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A18592	The anuals [sic] of great Brittaine. Or, A most excellent monument wherein may be seene all the antiquities of this kingdome, to the satisfac ion both of the vniuersities, or any other place stirred with emulation of long continuance. Excellently figured out in a worthy poem.; Loves martyr	Chester, Robert, 1566-1640.; Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. aut; Jonson, Ben, 1573?-1637. aut; Chapman, George, 1559?-1634. aut; Marston, John, 1575?-1634. aut	1611 (1611)	STC 5120; ESTC S116061	77,656	191

quell Yet did he temper rigour with his meeknesse And like a Lion scorn'd to touch the Lambe Where they submissiue-like vnto him came Against the Pictes he held continuall warre The which vnto the Saxons were allide And with the subtill Scot did alwaies iarre Who neuer true to Arthur would abide But sco●ning his ad●ancement to the Crowne Did thinke by force to pull his greatnesse downe The chiefest cause of this hot mortall strife That mou'd these Kings to be dissentious Was that the King of Pictes had tane to wife The ●ldest sister of Aureliu● And Cornon king of Scots had married The youngest sister to his Princely bed Wherefore they thought the Brytish Regiment Should haue descended to the lawfull heires Of Anna wife to both in gouernment Aud he as King to rule their great affaires And do infer●e king Arthures barstardie And vniust claime to that high dignitie And presently they do dispatch i● hast Ambassadours to famous Brytanie Of their great Peeres for to demaund at last The kingdomes Crowne and kingdomes Royaltie Who scorning for to heare a stranger nam'd Crowned king Arthur whom the world hath fam'd The Coronation of King Arthur and the Solemnitie thereof the proud message of the Romanes and the whole resolution of King Arthur and his Nobles THe appointed time and great Solemnitie Approched of king Arthurs Coronation To which high states of mightie Dignitie Assembled at the Citie of Caerlean In Caesars time cal'd Vrbs Legionum A Title d●ubtlesse b●●ring some import Where many famous Brytaines did resort To grace king Arthur whom the Britaines loued Came th●ee Arch bishops Englands chiefe renowne Both London Yorke and Dubright H●nor moued On Arthurs head to set the British Crowne That after puld the pride of Nations downe Vnto the Pallace of this 〈◊〉 King They were conuay'd 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 born Fame did spring Dubright because the Court at that time lay Within the co●pas●e of hi● 〈◊〉 In his owne p●●son o● thi● Ro●all day Richly to fur●ish him he did 〈◊〉 His loue vnto his King he did expresse And at his hands the King was dignified When Aue Caesar lowd the people cride This happie Coronation being e●ded The King was brought in sumptuous royaltie With all the peoples harts being befriended To the Cathedrall church of that ●●me See Being the Metropoliticall in nobilitie With lowd exclai●ing ioy of peoples voyce That God might blesse their Land for such a choice On either hand did two Archbishops ride Supporting Arthur of Brita●ia And soure Kings before him did abide Angisell King of stout Albania And Cadual King of Venedoci● Cador of Cornewaile mongst these Princes past And Sater of Demetia was the last These ●oure attired in ●ich ornaments Foure golden Sword● before the King did beare Betokening foure royall Gouernments And foure true Noble harts not dreading feare That Enuie from their 〈◊〉 can neuer teare Before them play 〈…〉 tun'd melodie That birds did sing to make it heauenly King Arthurs Queene vnto the Church was brought With many noble Peer●● being conducted Her Armes and Titles royally were wrought And to her noble Fame were ga●nished That In●amie had neare diminished Foure Queenes before her bore foure siluer Doues Expressing their true Faith and husbands Loues To braue King Arthur on this solem●e feast This day of high vnspeakeable dignitie Came foure graue discreet persons of the best From Romes Lieutenant proud in Maiestie Carying in token of their Embassage Greene Oliue boughs and their deare Lieges message The Epistle of Lucius Tiberius the Romane Lieutenant to Arthur King of Britanie LVcius Tiberius Romes great gouernour To Arthur