from the Bees Th' Athenian King did the young Neptune saue In Athens where great Clearks haue tane degrees Athens the well of knowledge and the Graue Of Ignorance where Neptune safety sees Pluto the youngest of the three doth dwell In lower The ssaly since tearmed Hell 83 The time these liued was Patriarch Isaac borne In Lybia Affer raignde Brigus in Spaine By Inachus the Argiue Crowne is worne Aratus doth the Assyrian state maintaine Now Sodom and Gomorrha to ashes turne Pelloponesus doth Aegidius gaine Germania is vpheld by Herminon And Aethyopia sway'd by Phaeton 84 Saturne that of his three sonnes nothing knew Doted on louely Iuno and oft sent Vnto her place of Nurture where she grew Faire and well featur'd there her youth she spent Whose soiorne in Parthemia Saturne drew To visite her on earth his sole content Many rare presents and rich guists he brought her Where leaue him in Parthemia with his daughter Ovr Poem though familiarly knowne to them of iudgment and reading yet because it may not seeme intricate to the lesse capeable I thought it not altogither impertinent to insert some few obseruations to the ende of euery Caate Touching this Vranus from whom our History takes life some Writers and those not of the least authority thinke in him to be figured Chanaan sonne of Cham sonne of Noah whom Noah cursed but spared his sonne Cham because God had once blessed him This Canaan for sundry benefits by him bestowed uppon many Nations was called by some Ogyges by others Fenix as also Coelum Sol Proteus Ianus Geminus Iunonius Quirinus Patulcius Bacchus Vortumnus Chaos Ileton or the seed of the Goddes Also his wife Vesta for her bounty they cald Tellus Opis Aretia and Cibilla the mother of the Gods And these liued in the third generation after the Floud From this Vesta came the virgin Vestals in Rome This Cham father to Canaan was cald Aegiptian Saturne and Nemroth Babilonian Saturne C ham was also called Saturne in Italy who came thither to dwell in the time that Comerus the Scythian vsurped there a neighbour to olde Ianus that dwelt in Laurentum And this was in the yeare of the world 1898. the yeare before Christ 2065. but rather then enter too deepe into antiquity the sequele of our historie we deriue from Saturne of Creet There were two Iupiters the first Iupiter Belus from whom Nilus descended and first Idolatrised to him the second Iupiter of Creet who was after instiled Olimpian Iupiter and supreame king of the Gods Tytan Saturnes brother is often by the Poets taken for the Sunne he is likewise cald Hiperion and ruler of the Planets but Bochas writes Hiperion to be Tytans sonne and not a name soly attributed to the Sunne Where Saturne makes his expedition to the Oracle I read of two Oracles one spake in Delphos from the mouth of Apollo the other in Aegypt from Iupiter Belus who is likewise cald the Sonne of Saturne and the second Emperour of Babylon after Nemroth Oson a Citty and mountaine in Epyre where Iupiter was nurst This Epyre is a Countrey in Greece hauing on the North Macedonia the East Achaya the West the sea Ionium It cannot be the mountaine Ossa because Ossa is in Thessaly Saturnus was the first father of the Goddes who begatte Iupiter Iuno Neptune Pluto and Glauca by his wife Ops otherwise cald Sybilla Demogorgon signifieth Earth and Aethra Ayre supposed Vranus father and mother Cadmus sonne to Agenor king of Phenicia who beeing sent by his father to seeke his sister Europa whom Iupiter in the shape of a Bull had rauished and not finding her durst not returne to his Countrey but staied in Boetia where bee built the famous Citty Thebes brought letters first into Greece and found the casting of mettals in Pangeus a promontory in Thrace Panchaia a sandy countrey of Arabia where is plenty of Frankincence In a high hill of this Countrey Thoas and Aeaclis first found out gold Ore Erichthon other wise Erichtheus he was nurst by Minerua after instated king of Athens he first inuented the Chariot and is supposed to be the first that tryed mettalles part of which skill some take from him and attribute vnto Ceachus Idaei Dactili otherwise called Corybanthus were certain priests of Cibell these are sayae to find out the vse of Iron Salmentes and Damnamenecus two Iewes S. Clement speakes of who first found out the vse of Iron in Cipres Lydus the sonne of Atis and brother to Tyrrhenus of him Lidia tooke the name he first melted brasse and made it pliable to the hammer a cunning which Theophrastus would bestow vpon one Delos the Phrigian but Aristotle yeildes it to Lydus Cassiterides are ten Istandes in the Spanish sea in these Midacritus by the opinion of Strabo first found out the vse of Lead Cynaras aritch King of Cypres who vnawares laye with his daughter Myrrha and on hir begat Adonis Hee first deuised the Stithce Tongs File and Leauer Pyrodes was sonne to Cilix of whom Cicilia took name and Cilix was sonne to Phenicia he was the first strooke fire from the flint Prometheus sonne to Iapetus who for stealing Fyre from heauen to inspire life in his Images was by Iupiter tyde vnto the mount Cancasus where an Eagle still gnaweth his entrailes Anacharsis a great Phylosopher borne in Scythia he first deuised the Bellowes and as some suppose the Potters wheele Apis King of the Argioes he taught first the plantinge of vines and after his death was worshipt in the shape of an Oxe Iubalda gouerned Spaine Craunuis Italy Satron the Gaules Semiramis Assyria At the same time Saturne married his Sister Sybill This was in the yeare of the World 2000. and the yeare before Christ 1963. Seauen yeares after this which was 250. yeares after the Deluge Noah paid his due to Nature Almache and Mellisee are supposed to be Adrastea and Isde. THus it is our purpose to be are along with vs the best knowen Kingdomes of the Worlde that the truth of an Hystory being countenanced with their credit may purchase the better beliefe The end of the first CANTO Argumentum Young Dardanus his brother Iasius slew And leaues the Countrey where he sought to rayne Warre twixt th' Epirians and Pelagrans grew Lycaon is by Ioue exilde not slaine Iupiter of Calisto taking v◅ew A votresse and one of Dians traine Loues and is loath'd the Virgin is beguild Clad like a mayd he gets the Mayd with child ARG. 6. TH'Epirian slaine Troys first foundatiō layd Chast Dians vowes in Dcta are conveyd CANTO 2. OH blind Ambition and desire of Raigne How camst thou by this rule in mortall breasts Who gaue thee this dominion ore the braine Thou murdrest more then plagues or fatall pests Thy drinke Mans bloud thy food dead bodies slaine Treason and Murder are thy nightly guests Ambition knowes no lawe he that aspires Climbes by the liues of brothers sonnes and Syres 2 Corinthus
remaine Venson her food and Honey from the Bee The flesh of Elkes of Beares and Bores new slaine Her drinke the pearled brooke her followers maides Her vow chast life her Cloister the Coole shades 60 Her weapons are the Iauelin and the Bow Her garments Angell like of Virgin-white And tuckt aloft her falling skirt below Her Buskin meetes buckled with siluer bright Her Haire behind her like a Cloake doth flow Some tuckt in roules some loose with Flowers bedight Her silken vailes play round about her slacke Her golden Quiuer fals athwart her backe 61 She was the daughter of an antient king Cald Iupiter that sway'd the Attick scepter To her as suters many princes bring Theyr Crownes which scorning she a virgin kept her Yet as her beauties fame abroad doth ring Her suters multiply therefore she stept her Into the forrest meaning to exempt her From such as to their amorous wils would tempt her 62 This new religion famous in a Queene Of such estate and beauty drew from farre Daughters of Princes they that late were seene In Courts of kings now Dians followers are Where they no sooner sworne and entred been But against men and loue they proclaime war Many frequent the groues by Dians motion For fashion some and some too for deuotion 63 The old Plateenses holding her deuine Gaue her the sacred name of Euclia Their maids ere married offered at her shrine And then they freely chus'd their marriage day Without her leaue they neuer tasted wine Or durst in publicke with their husbands play Whole Asia ioyn'd to make a Church of stone Built by the Architector Chersiphrone 64 To this th'Aegiptian hie Pyramides Nor the great Iouiall portract could compare Mausolus Tombe the Manes to appease Rear'd by the Carian Queene but trifles are The huge Colossus that bestrid the seas And made Rhoades famous for a worke so rare Great Babels Tower nor Pharos stately Ile Could ranke with this for cost or height of stile 65 Two hundred twenty years it was in framing In length foure hundred fiue and twenty feet In breadth two hundred twenty Thus proclaiming Their feare of her they chast Diana greet Of all faire Damsels her the Goddesse naming And to her seruice in her Temple meet A Fabricke famous both for height and length Proportion beauty wormanship and strength 66 A hundred seauen and twenty Collumbs great All of white Marble in faire order stand Sixe hundred feet in heigth both huge and neat The like were neuer wrought by mortall hand Princes of sundry Kingdomes that intreat Her Diuine grace and yeild to her command Each one a high and stately piller bringes Full thirty sixe rear'd by so many Kinges 67 All these contend which should the rest exceed In large expence to make it more admir'd Herostratus that neuer did glad deed Neither with wit nor gracious Thewes inspir'd Knowing no meanes his owne renowne to breed In deuilish spleene this royall wonder fier'd The purpose why he did this deed of shame Was that the world should Chronicle his name 68 This when dispoiled Ephesus once knew They made a law with fine to him that brake it To make him lose the fame he did pursue His very name was death to him that spake it For many yeares it dide but times renew And from obliuious dusky Caues awake it Elce had their scilence from these ages kept This strange report that long amongst them slept 69 The world the very day it lost the grace Of this rare worke another Wonder bred Greater than this from royall Philips race That then tooke life when this in fire lay dead In Macedon a much renowmed place Young Alexander in that Temples stead Entred the world whose glories did aspire Aboue this structure then consumd with fire 70 Now is Calisto one of Dians traine And to th' Arcadian Forrest newly flitted Her beauty can scarce equald be againe Mongst al the Huntresses wheres she 's admitted Meane time Ihoue cheeres his friends Inters the slaine And all his businesse is by order fitted The State establisht Time in triumph spent And newes of all by posts to Epire sent 71 His great affayres determin'd the Prince now Hath leysure to bethinke him of that face To which his future actions he doth vow Now he remembers each particular grace That Loue that makes the Idle spirits bow Still giues occasions way and businesse place Abandon sloth and Cupids bow vnbends His brands extinguist and his false fire spends 72 For idlenesse makes Loue and then maintaines What it hathmade when he that well employes His busie houres is free from Venus traines And the true freedome of his thoughts enioyes He had no time to sigh that now complaines The good his businesse did his sloath destroyes Loue from the painfull flyes but there most thriues And prospers best when men lead slothfull liues 73 Being alone Calistoes shape imprest So deepely in his heart liues in his eie Shee 's lodg'd both in the Forrest and his brest And though farre off she is imaginde nie Phabe abroad beholds her mongst the rest Young Ihoue at home in his blind phantasie And now too late he wishes but in vaine Her still at Court or him of Dians traine 74 He haunts the Forrests and those shadowy places Where fayre Dyana hunteth with her Mayds And like a Hunts-man the wilde Stag he chases Onely to spy his Mistresse mongst the shades And if he chance where bright Calisto traces He thankes his fate if not his Starres vpbraids And deemes a tedious Summers day well spent For one short sight of her his soules content 75 At length he thus concludes I am but young No downy heire vpon my face appeare I 'le counterfet a shtill effeminate tongue And d'on such habit as the Huntresse weares When my guilt Quiuer crosse my brest is hung And Bore-speare in my hand such as she beares My blood being fresh my face indifferent faire Modest my eie and neuer shorne my haire 76 Who can discouer me Why may not I Be entred as an Ancresse mongst the rest This is the way that I intend to try Of all my full conclusions held the best My habit I le bespeake so secretly That what I purpose neuer can be gest My Lords assemble and to them shew reason Why I of force must leaue them for a season 77 Th' excuse vnto the Nobles currant seemes He takes his leaue and trauels on his way Of his entended voyage no man deemes Now is he briskt vp in his braue aray So preciously his mistresse hee esteemes That he makes speed to where the Virgins stay And by the way his womanish steps he tride And practis'd how to speake to looke to stride 78 To blush and to make honors and if need To pule and weepe at euery idle toy As women vse next to prepare his weed And his soft hand to Chare-workes to imploy He profits in his practise heauen him speed And of his shape assumed
