and destroyed it with fyre wherof came the metalles of Corinth In this time three notable triumphes were atRome Scipia triumphed ouer Aphrica before whose chariot Hasdruball was led Metellus ouer Macedonye before whom wente Andariscus the conterfeite Philip. And Mummius ouer Corinth before whom was borne the metalles and fayre tables of Corinth About this time thorough the warres and dissencion of the Iues there arose among them sundrye sectes and opiniōs in theyr religions of which there were .iii. sorts The first were called Pharisei that is segregate or chosen They vsed certayne constitucions of men beside the lawe of Moyses by whiche they were segregate frome the residue of the people They reputed theim selfes better then all other they obserued feigned fastes prayed commonly in the stretes that they might be sene and called maisters Their learning was some what better thē the others For they taught the immortalitie after this lyfe and that god would punishe sinne they bel●ued also Messias to come to saue such as beleued and to iudge suche as sinned The second sect were Sadduceis they cloked theyr wickednes vnder a glorious name For Sadducei is as much as iuste or holy They taught that there was neyther angell spirite nor life after death that god gaue the lawe onely for this that honestly and quietly we should lyue receiuing of god here in this life the rewards of iustice They interpreted the scriptures according to the iudgement of mans reason neither any other thing wold they here as concerning that which pertained to the maner of theyr liuing they were plain Epicures A wonderfull thing to be hard that such ethnike opinions shuld crepe In amonge the pecu●ar people of god and that so ●●rre that openly they were not afrayd to teache and constant lo● to affirme that after this life ▪ there remayned none other life Essei ●ere the thirde who considering both the Phariseis and Sadduceis vnder an honest pretēce of name to folowe theyr lustes and desyres ▪ neyther almoste to do any thing that was worthy for theyr profession therfore thought thei to declare the seueritee of their life in dedes and wold be called Essei that is labourers and studied to be sene holy and for the most part ledde an Anabaptistical life absteining from matrimony and willinge all thinges to be cōmen among them they delited in ●●eane apparel and praied before the sonne rising Uiriatus a Lusitaine raysed the Spaniardes against the Romanes The yere of the worlde 3819 The yere before Christe 144 he ouerthrue Uetilius Before Britayne knovven 94 and destroyed al his army Demetrius entred into amite with Ionathas POrrex a vertuous and gentil prince reigned in Britaine .v. yeres The yere of the worlde 3820 The yere before Christe 143 Before Britayne knovven 93 Ptolomeus Euergetes ▪ the .vii. kinge of Egipte reigned .29 yeres a man very cruell and wicked which delited in effusion of blod for he slue his sisters sonne in hir armes and many other abhominable actes he committed whiche be not conuenient to be writen Ionathas renewed amitee with the Romaynes and Lacedemones Plautius ioyning battayle with Uiriatus was put to flighte Demetrius was taken by Arsaces king of Parthia and put to death The yere of the worlde The yere before Christe 142 Before Britayne knovven 92 Mithridates the .vi. king of Parthia after he had subdued Demetrius inuaded Babilon with al the regions betwene the riuers Idaspes and Indus Claudius the consul at the first conflict was put back by the Galles but at the second time he obteined the victorye and slue .v. M. of them C● Unimanus was shamefully beaten and put to flight by the Lusitaines Antiochus Theos the .xiii. kinge of Syria reygned foure yeres Before Britayne knovven 91 The yere of the worlde 3822 The yere before Christe 141 Ionathas betrayed by Triphon was slayne Before Britayne knovven 90 Simon his brother was made the third capitayn of the Iewes and reigned .viii. yeres The yere of the worlde 3823 The yere before Christe 140 he ouercame Antiochus G●iphus and

was condempned and put to death with certayn of her counsaile in Aprile Woulffe and his wyfe for a shamefull murde● by them committed in sleayng of two marchant strangers were arreigned and hang●d at the place where they hadde done the murder The Anabaptistes caused great trouble and ruffling in the north partes of Germany and at the citie Monstere chusyng to theyr kyng one Iohn a Leyde exercised much crueltie expellynge other out of the citie that would not con●escende to their beleefe This Iohn a Leyde in token that he had bothe heauenly and earthly power gaue to his garde greene and blewe and had for his armes the figure of the worlde rounde with a sword t●ru●● through it He maried hymselfe .xv. wyues and ordeyned that othe● should haue as many as they listed and all other thinges to be common amongest theym The byshop of Monstere by the ayde of other princes besieged the