King of large Britania As he deserueth fauour a● our hands Rome and the Romane Senators do wonder And I my selfe exceedingly do muse To thinke of thy audacious haughtie mind And thy tyrannicall dealing to our State Hote firie Anger boyleth in my breast And I am mou'd with honour of the cause For to reuenge thy Iniuries to Rome And that like one or'proud of his estate Refusest to acknowledge her thy head Neither regardest speedily to redresse Thy base and blind obliuious ouersight And uniust dealing to offend the Senate Vnto whose high imperiall Dignitie V●lesse Forgetfulnesse do bleare thine eyes Thou knowst the whole huge Circle of the world Are made Contributorie and owe vs homage The tribute that the Britaines ought to pay The which the Senate did demaund of thee Being due vnto the Romaine Emperie For that braue Iulius Caesar had enioy'd And many worthy Romanes many yeares Thou in contempt of vs and our Estate Our honorable Estate and dignitie Presum'st iniuriously for to detaine The consines of wel-seated Gallia The Prouinces of Sauoy and Daulphine With hot-stam'd fierie warre hast thou subdude And gotten in thy large possession The Ilands of the bordring Ocean The Kings whereof so long as we enioy'd them Payd tribute to our Noble auncestors The Senate highly mou'd with thy presumption Determine for to redemaund amends And restitution for thy open wrongs I therefore from the noble S●natours Commaund thee on thy true Allegiance To Rome to them to me and our Estate That in the midst of August next ensuing Thou do repaire to Rome there for to answer Before the worthie Senate and the Lords Thy Trespasse and abide arbitr●ment Such as by them shall there be ordred And iustic● shall impose vpon thy head Which thing if thou presumptuously refuse I will forthwith inuade thy Territories Wast thy whole Countrey burne thy Townes and Cities And what so ere thy rashnesse hath detain'd From Rome or from the Romaine Emperie I will by dint of sword subdue againe Thus arm'd with hopefull Resolution Wee le stay thy answer of submission Lu. Tib. Cador the Duke of Cornewaile his Oration to the King REnowmed Arthur and thrice-worthie Britaine O how a liuely bloud doth fill my veines At this proud message of the hawtie Romaines I hitherto my Lord haue bene in feare Lest that the worthy Britaines with much ease And long continuall peace and quietnesse Should grow to too much slouth and cowardize And lose that honorable Reputation Of Chiualrie and Martiall discipline Wherein right Noble King we haue bene counted For to surmount all Nations of the world For where the vse of Armes is not esteem'd But buried in Obliuions loathsome caue And want on dallying held in aestimate It cannot chuse but pale-fac'd Cowardize Must dimme and cleane deface all worthy Vertue Fiue yeares haue fully runne their monthly course Sin●e 〈◊〉 pu● off our a●●our from our backes Or heard the Trumpets clang or in our eares Or marc●t in triumph with the ratling Drum Being ●uzzeled in ess●m●nate delights G●d wil●ing that our names should not be blotted ●ith the ●oule staine of beastly sluggardi● H●th stirred vp the proud insulting Romanes To wh●t our dull edg'd swords not now in vse To ●ut their heads off in this rightfull cause And scoure our rustie Armour long laid vp To buckle with so proud an enemie Therefore great Arthur

And taught the lawes of Armes in equipage To after time her skill she did engage Apollo was her deare begotten sonne In Abrahams time she liu'd till life was donne Semiramis Queene of Assiria Was second worthie of this worlds great wonder She conquered large Aethiopia And brought the Necke of that stout Nation vnder Wasting the Countries of rich India Her dayes of Honor and of Regiment Was in the time of Isaacks gouernment The third and chiefest for Audaciousnesse And Enterprises that she tooke in hand Was Tomyris full of true Noblenesse Queene of the North as I do vnderstand From forth her eyes she lightned Honors Brand And brandished a Sword a sword of Fame That to her weake Sexe yeelded Hectors name When she receiued newes her sonne was dead The Hope and Vnderprop of Scithia She put on Armour and encountered The Monarch Cyrus King of Persia And Gouernor of rich Getulia Slue him in sight