Meridian Iapheth the lesse Asia towards the West whence many Nations of Europe proceeded Sems sonnes were fiue Elam of whom came the Persians from him Xenophon deriueth Cyrus Assur of him came the Assyrians Ninus of him the Niniuttes and Badilonians Arphaxad of him the Caldeans and from his Nephewe Fber were dâ—…riued the Herbrues the word signifieth Trauellers or Strangers Of this line came Abraham Dauid and the Messias Aram of him the Syrians descended of which Damasco is the metropolis therefore it was thus written The head of Aram is Damascus The posterity of Cam was Chus of whom came the Aethiopians in the farthest Coasts of Aphrica and the Libians cald to this day Chirsita The sonnes of Chus were Saba of whome the Sabaans and Euila of wheme the Indians descended Nemrod first raignd in Babylon Misraim occupied Aegypt which the Arabians and Turks to this day call Mizri The sonnes of misraim were Lydas who pcopled Lydia a Nation that after seated themselucs in some parts of Itahe and Labain of whom the Sun-burnt Lybians are thought to descend Of Euaâ—…m came the Cyrenians who built the Citty Cerenaica of who came the Mauritanians and of him a famous Riuer that still beares his name Of Canaan came the Sydonians and Tyrians Heath built Hebron where Abraham dwelt and was buried Iebuseus possest Gaba and Ierusalem Iapheths sons were Gomor or Togerma of whom the Cinerians take their originall They are seated beyond Thrace neer the Meotiden Fenne where the Bosphort inhab te not farre from Cimbrica Chersonessus Of Magog came the Sâ—…thians and of them the Turks and to proue the Turke to be in God and Magor Ezechiell saith the Nations of Magog lie toward the south which in the latest dayes shall seeke the fall of Israell And the Apocalip Magog shall lastly Emperise the world Of Madai came the Medes Of Iauan or Iabu the Iouians or Graecians The sonnes of Iauan were Elisa of whome came the Aeolians in Asia minor Tharsis built Tharsis the chiefe Citty of the Cilicians Of Cethim came the Macedonians Of Adodanim the Dodoneans in Epire. Iauan was that Ianus that raignd in Italy Of Tubal came the Hispani and Iberi Of Mosoch came the Muscouites Of Tyrus the Thrasians The Sons of Gomer were Ascanes Riphat and Togorma Of Ascanes came the 〈◊〉 who after shifted theÌ„selues into other Prouinces and ofthem came the Cimbrians the Bythinians the Cancoues the 〈◊〉 and Heueti Of Riphat came the Riphei Gyants that inhabited the Riphean Hilles where the Sanromass then liued By the 〈◊〉 are meant all such as speake in the 〈◊〉 tongue From Riphat came also the Paphlagonians these 〈◊〉 themselues into Europe some inhabiting Russia Lytuania and Polonia from the Adriaticke shoare vnto Illusria Likewise Fistula Albis and Bohemia where before liued the Hermaduri and Boij Among the Sonnes of Sem Gether is numbred of whom came the Getes they were called Gotti or Gothes who inhabited Wallachia these speake the Almain toung and mixt themselues with the Germans whose name is deriued of Gerim and Ani which signifieth miserable Strangers The French are cald 〈◊〉 of Wallen which in the Almain toong signifies Wanderers From Brute cam the Britons since called Angli In Nemrod was the first Monarchy establisht he liued a hundred years after the Floud after 200. yeares Ninus built Niniuy in 〈◊〉 whose wife Semiramis after his death erected the walles of Babilon Ninius her sonne succeeded in whose time Abraham came into Palestine Him succeeded Amraphel king of Sennaar or Babylon Of these Assyrian Monarches Sardanapalus was the last whose proud name we thus deriue Sar a Captaine Dan a ludge 〈◊〉 a Destroyer He was ouerthrowne by phul-Belochus a Babilonian and Arbaces a Medean when Osia raignd in Iuda phul belochus raigned ouer the Babilonians and Niniuites forty yeares Arbaces ouer the Meades and Persians Belochus warred vpon Israel whom succeeded his Sonne Phal Assur called in the Scriptures Tiglat Peilassur He raigned 23. yeares him Salmanasser succeeded and raigned ten yeares he besiedged Samaria of him Hosea speakes Chapter 10. 〈◊〉 succeeded Salmanasser who besiedged Hierusalem and raigned ten yeares his Army was ouerthrowne by the Angels Assur haddon next ruld ten yeares In him declined the Monarchy of Assiria and Merodach became Monarch ouer the Chaldees Benmerodach raigned after his Father 21. after him Nabuchednezzar Primus 35. He warred against Aegipt Nabuchadnezzar Magnus raigned forty in Zedechias time he besiedged Hierusalem a 〈◊〉 and sixe monthes him succeeded euill Merodach who releast Ieconias he dead Balsaar succeeded foureteene 〈◊〉 he was a greet Blasphemer In his time Babylon was raced and the Monarchy transferred to the Persians he himselfe being slaine by Cyrus The kings of Aegypt in the times of this Monarchy were these Osyris with his Wife Isis who liued in the time of Abraham Orus Bochoris Busyris Miris 〈◊〉 who liued in the time of Samson pherones of whom all the Kinges of Egypt were called pharoes Proteus whom some call Cetes to him Paris and Hellen sayled in theyr returne from Greece Rampsinitus Cephus or Cheops Cephris Mycerinus Anycis Sabachus called in the Bible Sesach Sethen Psamneticus Nechos who ouercame Iosia by the Citty Megeddo and was after slaine Nabuchadnezzar 〈◊〉 Apries who sackt 〈◊〉 and slew the Prophet Ieremiah Amasis in whose time the Monarchy came to the Persians In Greece in the time of this Monarchy liued Iapethus the Sonne of Noah after whoÌ„ raigned Hellas now was the expedition of the Argonats Erictheus Perseus and his Acts. The warres of Troy 〈◊〉 with the Theban History notorious in Oedipus and Iocasta with the deathes of the two Brothers Eleocles and Polynices Now were the 〈◊〉 famous Rome in the time of this first Monarchy was bullt the tenth year of Achas King of Iuda It was 〈◊〉 by Kings 6244 yeares Rhomulis raigned 38. Numa 43. Tullius Hostilius 32. Aucus Martius 2 4. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 37. Seruius Tullius 44. In the last part of his raigne began the Persian Monarchy 〈◊〉 the proud 25. He was repulst his Kingdome by the Consull Brutus because his Sonne Sextus had 〈◊〉 rauished 〈◊〉 the wise of Collatyne The Persian Kings were first Cyrus who raigned 29. hee ouercame Cresus of Lydia besiedged Babylon and was after slaine by Tomyris Queene of Scithia In his time liued Thales Milesius Pithagoras borne in Samos Solon and Draco who first ordred the yeare 〈◊〉 the monthes added the Epact and collected first the Poems of Homor Cambises the second King who raigned 7. years added Egypt to his Empire and couered the Iudgement Seate with the skinne of his false Iudge Sisamnes The third Darius he by the neyhing of his 〈◊〉 was elected Emperor raigned 36. He by the craft of his Friend Zopyrus wan Babylon and added to his Dominions the Getes Cymerians and 〈◊〉 Now liued Hippias the Sonne of Pysistratus in 〈◊〉 and Miltiades This Darius was the Sonne
of Histaspes called in the Scripture Ashuerosh Husband to Hester called by 〈◊〉 Aristona as the Name of Vasts was Atossa Some refer the History of Iudith to these times Fourth Xerxes raigned 20. He 〈◊〉 Greece with an Armye of 10000000. Souldiers his cheese Captaine was Mardonius his chiefe Counseller Artabanus He was first repulsed by Pausanias of Sparta after expeld Greece by 〈◊〉 In these warres were famous Artstides and Cimon 4. Artaxerxus with the long hand ruld 40. He was thought to bee the Son to Darius and Hester In his time liued Esdras Haggeus Zachartus and Nehemiah About the time of the Pelloponesian Warre And now was Rome gouerned by the 〈◊〉 forme of gouernment infamous in the lust of 〈◊〉 to the chast Roman Lady Virginia Darius Nothus raigned 19 In his time hued famous Alcibiades and Sophocles Euripides two famous Tragedians Artaxerxes Memnon 40. he loued the famous Lady Aspatia the Noblest Greekes in his daies were Clearchus Anaxilaus Lisander who conquered Athens after gouerned by 30. Tyrants who were supprest by the 〈◊〉 of Thrasibulus Now happened the Wars betweene the Phocenses and the Locri with 〈◊〉 Leuctricum And now 〈◊〉 Conon and 〈◊〉 EpamaminoÌ„das in Greece about the 〈◊〉 that English Brennus sackt Rome Artaxerxes Ochus next Memnon raigned 26. In his time happened the Warre which was called Bellum sacrum 〈◊〉 raigned foure yeares he was slaine by Bagoas Him Darius succeeded in the sixt yeare of his raigne was slaine by Alexander the Great in whom began the third Monarchy translated to the Gracians Alexander by his Father Phillip deriueth his byrth from Hercules by his Mother Olimpius from Aeacus He conquered the World raigned as Emperor 12. years In the 32. of his age He dead the Monarchy was dâ—…ded into four parts Aegipt Syria Asia Mynor and Macedon The Kinges of Egypt after Alexander were these Ptolomeus the Sonne of Lagus Ptolomeus Philodelphus Alexander Philopater Epiphanes Philometer Euergetes Phiscon Alexander Lathurus Auletes Father to Câ—…patra Dionisius her Brother in whom ended the race of the Ptolomees and now Egypt came vnder the Iâ—…risdiction of the Romans The Kings of Macedon were Perdicas Craterus Antipater Cassander Antigonus 1. Antigonus 2. Demetrius Philippus and Perseus who was surprised by the Romans The Kings of Syria who after the death of Alexander possest Babylon Syria and Asia Minor were Antiochus Soter Antiochus Theos Antiochus Magnus who had these three Sons Seleucus Philopater Antiochus Epiphanes and Demetrius Demetrius after his Brothers decease had two Sonnes Demetrius Nicanor and Antiochus Sedetes The Son of Nicanor was Antiochus Griphus The Son of Sedetes was Antiochus Cyzenius These hauing slaine each other from theyr Issue Tygranes King of Armenia reâ—…t the Kingdome of Syria which first Lucullus and after Pompeius Magnus annext to the Roman Empyre These in the time of the third Monarchy were Captaines and Gouernors among the Iewes Nehemiah Ioconias Selathiel Zorobabel Resa Mesollam â—…ohanna Ben Resa Iudas Hircanus primus in his Dukedome Alexander flew Darius Iosephus primus Abner Semei Eli matathai Asa mahat Nagid Artaxad Haggai Eli Maslot Nahum Amos Sirach Matathia Siloah Iosephus Iunâ—…r Ianua secunâ—…s Hircanus And then began the race of the Machabees in Matathias whose Sons succeeded him Iudas Ionathas Simon Iohannes Hercanus The Kinges of that line were Aristobulus son to Hercanus Alexander Iâ—…neus Queen Alixandra his Wife otherwise cald Salome The Sonnes of Alexander were Hircanus and Aristobulus in theyr death ended the line of the Machabees Succeeding these in the 30. yeare of the raigne of Herod Tetrache was borne the Sauiour of the World vnto which we haue studyed to reduce the best knowne Nations of the Earth leauing the 4. Monarchy among the Romans who by this time awed the Earth whose warres and Fortunes being so commonly from many worthy Writers translated into our moderne tongue We here omâ—… letting this short Epitome onley serue in the Front of our Booke to instruct your memories and guide your thoughts through those vnknown Deserts in which without this direction many Readers may loose themselues bee this therefore their Pylot to direct them to the harbour of these latter Ages more familiarly knowne Argumentum TYTAN and Saturne differ their great strife Is by their carefull mother VESTA ended Saturane his Sister Sybill takes to wife And the heyre-males that are from theÌ„ descended He doomes to death faire Sybil saues the life Of Iupiter grim Saturne is offended And to the Oracle at Delphos hyes Whiles Titan thrugh the earth his fortune tries ARG. 2. The Worlds Creation gold from the earths veines Neptune and Plutoes birth ALPHA conteines CANTO 1. THis VNIVERSH with all therein conteined Was not at first of Water fashioned Nor of the Fire as others oft haue fcyned Nor of the Ayre as some haue vainly spred Nor the foure Elements in order trained Nor of Vacuitie and Atom's bred Nor hath it beene Eternall as is thought By naturall men that haue no further sought 2 Neither hath man in perpetuity bin And shall on earth eternally perseuer By endlesse Generation running in One circuit In corruption lasting euer Nor did that Nation first on earth begin Vnder the mid Equator some indeuour So to perswade that man was first begunne In the place next to the life-giuing Sunne 3 Neither was he of Earth and water framed Tempered with liuely heat as others write Nor were we in a former world first named As in their curious Problems some recite Others more ripe in Iudgement haue proclaimed Man fram'd of clay in fashion exquisite In whom were breath'd sparkes of Celestiall fire Whence he still keepes his Nature to aspire 4 But this most glorious Vniuerse was made Of nothing by the great Creators will The Ocean bounded in not to inuade Or swallow vp the Land so resteth still The azure Firmament to ouer-shade Both Continent and Waters which fulfil The Makers word one God doth sole extend Without beginning and shall see no end 5 That powerfull Trinity created man Adam of Earth in the faire field Damaske And of his rib he Euah formed than Supplying them with all things they can aske In these first two Humanity began In whom confinde IHBHOVAHS fix-daâ—…es taske From Adam then and Euahs first Creation It followes we deriue our Brittish Nation 6 Inspire me in this taske Ihoues seede I pray With Hippocrenes drops besprinke my head To comfort me vpon this tedious way And quicken my cold braine nigh dull and dead Direct my wandring spirits when they stray Least forren and forbidden paths they tread My iourney 's tedious blame not then my feares My voyage aymes at many thousand yeares 7 Oh giue me leaue from the Worlds first Creation The ancient names of Britons to deriue From Adam to the Worlds first Invndation And so from Noah to vs that yet suruâ—…e And hauing of Troyes
