thriftlesse e Edward the third his mother daughter to Philip le Bel sister to Charles the fift and Lewes Hutin whose heire she was they dying without issue f 〈◊〉 was daughter to 〈…〉 of Henault 〈…〉 Philip de Valoâ—s who new vsurped France against Edward the third 〈◊〉 his mother 〈…〉 title g The Flemingsâ—â—â—â—tted â—â—â—â—tted themselues to the King of Englands obeysâ—â—â— and 〈…〉 the Earle three times and King Edward was 〈◊〉 of the Empire 1339. clected also 〈◊〉 Emperor 13â—◠〈…〉 h Oyly-flame was 〈…〉 the French KIng 〈…〉 â—sying No mery but vpon 〈◊〉 of death of prisonerâ— to the 〈◊〉 against this the King of England 〈◊〉 his Banner of the Dâ—agon noting 〈◊〉 i With the Kings of Maiork and Beme sell the Archbishop Zanximus the Bishop of Noyoune the Dakes of 〈◊〉 and Burbon the Earles of Alenson Haâ—ecourt Aumarle Sauoy Noyâ— Mont byliard Niuers and Franders the Grand Prior and 4000. men of armes besiâ—es that innumerable multitude of the commons k At the battell of Durham or Neuils Crosse William de la Zouch Archbishop of Yorke vicegerent for the King in the Marches giuing him battell the said Dauid King of Scots was taken by Iohn Copland Esquire and so sent to the Tower where he remayned many yeares l In this battell of Poytew were slaine the Dukes of Burbon Dafines the Marshall of France and many Lords and taken prisoners the King and his sonne Philip the Dolphin the Archbishop of Senon the Earles of Pontue Ewe Longvile Tankeruill Daaâ—tet Vendadour Vindome Wademont Slancer Iuyney Don-Martin Saâ—so Selabrase Viscounts Nerbon and Belemont and many Lords who were by the Prince brought prisoners into England in triumph the King of France was lodged in the Sauoy and all the Kings and Princes the King and Prince of England the captiue kings of France and Scotland the Dolphin and king of Cyprus with many of the Nobilitie were sumptuously entertayned and feasted by Henry Pyeard Vintner Maior of London * Being inuaded by the Kings of England and Nauarre m Hee was expelled by Henry his bastard brother but being restored by Prince Edward hee was shortly after treacherously murdred the two daughters of the said King Peter were after married to Iohn Duke of Lancaster and Edmond Earle of Cambridge the King of Englands sonnes Iohn of Gaunt Duke of Lancaster who married the elder sister Constance wrote himselfe King of Castile and challenged it and aided the King of Portugal agaâ—nst bastard Henry but receiuing a large summe of money gaue his daughter in marriage to the said King and quitted all claime to his kingdome A. 1350. was celebrated the first feast of S. George at Windsore A. 1376. the Prince dyed n The King of France was to deliuer the lands of Gascoigne Guienne Poytâ—ers Limosin Baleiâ—le Exanteâ— Galaice Guisnes freely to the King of England and three millions of Florences for his ransome Dauid king of Scots was to pay 100000 marks in ten yeares next following his release o Violentis her name the sumptuousnesse of which marriage whereat Francis Petrach was present and the magnificence seeming to equall if not surpasse the state of the greatest and wealthiest Princes p Of Henry the bastard q Hee was a great enemy to the Bishops City and Clergy bolstering Wicklife against his Ordinary the Bishop of London with such intolency that had not the Bishop requiting euill with good entreated the Citizens in his behalfe they would haue slaine him at his Palace of the Sauoy a Hee instituted the most noble Order of the Garter and round Table at Wiâ—dsore on Saint Georges day A. 1350. kept the first Saint Georges feast with the beginning of that institution of Knighthood the King of Frace in imitation of him then began a like order of round Table to keepe the noble men of Italy Spaine from the King of Englands but with no successe He almost new built the said Castle of Windsore to the eight Channons there hee added a Deane and fifteene more and 24. Knights he builded the new Abbey by the Tower of white Monks and one for Nunnes at Dertfort in Kent and Kings Hall in Cambridge and Maison de Dieu an Hospitall in Callaice and augmented Saint Steuens Chappell in Westminster giuing it more 500. pounds per annum Edward the third his issue were Edward the black Prince William of Hatfield Lionel Duke of Clarence Iohn of Gaunt William of Windsore Thomas of Woodstock Isabel Ioan Queen of Spain Blanch Mary and Margaret Richard borne at Burdeaux began 21. Iunij 1377. crowned at Westminster by Simon Sudbury Archbishop of Canterbury the 16. of Iuly next what time he made foure Earles and nine Knights he was deposed 29. September 1399. hauing reigned 22. yeares 3. moneths and odde dayes he was murdred at Pomfret 14. Februarij following buried at Langley by Saint Albons and after remoued by Henry the fift to Westminster * Shee is said to haue beene the first bringer in of many strange attyres for women and also the vse of side-saddles and Gownes with long traynes b Wat Tyler the master of the Kentish rebells was slaine with a dagger by William Walworth Maior of London close by the Kings side in the Kings defence who was therefore knighted and the City since giueth for armes the Dagger at that time Iohn Litistar a rebell in Norwich and his crew were dispersed by the Bishop of Norwich Henry Spensers valour the like rebellion in other parts of Norfolke and Suffolke with their Captayn a Priest one Iohn Wraw who intended to kill all Gentlemen Lords knights Bishops and began with the arch-Bish Abbots and all the Orders of religious sauing begging Fryers together with the King himselfe and especially the Lawyers whom they termed the Oppressors of the poore but they were not without great adoe and much bloud-shed suppressed c The Irish are said to haue much honoured and admired the memory and armes of Saint Edward the Confessor which were a crosse Paton Gold and Gules with foure white Martellets insomuch that foure of the Irish Kings came and voluntarily submitted Henry the fourth borne at Bolingbrooke sonne of Iohn of Gaunt fourth sonne of Edward the third began 29. September 1399. crowned at Westminster by Thomas Arundale Archbishop of Canterbury 13. October prox he dyed 20. Martij 1412. hauing reigned 13. yeares 6. moneths lacking 10. dayes r This Kings reigne was full of tumults and troubles among which that of Owen Glendor Henry Hotspur of the North were not the least Owen called of the place where he dwelt Glen being a Vale Dour Water or the Riuer of Dew in the Parâ—st of Corwen in Meâ—onethshire hauing maried his daughter to the Earle of March who had title to the Crowne Westm. by Tho. Arundale archbishop of Cant. 13. Octob. prox he died 20. Martij 1412. hauing reig 13. y. 6. m. lacking 10. daies Henr. 4. his issue were Henr. 5. Thom. Duke of Clarâ—ce Iohn Duke of Bedford Humfrey
Carminis esto mei meta vltrâ incognita multis Hoc patre iam veniens Rheni super ora niuosi Franconum an Francûm primus Pharamondus in oris Firmatique sibi serisque nepotibus olim Fundamenta iacit Regni Merouaeus adauxit Perficit primus Clodouaeus at ordine quintus Illustratque modis Christiano dogmate miris Floruit illorumque diu prosapia donec Altera progenies Carolus sibi Sceptra suisque Transtulit à primis Martcllus Eique Pipinus Successit soboles series numerosaque Regum Tertia progenies donec sub Hugone Capeto Hosce etiam solio Lex Talio talis abegit Hac sata stirpe venit Francorum filia Regum Floret adhuc Gallijs quorum prosapia nostri Mater Edouardi patre functo fratribus Haeres Vnica Francorum Regni Katharinaque quinto Heinrico secum Diademata nupta ferebat Purpuraque induerant tenerâ cum prole parentes Saepè etiam Angliacae pendere coacta tributum Lilia iure Rosae cedant flos Celta Brytannae Ceu Lyra Walla Scotae Cornubia Cambria Ierne Anglia Celta Scotus vario sermone Iacobo 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 suum totidem linguis aut pluribus edant 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Peroratio operis ad eundem Iacobum horum quatuor Regnorum potentissimum Monarcham ET iam coelestes animae quibus aethera curae Viuite ter magni Heroes aeternumque valete Viuite foelices oro nostrumque beetis Aspectu placido carmen quando Anglia Reges Indigenas quandam vidit Deus ille sed crrans Qui nunc in terris modò sedem adfectat Olympo O valcat vigeat viuat vincatque Iacobus Rexque velut sanctus nunc heîc super Astrabeatus Olim degat eoque iugi florente Monarchâ Desine Maenalios mea desine Tibia versus PALAE-ALBIONIS Odae decimae ac vltimae finis PALAE ALBION The tenth Ode Entituled IACOBVS THE ARGVMENT The tenth Odes taske though last not least Brings Teudor in vnites the Roses Whence sprong that Iemme that euer blest Two factious Realmes in vnion closes Bryttaines King IAMES to ken whose glories â—eene epitomiz'd French Scot'sh Irish stories CANT I. The Authors vow and intention of the Ode GReat Pallas crowne this Ode we pray This last grant peacefull Oliue may Since Theodor signes Gods gift thine Then warlike Neptunes more diuine Brittish Irish Scot'sh Welsh all our layes Beene peace and glories of our dayes Then goddesse gracious be whiles I Would fayne sing most melodiously This our great Theodor and his Line Whose beauties now in England shine And Peace our Poeme if not Bay Let Myrtle crowne't or Oliue spray Ioues Impe and th' Oceans peace and Pallas Astraea and Vnion meet whose sollace Our Nymphs well-wishing for their head Wreathes made of Roses white and red And in their pearly chaines vnite Rarest Iems with th' English Margarite Seuenth Henry and Elizabeth Re-vnite both Roses in one wreath Mayd'n Queene Elizabeth weds foure Realmes For her Virginities sonne King Iames Happy then may both Eliza's rest That our great Bryttaine so haue blest And till the golden age returne Sybills foretold ne're be outworne Such royoll race whence springs our peace Might they O might they all warres cease And second Brittish Constantine May he as some all schismes decline Church vertues godlinesse sworne friend Raze errors truth and right defend CANZ. II. Henry the seuenth his marriage ofspring and honourable act related NOw aide me Muses whilst I tell How after Tyrant Crook-backe fell Seuenth Henry victor he o th' house Of Lancaster white Rose his spouse Fourth Edwards eldest daughter heire Of Yorkes red rosie Garland faire Concluded such perpetuall peace As after ages all should blesse Hence Arthur Henry Margret wed To Scotland whence the vnion bred And Mary troth'd to Spaine but married To th'bedred French King Brandon carried Their Coronation day 't did grace Stanley with Derbies Earledomes place Courtney wiâ—h Deuonshires Bedfords Duke Shines Pembrooke faithfull Morton tooke For Elyes Englands Primates See From heath'n Moores now was Spaine set free But to disturbe such peace so praised Lambert in Ireland tumults raysed Personating in these plots begonne Warwick's Earle drown'd Duke Clarence sonne Last young Plantaginet who waxt old Close kept in Landons strongest hold In like sort a meane London groome Fayning too both fell by like doome In Ireland Perkin Warbek goes Currant fore Lancasters white Rose Fourth Edwards counterfet young'st child Yorks Duke by 's Aunt and Dam so styl'd The Burgoine Countesse but both hee And his faire spouse tane headded bee Henry both these and all else flames Doth quench and French and Irish tames And 'gainst their foes to make some mends Aids the Brittons his ancient friends And for Religious Abbeyes store He deck's the Sauoy for the poore When after twenty three yeeres raigne Fortunately famous he is layne In Westminsters Saint Peters trim And stately Chappell built by him CANZ. III. The famous acts of Henry the eight EIght Henry being his brother dead Prince Arthurs spouse and crowne doth wed Whose tend'rest yeeres yeeld fairest hope And warres with France as will'd the Pope Where th'Emperour then and Flemming they Were wag'd and tooke King Henries pay Turwin and Turney yet full well His pompous state and traine can tell That did in brauest sort behold Him glistring and his troopes in gold Scots then inuade so French King will England but fell at Floddon hill With Iames the fourth so did fift Iames At Carliell's fresh swolne torrent streames And Scotlands Nobles choisest flower Are fafe bestow'd in Caesars bower But Henryes sister Mary sent To France doth stint much discontent Whence being return'd Brandon that carried her Suffolks Duke made soone after marryed her CANZ. IIII. Cardinall VVolseys aud the Lord Cromwells Comet-like blazing state and falls IN this Kings reigne the rise and falles Of two of Fortunes Tennis-balles Were famous Father Wolseyes fate And Cromwells Comet-blazing state Well worth beholding Wolsey hee From parents sprong of low degree First Dorset Earles then his Kings Court Henry the seuenth's were his resort Whose Chapleine being 'twixt King Emperor Employ'd wonne thereby no small honour Then Almoner made and Lincolnes Deane The new King add's new honour when In France first of his councell grac't him Then Turney wonne there Bishop plac't him To Lincolns thence and Yorke translate Prince-like in Primates See he sate More Card'nall made his glories shine And power transcendant Legantine Wonne Prince and peoples whole aspect Both Lords and Laytie at his becke So choicely priuie Councell more Chauncellor almost Kings paramour So liberall lou'd so iust they dread him So few come nigh him none exceed him So faire-spoke such his oratorie At Charles the fift's hand gain'd much glory T'whom twise Embassag'd th' Emperours Court That saw his state can best report France view'd his last braue pompe e'en late
the Storie of Britaine 125 More of Caesars Acts. 131. 133. The Britaines subiect to Caesar and Tribute yeelded 135 Christ born in the dayes of Cimbeline 134 Cimbeline refuseth to pay Tribute to Caesar. 135 Claudius finished the Conquest of Britaine and regained the Tribute 137 Clito Edgar against Harold 221 Constantine the Great his glorious Acts. 147. The Reigne of his sonnes till Theodosius ibid. Constantine the Tyrant his Reigne 149 Cordilla her Reigne 101 Corinaeus his meeting with Brute 73. His killing of Gogmagog and inhabiting of Cornwall 89 Coylus and other Kings reignes till Hely 119. the flourishing of the Christians vnder his Reigne 143 Creation of the Creation of the World 3 Cromwell Lord Chancellor his Comet like-blazing 271 Cunedagius his enuie vnto Cordilla 101 D DAnaus his Storie and of his fiftie Daughters 63. Their banishment and arriuall in Albion 65. The Descent of the Gyants from them ibid. Danes the originall of them in England 197 Dissention ciuill Dissention after Gorbodugus Reigne 103 Druis his Reigne 17 Dudley Earle of Leicester made General into the Low Countries 279 E EAst-Angle Kings and their gouernment 178 East-Saxons their Kings and Kingdome 195 Ebrank his Victories and his sonnes 97 Edgar his Reigne 209. Hee obtayneth the Crowue 211. Hee is infamous for his wanton loues 213 Edmond Iron-side and his Childrens Fortunes 217 Edward senior his Warrelike Acts. 207 Edward Martyr poysoned 215 Edward Confessor his famous Reigne 219. His death 221 Edward the first his deciding the right of the Crowne of Scotland 245. His sonne first English Prince of Wales ibid. Edward the second his vnfortunate Reigne and wrongs done by Gaueston Mortimers and Spencers 247 Edward the third his Acts and Conquests of France 247 Edward the blacke Prince his noble Acts and death 251 Edward the fourth his Reigne and his sonnes 261 Edward the sixt his Reigne 277 Edwine his Reigne 209. Hee is vicious 211 Egbert his reducing the Kingdomes to one and calling it England 199. His flourishing Monarchie and Reigne 199 Elizabeth Queene her admired and famous Acts at the beginning of her Reigne 279. Her imprisonment before shee was Queene ibid. Her generall peace with Scots France and Spaine ibid. Elfleda her Warrelike Acts. 207 England who first gaue that name 7. Her feare at the Conquerors comming in 223 Estrild drowned by Guendoline 93 Ethelred his obtayning of the Crowne 215 Ethelwolphes his Acts and Reigne 199. His troubles with the Danes 201 Europa her seuerall Nations and commendations 9 F FErguse his Reigne till the Picts 285 Flouds their creation 5 France the ancient Gouernement thereof 303. How the Crownes right is now deuolued to the English ibid. G GErmanie conquered by Ebrank 97 Giants their creation 5. The Descent of the Giants in Albion 65 Gogmagog slaine by Corinaeus 89. He was the greatest of Giants ibid. Gorbodugus his Reigne 103 Greenshield a most worthy Prince his Reigne 103 Guendoline ouerthrowes Locrine drownes Estrilde and Sabrine 93. Guendoline her Reigne 95 Guffar King of Poytiers in France ouerthrowne by Brute 73 Guiderus in his Reigne did Aulus Plancius begin 137 Guitteline and his Queene very famous for their Lawes 119 H HArold-Hardiknute and his Reigne 91 Harold Godwines sonne his vsurpation 221 Henry Beauclarke his honourable Reigne 239 Henry the second his Reigne 241 Henry the third his Acts. 245 Henry the fourth his vnquiet Reigne 258 Henry the fift his Reigne and Conquest of France 255 Henry the sixt his wonderfull misfortunes 257 Henry the seuenth his ioyning the Houses of Yorke and Lancaster 263. His marriage off-spring and actions 269 Henry the eighth his famous Acts. 271. His Reigne in his latter time 275. His seuerall Marriages and last will concerning his Heires ibid. Heptarchie the beginning thereof 189 Hercules the son of Isis 49. His slaying of the Gyants his comming into Gaule and his meeting with Albion 51. His entertainment by Lycus and preparing to ouerthrow Albion 53. Hee kils Albion and his power 55. Hercules marryeth Galathea the Daughter of Lycus ibid. Historie defended 37. Diuers Histories repeated and reconciled 55 Humber ouerthrowne by Locrine 91 I IAmes the sixt of Scotland and first of England his succeeding Elizabeth 283. The Gouernment of Scotland in his minoritie 297 A Peroration to King Iames. 303 Iane the Wife of Lord Guilford Dudley her down-fall 277 Idolatrie the originall thereof 21 Iohn King of England his Reigne 243 Ireland described 27. Glorious Atchieuements there 281. The originall of the Irish. 297. The Conquest of Ireland by the English 299 Isis the Goddesse buries Osiris 49. Her reuenge by the meanes of Hercules her sonne ibid. Iupiter or Ioue their diuersities 45 K KEntish Kingdome the Storie thereof 171 Kent the Liberties thereof how gained 233 L LEicester builded 101 Leil his Reigne 99 Leon-Gauere did build Cairleon 65 Leir the vnnaturalnesse of his three Daughters and his crosse Fortunes 101 Licus the King of Gaule 53 Locrine his Reigne and ouerthrowing of Humber 91. Locrine ouerthrowne by his Wife Guendoline 93 Lud-Rudibrasse his Reigne 99 Lud his building of London and the Gates 121 M MAcbeth his Reigne 289 Madan his Reigne 95 Magus his Reigne 17 Malcolme his Reigne 289. Some other Scottish Kings 291 Man his Creation and his fall 5 Marie Queene of England her Reigne Marriage to Spaine 277 Mary Queene of Scotland her Reigne and Marriage to the Lord Darnley 293 Martia the Wife of Guitteline famous for her Lawes 119 Memphis a Citie in Aegypt 43 Mempricius deuoured by Wolues 95 Mercia the first originall of their Kings and order 177. The end of the Kingdome of Mercia 179 Misfortune how incident to the greatest Nations 11. Misfortunes excused and the misfortunes of this I le ibid. Morgans enuie to Cordilla 101 Mulmutius his Reigne 103. His Noblenesse and the restoring of the Brittish Monarchie 111 N NOe his Historie shewed vnder the shaddow of Saturne 39 Northumberland the originall of their Kings and Kingdome 179 The subuersion thereof 183. Their incumbrance by the Danes and submission to the West-Saxons ibidem O OSiris Albions Grand-Father 43. Osiris slaine 49 Oxenford builded 97 P PIcts their originall 285 Poesie or Poetry defended by an Apologie 37 Polydore Virgil his subtilties and disgrace of the Brittish I le vnmasked and confuted 105 Poole Cardinall his flourishing vnder Queene Marie 279 R RIchard Cordelyon his most famous Reigne 243 Richard the second deposed by Bullingbrooke 253 Riuallo his Reigne 103 Rome Tribute paid vnto Rome 135. No Tribute paid to Rome ibid. S SAbrine drowned by Queene Guendoline 93 Samothes his Off-spring and Reigne and the giuing of the name Samothea 7. Samothes first Rule and Empire 15. Samothes Issue 17. The Storie of Samothes defended 75 Samotheans their irreligious and barbarous Acts and their ouerthrow 19. 21. The end of their Kingdome 23. Their punishment 25 Sarron his Reigne 17 Saxons their originall and Antiquitie 159. Their calling in and plantation vnder Vortiger 163. Warres betweene the Saxons