her Fame for to renew Two hundred thousand Souldiers ouerthrew Amongst the Hebrew women we commend Iahel the Kenite for the first in bountie Whose vncomprehensible valour in the end Did free and set at large her captiu'd Countrie Oppressed with tyrannicall Miseri● From dangers imminent of ●irie Warre By killing hand to hand her foe great Sisar Debora an Hebrew worthie the second place She fortie yeares did gouerne Israel In peace preseru'd her Land her land of Grace Where honest sportiue Mirth did alwaies dwell Her holy holinesse no tongue can tell Nations astonied at her happinesse Did grieue to loose her Wisedomes worthinesse Iudith the third that redeliuered The strong besieged Citie of Bethulia And when the prowd Foe she had vanquished And ouercame hot-spur'd Assiria Bringing in triumph Holofernes head She got a great and greater Victorie Then thousand Souldiers in their maiestie The first of Christians was faire Maud the Countesse Countesse of Aniow daughter to a King Englands first Henry Almaines Empresse Heire in dubitate and her Fathers ofspring She titles to the English Crowne did bring She ne're desisted from the warlike field Till that vsurped Stephen of Blois did yeeld And condiscended to her sonnes deare right That war-like Maude had reobtain'd by might The second was Elizabeth of Aragon Queene and wife to honorable Ferdinando She stoutly fought for propagation Of Christian Faith brought to subuersion The forsaken infidels of Granado Reducing that p●oud prouince all in one To follow Christs vnspotted true Religion The last was Iohane of Naples true borne Queene Sister to Ladislaus King of Hungarie A woman that defended as t was seene Her countries great and gracious libertie By force of laudable Armes and Chiualrie Against the Sarasins inuasion And proud hot warres of princely Aragon Thus haue I in the honor of their worth Laid ope their Progenie their Deedes their Armes T●eir ofspring and their honorable Birth That is a Lanthorne lightning their true Fames Which Truth can neuer burne in Enuies flames Worthie of wonder are these three times three Folded in brazen Leaues of memorie Windsor a Castle of exceeding strength First built by Aruiragus Brytaines King But finished by Arthur at the length Of whose rare deedes our Chronicles do ring And Poets in their verse his praise do sing For his Round-table and his war-like Fights Whose valiantnesse the coward Mind affrights This Brytish King in warres a Conquerer And wondrous happie in his Victories Was a companion of this noble Order And with his person grac'd these Dignities Great dignities of high exceeding Valour For he himselfe the selfe-same Honor tooke That all his following States did euer brooke This Paragon whose name our time affrights At Windsor Castle dubbed in one day One hundred and iust fortie valiant Knights With his keene trustie Sword and onely stay Cald Dridwin that his Loue did ouersway And with that Sword the very day before He slue as many Saxon fo●s or more But English Edward third of Memorie In blessed and religious zeale of Loue Built vp a Colledge of exceeding glory That his kind care to England did approue This Colledge doth this Castle beautifie The Honor of the place is held so deare That many famous Kings are buried th●re But one rare thing exceeding admirable That to this day is held in great renowne And to all Forreiners is m●morable The Name of which makes Englands foes to frowne And puls the pride of forreine Nations downe Knights of the Garter and Saint Georges Crosse Betok'ning to the Foe a bloudie losse Here followeth the Birth Life and Death of honourable Arthur King of Brittaine To the courteous Reader COurteous Reader hauing spoken of the first foundat●on of that yet renowned castle of Windsor by Aruiragus king of Britain finished by that succeeding prince of worthy memory famous king Arthur I thought good being intreated by some of my honourable-minded Friends not to let slip so good and fit an occasion by reason that there yet remaines in this doubtfull age of opinions a controuersie of that esteemed Prince of Brittaine to write not according to ages obliuiō but directed onely by our late Historiographers of England who no doubt haue taken great paines in