citie against the rebellious Anabaptistes fiftene or sixtene monethes In whiche tyme the stubburne and frowarde people susteyned so great scarcitee and hunger that they beyng alyue were lyke dead corses and did eate commonly dogges cattes myce with other vile beastes and seathyng hydes leather and olde showes dyd poune the same and made breade therof After long siege the citie was wonne spoyled and destroyed with great● crueltie and slaughter of that w●cked people Paule the thirde was ordeined byshop of Rome Charles the emperour sailed with a great nauie into Afrike restored Altrachenus to the kyngdom of Tunes The lorde Dacres of the North was arreigned of high treason who so wittilye and directlye confuted his accusers that to theyr great shame he was founde giltlesse Frith a yong man of excellent witte and lernyng was brent in Smithfield for his opinion concernyng the sacrament The bishop of Romes vnlawfull tyrannie was vtterly abolisshed out of this realme and commaundement geuē that he should no more be called pope but onelye bishoppe of Rome and that the kynge shoulde be deputed and taken as a supreme head of the church of Englande haue full auctoritie to refourme and redr●sse all errours heresies and abu●es in the same The first fruites and tenthes of all spirituall dignitees and promocions were graunted to king Henrie by act of parliament The erle of Kildare died inthe tower of London and his sonne Thomas Fitzgararde rebellynge in Irelande slew the bishop of Diuelinge and toke the kynges ordinaunce Wherfore kynge Henrie sent thither sir Wylliam Sk●uington with a companye of souldiours Anni regum Angli 27 Sir Thomas Moore not longe before chauncellour of Englande Iohn bishop of Roche●ter The yere of the worlde 5496 The yere of Christ 1535 and three monkes of the charter house were putte to death for denyinge the king to be sup●eme head of the churche and mainteinyng the bishop of Romes auctoritee An order was appoincted for sanctuaries and sanctuarie men because dyuers naughty persons trusting to the liberties that before tyme had been vsed committed many detestable murders robberies and other abhominable actes Lorde Cromwel was in this tyme in high fauour with the kynge and bare great rule in this realme Ladie Katherine princesse Dowagier ended her lyfein the monethe of Ianuarie and is buried at Peterborowe Willyam Tindale whiche translated the newe Testament into the Englishe tonge by the crueltee of the clergie of Louene was burnte beside Bruxelles in Brabant Badurius kyng of Cambaia in Indie bey●ge ouerset in warre of Aymanus kyng of Carmania willyngly became tributary to the kyng of Portugall that he myghte obteyne ayde of hym agaynst his enemy At this tyme were geuen to the Kyng by consent of the abbottes all religious houses that were of .300 marke and vnder The yere of the worlde 5497 The yere of Christ 1536 Kyng Henry was agayn diuorsed from the mariage of Lady Anne Bulleyne as vnlaufull and vngodly Anni regum Angli 28 and the sayd lady Anne with her brother George Bulleyne lorde Rocheforde and Henry Norreis Frauncis Weston William Brereton Marke Smeton gentilmen of the kynges priuie chamber shortely after was beheaded for dyuers treasons and naughty actes intended and cōmitted with the sayde gentylmen The kyng toke to wife the right excellent and most vertuous lady Iane Seimour daughter to syr Iohn Seimor knyght After many thynges wer published here in this realme by kyng Henry and his coun●aile with consent of the bishops and his clergie concerning the alteration of diuers poyntes of religio● and that certayne holy● daies were forb dden and many abbaies suppressed the rude people of ●incolnes●ire fearynge the vtter subuersion of theyr ol● supers●ition whiche they had lyued in so many yeres raised a great cōmocion and gathered togyther welnere 20000. men agaynst whom the kyng w●nt with a strong power Wherof when the rebelles had knowlage they desyred pardon brake vp their army and departed euery man to his home theyr capytaynes were apprehended and worthily punished Immediately after began a newe commotion in Yorkshire for the same causes but the people wer more incensed through vayne tales and lyes that were spred by certaine naughtie and sedicious persones as that all theyr syluer chalices crosses iewelles and other ornamentes shoulde bee taken oute of theyr churches That no man shulde bee maried or eate any deintie meate in his house but he shoulde paye a tribute for the same to the kynge These people were gathered to the noumbre of .40000 hauyng for theyr badges the .v woundes with the figure of the sacrament and Iesus written in the middes and called their diuelishe rebellion a holye pylgremage in token that they intended to fighte for the mayntenaunce of Christen religion Agaynst these rebelles the kyng sent the Duke of Suffolke the duke of Northfolke the M●rques of Excester and other with a great army by whom