honore Dux Corinaeus opem tulit huic pro munera tanto Arua dedit Brutus Corinaeaque rura vocauit Proxima Damnonijs quâ inter confinia currit Loegriae Tamaris diuisor Cornubiaeque Quo tractu montes aiunt Titanibus illis Antiquis famulosadomus quibus vda ferarum Terga dabant vestes cruor haustus pocula trunci Antra lares dumeta thoros Caenacula rupes Praeda cibos raptus venerem spectaculacaedes Imperium vires animos furor impetus arma Mortem pugna sepulcra rubus monstrisque gemebat Monticolis tellus sed eorum plurima tractû Pars crat occiduo terror maiorque premebat Te furor extremum Zephyri Cornubia limen Fortè quia huc multo occursarunt agmine Teucris Tunc ità perculsi insolito terrore Gigantes Hos auidum belli robur Corinaeus Auerno Praecipites misit cubitis ter quatuor altum Gogmagog Herculeâ suspendit in Aere luctâ Anthaeumque suum scopulo detrusit in aequor Qua Tamaris glauco immiscet sua flumina Ponto Potauit fuso Thetis ebria sanguine fluctus Diuisumque tulit corpus mare Cerberus vmbram 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Vortigerin facinorosa regni occupatio Romani Imperij finis REge breui à famulis Pictoque satellite caeso Vortiger hac princeps in proditione Tyrannus Euadens potitur sceptris solioque Brytannis Vther Aurelius defuncti Regis vterque Frater Aremoricum vicino littore tractum Cesserunt neque iam totam cum Scotus Hybernen Mouit infesto spumauit Remige Tethys Te modo vicinis percuntem Gentibus olim O Nympha aequoras inter celeberrima diuas Ferro picta genas cuius vestigia verrit Caerulus immenso Brytannia cincta profundo Defendit rapidis acer Romanus in armis Ampliùs aut reprimit Pictûmve Scotûmve tumultus Caesar abes ter Consul opem negat Aetius hostis Britannum Oceano Oceanusque repellit in hostem Quo nunc Caesar eras non deserere ausus Alumnos Quo ruit Imperium deserta quod Insula Iule Parta trophaea tuâ quondam fortissime dextrâ Scilicet ingenium senio mens forma laborant Cunctae sue Imperijque suis iacet aegra ruinis Maiestas multum languens annosa veterno Imperij in nostros heic meta à Caesare primo Postquam quingentos lustris labentibus annos Seu propè Brytannis Itali dominantur in oris Odae sextae Finis PALAE ALBION The fourth Ode Entituled BRVTVS THE ARGVMENT The fourth Ode brings in Troian Brute Mong's sonnes that parts his Realmes in three Scot'sh yet and Cambrian Kings ow'n suite And seruice t' Englands Primacy That in right Line arow descends T' his Heires till Schisme their glorie ends CANT I. The intention of the present Booke discouered SAmothea first next Albion shore Now so both now and nam'd of yore Great Britaine shewes new dayes forth brings Th' old names and ancient race of Kings Thou sought'st deare Muse how Mauritane Spanish Lusitane French Aquitane Coasted or kend ' or conquerd ' last Brute at Brute-tania anchor cast Call'd Albion erst where many a-day His issue reign'd till Caesars way Hither lay through France so French and ours With Trophey's deckt Tarpaeyan towers Nor booted kindred Mars decides Th' alliance lands by lot diuides Then Pallas and my Muse that sings Their Roman Lords or Troian Kings How Brute who quell'd the Belgique hoast Found entertaynment on our coast Diuine Dames you remember when He came his chance the meanes the men With whom he fought that Giant race Now briefely that both time and place And all things else I may reherse Pray prompt my pen tune well my Verse CANZ. II. A briefe recollection of the precedent story of Brute continuing it to his encounter with the Giants that he found in the Iland VVHen once the wandring Troian Duke To salt Sea woues himselfe betooke In Barks ybuilt ' in Ida and Leauing furious Dido's loue and land Had safe set foote in â—â—â—ium where Fates had decreed 〈◊〉 Troy to reare And Romes great 〈◊〉 soone were seene Fell Furies rais'd 〈…〉 hie Queene But tumults laid and Turnus dead Troyes Prince he doth Lauinia wed Whose late-borne Babe since Fathers death Syluius in saluage woods tooke breath From him whose brother halfe of bloud Built Alba-Longa t'goes for good Came our first founder Brute what time Vast Giants did possesse this Clime Great Neptunes sonnes for Saturnes lands When they came to his childrens hands Beene had by them thus Poets please Ioue Heau'n Dis Hell Neptune the Seas So Neptunes sonnes held this our shore And many a wealthy I le of yore Of which race Herc'les some in France Did quell these here 't was Brutus chance Who striking in at Totnesse Strand In Deuoâ—shire brought his Barks to land But scarce had time to view the coasts Ere from the Hills he spies huge hosts And Cyclops swarmes as 't were great woods Come from their fields to th'neybouring flouds Such Sea-men sayne they vs'd to see 'Bout Mongibell in Sicily Such statures strange they say'n of eld Both their and our Trinacria held Th' Aetnaean Monsters matching tho Tall Poplar's on the banks of Poe. CANZ. III. The Giants ouerthrowne and Gogmagog the greatest slaine by Corinaeus who hath Cornwall assigned to him their manners decyphered VVIth these whose tree-like tops did