the searching foorth of the truth of that first Christian Worthie and wheras I know not directed by what blindnes there haue bene some Writers as I thinke enemies to truth that in their erronious censures haue thought no such mā euer to be liuing How fabulous that should seeme to be I leaue to the iudgement of the best read●rs who know for certaine that that neuer dead Prince of memory is more beholding to the French the Romane the Scot the Italian yea to the Greekes themselues then to his owne Country-men who haue fully and wholly set foorth his fame and liuelyhood then how shamelesse is it for some of vs to let slip the truth of this Monarch And for more confirmatiō of the truth looke but in the Abbey of Westminster at Saint Edwards shrine there shalt thou see the print of his royal Seale in red wax closed in Berrill with this inscription Patricius Arthurus Gallie Germaniae Daciae Imperator At Douer likewise you may see Sir Gawins skull and Cradocks mantle At Winchester a Citie well knowne in England his famous round Table with many other notable monuments too long to rehearse Besides I my selfe haue seen imprinted a french Pamphlet of the armes of king Arthur and his renowmed valiant Knights set in colours by the Heraulds of France which charge of impression would haue been too great otherwise I had inserted them orderly in his Life and Actions but gentle Reader take this my paines gratefully and I shal hereafter more willingly striue to employ my simple wit to thy better gratulation I haue here set downe turned from French prose into English meeter the words of the Herald vnder the arms of that worthy Brittaine King Arthur in his warlike Shield did beare Thirteene rich Crownes of purified gold He was a valiant noble Conquerer As ancient Memorie hath

hote Teame to tune our Lay. Nor will we beg of thee Lord of the Vine To raise our spirites with thy coniuring Wine In the greene circle of thy Iuy twine Pallas nor thee we call on Mankind Maide That at thy birth mad'st the poore Smith afraide Who with his Axe thy Fathers Mid-wife plaide Go crampe dull Mars light Ven●s when he snorts Or with thy Tribade Trine inuent new sports Thou nor their loosenesse with our Making sorts Let the old Boy your sonne ply his old Taske Turne the stale Prologue to some painted Maske His Absence in our Verse is all we aske Hermes the cheater cannot mixe with vs Though he would steale his sisters Pegasus And rifle him or pawne his Petasus Nor all the Ladies of the Thespian Lake Though they were crusht into one forme could make A Beauty of that Merit that should take Our Muse vp by Commission No we bring Our owne true Fire Now our Thought takes wing And now an Epode to deepe eares we sing Epos NOt to know Vice at all and keepe true state Is Vertue and not Fate Next to that Vertue is to know Vice well And her blacke spight expell Which to effect since no breast is so sure Or safe but shee 'l procure Some way of entrance we must plant a guard Of Thoughts to watch and ward At th' Eye and Eare the Ports vnto the Mind That no strange or vnkind Obiect arriue there but the Heart our spie Giue knowledge instantly To wakefull Reason our Affections King Who in th'examining Will quickly taste the Treason and commit Close the close cause of it T is the securest Pollicie we haue To make our Sense our Slaue But this faire course is not embrac'd by many By many scarce by any For either our Affections do rebell Or else the Sentinell That shal ring larum to the Heart doth sleepe Or some great Thought doth keepe Backe the Intelligence and falsely sweares They 'r base and idle Feares Whereof the loyall Conscience so complaines Thus by these subtill traines Do seuerall Passions still inuade the Mind And strike our Reason blind Of which vsurping ranke some haue thought Loue The first as prone to moue Most frequent Tumults Horrors and Vnrests In our enflamed brests But this doth from their cloud of Error grow Which thus we ouerblow The thing they here call Loue is blind Desire Arm'd with Bow Shafts and Fire Inconstant like the Sea of whence 't is borne Rough swelling like a Storme With whome who sailes rides on the surge of Feare And boiles as if he were In a continuall Tempest Now true Lou● No such