Husbands Bed denide 82 And proouing armes by them she honor sought She tam'd the VVelch-men and the Danes disgraced Next Edward Adelstane the battailes fought Of the bold English and the Castles raced as the proud Danes reard and to ruine brought The Sarafins euen from Hetruria chased Th Italian Guards they Gâ—…n ouerthrow VVhere bloud three dayes out of a VVell did flow 83 Now Gui of Warwick Danish Colebrand slew And England of all Tribute quite releast King Edmond did the Soueraignety pursue When Adelstane at Malmsbury deceast Slaine after fiue yeares by succession true Eldred his Brother raignes whose pomp increast Edmonds two Sons being young the Peeres coÌ„plaine and thinke their Vncle of more worth to raigne 84 France Tuskaine Germany the Hungars wast Hugh King of Italy by Fire destroyes The nauy of the Sarazens then past To Traxinetum Edwin next inioyes The Scepter Eldred hauing breath'd his last At Kingstone crown'd whose hart was set on toyes He Dunstan banisht his Landes and Treasure lauisht and his neere Nâ—…c vpon his Crowne-day rauisht 85 And next he slew her Husband for all which after foure yeares he was depriude his state Edgar his Brother a Prince wise and rich In all things â—…ust seuere and Fortunate ascends the Throne no Sorcerer nor Witch His sentence spard Theeues Bribers he did hate To him Ludwallis Prince of Wales obayd Three hundred Wolues for Tribute yearely payd 86 Forty seauen Monasteryes this King erected Red Crosses made and on mens Roabes were seared When Duffus had foure yeares the Scots protected Donewald a Scotch Lord that no bad thing feared Him basely slew and from his Throne derected From which â—…xe monthes no Moone or Sunne appeared The Turkes by Euecus Earle of Bygar Were Spaine expold he first King of Nauar. 87 King Edgar in his sixteenth yeare expyres When his Sonne Edward was at Kingstone crownde Slaine by his trayterous Stepdame who desires The Crowne for her Sonne Etheldred he founde Exter Abbey Swayne of Denmarke fires Citties and Townes in England burning round King Etheldred raign'd in this Kingdome free Thirty eyght yeares His murdred Brother three 88 Now Stephen was made first King of Hungary And thirty nine yeares raign'd Alphons of Spaine Besiedging great Visenum valiantly Was with an arrow kild and strowed the plaine All the Lord-Danes that liu'd here tyranously Were by the English Wiues in one night slaine Ierusalem was by the Turkes possest Whom twice the bold Venetian Duke distrest 89 King Edmond sir-nam'd Iron-side next his Father Inioyes the Kingdome gainst whom Swanus Son The bold Canutus all his Danâ—…s doth gather Twixt whom were many battayles lost and won After much bloods effusion they chose rather By single strife to end the broyles begon Theyr valors were in epuall ballance tryde and after Combat they the Land deuide 90 Edrick of Stratton valiant Edmond slew And from Canutus had a Traytors meede The valiant Dane in Stiles and Honors grew He Scotland wan and Norway To his seed Leauing foure Kingdomes Vice he did eschew Nor euer did a juster Prince succeed English and Danâ—…s he atton'd vnto his doome and after went on Pilgrimage to Roome 91 Robert the Norman Duke for valor famed Hyes to the holy warres in Palestine He gone his young Sonne William is proclaymed The Norman Duke Now seekes a Throne deuine Canutus when he twenty yeares had raigned and Harrold Harefoote vnto whom incline The Danâ—…s in England next the Scepter swayes and three yeares past at Oxford ends his dayes 92 Hardi-canutus the same number fild and drinking dide whom the good Edward Sainted For holy workes succeeds no bloud he spild Nor with knowne sinnes his high profession taynted He married as the great Earle Goodwin wild Th'Earles Daughter Edgitha and nothing wanted That a iust Prince should haue one and twenty years In zeale and clemency the Crowne he weares 93 This Goodwin Alphred Edward younger Brother Traytorously slew and by his power he yoaked The King himselfe betray de his Soueraigne Mother By Byshop Robert to these illes prouoked But Heauen no longer could such mischiefe