skar The flutt'ring clouds must Brutus war Not much vnlike such match I weene In Phlaegra fields there once was seene Where Ossa laid on Pelion hie Made Olymph tops out-towre the skie Whiles for to win fell Monsters stroue Those starry battlements of Ioue These liuelesse breathlesse chac't and slaine Brute strewes their corpses o're the plaine Like eares of corne while haruest lasts Or leaues borne downe by Boreas blasts A prey for Wolues and daintie feasts For rauenous Birds and for wild Beasts So Ioue dealt with the Tytannoy's Th'huge Monsters quelling layes the poise Of Aetna on this Giants brest Of Iles and Sea-rocks on the rest Of Inarine's burden sore and streight Typhaeus feeles the endless weight But Albions coasts were not set free From Albions brood e're braue Knight hee Duke Corinaeus tooke in hand To rid these vncoth Creatures and Had faire lands giuen him call'd they say Of his name Cornwall to this day Where on the bankes of Tamaris Which now the Cornish confines is He with Herculean might o're-threw Gogmagog Chieftaine of that crew Who hurl'd downe head-long Doris deepe His corps Styx had his soule to sleepe And it was thought that westerne coast Of this our Iland pest'red most With those huge-limbed Centaures who In stead of house and harbour doe On Mountaynes liue in dens and caues That summers sunne and winter saues The running Riuers Herbs and Rootes Right sauage-like raw flesh and fruits And skins of wild beasts such their states Their meate drinke cloth and finest cates And greatest strength bore greatest sway Till Corine chac't them quite away CANZ.
iealous Iuno furious Queene Found a fit time to worke her teene In her Lords absence as he goes To French warr's on his beauteous Rose Whom she did poyson and sets on In armes against the sire his son But younger Henry falls both crown'd By 's fathers life and laid in ground Which furious acts of hers when seene The King imprison's th' angry Queene And hands thought stain'd with Beckets bloud Meanes purge by warres for Holy-lands good But French broyles staying him fates assigne Chinon thrise twelue yeeres King his shrine CANZ. X. Richard the first called Cuor-de-Lyon and his victorious acts SVcceedes braue Richard Cuor-de-lyon Who as his sire meanes visit Syon And from the Babylonian Prince Cyprus Acon and Ioppa winnes And ships towne towers and forts regaines With warlike and victorious traines Though Souldan yet and Saracens bold The faire Ierusalem still did hold But wo-worth those crost such designes False brother Iohn with France combines To quench with flames retiring fast 'Bout Austria coasts by tempest cast Ignobly by Limpoldus Duke 'Gainst law of nations pris'nor tooke Great ransome giues fayne too as ' tfalls To build the faire Vienna's walls Safe when return'd false brother sought And mothers mediation wrought Such peace that he being Richard gone Sans issue obtayn'd his ten-yeeres throne Who falne i th' French warres Chalne conteynes His bowels there where he was slaine By Bertram Gordon's venom'd dart His corps Fount-Euerard Roan his hart CANZ. XI King Iohns vnfortunate reigne and troubles by the Barons warres KIng Iohn scarce crown'd when France will needs The elder brothers son indeed Set Arthur vp but got but harmes If aught 't was more by art then armes Till more his Barons warres him vext For countries good faire foule pretext Th'Archbishop Langton too rak't th' ashes Whence Romish thundring censure flashes Nor reconcil'd to them till when Vnking'd vncrown'd the Pope agen Put on his Crowne Pandulfe the meanes Who blest vext curst and calm'd the Realmes Lewys of France the Dolphin then Who came to th' aid o th' English men i th' Barons cause although call'd home Scarce stints all strife his Nobles some For rauisht wiues for daughters other Fell rage conceiu'd can scantly smother Henry Englands Richard Almaignes beene Kings both his sonnes three daughters Queenes Princely wed when Iohn poyson'd dyes Thrise six yeeres King at Worster lyes CANZ. XII Henry the third his acts and his sonnes warlike exploits at the holy Land THird Henry then his infant sonne His nigh threescore-yeeres reigne begon Whose Barons warres with Welsh and French He all scant eas'ly though did quench Legat Gualo chiefly managing The Realmes affaires for the young King Whose valiant Impes long after spoyle The Souldans townes and Syrians foyle And safe return'd from Syons aide First Edward King of England's made Lancasters Duke his brother Edmond To Westminster their sire being summon'd CANZ. XIII Edward the first and his decyding the right of the Crowne of Scotland Edward his sonne first English Prince of VVales BY Edwards hand Prince Leoline falles And Edwards son's borne Prince of Wales And Robere Bruse by him put downe Iohn Baliols right beares Scotlands Crowne But Scottish broyles s'mbrew'd all hands That th' English Lords deuide their lands Made sire t' a race of royall Impes By 's two Queenes Spaines and Frances Nymphs Elnor and Margret Westminsters Shrine him fiue-seuen-yeeres King interres