seditious Preacher called William with the Beard also Hubert Archbishop of Cant. chiefe Iuâ—â—ice Vice-Roy and Lieutenant in the kings absence set peace amongst the Welshmen being at variance among themselues and vanquished them after when they did rebell K. Iohn though not right heire was elâ—cted and crowned by Hubert Arcâ—h of Cant. 26. May 1199. who was made Lord Chacellor of EnglaÌ„d though in king Richards life time he had both resisted the tyraÌ„ny of the now king excoÌ„municated him and preferred the title of Arthur Geofreyes son K. Iohn died the 19. of Octob. 1216 hauing reigned 17. y. and 5. m. lacking 8. dayes K. Iohn had continuall warres with either the French or Emperor or his Barons at home partly for their liberties and Saint Edwards Lawes and partly other priuate 〈◊〉 he had warres in Scotland and with his son in law Leoline of Wales he dyed in the heate of the warres the K. of France hauing taken vp 〈◊〉 a second time in the Barons behalfe and Lewes the Dolphin being then come ouer into England * But King Iohn soone got his nephew Arthur that had espoused the King of Frances daughter and was right 〈◊〉 to the Crowne into his hands and murdred him p The Bishop's William of London 〈◊〉 of 〈◊〉 and Malgor of Winchester executing the Popes 〈…〉 vpon the Realme it came that the dead were buried in 〈◊〉 and corners bylaymen like dogs King Iohn then seised the Abbeyes and Ecclesiasticall liuings and put them in Laymens hands Pope Innocent then absolued all Princes and others from subiection to King Iohn incited the King of France and Dolphin to seize England as they did all beyond the Seas and his Nobles and the Welshmen conspiring against him hee was forced to call home diuers exiled Bishops recall diuers vniust lawes and put Saint Edwards lawes in execution Pandulph the Legate chiefe actor herein to 〈◊〉 in the Popes behalfe he resigned the Crowne King Iohns 3. daughters were Isabel wed to the Emperour Frederike Iohan espoused Leoline Prince of Wales Ianc espoused Alexander King of Scots h And among others Maud tbe Faire daughter of Robert Fitz-Walter who not consenting to his vnlawfull loue was by him poysoned where shee was buried at Dunmow i As it is said by a Monke in Swynstead Abbey yet hee had founded the Abbey of Beauly in Hampshire the Monasteries of Farenden of Hales Owen in Shropshire hee redified Godstow Wroxhall and the Chappell of Snaris borough Henry the third borne at Winchester King Iohns eldest son but 9. yeares of age beganne his reigne 19. Octob. A. 1216. crowned at Glocester by Peter Bishop of Winchester Ioseline Bishop of Bath in presence of Walo the Popes Legate 28. Octob. 1216. and after peace concluded with the Barons by Stephen Langton Archbishop of Canterbury at Westminster on Whitsonday A. 1219. he dyed 16. Nouemb. 1272. hauing liued 65. yeares and 28. dayes * Gualo the Popes Legate the Bishop of Winchester and William Marshall Earle of Pembroke being Protectors of the Realme and Kings person so wrought that the Barons were quieted Lewes the Dolphin departed and things setied in peace of this William Marshall is read this Epitaph in his honour Sum quem Saturnum sibâ— sensit Hybornia Solem Anglia Mercurium Nâ—rmâ—nnia Gallia Martem towards the end of his reign the Parons taking vp armes againe Symon Montfort Earle of Leister Gilbert de Clare principall actors therein vnder pretext of the Acts of the Parliament called The mad Parliament of Oxford A. 1258. to the ruine of many of the Nobilitie but the warre was ended partly by the battell of Euesham partly by Legate Othobone and the Acts of the Mad Parliament repealed at Winchester 1265. A 1268. was the Parliament of Marleborow and the Statutes enacted called Of Marlebrige k He builded the Hospitall of Saint Iohns in Oxford a house and Church for Conuerts of Iewes and Pagans in London the Chappell at Westminster whither Saint Edwards the Confessors boâ—es were translated out of the Quire by him and himselfe buried Edward the first surnamed Longshanks being in the parts beyond the Seas towards Ierusalem beganne his reigne 16. Nouemb 1272. and came into England was crowned at Westminster by Rob. Kilwarby Archbishop of Cant. 15. August 1274. he dyed 7. Iuly 1307. R. 34. y. 7. m. odde dayes * And called Edward of Carnaruan for the Welshmen after Leolines death earnest with the King for a Prince of their owne Countrimen the King told them they should haue a Prince there borne that could speake no Eâ—glish which they contented with he named his â—fant Sonne who of this policy the Queene being brought to Carnaruan was borne there hee diuided Wales incorporated into England into Shires and Hundreds A. 1292. 18. Nouemb Alex. K. of Scots being dead without issue the K. of England as Lord Paramount hauing heard all the titles and claymes of the 12 Competitors as beires to the Crowne of Scotland adiudged the Crowne to To. Baliol of whom he tooke homage who rebelling K. Edward entring Scotland and Edenborow tooke all the regall ensignes and offered the Chaire Crowne and Scepter of the Scottish King to Saint Edward at Westminster a To whom the King gaue Mannors and Signioâ—tes with great liberties throughout all parts euen to the farthest end of all ScotlaÌ„d whence tooke roote there many English customes and names b By â—â—ianor of Spaine he had Prince Edward and foure other sonnes and 10. daughters for this Qucenes sake were builded the Crosses of Cheapside and Charing-crosse and diuers others as all the places where her Herse rested being brought from Lincolne where shee dyed in the Kings iourney to Scotland to Westm. By Margret the K. of Frances daughter he haâ—â— two sonnes and one daughter Edward the second named of Carnaruan began 7. Iuly 1307. deposed 25. Ianuary 1326. R. 19. y. 6. moneths and odde dayes * Daughter to Philip le Beau and heire to France all her brothers being dead without issue c For their insolencies the Barons tooke vp armes against him but he was by the Queene at last and Mortimer her Minion deposed and most lamentably vsed and murdred at Barkley Castle on 5. Matthews day 21. Septemb. 1327 then buried at Gloster Edward the third borne at Windso e began 25. Ian. 1326 and crowned at Westminster by Walter Reginalds Archbishop of Cant. 1. Feb. next in his fathers life time he dyed at Sheene now Richmond 21. Iune 1377. hauing reigned 50. yeares 4. months and odde dayes Edward Baliol was crowned K. of Scots 27. Septemb. 1332. there were then slaine at Halidon of the Scots 8. Earles 1300. horsemen and of common Souldiers 35000. * Causing him to bee condemned by his Peeres but neuer brought to his answere like as hec before had serued diuers others d Among others this rime is said to bee cast abroad by the Scots about that time Long bearaâ—s heartlesse Painted boâ—ds witlesse Gay coates gracelesse Makes England
which he built and had bestowed thereon 14000 pounds * King Henry the seuenth his children were Prince Arthur that dyed in his fathers life time Henry the 8. K. Margret wed to Iames the fourth of ScotlaÌ„d and Mary promised to Charâ—es King of Castâ—le but wed to â—ewes the twelfth King of France after to Charles Braâ—don whom Henry the eight made Duke of Suffolke t Iasper Earle of Pembrooke the Kings vncle made Duke of Bedford Morton Bishâ—p of Ely who chiefly plotted be Kings aide and Râ—â—hard thâ— third his ouerthrow â—ent for by K. Henry 〈◊〉 of Flanâ—ers succeeded Tho. Bourchier who shortly after dyed in the See of Canterbury u The Londoner that personated Edward Earle of Warwick sonne to George Duke of Clarence that had beene prisoner in the â—ower from the beginning of King Henries reigne till then was hanged at Saint Tho. of Waterinâ—s Pâ—rkin Warbeck that did counterfait Richard Duke of Yorkâ— second sonne to Edward the fourth at Tybourne and the Earle of Warwick himselfe beneaded on the Tower bill all three dyed within the compasse of yeare 1499 Lambert that had before fayned himselfe to be the said Earle of Warwicke in Ireland was made the Kings Faulconer x Margret Countesse of Burgoine sister to Edward 〈◊〉 fourth set vp both this Perkin and that other Lambert as enuying the prosperous estate of Henry the seuenth * Against the King of France An. 1488. f He conuerted the Sauoy built by Peter Earle of Sauoy and Richmond in Henry the third his time which long since belonged to the Dukes of Lancaster and now to the Crowne to an Hospitall for 100. poore people hee new builded Richmond Baynards Castle founded three houses for Frantiscan Fryers obseruants at Richmond Greenwich and Newarke three others for Franciscan Fryers Conuentualls at Canterbury New Castle and Southampton he builded the faire Chappell of Westminster where he lyeth entombed Henry 8. began 22 Aprill 1509. crownd at Westminster with Q. Katharine by William Warham Archbishop of Canterbury and Chancellor of England 22. Iunij next following hee dyed 28. Ianuar. 1547 hauing reigned 37. yeares 9. moneths and odde dayes buried at Windsor * Who had dispensed with him for the marriage of Q. Katharine Prince Arthurs wise g Where the King of Scots encamped the field is by some called Bramston field of a place there neare adioyning This victory was gotten by Tho. Howard Earle of Surrey A. 1513. the same yeare that the King got Turwyn and Turney where hee made Tho. Wolsey being one of his Councell Bishop of Turney * The strange fortunes of both Cardinall Wolsey and the Lord Cromwell in this Kings reigns well worth the noting z Both his Embassies and Court at home were with such state beyond compare the greatest of the Gentrie and Nobilitie of the land attendant in his trayne a As some say he poysoned himselfe at Southwell fearing more disgrace as hee was comming towards the King who sent for him to London Rhodes taken A. 1523. Rome sacked and the French King taken before Pauye A. 1525. the Duke of Burbon was slaine at Rome b Pope Iulius the second sent a Cap of maintenance and a Sword to Henry the eight which were receiued 19. May 1514. with great solemnitie Leo the tenth gaue him the Title Defender of the Faith for his writing his booke against Luther 1521. Clement the seuenth sent a Rose tree of gold with buds and branches and a Rose wherein was a rich Saphire it was presented to the King at Windsore 1524. c Who was as some thought some part of the meanes of his Master the Cardinalls downfall which was his raysing to honour d Though indeed it fell out cleane contrary as Tho. Arundell arch-Bishop of Cant. said in a like case entended in a Parliament Henr. 4. A. 1404. to the like euill Counsellors of the King that not for all the Cells and Religious houses pulled downe then worth many thousands now many millions the King was the richer halfe a Marke but rather the common Treasures and Weale of the Land wherein lyeth the Kings chiefe wealth and State impouerished priuate persons hauing begged and appropriated them to themselues conuerting that to priuate and sometimes leud vses which was before to hospitality and a generall benefit reliefe of the land e The great Titles the Lord Cromwell possest before his fall when the King tooke displeasure against him about his marriage with the Lady Anne of Cleue whom Cromwell had so commended by which meanes the marriage was made which proued after so distastefull to the King and shee not loued * The Emperour Maximilian was in pay with the King of England before Turwyn 1513. the Emperour Charles was royally feasted and entertayned by him at Callaice A. 1520. in London 1522. the Queene of Scots 1516. King Christieâ—â— of Denmarke and his Queene 1523. the Palsgraue of Rhine Frederick 1539. when he came to conclude the marriage betweene the King and the Lady Anne of Cleue f After the King was diuâ—rced from Queen Katharine of Spain Queene Maries mother with whom he had liued 20. yeares more hee made the Lady Anne Boleine Marchionesse of Pembrooke and married her 1533. by whom he had Queene Elâ—zabeth he married Iane Seymer mother to K. Edward An. 1536. Anne of Cleue 1540. the Lady Katharine Howarâ— the same yeare the Lady Katharine Par 1543. g King Henry the eight his last Will partly contrary to some acts of Parliament made in his life time h Other Kings were famous for building many monuments of piety and Religion hee for defacing almost all that were raysed since the first planting and foundation of Christianity in this land Edward 6. borne at Hampton Court began 28. lanâ— 1547. crowned at Westminst 20. February following dyed 6. Iuly 1553. reigned 6. years 5. moneths and odde dayes buried at Westm. * Of whom there was then great store there being commotions in Somersetshire Lincolnshire Deuon and Cornwall Norwich and Yorkshire a In which battell of the Scots were 14000. slaine 1500. taken prisoners the English onely hauing lost 60 men b Chauntries Free-chappells and Brotherhoods as the remainder of religious houses that were not demolished in King Henr. 8. time were pulled down about the bâ—ginning of K. Edw. 6. reigne And afterwards the Iewels cbalices Vesseis and Ornaments of gold and siluer out of all Cathedrall Churches and others were call'd for into the Tower Copes Vestments cloth of tyssue and the like into the Kings Wardrobe money and peeces of plate sold into the Exchequer Many Churches and Chappell 's being pulled downe among other the Church of the Strand to build the Lord Protectors house who was shortly after beheaded 1552. after whose death the King liued not long Lady Iane daughter to Francis daughter to Mary King Henr. 8. sister was proclaymed Queen 10. Iuly 1553. but Queene Mary preuayling shee her husband were beheaded 12. February next following Mary daughter of Henr. 8. and Q
Katharine of Spaine began from the death of her brother 6. Iuly 1553. though interrupted by the Lady Iane she was crowned at Westm by Bishop Gardiner of Winchester Lord Châ—ncellor 1. Octob following shee dyed 17. Nouemb. 1558. R 5. y. 4. M. and odde dayes the same day of her death deceased her cousin Card. Poole at Lambeth she buried at West he at Cant. * He was fourth sonne to Sir Io. Dudley Lord Lisle Earle of Warwick and Duke of Northumberland so created by king Edward the sixt c The Duke of Northumberland was beheaded 22. Augusti 1553. Henry Gray Duke of Suffolke father to the Lady Iane the 23. of February following d Sir Tho. Wyats pretence of Religion being to withstand the Queenes marriage with Spaine he was beheaded 11. April 1554. e The style and royall Titles of King Philip and Queene Mary proclaymed by the king of Heralds at the time of their marriage being on Saint Iames day 1554. l The Queene sent for him from beyond the Seas where he was in great estimation in the Court of Rome and Cranmer being burned he was made Archbishop of Canterbury 1556. Queene Mary also restored and buâ—â—ded what religious houses were in her power or possession a sat Greenwich Westminster Syon Sheene the blacke Fryers in Smithfield all which were suppressed by Queene Eâ—â—zabeth m Francis the Dolphin of FraÌ„ce espoused Mary daughter sole heire to Iames the fift King of Scots 1558. 28. Aprilis at Paris A marriage was heretofore intended betweene her King Edward the sixt n About this time also dyed Charles the fift Emperour father to King Philip hee being busie at his warres in France Elizabeth second daughter to K. Henr. 8. began 17. Nouemb. 1558. crowned at Westm. by Doctor Oglethorpe Bishop of Carliele 14. Ianu. next following Dyed 24. Martij An. 1603 or according to the computation of the Church of England 1602. buried at Westminster reigned 44. yeares 4. moneths and 7. dayes * Shee had beene kept prisoner in the Tower and elsewhere a good part of her sister Queene Maries reigne o Peace was concluded between all foure Realmes A. 1. Eliz. betweene the Kings of Spaine and France the Dolphin and his wife Queene of Scots the Queene of England but the Q. of Scots set on by the Guises of France the peace broken quarrells and wars grew and she being taken as she fled from her owne subiects into England long after suffred death at Fodringhay Castle A. 1587. Diuers inroades in the mean time were made into Scotland by the English against the Hamiltons and in aide of the K. and likewise into France but A. 1564. peace was again concluded with France and the K inuested with the most noble order of the Garter p Robert Dudley Earle of Leicester went ouer Lieutenant Generall and Gouernour of the Low Countries A. 1585. where his Excellency for so he was styled was entertayned with great triumphs and many worthy and warlike exploits were then done by him and Sir Philip Sydney Gouernour of Flushing after whom Captayne Norrys and Sir Francis Vere were held for noble warriors and in great estimation * 15. Iunij 1576. and the three yeares following he made seuerall voyages into the North-west Seas to seeke that way a passage to Cathaia and comming to the places called Queen Elizabeths Foreland Frobishers Streights and meta incognita brought thence Mineral at seueral times which then were supposed to bee gold Ore but proued otherwise This yeare 1588. by diuers forespoken was called Mirabilis Annus in August and the moneths following were great reioycings and triumphs in all England London and at Court for their deliuerance and the discomfiture of the Spanish fleet In the yeares following were diuers voiages made to the Spaniards great losse vnder the conduct of Sir Io. Norrys Sir Francis Drake and the Earle of Essex d Captayne Francis Drake with fiâ—e ships of which the Pellicane was Admirall set out from Plimmouth 13. Decemb. 