smother Swearing by Bread he by the bit was choaked The swallowing Sea deuour'd all his Lands Which to this day beare name of Goodwins sands 94 William the Bastard Duke first landing heare Was by the King receaued and Englands Crowne Promist by Edward which no English Peere Was knowne to contradict after lenthome With greatest pompe and Harrold the same yeare Earle Goodwins sonne a man of great renowne Arriude in Normandy and with oathes deepe Sware the King dead for him the Crowne to keepe 95 But Edward dead Harrold vsurpes the seate Whom Fauston and the Norwey King inuade Vpon the North both whom he did defeate And brauely slew in battaile William made A new Incursion gainst whom in t' is heare Harrold his Ensignes in the field displayde The Norman Duke preuaylde and Harrald slaine William the first so cald begins his raigne In Brutes time whilst he gouernd Brittan Anaeus Siluius raigned amongst the Latines Dercitus in Assyria Athletets in Corinth Pipinus in Thusâ—…an Codrus in Athens in whose dayes the Arke of God was taken by the Philistims In Locrynes raigne Dauid was annoynted King ouer Israel In Guendolins raigne he 〈◊〉 Vriah and marryed Bersheba In Madans dayes Salomon built the Temple c. From Brute to Caelar the Brittans were not Tributary to any the gouernment of the Romans from Caesar to Theodosius lasted 483. years In Theodosius the youngers raign the yeare of Christ 443. the Tribute 〈◊〉 The gouernment of the Saxons continued the space of 600. yeares in continuall warre and hostility either with the Brittans the Danes or the Normans The opinions of those that write of the first inhabiting of this Iland are diuerse and how it came first to receiue the name of Albion some thinke of the Chalky and white Cliffe which seemes to wall it in from the Sea But Hugh Genisis a Roman Chronicler writing of all the Kinges and Kingdomes of the World from the Vniuer sall Deluge to Christ. Writes that Danaus King of Greece had fifty Daughters and Aegiptus as many Sonnes who being married and the women the first night murdring their Husbands were for the offence banished and sayling on the Seas were driuen vpon this Island which Albiana called after her Name Albion vvith these Ladies he reports that Spirits engendred and begotte Gyants who laie with their Mothers and Sisters led onely by their lustes till they had multiplyed themselues to the number of twelue thousand But Idoubt not but that this Land may contend with any other whatsoeuer for her antiquity being inhabited with the first which beeing continually vexed within it selfe with ciâ—… 〈◊〉 and forraine inuasions her Monuments and remembrances
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
implacable Prince his rage thus wreakes Behold what doome the Impartiall Deities Alot the wretch that Lawes of honor breakes So with his shiled Gergonian him pursude Hardning the face which he behind him skrewd 45 At th' instant his retorted necke waxt hard His spread Armes stiffe his fixt eyes shewing feare And you would thinke his shape all sence debard Spake as it stood words that a man might heare These tumults done and Hymens rights prepard The Prince intends another course to beare He takes his leaue consorted with his Bride And to his Mother his swift steps applide 46 In the Mid-way he youthfull Danaus meets His hopefull Brother who at the first sight Salutes him and his wife with kind regreets In many a sweet discourse they spend that night At length the Murke and Palped darkenesse fleets From the skies azurd forehead with the light The Princes rise and speed them to the shore To which the mast-lesse boat their mother bore 47 Now Phrigian Mydas famous for his eares In giuing Apolloes honor to God Pan And for his golden wish the Scepter beares Of Phrigia In Israell that good man Samgor was Iudge whose power so great appeares He of the Philistyns kild many a man And in one battaile whilst the Trumpets blew VVith an Oxe-goade sixe hundred Heathen slew 48 But in these passages great Saturnes Sonne That with the Troians was at broad hostility At Ganimeds request a league