CANZ. XIIII Edward the second called of Carnaruan an vnfortunate Prince much wronged by Gaueston the Mortimers and Spensers meanes NExt Edward Frances heire as 't fell Peter Hispan's plot weds Isabell Him Scots chac't home and Gauestone And Spensers made him lou'd of none Whose pride the mis-rul'd State much rues Till they fled Then whom they abuse King twenty yeers Queene Mortimers doom'd Him Barkley murdred Gloster toomb'd CANZ. XV. Edward the third his warlike acts and conquest of France THird Edward crown'd ere 's fathers death As he the Earles ouer-boldnesse seeth Slue Mortimer whiles he disapproues His and his mothers wanton loues And married though with his consent But their appoint his sister went To Scotland yet for homage not Perform'd or scofs giuen by the Scot Beleaguring Barwicke Dauid Bruse His brother in-law so hard pursues To Halydon hill Scots great'st disgrace He Balioll king'd in Bruse his place Who fled for France whither angry fate Brought our King soone to claim 's estate Laying title to Frances Lillies Of right his mother Isabella's Charles sister and Philip the Faire Last King of Frances daughter and heire Valoys the vsurpers sister Impe. Queene Philip our Kings wife faire Nymphe Brought Henault and with th' Earle her syre Flanders with England fierce conspire That Newstria and her neighbour France 'Gan hope war's helplesse haplessechance Paris e'en felt for feare the fire Of English warriours in their ire And Cresseid flowry vale beheld A famous fierce-fought well-pitcht field When greene-grasse beds with gore were spred White milkie Lillies dyde bloud-red And mercy ne're-taught Oyly-flame Learn'd th' English Lyons were vntame The French King fled his Lords they tell Kings of Maiork and Beme they sell With troopes of Commons numberlesse In this fam'd battell nam'd of Cresse Tankeruill Guisnes Cane Callaice and Many a faire towne that late did stand For Philip then and all the west Submit to th' English Conquerors hest Bruis in French cause afresh French aided Was tane as England he inuaded The Pope for French-King treating peace Takes truce whiles did th' old King decease Whom his sonne Iohn succeeds with whom Young Edward call'd in Frence whilomâ— The Black-Prince who rul'd France full farre And Aquitane moues mortall warre Wheth'r noble youth's for crownes or praise You stroue or both and Phoebus bayes When Poyteu fields were skarlet dyde When fell the chiefe of Frances pride Were Dolphin King and many a Lord Captiu'd by Black-Prince Edwards sword Tropheys of triumph high that raise Englands both Prince and souldiers praise CANZ. XVI Edward the blacke Prince his honourable atchiuements and vntimely death GReat signes o're south and Indian shores Seemes to foreshew such strange vprores White troopes 'gainst Aethiopians blacke In Azure skies to threat fierce wracke But while they fell wheth'r Mahounds powers Or else were showne by Memnons Moores For now great warres in Normandy Lesse Britaine were and Burgundy France fell before our Princes feete Trembleth Nauarre Spaine doth entreate For her King Pedro who 's new made King by braue black-prince Edwards aide Came Cyprus King his helpe t' obtaine 'Gainst Turks were then in 's royall traine Worth registring on fames faire wings Two captiues and the Cyprus Kings Whiles he thus glorious Knighted shines Both at Saint George and Marses shrines Pale foe to honour winter-power Of death nipt this faire springing flower
to all the world appeare But giue them leaue for thus they sing That leauing Greece an Argiue King Went into Aegypt and there taught Them to sow Corne poore soules who thought His Godhead worthily t' adore In Apis Oxe-like forme therefore Then sing they how Iö faire dame Cow-turn'd for feare of farther shame No sooner iealous Iuno spies For iealousy hath an hundred eyes Argus set sentinell Ioues faire loue As farre as Nilus streames did roue And like one in forlorne despaire With bellowing sounds she fils the aire Till Iuno reconcil'd was sâ—ene Ioues Paramour Isis Aegypts Queene Wed to Osyris and their sonne Epaphus built Memphis walls anone And of his wise so call'd the same Yet some say Lybia weares her name And I doe find at least there beene Hundreds of yeeres these Ioues betweene CANZ. VI. As that of the Assyrian Belus Noah with the other Bele's of Aegypt and Greece SO from this Labyrinth turnes to winde Ariadnes clew one had neede finde This make me then say th' ancient'st Bele Noe rul'd th' Assyrian common-weale Nimrod was Belus too which word In Hebrew signeth King or Lord Danaus syre and Aegyptus hee 's A latter Belus farre then these And others more rays'd great this same Iupiter Bele's so ambiguous name Our Mizraim oldest Belus Impe Or grand-child and that beauteous Nymph Inachus or Iauans Daughter beene Aegypt's much fam'd first King and Queene And these perhaps did teach good Artes So deifyed for their great deserts Their nephewes Neptunes sonnes it seemes Their Grandsire plac't in diuers realmes Italy Lestrigo's Geryon's Spaine Antaeus Lybia Albion raignes And