effects doth proue That is an Essence most gentile and fine Pure perfect nay diuine It is a golden Chaine let downe from Heauen Whose linkes are bright and euen That fals like Sleepe on Louers and combines The soft and sweetest Minds In equal knots This beares no Brands nor Darts To murder different harts B●t in a calme and God-like vnitie Preserues Communitie O who is he that in this peace enioyes Th' Elixir of all ioyes A Forme more fresh then are the Eden bowers And lasting as her flowers Richer then Time and as Times Vertue ●are Sober as saddest Care A fixed Thought an Eye vntaught to glance Who blest with such high chance Would at suggestion of a steepe Desire Cast himselfe from the spire Of all his Happinesse But soft I heare Some vicious Foole draw neare That cries we dreame and sweares there 's no such thing As this chaste Loue we sing Peace Luxurie thou art like one of those Who being at sea suppose Because they moue the Continent doth so No Vice we let thee know Though thy wild Thoughts with Sparrowes wings do flie Turtles can chastly die And yet in this t' expresse our selfe more cleare We do not number here Such Spirites as are onely continent Because Lusts meanes are spent Or those who doubt the common mouth of Fame And for their Place or Name Cannot so safely sinne Their Chastitie Is meere Necessitie Nor meane we those whom Vowes and Conscience Haue fild with Abstinence Though we acknowledge who can so abstaine Makes a most blessed gaine He that for loue of goodnesse hateth ill Is more Crowne-worthy still Then he which for sinnes Penaltie forbeares His Heart sinnes though he feares But we propose a person like our Doue Grac'd with a Phoenix loue A beauty of that cleare and sparkling Light Would make a Day of Night And turne the blackest sorrowes to bright ioyes Whose Od'rous breath destroyes All taste of Bitternesse and makes the Ayre As sweete as she is faire A Bodie so harmoniously composde As if Nature disclosde All her best Symmetrie in that one Feature O so diuine a Creature Who could be false too chiefly when he knowes How onely she bestowes The wealthy treasure of her Loue in him Making his Fortunes swim In the full floud of her admir'd perfection What sauage brute Affection Would not be fearefull to offend a Dame Of this excelling frame Much more a noble and right ge●erous Mind To vertuous moodes enclin'd That knowes the weight of Guilt He will refraine From thoughts of such a straine And to his Sence obiect this Sentence euer Man may securely sinne but safely neuer Ben Iohnson The Phoenix Analysde NOw after all let no man Receiue it 〈◊〉 Fable If a Bird so amiable Do turne into a Woman Or by our Turtles Augure That Natures fairest Creature Proue of his Mistris Feature But a bare Type and Figure Ode 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 SPlendor O more then mortall For other formes come short all Of her illustrate brigh●nesse As farre as Sinne 's from lightnesse Her wit as quicke and sprightfull As fire and more delightfull Then the stolne sports of Louers When night thei● 〈…〉 Iudgement adornd with Learning Doth shine in her discerning Cleare as a naked vestall Closde in an orbe of Christall Her breath for sweete exceeding The Phoenix place of breeding But mixt with sound transcending All Nature of commending Alas then whither wade I In thought to praise this Ladie When seeking her renowning My selfe am so neare drowning Retire and say Her Graces Are deeper then their Faces Yet shee 's nor nice to shew them Nor takes she p●ide to know them Ben Iohnson FINIS This Alf●ed first deuided England into Shires being King of No●thumb●rs Alfred buried in the Cathedrall Church of VVinchester The Vniuersity of Oxford built by Alfred This Sore is a Riu●r that runneth by Leicester called of some Brenber vvater In this Citie were t●ree famous Churches one of S. Iulius the Martyr the second of S. Aron and the other the mother Church of all Demetia This Belin also build●d a notable Gate in London now called Billings gate Belins Castle Lud father t● Baldud a man well seen in the Sciences of Astronomie and Necromancie This Baldud sonne of Lud-Hurdibras made first the hot Baths at Caerbran now called Bathe He also repaired the Citie of Caer l●on