1577. passed by the coast of Brasile Rio de plata and entred the Magellane streights came to the Molucco Iles and Iaua so returning by Cape de Buona esperanza arriued in England A. 1580. the yeare following the Queenes Maiesty dining at Detford in Kent where the Vessell was laid vp which he had so fortunately guided round about the World going into the ship to see it there in the same gaue him the honour of Knighthood The like voyage was performed by Captayne Cauendish and finished An. 1588. The Queene being at Tilbury Campe in Essex the fight on the narrow Seas was continued betweene the two fleets of Spaine and England from the 24. to the 28. of Iuly in which time Don Pedro and other Nobles were taken and many of the Spanish Gallyes and Ships burned sunke and spoyled the Prince of Parma that should haue sent aide to the Duke was hindred by the Hollanders whose Fleet lay at the mouth of the Riuer which hee should passe to ioyne with the Duke insomuch that 29. Iuly the Spanâ—sh fleet began to fly the English men chasing them Northwards towards Scotland where about the Orkeyes and coasts of Ireland many ships and men were lost the Duke returning with greatest dishonour into Spaine had lost ships men f Walter Earle of Essex went into Ireland Lord Generall of the warre 157â— Robert his son Earle of Essex 1591. went into France with a band of men sent from the Queene to aide the French King And An. into Ireland to suppresse the rebellions there hee was wondrously loued and honoured by the Englishmen about all the Peeres of his time g Charles the ninth of France 1566. Maximilian the Emperour 1567. Frederâ—k the second King of Denmarke 1582. were by Queene Elizabeth inuested Knights of the most noble order of the Garter h Her time being to all ages worthily memorable for her admired Mayden reigne her conquests abroad and peace at home Iames the sixt in Scotland the first in EnglaÌ„d borne at Edenborrow 19. Iunij 1566. descended of the Lady Margaret eldest sister of Henry the eight began his reigne in Scotland 29. Iulij 1567. crowned in Sterling church being but one yeare old he began his reigne in England 24. Martij 1602. crowned with Queene Anne his wife daughter to the King of Denmarke on Saint Iames his day next following at Westminst by * The Ocean the Ring wherwith our whole Albion or great Britayne is encompassed the Kingdomes of England and Scotland wedded vnited together by King Iames. i Queene Elizabeth * The most approued Authors hold the story of Scota King Pharao's daughter supposed wedded to the Argiue Knight Gatholus whence Scots would draw their name and pedigree a meere fable but certayne it is Ireland was auncienâ—ly called Scotia and thence the Scots came whence Ireland is called Scotia of Scythes or Scutten is shewed hereafter in the description of the Irish these Scytheâ— or Scythians came thither out of Spaine partly where they were long
Mushromes from the earth Since Gaules and Britons both of these Are said to come of Samothes Great Noahs Nephew for when hee Saw one world drown'd and scaping free With woodden Horse not winged Steed Vnto th' Armenian Hills did speed Our Sire his Nephew Iaphets sonne So twise all Nations sprung from one Mesech call'd Samothes that time Passing beyond the Pontike clime In Europe plac't his seate betweene The snowy Alpes and frozen Rhene Not farre from whence by Iber's side The Geryons Heards fam'd farre and wide Long since did feed till Victor-wise Alcides tooke them for his prize CANZ. VIII Samothes Rule and Empire here the first King of this Iland NOw sing we Samothes whose Race Held th' Alpes Pyrene and all the space Twixt that and Seyne where now aspires Faire Paris built by Marcomyre And Rhene and Rhosne and Arar's source And farthest French and Brittish shores First Samothes came from the East Whither Fate assign'd him place of rest Who sate him downe sole Lord betweene The Pyrene Hills and Alpine Rhene For vnto Samothes they say Both France and Brittish Iles obey Who was to all or Sire or King That with him came or from him spring CANZ. IX Samothes issue Kings after him Magus Sarron Druis of whom the Druides tooke their name and beginning IN Samothes sacred wisedome shone Next him sate Magus in his Throne And with his Fathers Crowne inherits His prudence iust and best demerits Diuiner Artes he lou'd and taught Those Magi of the East 't is thought Magus sonne Sarron next succeeds Heire both to 's Crowne and vertuous Deeds He founded Schooles the Load-starre bright That vertue guides with louing light Then Parnasse Nymphs and Phoebus Shrine And learnings Lamps seem'd here to shine O well becomes it Royall blood And Prince to care for peoples good Sarrons sonne Druis next is King From whom the Druid's name did spring Whose care and state was vnderstood For peoples worth and publike good These taught diuine Philosophie What Vertue meant what Pietie Ere they in Temples Idols plac't Or with strange Sects their owne disgrac't They iudge the people prophetize Vs'd Misle-toe at sacrifize Greeke literature from them 't was thought By Timagen to Athens brought Though since they fell that sometimes flourisht Whom Gallia er'st and Britaine nourisht CANZ. X. Bardus last absolute Lord and King of that race here of whom the Bardes the ancient and grauer Poets glorie to haue beene followers THe last of these Samotheans race Druis sonne Bardus takes his place The Graces Darling Muses Friend Whom choisest vertues did commend Like Orpheus with his daintie Lute The Woods Fields Flouds and Fishes mute He held attentiue and among The sauage Beasts with his sweet song French Bardes great Poet and Welsh would grace Their name when theirs in thine they trace Who soules to rest departed sing Heröes acts and gests of Kings Once wit was priz'd more worth then gold And once these flourisht so of old Iapigian Mountaynes won much honors For Ennius birth Athens for Homers And who had knowne or Priams glorie Or Hector stout or Troians storie Dardanian Troy or Ilion Towres Great Thetis sonne or Ida's Bowres The various motions of the Spheares And all those acts of elder yeares If Poets had not sweetly song And so preseru'd their fames thus long Kings with their triumphs may giue place To laureate poesie that doth grace Their worth 's with praise the worthies names With trumpe of neuer dying Fame But some haue said 'twixt spight and hate That poesie now is out of date Indeed Moecenas he is dead And great Augustus lapt in lead But let such liue againe and see If euer fades the Laurell Tree Yet more I muse not much if Phoebus And gentle Nymphs the Muses leaue vs Since these our Poets more adore Their Bacchus feasts then Phoebus lore Whose follies fits as furious beene As Moenad ' froes on Ida's greene Let best admire but ne're come neere That graue sweet old Moeonian quire CANZ. XI The irreligious and barbarous acts of the Samotheans their ouerthrow BVt our Prince-Poet Bardus when Hee could moue Rocks could scarce moue Men. With his so sweet enchanting tongue Deafe eares despize e'en Phoebus song For when next age in France they sayne Longus and second Bardus raigne Brittons rude lawlesse wild desires From th' altars hur'ld their hallowed fires And Pietie being thrust out of Grace Pollicy yet stept not vp in place Thus oft begun well sometimes failes And Syrens formes haue fishes tailes So great a worke of waight and wonder 'T was now to bring these peoples vnder That Saturnes golden Age is vanisht And from the Brittish coasts are banisht Samothes and his fall what may fall Religion Scepters Monarchs all Which Monarchs then both Priests and Kings Melchisedek-like did rule all things Guiding both sacred and prophane Teaching things heauenly and humane CANZ. XII The originall of Idolatrie and Heathenish superstition FRom Samothes and Sarron sprong Druid's for State-matters Bardes for Song And Magi so for wisedome nam'd In Persia or to Persia fam'd Did flourish long that yet not taught Those fables fond with dotage fraught Of Saturne Ioue Pan and Apollo And all those Heathen gods that follow Whose names were neuer heard nor knowne Till blindnesse blossomes were full blowne And Ignorance had with their fames Almost hid both themselues and names Of Noe Nimrod and the rest Of those great Worthies then at least Each one with might and mayne did striue From Gods their Linage to deriue Then Ioue and Saturne honoured were For Gods some are so wise they feare Huge Idols stocks and flouds as Nyle Anubis and the Crocodyle And with their owne or strangers blouds Foile th' altars of their Scythique gods CANZ. XIII The end of the Samotheans Kingdome WHile thou didst liue whose sweetest voyce Made rocks wild beasts woods reioyce All ill was hush't when thou didst die Stept in foule rude impietie And all what plagues or deadly smarts Could pierce such lawlesse peoples hearts Eternall night might cloud our skie To heauen when Iustice seem'd to hie And Faith was fled might Phoebus beames Well faile or faint when such foule streames Of loathed vice in heauens disgrace Both heauen and him seem'd to outface As if those Gyants had beene reuiu'd Noahs floud erst of life deptiu'd These Monsters now of men so much Degenerate their rudenesse such Vice heap't on vice they godlesse grow And haste on fast their ouerthrow Yet mark't who will when orders meete And Lawes beene trodden vnder feete It neuer past vnpunisht quight Or God or King dis-rob'de of right Heauen suffred long such lawlesse rage To prosper or at least next age Done rue or damne to lowest night Deeds so ill sped to heauens despight Pentheus to Bacchus Bren t' Apollo's Rauisht shrin◠fearefull vengeance follow 's CANZ. XIIII Wickednesse the destruction of
to all the world appeare But giue them leaue for thus they sing That leauing Greece an Argiue King Went into Aegypt and there taught Them to sow Corne poore soules who thought His Godhead worthily t' adore In Apis Oxe-like forme therefore Then sing they how Iö faire dame Cow-turn'd for feare of farther shame No sooner iealous Iuno spies For iealousy hath an hundred eyes Argus set sentinell Ioues faire loue As farre as Nilus streames did roue And like one in forlorne despaire With bellowing sounds she fils the aire Till Iuno reconcil'd was sâ—ene Ioues Paramour Isis Aegypts Queene Wed to Osyris and their sonne Epaphus built Memphis walls anone And of his wise so call'd the same Yet some say Lybia weares her name And I doe find at least there beene Hundreds of yeeres these Ioues betweene CANZ. VI. As that of the Assyrian Belus Noah with the other Bele's of Aegypt and Greece SO from this Labyrinth turnes to winde Ariadnes clew one had neede finde This make me then say th' ancient'st Bele Noe rul'd th' Assyrian common-weale Nimrod was Belus too which word In Hebrew signeth King or Lord Danaus syre and Aegyptus hee 's A latter Belus farre then these And others more rays'd great this same Iupiter Bele's so ambiguous name Our Mizraim oldest Belus Impe Or grand-child and that beauteous Nymph Inachus or Iauans Daughter beene Aegypt's much fam'd first King and Queene And these perhaps did teach good Artes So deifyed for their great deserts Their nephewes Neptunes sonnes it seemes Their Grandsire plac't in diuers realmes Italy Lestrigo's Geryon's Spaine Antaeus Lybia Albion raignes And Bergion in the Brittish Iles Where they hauing set foote ere whiles Wretched Samotheans thence they chac'te And wel-nigh lay'd their countrey waste CANZ. VII Albion hauing made hauocke of the Samotheans and the other Giants Neptunes Imps tyrannizing euerywhere reprehended by Osyris the most ancient Belus of Aegypt cause him to be murdered GReat Samothes as oft as I Thinke on thy sonnes whose progenie Might haue worne Crownes borne scepters gay With Iuie wreath'd and Oliue spray I see that Kings and greatest ones May hap to haue vngracious sonnes When on their Phaeton-fall I thinke Some great ones now how soone they 'le sinke When these would heauen and hers out-face Contemne Religion and disgrace Astraea Albion scourge of God Bruis'd them though Ioue soone burnt this rod So Deuils to Deuils tormenters beene Naile driues out naile streame driues on streame Albion and all the Giant crew So godlesse then and gracelesse grew That were they not they might well bee Th' earth's sonnes whom heauen abhord to see Like Titans broode that in their Pride Laid hils on hils and heau'n defyde Heapt sinne on sinne ee'n seem'd to striue How Vertue least most Vice might thriue Till great Osyris quite asham'd To heare their leudnesse them much blam'd Who though despis'd his counsels sage With all his graue and reuerend age And all with one consent conspire Gainst his graue yeeres their leud desires Sole obstacles whom they meane to kill So gracelesse ones quit good withill Tryphon his brother with the rest Well ware of their vnnaturall hest The secret Tragique stroke then gaue Hasting his gray haires to their graue Least minding such perfidious vowes Isis laments her absent spouse Not knowne where hee 's become her voice Niles banks redouble with Ecchoing noice So oft so shrill groues flouds good Dame Might seeme t' haue learn'd Osyris name Whose pale Ghost in nights shady gloome Told her their treasons points hâ—â—ombe CANZ. VIII His carcasse is sought found and honorably entombed by his wife the Goddesse Isis and diuine honours intituled to him by his subiects SHee much amaz'd at that horrid sight Yet faine t' haue caught the fleeting spright Sought and found out where he did shew His mangled corps the Tyrants slew And good Queene in that heauy dumpe Bringing him backe with funerall pompe Addrest in Ceremonious sort And state to fit his Kingly Port His vrne and ashes tomb'd where hee Pale Ghost pointed himselfe to be In Abatos I le neere Memphis walls Girt with a lake some Stygian calls These Nilanders the Memphians since In memory of their so lost Prince And his good deedes seeke and adore Serapis found with honours store CANZ. IX Isis reuenge on the Tyrants by her sonne Hercules or Lehabims meanes NOw Tryphon weares the kingly stile With force maintayn'd what got with guile Whiles heauy Isis wofull Queene Wants time and meanes to wreake her teene On all that Parricidious crew Which though they thinke not well she knew With patience arm'd awhile till some Reuenge resolu'd on might strike home And therefore breakes her mind anon To Hercules her warlike sonne Cald Lehabim ancienter then hee Blaz'd so Alcmena's sonne to bee The Lybian or as may seeme true The Gaule since there he Albion slue CANZ. X. Hercules ouerthroweth and slayeth these Giants euerywhere and commeth into Gaule where he encountreth Albion TO him as whom 't concerned chiefe Hauing laid downe her cause of griefe He ' stonisht at such strangest words Iust courage so iust cause affords As quick as lightning and as fierce As thunder clouds and towres that teares Streight vowes reuenge and soone proclaimes Th' inhumane Tyrants Traytors names Then gan his glory shine as faire As Phoebus from his golden Chaire From whose cleere orient Ganges east As farre as Gades Pillars west Hercules his honor was heard fam'd For peace protected tyrants tamâ—d Then Tryphon fell in Libia's slaine Giant Antey Geryons in Spaine Lestrigo and his sonnes from whom Th' Anthropöphagi Italian Canibals come 'Bout Italy they say did fall And he prepares to visit Gaule Where Albion neere the Alpes by chance Then sore vext Lycus King of France Diuine Alcides at that time How did thy presence blesse their clime To Lycus one so neere opprest Nor vnwish't nor vnwelcom'd guest The peoples then of Gaules all round We guesse were glad and Pallace crown'd With triumphs Court and Countrey euen Ioy'd as he had come downe from heauen That Phoebus might not with more Ioy To Cynthus come Venus to Troy CANZ. XI He is entertained by Lycus King of Gaule Albion being professed enemy to them both whom Hercules prepareth to ouerthrow FAire Galathaea that more faire Then Leda's Cygnet might compare With th'orient beauty and sweet roses Aurora's morning blush discloses With sweetest Art as louers doe Did spread her wanton plumes to wooe And win their guest to be their Prince Her spouse her sires and lands defence Dumbe eloquence that conquers hearts Where Loue and Beauty play their parts So willing he was eas'ly wonne To doe what else he would haue done Doubly bound by loue honour all To worke Gaules freedome Albions fall Albion was now vext many wayes His Brothers death's the victor's bayes This league with France and what great ioy The Gaules