with wealthy spoiles Insulting in the Troian bloud they spild Discoursing of their fightes and dangerous broyles And such great victories attained but seild Though with more labours and Insudate toyles Cups of Greeke Wine vnto this Conquest crownd Thus King Eristheus boards the Princes round 104 Now the first Vigill of the night is entred With some discourse le ts ouertake the Sunne Who flying is by this beneath vs centred And whilst the waking Stars their courses runne Discourse who first the Tartar gates aduenterd And by whose hand that bold attempt was done Of Orpheus and Euridice and in fine Of Pluto and the rauisht Proserpine 105 When Theseus thus Since you desire to know The true report of these Tartarian bralles Which none can better then Alcides shew Or Theseus Present by th' Aetnean Walles The Waters of Pergusa gently flow And thence into the Neighboring Riâ—…er fals Crownd with a groue through which the lake doth run Making his bowes a Bon-grace from the Sun 105 Hether fayre Proserpine repayring still With Daysies Daffadils and Lillies white Roses and Mary-golds her lap to fill And to returne home laden a sweete sight Chaplets to make or Gyrlands by fine skill By chance the God of shades in edge of night In his blacke Ebon Chariot hurrying by Vpon the Virgine casts a Rauishers eye 106 He spyes and loues and catches vp at ones Th' affrighted Virgine who lets fall her flowers he beares her ouer hils Dales Rocks and stones She cals on Mother Friends and teares she powers Mother nor friend can heare her shriekes and groanes Through pooles and Lakes the God of Tartar skoures he yerkes his hot Steedes with his wyery strings And from his Coach Wheeles rusty darknesse flings 107 And cals his Ietty Stallions by their Names Whose hard hoofes make the vaulted Center-sound his ratling Chariot through the ayre proclaymes his feare and flight with burnisht Brasse shod round Nor once lookes backe the dreadfull God of flames Or thinkes his rape safe on the vpper ground But with his Ebon-Mace the earth inforces Which cleft sinkes him his Chariot and his horses 108 The Queene of Plenty she that crownes the land With seuerall graine and Neptunes Kingdome bounds Searches about but cannot vnderstand Of her fayre Daughter yet the world she rounds And day by day she takes this taske in hand But in her bootlesse search her selfe confounds Aurora finds her in her trauels rising The setting Sunne still sees her ease dispising 100 But in our labors we our pen must rest Least in her search vve our Inuention loose Which finding tyr'd vvith trauell vve hold best A vvhile to cherish therefore rest we choose Heere therefore let vs breath ere vve disgest Troyes second fall as that vvhich next ensues Our Muse vvith Phoebus sets and vvith the Sun To Morrovv rising is our taske begun THe Gorgons were cald by other names Pemphrado Erito and Dino to whom was added a third Iaeno Pegasus taking his flight out of Helicon striking the earth with his hooues there presently sprung out the pleasant Fountaine Hippocrene after consecrate to the Muses Some moralize this winged Horse to a swift-saild Ship in vvhich Perseus saild in all his forraine aduentures Aurea Mala which the Latines conster golden Apples the Greekes call golden Sheepe the word importing so much Atlas for his exquisite skil in Astronomy was said to beare heauen on his shoulders Of this Sea-monster S. Augustine speakes in his Booke de Ciuitate Dei affirming that one of the bones was in his time still vncon sumed and kept The monster Chimere described with a Lyons head a Goats belly and a Serpents taile was a mount aine in Sicily whose top was full of wilde Lyons the middle of Goats and the foote and lower part swarmed with serpents This hill Belerephon by the ayde of Perseus cleared of all these Sauadges after made it habitable Where Iupiter is said to put three nights into one som haue ingeniously imagined it to be about that time when at Iosuahs prayer the Sunne staide his Diurnal course till he had the slaughter of his enemies which being kept away from a Countrey so farre remote must of force lengthen the night by his absence as it prolonged the day by his presence Galanthis by her craft deceiuing Iuno was by her after in her anger transformed into a Weasill Philocletes sonne to Paean and after his surprisall companion with Hercules in all his trauels to whom at his death he gaue his arrowes poysoned in the bloud of Hydra The length of that night before mentioned may else be alluded to that in the 2. Kings Chap xx where Zedekiah beeing promist by God fifteene yeares life after his extreame sicknesse and crauing a signe God commanded the shadow of the Sun to go backe ten degrees which was incontinently performed in the Diall of Ahuz as it was promised him by Isaiah the Prophet The Nereides with whome Andromeda was compared were the daughters of Nereus the son of Oceanus The-tis his daughters were nimphs of the sea he had by the nimph Doris these three children Halia Spio Pasithae Ligea with others to the number of fifty whose names Hesiodus re-members and Apollodorus Laomedon besides Hesione whom he best loued had 3. daughters more Aethasa Astioche and Medicastes but Hesione being deerest to him Neptune and Apollo chuse her to be deuoured of the Sea-monster The end of the sixt CANTO Argumentum EVridia stung with a Snake and dying Sad Orpheus trauels for her sake to Hell Among th'Infernals Musickes vertue trying Much honoured euen where fiends deuils dwel Ceres to Hercules for vengeance crying Th' vndaunted Greeke seekes Pluto to expell Iasons rich Fleece proud Troy once more racst By Hercules in our next skeades are placst ARG. 2. WHo Musick found hell sakt Perithous harms Eta describes with great Medeas charmes CANTO 7. 1 MVsicke by which the Spheares are taught to moue And tune their motion to their makers praise Approues it selfe deuine first found aboue After bequeath'd fraile man to cheare his daies Whether t' were taught vs by the Birds that proue Their harmony in their sweet-Chirping layes Or whether found by man of this I am sure It hath bin Ancient and shall long endure 2 Let Homers Demodocus witnesse beare And Virgils Iopas with this heauenly skill Some say Amphion rauisht first the eare Which Zephus did with Notes and Crotchets fill But others Dionisius hold most deare As one that made his Ayers lowd and shrill Men diuersly deriue Musickes soft feet Some from Arcadia likewise some from Creet 3 On Shalmes Trezenius Dardanus first plaid On Cranes legs first but after fram'd of Reed Bright Mayaes sonne on a parcht Tortoys made Th'vnshaped Harpe most Writers haue agreed That Tubal gaue it forme with pins that staid The tuned strings to make his Musicke speed Pan found the Pipe to play at Syrinx sute Tymarias
is figured in his face And in his lookes the eye of Gorgons burnes The Greekes blunt sword can scarce his Helmet race So weake a foe inflamed Hector scornes Vpon his Crest his Faulchion he lets fall And cleaues the Greeke helme body armes and all 59 The emulous son of Thetis crost by chance The blacke goar'd field and came to view this blow And mad in mind against him charg'd his Lance In hope the towring Prince to ouerthrow Him Thoas seconds and doth proudly'aduance His reeking sword late crimson'd in the foe Both with remorflesse blowes the Prince offend And his bruisd Shield about his arme they bend 60 Had not his helmet beene of mettall pure With Axes they had hewed it from his head But he that made it was an Arts-man sure Else had his braines bin on his harnesse spread Nor had he long bin able to indure Such tedious battry had not Fortune led Paris Aeneas Troylus and the rest To rescue valiant Hector thus opprest 61 At their approch the Achive bands retire Whom to their Pallisadoes they pursue By this in heauen ten thousand Lampes of fire Shine through the ayre and now both Hoasts withdrew The re-assembled Greekes Hector admire And mongst themselues into sad counsell grew Since not by force of Armes by what sly traine The neuer-daunted Worthy may be slaine 62 More honoured Hector in his royall braine Reuolues on milder thoughts how bloud to saue It pitties him to see so many slaine And come to such a generall timelesse graue Then that no more red bloud may Symois staine And change the coulour of her siluer waue He by a generall challenge will deuise For thousands safeties one to Sacrifice 63 Against all Greece hee 'l flyng his hostile gage And to a single Fight their Princes dare That two bolde Champions may the combat wage And in their mutuall Fury thousands spare Meane time blacke night from th' vniuersall Stage Of Earth is cha'st and driuen Now all prepare For th' early Field and with Apollo rise To shine in Armour by his rhadiant eies 64 The Princes to the place where Hector lay Throng in theyr Armes and his command attend After they had tooke and giuen the time of day with him they to the aged King descend Before whom Hector briefly doth display his purpost challenge which they all commend For well his Father and his Brothers know Hector hath power t' incounter any foe 65 The Sunne vp the steepe Easterne hils clymes fast Th'embattaild Greekes vpon the plaines appeare To them the faire-rankt Troians march in hast Within the reach of Hectors armed speare Both Hoasts attend the charge when vnagast The Prince first wafts that all the Campemay may heare Then leaning on his Iauelin makes this boast Euen in the face of their assembled hoast 66 You curled Greekes that haue vnpeopled quite Threescore vast Kingdomes of theyr ablest men To throng our fieldes with numbers infinite All hopelesse of theyr safe returne agen Among these sixty Kings that shine so bright In burnisht Steele vpon this sanguine Fen Can you select one boulder then the rest T' encounter armed Hector Creast to Creast 67 Or if your Princes be too weake a number Can all those threescore Climats yeild one hand Amidst this world that coms our Realme to cumber That dares betweene these hoasts gainst Hector stand Or doe you all feare deaths eternall slumber As well your Kinges as those of common band That with a braue breath'd in so many eares No soule more valiant then the rest appeares 68 If any of these Princes proue so free His prodigall life against ours to ingage Know by exposing his whole thousands be Sau'd from the spoyle of warres infernall rage Oh let me then that thrifty Champion see That will spare Graecian blood with him â—…wage wage Equall contention with my liues expence I will maintaine the Troians eminence 69 A Prince shall meet that Prince as neere allide To thundering Ihoue as he that 's best degreed If in his warlike Chariot he will ride I in my Chariot will conâ—…tont his speed March me these foure white Coursers Greece hath tride These faire Andromache doth mornely feed With her white hand with bread of purest wheat And waters them with Wine still when they eat 70 Xanthus Podargus Lampus Aethon deare To Hector you my armed Coach shall draw And in this fierce exposure shall appeare Before the best Steeds that the Sun ere saw But all Greece cannot match your swift Carrere Not Diomedes Steeds that fed on râ—…w And mangled limbes that in their Mangers bleed Can equall you in courage or in speed 71 Therefore I le cease that oddes and once againe Leauing the Kings to common men I turne Among such clusters growing on this plaine In no warme brest doth so much valor burne But shall so many shewers of blood still raine On Symois banke so many widdowes mourne For their slaine Lords so many Children cry For their poore Fathers that heere slaughtred die 72 If not for Loue of honour in despaire Methinkes some one our puissance should accost For noâ—… two soules that heere assembled are Shall scape the â—…y of our Troian hoast Death and deuouring ruin shall not spare One of your infinites you are ingrost All on destructions File then let some Greeke Despairing life a death with honor seeke 73 Yeilds our besieged Towne a Nobler spirit Then sixty assembled Kingdomes can produce That none dares enterpose his hostile merit But all put off this combat with excuse Among such infinites will none inherit A name with vs Feares Greece our hand shall sluce Their Vniuersall blood That feare can slaue So many Legions with one Hectors braue 74 I beg it of you Greekes let some forth stand To try what puissancelyes in Hectors sword If I be foyl'd by his all-daring hand The Spartan Hellen shall be soone restord And all the spoyles brought from the fertile Land Of Cythara made good and he ador'd With these ennobled armes the sword and crest Of Hector Honors more then all the rest 75 If I subdue your Champion Greece in peace Shall ease our burden'd earth of this huge weight Hostility betweene our hoasts shall cease You with your men and armes your ships shall freight And from our bloud-stain'd soyle free this large prease So shall illustrate Hector reach his height When th' Vniuersall world hath vnderstood Hector gag'd his to saue his Citties blood 76 Oh let it not in after times be saide Twice thirty kingdomes could not one man finde Prince Knight or Swaine durst equally inuade A Troian Prince in Armes and height of mind Nor let succeeding time the Greekes vpbraide To heare such lofty spirits so soone declinde Behold heere stand I to abide the rage Of his arm'd hand that dares but touch our gage 77 These words thus breath'd a generall showt is giuen Through al the Trâ—…n army which aspires And strikes against the Marble floores of heauen Where fixed are
and Steele-proofe still And though the thickenesse did appeare but small The Plates they with such strength of Mettall fill It hath the force and puissance to withstand The sharpest Speares hurl'd from the strongest hand 50 Aboue them all his shield the rest surpast Massie and onely for his Arme to weare For whom t was made vpon the same was ra'st The great world Tripartyte heauen and each Spheare Thence all the hye Circumference was pla'st Starres Moone and Sun the signes that rule the yeare The Ram the Bull and the Twin-brothers signe The Crab the Lyon and the Maid Deuine 51 The Skale the Scorpion and the Centaure fell Sterne Capricorne and he that water powers The Fishes all these were ingraued well There Phoebus stood about him dayes and howers With the foure Seasons First the Spring gan swell With sweetest Buddes Sommer that seldome lowers Stood next in ranke well clad in freshest greene Autumne next her in ragged Roabes was seene 52 There stood old Winter in hye Furs attyred On whom the flakes of Snow like Feathers hong He shyuering lookes as if he warmth desired With chattering teeth hands Palsied quaking tong Below the Earth with Dales and Hils admired Fields full of Grayne Meads with Grasse new sprong Here Citties rarely built there Hamlets stand Here fallow-fields besides them New-tild Land 53 Betweene the middle Earth Seas ebbe and flow Whose Billowes in their caruing seeme to moue Here the Leuiathan huge waues doth throw From out his Nostrils to the skyes aboue The Dolphins of a thousand coullours show Here Whales their heads aboue the waters proue And sayling ships contriu'd by cunning rare On which strange Fish with wonder seeme to stare 54 A thousand sundry Obiects made by Art This huge Orbicular Shield in compasse holds What Heauen or Earth or Seas to vs Impart His Globe-like compasse to the eye vnfolds When Vulcan taking the fayre Queene apart who with much wonder his strange worke beholds Presents it her made perfect for her Son In whose rich armes Troy seemes already won 55 At Vulcans Caue she yoakes her Chariot-steeds which o're the Oceans rugged backe make way And as she freely on the Seas proceeds About her Coach the Quicke-ear'd Dolphins play At her Sonnes Tent fam'd for his warlike deeds She lights and to the Couch on which he lay Tost those rich armes which when Achilles view'd The halfe-dead spirit within his breast renew'd 56 He leaps from of his Pallet to imbrace The beautious Queene and soone intreats her ayde To arme