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A05297	A learned and true assertion of the original, life, actes, and death of the most noble, valiant, and renoumed Prince Arthure, King of great Brittaine Who succeeding his father Vther Pendragon, and right nobly gouerning this land sixe and twentie yeares, then dyed of a mortall wounde receyued in battell, together vvith victory ouer his enemies. As appeareth cap. 9. And was buried at Glastenbury. cap. 12. an. 543. Collected and written of late yeares in lattin, by the learned English antiquarie of worthy memory Iohn Leyland. Newly translated into English by Richard Robinson citizen of London. Anno Domini. 1582.; Assertio inclytissimi Arturii Regis Britanniae. English	Leland, John, 1506?-1552.; Robinson, Richard, citizen of London.	1582 (1582)	STC 15441; ESTC S108439	67,318	92

disperced throughout the whole history of Brittaine Yet therein are matters if a man behold the same more thorowly such as might not be desired without greate hinderance of auncient knowledge and which beeing rather reade then vnderstood by William Paruus beare not any shewe at all of commodity Againe I will also heere set downe another honourable testimony namely not onely touching the Interpreter of the historie but also concerning Arthure him selfe Plainly it appeareth that whatsoeuer thinges this fellow published in writing concerning Arthure and Merline to feede y e curiositie of the not so discreete persōs were fainedly inuented of lying and dissembling Authours Let him cogge and foyste sixehundreth times if hee will Merlinus was in very deede a man euen miraculously learned in knowledge of thinges naturall and especially in the science Mathematicall For the which cause he was most acceptable and that deseruingly vnto the Princes of his time and a farre other manner of man then that hee woulde repute himselfe as one subiect vnto y ● iudgement of any cowled or loytering grosseheaded Moncke But I will let passe Arthure and Merline the one more valiant the other more learned then that they ought to regarde eyther the pratling or importunitie of the common people And that seemeth vnto me a thing most vnequall and against all right that one Moncke beareth enuie towardes another Moncke which is euen dead and gone William Paruus might haue hoped for greater victory of the liuing then of the deade Persons This yet by the waye did hee count for aduauntage to strike him that woulde not strike againe But if the Spirites of dead men haue any knowledge of humane matters he shall so farre perceiue that beyond equity and honesty hee beares away no victorie from Geoffrey that dead is but that by his wounde he hath procured him selfe a perpetuall wounde and bloodshedde Neither is there cause why hee should hope for the present helpe of that Phisition Polidorus from the Citie Vrbinas for as much as hee him selfe also languishing of like disease hath very greate neede of a cunning mans cure And there remayneth as yet another wounde wherewith W. Paruus supposed that hee had euen quite dispatched Geoffrey out of this life For so hee insulteth Nec vnum quidem Archiepiscum vnquam habuere Britones Neither saith hee had the Brittaines in deede so much as one Archbishoppe at any time Didst thou learne this amongest the Brigantes Asserius Meneuensis sometimes the Schoolemaster of Alfredus sirnamed the greate king of England taught mee another manner of matter in these wordes in the booke of his Cronicles Qui saepe depredabatur Hemeidum Regulum intelligit illud Monasterium Paraeciam S. Degwi id est Dauidis aliquando expulsione Antistitum qui in eo praeessent sicut nobis Archiepiscopum propinquum meum me aliquando expulsit sub ipsis Which did oftentimes spoyle he meaneth Hemeidus the Duke that same Monasterie and parrish of Saint Degwy that is S. Dauid in times past by banishing of the Bishoppes which bare sway therein like as he banished sometime frō vs the Archbishoppe my neighboure and me also vnder them Gyraldus makes mention and with verie good credite that Dubritius was Archbishop of Exceter For Isca so called is the most noble Cytie of Deuonia and most auncient of others by reason of the Ryuers and floude bearing the same name there edyfied which also was called of the Romans the citie of Caerlegion or Chester vpon Huske The Bishoppes Sea beeing translated from thence vnto Sainte Dauids where the most holy and the same most Learned Dauid florished in the dignity of an Archbishop Sampson a man of famous memorie Archbishop of S. Dauids in Wales shunning the sickenesse or disease of the Jaundice went vnto Armorica or the lesse Britaine wherevpon came the originall of the Archbishopricke of Dolence And from Sampsons time vnto y ● victories of y ● Normans ouer the Welchmen all the Bishops beyond Seuerne as yt were of solemne orders were consecrate by the bishop of Sainte Dauids their