after the day and place was appoynted to fyght sodeynly the nyght before the battayle shuld haue ben the water that was betweene them ros● in suche wyse that the two armies coul●e not com togither By the occasiō wherof the captains of both partes had communication of peace and promyse was made to the rebelles that such thynge● as they were greued with shoulde bee redressed by the kynges auctor●tie Wherewith they beeyng appeased by the prouidence and healpe of god departed without bloudsheadyng The ryuer of Thames was ouerfrosen Thomas Fitz Garet late Erle of Kildare and fyue of his vncles were hanged drawen and quartered at London in February Nicol Musgraue Thomas Gylby and other stered a newe rebellion and besieged the citee of Carlile frome whens they were driuen and many of theym taken and put to deathe The yere of the worlde 5498 The yere of Christ 1537 Anni regum Angli 29 Sir Frances Bygot syr Robert Constable and other beganne an other conspiracie and for the same were a●teinted and executed in the moneth of Iune On S. Edwardes euen the noble prince Edward was born at Hampton court who is now our soueraigne lord and kyng

tyll both parties were werie and so parted At Windsore were thre men burned An armie sent ouer by kinge Henrie of which sir Iohn Wallop captayne of Guines was generall sir Thomas Seimour high marshal Sir Robert Bowes treasourer sir George Carew Thomas Palmer Iohn Rainesforth Iohn Saint Iohn and Iohn Gascoyne knyghtes capitaines of the footemen sir Richard Cromwell capitayne of the horsemen who departed from Calais the .xxii. of Iulie London was sore vexed with the plague for whyche cause the kynge with all the nobilitie kepte theym frome thens and the terme also was adiourned to S. Albones where it b●ganne the xii●i of Nouember Doctour London deane of Osenay with William Simons for periury rode with papers at Windsor and after were sent to the Flete About Alhalowtyde a roade was made into Scotlande by the garrison there who burned .60 villages and toke great praies bothe of men and beastes In France sir George Carow sir Thomas Palmer were taken prisoners in the pursuite of the frenchemen when they fledde from their campe The siege of Landersey was broken vp vppon hope to haue foughte with the Frenche Kynge who came with a mighty army promysyng 〈◊〉 his heraldes to haue gyuen bataile but he entended not●ing lesse For whan he h●d vitailed Laundersa● the nyght before he shoulde haue fought he fled with all his power In Nouember the Englishmen men that wer sies were made felonie The bishoprike of Chester and the I le of Man was seuered from the bishop of Canturburie to the iurisdyction of Yorke The ladie Katherine Haward whom the kyng had maryed for hir vncha●te liuyng and naughtie actes committed with Thomas Culpeper of the priuye chamber and Francis Dereham was by auctoritee of parlyament atteinted and putte to death in Februarie with whom also died Iane ladye Rochforde as preuie vnto all her deedes Lorde Wylliam Hawarde and his wyfe with dyuers other were condemned to perpetuall prison for misprisyon of highe treason but afterwarde by the kynges pardon they were delyuered A mayde was boyled for poysonynge dyuers persones within the citee of London The yere of the worlde The yere of Christ 1542 In Mate kyng Henry toke a loane of money of al suche as were aboue the value of fiftie p●unde Anni regum Angli 34 The great Onele a lor● of the wylde Irish with other submitted them to kynge Henrie The commissioners sente to the ●orders of Scotlande to determine the debate of the confines were fayne to departe because the Scottes woulde agree to no reasonable demaundes The Scottes the fourth of Iulie beganne to inuade the borders spoylyng and burnynge as it hadde been in open warre for which cause a garrison was sent t●ither Then the Scottes after theyr false maner pretended peace and amitee with earnest suite for the same and neuerthelesse in the meane tyme spoyled the borders with sodeine ●orreis and incursyons In reuengement wherof sir Robert Bowes made a rode into Scotlande where he with other were taken without putting to ransome Than the kynge sent the Duke of Northfolke thither with an army royal But at Yorke by the craftie dissimulacion of the kynge of Scottes who sent ambassadours to intreate for peace the armye was stayed and after longe consultacion with m●che tyme spent the Scottes woulde condescende to no indifferent condicions Wherfore the Duke wente forewarde and entred Scotlande burnyng and wastynge all the marches and there taryed wythout any battaile profered by the kynge of Scottes vntill the myddes of Nouember and so returned This sommer by the procurement of the French kyng the Duke of Cleue rebelled against the emperoure and a greate noumber of Cleueners and Gelder●ys with one Martine of Rossein the capytayne came downe to Antwarpe and lay before the towne trustyng to gette it with the healp● of