his shoulders and his head to grace With that inchaced Helme God Vulcan made Who now compleatly furnisht longs for place Where thus be-seene he Hector may inuade He cannot sleepe for gazing on his Shield In hope t' aduance it in the Morrowes field 57 Thetis departs when th' early Cocke gaue signe With his lowd notes Aurora to dispose Who leaues the Bed-rid Tython sunke in Wine From whom the Gold hair'd Goddesse blushing rose To harnesse Phoebus Coach-steeds who in fine About his face his Beames bright ghstring throwes To dry the Mornings teares who weepeth still To see th' vnkind Sunne climb th'Easterne hill 58 He had not left the forelorne Goddesse long But from Olimpus top he may espy Plaine-Crested Hector his arm'd Troopes among Chearing them vp the proud Greekes to defy Next him marcht Noble Troylus Memnon strong Antenor and Aeneas mounted hye Young Deiphebus and Polydamas Paris whose ayme in Arch'ry doth surpasse 59 Sarpedon King Epistropus beside Many more Kings that sundry battailes led Against these soone the Curld Inuaders ride The grim Atrides first aduan'st his hed Achilles next past with vaine-glorious pride For his rich armour Nestor next him sped Menon whose armes were set with many a stone And he that Hector stood bold Telamon 60 The Ithacan with Lacedemons King The widdowed Spartan ground of all this broyle These to the fielde their seuerall battailes bring With thousand followers bent on death and spoyle Their barbed Steeds the earth behind them fling Harnesse and quartered limbes blocke the smooth soyle Amongst the rest Achilles loftiest stood and his new armour double-Guilds in blood 61 With Memnon â—…onne to Tython and the Morne Who came from Egipt in King Priams aide Aeacides encounters change of scorne Betweene them past bold Memnon nought dismaide With that strong hand that had the Scepter borne Of Persiaes kingdome and did once inuade Susa as farre as where Choaspes flowes Vpon his Helme thunders two persant blowes 62 They stound him in his saddle make him kisse His Steeds curl'd Crest ere he can Mount his head Achilles who esteemes no other blisse But to behold his foes before him spread Wak't from his sudden trance espyes by this A Graecian Squadron bout King Memnon dead And his bright sword still to wring ore his Crest Threatning in his third fall Eternall rest 63 The proud Greeke sends a blush out of his face as red as that in which his proofe was lau'de he now records his strength his god-like race and his rich armour with such artingrau'de He knowes it ill becomes his Name or Place By any Mortall puissance to be brau'de He doubles strength on strength and stroak on stroak Euen till he mists himselfe in his owne smoake 64 Auroraes Darling prooues to weake a Foe For him on whose tough Shield no Steele can bite His conquer'd Sword and Armes the field must strow Achilles is too strong an opposite His Red-cheek't Mother ouercharg'd with woe Laments her Son vntimely slaine in fight In griefe of whom a Dusky Roabe she weares And fils the whole world with her dew-drop teares 65 The death of Memnon euen to Hector flyes That Tragicke newes cost many a Princes life Incenst he seemes all safety to dispise And where he spurs he makes red slaughter rife For euery drop of bloud a bold Greeke dies Him Troylus seconds in his purpled strife And if as for a wager they contend Whose Sword most pale Soules can to Orcus send 66 They breake a Ring of Harnesse making way Into the Battayles Center where they see a Noble Knight maintaine a gallant fray Gainst many Troian Knights in valor free Yet of them all this Champion gets the day The strongest cannot make him cringe his knee Polydamus against him brauely sped Yet still his gaz'd at Shield safeguards his hed 67 Against which Paris many arrowes spends But all in vaine they shiuer gainst his Targe and whom he best can reach his force extends as far as life the prisoned Soule t' enlarge Young Deiphebus to that place descends and with his Speate in reast doth gainst him charge But the Dardanian fayles in his intent And from the Noble Knight is bleeding sent 68 Victorious Hector at such deeds amaz'd But more at the rich Armor that he ware Mannadge and shape in heart he highly praysd and in his honors longes to haue a share Hupon Larissaes King that long had
at once the Prince doth lacke Stor'd with nought else saue wounds alacke the day Yet like a stedfast rocke the worthy stood From whom ran twenty seuerall springs of blood 107 This when the fresh-breath'd Greeke beheld and saw So much effuse of blood about him run He chargd his warlike Myrmidons withdraw And crying out alowd Now Troy is won With shamefull oddes against all Knight-hoods law Gainst naked Hector well-arm'd Thetis son Aymes a stiffe Iauelin and against him rides The ruthlesse staffe through picrst his Royall sides 108 With him King Priam and whole Asiaes glory Queene Hecuba with all her daughters faire Sinke into Lethe euen the Gods are sorry To see the man they made without compare So basely fall to make Achilles story Reproachfull to all eares that would not spare So great a Worthy but with oddes strike vnder Him that atchiâ—…ud things beyond strength wonder 109 Hector thus falne the Troians whose whole power Lay in the arme of Hector flye the field And now th'incourag'd Greekes Scamander scower The head subdude the body needs must yeild Behold the Prince that aw'd within this hower Millions of Greekes lyes dead vpon his shield He gone whose Atlas Arme vpheld their states Amazed Troy rams-vp her sieged Gates 110 At sight of which Achilles sweld with rage From Hectors breast the Belt Aiax him gaue Snatcheth in hast and his sad spleene t' asswage Fetters his Legges and like a conquerd slaue Voyde of all honor ruth or Counsell sage at his Horse-heeles he drags him like a slaue Hauing Troyes wall first three-times circled round hurdling the Dardan Heroâ—… on the ground 111 To thinke so braue a Peere should basely bleede A Prince t'insult vpon a slaughter'd Foe and gaâ—…nst a worthy act so base a deede Makes my soft eye with Springs of Sorrow flow Nor can I further at this time procâ—…ede The Greekes blacke practise doth offend me so Heare therefore I desist my Tragicke verse To mourne in silence o're Prince Hectors hearse Aeacides a name we sometimes giue to Achilles is a deriuatiue of Aeacus and is as much as to say the Grand childe of Aeacus sometime we call him Pelias Issue viz the Sonne of Peleas the Sonne of Aeacus Patroclus a Noble Greeke sonne to Menetius and Stheuele he was brought up under Chiron the Centaure with Achilles who euer after entirely loued him Chiron likewise whom we haâ—…e before in some places mentioned is thought to be Sonne of Saturne Vt Saturnus Equo geminum Chirona creauit His Mother was cald Philyra Ad mare descendit montis de parte suprema Chiron Philerides Saturne deflowring the faire Philiris Daughter to the old Oceanus and fearing leaft his â—…ife Rhea otherwise cald Sibilla should discouer his wantonnesse transhapes him selfe into a Horse and then beg at in the Islands Philerides Chiton the Centaure from the Nauell vpwardes hauing the perfect semblance of Man the rest downewards the shape of an Horse Others haue thought him to be the Sonne of Ixion Brother to the race of the Centaurs He taught Aesculapius Phisicke Hercules Astronomy and Apollo to play on the Lute or Harpe Of Thetis otherwise cald Amph 〈◊〉 it is thus reported that she was the most beautifull of all the Goddesses when Apollo Neptune and Iuâ—…ter contended about her which should â—…ioy her bed being all frustrate Iupiter inraged doom'd her to be a mortals Bride because shee had so peremptorily despised their God hoods The Goddesse much agrieu'd to be so abiectly bestowed despised Pelcus who extreamely doted on her beauty and still when hee would haue comprest her she metamorphised her selfe somtimes to a flame of Fire sometimes to a Lyon then a serpent so dreadfull that he was still deter'd from his purpose till after by the aduice of Chiron the Centaure neglecting all terror she helde her fast so long till hauing run through all her Protean shapes he wearted her in her transformation till she return'd into her owne shape of the most beautiful Goddesse of whom he begat Achilles Tython for his beauty beloued of Aurora the morning is said to be the son of Laomedon and Brother to Priam thogh by diuers mothers he gat Prâ—…am of Leucippe and Tython of Sâ—…ma or else of Rhoea the daughter of Scamander Aurora begd of the Fates for her Husband Tython Imortality which being imediately graunted her she had for got with his length of life to beg withal that he should neuer wax old and decrepit wherefore he is said to be euer bed rid till the Gods pittying his feeblenesse turn'd him after into a Grashopper Longa Tithonum minuit senâ—…ctus suâ—…a a chiefe Citty in Persia where the great Sophies keepe their Courts it is seated neare the famous riuer Choaspes and was builded by Tython Pclasgians are an auncient people of Greece dwelling in Peloponesus in the edge of Macedonia of whom the generall Graecians sometimes haue vsurpt that name The end of the thirteenth CANTO Argumentum TRoylus Achilles wounds and is betraid By his fell Myrmidons which being spredd The bloody Greeke still loues the beautious Maid Pollixena and for her loue is lead To Pallas Church whom Paris doth inuade And with an Arrow in the heele strikes dead Penthisilea with her valiant Maydes Assists sad Troy Greece lofty Pyrthus ayds ARG. 2. IN this last fight fall by the Argiue spleene Paris Amphimachus Scithiaes Queene CANTO 14. 1 TO whom Andromache may I compare Thy Funerall teares ore Hectors body shed If mongst late Widdowes none suruiue so rare To equall thee le ts search among the dead The Carian Queene that was as chast as faire Bright Artimesia a wonder bred Galathian Camna did likewise constant proue And â—…al'd her in firme Coniugall Loue. 2 What Fathers griefe could equall Priams teares Who lost a sonne no age no world could match Whose arme vpheld his glory many yeares Whose vigilant eye did on his safety watch Englands third Edward in thy face appeares Like griefe when timelesse death did soone dispatch Thy braue sonnes life Edward Sirnam'd the blacke By whom Spaine flag'd and France sustained wracke 3 Noâ—… Margaret when at Teuxbury her sonne Was stab'd to death by Tyrant Glosters hand Felt from her riueld cheekes more Pearle drops ronne Then Hecuba when she did vnderstand The thred of Hectors life already sponne Whose glories stretcht through Heauen aire sea land Though he of semblant hope to England were With him whom Asia did account most deare 4 Nor could the Countesse Mary sorrow more To heare her Brother the braue Sidney wounded Whose death the seuenteene Belgian states deplore Whose Fame for Arts and armes the whole world sounded Then did Cassandra who her garments tore Creusa who with extreame griefe confounded With whom Polyxena bare a sad straine To heare a third part of the earth complaine 5 Nor when the hopefull youth Prince Arthur dide Leauing his Brother both his
Neptolemus from top to toc Satued in blood and slaughter in both hands Wauing a keene glaue Crimsond in the foe To bind with Cords her soft armes he commands That more red liues may on his Faulchion flow There the bright Mayde that bands did ill become He piece-meale howe 's vpon Achilles tombe 93 Thus is King Priam and Queene Hecubs race Extinct in dust young Palidore alone The youngest Lad is with the king of Thrace Left in great charge with Gold and many a Stone Beyond all rate but Polymnestor base Hearing the pride of Troy was spent and gone False to the world and to his friend vntrew To gaino that wealth the louely Infant slew 94 Whos 's death when Hecuba reuenged had By tearing out the periur'd Tyrants eyes First she records the beauty of the Lad Then all the glories she beneath the skies Possest before which makes her Franticke-mad On her sloine husband daughters sonnes she crics Troy she bewaild and fatall Greece she curst Till her great heart with griese surcharged burst 95 Ten yeares ten months twelue dayes this siege indured In which of Greece before the Towne were slame Fourescoute hundred and sixe thousand all inured To steely warre Of Troians that maintaine The honour of their Citty well assured Besides the number that were prisoners tane Six hundred fifty and six thousand tride Omitting those that in the last night dide 96 Chiualrous Hector voyd of fraud or slight Eighteene great Kings slew by his proper hands No aduantagious oddes he vsd in fight Therefore his fame spreds farre through forraigne lands Three Kings to do the amorous Paris right Fell by his Bow next rankt Achilles stands Who besides Troylus and great Hector slew Seauen puissant Kings at Troy if Fame speake true 97 Foure Kings beside the Sagitary fell By Diomed two by Aeneas lost Their precious liues though many moe fought well Their warlike deeds are not so farte ingrost Blacke Pyrrhus acts aboue the rest excell Who thinking mongst them to be praised most Three Royall liues his Tragicke wrath obayd An aged King a Woman and a Mayd 98 Not how two worthy Greekes in words contended Who should the rich Vulcanian armor haue Now how from Aiax who had Greece defended Th' impartiall Iudges to Vlisses gaue To proue that Counsell aboue strength extended And had more power the Argine Campe to saue In griese of which great losse Aiax grew mad Slaine by the sword that he from Hector had 99 Nor of Vlisses trauels twice ten yeares Nor of his loue with Circe the faire Queene Who by her spels transform'd him and his Pecres And kept him thence where he desird t' haue beene With faire Penelope Fam'd mongst the spheares In liuing chast though Princes full of spleene Possest her kingdome and her pallace ceaz'd VVhom wanting power she by delaies appeasd 100 Nor how he after twenty winters came And in disguise his constant Lady proued How he by armes releast the beautious Dame And all her suiters from his Land remoued Nor how Telegonus won with the Fame Of him whom most the witch Calipso loued From his faire Mother Circe himselfe vvith-drevv And vnavvares his Royall Father slevv 101 Nor how King Naulus laide Traines on the Seas To aâ—…enge him on the Gracians for his sonne Palamides whose death did much displease The aged Prince since t was by treason donne Nor how such wandering Greekes as