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A64190	The number and names of all the kings of England and Scotland, from the beginning of their governments to this present as also how long each of them reigned, how many of them came to untimely ends, either by imprisonments, banishments, famine, killing of themselves, poyson, drowning, beheading, falling from horses, slaine in battells, murthered, or otherwise / written by John Taylor ...	Taylor, John, 1580-1653.	1649 (1649)	Wing T492; ESTC R10068	10,674	34

mention their deaths it seemes they died naturally because so few Kings raigned so long in such cut-throat times as those were 3. The third Kingdome was the tumultuous it endured 561. yeers it had 17. Kings and contained the Counties of Cornewall Devonshire Somersetshire Wiltshire Hampshire and Berkshire 4. The East-Saxons they raigned only over Essex and Middlesex they continued under 14. Kings 281. yeeres 5. Northumberland had 23. Kings it consisted of 6. Shires and Counties namely Yorkeshire Durham Lancashire Westmerland Cumberland and Northumberland It was divided into 2. Kingdomes it lasted 379. yeers 6. The East Angles bounds were Suffolke Northfolke Cambridgeshire and the Isle of Ely under 15. Kings it continued 353. yeers 7. The seventh last and greatest was the Kingdome of the Mercians it had 20. Kings it continued 497. yeeres it contayned 17. Counties Northampton Leicester Darby Lincoln Huntingdon Nottingham Rutland Cheshire Staffordshire Oxfordshire Worcestershire Glocestershire Shropshire Bedfordshire Warwickshire Hartfordshire Buckinghamshire All this while I finde that the Welchmen held their owne for there is no mention that any of those wrangling petty Kings had possession of so much as one Village in Wales 95 Vortiporus raigned 4. yeeres an incestuous Prince with his Wives Daughter 96 Malgo raigned 5. yeers hee murthered his Wife and lived incestuously with his brothers Daughter 4. Learned men were sent from Rome hither to convert the Idolatrous Heathen Saxons from Paganisme to Christianity their names were Augustine Melltius John and Justus 97 Careticus raigned 3. yeers and being oppressed with the Saxons he fled for saie●y into Wales where he died 98 Cadwane raigned 22. yeers he tamed the Saxons of Northumberland 99 Cadwallin raigned 48. yeers a brave victorious Prince hee was buried in London at St. Martins Ludgate 100 Cadwallader raigned 3. yeers a valiant and vertuous King he was the last King of this Land called Britaine till his time for then it was and not till then named Anglia and the men English men Cadwallader went to Rome and died there 101 Athelstane was a valiant noble Prince hee raigned 15. yeers he brought this Land to be but one Kingdome againe after it had beene divided into 7. neere 600. yeeres he was Crowned at Kingstone and buried at Malmsbury Anno Dom. 940. 102 Edmund raigned 5. yeers he was son to Athelslane slaine and buried at Glastenbury 103 Eldred raigned 9. yeers the Da●es were entred heer and opprest the people and banished him he was buried at Winchester 104 Edwin raigned 5. yeeres was crowned at Kingstone he was deposed for being an incestuous ravisher of his own kinswoman murdring hir husband 105 Edgar raigned 16. yeers he was brother to Edwin by birth but not by nature Edgar was crowned at Bathe he was a vigilant a valiant and a pious Prince he had a navie of 3000. ships as some have written to scowre the Seas from Enemies and Pirats hee built and repayred of Churches and Religious Houses the number of 47. He took 8. petty Kings of Wales prisoners and they Rowed him in his Barge on the River Dee to his Parliament at Chester buried at Glastenbury 106 Edward raigned 3. yeeres crownd at Kingstone murdered by his mother in law and his unnaturall brother Etheldred buried at Shaftsbury 107 Etheldred raigned 38. yeers he caused all the Danes to be slaine or expeld out of England he was buried in St. Pauls London 108 Edmond sirnamed Ironside raigned 2. yeers Canutus King of Denmarke came with a mighty power of Danes to revenge their Nations being banished kild in the time of K. Etheldred but Edmond and Canutus cōbated singly with condition that the Surving Victor should have all the Kingdom The Royall Combatants fought gallantly till through many wounds much blou● lost they fell both downe in each others armes and embraced Then they agreed that the Kingdome should be divided into halfes between them and the longest liver take all which agreement they lovingly kept till a Traytor named Edricus murdered K. Edmond for the which the Danish K. Canutus put Edricus to death with most grievous exquisite torments 109 Canutus raigned 20. yeers buried at Winchester An. Dom. 1038. 