begun Now Ihoue and Troos are one he whose ability Could not defend his Troy from being ore-run Now can commaund Troyes foes with much facility So to yeeld way rebates the greatest stroake So softest walles hard bullets soonest choake 49 T'wixt England and great Spaine two potent Nations Like enmity hath long time beene commenced And whilst Eliza liu'd her proclamations Oppos'd their pride and her owne Prouince fenced But now with mutuall kind Congratulations All iniuries on both sides are dispensed And our great Englands Ihoue for Spaines best vse Hath at their suite granted a termine Truce 50 Troos yeelds his due to Nature him succeeds Ilion his Sonne who Ilions high Towers reard More famous for his buildings then braue deeds A royall Prince and more beloud then feard He for a present sends foure milke-white Steedes To Cretan Ihoue a Present much indeerd Who by the Knight that such a treasure brought Re-sends a pretious gold-branch quaintly wrought 51 Much richer gifts in enterchange of state Our Soueraigne to the lofty Spaniard gaue The warlike Constable who came of late From Hespery a fiue yeares truce to craue More precious presents and of dearer rate Bare Englands Admirall both rich and braue When from K. Iames sent with a princely traine He was the great Embassador for Spaine 52 Ihoues branch cald the Palladium the King plac'st In Pallas royall Temple where it stood Till Troyes proud wals were quite deiect and rac'st And Islions lofty Turrets swam in blood Great Islion dies and he that next him grac'st The Troian Crowne a prince not all so good Laomedon of whom vve heere vvill stay To beare the Sonnes of Danae on their way 53 Who as they past the desart from a farre They might espy a goodly Knight lie spread Vpon the grasse he seem'd a man of Warre For he was arm'd at all points saue the head On his faire brow appear'd no souldier scarre It seemes he had not Armes long managed Exchanges past of many a kind salute Thus speaks the ◅med Knight whilft they stand mute 54 Who hath not of the great Acrisius hard Acrisius hē that built the brazen Tower Novv Arges King no longer but debard His nat◅e kingdome by his Brothers power His Brother Pricus hath against him ward And all his glor◅s reft him in an hovver Stay there quoth Perseus you haue toucht me neerly Acrisius vvrongs King Pricus shall buy deerely 54 Weare Acrisius Grand-child and discended From beautious Danae and that fort of Brasse That Lady Rumor hath so farre commended Who in Gold-liquid-showre-drops courted was Oh! vvhere vvas I Acrisius t' haue defended With Pricus blood to haue staind the Argiue grasse Both Abas sonnes a Prince frugall and thrifty He Linceus sonne the sole remaine of fifty 56 Is Brother-hood abroad so light esteemed That kingdomes can such holy knots vnty Let me no more Ihoues Royall soone be deemed But for Acrisius wrongs King Pricus die He that in all the world austeerest seemed And stood vpon most points of honesty Hath prou'd the greatest Hypocrite like those Without precise within religious foes 57 Assist me Noble Knight in this aduenture Quoth the great Gorgon-tamer when replide The armed stranger by the firme Inde◅ture Of honor I am else-where bound to ride But if with me you will my voyage enter And see what shall my Chiualry betide My Noble taske atchieu'd I then wil lead you To Pricus where my knowledge much may sted you 58 When I the Triple-shapt Chimere haue slaine Whose dreadfull forme makes all Sicilia quake Bellerephon will then returne againe And your attempt gainst Pricus vndertake The Princes wonder at Chimeraes name And that one knight his desperate life should stake Against such ods asking what Imposition Hath sent him on this dangerous expedition 59 Or whether vncompeld he be so mad To seeke assur'd destruction and to scale The Deuils den where nothing can be had But certain ruine his tough skin is Male A terrible huge Lyons head which drad A Chieures body and a Serpents tale Him whose vast gorge whole armies cannot fill Why should one desperate Knight attempt to kill 60 Bellerephon replies by Pricus doome Not my owne