he could ceaze Who on his shores their ship-wrackt vessels ronne Naulâ—…s destroyd and vnto ruine brought Since they his sonnes deere life esteemed nought 102 Nor how King Agamemnon home returning Was by his faire wife Clitemnestra slaine How false Egistus in the Queenes loue burning Plotted with her to shorten the Kings raigne Nor bow Horestes for his Father mourning Grew mad and slew Egistus that had laine With his faire Mother whoÌ„ when he had caught her Vnchild-like he did with his owne hands slaughter 103 Nor how blacke Pyrrhus Hellens daughter stalâ—… The faire Her mione she that before Was to Horestes troth'd and should Sance fayle Haue bin espousd to him who at the doore Of Delphos Templeflew him without blae Staining Apoltos shrine with Pyrrhus gore Not how that face for which the whol world wrangled To see it chang'd with age her selfe she strangled 104 Nor how the Greekes after their bloody toyles Antenor left to inhabit raced Troy And after th' end of their sad Tragicke broyles All Asiaes wealth within their flect inioy Robbing the Towne of all her richest spoyles Whose hye Clowd-peircing spyres the flames destroy nor how Aeneas doth his forces gather And ships with his young son and aged Father 105 Rigging to soa these two and twenty sayle That fetcht the fire brand that all Troy inflamd The selfe-same shippes in which the Troian stale The Spartan Queene gainst whome all Greece exclaimd Nor of Queene Didoes loue and Tragicke bate Nor of Aeneas trauels nobly fam'd Nor how Andromache was Captaine led Left to the hot lust of the Conquerors bed 106 With whom Cassandra was inforst to goe With Helenus that kend deuinest things And al these sad proceedings did fore-show and propheside to Troyes confedered Kings Nor of King Diâ—…meds sad ouerthrow Of Albions Isle first knowne my Muse next sings Her Chariot now I can no further driue Brittaine from conquerd Troy we next deriue Dolopes are a people of Thessaly in the borders of Phthiolis out of which prouince Vlisses made choyce of his Guard Pallas whose name we have often vsed some take to be the Daughter of Neptune and Tritonis and liued in the time of Giges Others hold her to be sprung of Ihoues braine as wee haue before remembred Palluda quandam Cum patris è capite exilijt Clarissiâ—…a patuam lauerunt Tritonis aquae The like many others affirme as also that when she leapt out of Ihoues brain at the saide time it rained a shewer of Gold on the Earth Of her birth many writers differ some affirme her to be the Daughter of â—…riton others to berather the Daughter of â—…upiter Thetis Others of Craunus differing from their opinions therfore I hold with Cicero who auers that there were more of the names One of the Mother of Apollo a second borne by Nyle and adored of the Egyptians a third of the braine of â—…upiter a fourth of Jupiâ—…er and Ceriphe the Daughter of Oceanus whom the Arcadians call Cerin and the Inuentor of the Chariot A fift that was supposed to kill hir Father to perserue her virginity Pallas and Minetâ—…a were one she was also by some called Tâ—…iloma Ihouis filia gloriosa Tritonia Both Greece and Troy highly honered her she is saide to inuent Armes and to haue aided her Father Jâ—…piter in the destruction of the Tytanoyes which the poets call Gigomantichia Of whom it is thus remembred Palluda bellorum studijs Cautanus amicam è Ihoue
Tros Tros Ilion next him stroue Laomedon and he got Priamus And when the Greekes from Troy Aeneas droue He by Creusa had Askanius Who after Carthaginean Dido past Vp through the Riuer Tiber â—…ayles at last 3 At Hostiaes Port the place the Gods behight Aeneas Landes Euander him receiues The Latines King whose Daughter at first sight Aeneas loues and for her sake bercaues The Tuskayne King of life in single fight Turnus being dead the fayre Lauinia leaues Her virgine vowes by whom the Troian Prince Siluius begot and Siluius Brutus since 4 Brutes Mother in her painefull throwes deceast Hâ—… his glancing Shaft his Father slew For which with melancholy griefes infest From Italy the Prince himselfe withdrew Ten thousand voluntary men vnprest Consort him strange aduentures to pursue Whom Corineus with many Troians more Mcetcs and assists new Countries to explore 5 Brute Grecian Pandras who denide him way And through his spacious Kingdome passage free O're-comes in battaile but denyes to stay Till he more Coasts and various Clymats see Fayre Innogen a Virgin fresh as May He marrieth and with Pandras doth agree For her rich Dower to haue a royall fleete Well furnisht for his Trayne with all things meete 6 He past Alcides Pillers euen to Guall Landing in Guien Guffor the proud King Denyes prince Brute to hunt but Mauger all He chac't his Deere and made his Buckes to spring Thence Albion he discries like a white wall Washt with the sea and longs his fleet to bring To a safe Harbour where he might suruay The long sought Isle where he his boues must lay 7 When Ayoth iudged Israell in the yeare Threescore and twelue of his command and state Aegiptian Danaâ—… daughters lauded heere After long search who for they had of late Theyr nine and forty husbands by th'austere Iniunction of their Sire brought to sad Fate Were in a Mastlesse ship to exile throwne And landinging heere cald this Isle Albion 8 Some say of these Viragoes spirits begot Gyants that were of huge and monstrous size Who when they grew to stature spared not Asfinity for Sonne with Mother lies Brother with Sister so the learned Scot Marian doth in his Chronicles comprize And of these lustfull Ladies in small while Twelue thousand Gyants peopled this large I le 9 PRince Brute with Corineus doth Albion enter At Totnes thirty monstrous Gyants kils And after much and dangerous aduenter Builds London cald new Troy his Throne he fils Twenty foure yeares then payes his last debenter To Nature Brittaine he to Locrine wils Scotland to Albanact Wales Camber swayes Israell was iudg'd by Samuell in their dayes 2 Locrine raign'd twenty yeares his wife him slew Because he Sabrine lou'd and her forsooke Mother and Child bold Guendolina threw Into the Seuerne streames who there name tooke From Sabrine In his dayes young Dauid grew And with a Sling the great Goliah strooke At Locrines death sterne Guendoline begun Her husband she succeeds and her her Sonne 3 Madan rul'd forty yeares and in his dayes Was beautious Absolom by Ioab slaine Memprisius twenty yeares the Scepter swayes Procuring first his Brother Manlius bane Whom Madan lou'd and had intent to raise In Lust and ryot he consum'd his raigne For which iust heauens their righteous vengeance powred Memprisius hunting was by Wolues deuoured 4 Him his sonne Ebranke in the Throne succeeds Who gouernes threescore happy Summers thorow Famous for many charitable deeds He builded Yorke Dunbar and Edenborowe Next him Brute Greene-shield don'd th' Imperiall weeds After twelue happy yeares his subiects sorrow For his vntimely Fate and in his raigne B'Elias prayer the Priests of Ball were slaine 5 L'Eill Brutes sonne raignd fiue and twenty yeares And Carleil built then did his seat resigne To young Lud Hurdibras lou'd of his Peeres Who gouernd Britaines Scepter twenty nine He Winchester and Canterbury reares With Shafts-bury then seekes a Throne deuine Whose Obits were in Brittaine long bemoned The propher Zachary in his dayes was stoned 6 BLadud Luds sonne raignd next and Bath erected A Sorcerer and did attempt to flye And hauing twenty yeare the Realme protected He brake his necke downe from a Steeple hie Amos and Amazia were directed In those dayes by the spirit of Prophesie Leir next him in whose time as Bookes say Ionas three dayes in the Whales belly lay 7 Leir built Leicester forty yeares was Crownd Famous in his three Daughters and their Loue The youngest most suspected faithfull found And they that promist most least thankefull proue Kindest Cordeilla that did most abound In filiall zeale next Leir sits aboue Morgan and Cunedadgius two false Peeres Depose their Aunt after fiue vnhappy yeares 8 They ioyntly raigne till Cunedadgius slew His Brother Morgan in Glamorgan-sheere From whom the Title of that Country grew And after gouernd three and thirty yeare Now Naum preacht Riuallo doth pursue The Kingdome next a Prince that had no peere In his dayes Propheside Esay Micheas The Prophets Adad Amos and Oseas 9 Forty six yeares he gouernd In his raigne Rome was first built wise Sibell gaue forth Sawes King Ezechy by God heal'd of hispaine Had fifteene yeares life promist for some cause The Sun full ten Degrees turnd backe againe Thales Milesius to the Greekes gaue Lawes In Brittaine it raind blood Riuallo wained And eight and thirty yeares Gurgustius raigned 10 Now Ioel taughts his Iliads Homer wrate And Glaucus Chius Sodering first inuented Sicillius next Gurgustius takes the state Forty nine yeares he gouernes well contented Amon in Iuda raind Zaleucus sate Iudge on his sonnes eye Ieremy lamented For the sad Tragedy of King Iosias Now flourish Olda Baruch Sophonius 11 Now Phalleris in Agrigentine swayde And thrust Perilles in his brazen Bull To tast the torment he for others made Iago next Sisillius makes vp full Twenty fiue yeares then in his Tombe was laide Nabuchadnezar sought to disanull The Hebrew Lawes susannaes fame increased By th'Elders wrongd by Daniels doome released 12 Fifty foure yeares Kinimachus was knowne After â—…ago in the Brittish Chaire Arion with his Harpe was o're-Boord throwne Whom through the Seas the pittious Dolphin bare Bell was cald God and fore him â—…rumpets blowne And the three Children in the robes they ware Cast in the fiery Furnace now I gesse Liud Solon Sapho the sweet Poâ—…tesse 13 Annaximander th' Horoscope first made Aesope in Birds and Beasts first figured men Next King Kinimachus Gorbodug swayde The Brittish Scepter In the Lyons den Daniell was cast Now Cyrus did inuade Cressus of Lydia t' was the season when Zacharias Aggeus Malack Propheside And the chast Lucresse by her owne hand dide 14 Next Gorbodug Ferrex and Porrex raigned
After fiue yeares bold Porrex Ferrex slew For which their Mother Porrex much disdained And in his blood did her blacke hands imbrew After their death sedition was maintained Full one and fifty yeares whilst no man knew Th'imediate heyre and whilst these wars were norisht Darius Xerxes and Queene Hestor flourisht 15 Th' Athenian Sophocles a Tragicke Poet Plato Cratinus Aristarchus were All Commicke Writers as their workes best show it Empedocles of Athens did acquiere Musickes full ground and made the world to know it Parmenides made Lodgicke first appeare Which in Mount Cancasus he first deuised Esdras the Scribe the Scriptures now comprised 16 MVlmutius Dunwallo sonne and heyre To Cloten Duke of Corweyle's next instated He did the foure broad High-wayes first repaire First Crown'd Paules Church first built and consecrated And after forty yeares from Brittaines Chaire To a new Throne in heaâ—… he was translated Now Socrates th' Athenian heaâ—… charmes Demosthenes famous for Arts and Armes 17 BEline and Bren the Brittish Crowne deuide Being by their Mother after wars attoned Whilst Bren in forraigne Armes his valour tride Beline built Belinsgate all Denmarke groned Beneath his yoake Bren to the Galles alide Sackt Rome burnt Delphos and was after stoned With Hayle and Thunder-stroke much blood was spilt In Italy ten stately Townes he built 18 Twenty sixe yeares hetwixt them they supply The Crowne and Sceptet Dionisius raignd In Sicily Damâ—…n and Pythias try Their mutuall friendship Xenophâ—…n maintained His schoole in Athens Platâ—… prized higher His Accademy rear'd Now was ordained For King Mansolus by the Carian Qneene A stately Tombe rankt mongst the wonders nine 19 GVrguintus Belins sonne ninâ—…teene yeares made The Brittaines homagers by euen Tradition Aristotle liu'd whose Fame shall neuer fade Sonne to Nichomachus a great Physition Now Macedonian Phillip gan t' inuade His neighbour-Kings in many an expedition The Noble Marcus Curtius for Romes sake Arm'd at all points leapt in the Curtian Lake 20 GVintheline six and twenty yeares made good His right in Brittaine Mercia his faire wife Deâ—…isde the Mercian Lawes by Tibur flood The clouds raind stones after Darius strife Which ended in effâ—…sion of much blood By poyson Alexander lost his life Next Guintheline seauen yeares Cecilius raigned Next him three yeares Kimar the state maintained 21 Nine yeares Elanius raign'd Morindus eight Deuour'd of a Sea-monster In their dayes Onias sonne of Taddus reacht the height Of the Priests Office Gorbomannus swayes Eleauen full yeares a Prince assisting right Symon Onyas sonne the Habrewes raise To the Priest-hood next iust Gorboman Fierce Archigall to Tyranize began 22 After fiue yeares depos'd his second Brother Succeeded in the stile of Elidure A vertuous Prince there sat not such another In Brittaines Chaire in life seuere and pure Fiue yeares himselfe did Archigallo smother And his deposing patiently endure At length by Elidurus met and knowne To Archigallo he resignes his Throne 23 Ten yeares the twice-Crown'd Archigallo now Gouernes the State in Honour and then dying To Elidure againe the Brittans bow After two yeares his Brothers him defying Keepe him in bonds the Brittaine Peeres allow Their double rule nine yeares their Conquesttrying Vigenius and Peridure are past And Elidure the third time Crown'd at last 24 Raigning foure yeares In this forepassed state Liu'd Epyre pyrrhâ—…s and Lisimachus The High-priest Eleasar chus'd oflate Receiues th' Egiptian league Now breath Seleucus And Ptolomy now by the Roman Senate Siluer was coyned first Theos-Antiochus In Syria raign'd blood sprang out of a Well And from the Clowds Milke in abundance fell 23 MAnasses liu'd high Priest among the Iewes Ten yeares ruld Gorboman Morgan 〈◊〉 Emerianus next to him pursues The Diadem a Tyrant full of spleene After seauen yeares deposd Inall insues A temperate Prince who twenty yeares was seene In Brittaines Throne Amilchar Carthage swaide Illyrian Teuca â—…id proud Rome inuade 26 RImo raignd sixteene yeares bold Hanniball And Scipio fought Wise Cato liu'd in Rome Next Rimo King Geruntius they install Him after twenty yeares his Lords intoome The losty Spaniards from Romes Empire fal And after stand to Fuluius Flaccus doome Ten yeares Catellus raign'd the Iewes were foyld And by