Bergion in the Brittish Iles Where they hauing set foote ere whiles Wretched Samotheans thence they chac'te And wel-nigh lay'd their countrey waste CANZ. VII Albion hauing made hauocke of the Samotheans and the other Giants Neptunes Imps tyrannizing euerywhere reprehended by Osyris the most ancient Belus of Aegypt cause him to be murdered GReat Samothes as oft as I Thinke on thy sonnes whose progenie Might haue worne Crownes borne scepters gay With Iuie wreath'd and Oliue spray I see that Kings and greatest ones May hap to haue vngracious sonnes When on their Phaeton-fall I thinke Some great ones now how soone they 'le sinke When these would heauen and hers out-face Contemne Religion and disgrace Astraea Albion scourge of God Bruis'd them though Ioue soone burnt this rod So Deuils to Deuils tormenters beene Naile driues out naile streame driues on streame Albion and all the Giant crew So godlesse then and gracelesse grew That were they not they might well bee Th' earth's sonnes whom heauen abhord to see Like Titans broode that in their Pride Laid hils on hils and heau'n defyde Heapt sinne on sinne ee'n seem'd to striue How Vertue least most Vice might thriue Till great Osyris quite asham'd To heare their leudnesse them much blam'd Who though despis'd his counsels sage With all his graue and reuerend age And all with one consent conspire Gainst his graue yeeres their leud desires Sole obstacles whom they meane to kill So gracelesse ones quit good withill Tryphon his brother with the rest Well ware of their vnnaturall hest The secret Tragique stroke then gaue Hasting his gray haires to their graue Least minding such perfidious vowes Isis laments her absent spouse Not knowne where hee 's become her voice Niles banks redouble with Ecchoing noice So oft so shrill groues flouds good Dame Might seeme t' haue learn'd Osyris name Whose pale Ghost in nights shady gloome Told her their treasons points hâ—â—ombe CANZ. VIII His carcasse is sought found and honorably entombed by his wife the Goddesse Isis and diuine honours intituled to him by his subiects SHee much amaz'd at that horrid sight Yet faine t' haue caught the fleeting spright Sought and found out where he did shew His mangled corps the Tyrants slew And good Queene in that heauy dumpe Bringing him backe with funerall pompe Addrest in Ceremonious sort And state to fit his Kingly Port His vrne and ashes tomb'd where hee Pale Ghost pointed himselfe to be In Abatos I le neere Memphis walls Girt with a lake some Stygian calls These Nilanders the Memphians since In memory of their so lost Prince And his good deedes seeke and adore Serapis found with honours store CANZ. IX Isis reuenge on the Tyrants by her sonne Hercules or Lehabims meanes NOw Tryphon weares the kingly stile With force maintayn'd what got with guile Whiles heauy Isis wofull Queene Wants time and meanes to wreake her teene On all that Parricidious crew Which though they thinke not well she knew With patience arm'd awhile till some Reuenge resolu'd on might strike home And therefore breakes her mind anon To Hercules her warlike sonne Cald Lehabim ancienter then hee Blaz'd so Alcmena's sonne to bee The Lybian or as may seeme true The Gaule since there he Albion slue CANZ. X. Hercules ouerthroweth and slayeth these Giants euerywhere and commeth into Gaule where he encountreth Albion TO him as whom 't concerned chiefe Hauing laid downe her cause of griefe He ' stonisht at such strangest words Iust courage so iust cause affords As quick as lightning and as fierce As thunder clouds and towres that teares Streight vowes reuenge and soone proclaimes Th' inhumane Tyrants Traytors names Then gan his glory shine as faire As Phoebus from his golden Chaire From whose cleere orient Ganges east As farre as Gades Pillars west Hercules his honor was heard fam'd For peace protected tyrants tamâ—d Then Tryphon fell in Libia's slaine Giant Antey Geryons in Spaine Lestrigo and his sonnes from whom Th' Anthropöphagi Italian Canibals come 'Bout Italy they say did fall And he prepares to visit Gaule Where Albion neere the Alpes by chance Then sore vext Lycus King of France Diuine Alcides at that time How did thy presence blesse their clime To Lycus one so neere opprest Nor vnwish't nor vnwelcom'd guest The peoples then of Gaules all round We guesse were glad and Pallace crown'd With triumphs Court and Countrey euen Ioy'd as he had come downe from heauen That Phoebus might not with more Ioy To Cynthus come Venus to Troy CANZ. XI He is entertained by Lycus King of Gaule Albion being professed enemy to them both whom Hercules prepareth to ouerthrow FAire Galathaea that more faire Then Leda's Cygnet might compare With th'orient beauty and sweet roses Aurora's morning blush discloses With sweetest Art as louers doe Did spread her wanton plumes to wooe And win their guest to be their Prince Her spouse her sires and lands defence Dumbe eloquence that conquers hearts Where Loue and Beauty play their parts So willing he was eas'ly wonne To doe what else he would haue done Doubly bound by loue honour all To worke Gaules freedome Albions fall Albion was now vext many wayes His Brothers death's the victor's bayes This league with France and what great ioy The Gaules