Primate who when the Paule fayled him with tooth and nayle retayned still all his title and interest Moreouer it appeareth by y ● Dialogue of Siluester Giraldus that the Cannons at S. Dauids in the time of Dauid the Bishop which succeeded Bernharde had a treatie with Richarde the greate Archbishop ouer the Kentish men in presence of Hugucion the Cardinall concerning the Metropolitane tytle of their Church whereof the same Giraldus handled earnestlie an entreatie at Rome being afterwardes chosen Bishop of S. Dauids And that I may recite more Ancient testimonies Ptolomeus Lucensis who wrote the liues of the Romish Bishops declareth y ● in Eleutherius his time three chiefe flammins in Brittaine were conuerted into so many Archbishops London in old time called Troynouant Yeorcke then also called Brigantum without doubt florished famously with this dignitie or prerogatiue Where then is the third Bishops Sea Where els but in Wales In which poynte that I my selfe say nothing Trittemius surely in his abridgment of Cronicles is also a lightsome and plaine witnesse May not then William Paruus the Schoolemaster be ashamed to haue inculcate into the eares of Polidorus his scholler farre better Learned then himselfe such vaine tales But beholde by one euill another euill chaūcing The ingrafted error so far forth hath now infected a nūber y ● scarce is this disease curable by any Helleborus no though they sayle into Anticyria for y e same And yet for sooth are they compelled I knowe not by 〈◊〉 violent Authoritie in the meane time to haue a good opynyon of thie their Schoolemaster These I say before hand are hard poyntes to beleeue Surely I wish all thinges prosperous vnto my Schoolemasters But when the matter is in handling concerning truth and credite of the cause doubtles●e I beare no partiall affection towardes any of them No certainely 〈◊〉 I shoulde by and by knowe that they woulde euen catch and conquere for mee all mine enemyes at once A Peroration or briefe Conclusion To the Readers HEtherto most courteous Readers haue I described Arthure in his coloures not without diligence laboure and finally a ready good will but yet in meane while whether with like eloquence grace and good successe I haue done this let that by the iudgemēt of honest and learned persons bee determined For I knowe very well How slender Furniture I haue at home For the which cause I challenge not any thing at all vnto my selfe Vndoubtedly I might soone appeare both rash vnwise if I should so doe Onely I purposed of good wil to make tryall of my wit in a matter honest to helpe the history languishing to aduance the glory of my country hindred by enuy and beeing enthralled vnto the crafty deceiptes of euill willers restore the same honestly vnto liberty I knowe it will come to passe that most mighty enemies will assaulte my

doinges Let them ouercome with powre if they can so the trueth be ours I will imitate the Noble Palme Tree which beeing pressed downe with heauie burdens yet falleth not to the ground at any time And neither at this instant doe I seeke for any reward so you vouchsafe me your courtesy good will fauour truly I may persuade my selfe I haue al thinges that I rightlie looke for And for amendes on my part also shall hereunto ensue most requisite promptitude expedite alacrity enflamed also by vertue of enment vnto like enterprises not onely but also to imparte you greater matters which shall stirre vp your learned eares and being stirred vp may long detaine them and so de●eyned as it were by a certaine land floude of pleasant delight therewith bring them vnto fragrant fieldes And all these thinges do I easily promise my selfe trusting in your honestie and helpe as one doubtlesse fully bent vpon hope thereof Surely my muse such as it is altogether is youres neyther tendeth ●he to any other purpose at any time but vnto your behoofe and the cōmoditie of all men I count it a base seruice to satisfie the common peoples humor but to performe you my continuall industrie differeth not far from a kingdome such a one as by a iust cause I may prefer euen before the kingdome of Alexander For what more reserued hee vnto him selfe wholy when he dyed of so greate Riches possessions and dominions sauing fame onely This though by many accomptes in example inferior obteyned by your meane shall I yet so earnestly aduance that nightes and dayes shall she watch for your welfare emolument And at lengthe those same most thicke mistie cloudes in deede of ignorance beeing shaken off vtterly dashed aside the light of Brittish Antiquitie with displayed beames farre and wide shall shine forth God giue you long life and wellfare most sincere fauorers of vertue and good learning FINIS LONDON Imprinted by Iohn wolfe dwelling in Distaffe Lane ouer against the signe of the Castell 1582. Gen. 9. Arist met●● liber 3. Cap. 1. Trac 2. ● Reg. 7 Deut 32. Reg. 3● 2. Reg. ● ● Reg. 23. 