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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A04786	A chronycle with a genealogie declaryng that the Brittons and Welshemen are linealiye dyscended from Brute. Newly and very wittely compyled in meter	Kelton, Arthur.	1578 (1578)	STC 14918; ESTC S120688	26,701	80

was the gouernaunce Let Boccas be iudge of al their mischaunce ¶ Who were the cruell persecutours Who subplanted Christes religion Who were the falce conspiratours Who were the traytours to euery region Who wrought fraud who wrought treasō Who slewe the Appostles Peter and Paul●… Who martered all most the sainctes all ¶ Who inuented falce conspiracie Who oppressed the pore Innocent Who slewe the worthy Scipions thre Oh cursed people without al reuerence Who conspired against the magnificence Of Ceasar most mightiest of estate By treason slaine among your Senate ¶ Oh cruell Rome confesse thy outrage Thy shameful murdre thy foule abusion Cry out and cōplaine with al thy surplusage Alacke alacke through falce contradiction In the was slayne by cruell treason The lantern the light the prince of eloquence Among you Romains most of excellence ¶ Of Rethorique the famous oratour In his daies called sage Tullye Chosen to be a gouernoure Your common weale onely to guyde By meane of knighthode also of Cleargy Defended you from proude Cataline Which wold haue brought your citie to ruine ¶ With all his falce conspiratours which to his treason were fully consented Punished those rebelles and traitours By prison strong their bodies turmented By force wherof the commons assented The prison to call after his owne name Tullian the more to encreace his fame ¶ What shuld I say of your treasons all To amplify them and set them at large In murdre and riote like fendes infernall So monsterous ye are of mind and corage Of customes olde as beastes full sauage Innocentes to kill vertue to confound Of all sorowes the rote and the ground ¶ Fourtene Emperours in stories I fynde One after other there did insewe To Christes faith cruell and vnkynde Innocent bloud causelesse to pursewe Onely twayne no mo was founde trewe All the rest as tirantes inflamed Woldin no wise Christ to be named ¶ Recorde I take of that cursed man To God alway founde contrarius Called in his day cruell Ualerian Uoide of all fauoure most impiteous Of Emperoures all none more vngracious Against Christes faithe of mind and will By persecucion his sainctes to kyll But god of his grace his power to withdrawe Caused Sapor that time kyng of Perce For all his froward and cursed lawe His imperiall powre sone to suscesse Toke him prisoner in middes of the Prece Made a fote stoole of his cursed Corse When euer he lyst to mount on his Horsse ¶ Likewise the tiraunt named Domician Proudest of all recken any one Persecuted many a Christian man Into Pathmos exiled Sainct Ihon Thought him selfe most worthiest alone In his estate proudly vp stalled A God abrode for to be called ¶ Made a decree of very presumpcion In paine of death no man to deny But God aboue knowyng his intencion To punishe his pride in his owne army Caused his knightes to wounde his body With vnware death the story to expresse Denied of buriall was his Carcasse ¶ Most cruell infamed Maxence Likewyse our Faith he did pursewe Causeles with most cruell violence Hauyng no respecte to Christ Iesu Slayne as a traytour to God vntrewe Of very disdayne his life once past His cursed troncke into Cybre was cast ¶ Galerius falseste of assent Against Christes Faith sought occasion Them to destroy by furious iudgement Whiche was at length to his confusion With sicknesse take thus in conclusion The Ayre corrupted gan to putrify Onely by stincke of his carren body ¶ Also valence the prowes Emperou●… Whiche in his rage was so mercylesse Against Hermites them to deuoure Liuyng in desert and wildernesse Slewe them all of very wilfulnesse Consumed he was by brennyng of Fyre By the Gootes which his death dyd conspire ¶ Most cursed of all that I rehearse can Among all your falce conspiratours Was your Emperour named Iulian Whiche wrought by crafty inuencions Called sprytes by his Coniuracions Did them worship by way of sacrifice Unto God most hatefull in such maner wise ¶ With them he had suche conuersacion That they to hym were fauourable For his Ceremonies and falce oblacion Promisyng him to be veritable That he shoulde passe in deedes honorable Great Alexander in triumphant victory As in excellyng his state and glory ¶ Thus fell he into fayned fantasy Trus●…yng to Pluto the God infernall But then the Lorde most mighty Disdayned his pryde Imperiall Send vnto him a