Danes whom Ethelwolf vanquisht in Surrey Burthred made King by Ethelwolf married Ethelswide the Kings daughter but at last hee fled froÌ„ the Danes to Rome about Alfreds time Eldred made King by Alfred espoused the noble Lady Elslede who also after her husbands death gouerned the Mercians with great honour defended them right nobly against the Danes her brother King being much holpen by her martiall aide and politike counsels after whose death K. Edward tooke the land of Mercians wholly the Crowne Northumbers Osfride and Ella rebell against Ethelred and are slaine by the Danes about the beginning of Alfreds reigne Egbert made King by the Danes expelled by the Northumbers Ricsiga King vnder the Danes R. 3. yeares Egbert a second vnder the Danes R. 7. y. Guthred or Gormo a Dane but God-sonne to King Alfred regned 11. Sythrik his son reigned next and espoused Edyth daughter to King Edward sister to Adelstane but Aulafe and Godfride their sonnes for mouing some sedition against Adelstane were expelled and fled Aulafe into Ireland God fridus into Scotland where they raysed some powers but were notwithstanding at seuerall times vanquished by Adelstane and Eldred After that one Edrike did clayme the Kingdome of Northumberland but was ouercome by Eldred about An. 950. since when Northumberland hath onely remayned an Earledome or Dukedome PALAE ALBION Ode octaua Inscripta SVENO ARGVMENTVM Oda velut varijs Anglos octaua procellis Iactatos canit huc Danica turba ruit Duraque Suenc lâ—cèt pensa imperet omne retrorsum Cessit at Angligenis Imperâ—ale decus 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Prooemio Odae inserta hypothesis BRitannos Latij cum Italis modò Saxâ— Brytannos Sedibus è patrijs finibus expulit ambos Saxones è solio simul omnia turbine versant Daci disijciunt Nostris ita saepè minutis Ludit in humanis diuina potentia rebus Sicque vices Fortuna fouet Naturaque cursu Omnia perpetuo varians sicque explicat annum Ver fugit aestates aestatum terga lacessit Pomifer Autumnus Nymbis cessurus vndis Vtque canit Samius sic nos sic omnia verti Nunc has nunc alias videas florescere genteis Celsaolim veteres nunc Troia humilâ—sque ruinas Et pro diuitijs tumulos estendit auorum Clara fuit Sparte quondam viguêre Mycenae Cecropis Prâ—ami necnon Carthaginis arces Vile solum Sparta est clarae cecidere Mycenae Celsaque Carthago Thebae celeberrimae Argos Laomedonteae quid nunc nisi nomina Troiae Quid Pandionijs restant nisi nomina Athenis Tam variat Fortuna vices tot mille figuris Vt quod erat non est neque erit quod perstet in orbe Imperiale decus saeclo isto pessimâ— Hirene Transferre ad Gallos velles insana Monarcha 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Dacorum siue Danorum Daciae domen origo SAxones Egberto florent regnante cruento Mox ipsi praedae Daco miseraeque rapinae Vnde igitur Dani veniunt quibus incola terris Olim Dacus erat qui tot modo coedibus Anglo Saxones affecit pandens ab origine primâ Musa rogata refer Fuit olim Dacia propter Ripam Istri Gothique Getaeque ad littora Ponti Contiguas Dacis sedes habuêre sed intus Daci Danubicis iuxta adsedêre fluentis Contiguas quoque nunc Boreali in cardine mundi Quaesiuêre sibi sedes nam Gotthia fineis Dacorum attingit quâ tendit Cymbrica Nesos Illi multoties Romano à milite victi Trajani ac iussu Caracallae postea bellis Romani Imperij fineis regnante Philippo Turbârunt miserè Europamque Asiamque remiscent Donec ab Aurelio victi validisque fugati Aut propè deleti irruentùm à gente feroci Hunnorum Eoas dominante Valente per oras Exin cessêre atque vbi iam sedêre potiti Sede ex quâ Marius Cymbros deleuerat inter Arctoos mundi populos numerantur Eorum Dacia Pannonijs vicina Valachia nuper Dicta tulit Danos dudum Dragulasque sibjipsis Infestos parilique odio flagrà nte vocatus Turca iugum imposuit collis Danosque trucidat Instinctu Dragulûm Sic turpè vtrisque subactis Possidet arua ferox hostis celeberrima donec Rettulit Hunniades à Turcis capta trophaea Extitit ac patriae vindex Lunasque repressit Sicque vetus perhibent produxit Dacia Dacos Iam Danos Dragulasque hodiernaque Dania dudum A sibi cognatis Danis aut sede potitis Antiqua Istriacâ nomen traxisse putatur Crebraque cos inter commercia vtrosque fuisse Dacosque Danos olim Edgaris acta docerent Eque sinu quamuis quidam autumat hosce Codano Danos iam dictos siue haec seu verior illa Summi vtriusque authoris erit sententia Dacos Siue vocare lubet Danos de nomine quippe Sollicitè minùs Orator monet esse seueros Cum dere constet suo enim diplomate Regem Dacûm sâ— profitetur ouans Rex Daniae ab illis Littoribus certum est venisse vbi Scandia in Arcton Brachia protendit tum limina nostra rapinis Infestasse diu sunt Oceanoque propinqui Dani Baltiacique sedentes margine Ponti Eoumque per Oceanum sua littora contrâ Hostibus infestis breuis hinc traiectus ad Anglos Hic