conceiu'd for their new Roy T' was neede aswell for his owne good As for reuenge of others bloud Of fresh supply from Brittish realmes From Trent Thames and faire Scuernes streames Fierce enemies to encounter thoe And force of such a furious foe His Brother Bergion comes from Thyle With powers of Irish Orkes and I le Ioyn'd like two Thunder-bolts of warres Mated to be by none but Mars Alcides leauing then his Loue Ioues Eagle takes for Venus Doue His Lyon-skin stead of softer tyre And winded Hornes for warbling lyre So from her Chamber to his charge His iust designements shewne at large Drawes with him of his presence fayne Celts mingled troopes with his owne trayne Who late more fearefull then the Deere Hunted to toyle though now of cheere To front their proudest foes his fame Their fainting hearts did so inflame Signes of true valour shewne they forth Such courage giues the Captaines worth CANZ. XII Albion and his powers vanquished and slaine BOth sides prepar'd now for these warres Alcides and those twinnes of Mars Neither of them euer match't till now Eith'r ayming others ouerthrow Haste on right sore with might and mayne Greene fields with purple gore to stayne Fierce as the Giant-troopes that stroue From heau'ns high towres to pull downe Ioue For Albions tree-like traines did yeeld Like monsters as fought Phlegra field These met on Frances floury pride Like raged boystrous windes that tyde Whose furious force sends flames of fire From blowes redoubled in their ire Their steele-strokes glittring lightning seeme Their clamors thunder and betweene Heau'n clouded with hurld weapons store Th' ayre fild with groanes ground fild with gore When as'twere heau'ns cause gainst these rude Heau'ns and earth's out-lawes that fell feude 'Gainst right rais'd Gods good hests and Ioues Ioue showr'd downe from his realmes aboue Such stormes of stones with vengeance mixt Sent many of these fiends to Styx The place they say as yet is showne Le-Craux in Narbone coasts by Rho'ne Monument as 't were of that strange shower The stony Shore cald to this hower The rest of them that so not fell Hercules sent with their Lords to hell CANZ. XIII Hercules marrieth Galathaea Daughter to that Lycus King of France which of their sonne Galates or Celtes tooke name Diuers stories hereof are here reconciled ALbion and Bergion slaine was so France freed from feare of Giant-foe And almost all the world was clear'd Of Cyâ—lops-monsters whom they fear'd Hercules returnes incontinent To Venus bower from Mars his Tent. Then Court and Countrey Nymphs not coy And Fawnes and Syluanes sung with ioy Their nuptiall Hymens sweete Napaeas Hercules Loue and faire Galathaea's Queene Iuno too chiefe president Of marriage rites gaue all content So from this noble paire there came Galates that gaue the Celts their name Niceus though sayes Celts they bee Of Celtus Celtices sonne and shee Hercules wife Bretanus Impe who names Vs 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 as Greeke Idiome frames Wher 's Prytus then Araxe's Impe Lycus Brute or Britone Candyes Nymph Vnlesse Bretanus may Lycus bee Celt Galates Celtica Galathey As oft wee see names so much chang'd Wondrously from themselues estrang'd Let others iudge hereof there beene Say Hercules and his mother Queene Dame Isis came into these parts And Gaules and Germanes taught good Arts Others Isis and Osyris bring To Marsus ancient Germane King Makes me thinke their sonne Hercules so His name might be Osyris too CANZ. XIIII Their issue Kings in France afterward whose names only there recorded the next Ode pursueth the story of the remainder of those Giants in this I le of Albion BVt leaue we Hercules now to seeke Aduentures whether Gaule or Greeke With his faire charge his tender spouse Whose race French Kings old story showes With Lugdus and a number more Belgius that nam'd the Belgique shore Paris Reme and Francus till they sayne Pictus by Coryne ta'ne or slayne The end of the second Ode A briefe type of the third Booke or Ode of PALAE-ALBION called GIGANTES The third Ode contayneth 1. THe description of the confused Chaos of a Kingdome not well ordered Seene in the Anarchy or Inter-regnum of the Giants the race or remnant of Albion and Samothes traynes liuing disorderly like brute beasts many hundreds of yeares without any discipline of State or politique Gouernement in their Land 2. The comming in of Danaus daughters to these Giants whence were descended those monstrous Creatures that Brute and Corynaeus found at their arriuall here by reason whereof the stories of Belus and Danaus with the occasion of these Ladies comming are briefly touched and set downe 3. The arriuall of Brutus in this Iland and his aduentures and trauels to Greece and other parts of the world before he came hither with a short Apologie both for his and the other precedent Histories of Albion and Samothes PALAE ALBION Ode tertia Inscripta GIGANTES ARGVMENTVM Tertiâ—que Oda canit quota inhospita saecla Gigantum Relliquiae saeuae littora nostra tenent Queis Neptunigenis ortam Danaique puellis Cyclopeam sobolem trans Styga Brutus agit 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Odae propositum proaemium NVnc interregnum Albionis rabiemque Gigantum Albione occiso nullo dominante per arua Musa refer Sine Regerudeis sine lege Britannos Viuenteis Satyrûm in syluis aut more ferarum Quos Neptunigenas inter Danaique puellas Ceu sama est oritur malè sana Gigantea moles Quos aliquot post saecla accedens Troius Heros Littoribus nostris Plutonis ad ostia Brutus Praecipitesque nigro misit Corinaeus auerno Iam chorus alme faueto precor dum singula paucis Expediam cunctique sciant quid Numina possint Castalides mecum castae doctaeque sorores Et quanquam in tenebris priuati lumine caecis Errabundi agimur tamen eruite ista Camoenae Vt tandem videant nostri sua stirpis auitae Gesta Gigantaeos contra reliquûmque furores Siqua fides dubijs chorus alme referre stupendam Annuite ô sobolem vatique haec diciite vestro Albione Albionis caeso Iernesque Tyranno Foelicem heu nimiùm quae diceris Olbion olim Si poteras Dominos non agnouisse Tyrannos Insula sed Dominis nimiùm nudata seueris Amplius inuenit nullos moderamina rerum Qui caperent quid sanctum esset iustúmue docerent Nec quis erat tantâ fretus probitatè fideque Qui regere Imperio vel Lege rudique popello Aut premere aut laxas sciret dare iussus habenas Donec vti perhibent Troiano sanguine cretus Longum post tempus quingentos plus minùs annos Brutus in Angliacas serò deuenerat Oras Tum rudis vsque adeoque ferox Gens Daemonas esse Credimus Historijs dictos pietate carenteis Nulla Lege nefas aut Relligione reuinctos Inter se sociosque hinc fabula forsitan illa Daemonas in Danai gnatis genuisse Giganteis
's beyond th' Herculean straites Seeke out those seates assign'd by fates CANZ. IX The generall applause of his whole company and theâ—r preparation for the same THe Chappell with her words seem'd shake And Brutus from his trance awake With his companions halfe agast Perfumes vp to the Heauens they cast Of Frankinsence and costly spice Th' aire Ecchoing forth and open skies These sawes with their glad shouts for ioy In hope of their new-builded Troy CANZ. X. Their meeting with Corynaeus and other Troians neere the Pyrenine mountaines ouerthrow of Guffar King of Poytewes in France and arriuall in Britaine THence putting forth to seas againe The Lybian Syrts and Midland mayne He leaues passing by Hercules Pillers into th' Atlantique Seas Aeneas-like perhaps by kinde Seekes forraine shores New-Troy to finde And casting by the coast of Spaine Before he met with Frances Mayne Where Pyrene hills deuide both lands Hee 's seene by Corynaeus bands A Captaine that at great Troyes foyle Chaing'd Ilions for Illyrian soyle And with Antenor noble Prince Came to Timaus springs and since Leauing Lyburnian Kingdomes quite To South and Indies opposite On Spaine and Frances bounds At foote of Pyrene hils was found Whose tops fir'd by the Nomad Nation Thence nam'd or'elooke the vast west Ocean This Corynaeus and his traine Both sides of such Colleagues full faine All of one stocke one Troian Kin All neere Allyes Brute takes him in Complice Copartner and Companion Of Trauels who on th' Aquitanian King Guffar come of Hercules bloud Proofe of his valour shew'd right good Whose ransack't townes and subiects slaine When King to fly himselfe was faine Deere did abuy th'opprobrious words He proudly gaue those Troian Lords From hence with wealthy spoyles they say Embark't againe withouten stay They make for Deuon and Totnesse strand Albions fore-told long-lookt-for land Thus hauing past the dangerous Syrtes And Altars on fam'd Affrike skyrtes Malaea's gulfe and lately seene Furd'st Gades Pillers and Pyrene No sooner safe from vunder sayle But toucht but leaping forth All haile All haile cries Brute thou sacred seate Faire I le which Cynthia goddesse great Promis'd to me and mine for ay This is the place here must I pay My vowes to her whose gracious hand From vnknowne Peoples and strange Lands And Seas and Syrts and dangers store Hath brought vs safe to Albions shore And then as was the manner crown'd With leauy sprayes his temples round Deuoutly he by pray'rs doth call On Phrygian gods in order all Ioue Cybele Sunne and Moone and Night And what or Genius god or spright Was hallowed there or haunts the place His Mates their businesse ply apace All got a-shore glad of sweet rest On Albions flowry fields they feast CANZ. XI An Apologie for the storie of Samothes or Mesech and Albion NOw Brute's in Brytaine Noahs brood Though fetcht from th' vniuersall floud Nor Neptunes sonnes escap't not free From Zoilus carping much lesse hee How secretly so e're he came From Troy some that maligne his fame Haue made sore search they 'le not endure That he should flourish they obscure Samothes whose stories nearest fit With verities of sacred Writ That from great Noahs Arke doe bring The second Worlds new-birth and spring 'Bout whose obscure and ancient dayes Few'st scruples sure deserue most prayse For Neptunes sonnes and Albion hee 'T was e're the guise and e're will bee That those that furrow th' Ocean flouds Beene term'd by Poets Nereus brood And these must needs possesse of yore Waues-all-encircled Albion shore But more to make their storie plaine Mela reports of Albion slaine Neare Britaine why not he the while As rathe as white Rocks names this I le CANZ. XII The like for that of Brute his descent and race ANd now to Brute since some in game Or spight will sport at others fame But sure I know not how to please Such curious queint conceits as these And certes th' Aporetique Sect In all establish Lawes neglect Hath too too much preuail'd in this Sicke Age of ours and much amisse When nothing once so firme was thought That now 's not vnder Quaere's brought Though more staid heads will one day see Such too much medling should not bee Or by experience learne at last That hee 's not wisest prates too fast CANZ. XIII All ordinary Obiections to the contrary answered and clearely refelled and the Sybils Oracle-verses cited to that purpose BVt now pray heare what they can say That Brutes Detractors parts would play Caesar forsooth was wondrous mute And Tacitus in not naming Brute Indeed I thinke 't was wisest art For Caesar to conceale some part And not the best of them to say From whom he bore the worst away His glorie was obscur'd too much To lose the day his lucke was such Or if he truely had good will To say the truth he had small skill To reade the Brittish Annalls o're And leisure lesse he had therefore I doubt or if he had I weene In Kent alone his conquests beene And our chiefe Monuments they say Farre off in Mona secret lay Among the Druides And who Would wish or trust such with his foe When they themselues from Romans ire To their remotest Cells retyre But now from Mona's secret Cells And Druid ' Priests inuolued spells The Bard's the Druid's off-spring haue Rais'd Brute and Arthur from their graue Where they yet slept forgotten long In the Bard's songs and Brittish tongue See now in these great lett'red dayes We scarcely minde those Brittish layes Or heed their gests and moderne acts Much lesse those ancient times and facts No maruell then if Latine storie Or Saxon silence Brutus glorie Lesse wonder too that Caesar should Not finde these matters though he would For grant the Druid's not enuy'de This so to baulke great Caesars pride Yet we finde they committed then Most things to memorie least to pen Whence he t' affirme them knowes not whether 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 or from France come thither And Tacitus may-be sought no more Then his great Lord obseru'd before Th' Obscure first Age doth Varro call Next Fabulous third Historicall The learned Latine too sayes true But toucheth all both vs and you And if great Maro merit Bayes For Romes first Lords in Latine layes And Homer like-grac't when he sings His owne Greeke Peeres and Dardan Kings Whom rather for their stories else Seeke we to then then Brittons selues More some obiect in Roman writ Brute nor his slaine Sire read in it And Brutes name barbarous seemes We may If Brutes name be not found well say They writ but barely of their owne Much more of forraine more vnknowne Their Kings e'en clouded specially In those first Ages and yet I See diuers Syluij if not ones Sonne who can yet shew Brute was nones And Brutij with Caesars good grace In ancient'st Italy had place CANZ. XIIII
honore Dux Corinaeus opem tulit huic pro munera tanto Arua dedit Brutus Corinaeaque rura vocauit Proxima Damnonijs quâ inter confinia currit Loegriae Tamaris diuisor Cornubiaeque Quo tractu montes aiunt Titanibus illis Antiquis famulosadomus quibus vda ferarum Terga dabant vestes cruor haustus pocula trunci Antra lares dumeta thoros Caenacula rupes Praeda cibos raptus venerem spectaculacaedes Imperium vires animos furor impetus arma Mortem pugna sepulcra rubus monstrisque gemebat Monticolis tellus sed eorum plurima tractû Pars crat occiduo terror maiorque premebat Te furor extremum Zephyri Cornubia limen Fortè quia huc multo occursarunt agmine Teucris Tunc ità perculsi insolito terrore Gigantes Hos auidum belli robur Corinaeus Auerno Praecipites misit cubitis ter quatuor altum Gogmagog Herculeâ suspendit in Aere luctâ Anthaeumque suum scopulo detrusit in aequor Qua Tamaris glauco immiscet sua flumina Ponto Potauit fuso Thetis ebria sanguine fluctus Diuisumque tulit corpus mare Cerberus vmbram 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Vortigerin facinorosa regni occupatio Romani Imperij finis REge breui à famulis Pictoque satellite caeso Vortiger hac princeps in proditione Tyrannus Euadens potitur sceptris solioque Brytannis Vther Aurelius defuncti Regis vterque Frater Aremoricum vicino littore tractum Cesserunt neque iam totam cum Scotus Hybernen Mouit infesto spumauit Remige Tethys Te modo vicinis percuntem Gentibus olim O Nympha aequoras inter celeberrima diuas Ferro picta genas cuius vestigia verrit Caerulus immenso Brytannia cincta profundo Defendit rapidis acer Romanus in armis Ampliùs aut reprimit Pictûmve Scotûmve tumultus Caesar abes ter Consul opem negat Aetius hostis Britannum Oceano Oceanusque repellit in hostem Quo nunc Caesar eras non deserere ausus Alumnos Quo ruit Imperium deserta quod Insula Iule Parta trophaea tuâ quondam fortissime dextrâ Scilicet ingenium senio mens forma laborant Cunctae sue Imperijque suis iacet aegra ruinis Maiestas multum languens annosa veterno Imperij in nostros heic meta à Caesare primo Postquam quingentos lustris labentibus annos Seu propè Brytannis Itali dominantur in oris Odae sextae Finis PALAE ALBION The fourth Ode Entituled BRVTVS THE ARGVMENT The fourth Ode brings in Troian Brute Mong's sonnes that parts his Realmes in three Scot'sh yet and Cambrian Kings ow'n suite And seruice t' Englands Primacy That in right Line arow descends T' his Heires till Schisme their glorie ends CANT I. The intention of the present Booke discouered SAmothea first next Albion shore Now so both now and nam'd of yore Great Britaine shewes new dayes forth brings Th' old names and ancient race of Kings Thou sought'st deare Muse how Mauritane Spanish Lusitane French Aquitane Coasted or kend ' or conquerd ' last Brute at Brute-tania anchor cast Call'd Albion erst where many a-day His issue reign'd till Caesars way Hither lay through France so French and ours With Trophey's deckt Tarpaeyan towers Nor booted kindred Mars decides Th' alliance lands by lot diuides Then Pallas and my Muse that sings Their Roman Lords or Troian Kings How Brute who quell'd the Belgique hoast Found entertaynment on our coast Diuine Dames you remember when He came his chance the meanes the men With whom he fought that Giant race Now briefely that both time and place And all things else I may reherse Pray prompt my pen tune well my Verse CANZ. II. A briefe recollection of the precedent story of Brute continuing it to his encounter with the Giants that he found in the Iland VVHen once the wandring Troian Duke To salt Sea woues himselfe betooke In Barks ybuilt ' in Ida and Leauing furious Dido's loue and land Had safe set foote in â—â—â—ium where Fates had decreed 〈◊〉 Troy to reare And Romes great 〈◊〉 soone were seene Fell Furies rais'd 〈…〉 hie Queene But tumults laid and Turnus dead Troyes Prince he doth Lauinia wed Whose late-borne Babe since Fathers death Syluius in saluage woods tooke breath From him whose brother halfe of bloud Built Alba-Longa t'goes for good Came our first founder Brute what time Vast Giants did possesse this Clime Great Neptunes sonnes for Saturnes lands When they came to his childrens hands Beene had by them thus Poets please Ioue Heau'n Dis Hell Neptune the Seas So Neptunes sonnes held this our shore And many a wealthy I le of yore Of which race Herc'les some in France Did quell these here 't was Brutus chance Who striking in at Totnesse Strand In Deuoâ—shire brought his Barks to land But scarce had time to view the coasts Ere from the Hills he spies huge hosts And Cyclops swarmes as 't were great woods Come from their fields to th'neybouring flouds Such Sea-men sayne they vs'd to see 'Bout Mongibell in Sicily Such statures strange they say'n of eld Both their and our Trinacria held Th' Aetnaean Monsters matching tho Tall Poplar's on the banks of Poe. CANZ. III. The Giants ouerthrowne and Gogmagog the greatest slaine by Corinaeus who hath Cornwall assigned to him their manners decyphered VVIth these whose tree-like tops did skar The flutt'ring clouds must Brutus war Not much vnlike such match I weene In Phlaegra fields there once was seene Where Ossa laid on Pelion hie Made Olymph tops out-towre the skie Whiles for to win fell Monsters stroue Those starry battlements of Ioue These liuelesse breathlesse chac't and slaine Brute strewes their corpses o're the plaine Like eares of corne while haruest lasts Or leaues borne downe by Boreas blasts A prey for Wolues and daintie feasts For rauenous Birds and for wild Beasts So Ioue dealt with the Tytannoy's Th'huge Monsters quelling layes the poise Of Aetna on this Giants brest Of Iles and Sea-rocks on the rest Of Inarine's burden sore and streight Typhaeus feeles the endless weight But Albions coasts were not set free From Albions brood e're braue Knight hee Duke Corinaeus tooke in hand To rid these vncoth Creatures and Had faire lands giuen him call'd they say Of his name Cornwall to this day Where on the bankes of Tamaris Which now the Cornish confines is He with Herculean might o're-threw Gogmagog Chieftaine of that crew Who hurl'd downe head-long Doris deepe His corps Styx had his soule to sleepe And it was thought that westerne coast Of this our Iland pest'red most With those huge-limbed Centaures who In stead of house and harbour doe On Mountaynes liue in dens and caues That summers sunne and winter saues The running Riuers Herbs and Rootes Right sauage-like raw flesh and fruits And skins of wild beasts such their states Their meate drinke cloth and finest cates And greatest strength bore greatest sway Till Corine chac't them quite away CANZ.