2 Reg. 1. A●●o ●30 Hest. Cap. 〈◊〉 2. Esd. 4 Reuel ● Deut. 31. Psal. 121. Psal. 132. William Paruus Polidorus Virgilius two aduersaries of K. Arthures fame The Authours good purpose in this worke Vther Pendragon king Art father Ouid. Epist. ● Vther Pendragon begat Arthur of Igerna the wife of Gorloys Gouernour of Cornwale and also a Virgin named Anna. Originall of Arth. name Ouid. 13. lib. Metam Fibis Iohn Stowe Then an ancient Cittie which was neere saint Albones the foūdations where of are yet apparant Iohn Stow. What time Arthur was crowned A. D. 316. Graius a writer his testimony Iohn Stow. Two Rulers of the Pictes aspire vnto Arthures kingdome Battle and victory ouer Arthur his enemies by Hoel his friend Arthure married Guenhera the daughter of Cadorus Duke of Cornwaile Iohn Stow Some iudge this to be Bathe Iohn the writer of the golden history Henry of Huntington King Art●ure Xij times General and Xij. times Cōquerour Iohn Rhes●s a louer of Antiquitie Iohn Stow. Iohn Stow. What time Arthure succeded Vther his Father Arthure could not cleane roote all the Saxones out of Brittaine H●el King of Brittaine aides him with a powe of 15000. men Lincolne beseeged by the Saxones Their slaughter fight Bath beseeged by the Saxons K. Arthure seekes to be aduēged of the Saxones His wordes His victorie ouer them Boccace mentioneth of Arthure M. Camden Cerdicius the Saxon helde warre with Arthure Arth. friendly to his foo William of Malmsbury Arthure sore distressed had it not bene for Ambrose a Romaine Gildas Aduersaries quarrel against Arthure William of Malmesbune a friendly writer Nennius another Mordred Arthure his Nephewe put in great trust His vertues mixt with vices Hoels neece viz. Helen stolne out of Armorica Arthure reuengeth that iniury Diuionensis Arth. subduing Fraunce his Nephewe Mordred in meane time betrayeth him cōfederating with Cerdicius Anno. 516. Mordred crowned Arth returned into England Valerius reporting that K. Arthure vanquished 30. kingdomes K. Arthures knights of his round Table Hoel the first knight Gallouinus the second knight 〈…〉 Gallouinus buried at Dorcester His bones Gian●like According● to the record of Glastenbury the name are Fugatius and D●mianus This Lucius being created the first Christian King in England liued about the yere after Christ 182 William of Malmesbury his iudgment of Gallouinus H●s wordes of reporte The manner of Galouinu● his death after the reporte of W. Malm●b Wi●liam of Malmsbury Iohn Leylands opinion to the contrarie His proofe out of a brittish Poet named Ioseph●● William of Malmsbury a most curious and painful searcher of Antiquitie William of Malmsbury The interpretation of Gallouinus his name Augusellus the th●●d knight Iohn Stow. An auncient Cittie in Kent nere Sandwich the ruins of it yet remaine The Prowesse and valiant aduenture of him one Graius a wri●er witnesseth Iohn Stowe Wryters Geoffrey of Mūmouth Iohn of ●orow Rossus of Warwicke Anonimus a writer Iderus the 4. knight neare of blood vnto Arthure His benefice●● towardes the Church at Glastenbury Lancelot th● fifth knight A faithfull friend and valiant aduenger of iniury done by Mordred vnto Arthure Syluester Giraldus his testim●nie of his buriall at Glastenburie Carodocus ● sixte knight Whose fame the Cronicles at Dorcester ●●toll Cadorus the 7. Knight of the most noble proge●ie of the kinges of England A stoute defēder preferrer of his princes dignitie Constantine his sonne succeeded Arth. ●ldas his testimony of Constantine a degenerate child a murtherer of Innocentes Iohn Stow. Vsuall places where K. Art● kept his 〈◊〉 table On this side Somertō neare vnto Glastenbury is the village Surton Camelet an old forte K. Arthure inhabited a castle at Somertō Iohannes Anneuillanus a writer extolleth K. Arth. round table K. Arthures round table where it standeth K. Edward the first made much of that round order of Knightes in his time Roger Mortimer solemnished the same order at Kenelworth Two Bishops religiouse fauourers of K. Arthures welfare Of S. Dauid Iltutus a Godly and learned father an other religiouse fauourer of Ar. K. Arthure his iourney to Ierusalem His zeale speciall good will towardes the Church men of Glastenbury Iohn Layland a bearer with Polidorus So farre as he bringes forth the truth and other wise his enemy Alias ●●ganus and Damianus This was king Henry the 2. Sonne of Geoffrey plantagenet brother to king Henry the first succeding him An. 1154. raigned 3. yeares 9. monethes 12. dayes and was buried of Founteuerard in Fraunce Wordes contayned in king Henry the 2. his deede of gift proceding from king Arthures beneuolence towardes the Church men at Aualonia He meaneth Robert Caxtō who translated the history of K. Arthure K. Arthures Seale kept at Westminster in Iohn Leylandes dayes His reporte in praise thereof describing the properties The Insculpture