fons hoc flemma haec Dacûm celebratur origo Iamque Deà vnde fores digressa reuertere tempus Et mecum Albionis placidam lege littoris oram 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Egberti dominatus Dynastiae finis PRimum quem canimus Egberto Principe primo Gaudet nata recèns roseas induta Corollas Anglia pace choros celebrans laurumque triumphos Saxonum ab aduentu quadringentesimus annus Est propè coeptus agi Egberto iam Rege salutisque Octingentesimus tricesimus Ogdoos idem Postquam Merciacis Wallisque Monarcha subactis Eurique Zephyri Anglo-Saxones atque Meatas Septem Regna suis adiunxerat exteraque arma Finibus è totis repulit cum stamina vitae Ruperunt Parcae florentia Sceptrarelinquit Filio Ethelwolfo hic Romam proficiscitur vrbis Visendi studio votis Monachoque solutus Quo priùs indutus fuerat Regalia iura Sceptra capit soliumque sibi Diademata Patris 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Egberti filij Ethelwolphi Regnum gesta DVctâque Osburgâ formosâ coniuge Gnatos Bis duo suscepit totidem ordine postea Reges Huic Diuus Swithinus Adelstanusque celebres Consiliarij erant Egbertus anteà Gnato Cantia rura Duci dedit Adelstano vti fama est Dotibus egregij naturae instructus artis Iusticiaque suos multâ pace fouebat Cum subitò Oceani emergens quasi fluctibus ingens Dacorum numerus turbantes omnia Regni Fineis inuadunt quos Damnoniaeque Ceorlus Vicit Adelstanusque per aequora tota fugauit At priùs villas multùm populantur agros Et Thamesim ingressi Londinum Mercica rura Cum duce Merciaco dicto modò Rege Fridulphâ— A Dacis
married there Agatha the Empresse sister nice To th' Almaigne Lords and Dukes From these Both English came and Scottish Kings Edgar from these and Margret springs Margret to Malcolme wed their Impes Beene Maud and Mary Maud faire Nymph's First Henries spouse Maud th' Empresse mother Whose son 's next Henrie Mary t'other Weds Eustace Earle of Bolloignoys Their Maud King Stephen then Earle of Bloys And thus a race as royall springs Of Scotch and English Britaine Kings From this poore wrackt despised stem As e're ware golden Diadem CANZ. XVI Canute the Danes famous reigne ouer England Scotland Denmarke and Norway NOw Edmond slaine and his sonnes fate Exil'd Knute meant should mend his state For Norwayesâ—oin'd â—oin'd to th' Danish Crowne And King Olaue and Scots pull'd downe English Scots Danes and Norwayes they Foure mighty people him obey More to make friends to th' Norman Duke His sister giues to wife and tooke Ethelreds widdow Emme entailes The crowne they say t' her issue males This Cnute commands the seas to shew His Sycophants flattering termes vntrew And knowledging Christ his only trust Return'd from Rome returnes to dust CANZ. XVII Harold Hardyknute and Edward Confessors reigne MOngst his three sonnes his lands in three Deuided Bastard Harold hee Britaine Swane Norway sonne to Emme Hardi-knute ha's Denmarks Diadem Harold then working his stepmothers Discredit vexing realmes and brothers Dies three yeeres King likewise Emmes sonne Hardiknute next set on Englands throne Dies three yeeres King too his halfe-brother Edward by Norman Emme their mother Confessor call'd then reignes th'off-spring Of Ethelred late Englands King This King weds Edyth Godwines Impe Kind modest comely vertuous Nymphe So faire so sweet the by-word goes Her Syre the Bryer brought her the Rose Earle Godwine whose ill counsels long King abus'd friends and mother wrong Till he and 's sonnes expulst she last of All into Wilton Nunnerie's cast off Both louing too much virgin-life Expos'd the Crowne to strangers strife CANZ. XVIII Edward dying Harold Earle Godwines sonne vsurpeth against Clyto Edgar BVt Godwine and his sonnes reclaim'd To the Kings fauour Harold tam'd The Welsh-mens powers on Snowdowne hils Syward Northumbers Earle then kils Macbeth which Scot'sh vsuper gone Malcolme his grand-child ha's his throne Malcolme that married Margret after Edmonds neece Edward out-lawes daughter So call'd as outed by disseyssor Knute call'd home though by the Confessor He with his Children and his wife Hitherwards returning ends his life His sonne young Edgar though's set downe As heire apparant t' Englands Crowne And Godwin's sonne Protector these Things thus compos'd good King in peace Edward he rests but soone from 's death Edgar's disrob'd of 's royall wreath For Nobles doubt and Normans threat Edgar but young Godwines sonne great In all mens fauours and of might To match if neede his foes in fight Though Edward promising Harold tooke Oath some say to the Norman Duke As his Liege-lord yet Nobles since And vulgars wish him for their Prince As being his troth-plight promise broke Able to ward warr's steely stroke When Edgar heire by 's fathers side Sign'd Prince and prince-like else alli'd As young thought weake to quench the flame Of Normans furie if they came CANZ. XIX All England vexed with strange feares and vproares at the comming in of the Conquerour T' Was easie now for Harold none Opposing thus to gayne the Throne To make sure worke