Antiochus Gods Temple spoyld 27 The Mother and her seauen sonnes Martird were The worthy Iudas Machabeus fought Gods battailes Coill raigned twenty yeare Great Carthage was destroyd and Corinth brought To fall by fire The Doctrines first apeare The Pharisei and Sadducei taught Fiue yeares iust Porrex drunken Cherimus One Fulgen two one Eldred one Androgeus 28 Dendantius fiue yeares two Detonnus held The soueraignty then lest this life for new Nature a Monstrous byrth in Rome compeld Hauing foure hands foure feet Corne grew In Bonony on Trees whose tast exceld The Parthian Arsaces Demetrius slew Great Scipio Affricanus ends his life By salse Sempronia his disloyall wife 29 Young Vrianus three King Eliud fiue Two Meriaâ—…ns and Bladunus twaine Capenâ—…s three Ouinius doth next striue And his imperiall state two yeares maintaine Two Silius Bledgabredus â—…id suruiue Full twenty yeares in his auspitious raigne Hircanâ—…s gouernd in the high-Priests sted Marius â—…mpht o're Iugurth Captiueled 30 Archemachus raignd two Eldotus foure Two Rodianus three Redargius Samillius two the Brittaines next adore King penesellus three two princely pirrhus And after him Caporus two no more Now grew the watres twixt Scilla and Marius Diuellus foure Helyas Ely named Gouernd ten months when death his body claimed 31 Lvd Helyes sonne his happy rule began Nam'd Troynouant Luds-towne Ludgate erected Eleauâ—…n yeares raign'd then to Cassibelan Left his two infant sonnes to be protected Who till the Princes grew to state of man By all the Brittish Peeres was King elected Raign'd nineteene yeares in his dayes twice repeld The Roman Casar the bold Brittaines queld 32 Nennius wan Casars sword and had it brought To be hang'd ore his hearse Pompey the great With Iulius Casar in Pharsalia fought Iulius vsuâ—…pes in Romes Imperiall seat Was stab'd with Bodkins he that neuer fought But conqâ—…'d in all Martiall acts compleat Now flourisht Cicero with praise Deuine Hermius and seditious Cateline 33 And not the least grace to Triumphant Rome The rare Comadian Roseius Next in rowe Of Brittish Kings must young Tenancius come Twenty three yeares he raignd and then did owe No more to nature then th' adopted son Of Casar great Augustus now doth grow Romes Monarchy Marke Anthony through pride Rebeld by Aspes great Cleopatra dide 34 Virgil and Horace flourisht In these dayes Iesus Sabetes sonne was consecrated High Priest King Herod Iewries Scepter
his Brothers vow Like homage and in State haue entertaind Vter Pendragon to whose throne they bow Sixteene whole yeares He doats on Cornwayles wife and for her loue bereaues her Husbands life 63 Of her he Arthur got In France Clodouens Gouernd as King the first that was Baptiz'd In Italy great Theodoricus King of the Astrogothes who enterprisde Gainst Odeacer battaile bold Honoricus Gouernd in Affricke who so much despisde True Fayth that he for th' Arrians in one hower By shops exild three hundred thirty foure 63 Arthur the worthy next the State ascended Fought twelue set battailes and the order made Of the Round Table whose renowne extended Through all the world whilst Arthur doth inuade Forraine Dominious and Christs Faith desended Mordred at home his Crowne ' and Queene betrayde Twixt whom at Arthurs backe returne againe War was commenst in which both Kings were slain 65 Next Arthur Constantine Duke Cadors Sonne After his Vncle sixe and twenty years Had gouern'd England his estate begonne Slew Mordred Sonnes in fight with Saxon Peeres That ayded them in battaâ—…le these warres donne After foure Sommers he ascends the Spheares Iustine a Swine-heard by ambition fierd By crafty meanes th' Imperiall Seate aspyerd 66 Now liu'd in Italy the famous Dame Analasiantha with Athalarius Her Son by whom her Soueraignty first came She could both Greeke and Latine well discusse Whose reuerence many Histories proclayme Daughter to th' Emperor Theodoricus Iustinian the Gracian Empyre swayes The Persians to their State Cosroe rayse 67 Iustinian in his Captaines much renowned Narses the Eunuch a right 〈◊〉 Knight And Bellisarius whose name was crowned Through all the world Twice Carthage won in fight Twice rescude Rome his fame in Persia sowned Thrace Greece th'Affricke Gâ—…aths he put to flight For much more seruice th' Emperor from his head Tore out his eyes he for'st to beg his bread 68 Aurelius Conanus slew in field Constantine Arthurs Nephew three yeares swade Then did his due to death and nature yeild And Vortigore his Sonne is Soueraigne made Who did but foure yeares Brittans 〈◊〉 weild When Malgo did the 〈◊〉 inuade Who slew his first Wife her chast Bed for sooke And to his Bride his Brothers Daughter tooke 69 King Totylus sack't Rome the second time What in the first he spoyl'd he now repayred Altinus king of Lumbards full with Wine Cals for a Mazer which he might haue spared Of his Wiues Fathers Scull for which in fine She loath'd her Husband and yet further dar'd Vnto his loyall Bed she prou'd vntrue With Helme-child who after Albine slew 70 CAreticus by help of Irelands King Cald Gurmond Brittan Malgo did expell Whom after three yeares Ethelfrid did bring To ruine and in battaile prosperd well About this time Sybert th' East Saxon King Erected Westminster Ethelfrid fell And Cadwan Duke of Northwales him defeated And two and twenty yeares in peace was seated 71 Queene Tredegunde of France in the meane season Lawdry the Earle of Soysons deerely lou'd And for his â—…ake destroyd the King by Treason Gainst Gregory sir-nam'd the great was mou'd By â—…ohn the Patrâ—…arch against all reason The Churches Primacy which he improu'd Arabian Mahomet his Alkeron made Frensh Brunchild liu'd who had Princes ten betrayde 72 CAdwallin Cadwans Sonne next Bittan guided Benet the Monke Paynting and Glazing found The Sarasins by Mahomet prouided Wan Persia where Ormisda long sat crown'd And in short space hauing their powers diâ—…ided Conquerd all Aegypt with the Climats round Damascus likewise was subdude by them So was rich Antioch and Hierusalem 73 Three yeares Cadwallader esteem'd the last Of Brittan Princes gouernd and he dead The Kingdome wholly to West-Saxons past Of whom King Iue first impald his head And next him Ethelard whose raigne was grast By reuerent Beda of whose workes we read Of Clearkly Bookes on seuerall Subiects stil'd Threâ—…ore and eyghteene Volums well compil'd 74 Next Ethelard raign'd Cuthred whom succeeds Sigebert and he not one full yeare did raigne But was deposde for many tyrranous deedes And after besely by a Swine-heard slaine Kinulphus to the Kingdome next proceedes Who after by a man of Sigeberts traine Was murdred in the night as he should passe Vnto his Mistris a braue Brittish Lasse 75 The Sarasins pierce Europe Rhodes they wasted The Firmament two daies appeares to burne The Emperour Constantine his Army hasted The Sarasins by armes to ouerturne Where thirty thousand Pagans of death tasted When Constantine expites the Christians mourne His Throne and State Iustinian next maintained And from the Turkes Affricke and Libia gayned 76 The next West-Saxon King was Brithricus Who eyghteene yeares after Kinulphus fall Raign'd King came from the blooud of Cerdicus And queld the Danes in many a bloudy brall Wiu'd Ethelburgh by whom as Bookes discusse He poysond was yet whilst he gouern'd all S. Albons Winchcombe Abbeyes were both built Blood rayn'd which seem'd like Crosses where t' was spilt 77 Egbert the Sexon thirty seauen supplyde The Soueraignety now raign'd Prench Charles the great Eyghteene whole dayes the Sunne his light denyde Hyren the Empresse from th' Imperiall Seat Her young Sonne Constantine deposde through pâ—…de And after did him cruelly intreat She causd his eyes be torne out of his head And foure yeares after gouernd in his stead 78 King Ethelwolfe the fore-nam'd Egbert's Sonne As Chroniclers affirme Oxford erected a Priest at first in Orders he begon Till after marrying he the State affected The Warlike Danes his Kingdome ouer-ron But are expled Sergius is Pope elected Whose name Os Porcy seem'd so vile that they Chang'd it and from him all Popes to this day 79 Foure Sonnes each other in the State succeedes King Ethelwald who gouern'd not a yeare When Ethelbert his Brother don'd the Weedes Imperiall and next him doth appeare The third Sonne Etheldred whose body bleeds By the bold Danes who after slaughterd were By the fourth Sonne at Brixium as Bookes tell Three dayes together bloud in thicke shewers fell 80 Young Alured from Ethelwolfe the last Twenty nine yeares sixe monthes the Scepter bore Hungar and Hubba quite through Scotland past Bels were first vsde in Greece not knowne before In sixe set battailes Alured disgrast The warlike Danes then dyde The Peeres adore Edward his elder Sonne who nobly beares The Brittish Scepter foure and twenty yeares 81 Nine Popes in lesse then nine yeares were instald Adelwald Edwards Brother twice rebelling VVas by the Elders Prowesse twice appald And after slaine the Huns and Hungars quelling All Europe were much feard a Princesse cald Elflede King Edwards Sister much excelling after the throwes in her first Child-birth tryde For euermore her
Inuades in Arthur Duke of Brittons name Whose powers the English Iohn surprisd by chance Imprisoning Arthur whence these Garboyles came The Persians Dauid to the Throne aduance Who with his Indian Troopes marcht with much Fame Of Parthia and Armenia Conqueror And of Tartaria the first Emperor 35 Fiue Moones were all at once in Torkeshire seene After which portent many stormes insude prince Iohn hauing incurd the popes fell spleene Stands with his Land accurst which some allude To Byshop Lanchton who at Rome had beene And sought in Canterbury to intrude In Suffolke was a strange Fish tooke that bore The shape of man and six months liu'd a shore 36 The Maior and Shrieffes in London were first made Wales twice rebelling was by warre appeasd Th'English at Sluce the Nauy of France inuade A thousand twenty sayle at once they ceasd Pope Innocent great Coesars pompe all aide Making such Lawes as searce the Empire pleasd Onely such princes should as Emperors stand As should receiue their Crownes at the popes hand 37 Of whom the Saxon Duke Otho was first Venice subdues Coreyra and the Iles Adiacent Otho by the popeaccurst For taking to himselfe the Empires stiles Against him Menace warre pope Innocent durst and traind into these broyles by prayers and smiles Fredericke the second who the Diadem weares after Duke Otho three and twenty yeares 38 Iohn for a yearely tribute to Rome payde Of twice fiue hundred Markes absolues his Land King Alexander is the Scotch King made After deceased William to command He twenty and foure yeares the kingdome staide Against King Iohn the English Barons stand And to their faction the French Lewes bring Whom in Iohns stead they seeke t'elect as King 39 Amidst these tumults Iohn by fate expires As some suppose by poyson whom succeeds Henry his sonne him more the Land desires Then Lewes hated for some bloody deeds For him the people make triumphant fires A generall ioy his hye instalment breeds at nineteene yeares the kingdome hee attained and fifty fix yeares o're his subiects raigned 40 Our Ladies Church in Westminster he reared Now Hocata the second puissant King Of great Tartaria was renownd and feared He first the Title of great Caan did win The drooping Scotch King was by Henry cheared To whom he gaue his Sister next of Kin Faire Ioane Robert Graciaes Empire swayd Who to his Empresse tooke a beautious Mayd 41 She was before betroth'd to a great peere Of Burgoine he the Emperours pompe despysing Entred his armed pallace without feare The Damsell in the Emperors armes surprising He first cut off her nose reuenge seuere And from that place himselfe disguising To her'fore bribed Mother posting fast Th'in constant Dame into the Seas he cast 42 The Scots in Cathnes their proud Byshop burne Because he curst such as their tythes denide Wards were first graunted Frederick doth returne Towards Asia and the Souldan puft with pride Vanquisht in field and now no longer mourne Those Christians that in Palestine abide England with France makes warre and after peace Tumults in Wales arise but soone surcease 43 Frederick King Henries Sister takes to wife Cald Isabell Henry takes Elanour Daughter to th' Earle of Prouence ending strife Twixt them before begun about that houre His spousals were solemniz'd and ioyes rife In th' Element appear'd a war like power Of men in armes of diâ—…ers wings compacted The Merton Statute now was first enacted 44 This yeare the famous faction first begun Of Guelfes and Gibelines Tartarian Caan Inuades the Hungars and their kingdome won Where their King Bela was in battaile slaine The Mother eats her Childe and Sire the Sonne So great was hunger mongst the Hungars than Now London Aldermen were first elected and Frederick once more by the pope reiected 45 Pope Innocent the fourth from th'Emperour flying To Lyons to the Cardinals first gaue Red hats A Iew in Spaine Christs faith denying picrst a huge rocke there found a hallow Caue In it a Marble stone which with Steele trying He finds a Booke inclosd with praecepts graue Which spoke of Christ by which the Story saith The stiffe-neckt Iew was turn'd to Christian faith 46 Henry with London Citty late displeasd For sentence gainst one Margaret Viell past Into his power the Cities Charters ceasd Which by submission they regain'd at last Young Alexanders Father long diseads Expir'd in Scotland the young prince in hast at nine yeares Crownd to whom Henry affide His Daughter Mary whom he tooke to Bride 47 In Italy bloud issued out of bread As out of woundes French Lewes was surprisd By the great Souldan Mango Caan 's made head Of the rude Tartars who being well aduisde Receiued the Christian Fayth and after sped against the Turkes in Crosses red disguisde Alphons of Spaine bestowes his Daughter fayre On young Prince Edward Henries hopefull heyre 48 Richard of Cornwall Brother to the King At Aquisgraue was Emperor elected and Alphons of Castile the State affecting Was by the Electors from the State reiected Albertus Magnus flourisht in his spring And Michael Paleologus respected For his great warres in Greece who Baldwin slew and thirty fiue yeares in the Empire grewe 49 At Oxford the mad Parlement began King Henry with his Barons doth contend They fought neare Lewes many a valiant man Of Noble bloud came to a timeless end The King against his Peeres the best he can Striues by the Sword his Barons to offend Who Manger all his force the battaile wonne Surprisd the King his Brother and his Sonne 50 Prince Edward entred Asia and there fought against the Turkes where he atchieued much fame at length his life was by a Sarazan sought Who with a Knife to his Pauilion came Empoysoned and his death had almost wrought For in his princely arme he fixt the same Richard King Henries Brother and Romes king First dyes and after Henry the same spring 51 Next whom Prince Edward Long-shankes was inucsted and thirty foure yeares raign'd admir'd and feared Th'vsurping pride of Priests he much detested Bounty and Vertue in this Prince appeared Nicholas the third made Pope from th' Empire wrested Two Kingdomes for two Nephewes much indeered Of lewes at once that in their wealth tooke pride Two hundred eyghty foure for Coyning dyde 52 Lewellen next rebeld slaino by the hand Of Roger Mortimer After not long Dauid his Brother did gainst Edward stand A daungerous Rebell and infaction strong Yet perisht likewise with his warlike Band Of Welch reuolted other things among King Edward ioyes to quell the French-mens scorne and for Prince Edward at Carnaruan borne 53 Alexander Issu-lesse fell from his Steed And brake his necke the Carmelites began Phillip the fayre in France was King decreed Two Women in Heluetia liued than Who in their Wombs did two