XV. Vortiger steppeth vp dispossessing the right heires and â—bteyneth the Crowne the Romane Eâ—pire wayning and fully ended in Britaine VOrtiger for wisedome by report Gracious with all but most at Court Amidst these broyles so laid his traine The King by a Pict in 's Guard was slaine And himselfe crown'd both the right heires Kings brothers fled to France for feare And now alas this noble I le Albions that wert since Brytaines style Admir'd of all nor lou'd in vaine By Nereus beauteous Sea-Nymph traine In their soft armes waue-circled round By th' other powers with pleasures crown'd Now lay'd and left at lowest bay For Hunn's Picts and wilde Scots a pray Romes Lords nor Aetius eft-soones prou'd By piteous plaints t'aide Brittons mou'd Prime tropheys erst of Caesars glory And rar'st Lords once in Romans story Though 't seemes the wayning Empires state Through very eld leaues them and late Languishing plac't her reignes period here From Iulius nigh fiue hundred yeere Where then Rome left rose Saxon Kings Whose race and acts my Muse next sings The end of the sixt Ode A briefe type of the seuenth Ode of PALAE-ALBION Entitulâ— HENGISTVS the seauenâ— Ode contayneth 2. The Heptarchye â—eauen Kingdomes of the Saxons with their seueâ—â—â—eginnings extent encrease continuance â—â—â—â—ding viz. 1. The original callâ—â—gâ—n of the Saxons vnder Vortiger and the end of the Bâ—ytons reigne vnder their 〈◊〉 Kings vâ—z Vortiger A. 417. R 20 v. Vâ—â—â—mer his son dead in his fathers life time Aureli ' Ambrose son of Constantine late King R 32 yeares Vther Pendragon his brother r. 18. Arthur surnamed the Great Vthers sonne R. 26 years Constantine duke Cadors sonne reigned 3 years Conan Arthurs Nephew R. â—3 Vortiporus his son R. 4. Malgâ— R. 5. Carâ—â—cus R. 3 yeares Cadâ—ar R. 22 yeares Cadwâ—â—â— R. 48 yeares Cadwallader his son last King of the Brytons R. only 3 years 1. The Kingdome of Kent Anno 456. vnder Hengist who reigned 24. yeares Octa his sonne R. 24. Otho his sonne R. 22. Ermenrike his sonne reigned 25. Ethelbert his sonne reigned 56. In his time Saint Augustine came into England conuerting the Saxons Eadbald his sonne a notable Pagan reigned 24 yeares Ercombert his sonne a good Prince reigned 20. Egbert his son reigned 9. Luthere Egberts brother reigned 11. yeares Edrâ—â—g his Cousin 2. Guthred sonne of Egbert reigned three yeares His three sonnes 〈◊〉 R. 23. Ethâ—â—â—â— 11. Aâ—â—â— â—4 〈…〉 Cuthred R. 8 yeares Alâ—ed alias Balared expelled by Egbert King of west Saxons Anno 827. hee reade his sonne Aâ—â—â—stane Duke thereof 2 The Kingdom of Mercia began A. 586. vnder Crida who reigned 9. yeares his sonne Wibba reigned 20 yeares Ceorlus his sonne reigned 10. Penda sonne of Wibba reigned 30. slame by Oswy K. of Northumbers Wolfere his sonne R. 17. Ethelred Wolferes sonne R. 29. Hee warred with Egfride of Northumberland and Lothaire of Kent Kenred sonne of Wolfer reigned 5. Celred Edâ—reds sonne reigned 8. Hee warred with Ina. Ethelbald of the bloud of Eopa brother of Penda reigned 40. slaine by Bernred that R. 10. y. Offa a bloudy King reigned 39. Egfride his sonne reigned 4 moneths Cynewolf of Penda's line reigned 24 yeares Kenelme his sonne â—ame by his sister Quindred Câ—â—wulf brother to K. Cynewolf reigned two yeares expelled by â—â—nulf who was vanquished by Egbert and sâ—aine by the East-Angles afterwards Ludicenus reign 2. y. and Whitlafe 15 yeares made tributarie to Egbert about Anno 827. 3. The Kingdome of Northumbers began â—â—der Ida A. 547. he reigned 12 yeares afâ—â— his death his Kingdom was diuided into tâ—â— petty Kingdomes or Prouinces In Bremcia Ada his son and his brothers reigned 30 yeares Deira Ella the sonne Histria a 〈◊〉 Duke R. 30 Ethelfride nephew to Ida expelleth Edâ—â— sonne of Ella heire of Deira and reigneth â—â—uer both Prouinces 22 yeares Edwine afterwaâ—â—â— ouerthrew Ethelfride and reign ouer all 17 Eaufride sonne of Ethelfride R. 1. y. Osrijc sonne of Ethelfride R. 1. 〈◊〉 Oswald sonne of Ethelfride the Cadwâ—â—â— and was slaine by Penda King of Mâ—â— he reigned ouer both Prouinces 8 yeares Oswy brother of Oswald after Oswine slaine reigned ouer both the Prouinces which were neuer againe after 〈◊〉 ioyned as they had before been 28 yearâ— Oswine sonâ—â— Osrijc slainâ— Oswy R. 8 Egfride sonne of Oswye reigned 15 yearesâ— Alfride his brother reigned 20 yeares Osred his sonne reigned 11 yeares slaine Kenred his Cousin who reigned 2 yeares Osrijc his other Cousin reigned 10 yeareâ—â— Ceolf brother of Kenred reigned 8 yeareâ—â— Egbert reigned 24. Osulfus reigned 1. murdered Edilwald reigned 11. slaine by the Vsuâ—â—â— Alred who reigned 10 yeares Edilbert sonne of Edilwald expelled 2. Dukes Ethelbald and Herebert but after 10 yeâ—â—â— reigne of Aâ—â— sonne Aswald slaine by one Siga and his breeâ—â—â— Osred that reigned 1 yeare expelled reigned againe many yeares c. But the Northumbers sore vexed by these 〈◊〉 other intestine wars of their Kings or Duâ—â— and also by the Danes submit to Egbert Circa Anno 820. â— The Kingdome of the East Saxons A. 527. vnder Erchenwine who reigned 60 yeares â—â—dda his sonne reigned 17. â—â—â—ert his sonne reigned 13. â—â—â—red his sonne â—â—â—red his brother â—â—â—bald his broâ—her Paruusâ—nne â—nne of Sewâ—rd â—â—â—bert sonne of â—â—igebald â—deline â—â—gaire sonne of â—â—igebert ' Paruus â—â—lbius Associate of Sigaire â—â—â—gard and Sewâ—â—â—red sonnes of â—â—elbius and 〈◊〉 sonne of Sigaire from Anno 617. â—â—â—ill Anno 717. R. all of them 100. years â—â—â—red sonne of Sigeâ—â—â—t reigned 38 yeares 〈◊〉 then followed â—â—â—thelwald Albert â—â—ena and Suthred â—anquished by Egbert â—â—â—f west Saxons hauing â—eigned there till the yeare 800 or after vt dicitur 5. The Kingdome of East Angles began An. 492. vnder Vffa of whom his Successours were called Vffings he reig 7 yeares Tytullus his sonne R. 20. Redwald his sonne R. 25. he aided Edwine of Northumberland against Ethelfride Eorpwald his sonne R. 12. Sigebert his brother who founded Cambridge and Edrike his cousin R. 60. y. Anna sonne of Ewide brother of Redwald R. 20 yeares All these three last Kings were slaine by Penda of Mercia Adilherus brother of Anna slaine by Oswy with Penda R. Edilwald his brother R. 9. Aldulf sonnes of Adilhere Reign 25. Eluold 12. Hisbern or 26. Beornas  Edilred a good Prince reigned 52 yeares Ethelbert his sonne about An. 790. a very godly Prince trecherously slain by Offa King of Mercia whose Lands taken by Offa with the Kingdome of Mercia came to the west Saxons Crowne Egberts hands about Anno 827. 6. The Kingdome of the South Saxons began A. 478 the first of all the other kingdoms next to the Kingdom of Kent in Hengists life-time vnder Ella who reigned 36. yeares Cissa his son who builded Chichester reigned 76. yeares After them Edilwalcus reigned 25 yeares Berthunus Anthynus were slaine by Cedwalla K. of west Saxons and Aldwyne by his Successor Ina so this Kingdome came first of all the rest into the west
spouse Ceorlus daughters sons With Kenwalke then West-Saxons King War 's for his sisters sake did spring But shee and all receiu'd to grace By Anna's meanes sweete peace tooke place Yet two East-Angles Kings beside And Anna fell for Penda's pride But being confederate with a fourth Both fall by noble Oswyes worth Northumbers King who hauing gain'd Penda's dominions thus there raign'd Till Merk-lands Nobles loath t' obay Others then of Merk-lands bloud made way For Wolphere who Northumbers yoke West-Saxons warre attempts too broke T' Edilwalke Sussex King giues Wight Leaues Merklands Crowne t' his brother hight Edilred that vext Lothaire of Kent And hauing slaine Alcwine by Trent Brother to Egfride Northumbers King Yorkes Primate stints the strife that spring Edilred turn'd Monke then Wolferes sonne Kenred possest the regall throne Edilreds sonne Celred that succeeds And Ina try'd their martiall meeds Ethilbald next King from Penda numbers His descent Welsh quels and Northumbers But by West-Saxon Cuthred foyl'd Bernred of crowne and life dispoyl'd CANZ. XII The end of the great Kingdome of Mercia OFfa then Tyrant Bernred slew Northumbers doth and Kent subdew Welsh foyl'd West-Saxon Kenulfe slaine He by pretence of marriage traines Ethelbert East-Angles King t' his Court And slue him there in cruell sort Foule fell act which his promis'd spouse Faire Alfred so much disauowes With hands wrung and di-sheuel'd haire Distilling many a pearly teare At her loues herse poore soule so greeues She her fires Court and Pallace leaues And vow'd t' auoide all farther strife To liue and led an Anchoresse life East-Angles Kingdome that here ends This Tyrant tooke Alkuine he sends To France to famous Charle-maine His sonne Egfrids scarce foure-month's raigne Kynewolfe succâ—eds that downe did bring Edbert made Cuthred Kentish King His haplesse young sonne next doth raigne Kenelme by 's sister Quindred slaine Kenulfs brother next wore the Crowne Ccolwolf by Bernulf he put downe By Egbert to whom Ludicene And Whitlafe Tributaries beene And euer-since West-Saxons count Themselues Merklands Lords Paramount CANZ. XIII The originall of the Kings and Kingdome of Northumberland and the many deuisions thereof before good King Olwalâ—is tiâ—e NOrthumbers Kings Muse next relate Ida first founder of the state From Tine to Cluid reign'd vanquisht Lots Pict troopes and Conrane King of Scots But after twelue yeeres reigne deuided Beene his lands his sonne Ada guided Brenicia's North South Deira tooke Histria's sonne Ella Saxon Duke Glappa Tydwald Fridulf Thyery and Ethelrik in Brenicia's land Scarce thirtie yeares reign'd Ella alone Sate so long on Deira's Throne Ethelriks heire though Ethelfride Had almost set Edwine beside Ella his Sires seate who was made Fly to East Angles King for aide Redwald that lou'd him dearely well Holpe him so that Ethelfride fell Though growne so great that all Kings heare Wales Scots and Orkeys stood in feare Ebba Oswy Oswald Eaufride Osrijc and Offa fled that tide His tender daughter and fiue sonnes To th' Scot'sh Kings Court poore little ones Edwine possest of all what state Long'd to Northumbers both Crownes late Th' Ebrides he did t' his Empire adde By Mercian Ceorles daughter had Two sonnes as many female Imps By Ethelburga Cantian Nymph Who brought Christs Faith and great Pauline To Yorks See chiefe next Kents faire shrine Edwine West Saxon Ceolph sought To wrong but fell by th'wiles he wrought But Penda and the Brittons Prince Slue Edwine and his both sonnes since Mercyan Quinburga's issue these First in fierce warre next in false peace Kents Nymph with her Imps from wars chance Fled into Kent fayl'd sent to France From Scotland now return'd at once Ethelfrides and Edwines sisters sonnes Faire Acca's Royall off-spring so From Ella sprong and Ida too Eaufride Brenicia's Osrijc glad Deyra's Crowne and Scepters had Whom Cambrian Prince Cadwallâ— slue Whose cause doth Oswald fresh pursue Where neare Picts wall is Heauen-field nam'd The place by Oswalds conquest fam'd And Denisbournet that saw in plaine Field Bryttons King Cadwallo slaine Cadwallader his sonne next in place Last King of Cambers of that race CANZ. XIIII The rest of the continuance till the subuersion of that factious Kingdome ANd now good Oswald fayne makes peace 'Twixt his two factious Prouinces Brenicia and Deyra since They late scarce brooke one Law or Prince Both whom with Picts Scots Bryttons bold He did in due subiection hold His plenteous almes the sumptuous shrines He built and whence his glorie shines Such power hath Faith such grace affords Interprets reuerend Aidans words T' his men seemes Anius-like for these Priest of th' high GOD and Prince of Peace But Pagan Penda Mercians King T'vntimely death good Oswald brings Then Oswalds brothers Osrijc's sonne Oswine had Deira Oswye wonne Brenicia and betwixt these twaine New warres and schisme 'gan now againe Till Oswyne slaine Oswye alone Had Deira's and Brenicia's Throne He Penda slue and Mercians Crowne As Fortune would annext t' his owne Whereof part Peda Penda's Impe Dower with his daughter had false Nymph Egfride succeeded next his sonne Who leaues his Virgin-Spouse a Nonne Though in youths prime when th' Irish rew Mercians foile Picts King Brudeus slew Next then his brother Alfride rules Taught and trayn'd vp in Irish Schooles Osred his sonne next Osrijc then His cousin and Kenred crowned beene Ceolfe and Egbert soone that strange Royall Robes done for Regular change CANZ. XV. Their last encumbrance by the Danes and submission for reliefe to the West-Saxons EGberts sonne Osulfe then and next Whiles grieuous ciuill warres sore vext Northumbers after after Ethelwald Alred and twise downe twise enstal'd King Ethelbert since those two brothers Oswald Osred since diuers others For this poore Kingdome more of late Then Sejan's horse vnfortunate As if she kingly style not brookes Was a while gouern'd by her Dukes Scarce any of the latter traine Of Kings that scap't and was not slaine Such tragique ends and fearefull fate Pursu'd the Princes of that State The flowry dales the fields and flouds Fresh stain'd with streames of purple bloud And Eccho pitious plaints afforâ—s What she could though she wanted words Earth's face shew'd forth her graues like scarres Part the Danes worke part ciuill warres Northumbers therefore tooke Fame sings Wâ—st-Saxons Egbert for their King CANZ. XVI The Kings and Kingdome of East-Saxons EAst-Saxons Kings may now next song First Erchenwine from Vffa sprong Sledda and Sledda's Sebert since And Ricula's sonne first Christian Prince Ignoble Serred then a paire Of Sigeberts Swithline Sigaire And Selbius Sigaires consort once Monke-profest turn'd next his two sonnes Sigard and Sewfred after them Good Offa weares the
hostem Perculit bello minimè confregit aperto Contectos Wallos nemore atque silentibus vmbris Godwino satus acer Haraldus vtique Sywardus Disiecit Scoticum Ottadinus Comes ipse Tyrannum Machutam Et Regum Scotiae de sanguine cretum Malcolmum statuit Regem cui postea nupsit Edmondi neptis soror Edgaris Angliae in oras Qui modò cum patre matre Agatha atque sororibus vnâ Accessurus erat Rege accersente sed ecce Interèa Eduardus moritur pater exulis ergò Dicti Edgar-Etheling Gnatus Regni audijt Haeres A Rege Eduardo Angliaci Protector Haraldus His ità compositis cui plurima sanctaque virtus Emicuit sanctâ Eduardus Rex pace quieuit At dubij Proceres quò se vertere nescij Seu fugere antè suam siue expectare ruinam Normannas metuunt vireis iactataque vulgo Facta Duci promissa at Godwineius Haraldus Ingentem populi sibi conciliarat amorem Et iam Pannonico fato ecce superstes ab orbe Nobilitate potens dudùm Edgar Regia proles Venerat Angliacas patre condecoratus in oras Sed puer Edgar adhuc nondùm aetatis adultae Nec tam acri aut tanto potis est occurrere morbo Nascentisue mali infenfas restinguere flammas Hijs ità suspensis animo Protector habendus Sâ—u genere anne magis hoc audax nomine Regnum Nemine eum prohibente ferox inuadit Haraldus Sceptra manu rapiens frontem Diademate cingit Bisque fidem fractam pueroque Ducique parabat Armatà que manû aut quauis ratione tueri 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Sub aduentum Gulielmi Normanni valdè tumultuantis Angliae descriptio AT iam corda hominum terrent visusque Cometes Hijque noui motus fata contraria fatis Anglia accensis furialibus vndique flammis Insula tota ferè flagrat ciuilibus armis Frater Tosto furit Venetâ iracundior Adriâ Addidit infestas vireis plaga frigida mundi Noruegiaeque manus Scotia Orcades vltima Thule Nec Gulielmus abest longè quem Flandria totis Neustria quem sequitur quem Gallia viribus Olli Charta sacrata mea est illi haec mea carmina Terris Qui decus Oceano Dominos genus addit Olympo Odae octauae Finis PALAE ALBION Entituled SWENO The eighth Ode THE ARGVMENT Th' eighth Ode the rapines of the Dane And Swane's supposed conquest sings Who here impos'd Dane-guâ—t but t'ane Away by Fate few Danes were Kings For English as they back regaine Their Phoebus Bay agen did raigne CANT I. The Exordium drawne from the various changes of all humane things BRittons the Latian Lords of eld Them Saxons Danes them both expeld So Ioue Kings crowns like baâ—s in sport Tosses in Fortunes tennis-court Whiles shee her shapes and vassals tornes Vortumnus-like t' a thousand formes So Nature her things nothing strange Doth yearely vary hourely change Spring Sommer Fall doth Winter chace Liue take Deads Young their Elders place Of Soules Seas Empires Vs and all Pythagoras sang the Rise and Fall How now this King anon that Nation Triumphs soone suffers alteration Troy now for towers may tell her toombes Whose ruines take their stately roomes That buried in their owne falls beene Thebes learned Athens faire Mycene Sparta Argos Carthage armes pride fame What newes where now seen nought saue name Th' old Samians saying so not strange Townes We States World and all doe change Hirene mad now more to change States Greeks Empire would to French translate CANZ. II. The originall of the Danes that so molested England EGbert now flourisht and his raigne Free from the rapines of the Dane Who whence they came that England vext So bee 