knyght Immortall Most Angelicke in stele armed bryght Roue hym to the hearte in his most myght ¶ Among all other that I can rede Most vicious and odiu●… to heare Was cursed Nero without feare or drede Whose shamful story plainly doth appere Consydre it well ye Romains drawe nere Suche do ye foster nurrishe vp and bryng Hatefull to God most fro ward in liuyng ¶ Who was more vicious of nature By constraint of his disposicion Who was more vnsure grace to recouer Then was Nero by inclinacion More prouder of port with fraude treason His wife his brother causelesse he slewe No matter of right them to pursewe ¶ This story right sore doth him accuse With his mother called Agripine Like a ribauld her body shuld mysuse In carnal knowlage filthy as a swine And further playnely to defyne His mothers wombe he corue vpon a day To se the place nine monethes where he la●…e ¶ This proud tirant vnfortunate man Morall Sene●… causeles he slewe Which was his maister when he began Uirgins profest he dyd pursewe Beyng right chaste stedfast and true His Lecherus lust onely to fulfyll Rauished them of force against their wyll ¶ Yet moreouer this Fend infernall Against Christes faithe most dispiteous Slewe the Apostles Peter and Paule For which vengeance deedes most lecherus God gaue him ouer as man vngracious With a dagger roue him selfe vnto the hert Died for payne anguishe and deadly smarte Thus God of his righte tirātes can chastyce Which wil rebell against pore innocencie Them to murdre and will not aduertise In Christ to haue trewe confidence They must of force without assistence Remayne with Cerberus the Hell hound Linked with Tātalus in chaines fast bound ¶ Of our Emperours a ful great number I coulde resite froward of courage Christes faithe causeles to incumber I will let pas all the surplusage No more to speake of fraude and pyllage Neither murdre treason with their infame Set them together with rebuke and shame ¶ Can ye deny but this is trewe Why do ye then vs Brutes accuse We are right lothe our faultes to renue But sithe ye causeles do vs misuse As in report ye cannot refuse Grosse is his witte worthy of infa●…e That will not defend his countrey name ¶ If ye loke well and iudge a ryght Ye ought not vs Welshmen disdayne Sith we with all our force and might Your holy men did entertayne From your exile and cruell payne When that they durst no where abyde For their refuge we did prouide ¶ For

A Chronycle with a Genealogie declaryng that the Brittons and Welshemen are lineallye dyscended from Brute Newly and very wittely compyled in Meter The preface To the hyghe and moste excellente Prince Edwarde the six●… Kynge of Englande Fraunce and Irelande and in yearthe the supreme heade of the Churche of Englande and Irelande Arthur ●…elton wyssheth continuall peace helthe of bodye and prosperous successe AS the worthy prudent Secretary In those daies named Danucius Wrote volumes large of famous memory Onely to prefer and make glorious The name of his Lord called Aurelius Thinkyng it sinne rebuke and shame Out of his boke to seclude his name ¶ Eucolpius euen in like case Preferred Alexander Seuerus Whiche in his tyme so worthy was The Romain Tato with Citus Liuius Aduaunced the name of ●…easar Iulius Thus one after other their time Did apply To that entent good fame shuld not dy ¶ Euen so most mighty and gracius prince Under support of your benigne grace I mindyng sleuth vtterly to conuince As most vnworthy folowyng their trace Your redoubted father in euery lyke case For to aduaunce my wittes will frame With the most worthiest to set out his name ¶ After shall intreate of his magnificence His lawes statutes his Ciuil ordinaunce His mighty powre his wonderfull prudence His iust iudgemētes his rightfull gouernāce Namely to speake of very true substance His graces lawes most godly deuised Lately into Wales to vs there commised ¶ With a certayne true comparison Whiche was most worthiest of Antiquitie The Romains with their foundacion Ether the Brutes with their posteritie And of their Cities the soueraigntie Which of them twayne shuld other surmoūt London or Rome as after shall recount ¶ With an extract or a Genealogy Conueiyng his and your most noble discent As auncient Aucthors putteth in memory From the fyrst age to this time present Accordyng to their myndes true iudgement Who wrote the same in time long paste To that intent it shuld indure and last ¶ Consideryng the high magnificence Of your father most clerely did shyne Passing al other in princely excellence None to be compared before his tyme Al men perceiue your nature doth inclyne To amplify the same more out at large Surmoūting