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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A91269	The second part of A seasonable legal and historical vindication, and chronological collection of the good old fundamental liberties, franchises, rights, lawes, government of all English freemen; their best inheritance and onely security against all arbitrary tyranny and Ægyptian taxes. Wherein the extraordinary zeal, courage, care, vigilancy, civill, military and Parliamentary consultations, contests, to preserve, establish, perpetuate them to posterity, against all tyrants, usurpers, enemies, invaders, both under the ancient pagan and Christian Britons, Romans, Saxons. The laws and Parliamentall great councils of the Britons, Saxons. With some generall presidents, concerning the limited powers and prerogatives of our British and first Saxon kings; ... are chronologically epitomized, ... By William Prynne of Swainswick, Esquire.; Seasonable, legall, and historicall vindication and chronologicall collection of the good, old, fundamentall, liberties, franchises, rights, laws of all English freemen. Part 2	Prynne, William, 1600-1669.	1655 (1655)	Wing P4072; Thomason E820_11; ESTC R203292	115,608	151

solitarinesse utterly repugnant to the nature of men they may return again to their most beloved friends And whereas they have lived a long time in a filthy sordid and odious condition having obtained a returne as a sudain and unexpected booty and being freed from cares and troubles they may hereafter live a life void of fear under our Empire In the year of grace 376. Octavius King of the Britons dying without issue male leaving one only daughter there fell out a difference among the Britons to whom they should marry her with the Kingdome at last in the year 379. Magnates Britannie the Nobles of Britain that they might obtain a firme Peace concluded no doubt in a generall Councell to send Embassadors to Rome to tender the Lady with the Crown to Maximian a Roman Senator Son of Leolin a●Briton Unkle to Constantine the Great Geoffry of Monmouth and his Epitomizer Ponticus Virunnius thus relate the story That King Octavius being old and having one only Daughter quesivit a consiliariis suis demanded of his Counsellors whom they desired to advance to be King after his decease Whereupon some of them advised that he should bestow his daughter together with the Realm on some of the Noble Romans to procure a firme peace Others advised that Conon his Nephew should be installed in the royall Throne of the Realm and his Daughter with gold and silver married to some forain Prince Whiles these things were debating Caradoc Duke of Cornwall came in and gave his advice that they should invite Maximinian the Senator descended of British and Roman as well as royall bloud to come into Britain to marry the Kings Daughter and with her the Realm whereby they should enjoy perpetuall Peace Which Conan for his own interest opposed but major pars Laudabat the major part of the Nobles approved it and consented thereunto Whereupon Caradoc sent his Son Maurice to Maximinian who related to him that Octavius being aged and sick desired nothing more then to finde out such a person of honour on whom he might bestow his Kingdome with his daughter consiliumque a proccribus suis quesivit and that he had demanded counsell from his Nobles to whom he might marry his only daughter with the Crown That the Nobles in obedience to his command Decreverunt ut tibi Regnum et puella concederetur had decreed that the Kingdom with the Damsel should be granted to him that they had decreed he should come and give him notice thereof Whereupon Maximinian imbracing the offer came into Britain and landed at Hampton with a great train of Souldiers the King suppofing them to be an Army of Enemies commanded all the forces of the Kingdome to be assembled and march against them under Conan which Maximinian admiring at and unable to resist them sent Embassadors to Conan with olive branches telling him they were sent from Rome to the King and required peace till they knew his pleasure And when Conan doubted whether to give them Peace or Battaile Caradoc Duke of Cornwall and the rest of the Nobles disswaded Conan from fighting with them and advised him to grant them Peace which he did who being brought to London to the King he communi consensu by common consent of his Nobles gave his Daughter with the Kingdome to Maximinian By which it is apparent that the King without consent of his Nobles in Parliament could not dispose of his Daughter nd ●heir to the Crown nor of his Kingdome to another That the Nobles in that age were the Kings great Councell and Parliament of the Nation and that the major part of them swayed all businesses in their Councels by the majority of voices the ends for which I relate it In the year 390. Maximus the Tyrant King of Britain invading Armoric● in France caried such a multitude of Souldiers with him out of Britain that he left almost all Britain empty of Souldiers and Forces to defend it carrying all the Souldiers and Warlike young men with him leaving none but unmanly and country people behinde him and having subdued all Armorica that year he styled it little Britain The next year he sent for one hundred thousand Britons more to people it and thirty thousand Souldiers out of Britain to garrison the Townes and the next year he sent for eleven thousand Virgins and sixtie thousand other persons to be transported into little Britain whereby old Britain was almost quite dispeopled and left destitute of all defence Hereupon the Huns and Picts invaded and infested the Britons very much slaying the Britons and wasting their Cities and Towns the Britons sending to Maximus for assistance he sent Gratianus a Senator with two Legions to aide them who slew many of the enemies and chased the rest into Islands Anno 392. Maximus being slain at Rome thereupon Gratianus taking upon him the Crown of Britain made himself King thereof after which he exercised so great Tyranny towards the Britons that the common geople gathering together slew him Whereupon the former expulsed enemies returning oppressed and afflicted the Britons very much for a long time Upon this the Britons Anno 420 and 421. sent to the Roman Emperors for aide to expell these invaders which they sent accordingly but in small proportion who chasing away the enemies for the present then encouraging and teaching the Britons how to defend themselves and make wals and Fortifications to resist their invasions returned back again by reason of other Warres Upon this their former enemies infested them more then formerly As last Anno 434. in the 8. year of Theodosius the younger the Romans by occasion of other Warres withdrew all their Souldiers out of Britain leaving the Britons destitute like so many sheep without a Shepherd exposed to the Wolvish cruelty aud depredations of the Picts Scots Norwegians Danes who forced them to flie from their Cities and Houses into Woods Mountains Caves Rockes and there to hide themselves from their bloudy fury In this distresse they sent Messengers to Rome with this short mournfull relation of their lamentable condition Agitio ter Consuli Gemitus Britonum salutem Nos mare ad Barbaros Barbari ad mare propellunt Inter haec autem duo funerum genera oriuntur aut enim submergimur aut jugulamur The Messengers returning without any aid from Rome which was denied them and relating to their Country-men their sad repulse the Britons taking counsell together how to redeem themselves in this forlorne estate withheld the payment of their ancient Tribute to the Romans which they had a long time paid them and sent Guithelin Archbishop of London to their Brethen in little Britain for aid where being honorably received by King Androenus he acquainted him with the cause of his coming and the great miseries and distresses of his Countrymen pressing him with many arguments to goe and receive the Kingdome of Britain which of right belonged to him and