110 Harold the first raigned 3. yeers 111 Hardicanutus raigned 3. yeers This King was given so much to excessive drinking that hee dranke himselfe to death at Lambeth in joyfull memory wherof the merry Hock Mondaies were kept ye●rly with dancing and friendly meeting of neighbours which some that have beene mistakingly thought wise have judged to be Popery 112 Edward called the Confessor raigned 23. yeers he freed this Land from Danish slavery having no heire gave his Kingdome by Will to his Kinsman William Duke of 113 Normandy but Harold● crownd himselfe King and in the ninth month of his raign Duke William came kild and unkingd King Harold Thus ended the Raignes of the Britaines Romanes Saxons and Da●s in this Land from the yeer of the Wo●lds Cre●●ion 2858. before the birth of Christ 1108. yeers which was 1150. yeeres then by Deed of Gift some write by Conquest William the first came hither after a bloudy battell neere Hastings in Sussex with the slaughter of 70000. men on both sides the Norman Duke was crowned an English King on Christmasse day following he had a troublous raigne 21. yeers 115 William 2 sirnamed R●fus raigned 13. yeers hee was slaine in Newforrest in stead of a Deere as he was hunting buried at Winchester 116 Henry the first raigned 35. yeeres in much vexation he was buried at Redding 117 Stephen raigned 19. yeeres in continuall trouble buried at Feversham 118 Henry 2. raigned 34. yeers in much unquietnesse One of his sonnes named Jeffrey was troden to death in a throng at Paris also his son Henry he caused to be crownd King in his own life time which afterward vext him much and to loade him with more afflictions his wife with his sonnes Richard and John raysed Armes against him he died in France buried at Fonteverard 1189. 119 Richard the first called Cor de Lion raigned 9. yeers slaine 120 John raigned 17. yeers some have written that he was poysoned by a Monke others write he surfeited with eating Peaches 121 Henry 3. raigned 56. yeers and after a long tedious and troublesome life had the miraculous fortune to die in his bed 122 Edward the first raigned 35. yeeres 123 Edward 2. raigned 19. yeers murdered at Barklay Castle 124 Edward 3. raigned 50. yeers was buried at Sheen● 1378. 125 Richard 2. raigned 22. yeers murdered at Pomfret Castle 126 Henry 4. raigned 14. yeers buried at Canterbury 127 Henry 5. raigned 9. yeers buried at Westminster 1422. 128 Henry 6. raigned 37. yeeres murthered in the Tower 129 Edward 4. raignd 22. yeers buried at Winsor 130 Edward 5. was never Crowned raigned o● murdered 131 Richard 3. raigned not 3. yeers slaine 132 Henry 7. raigned 23. yeers buried at Westminster 1509. 133 Henry 8. raignd 37. yeers buried at Winsor 134 Edward 6. raigned 7.

yeers buried at Westminster 135 Mary raigned 5. yeers buried at Westminst. 136 Elizabeth raigned gloriously 44. yeeres 137 James raigned 22. yeers a learned man a Poet a Poets friend and a peaceable King buried at Westminster 138 Charles raigned 24. yeers Beheaded Scotland began to bee a Kingdome 339. yeeres before the comming of our Savior it hath been neere 2000. yeers under 108. Kings Anno Mundi 1641. Years before Christ 330. 1 FErgus raigned 25. yeeres he was a gallant spirited man and was drowned by storm shipwrack neer Carigfergus in Ireland 2 Fe●harius raigned 15. yeers murthered 3 Mainus raigned 29. yeers he died in peace 4 Do●nadilla raigned 28. yeeres lived and died peaceably 5 N●●hatus raigned 20. yeeres a wicked man he was killed 6 Reutherus raigned 26. yeeres a good King 7 Reutha raigned 14. yeers hee voluntarily left the Crowne and lived private 8 Thereu● raigned 12. yeeres was banished by his subjects died at Yorke 9 J●●●●a raigned 24. yeers in peace 10 ●●●●●●anus raigned 3● yeers 11 Du●●u● raigned 9. yeers a cruell tyrant he was slaine 12 Evenus raigned 19. yeers a just King 13 Gillus raigned 2. yeers he was bastard to Evenus was cruell was slaine 14 Evenus 2. raigned peaceably 17. yeers 15 Ederus raigned 48. yeers a good King 16 Evenus 3. raigned 7. yeeres a wicked man he died in prison 17 Metellanus raigned 39. yeers a good King 18 Caractacus raigned 20. yeers about this time our Saviour was borne 19 Corbredus raigned 18. yeers a good King 20 Dardanus raigned 4. yeers he was by his own subjects beheaded 21 Corbredus 2. raigned 35. yeers a good King 22 Lugtharus raigned 3. yeers he loved bloudshed and lechery and was murdred 23 Mogallas raigned 36. yeers a good man at first but turnd bad and was murdred 24 Conarus raigned 14. yeers a tyrant was deposed died in prison 25 Ethodius the first raigned 33. yeers murdered by an Irish Harper 26 Satraell raigned 4. yeeres by his owne servants hee was murdred 27 Donald the first and first Christian King of Scotland in Anno 199. he raigned 18. yeers 28 Ethodius the second raigned 16. yeers by his owne Guard he was murdred 29 A●hrico raigned 12. yeeres a wicked King for his bad life his Noble men did rise against him so furiously that to escape them he kild himselfe 30 N●●●alocus raigned 11. yeeres a tyrant and was murdred and cast into a Privy 31 Findocus raigned 11. yeeres was murdered by counterfet Huntsmen 32 Donald 2. raignd one yeer he was slaine 33 Donald 3. raigned 12. yeers he was a tyrant and slame 34 Crathil●●hus raigned 24. yeeres he delighted in goodnes he advanced Christian Religion he lived peaceably and died in peace Anno 277. 