will I am compeld to go Else in my growing yeares that yet but bloome I 'de flesh my sword on a more equall foe But in Sicilia I must seeke my Toombe Or kill the triple-Monster dreaded so Sayth Perseus then VVhat makes him so seuere Attend quoth he great Princes you shall heare 61 Oh! Why did Nature frame these Women fayre And make theyr outward features Angell-bright When their blacke insides staynd and spotted are With Lust with Pride Contempt disdaine Spight Why should the snowy Swans in beauty ◅re Haue such blacke feet Why should the Lilly white Beare such ranke smel Can men withstand their fates When golden vessailes bring in poysoned cates 62 I thought I might haue gatherd a fresh Rose And not haue prick't my finger with a Thorne Or a sweete flower out of the Garden chose But not a Nettle in my hand haue worne Still next the sweetest flower the Nettle growes The rarest beauty hath the rudest scorne The Rouers Shippe beares the best promising sayles The foulest Serpents the most golden skales 63 By a fayre Woman is my youth mispent My Innocent youth that neuer loue imbraced Her deuillish mind to mallice wholly bent My fortunes hath o're turnd my Name disgraced And I through her maleuol◅t entent Like a poore exile from my Countrey chaced Oh woman
5 Bold Edmond Sir-nam'd Ironside him succeeds a brauer Spirit breath'd not vitall ayre The Bastard Williams Sonne Duke Roberts deeds aske the next place for his attempts were rare By Cort-hose many a Tyrant Panim bleeds By whom the Christians re-invested are and whilst hye Syons Towers triumphant stand He chosen Monarch o're the holy Land 6 Richard the first that Cordelyon hight and Edward Sirnam'd Long-shankes without Peere Was neuer Dardan Prince or Argiue Knight That in their ages more admired were Edvvard the third that Conquer'd France by fight and Edvvard the Blacke Prince to England deere He forrag'd France for Pedro wan all Spaine Which after Iohn a-Gaunt subdude againe 7 Henry the fift then whom the world neare bread A worthier Prince Bedford and Talbot bold Who in their forrain Regency so sped That puissant France was by their powers controld Edward the fourth though wantonly misled Wan ten set battailes The third Richard sold His name to scandall else his warlike merit Might with the rest a Worthies name inherit 8 The valiant Earle of Surrey often staid The Northerne Enemies from filching heare In the eight Henries dayes Charles Brandon made England renown'd by his victorious Speare And those whose Woorths these late times haue displaid Howard Grey Norris Sidney Essex Veare These had they liu'd in aged Priams dayes Had dim'd the Greekes and matcht the Troians prayse 9 Now to our hostile preparations we Must arme our Pen the Greekes are vnder saile There is a place from Earth Sea Heauen stands free And equally remoued from them all In the worlds Nauell fixt where Concaues be And hollow-sounding Vaults through Crannies small Where the reports and rumors of all sounds Giue shrill Reuerberat Ecchoes and rebounds 10 Heere Fame her Pallace builds by wondrous skill Seating her selfe in her most lofty Tower Yet is her house erected on a hill A thousand Loope-holes are within her Bower A thousand doores and windowes open still Transparant euery late and early hower Full of Big-bellyed Vaults and the wals such Of sounding Brasse that rings with euery tutch 11 Whose empty wombe continuall murmur yeilds And iterates againe each word it heares Within this place no toonglesse silence builds No solitary dumnesse spares the eares A whistling wind flyes round about the fields Which shakes the trembling branches but forbeares All violent gusts about this hollowed ground There are perpetuall calmes no Tempests found 12 And though no silence yet no clamors rise Onely a whispering murmur like the Seas Heard a farre off or when the troubled skies With remote Thunder mou'd soft showers appease The Courts are throng'd with multitudes of spies Light giddy people tatling what they please Who in and out through euery chamber passe Whispering sometimes what is and what neare was 13 Infinite