he quickly downe Did set him and do's on the Crowne His twice-broke trust and troubled State Arm'd to free or meet Foes and Fate Flame Starres fume Tosto not the while Powers of Scots Norwayes Orkes and I le Danes Newstrians maken him afraid William nor France nor Flanders aide His Goale's Crowne My Muse next sings His fall then facts of Norman Kings The end of the eight Ode A briefe type of the ninth Booke or Ode of PALAE-ALBION called GVLIELMVS The ninth Ode contayneth 1. The Originall of the Normans with their Conquest and the great alteration of the land vnder William the Conquerour who was the sonne of Robert the second Duke of Normandy who was the sonne of Richard the second sonne of Richard the first sonne of William the first sonne of Rollo the Dane that in King Alfreds time inuaded England and thence expeld seated himselfe in Normandy and became Duke thereof who receiuing Christianity was baptized Robert and so Robert the first being the sonne of Guion a Noble man of Denmarke 2. The Race and succession of the Normans Kings of this Land viz. William the Conquerour A. 1066. who R. 20. yeares William Rufus his sonne reigned 12. yeares Henry Beauclerke his brother R. 35. y. Stephen Grandchild to William the Conquerour by his daughter Adela married to the Earle of Bloys he reigned 18. yeares Henry the second grandchild to Henry the first by his daughter Maud the Empresse R. 34 y. Richard Coeur-de-Lyon his sonne R. 9 y. Iohn called Without land his brother R. 17. y. Henry the third his sonne R. 56. y. Edward the first his sonne R. 34. y. Edward the second of Carnaruon his sonne R. 19. y. Edward the third his sonne R. 50. y. hee instituted the round Table and first laid claime to the Crowne of France Richard the second his grandchild by Edward the blacke Prâ—nce R. 22. y. Henry the fourth of Bolingbroke sonne of Iohn of Gaunt fourth sonne of Edward the third R. 13. y. he began the bloudy schisme betweene the houses of Yorke and Lancaster Henry the fift his sonne conquered France R. 9. y. Heney the sixt his sonne lost France R. 50. y. Edward the fourth of the house of Yorke descended of Lionel third sonne of Edward the third restored the house of Yorke and reigned 22. yeares Edward the fift his sonne murdered ere he was crowned reigned not one yeare Richard the third his Vncle vsurped three yeares Henry the seuenth descended of Iohn of Gaunt of the house of Lancaster espoused Elizabeth eldest daughter of Edward the 4 of the house of Yorke whereby the schisme of the Houses and Roâ—es of Lancaster and Yorke was fully determined and ended A. 1485. which had endured almost 100. yeares to the destruction of many hundred thousands 3. The Vnion of the long diuided and bloudy schisme betweene the Houses and Roses of Lancaster and Yorke the red Rose being the cognizance of the House of Yorke as the white Rose was of Lancaster by the marriage of Henry the seuenth with the Lady Elizabeth daughter to Edward the fourth from whom also sprang the Lady Margaret whose marriage into Scotland hath since produced betweene those two long foesworne Kingdomes of England and Scotland a no lesse haâ—py and blessed Vnion PALAE ALBION Ode nona Inscripta GVLIELMVS ARGVMENTVM Nona vbi Neustriacos canit Oda trophaea triumphos Contrâ Anglis clades perniciemque parat Sceptra sed Angligenis sua restaurantur vti ipsis
Monarchy vnder Longho and second Bardus Kings in France and here with the causes of the fame * The beginning of Pagan and Heathenish Idolatrie by letting vp and honouring the Statues of their deceased Kings in some places otherwhere by other meanes deuillish illusions So among the old Germans and Saxons were the â—dols Statues in their Temples of the Sunne and Moone and of their ancestors Tuisco Woden their Mars or Mercurie Thor their Ioue Frea thâ—ir Venus and Seater of whom the Weeke dayes Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday and Satâ—rday continued from the Saxons to vs doe yet retayne their names with the Idols of Eâ—menseal like Hermes or Mercurie Flâ—nt standing on a flint stone and in a sheete like Death Helmsteed Prono Fidegast Siwe and diuers others to whom euen till late times they sacrificed Creatures and in extremitie their sonnes daughters in Germany Norway and those Septâ—ntrionall Regions a So did the Egyptians their superstitions did ouer-spread a great part of the world Busiris also King of Egypt did offer strangers bloud to his gods the like was done in these North Countries and Scythia to Taranis and Diâ—na Taurica they offered their childrens bloud in Syria Egypt and elsewhere the Bible sheweth * Bardus being so excellent Musician and Poet and King of this Iland a To this tune was that sung by the famous Poet of our Land When faith failes in Priests sawes And Lords lusts bin held for lawes When robbery is holden purchase And lechery is counted solace Then shall the Land of Albion Be brought to great confusion * Where not one of the Souldiers or others that spoyled the Temples or tooke or had share of their gold escaped a most fearefull