't thy taske deere Muse now next Old Dacia lay by Donow where Goths their neere Pontique neighbours were These though not farre Danes neerer bide To Swan-lou'd Isters pleasant side Southerne of eld the selfe same seene Now Northerne Nations neighbours beene Goth-land and Denmarke dwellers neere The Baltique now erst th' Euxine Meere These Daci oft the Romans thralls By Traians power and Caracalls Vext th' Empire sore in Philip's raigne Till by Aurelius foyl'd or slaine Th' Huns too o're ranne them with huge hoasts When Valens rul'd ith'easterne coasts So faine to seeke this northerne Cell Whence Marius did the Cymbri quell That ancient Dacia that since hight Valachia lately brought to light Two factious families t'one of Danes T'other Draguli that their owne banes Wrought by vnciuill ciuill flames To their great losse and Christians shames Whiles Turke deuoures with rauening Kite Those frogs and mice-like warriours quite Though soone Don Iohn of Austria fam'd From Mahounds moones their lands reclaim'd Thus Dacia once her Daci now Her Danes and Draguli did show Whence moderne Denmark name and race From those on Donow's bankes they trace Whose old mutual commerce and loue Since Edgars acts and theirs seeme proue Though Danes name nor meane authors some Would haue from Codane gulfe to come So here 's inuentions choise lesse neede Striue o're names things themselues-on greede Since Danes King King of Daci writes And his Danes from t 'vs easterne sites Their Dacian seates on Scandian coasts Harrow'd England erst with furious â—oasts And 't is but from their shores to these A short cut o're the German Seas Such their old seates their stocke and stem Leauing a while their lands and them Goe we whence we digrest before Backe to our best knowne Brittaine shore CANZ. III. The flourishing reigne and Monarchy of King Egbert vniting the seuen Kingdomes of Saxons and subduing the Danes COmes that now first in place to sing Egbert first new made Englands King His due for Peace the myrtle spray And Rosy wreath's for warres the bay Four-hundreth from first Saxons heere Eight-hundreth and nie fortieth yeere Of grace it was and Egbert raign'd O're all seuen Saxon Kingdomes gain'd And Danes driuen out t' him Englands King Angles all-haile and Saxons sing Hauing so subdu'd both Welsh and them He dyes and leaues his Diadem And scepters flourishing full faire To Ethelwolfe his sonne and heire Who went to visit Rome where freede From vow'd do's on the regall weede CANZ. IIII. His sonne Ethelwolphes acts and reigne THen marrying faire Osburga springs From them twise two sonnes after Kings Saint Swithine and good Ethelstane Were his chiefe councell this they sayne As was his father Egberts minde Had for his Earledome Kent affign'd This good Kings time saw iustice raigne And peace till troubled by the Dane Whom when Ceâ—rle by land o'recame Athelstane did by sea the same Though they had first borne Fridulfe downe And sack't and fir'd his Merk-land townes Being come so farre as London and Her Thames the pride of all the land Merk-land her dower for Buthred's bride Her sire then gaue faire Ethelswide And with ioynt-powers opposing thoe They done represse the Danish
foe So peace againe in 's latter dayes Gan to shew forth his golden rayes French Iudith made his Queene anon The King set her on regall Throne Contrary to what was decreed For Brytrik's Queenes King-quelling deede Eadburga's act Winchester deignes Her King tombe for twise ten yeeres reigne CANZ. V. Ethelbalds Ethelbert and Ethelreds times sore pestred wth incursions of the Danes NExt Ethelbald Ethelwolphes sonne Succeeds and 'mongst his deeds ill done Foule acts befit incestuous beds His fathers wife French Iudith weds But liues not long His brother next Ethelbert whom the Danes sore vext Reignes but fiue yeere chac't hence the Dancs Ethelred then third brother raignes Who was much pestred with those hoasts Of Pyrates from the Scandian coasts More Merk-lands Duke Burthred rebels And Humbers Lords Offride and Elle But Ethelred quencht all these flames Danes faithlesse friends and enemies tames When Danes King slaine famous Agnerâ— And Hubbo Dukes created were Though some say he with Englands peace Went hence home ciuill broiles to cease But first from Ethelred procur'd Land where those brothers them immur'd Like Byrsa Carthage Castle strong What might be compast by one thong Whence Thong-Castle or Doncaster As soone suppose surnamed were But Danes brake truce whence to those Danes Warres dismall chance brought all their banes And Ethelred hurt in the fight Dy'd shortly after whose crownes right Did to fourth brother Alfred come For honours sake then fetcht at Rome CANZ. VI. Alfred made King of Northumberland and a great part of England besides being ruled by the Danes BVt now Northumbers in this tide And Mercians paide deere for their pride Who left the English yoke and tane Were made slaues to the Lordly Dane Northumbers tyrants one of them That then vsurpt the Diadem Osbright rauisht Beorna's spouse A Lords that solemne vengeance vowes When Danes call'd in within Yorke walls With hostile armes girt Osbright falls Nor distant is farre from the same Where Ella left both life and name Northumberland then these two slaine Was forthwith subiect to the Dane One Egbert first next Riâ—sige then Another Egbert bring they in And Guthred's made the Crowne to weare Sometimes by Alfred loued deare The Danes thus 'mongst Meatae they Reigning was Merkland made their prey East-Angles too their good King gone Edmond great Alkymonda's sonne And Queene Sywares by holy vow King Offa's heire whom Danes o'rethrow And Guthrum in his place they bring And Edrick last East-Angles King CANZ. VII Alfred forsaken of some of his rebellious Dukes yet vanquisheth Rollo the Dane great ancestor of the Normans THerewhiles as one of friends forsooke Alfred alone though could not brooke Those rech-lesse rapines of the Dane Troth-lesse truce-breaks that had ta'ne Exeter by such craft and laid waite For the Kings life who therefore straite With his few Southerne forces did First battell nigh to Bristow bid And next neere Abingdon he slew Great Hubbo Chieftaine of the crew So Danes sought peace and Rollo came Foe-like but was repulst with shame And hony-bees their gentle guides By Loyr's and by Seynes floury sides He and his warlike Danish hoast Plac't themselues in faire Frances coast Which Northmen Normans been whence springs Their Neustrian race of English Kings CANZ. VII Afterwards brought to the lowest ebbe of fortune and faine to lurke vnknowne in the marishes in Somerset shire yet againe recouereth the Monarchie of the whole Iland he founded Oxford NOr yet can noble Alfred cease From wars though Danes themselues craue peace Whose troth-plight promise broken still Done raise fresh broyles and farther ill That scarce one found more truely bare A crowne of thornes then Alfred ware Whose head from care nor hands from bloud Or he from toyle ere vacant stood Each passed paine seeming t' haue beene Prologue t' a more prodigious scene That he almost and none but hee Could liu'd or haue beene halfe so free From feare or farther danger when His foes so false and faithlesse beene For Burthred by this time to Rome From Merk-land fled and natiue home Left pallace lands and what remaines Expos'd to th'rapines of the Danes East-Angles and Northumberland More e're this held by Danes strong hand Good Alfred too by frownes of fate At lowest ebbe in stead of state In Athelney the Nobles I le In ragged poore attire a while Wearied by warre in Somerset-sheere Among the marshes hid him there And Sol-like with his lyre that song T' Admetus heards he too among Those rushie pastures seemes was glad In minstrell-like meane habit clad With Harpe in hand so to spie out The ryots of the Danish rout Whom holy Cuthbert cheering and Perswading to take armes in hand Had Cuthberts lands vow'd and in fine Dedicate to him Chesters sumptuous shrine Alfred much like the sparke that came From cynders rak't resumes new flame And first from his owne realmes the Danes Next most ignoble King that raignes Ceolfe he sets from supreme seate Dane-King since Burthreds defeate Fresh Norway powers foyl'd Chester fail'd Northumbers then and London quail'd He Humbers flowry bankes betooke This god-sonne Gormo Danish Duke Eldred with Kings-child Elfled flower Of maides hath Merklands part her dower So foes fal'n or fled newes to bring To th' Neth'rlands or their Norway King In peace Monks cells hee plac't and signes Saint Cuthberts lands twixt Tees and Tyne More honoring Pallas-towers With Sols and Muses sacred bowers My deer'st nurse e're his praise will sing Whom Cair-Guent tombes these ten yeers King CANZ. IX King Edward Senior and the Princesse Elfleda's warlike acts WHen Alfred who made Mars rage cease In warre triumphant slept in peace His sonne first Edward Danes Welsh Scots Northumbers and false brothers plots With Edrike last East-Angles King Subdu'd and Eldred dead did bring From Merk-lands back t' his Englands crowne London and Oxford Thames chiefe townes Though Elfled Amazonian Dame His sister gouernes with great fame Her Mercians that not more fear'd beene Camilla nor those Scythian Queenes Whiles Danes Welsh and Northumbers yeeld Her warlike tropheys in the field And Shrewsburies Staffords Chester townes With Warwikes walls this Queene renownes Who dead t' her brother King doe fall Both Mercia Danes and Welsh and all To Scotland borders saue alone Northumbrian Sythrik's Gormo's sonne T'whom was wed Edith Edwards Impe As Elgine to French Charles faire Nymph Foure daughters more he had and sonnes All three Kings Cair-Guent tombes his bones CANZ. X King Adelstanes worthy reigne vnder whom flourisht famous VVolstane and Adelme REignes his sonne Athelstane next who Foyl'd by the Scot'sh King and those two Sonnes of dead Sythrike that for warres Secretly sow'd seditious iarres And fled though mortall feud to cherish Godfrey of Scots Aulafe o th' Irish Obtaine whole troopes but both like sped For th' Irish fell and Scots lay dead And Scot'sh
married there Agatha the Empresse sister nice To th' Almaigne Lords and Dukes From these Both English came and Scottish Kings Edgar from these and Margret springs Margret to Malcolme wed their Impes Beene Maud and Mary Maud faire Nymph's First Henries spouse Maud th' Empresse mother Whose son 's next Henrie Mary t'other Weds Eustace Earle of Bolloignoys Their Maud King Stephen then Earle of Bloys And thus a race as royall springs Of Scotch and English Britaine Kings From this poore wrackt despised stem As e're ware golden Diadem CANZ. XVI Canute the Danes famous reigne ouer England Scotland Denmarke and Norway NOw Edmond slaine and his sonnes fate Exil'd Knute meant should mend his state For Norwayesâ—oin'd â—oin'd to th' Danish Crowne And King Olaue and Scots pull'd downe English Scots Danes and Norwayes they Foure mighty people him obey More to make friends to th' Norman Duke His sister giues to wife and tooke Ethelreds widdow Emme entailes The crowne they say t' her issue males This Cnute commands the seas to shew His Sycophants flattering termes vntrew And knowledging Christ his only trust Return'd from Rome returnes to dust CANZ. XVII Harold Hardyknute and Edward Confessors reigne MOngst his three sonnes his lands in three Deuided Bastard Harold hee Britaine Swane Norway sonne to Emme Hardi-knute ha's Denmarks Diadem Harold then working his stepmothers Discredit vexing realmes and brothers Dies three yeeres King likewise Emmes sonne Hardiknute next set on Englands throne Dies three yeeres King too his halfe-brother Edward by Norman Emme their mother Confessor call'd then reignes th'off-spring Of Ethelred late Englands King This King weds Edyth Godwines Impe Kind modest comely vertuous Nymphe So faire so sweet the by-word goes Her Syre the Bryer brought her the Rose Earle Godwine whose ill counsels long King abus'd friends and mother wrong Till he and 's sonnes expulst she last of All into Wilton Nunnerie's cast off Both louing too much virgin-life Expos'd the Crowne to strangers strife CANZ. XVIII Edward dying Harold Earle Godwines sonne vsurpeth against Clyto Edgar BVt Godwine and his sonnes reclaim'd To the Kings fauour Harold tam'd The Welsh-mens powers on Snowdowne hils Syward Northumbers Earle then kils Macbeth which Scot'sh vsuper gone Malcolme his grand-child ha's his throne Malcolme that married Margret after Edmonds neece Edward out-lawes daughter So call'd as outed by disseyssor Knute call'd home though by the Confessor He with his Children and his wife Hitherwards returning ends his life His sonne young Edgar though's set downe As heire apparant t' Englands Crowne And Godwin's sonne Protector these Things thus compos'd good King in peace Edward he rests but soone from 's death Edgar's disrob'd of 's royall wreath For Nobles doubt and Normans threat Edgar but young Godwines sonne great In all mens fauours and of might To match if neede his foes in fight Though Edward promising Harold tooke Oath some say to the Norman Duke As his liege-Liege-lord yet Nobles since And vulgars wish him for their Prince As being his troth-plight promise broke Able to ward warr's steely stroke When Edgar heire by 's fathers side Sign'd Prince and prince-like else alli'd As young thought weake to quench the flame Of Normans furie if they came CANZ. XIX All England vexed with strange feares and vproares at the comming in of the Conquerour T' Was easie now for Harold none Opposing thus to gayne the Throne To make sure worke he quickly downe Did set him and do's on the Crowne His twice-broke trust and troubled State Arm'd to free or meet Foes and Fate Flame Starres fume Tosto not the while Powers of Scots Norwayes Orkes and I le Danes Newstrians maken him afraid William nor France nor Flanders aide His Goale's Crowne My Muse next sings His fall then facts of Norman Kings The end of the eight Ode A briefe type of the ninth Booke or Ode of PALAE-ALBION called GVLIELMVS The ninth Ode contayneth 1. The Originall of the Normans with their Conquest and the great alteration of the land vnder William the Conquerour who was the sonne of Robert the second Duke of Normandy who was the sonne of Richard the second sonne of Richard the first sonne of William the first sonne of Rollo the Dane that in King Alfreds time inuaded England and thence expeld seated himselfe in Normandy and became Duke thereof who receiuing Christianity was baptized Robert and so Robert the first being the sonne of Guion a Noble man of Denmarke 2. The Race and succession of the Normans Kings of this Land viz. William the Conquerour A. 1066. who R. 20. yeares William Rufus his sonne reigned 12. yeares Henry Beauclerke his brother R. 35. y. Stephen Grandchild to William the Conquerour by his daughter Adela married to the Earle of Bloys he reigned 18. yeares Henry the second grandchild to Henry the first by his daughter Maud the Empresse R. 34 y. Richard Coeur-de-Lyon his sonne R. 9 y. Iohn called Without land his brother R. 17. y. Henry the third his sonne R. 56. y. Edward the first his sonne R. 34. y. Edward the second of Carnaruon his sonne R. 19. y. Edward the third his sonne R. 50. y. hee instituted the round Table and first laid claime to the Crowne of France Richard the second his grandchild by Edward the blacke Prâ—nce R. 22. y. Henry the fourth of Bolingbroke sonne of Iohn of Gaunt fourth sonne of Edward the third R. 13. y. he began the bloudy schisme betweene the houses of Yorke and Lancaster Henry the fift his sonne conquered France R. 9. y. Heney the sixt his sonne lost France R. 50. y. Edward the fourth of the house of Yorke descended of Lionel third sonne of Edward the third restored the house of Yorke and reigned 22. yeares Edward the fift his sonne murdered ere he was crowned reigned not one yeare Richard the third his Vncle vsurped three yeares Henry the seuenth descended of Iohn of Gaunt of the house of Lancaster espoused Elizabeth eldest daughter of Edward the 4 of the house of Yorke whereby the schisme of the Houses and Roâ—es of Lancaster and Yorke was fully determined and ended A. 1485. which had endured almost 100. yeares to the destruction of many hundred thousands 3. The Vnion of the long diuided and bloudy schisme betweene the Houses and Roses of Lancaster and Yorke the red Rose being the cognizance of the House of Yorke as the white Rose was of Lancaster by the marriage of Henry the seuenth with the Lady Elizabeth daughter to Edward the fourth from whom also sprang the Lady Margaret whose marriage into Scotland hath since produced betweene those two long foesworne Kingdomes of England and Scotland a no lesse haâ—py and blessed Vnion PALAE ALBION Ode nona Inscripta GVLIELMVS ARGVMENTVM Nona vbi Neustriacos canit Oda trophaea triumphos Contrâ Anglis clades perniciemque parat Sceptra sed Angligenis sua restaurantur vti ipsis