the steps of your fathers stage ¶ In whom consisteth our confidence Our hope our trust our consolacion Wherin nature sheweth an euidence Accordyng to our expectacion To folowe the same by inclinacion With your mother most gracious Quene Whose vertue plaine in your face is sene ¶ Thus God of his deuine myght Hath indued your most noble maiestie As appeareth to euery mannes syght Whose incomperable dexterstie In learnyng hauyng a soueraigntie Passyng all other by reporte of name Consideryng your age this is the fame ¶ The procedynges of yournoble age Doth vs encourage your subiectes trewe Well perceauyng your verteous courage Most godly stories for to insewe Which doth insence my hert doth renewe To dedicate this vnworthy litell boke Unto your highnes therevpon to lake ¶ Whiche was begon in your fathers time Unto whose highnes I minded the same But death alas his life did vptwyne Before I coulde my purpose well frame Preuenting al thinges but his worldly fame Whiche may not passe wither nor yet decaie His famous report indure shal alway ¶ O ye infernal systers of the darcke nighte With Cerberus in Hel as Poetes doth fain Of all nobilitie the quenchers of lighte Whose crueltie no wight can restrayne Ye cut the thred ye parte in twayne The life of man without respecte The poore ye spare the noble reiecte ¶ Cursed be ye ye doughters of Hell Whiche are in number counted but three Cloto Lachesis and Atropos the fell Ye might haue spared your crueltie A littel tyme of our felicite Untill our king most noble of corage Had proceded into moo yeares of age ¶ What I haue written in sentence playne In laude or prayse of your father dere Unto your highnes let it remayne As though it did to your grace appere Written of your selfe as matter clere With no lesse zeale obedience and loue Then duetie may obserue increase and moue ¶ I do confesse and this is trewe If Cato the sage or prudent Tully With their fyled tonges and sentence new●… Were here again his grace to magnify As they dyd the Romains glorify Yet shulde they not as in this case Worthely geue prayse vnto his grace ¶ All thynges remembred as of my parte Most humbly desireth your noble grace With constant wyll and faithfull heart To pardon my boldenes foly and trespace Consideryng alway as in this case That euery trewe heart inforced is To rendre his loue duetie and seruice The ende of the preface The Chronicle of the Brutes IN the Golden tyme when al thynges florished As it were by deuyne prouidence And that nature in manne was stablished Hauyng reason wisdome and science By gifte of the high magnifycence To vnderstand determine and knowe The Heauens aboue and the earth alowe ¶ Then the wyse sage and auncient By great industry and diligent laboure By sobre respecte and great aduisement Made lawes statutes with other good order Man to stablyshe onely by fauoure Them to conducte sauely to bryng Unto knowledge wisdome and learnyng ¶ Thus by politike moderacion Without rigoure or cruel ordinaunce Prynces notable of intencion Hauyng poure and mightye gouernaunce Established lawes by discrete purueyaunce Onely theyr subiectes to keepe in awe Dreadyng God and fearyng his lawe Such Princes kinges famous Emperors Of duetie ought to be magnified Not onely as worthy Lonqueroures But as men with grace nutrified Whose actes are worthy to be specified Enrolled vp with golde pearle and stone Registred in a boke them selfes alone ¶ Like as the Romains wyse circumspect In tyme long past their fame to aduaunce All notable thynges as in effecte Made by statutes or Liuill ordynance Registered was for a remembraunce Their Senate onely to magnify By fam ' report as thei thought thē worthy ¶ The Romaines most commended Leasar The Troians Hector the famous knyghte The Percians great Alexander The Grekes Achilles for manhode myght●… The Larthagiens to maintain their righte Affirmyng Hanniball their lodesterre Thus euery one his tyme dyd preferre ¶ And we Arthur most worthyest of all Ought to remember in our fantasy Passyng all other in deedes marciall Like Mars him selfe shinyng in glory In his triumphes conquest and victory As the story of him do the recounte All other kinges in his time dyd surmount AS that tyme is past and worne out This tyme present we must put in vre That in time to come there be no doute But that this tyme that time may assure For time once past is without recure Wherfore this tyme let vs intende The time to come may this time cōmende ¶ Let the Romains aduannce their Leasar The Troian Hector their famous knyght The Percian their great Alexander The Greke Achilles for strength myght The Larthagiens to maintain their