end insomuch that like pennae Aquilinae or Seianus horse Tholosanum aurum was taken vp prouerib-wise for an vnfortunate possession or an execrable and vnhappy spoile such as all rapines from Churches and hallowed vses are * For where they dare be so busie with God it is likely they will bee bold with mortall men and the dispising and despite of Religion which is the bâ—nd of peace and things pertayning to the same in very morall obseruation leauing the diuine Iustice decaying the ordinarie Fidelitie and Integritie of men subuerteth Kingdomes the only neglect thereof working confusion and disorder being the way leading to the assured ruine of Crownes and all setled estates * Vulgus bellua multorum capitum as the Prouerbe sayes and so called as also instabile vulgus of their folly and vnconstancy * The description of Ireland briefly and of her situation and people a Ireland is almost round the length that is so varying from a direct round is extending from North to South accounted 300. Miles b Whence they haue supposed it called anciently as Ogygia so Banno and holy Iland being no such venemous Creatures liue there and it is said the roofe of Westminster Hall framed of Irish Oake and â—imber brought from thence so breedeth neither Cobwebs nor Spiders c The commodities of Ireland * Samothea and since that time called Albion as some say of the Greeke word Olbion Happy others ab Albis Rupibus white Rocks appearing to to them that on the South coast saile by it others of Albion Neptunes sonne and lastly some but most fabulously of Albania Dioclesians supposed Daughter the name of Britaine some deriue from Britone a Nymph of Creete others of one Prytus some as Sir Thomas Eliot of the Greeke Prytaneia Master Lluid of Welsh Pryd-cain a faire forme Master Camden of Brith a painting that the old Britons vsed Goropius Becanus of Free-Dania or Bry-Dania as it were Free Denmarke but quite besides the marke as well as they that suppose the name to haue come from little Britaine for that it was ancienter of name then either of them and little Britaine receiued name from hence the common receiued opinion is that it is so named of King Brute as England of the English a The end of the Samotheans raigne and the comming in of Albion Bergion who henceforth ruled this Iland and Ireland b The Emperour Seuerus did so describe this Iland of Albion in his Coyâ—â— * The Transition to the Story in the second Ode of Albion and his trayne next inhabitants of this I le who came from Greece and Egypt where Osyris raigned whose Cousin or Grand-child Albion was * With holy Vowes were sacrificed and prayed vnto for their propitious ayde by their deuout Clyents thereby to obtayne their Petitions and iust desires A reuerent salutation and hayling of the Deities being then accustomably vsed Series Poematis Artificium siue 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Antiquitatum Contra suos exagitatores eorum molestias Defensio Vnâ— cum Poeseos verae ac genuinae vt vetustissimae vindicatione à calumnijis cuius laudes approbatio vel ideò elucescant clariores fiant Argumentis inde sumptis Laudabilibus miris suis effectibus in Viuentibus Mortuis satis ex voto conspicuis Cuius etiam vt monumentorum antiquitatis aliorum consimilium vis tanta Energeia Omnes praesertim ingenuos sui dulcedine amore captos Rapiant Alliciant Ipsissimae Apologiae Item Apologetici sicut Apologizatorum quorundam aliorum Apologia 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Instituti primi resumptio Nohae sub Saturni persona Historiae hypoâ—ypose 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Aâ—plior Eiusdem rei illustratio confirmatio ab Anxia dubâ—tatione confusione incertitudine omnium aliarum antiquitatum nisi istuc reducantur vnde nostrarum velâ—â— principaliorum Gentium Orientalium aliarum primordia huc referuntur hinc deducuntur explicantur 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Deductio historiae ad Nohae posteros in persona Chami Osyridis Aegyptij Cuius Regnum Ciuitas vita de eodem figmenta apud Graecos Aegyptios recitantur Accommodatio praemissorum ad praesentem locum materiam deâ—n Prosecutio historiae propositae de Osyride posteris 〈◊〉 Albion contra Samothidas molitur machinationes bellicas cum populorum subiugatione Tyrannide alia nefanda sceleta Tum ipse reliqui Gigantes contra Osyridem insidias struunt perimunt At verò Contra hos omneis Alcides Matre dea Iside instigatus Bellum mouens necem exâ—â—um parat Vnde eius ex Aegypto per Lybiam in Europam has mundi plagas proâ—ectio vbi inter alios incidit in Albionem vnum è Gigantibus Britanniae tunc Regem quem vita ac regno spoliat Interea Hospitium apud Lycum regem Galliae memoratur vtriusque apparatus belli tum foederis Sociorum ac Demum praelij commissi descriptio Eiusdem euentuâ— consequentia Herculis sc. triumphi Nuptiae cum Galathaeâ— vbi Dissentientes quorundam opiniones aliquatenùs reconciliantur In fine 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 ad sequentia obiter verò recensitis Herculeis posteris Francorum