tumult at his Sermon raisde A man vnknowne his Doctrine much disdaining Threw at his face a Dagger Ridley praysd Mongst protestants and Cramner fauour gaining In Edwards dayes were for Arch-traitors blaz'd And dide by fire Northumberland that sped To Cambridge on the Tower-hill lost his hed 114 The Turkish Solyman with his owne hands Slew his sonne Mustapha the Cardinall In Henries dayes but late exild his Lands Was by the Queene reâ—…cald now gan to fall The protestants against them strictly stands The Catholicke Cleargy the proud Genowayes brall With the French King who after in small while Wan by the Turkes ayde the rich Corsicke I le 115 Englands great Queene espousd Phillip of Spaine Sir Thomas Wyat for rebellion dide Duke Suffolke Father to the Lady Iane Was at the Tower beheaded Coortney allyde To the blood Royall once more they restraine Of Liberty the fourth Paule full of pride Supplies the pope-dome the same year did chance Much warrâ—… and trouble betweene Spaine and France 116 Lady Elizabeth was keptin hold and by the Queene committed to the Tower There harshly vsd her life to danger sold By souldiers theâ—…ce remooud to Wood-stocke Bower Sir Henry Benning-field somewhat too bold Vpon her iust proceedings looking sower a blazing Comet twelue full nights appeared Great Lones of Money by the Queene were reared 117 Great dearth in England For base murder dide at Salisbury Lord Sturton Callis lost Which was by England many yeares supplide Since the third Edward the proud Clergy mgrost all the spirituall fruits to glut their pride Phillip tooke fea and left the English Coast For griefe of which Mary soone after craisd and dide with Cardinall Poole in England raisd 118 Next whom the faire Elizabeth is Crownd a Princesse with all gracious Thewes indude She did the Gospell quicken and confound Romes Antichrist all such as he pursude With fire and Inquisition she guirt round With safety and her Lands pure face imbrude With blood of Innocents her prospetous raigne Cleard and wipt off each foule and bloody staine 119 Henry the French King in the â—…ilt was layde Breathlesse at Paris Paules is burnt a peace Betweene the Realmes of France and England made Newhauen siege and a great plagâ—…les increase Lord Henry Stewart to the hests obayd Of the Scotch peeres whose vâ—…gings neuer â—…ease Till to their generall comforts he was seene Espousd to Lady Mary Scotlands Queene 120 Now came the Baden margraâ—… with his wife To London she heere brought him a new sonne Whom the Queene Christend breathing a new life In his decaid estate Now was begun The Burse on Cornhill whose renowne grew rife In euery place where Traffickes gaine is won In Scotland to restore a kingdome torne Iames of that name the fixt this yeare was borne 121 Henry of Scotland was by Traytors slaine And Shan Oneile in Ireland put to flight By bold Sir Henry Sidney with the gaine Of a great battaile where theyr Treasons light Vpon the Traytors with a gallant trayne The Muscouite lands in his Emperors right T' establish Trafficke now as rebels stand Th'Earles of Nor thumber land and Westmerland 122 Debate with Scotland and in Norfolke grew Conspiracy the Queene in person came To Gressams Burse to take a princely view To which she gaue at his request a name Royall Exchange this yeare the Christians slew Many proud Turkes and beate them backe with shame Into theyr Foretresses and Citties walled This was the battaile of Lepantho called 123 A massacre in Paris now their heads The Norfolke Duke lost and Northumber land A blazing starre six months together spreds Her fiery rayes now by the violent hand Of one George Browne who murdrous futy leads Was Maister Saunders slaine the matter scand Anne Dreury for that fact and Saunders wife George Browne with trusty Roger lost his life 124 By Furbusher Cathaia was made knowne The Essex Earle this yeare at Dinelon dide In Ireland where his Fame was dreadfull growne Ioh 〈◊〉 Cassimerus did through London ride Desmond rebeld Drake that had compast rowne The world and many dangerous Fortunes tride Was Knighted by the Queene Mounsier arriued Thinking the English Monarchesse t' haue wiued 125 William the Prince of Orenge was betrayde And with a Pystoll by a souldier slaine Poland Musco into England made avoyage and did six months heere remaine Purser and Clinton Pyrars that denaide allegiance to the Queene at length were tane By William Barrowes Antwerpe sackt and spoyld By Parmaes Duke who long against it toyld 126 Northumberland himselfe in the Tower slew Iago Domingo and Carthagen By Drake and Furbusher whom most men knew Carletle and many gallant Englishmen Surprisd and â—…ckt the Earle of Liester grew Great in the Land and sayld to Flushing then Where his Commission he at large relates Being made chiefe Generall to the Belgian states 127 Embassadors from Denmarke gratulate Her highnesse raigne the Earle of Arundell Conuict aleague twixt England and the state Of Scotland Noble Candish furnisht well In two good ships well mand and builded late Compast the world the foureteene Traitors fell and suffer'd for the guilt at Zutphen dide Noble Sir Phillip Sidney souldiers pride 128 His death a generall griefe mongst souldiers bred a Parlyment The great At made of Spaine Rode on the English Coast and gainst vs sped But by our Fleet they were repulst againe at Tilbery the Campe was brauely led By Elizabeth in person in whose traine all Englands Chiualry mustred and met Leister meane time to Nature paid his debt 129 Portugall voyage Lodwicke Grewill prest For murder the bold Duke of Guise betraid And slaine by the third Henry when he least Suspected Death a Fryer no whit dismaid Incouragd by the Guisians as t is ghest Murdred the King then Henrie Burbon laid Claime to the Crowne whom England so supplies That by her ayde his warlike Fortunes rise 130 Whom Essex Willoughby Norris assist Sir Roger Williams with a many moe Strong Paris they besiege and as they list March thorough France maugre the common foe Hacket is hangd in Cheape who did persist In blasphemy In London gan to grow a grieuous Plague Lopes arraind and tride Drawne from the London Tower at Tyburne dide 131 Cales sieg'd and won the Duke of Bulloine lands In England th' Islands voyage this yeare came Embassadors from Denmarke from whose hands The Queene receiu'd rich presents Now with Fame Th' Earle Cumberland renownd in forraigne Lands Wan Iohn de Porterico sackt the same Lord Burleigh Treasurer submits to fate Since the sixt Edward Counsellor of state 132 Essex is sent for Ireland gainst Tyrone a Muster at Mile-end Essex comes backe With a small traine of followers after whom Lord Montioy speeds against the dangerous packe Of Irish Rebels whose braue valours showne In
his hye Conquests and their fatall wracke The treacherous Gowry gainst King Iames conspired whose safety heauen couserud the world admired 133 Peace betwixt Spaine and France from Barbary and from the Russian Emperour Legats come To gratulate the Queenes hye Soueraignty A sudden Insurrection for which some Suffred some Finde some set at Liberty Supprest without the clamour of the Drum Embassador from Scotland th' Earle of Marre Desmond sent Prisoner from the Irish warre 34 Martiall Byron arriues from France great ioy For victories in Ireland since their pride Was queld by th' English who their powers imploy To end the warres soone after the Queene dide At Richmond in her death she did destroy All former mirth this Virgin Queene supplide Forty foure yeares fiue months a prosperous raine To Englands honour and the feare of Spaine 133 To Register her vertues I should spend An age of time yet thinke my scope too small The pages of this Volume would extend Beyond strict number yet not quote them all Therefore her praises in her death I end They are so boundlesse that they cannot fall Within the compasse of my apprehension Being subâ—…ect to no limit no dimension 136 And to attempt that taske I should alone My owne sicke weakenesle to the world bewray And of her worth the smallest part or none Vnto the Readers couetous eyes display Therefore since she hath left an earthy Throne For heauens hye Mansion there to raigne for aye I leaue her shrind mongst Angels there to sing Vn-ending praises to th' eternal King 137 KIng Iames the sixt in Scotland of that name In England first her true and lawfull heyre Next Queene Elizabeth the peeres proclaime And gladly plant him in faâ—…e Englands Chaire Whose Vertues Graces Royall gifts and Fame Zeale Iustice Learning all without compare For thousands such my Muse must ' needs adore him Vnriuald yet by such as raignd before him 138 His praise is for my pen a straine too hye Therefore where he begins I make my pause and onely pray that he may still supply Great Brittaines Empyre with the Lands applause That as he hath begun to rectifie This Common-weale and stâ—…blish vertuous Lawes He still may'inioy his Queene and yssue Royall Mongst subiects euer true and Peeres still loyall 139 But where's the harbour and the happy Bay Where after stormes I may in safety ride The Gusts and Tempests now begin t' allay Whose many boysterous flawes my Barke hath tride A gentle Land-wind with my sayles doth play and thankes to Heauen I now my hauen haue spide And maugte the Seas wrath Behold at last Heere doth my shaken Ship her Anchor cast HE that expects in this briefe Epitomy of Chronicles that infinitnes of laber to suruey all the particuler kingdoms of the earth and euery destinct accident hapning in the must not onely allow mee an Ages limit and all too little but with all assist me in the search of many Authors whose workes are some rare to be found others not at all extant But my purpose was not to troble the world with such prolixity or confusion of History onely in a briefe Index or short Register to comprize many and the most noted things to conferre their times with our history of England In which if I haue any way failed the Readers expectation by inserting things friuolous or omitting things Material I must excuse it thus I haue more will then Art and more Indeuour then Cunning yet I make no question he that shall succeed me in the like labour will vse some mittigation of his Iudgement against me and say at the least It is done though not well done Onely thus much let me speake in my owne behalfe With Ages past I haue been too little acquainted and with this age present I dare not bee too bold FINIS Carion Xenophon Ptolometes Pinâ—…us Herodoâ—… Pliny Hâ—…dotus Apollonius in Argonant Iustinus posthum Isliad 2 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Paralip 〈◊〉 First Mon. Esay 39. Kings 4. 23 Paral. 35 I eremy 39 Daniel 〈◊〉 Died 〈◊〉 Herodotus Kings 3 14 〈◊〉 46 Lactantius Dionisius 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 The second Monarchy Metasthenes Xenophon 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Demosthe The third Monarchy Polibises The fourth Moâ—…hy The yeare of the Lord aboue the line The yeare before Christ vnder the line The opinions of the old Philosophers touching the creation Thales Milesi Haraclitus Hyppasus Anaxamines Empedocles Epicurus Mâ—…rdorus Diâ—…dorus Empedocles Anaximander Democritus Zâ—… Mâ—…yses The Golden Age. Hessed in operibus disbus Pherecrates Tremigistus Marcil ficinns Tibullus Vranus and Vesta 1954. 2009. Hiberius sonne of Iubal gouerned Spaine Nynus Assyria Mogus Gallia Vranus called also Creet Pliny Herodotus Clement Aristotle Theophrast Strabo Polycron Polidor Difference twixt Tytaâ—… and Saturne Erythea Sibylla Their strife compounded Luâ—… Apollonius li. 2 Argonant Diod. Sâ—…lus Pausanias in Corinthiacis Of Tytan mor Can 3 stan 27 Saturne marrieth his Sister Sybill 2000. 1963. Sibâ—… versus The birth of Iupitey and Iuno 2014. 1946. Abraham enters Canaâ—… 24 yeares after Circumcision was commaunded and Sodome and Gomorrah burned Lycophron Iupiter saued Melliseus king of Epyre. Alias Advastea and Idas Apollon Rhod. lib. 3. Arg. Pausanias in Messemacis Lactan. lib de falsa religione Apol. Atheniensis gramat Eusebius Pausâ—… in Arâ—…as Aratusâ—… in phanomenis â—…nus in Sacriâ—… Virg. 4 Greg. 2. sastor The birth 9f Pluto glaâ—…a Higinius in fab Stellarum Pausanias in Arcadicis Pamâ—… Himnographus Sâ—…phocles Apollen lib. 4. Zezes in bi 〈◊〉 Plutarch Herodotus Hâ—… in 〈◊〉 Plut. in vita Pompeia Hom. lib. 5. odis Virg. 5. Pau. in Atticisâ—… Atticis Hiberia cald Spaine Strabo lib. 3. Geographca 2250. 1913. Cicero de natura deorum Bochas Lactantius Ovid. meta 2. 2425. 1538. Dardanus and Iasâ—…s Now Cecrops built Athens 2485. 1478. The first foundation of Troy Troy named of king Troos War betwixt the Epiriens Pelagians Lyâ—…aon Lycaon vaâ—…quisht by Iupiter Hecatcus Mileseus lib. 2. genealogiarum Iupiter made king of the Pelagians Diana Plut. in Arist. The Temple of Diana at Ephesus The 7. Wonders Plutarch in vita Alexand. Atlanta that first strook the Calidonian Boare Calisto deflou red Barotus Apollodorus Arat. in astron Theopompus King Iames. Warwicke Oxford The Spanish Armado sent to inuade Enland S. Fran Drake S. 10 Hawkins S. Mart. Frobisher Qu Elizabeth Hecateus Calisto transformd into a Beate Pauson in Arcadicis Pelagia cald Archadia of Archas. Tytons sons all Gyants Typhon Briarius Câ—…on Aegeon Hyperion Iapetus Promesheus The occasion of this waâ—…e The Armour of the gyants Henry the 5. Agincourt Iupiters Embally to 〈◊〉 The Battaile Tytan Hyperion slayne The Combat twixt Iupiter and 〈◊〉 Euseb. 2. euâ—…g prepar Lucian in dial de dipsad Pind. in Olimp. Lycophron Isacius Arabus sonne to Apollo The tale of Aesculapius Dictamum Sauory or Maioram Iupiter matied to Iuno Apol. lib. 1. bib Hesâ—…odus Ibo Draconus Orpheus in arg Pausâ—…n corint Apol. Rhodius Hermesinax eleg scriptor Hebe