Currors Purseuants and Posts Embassadors and such as hurry newes Heralds such men as Trafficke betweene Hosts Walke too and fro and no man Tales eschewes One speakes of Warres of Combats and rude boasts Another serious talke of Peace pursues All as they are dispos'd this man is telling Of buying Land that other speakes of selling 14 Some talkes of this mans Honors that mans shames Others of Stormes and many a boysterous flaw Some men of their successe and chance in games One what he heard another what he saw Some men of Knights aduenturers some of Dames Others how long their sutes haue hung in Law Toies with things serious passe graue things with bables Lies mixt with truths and truths discourst with Fables 15 Numberlesse rumors through the Pallace flye In euery nooke they make their free intrusion heere bashfull truth doth face the bold fac'd lye To fend and proue begets a meere confusion Whilst some th'attentiue eare with newes supply Others report Stale things and in conclusion Addes of his owne which bandied without ceasing From euery seuerall tongue receiues increasing 16 Heere you may see a dwarfe-like rumor grow Euen in an instant to a Gyants size Whether the Nature of the winds that blow Retaines the power to make the tumors rise Or whether Fame all tydings apt to know Giues to her traine such Bombast Liueries Their growth is strange whom I compare aright Vnto the Mush-roome statur'd in a night 17 Heere dwels credulity rash error feare Doubt volubility and quicke beliefe There is no voyce hath power to pierce the eare But fame of brutes and rumors Queene and chiefe Shrieks through the world From hence the Troians hear Th' Atrides rage King Menelaus griefe Their expedition and their Naual power Ready the threatned Enemy to deuower 18 Their Frontier Townes that border next the waues Are fortified three distant leagues from Troy Stands Tenedos whom with imperious braues The Argine Flect assault race and destroy The wrathfull Greeke not one poore Phrygian saues But to their ruines all their powers imploy This done by generall Counsell t is decreed Two Kings to Priam shail on Message speed 19 Into the Hall where th' aged King then sate Attended with his Captaines Sonnes and Peeres And such confedered Kings as to the Fate Of threatned Troy brought Horsemen Bowes Spears On this hie businesse to deliberate And rid their hearts from all inuasiue feares In throngs Vlisses and bold Diomed Two Princes arm'd at all points saue the head 20 Heere sat the King Pandrastus King Pandore And the King Galior that to Priams ayde Brought each of them a thousand Knights and more Foure Kings that from Tholosson waftage made Carras Amasius Nestor dreaded sore And stowt Amphimachus these Kings displaid Their warlike Ensignes in all dreadfull fights Bringing along fiue thousand valiant Knights 21 Next these seauen Kings K. Glaucus tooke his place Three thousand bold Squires he from Lycia brought His Sonne Sarpedon of the Troian race In all King Priams battailes brauely fought Next whom Eusemus sat distant a space Who with three thousand Knights Troyes honor sought Lyconians all Lyconias Realme he guided Since into seuerall parted Crownes deuided 22 Two puissant Kings to make the Iury full Came from Larissa these had in their traine Knights sistâ—…ene hundred Mystor whose tough scul The Argiue Princes bruis'd Capidus slaine In battaile too about the Spartan Trull Neuer to see hir Natiue Clyme againe On a rich bench sast by King Priams State These twelue bold Kings vpon the right hand sate 23 Vpon the left from Thahory that came King Remus who besides three thousand men Brought foure great Dukes seauen Earles of Noble fame All clad in Azure armes wel noted then The King of Trachy whom some Pylex name Was plac'st next him this royall Monarch when He entred Troy had in his Princely traine Eleuen hundred valiant Knights all after slaine 24 With him Duke Achumus the Troians ayded By whom Pessemus the Pannonian King Was seated him great Hector had perswaded Vnto these wars three thousand
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