terit aurea sceptra Richardus At sequitur vindicta scelus facinusque superbum Odêrunt populi monstrisque insomnia terrent Manes horrendae ante oculos mala mille figurae Tartareisque canes inferni vlulare tenebris Visi animaeque negant irataque spectra quietem Donec eis dederat scelerato sanguine poenas 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Henrici septimi gesta connubia foelicissima SEptimus Henricus Lancastro stemmate cretus Margretâ venit ecce satus Margreta Iohanne Ille Thomâ hic magno Grandauae stirpis alumno Et Katharinâ olim dictâ Swinfordiâ adepti Bewforti titulis iuga Somersettia Wallus Huic Edmundus eique parens pulcherrima quinti Henrici Katharina pater Theodorus Ocnus Duxque Somersettus Comes Richmondius audit Mater eum inuitat Stanleyo nupta Baroni Nymphae ambae regiae materque filia Elizae Mortonusque pius Buckinghamiusque Tyranno Infesti accelerant remorantem Galliae in oris Ille manu paruâ Britonum comitante profectus Milfordum Cambris in finibus indé triennem Bosworthi in campis petit occiditque Tyrannum Cui pompâ sine vix lacero Leir-cestria tymbus Clara dies pia cuius ope pax reddita mundo Elizabetha etenim Dux Richmondus eundem Conuenêre Thorum Iam Musa recense triumphans Germina dijs gratae pacis modulamine dulci Hinc viget ambarum niueae rubeaeque Rosarum Vnio Regnorum Anglo-Gallo-Hyberno-Scotorum Hinc veniunt certoque sequuntur in ordine Reges Septimus octauusque Henrici Edouardus vnae Hispano nupta Hispanis oriunda Maria Diuaque virgo satusque Anglis quasi virgine Diuâ Tuque puerque tuus ter Eliza beata Iacobus Odae nonae Finis PALAE ALBION The ninth Ode Entituled GVLIELMVS THE ARGVMENT Ninth Ode shewes Danish broyles o'reblowne How Norman William here set foote Whose Conquest by that name 's yet knowne But th' English race againe tooke roote Whiles Albions Scepters e'en t' our dayes Plantaginet's name and Tewthors swayes CANT I. The descent of VVilliam the Conquerour from Great Rollo the Dane ROme Brittons ruine gaue Saxons roome Danes they Danes stood at Normans doome Normans Danes Saxons Romans Bryttons Neptunes and Nereus brood huge Eattons And Samothes sang you learned Sisters Angles from th' East lands Danes from Isters And Simois side both ours and theirs Romes Lords you brought and Bryttaines heires Albion from 's Oares and Samothes From th'Arke when all the world was Seas Now name the man deare Nymphs whose line Reignes now in Brutes new Sainted shrine Whom England and great Brittaine sings So much-fam'd Conquerour Sire of Kings Whom Newstria bred now Brittaine holds Him and his off-spring Monarkes bold Sing we our Williams warlike feates His conquests and atchiuements great And first his Stocke from whence he came Reuoluing elder yeares of Fame From Istrian Daci erst they sayne Came Rollo Guion's sonne great Dane And England skal'd whom Alfreds worth Repell'd but France shores nearest North Afford him land-roome whence now springs Their Norman Dukes race Englands Kings This Rollo christ'ned Robert th' Earle Of Beauois not Charles Simples Gyrle Weds and hath issue William who Had Richard he a next he too Another Richard and his brother Robert whose Aunt 's Saint Edwards mother Which second Robert was the father Of second William with vs rather Call'd first of Norman Dukes the second 'Mongst English Kings the foremost reckon'd Such was this Dukedome name and race Comes now his Kingdome next in place CANZ. II. The Conquerours quarrell claime and preparation to gaine the crowne of Englands WHen fates had Edwards life-thread spon Soone Godwines Harold Thyra's son Caught Englands Crowne seeks all mens fauours And left too grosse fraud Edgar sauours Makes him some mends part guilt for pearle For Englands King sooth Oxfords Earle But now besides his cancell'd oath To Edgar made and Edward both More shame a harsh Embassage came From Norman William who much blame His troth-plight promise broke which made He did the Dukes vow'd right inuade But no expected words or deedes For Duke or them from him proceedes Dukes daughter too his promis'd spouse Forsakes they say forsweares all vowes Which so incen'st the Dukes sharp spleene To worke reuenge and wreak his teene He men and ships to sea bequeathes To winne the rosie royall wreathes Flanders and France with him combin'd Fierce Tosto was not farre behinde To worke his brothers bane till those Two noble Earles against him rose Morcare and Edwine who him sent To th' Orks as t' were to banishment Whence Norway Scot'sh and Orkey powers He drew that not those martiall flowers Northumhers Earle and Merk-lands flame Could stay him till King Harold came Who by faire Riuer Darwents side Foyl'd Scot'sh and Orkeyes Prince and pride And Tosto sent and Norwayes King To Pluto's Palace newes to bring When more streight more might make him feare He heard the Normans landed were Neare Hastings with vndaunted spright Streight he calls forth his men to fight Longing t' allay that fatall feud With hands new dipt in 's brothers bloud His wearied war-mates waxing faint Vnbreath'd were faine yet fresh to paint Their scarres with bloud and wounds with gore As daring Mars at deaths owne dore So furious Harold hastes to meet His fate like fire with winged feet CANZ. III. His successe conquest and coronation on Christmasse day Anno 1066. NOw comes that houre and times full date That wrackt the Saxon Princes state From Egberts reigne two hundred neare From Hengist nigh sixe hundred yeare Since CHRIST one thousand sixtie six When Fate or some foule Friend of Styx Hastes Harold on William that fayn'd To fly both Crowne and Kingdome gayn'd In Sussex battaile th' English fell Strange Comets did such change foretell Harolds corps the Duke now King so doom'd By him built Waltham ha's entoomb'd Thyra mourning being selfe-same last yeere As his first First first William's heere Then th' English fled to London fast Whiles Normans did their Countries wast Northumberlands and Merk-lands Lords For safetie tending Scotland wards Met there young Edgar who set late Sailes for Appulia but by Fate Or mightie Aeol's Impes thus crost Cast on a quite contrary coast Whose sisters Margret's Malcolmes wife Scot'sh Queene t'other vowes Monastique life Now made the Norman Leopards pray On Englands spoile and tooke their way For London which they friendly found Where Christ-masse day was William crown'd By Aldred Yorkes Arch-bishop whiles Famous Stigand whom England stiles Her other Primate thus entends His Countries freedome to defend CANZ. IIII. The Arch-bishops Stygands famous stratagem whereby he procured Kents liberties and ancient freedome all England else groning under the Normans tyrannie AS William ween'd with warlike powers To o're runne Kent in greene-wood bowers Th'Arch-Bishop he his men arayes Couering their armes with leauie sprayes Saint Austines Abbot Eglesine Did in this act with him combine The King at
iealous Iuno furious Queene Found a fit time to worke her teene In her Lords absence as he goes To French warr's on his beauteous Rose Whom she did poyson and sets on In armes against the sire his son But younger Henry falls both crown'd By 's fathers life and laid in ground Which furious acts of hers when seene The King imprison's th' angry Queene And hands thought stain'd with Beckets bloud Meanes purge by warres for Holy-lands good But French broyles staying him fates assigne Chinon thrise twelue yeeres King his shrine CANZ. X. Richard the first called Cuor-de-Lyon and his victorious acts SVcceedes braue Richard Cuor-de-lyon Who as his sire meanes visit Syon And from the Babylonian Prince Cyprus Acon and Ioppa winnes And ships towne towers and forts regaines With warlike and victorious traines Though Souldan yet and Saracens bold The faire Ierusalem still did hold But wo-worth those crost such designes False brother Iohn with France combines To quench with flames retiring fast 'Bout Austria coasts by tempest cast Ignobly by Limpoldus Duke 'Gainst law of nations pris'nor tooke Great ransome giues fayne too as ' tfalls To build the faire Vienna's walls Safe when return'd false brother sought And mothers mediation wrought Such peace that he being Richard gone Sans issue obtayn'd his ten-yeeres throne Who falne i th' French warres Chalne conteynes His bowels there where he was slaine By Bertram Gordon's venom'd dart His corps Fount-Euerard Roan his hart CANZ. XI King Iohns vnfortunate reigne and troubles by the Barons warres KIng Iohn scarce crown'd when France will needs The elder brothers son indeed Set Arthur vp but got but harmes If aught 't was more by art then armes Till more his Barons warres him vext For countries good faire foule pretext Th'Archbishop Langton too rak't th' ashes Whence Romish thundring censure flashes Nor reconcil'd to them till when Vnking'd vncrown'd the Pope agen Put on his Crowne Pandulfe the meanes Who blest vext curst and calm'd the Realmes Lewys of France the Dolphin then Who came to th' aid o th' English men i th' Barons cause although call'd home Scarce stints all strife his Nobles some For rauisht wiues for daughters other Fell rage conceiu'd can scantly smother Henry Englands Richard Almaignes beene Kings both his sonnes three daughters Queenes Princely wed when Iohn poyson'd dyes Thrise six yeeres King at Worster lyes CANZ. XII Henry the third his acts and his sonnes warlike exploits at the holy Land THird Henry then his infant sonne His nigh threescore-yeeres reigne begon Whose Barons warres with Welsh and French He all scant eas'ly though did quench Legat Gualo chiefly managing The Realmes affaires for the young King Whose valiant Impes long after spoyle The Souldans townes and Syrians foyle And safe return'd from Syons aide First Edward King of England's made Lancasters Duke his brother Edmond To Westminster their sire being summon'd CANZ. XIII Edward the first and his decyding the right of the Crowne of Scotland Edward his sonne first English Prince of VVales BY Edwards hand Prince Leoline falles And Edwards son's borne Prince of Wales And Robere Bruse by him put downe Iohn Baliols right beares Scotlands Crowne But Scottish broyles s'mbrew'd all hands That th' English Lords deuide their lands Made sire t' a race of royall Impes By 's two Queenes Spaines and Frances Nymphs Elnor and Margret Westminsters Shrine him fiue-seuen-yeeres King interres CANZ. XIIII Edward the second called of Carnaruan an vnfortunate Prince much wronged by Gaueston the Mortimers and Spensers meanes NExt Edward Frances heire as 't fell Peter Hispan's plot weds Isabell Him Scots chac't home and Gauestone And Spensers made him lou'd of none Whose pride the mis-rul'd State much rues Till they fled Then whom they abuse King twenty yeers Queene Mortimers doom'd Him Barkley murdred Gloster toomb'd CANZ. XV. Edward the third his warlike acts and conquest of France THird Edward crown'd ere 's fathers death As he the Earles ouer-boldnesse seeth Slue Mortimer whiles he disapproues His and his mothers wanton loues And married though with his consent But their appoint his sister went To Scotland yet for homage not Perform'd or scofs giuen by the Scot Beleaguring Barwicke Dauid Bruse His brother in-law so hard pursues To Halydon hill Scots great'st disgrace He Balioll king'd in Bruse his place Who fled for France whither angry fate Brought our King soone to claim 's estate Laying title to Frances Lillies Of right his mother Isabella's Charles sister and Philip the Faire Last King of Frances daughter and heire Valoys the vsurpers sister Impe. Queene Philip our Kings wife faire Nymphe Brought Henault and with th' Earle her syre Flanders with England fierce conspire That Newstria and her neighbour France 'Gan hope war's helplesse haplessechance Paris e'en felt for feare the fire Of English warriours in their ire And Cresseid flowry vale beheld A famous fierce-fought well-pitcht field When greene-grasse beds with gore were spred White milkie Lillies dyde bloud-red And mercy ne're-taught Oyly-flame Learn'd th' English Lyons were vntame The French King fled his Lords they tell Kings of Maiork and Beme they sell With troopes of Commons numberlesse In this fam'd battell nam'd of Cresse Tankeruill Guisnes Cane Callaice and Many a faire towne that late did stand For Philip then and all the west Submit to th' English Conquerors hest Bruis in French cause afresh French aided Was tane as England he inuaded The Pope for French-King treating peace Takes truce whiles did th' old King decease Whom his sonne Iohn succeeds with whom Young Edward call'd in Frence whilomâ— The Black-Prince who rul'd France full farre And Aquitane moues mortall warre Wheth'r noble youth's for crownes or praise You stroue or both and Phoebus bayes When Poyteu fields were skarlet dyde When fell the chiefe of Frances pride Were Dolphin King and many a Lord Captiu'd by Black-Prince Edwards sword Tropheys of triumph high that raise Englands both Prince and souldiers praise CANZ. XVI Edward the blacke Prince his honourable atchiuements and vntimely death GReat signes o're south and Indian shores Seemes to foreshew such strange vprores White troopes 'gainst Aethiopians blacke In Azure skies to threat fierce wracke But while they fell wheth'r Mahounds powers Or else were showne by Memnons Moores For now great warres in Normandy Lesse Britaine were and Burgundy France fell before our Princes feete Trembleth Nauarre Spaine doth entreate For her King Pedro who 's new made King by braue black-prince Edwards aide Came Cyprus King his helpe t' obtaine 'Gainst Turks were then in 's royall traine Worth registring on fames faire wings Two captiues and the Cyprus Kings Whiles he thus glorious Knighted shines Both at Saint George and Marses shrines Pale foe to honour winter-power Of death nipt this faire springing flower
Whence Richard black-Prince son's made Prince French-King and Dolphin Bruse too since Tributaries and ransom'd ioyne hands So peace shone fresh on all three lands Clarence Duke Lyonell weds the faire Millaines Duke Galease his heire Hauing with her goodly lands his brother Iohn of Gaunt Lancastrian Duke and t'other Cambrige Earle Edmond wed two Nymphes Castile King Pedro's beauteous â—mpes Whence claim'd the Duke the Crowne but giues Only his daughter and receiues Of the new King a masse of gold From lucre of which drossy mold 'Gainst Cities wealth and Churches state His enuie first growes to such hate Might Wicklifes words worke Wicham's dole Or theirs hee 'd gladly blow the cole Scarce King or Prince for him long space Gain'd Wichams Church or Citizens grace This our third Edward's Windsores round Saint Georges feasts with honour crown'd And Garter his inuentions since So fam'd let th'orders of no Prince Contend or not compare with these Rhodes Pall's nor Colchos golden Fleece Seauen sonnes fiue daughters royall state Shew'd him thrice blest and fortunate At Richmond fifty yeeres King he dyes At Westminster there tombed lyes CANZ. XVII Richard the second stript of the crowne by Henry Bolingbrooke whence grew the schisme BOth's father Prince and Grand-sire King Richard succeeeds for many a thing Infam'd Sans heire die both his Queenes French Is'bell and proud Anne of Beme The Commons he vnheard-of broyles Wat-Tylers Scot'sh and Welsh turmoyles And Irish tam'd 'mong whose rude traines Saint Edwards armes the garland gaines Whom thence returning Herefords Duke Late banisht Henry of Bolingbrooke Captiu'd and soone vnking'd whence rose Those wofull flames 'twixt either Rose In which so many thousands bane Kings Dukes and noble Captaines slaine Poore King at Pomfret famish't dyes At Langley neere Saint Albons lyes CANZ. XVIII Henry the fourth his most vnquiet gouernement FOurth Henry after twise ten yeere Proclaim'd deposed Richard heires In Wales with Owen Glendowers dew Mort'mer his sonne in law o're threw Th' English too sore and oft rebell Scots at vnfortunate Halydon fell Where Dukes-son's tane of Albancy Many Lords and Kings son Iames by sea Which Scotsh nobilities youths choise flower Were long deteyn'd in Londons Tower Kings herse three sonnes three Dukes bewailes Two daughters and the Prince of Wales Twise seuen-yeeres King then Henry dyes At Canterbury entombed lyes CANZ. XIX Henry the fift his short but victorious reigne and conquest of France Fift Henry of Monmouth much infam'd In 's younger yeeres but now reclaym'd Stints many ciuill strifes at home With Wickliefs sect Old castles doome Then casting o're his eyes ' â—ow'rds France Soone th' English armes did there aduance In his great Grand-sires right whose posies French Lillyes ioyn'd with th' English Roses Though scoft 'gainst Frances proud'st towne walls Sent bullets backe for Tennis-balls And Agincourts first famous day Adorn'd his browes with victors Bay Where most part of the French Kings traine Of Nobles were or tane or slaine Braue men at armes who late plaid cards For English prisoners now their guards Trophees of Englands triumphs nor Henry so held his hand before France su'd for peace and humbly proffers Her child and crowne with fairest offers Regent proclaim'd for th' old Kings life He tooke France him heire he to wise The Princesse Katharine France her dower Whose royall marriage stately Low're Peeres nobles commons young and old As first to heare glad to behold At these all these seem'd to clap hands So peacefull Hymens ioyfull bands Only the Dolphin he abhorres This present peace whom th' English force From France expulst whiles Kath'rine Queene Crown'd was by