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A04787
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A commendacyon of welshmen
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Kelton, Arthur.
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1546
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STC 14919; ESTC S109236
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18,706
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them paste Of this most princely man When his noblenes Frome Hesperides The golden Apples wan Slewe the dragon Which did enuiron The gardayne round aboute Whose looke odible Was so terrible All men of him had doubte Thus in knightly wise He did interpryse To his Eternal fame None so worthye Of memorye To haue prayse laude or name ¶ Of this Hercules In knightho depereles With noble Galathee The only doughter Of greate Iupiter Named also Selce ¶ Came the famose blode Alter Noe his flode To the troyanes linage Downe by descent Princes excellent With all ther parentage ¶ Who was more worthie Stronger of bodye Then was Ector of Troy Yf Stories be trewe A thousand he slewe Of Grekes in one daye Of this Hercules Came Olimpiades The famose mightie quene Mother to Alexander The grete conquerour In her tendre yeres grene Cesar Iulius Most victorius His enymies to confounde Came of Eneas Whiche so noble was Among the Romaynes founde ¶ Also Constantyne Sonne of saynt Elene Of the same succession Borne in this lande The holy crosse founde By deuine inspiracion This noble Emperour Was hole gouernoure Monarch and president Of euery region Throughout Cristendome From the Est to the occident ¶ Called by grace To that highe place By heuenly influence Of hert most constaunt Slewe the Tyraunt Whiche named was Maxence ¶ A thousand mo I coulde also Uerefy and expres Of the same blod Princes right good Full of all noblenes ¶ But nowe a ende I do intende My leue of you to take Desiring this All thing amys To pardon for my sake ¶ I must be breue Least that repreue Accuse me my penne And thus to you I say a diewe Fare well ye gentel welshmen FINIS The aucthoure MOste gentle reder This litell vulgre In my ful huÌ„ble wise I you desire Hertely requyre That ye will not dispise ¶ Nether yet disdain This litle pain Uoyd of presumpcioÌ„ Lately set oute There is no doubte Equall of affeccion ¶ Let your phaÌ„tacie Iudge me honestly As one vnreproued Thyncke not that I Of flattery Herin shuld be mould ¶ Of consience No fayned sence Haue I here preteÌ„did Nor nothyng told But aucthours olde Before haue coÌ„meÌ„ded ¶ I do confesse The rude grosnesse Of my remeÌ„braunce Not vigilaunt Or consonaunt To other mens vtterauÌ„ce ¶ For to expres The worthines Of so Auncyent men But that good wyll Mouith me still To occupie my pen ¶ My englishe rude Of gratitude I trust ye will excuse And not disdayne My sentence playne Or causles it refuse ¶ The Musis nyne Did farre declyne Wher I was nutriefied Ther dulcet wel No tast nor smell In me was rectified ¶ Wherfore I must In Chaff and dust Mi selfe labour toyle Giue theÌ„ y e price Whose senteÌ„ce wise With tearmes can tricke and file Go barberouse boke Rusticall and rude Full vnworthy thankes for to haue Oneles of benyng gratitude Gentell reporte listithe the to saue Nether arte thou pure sincer or graue Confesse thy faulte Blushe out for shame Thy wittes are pastâ—hy termes out of fram MDXLVI Cum priuilegio ad imprimendum solum Osiris y e furst kynge in Egypth the secoÌ„de sonne of â—ame Hercules or Libus sonne of Osiris Tustus soÌ„ne of Hercules Altheus soÌ„n of Tustus Comboblaston sonne of blaston whiche Blaston was sonne of Altheus and ded his father liuynge Dardanus y e seconde soÌ„ne of Comboblaston buyl +ded the Cytie of derdane 〈…〉 Assaracus the yonger sonâ— of Troos Capis sonâ— of Assaracuâ— Anchises soÌ„â— of Capis Eneas sonâ— of Anchise Of the femenyne sexe by Galathia whiche was doughter to greate Iubyter of Gaulcel 〈◊〉 wife to Hercules and mothere to Tustas A digresâ— treating 〈◊〉 Destructâ—â—â— of Troy 〈◊〉 y e blynde â—orlde they â—erraâ—ed god â—s for exceling in feares of noblenesse 〈…〉 humuis soÌ„ne of Eneas Brute sonne of Siluâ—â—â— of whom descendid the king of Brittayne linially vnto Cadwalyder Cambre brâ—â— his sonne Kinge of 〈◊〉 Cadwalader the last kyng of Brute by Linage Henry y e vii of Cadwaladers line right full kyng of Britayne called Englond Henry y e viii sonne of Henry y e vii kyng of England iÌ„ whom is fulfillid the mistery of Cadwaladers translation Cadwalader bones translated by seperacioÌ„ by twene Rome vs