35 Fincormachus raigned 47. yeeres hee was pious and couragious died in peace 36 R●machus raigned 3. yeeres hee was a cruell tyrant beheaded 37 A●gusianus raigned 3. yeeres a good King and slaine in ●ighting with the Picts 38 E●●h●macus raigned 3. yeeres murdered by treason of an Harp●r 39 Eugenius the first raigned 3. yeers slaine by the Picts and Roman● in battell and all the Scotch people were forced to forsake their Country 44. yeeres 40 Vergus 2. raigned 16. yeers he recovered his Country valiantly fighting with Romanes and Picts yet at last was slaine 41 Eugenius 2. raigned 32. yeers he was a good King and died peaceably 42 Dongardus raigned 5. yeers a just couragious Prince 43 Constantine the first raigned 22. yeeres murthered by one of his Lords whose daughter he had ravished 44 Congalus the first raigned 22 yeers 45 Goranus raigned 34. yeeres a well governing Prince 46 Eugenius 3. raignd 23. yeeres a good King 47 Congallus 2. raigned 11. yeeres 48 Kinnatillus raigned one yeer almost 49 Aidanus raigned 35. yeeres 50 Kenelihus the first raigned one yeer 51 Eugenius 4. raigned 16. yeeres These 8. wèere good and just Kings and died naturall deaths and among all the Chronicles of Scotland so many Kings successively had not the like fortune 52 Ferquard the first raignd 12. yeer a wicked man he was cast in prison by his Nobles where he kild himselfe 53 Donald 4 raigned 14 yeers a good King yet by misfortune drownd in the River Tay as he was fishing for his Recreation 54 Ferquard 2 raigned 18 yeers a bad man an● a worse king he was killed by the biti● of a Wolfe as he hunted 55 Malduin raigned 20 yeers his wife was je●lous and strangled him for which sh●e w● burnt 56 Eugenius 5 raigned 4 yeeres slaine 57 Eugenius 6 raignd 10 yeeres a good King● 58 Ambirkelethus raigned little more then ● yeere he was a vicious Prince and be● bad was badly used murdred Anno 6●● 59 Eugenius 7 raignd 17 yeers a good King ●● died in peace 60 Mordacus raigned 16 yeeres 61 Etsinus raigned 31 yeers both good Prince and died peaceably 62 Eugenius 8 raigned 3 yeers he was good● first but hee changing his maners his Nobles chāged their loyalties murdred hi● 63 Fergus 3 raigned 3 yeers as chast as a Go● was poysoned by his wife 64 Salvathius raigned 20 yeers a discreet Kin● 65 Achaius raigned 32 yeers hee was a goo● King Charles the Great being then Emperour and King of France this Scottish King made a League with France which League was never broken or crackt although it be almost 900 yeeres old 66 Congallus raigned 5 yeers 67 Dongallus raigned 7 yeares was drowned in the River of Spey 68 Alpinus raigned 3 yeeres beheaded by the Scots 69 Kenneth 2 raigned 20 yeers for his valour and other Princely vertues he attained the sirname of Great hee quite overcame and slew all the Nation of the Picts and left his Kingdome as he died in peace 70 Donald 5 raigned 5 yeers a bad life founda bad death for he kild himselfe 71 Constantine 2 raigned 16 yeers slaine as he fought valiantly with the Danes 72 Ethus raigned 2 yeers a wicked Prince hee died in prison 73 Gregorius who by his prowesse wan the name of Magnus raigned 18 yeers 74 Donald 6 raigned 11 yeers a good King 75 Constantine 3. raigned 40 yeers he was a valiant man but hee left his Crowne for a Cowle and died a Religious Monke 76 Malc●lme the first raigned 9 yeers a good King yet murthered 77 Indulfus raignd 9 yeers a couragious Prince slaine by Danes 78 Dussus raigned 5 yeeres was murthered although a good King 79 Cudenus raigned 4 yeeres a vicious Princ● murthered 80 Kenneth 3. raigned 24 yeeres a tyrant h● was murdred 81 Constantine 4 raigned 2 yeers an usurper ●● was slaine 82 Grimus raigned 8. yeers a lewd Prince ● was slaine 83 Macolme 2. raigned 30. yeers he was a v●tuous Prince yet was murthered by ● chiefest Courtiers who flying away to g● over a frozen River called Farfar the l●● brake and the murtherers were drown●● 84 Duncan the first raigned 6. yeeres a goo● King murthered 85 Mackbeth raigned 17. yeers a cruell tyrant killd 86 Macolme 3.