strange Monsters breed One bore a Child that had the face of man and body of a Lyon th' other bred One with two bodies from the Girdle-sted 54 The Scotch King dying Issulesse contention In Scotland grew who should succeede the State The strife Edward atton'd and after mention Made of their Title which these Lords relate He arbitrates theyr fierce and hot dissention And to Iohn Balioll priz'd at hyest rate He giues the Crowne which pleased Scotland well Madock and Morgan now in Wales rebell 55 Edward thrice war'd gainst Scotland and preuayled The French Kings Sister Margaret tooke to Wife and to his Sonne the Princedome he entayled Of Wales proud Ottoman began great stufe With Christendome and many Townes assayled In him the Empire of the Turkes tooke life Pope Boniface the eyght suruiued than He first in Rome the Iubilee began 56 Creat Tamor Caâ—… gouernd Tartaria Albert the Empire France King Phillip guided Prince Ladislaus ruld Hungaria Clement the fift the seat of Rome deuided Transporting it to France which from that day Seauenty foure yeares continew'd vndecided Seraph th' Egiptian Souldan-ship supplide Edward the first in his Scotch garboiles dide 57 The second Edward him succeeds and raignes Full eighteene yeares a Prince of no renowne He ryots Lusts and wantonnesse maintaind Mongst priuate vnthrifts and his peeres put downe Henry the Emperour hauing brauely gaind Many great fields was with an yron Crowne at Milleine Crownd where he aduancst his name The Crutched Fryares first into England came 58 Peirs Gaueston twice banisht by the Peeres Was by the King recald Iohn Tamer rose In rebell armes destroyd by his owne feares Phillip the long their King the French-men chose The hauty Spencers triumpht many yeares Ouer the Nobles who themselues oppose against their pride the Spencers they exile Whom the loose King reuoked in small while 59 Twenty two Barons for the Spencers loue The King cut off the Sun six houres appeared Of sanguine hew his glorious brightnesse stroue with his red Maske which at the last he cleared Edward his force did twice gainst Scotland proue Both times the soyle with English blood besmeared The Queene and Prince the Spencers could not brook And like two exiles their owne Land forsooke 60 Sir Iohn of Henault Lands in the Queenes ayde And hy the Barons helpe the King pursued who after in strong Barkley Castle layde Sir Roger Mortimer a man indude With Pride and Tyrrany the King betrayde and with the Kings bloud 〈◊〉 Tower Imbrude Baldock the Spencers Minions to the King The Conquering Peeres vnto destruction bring 61 Edward King Edwards Sonne fifty yeares bore Englands rich Scepter Charles the French King dide Leauing no issue of the Royall store Therefore King Edward being next alyde Claymes France to which the Doncipeeres restore Phillip Valois and Edwards clayme deride Sir Roger Mortimer long graft boue reason By the Kings Mother was condemn'd of Treason 62 Edward the Blacke-Prince was at Woodstocke borne King Edward fought the fiâ—…ld cald Haldonne Hill In Scotland After some few dayes out-worne The King his clayme to France doth menace still Petrach the Laureat liu'd the French in scorne Foure hundred Sayle with armed Souldiers fill These Edward meetes at Siuce whom fame hath sounded Thirty three thousand of French t' haue slain drowned 63 The order of the Garter was first made Soone after was the famous Cressie field Don Petro by his Spanish Peeres betrayde Was to their violent fury forst to yeild Edward wan Callis Iohn next Phillip swayde In France and mena'st with his warlike Shield The braue Black-Prince at Poytieres battayle wonne The field the French King Prisoner and his Sonne 64 Melchella was now Souldan Amurath Emperor of Turky and with Conquest fought A persecutor of the Christian Fayth The French King-Iohn hauing his peace now bought at Sauoy dide and Charles the sixt next hath The Crowne of France Don-Peter ayde besought Who late exiled from the Crowne of Spaine Was by the Black-Prince repostest againe 65 The Duke of Laâ—…caster France ouer-run Vnfought withall Sir Robert Knowles likewise Marcht by the Citty Paris now begun Great Baiazeth among the Turkes to rise The braue blacke Prince from France where he had won So many Noble fields returning dyes The King himselfe as our best writers say Expird of Iune the two and twentith day 66 Richard the second sonne to the bold Prince Edward sit-namd the Blacke at yeares eleuen Began his rule whom many men conuince Of wanton ryot and a course vneuen Well tutor'd in 's minority but since He manag'd state too much neglecting heauen Gunnes were deuisd first by a Germaine Fryer France doth the Kingdome of Nauar desire 67 Queene â—…ane of Naples flourisht Bohemes King Vinceslaus was Almaine Emperor made Twixt Portugall and Castile discords spring Two Popes contend the Genowayes inuade The bold Venetians and to battaile bring Their Nauall powers both Ensignes flye displaid Iacke Straw dyes stabd in Smithfield by the care Of William Walworth at that time Lord Maior 68 A wondrous Earth-quake did whole England shake King Richard thâ—… Almaine Emperors daughter wiude The Turkes in Christendome great vprores make Iohn Galeazo in those dayes suruiu'd Duke Iohn of Gaunt doth a braue voyage take To conquer Spaine and in his purpose thriu'd The Barons of the Realme themselues with-drew And many of the King seducers slew 69 The Duke of Lancaster his daughter Kate Married to Henry Castiles eldess sonne His second daughter had the Queene-like state Of Portugall by which all warres were done The Turke in Hungary suppreft but late Seekes by his power all Gâ—…eece to ouer-ron Against Constantiâ—…opolis he layde at eyght-yeare siedge now Colleines Schoole was made 70 Robert of Scotland dying Iohn his heyre Succeedes next Richard Queene Anne beiug dead Espousd French Isabel then did prepare For Ireland where 's voyage slowly sped He put to death his Vncles for the care Of him and his Realmes safty sore misled Hereford and Norfolke Dukes the Combat clayme and both are banist in King Richards name 71 The Sâ—…ithian Tamberlaine the Turkes subdude and kept theyr Emperor in an Iron Cage Hereford against his sentence durst intrude Himselfe int'England and gainst Richard wage A threatned warre the Peeres Richard exclude From gouernment who in his strength of age Resignes his Crowne his Dignity and Fame To Henry Bullingbrooke fourth of that name 72 Gainst whom the Duke of Exeter Richards Brother The Dukes of Surry and Aumarle conspyre With Glocester who his hatred cannot smother And Salsbury all these his life conspyre and for it lost their lyues with many other Of the same faction seeking to aspyre Richard is slayne in Prison after showne Through London streets to haue his death wel known 73 Owen
Glendoure raysd armes Hotspur rebeld Woorster Northumberland with others moe Whom Edward met at Shrewsbury and queld Giuing those Lords a Mortall ouerthrow The Milleine Duke that many yeares exceld In Tyranny at length was layde full low Leauing to Iohn his Sonne the Dukedomes Seat This yeare was stated Mahomeâ—… the great 74 Charles of Cremona by the Treason dide Of base Cabrinus Fundulus his slaue Th'Arch-Byshop Scroope that Edward late defide Surprizd in field came to a timelesse graue In Poland at Cracouia full of pride Was founded th'Accademy some depraue The Burgoin Duke that did his hands imbrew In Orleance blood whom he by Treason slew 75 Saint Andrewes Vniuersity begon In Scotland Iohâ—… the Milleine Duke is slaine Of his owne Subjects Ladislaus won The Citty Rome which he gaue vp againe King Edward dying left vnto his son Henry the fift a faire and prosperous raigne Ten yeares he did his Royall fame aduance and to his Crowne annext the Realme of France 76 Great Amurath sway'd Turky Iohn Castile The sixt Charles France Pope Martin Peters Chaire at Henries claime to France the French-men smile With many taunts they Englands puissance dare King Henrie crost the seas and in small while at Agin-court manag'd a fight so rare That in one battaile he the Land ore-tun Leauiug the Crowne successiue to his son 77 Ieremy Prague and Iohn Husse dye by fire about religious causes Ziscaled The Thaborytes and further gan aspire against the Emperour to list his head French Katherine was Crownd Queene by great desire Of all our English peeres Duke Clarens sped against the Dolphin but alas in vaine By multitudes he was ore-set and slaine 78 Henry t' auenge his Brothers death prepares againe to inuade France where he breaths his last Pale death that in his rigour no man spates Beteaues him life his infant sonne not past Eyght months of age assumes the Lands affayres Vnder protection Bedfards Duke was great With Regency of France a Sorceting Maide Fought on the Dolphins part and brought him ayde 79 Who in small time was King of France proclaymde at Orleance braue Mountacute is slaine Prince Sigismond is Roman Emperor nam'd Eugenius doth the papall Sea maintaine Phillip guides Milleine now was Talboot fam'd Who many lost Townes did in France regaine Now flourisht Francis Forza in his pride The Lyons in the Tower this yeare all dyde 80 Zeuza liues Persiaes King for Sorcery Dame Elen Cobham the Protectors Wise With diuers others were found treacherously To haue cnnspyred against King Henries life Dame Margaret to the King of Scicily Sole-Daughter which began much future strife To Henries Bed with Suffolke crost the Scas now liu'd the braue Prince Huniades 81 Humphrey the Duke of Gloster was depriu'd His harmelesse life at Bury Suffolke now Was banisht England where he long had striu'd By the Kings grace to make the Barons bow Iacke Cade a mutit ous Rebell now suruiu'd Dating the Kings Edicts to disalow This was the yeare of Iubilee In Menz Faustius first printed at his owne expence 82 The Turkish Mahomet sackt and despoylde Constantinople at this time was fought Saint Albons battaile where the King was foyld and by the Duke of yorke a prisoner blought To London the sixt Henry being much toyld With Kingdomes cares his peace and quiet sought Making proud yorke protector now was fam'd George Castriotus Scanderbag sir-nam'd 83 Great Warwicke at Northampton the King met In battaile of the Barons many slew Surpri'd the King in person without let The Duke of Torke reuiues his claime anew Whom many of the chiefest Lords abet And in the Parlement his right pursue Being Titled heyre apparant to the Crowne at Wakefield him King Henries Queene put downe 84 Great Warwiâ—…ke at Saint Albons she made flie Rescuing the King her husband in small space Torkes sonne the Earle of March gan to defie and sought by armes King Henry to displace Neere Torke both powers each other soone discry Where the fourth Edward hath the King in chace and now the victors Lord it where they please Whilst Margaret with her young son crost the Seas 85 Twelue Kingdomes and two hundred Citties more Great Mahomet subdues next Exham field Was fought by them that Henry would restore But to King Edwards powers perforce they yeild Who wiues the Lady Gray she that before Was wife to Sir Iohn Gray Warwick his shield aduancst against the King whom he had Crownd and for French Bona seekes him to confound 78 Edward flyes England Henry is restord and Edward with an army Lands againe Where Warwickes pride vpon his shield is scord Edward ore-comes his powers on Barnet plaine Earle Warwicke by the Commons is deplord Edward the fourth once more vsurpes his raigne Gloster kils Henries sonne then madly fares Gainst Henrie whom he murdred at his Prayers 87 Cassanus gouernd Persia Mistris Shore Was famous for her beauty Hungary Mathias ruld The Pope not knowne before at twenty fiue yeares made the lubily The Duke of Clarens is lamented sore Being in a Wine-but murdred treacherously Edward expyres two sons he leaues behind Three Daughters and a Brother most vnkind 88 The eleauenth of Aprill and the eleauenth sad yeare Of his young age fift Edward gins his raigne But eare he yet was Crown'd Richard too neare His Vncle did his hands with murther stayne Both Edwards Children by his doome seuere Were Butcherd in the Tower and fouly slaine now famous wearc Gaza Sabellicus Pycus Myrandula Aldus Minutius 89 George Valla Hermolaus Barbarus Pelitian Platine with a many moe Marcilius Ficinus Pomponius Latus With Iohannes de monte regio Now Venice and Ferara peace discusse Great Baiazeth sustaines an ouerthrow By the bold Souldan next instated came Vsurping Richard cald third of that name 90 Two yeares two months and two dayes he inioyes Regality whilst Charles the eyght swayes France And Innocent the eyght his power imployes In Rome his Bastards to inhance Richard the Duke of Buckingham destroyes Who thought the Earle of Richmond to aduance Henry Earle Richmond Mâ—…lford Hauen sought Where landing he the field of Bosworth fought 91 Richard there slaine Henry the seauenth sits Crown'd Twenty three yeares Vgnerus Persia guides Fredericke the Empire Henry to make found The breach that Torke and Lancaster deuides a happy nuptiall contract doth propound With fayre Elizabeth whom soone he brides She heyre to yorke This yeare a disease new The Sweating sicknesse first in England grew 82 Spaines Ferdinand the kingdome of Granade Wan from the Sarazens Lambert a Child Taught by a Priest cald Simon came to inuade England with a new stile by him compil'd As Sonne to Clarens in this claime were made Chiese Leaders Francis Louel once exil'd Broughton and Lincolnes Earle with whom took