a great noumber of traytours whiche were within but by the wysedome of the gouernours it was preserued and the traitours within beyng tried out were woorthily punisshed throughe whiche theyr enemies departed disapoincted of their purpose The French king prepared greatly for the warres fortifiyng all partes of hys realme and wente with a greate army to besiege Pampi●●●● a strong towne in the entrie of Spayne wherby he myght haue passage into Nauern but he nothing preuayled the towne w●s ●o wel kepte After the departure of our armye from S●●tl●n●● the kynge of Scottes to be reuenged priuilye ass●●●led a stronge armie purposyng to take Carl●le a●d destroy all the weast Marches whiche he thought to be but w●ake because all the power and prouision of the Englisshem●n laye in the east marches aboute Barwyke Therefore he sent the lorde Maxwell warden of hys weast marches who knew the countrey well with the Erles of Cassiles and Glencarn and dyuers of his priuye chambre to conducte this armye But by the prowes and wysedome of sir Thomas Warton and sir Wyllyam Mu●graue with a ryght few of the borderers beyng in all not aboue two thousand these Scottes were mette vpon S. Katherines euen where by greate power of God they being in number betwene .15000 and .18000 and well prouyded for the warres were ouerthrowen In whiche conflict was taken the lord Maxwell the Erles of Glencarn and Cassiles with all the chiefe captaynes of the armye and on S. Thomas euen the apostell they were brought to London to the Tower where they lay that night and the next daye folowyng they were by the kynges charge apparayled al in silke and rode through the citee to Westminster The winter was very sharp and much frost and snow fell so that many beastes dyed for colde The kyng began great buildyng at Calais Guisnes A subsidie graunted to the kyng of .xii. d. of the pounde of goodes and .ii. s̄ of landes The courtes of the fyrst fruites wardes wer erected Egerton and Harman were put to deathe for counterfaityng the kynges great seale Alexander Seton Scotte and William Tolwine priestes were constreigned to recant openly at Paules crosse The yere of the worlde The yere of Christ 1541 Anni regum Angli 33 The countesse of Salesbury for treason that she wrought against the kyng through the persuasion of the traitour Raynolde Poole hir soonne was beheaded within the tower The same daye also were executed at Tyburne three whiche had begunne a new rebellyon in the North partes but by the pollicie 〈◊〉 counsaile ther they wer quickly apprehended Two of the garde were hanged at Grenewiche by the courte the kynges grace beyng there for robberies whyche they had committed about blacke heath The .xxviii. daye of Iuly were hanged at S. Thomas Watryng Mantill Roydon and Froudes gentylmen for a spoyle and murder that they had doone in one of the kinges parkes vpon Maie mornynge the lorde Dacres of the South beyng in company with theim And on the morowe whiche was S. Peters daye the lorde Dacres was ledde from the tower a fote by the two shiriftes thorough the citie to Tyburne and there putte to execution for the ●ame offence

the children within Bethlem and the borders beinge vnder the age of two yeres to be slayne whyche slaughter done he woulde haue killed him selfe but beyng let by his seruaunnt he died within fiue dayes when he had reigned .37 yeres Archelaus the .13 kynge of Iewes reigned .ix. yeres and finally was banished into Fraunce In the first yere of his reigne a sedicion was moued againste him Anni regum britannie 21 The yere of the worlde 3964 The yere of Christ 3 in whiche .3000 were put to death Anni regum britannie 23 ¶ An other sediciō began firste by Iudas Galileus and after by Simon the seruant of Herode The yere of the worlde 3966 The yere of Christ 5 who taking vpon him a crowne was vainquisshed and slaine by Gratus The last was raysed by Athonges a shepeherd For whyche there were hanged by Uarus .2000 men Anni regum britannie 26 A greate famine inuaded Rome The yere of the worlde 3969 so that Augustus expelled all straungers out of the citee The yere of Christ and a great number of seruauntes The cause Orosus doeth ascribe that Cesar praised his nephieu Caius in dispisinge to woorshyp the god of heauen whan he was thereto warned by the priestes at Hierusalē at what time he passed into Syria Anni regum britannie 27 Tiberius in .3 yere subdued al Illyria The yere of the worlde 3970 which lieth with in Italy Noricum Thrace Macedony The yere of Christ 9 the riuer of Donow and the Adriaticall sea This warre next vnto the warres of Carthage was most greuous Anni regum britannie Quintilianus Uarus with thre legions The yere of the worlde 3972 The yere of Christ 11 was slain by the Germains whose ouerthrow was as greuous to the Romans as was the viage of the Cimbrians into Italy Archelaus toke the wyfe Glafira his brother Alexanders wydowe contrary to the lawe And