raignd 36. yeers a good King slain● 87 Donald 7. raigned not a yeere expulst as a● Usurper 88 Duncan 2. raignd one yeer an usurper slaine 89 Donald 8. raigned 3. yeeres he was taken by Egar had his eyes put out and died in prison lamentably 90 Edgar raigned 9. yeeres a good King 91 Alexander the first raigned 17 yeers he was a valiant good Prince hee was called Alexander the fierce 92 David the first raigned 29. yeeres a worthy King hee built 11. stately Religious Houses died in peace at Carlisle buried at Dumfermling 93 Macolme 4. raigned 12. yeeres a maiden unmarried King 94 William raigned 49. yeers for his courage sirnamed the Lion 95 Alexander 2. raigned 35. yeers a good King 96 Alexander 3. raigned 17. yeers died of a fall from a Horse 97 John Baliol raigned 4. yeeres Edw. 1. King of England deposed him 98 Robert Bruce raigned 24. yeeres a wise valiant Prince 99 David 2. raigned 40. yeeres a good King was a prisoner 12. yeers in England 1310. At this time there was scuffling for the Crown Robert Baliol had the possession and David the second expeld him their Raignes are uncertainely written 100 Robert 2. was the first King of the name of Stuarts 1371. hee was a good King raigned 19. yeeres 101 Robert 3. raigned 16. yeeres a good King whose life was full of affliction hiSonne Prince David was famished to death by rebells in Scotland and his son James was 1● yeeres prisoner in England 102 James the first raigned 13. yeers after hi● 18. yeers imprisoned in England hee w● slaine by traytors 103 James 2. raigned 24. yeeres slaine 104 James 3. raigned 29. yeeres slaine at Ban● nockburne field 105 James 4. raigned 25. yeeres slaine at ●lod●don field 106 James 5. raigned 29. yeeres a good King 107 Mary daughter to James 5. her raigne wa● sull of trouble shee was beheaded at Fo●●ringham Castle after 18. yeeres thra● dome 108 James 6. raigned 36. yeeres in Scotland ● most Learned peaceable King England had 33 Kings before Scotland had any● the number of our Kings were 138 whereof 2 did not die naturall deaths for 7 were slain 6 were murdered 4 were poysoned one was burnt 2 fled the Land one was beheaded one dyed with drinking one was banished and one● deposed The Kings of Scotland were in number 108. whereof 21 were slaine 19 murdred 3 killed themselves 4 died in prison 4 beheaded 3 drowned 1 banish'd and 3 deposed Thus of all the Scottish Kings onely 50 dyed naturally and 58 by casualties By this short relation may bee perceived that the top of Honour is slippery and most unsure where is not to be expected any sure footing or endurance of standing For the King of Kings being the Great and only Disposer of Kings and Kingdomes hath in his just indignation for the peoples transgressions turnd and overturnd Monarchies Principalities States and Common-wealths The Assyrian Monarchy began with confusion and mouldred away to the Persian The Persian glory was swallowed in the ravenous Gulph of a Grecian Conquest The Grecian like a violent Blaze was no sooner in but out was graspt into the hands of the triumphant Caesars The Roman Greatnesse overthrew it selfe with its owne weight insomuch that whereas it formerly had all it hath almost lost all Our England hath had his share in changings and alterations first by the Britaines secondly by the Romans thirdly by the Saxons fourthly by the Danes fifthly by the Normans and now lastly by the permission of God by our selves There have beene Commonwealths translated into Kingdomes as Israel and Judah and Kingdomes turnd into Commonwealths Italy is now divided into more then one nam●ly Venice Genoa Luca Pisa Also the Sw●zers or Helvetians are a free State So are● greatest part of the Netherlands And since it● the Almighties unresistable will to change the Nations Rule and Government from a 5. or●● times changed Monarchy into a Republiqu● I will not repine against divine providence b● as I was a faithfull servant and subject 45. y● to two Kings who were good Masters to m● so now I must obey the present Government ●● else I must not expect that I should live und● it or be protected by it FINIS