after throughe his insolency he was by Augustus vanisshed to Uienna in Fraunce Anni regum britannie 30 Here ended the kyngdome of the Iewes The yere of the worlde 3973 The yere of Christ 12 and Iurye after thys tyme was redacted into the forme of a prouince and ioyned to Syria Iudas Gaulonites associatynge to him Sadducus a Pharisei and the chiefe of the sect of the Esseans moued a sedicion for paiyng of tribute whervpon ensued much thefte ▪ slaughter and burninge of the temple Tiberius with an army passed the Ryne to warre vppon the Germaynes Anni regum britannie 31 Iesu Christ our lorde beyng but .xii. yeres of age The yere of Christ 13 and thre monethes was founde at the feaste of Easter The yere of the worlde 3974 disputynge with the doctours in the temple and was brought home by hys parentes to Nazareth ▪ what other thinge he dyd vnto the .xxx. yere of his lyfe the Euangelistes make no mencion Augustus Tiberius mustering the people of Rome founde .9370000 men ¶ Germany beynge subdued Anni regum britannie 32 Tiberius triumphed ouer the Illyrians The yere of the worlde 3975 The yere of Christ 14 ¶ Augustus Cesar finished his lyfe at Nol● Anni regum britannie 33 and was buried at Rome in the fyeld Martius The yere of the worlde 3976 The yere of Christ 15 whose death the senat so lamented that they saide that they woulde eyther he had not ben born or els being born that he had not died Tiberius priuily caused Agrippa to be slaine The yere of the worlde 3977 ¶ Claudius Tiberius Nero Cesar Anni regum britannie 34 the .iii. emperour of Rome The yere of Christ 16 son bothe by mariage and adoption to Augustus reigned .23 yeres he was metely politike and fortunat in warre well learned and endued with muche eloquence but with a veraie mischeuous cruel couetous and disceitfull wit feygning to do that thing whiche he wolde not and not to do that whiche he would In sodeine answers he was better than in those whiche he studied for At the firste he feygned that vnwillingly he toke vpon him the greuous and troublous charge of the empyre And wheras certain of his counsail moued him to leauy exactions of the people he answered that it was the office of a good shepherde to shere his shepe and not to pyll theim It is written that he put to deathe a smith who had inuented to make a glasse flexible laiyng to his charge that if he should lyue and teache other that golde and siluer should nothinge bee estemed He suppressed the Getulians and craftily circumuented Marobodus the kinge of the Sueuians he poisoned also Drusus and Germanicus the sonnes of his brother Drusus ¶ The printer ¶ Hitherto the said yong man Thomas Lanquet continued this history called the Epitome of Cronicles was than attached with a greuous sicknesse whereof he dyed ▪ whan he was of age .xxiiii. yeres on whose soule god haue mercy and the same folowed and finished by Thomas Couper who after instāt request to him made was at length content to take vpon him the peine for he well considered what labour and trauaill it was accordinge to the first inuencion to searche and reade ouer so many and diuers histories and cronicles to accomplishe the saide purpose ¶ An epistle to the reader FRom the beginninge of the worlde to thys tyme of the byrth of our sauiour Christ the studious younge man Thomas Lanquet not without great laboure and diligence broughte hys Chronicle Whose enterprise and the honest affection that he therein declared towarde his countrey I thinke worthye memorye For if he might haue gon through as he begō and wel brought forwarde the same vndoubtedly it woulde greatly haue delighted theim that take pleasure to reade the notable and famous thinges done longe before our tyme. For he hathe briefely set foorthe the gestes and actes of forayne and straunge countreis and therwith iuigned the hystorie of this realme of Englande after the opinion of most writers euen from the firste arriuing of Brutus in such wyse that a diligent reader maye gather the variable state and condicion of all countreis and nacions at all tymes But deathe whiche spareth no man ne can bee eschewed brake his course and as it were trypped hym in the myddes of hys rase that he coulde not atteyne to the marke wherat he ranne Wherfore lest they that desyre the profitable knowlege of histories should be destituted of so great a commoditee and lest the fruites of so diligent a labour shoulde lye hydde and tourne to the profyte of no man At the instance of certaine of my nyghest frendes whose requestes the matter so standing I could not well denie I haue taken vpon me to fynishe this cronicle although in dede I greatly dispaired that I shulde be able to accomplishe the same But when I considered firste though it were an harde matter yet might it be ouercomen with labour than howe profitable the exercise should bee for me to reade and peruse so many good auctours as were necessary for the performaunce of the same