Thames her sonne by Seyne Whom Windsore borne his father than Too true prophetique dying Swan Diuines to reigne long all to lose Himselfe short-liu'd all too-right whose Triumphant Carre late deckt with bayes Now herse-wise shaden Cypresse sprayes By his last will old Exeter tooke Care of the young King Glosters Duke Doth gouerne England Frances land Burgundy and Bedford Dukes command More Bethlem stately Richmond towers Sheene and religious Syons bowers And Garter as his founder doth Admire him who in 's flowers of youth At Paris faire of feuer dyes At Westminster entombed lyes CANZ. XX. King Henry the sixt his wonderfull misfortunes SIxt Henry eight moneths old made King Did by his noble Tutors bring The Dolphin downe till Bedford dyes Whom Richard Duke of Yorke supplies And Warwick what time Burgundy Gan to play false and French fast flye From th' English rule whiles English broyles Lost France and selfe hand-selfe-bloud soyles Be silent or bemone sweet Muse These times and these sad times abuse Well might the Dolphin conquest gaine When none oppos'd or few but faine To leaue vs left small glory crownes Such paines to take such yeelding townes For th' English hy'd home all diuided Parts-take with one or other sided The Dukes of Somerset and Yorke Did first begin this wofull worke Whose priuate quarrels bred too rathe A world of mischiefe publique scathe Whiles Richard Duke of Yorke who came From Irelands conquest with great fame Enui'd by Somerset ne're smothers His wayward tants not his Kings brothers For words first next for Crownes the game Riuers of bloud not quench't the flame Richard the world in hand doth beare The Realmes they how misgouern'd were Protector so by force proclaim'd So not content the Kingdome claim'd And this his right Anne his her mother Philip her sire being elder brother Lionell third Edward second sonne King came but from his next sonne Iohn Hence Somersets fall first Verlam yeelds Blore-heath's fam'd and Northampton fields And though Yorkes Dukes at Wakefield slaine His sonne fourth Edward London gaynes There crown'd whiles haplesse Henry flies Tow'rds Scotland noble Queene she hies T' her syre Angeous Duke Reyners child Naples Sicills Syons King so styl'd Whence fresh supplies wrought foes fresh harmes And Margret warlike Nymph at armes Yet once againe wins Henries crowne Who yet againe is soone put downe But after many a grieuous losse Barwick Yorke Barnet Mortmers crosse At Tewksbury last her selfe was tane And her young sonne Prince Edward slaine Henry the sixt poore King oppressed Good-man scarce e're one more distressed Tane in the north to London sent From Caesars to Ioues towers he went Vs'd so milde speech such often pray'r Lou'd peace liu'd vertuous heauenly care On contemplations spotlesse wings Rapting his thoughts to holyer things His heart so void of hate or strife On earth he led an Angels life Nigh fortie yeeres King first time but then Not forty weekes next though crown'd agen Long prisond poore exil'd last death-doom'd At Chertsey first then Windsore toomb'd CANZ. XXI Edward the fourth and his sonnes true spectacles of enuious fate FOurth Edward Earle of March the fourth Of March was crown'd whose martiall worth Sixt Henry
French and Scots so weilds T'ons Crowne next Crownes third Castles yeilds But Shores faire wife widdow Gray So woo'd so wed and Bona gay Left being the loue-embassage there Made French King fume and Warwicke sweare Both vow reuenge so Edwards Impe The Dolphin wooes weds th' Austrian Nymphe Which Edward tooke so ill that tyde For very griefe 't was thought hee dy'de Fiue Girles and two sonnes left behind Thrise seuen yeeres King at Windsore shrin'd His sonnes fift Edward few-moneths King With 's brother Duke did Gloster bring T'vntimely end in Londons Tower Vnknowne where tombed to this hower This their sire fearing cursed plot Though Glosters guile the crowne that got Made Clarence dye a maulmesey death And by this means must needes bequeath To murdrous tyrant Crook-backs hand Guiding both of his sonnes and land Which opportunity gaue to act By Gods and men s'abhor'd a fact That furies fiends and specters fell Fore's death gaues conscience taste of hell CANZ. XXII Henry the seuenth concludeth this Ode with the conclusion of the schisme by the vnion of the long deuided Roses and howses of Yorke and Lancaster SEuenth Henry now whose mother is Margret her sire Iohn Thomas his Iohn-a-Gaunt's by Kath'rine Swinfords race Bewfort's whom Som'rsets titles grace Owen Teuthors and Queene Kath'rines sonne Edmond his sire too that in one Th' Earle Richmond's wore and Som'rsets stile Liuing in France his friends the while Buckingham Morton and mother deere With both Elizabeths wisht him here T'one th'eldst of Edwards forlorne Impes Queene mother and daughter royall Nymphes Th' earle though with few French Britton bands At Milford hau'n in Wales he lands At Bosworth field with warlike crew Then three-yeeres Tyrant Richard slew Whose carcasse torne to th'horse-taile doom'd Leyster scarce daign'd to see it toomb'd So Henry and Elizabeth Ioyntly wore Englands royall wreath And Yorke and Lancaster in these Were wed thrise happy lasting peace That bloudy schisme betwixt the Roses And Kingdomes too in vnion closes Which so begunne so heauens King frames Planted then full compleate in Iames. The end of the ninth Ode A briefe Type of the tenth Booke or Ode of PALAE-ALBION called IACOBVS The tenth Ode contayneth 1. The succession of the Kings of England from Henry the 7. in vvhose issue vvere vnited the Kingdomes of England and Scotland viz. Henry the 7. reigned 23. yeares Henry 8. his sonne reigned 37. yeares Edward 6. his son reigned 6. yeares Q. Mary his sister reigned 5. yeares Q. Elizabeth her sister R. 44. years Iames the sonne of Mary Q. of Scots daughter of Iames 5. K. of Scotland son of Iames the 4. and Margaret eldest daughter of Hen. 7. now reigneth Diu. V. R. 2. The descent of the Kings of Scotland from Ferguse 2. in the RomaÌ„s time or before and so down consequently to this present age with the originall of the Scottish Name Nation according to the iudgmeÌ„t of the most approued authors that haue written of the same 3. The beginning and descent of both Irish and Scottish Nations more amply set downe with the Originall of the now Irish and their seuerall Conquests by the English made of latter times whereby the Kings of England came first to bee Lords and since Kings of Ireland as they are at this present day 4. The descent of the Kingdom Crowne of France to the king of England whereby are touched the descent of the Merouingians kings of FraÌ„ce from Pharamond the Carlouingians from Carolus Martellus Pepin The Capevingians or Hugonetts so termed for diuers respects and partly in the worst sence by the Guise being the modern K. of France from Hugh Capet of whose Line Isabella the Heire was wife to Edward the second King of England in whose right Edward the third claymed Henry the sixt wore the French Diadem PALAE ALBION Ode decima Inscripta IACOBVS ARGVMENTVM Vltima iam Myrto dignum vel fronde Mineruae Innuba cui circum tempora laurus eat Oda virum recinens velut Anglica sceptra trophaeis Iungit Hyberna Scotis Lilia Franca Rosis 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Primâ fronte libri institutum Authoris votum 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 EXtremum hunc Aracyntha mihi concede laborem Magna tui velata comas Dea candida ramis Dijs data dona fero Theodorae nomina stirpis Omnia pacis habent Scoto-Anglis Cambro-Brytannis Septimus Henricus Theodori Regia coniux Elizabetha parens Anglorum postea Regum Carminibus nostris celebrandi mascula virtus Heroicae sobolis veniunt nisi Diua faueres Viribus huic impar tanto succumbo labori Ergo feres mea amabò paterna per aethera tecum Carmina quae si non lauro at decorabis Oliuâ Quando Brytanniacis Astraea pijssima in oris Et preciosa magis pax omnibus aequore Conchis Inque dies aliae inueniantur vnio Gemmae Littoribus nostris Credo sic voluere Parcas Scilicet Heinricus ambas coniunxit in vnum Et niueam rubeamque Rosas duo regna Iacobus Anglorum Scotiae Binae inter-vtrisque fuêre Foederibus nuptura parens innuptaque proles Henrici octaui ceu filia mater Elizae Nupta Rosas vinxit vincloque innupta iugali Regna piae pacis pia filia mater vtraeque Aeterna laude dignae aeternumque beatae Hinc Astraea meis hinc vnio fulserat Anglis Et vigeat magis atque magis stirps inclyta donec Cumeae redeant precor aurea saecla Sybillae Atque vtinam ac toto quondam pax reddita mundo Schismataque extirpata forent velut Arius Hydrae Pax nostris vtique simul effluat omnibus oris Constantina fides Iterumque trophaea Britannis Debeat Arctois iustis Deus annue votis Vestrae opus est opis Aonides sacra turma fanete 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Henrici septimi coniugium proles gesta omnia meritò celebratissima CEu cecidit toruus fatali Marte Tyrannus Septimus Henricus foelicissima coniux Maxima quae natu est Edouardi filia quarti Haec niuei rubei satus ille propagine floris Nympha Eboracensis Lancastri stemmatis Heros Bellis regna animos odijs populosque leuârunt Gnati queis duo tot proles pulcherrima Gnatae Hispanae Arthurus Katharinae sponsus olli Succedens titulis Thalamisque Henricus opimis Marguerita Scoto Gallo sponsata Maria Hispano priùs at Brandonia postèa coniux Derbia Stanleyum Comitemque Deuonia cernit Courtneyum citò Bedfordi Pembrochia nomen Rege creante Ducis simul induit ipse coronam Mortonusque olim fidus velut alter Achates Cantuariae antistes Eliensis Episcopus audit Tempore quo tellus fit â—berica libera Mauris Qui cecidit seris modò Plantaginêta sub annis Varuici Comitem Clarensi ex stirpe Georgi A primis perhibent sublimi in Caesaris arce Detentum simul ac simulat Lambertus Hybernis Londini lanio
Before his suddaine fall and fate Spaines Nymph was then to be diuorst Which sentence cause the Card'nals crost Campegius staies not Wolsey hyed To Yorke disgrac't for griefe he dyed Then famous Rhodes by Turkes was tooke The Pope and Rome by Burbons Duke And French King falles at Caesars foote Which made France find a league to boote With England and Nauarre the scope 'Gainst Spaine her Emperor and the Pope Though Iulius Crowne and Scepters sent Tenth Leo titles when he lent Luther sore lashes faiths Defender And Clement golden gifts did tender Yet Wolsey dead the Pope to Rome Spaine Caesar all from hence sled home Then Wolsey's man his masters heire Of 's fate and fall from Phaetons chaire So Mushrome-like comes Cromwell he From parents of as meane degree To seruile trade train'd growing great Mounts yet amaine tow'rds honours seate As Wolsey wan'dâ— whose fauours plac't him In princes Court whose fall more grac't him If not disgrac't him but his Prince Fauours such his double diligence Whose counsels to the Clergies paine Brought the Kings Coffers noe small gaine And more he sayes t' enrich the Crowne Pulls the Religious houses downe Whose ruines reare his greatnesse glory To blow the bladder of his story Secretary Comwell 'mongst them sate As head of the spirituall state Making his pride seene no small deale Master of the Rolles and priuie-Seale Essex Earle and great Chamberlaine So swoll him that he brast againe For at the top and highest port Presume and Traytor cut him short Thus blaz'd these Stars and out againe Fell first to waxe grew then to wane CANZ. V. King Henry the eight his latter time seuerall marriages and last will concerning his heires OVr King both Emperour entertaines Scots Queene King and Queene of Danes The Irish tames and French-men faine And Flemmings aides in spight of Spaine When once his Spanish twenty yeeres spouse Queene Maries mother he disauowes Let Pope and Spaine and Caesar freat Holy maid of Kent and spare not threat Queene Eliza's mother soone was seene Pembrookes Marchionesse Englands Queene And when Anne Bulleine lost her head Iane Seymour next in Childbirth dead King Edwards mother next was taken Faire Anne of Cleue and she forsaken Katharine Howard soone lost her head Kathar'ne Parre saw him lap 't in lead His last warres vexed France and raz'd Bolloigne till peace was bred and blaz'd Edenborow and Lieth were tane the while By Shrewsbury Seymour and Lord Lysle By his last will Edward first heire Next Mary third Eliza were Many's fall his reigne nigh fortie yeeres His fall on Windsore monuments reares CANZ. VI. The short reigne of King Edward the sixt SEymors Nymphs sonne his Scepters tooke Whose vncle th' Earle Protector Duke Of Somerset's made Dudley Lord Lysle Weares Warwick and Northumbers style Kets he procur'd and Rebels sorrow And Scots disgrace at Muscleborow And now by Somersets command All not yet seiz'd on Chauntry-land All church reuentions treasure plate And tokens of her ancient state Trophees of wealth or worth that deck her Been turn'd into the Kings Exchequer Pope Saints and reliques haue like doome These banisht this dismist to Rome Somersets Duke about this season Acquitted was accus'd of treason And yet soone after lost his head Who failing seemes full soone too dead Not seuen yeeres King in bud of youth Westminster tombes to Englands ruth CANZ. VII The Lady Ianes downefall Queene Maries comming to the Crowne and marriage with Spaine WHen Suffolks daughter Lady Iane With her spouse Guilford Dudley tane For King and Queene their sires craft crost Their heads life Crowne and Kingdome lost Queene Maryes right so farre preuail'd Both Dukes Impes plots pretences quail'd Who set in sires and brothers throne Rome her Religion here soone shone Bishop Gardner's made Chancelor and Piercy Earle of Northumberland To Wyats and English great disdaine She weds her Cousen King of Spaine Whose style 's so stately to be seene Philip and Mary King and Queene Of England Ireland and with them France Naples and Ierusalem Princes of Spaine Sicilia Indies Austrich Arch-Dukes Dukes of Burgundy Millaine and Brabant the low Countreys Tyroll and Haspurge Earle and Countesse Their royall Embassie to Rome The Pope returnes much honoured home Cardinall and Canterburies Primate Poole with his cousen Queene braue Prelate Flourisheth and fadeth once againe Reuiues here the Religious traine Peace sweetely did her selfe aduance 'Twixt France and Spaine and vs had France Not broken first that'gan to bourd Philips Flemish townes with fire and sword Thy'young Queene of Scots the Dolphin weds Whiles Mars his rage their Realmes o'respreads Dutch English Switzers Pole with Spaine Walloones too in his warlike traine And many a sort more to be seene That 'gainst his foes combined beene With Philip forrag'd France and downe Raz'd Conquet and Saint Quintines townes But that which most the English crost Callaice in lieu thereof was lost Philip from home our fiue yeeres Queene At Westminster her tombe is seene CANZ. VIII Queene Elizabeth her admired and famous acts at the beginning of her reigne SO by her sister Maries death The Crowne came to Elizabeth So Goddesse-like a mayden Queene Seld-when or ne're in England seene She pull'd downe such religious cells Her sister built and Pope expels And warr'd with Scots and France and Spaine Till Scots and French crau'd peace full faine Scot'sh Queene then laid downe Englands armes She had tane vp by th' Guises charmes Though after tane i th' English bounds Her head flew off such Crowne-lawes grounds Eliza by the Mounsieurs meanes And his French brother-King then leanes To Flemmings aide and French when Dudley To Flanders went with noble Sydney Where Sydney fell and Dudley's glories Read yet in the low Countries stories He that with Mars might Philip well Sweete Sydney striue with Philomell Both Britaines deerest Darlings whose Fame no end name no Period knowes CANZ. IX Diuers other then memorable matters and her warres with Spaine FAmous no lesse at this time were Drake and far-trauail'd Frobisher Frobisher that sail'd North and East Seas T'other by South-west passages Sought the Sunnes-setting and strange lands Where Phoebus steeds and stable stands Till rounding th' earth comne backe agen Liu'd one day lesse then other men That liu'd as long as he that view'd Huge India's shore and monsters rude Whose quaintance great with Neptunes realmes Wrought wondrous feates on Doris streames In eighty eight when Spaines chiefe pride Did hithr'ward on Sea-horses ride Sea Nymph-rounds guiding o're the mayne Great Duke Medeena's glorious traine That with lesse state soone after sees Both Scottish Orkes and Irish seas Tilburie campe was Leyr'sters e ward Hunsdon did the Queenes person guard Charles Howard chiefe vice-Admirall Drake Made Spaines huge great Armatha quake Flying faintly fast So triumphs cheere Our natiue soyle and my
first yeere CANZ. X. Lastly her latest glorious atchiuements as Irelands conquest finished Virginia's plantation began before her death NOr left we so for Norys next And Drake againe and Essex vext Spaines borders thundring fire and fate To Seuills shrine and Lisbone gates Walter Deuereux the sire braue Knight That Lord Ferrers of Chartley hight Pierc't Ireland this man went as farre Hauing sped Naâ—arr's French Spanish warre But England dew'd his tombe with teares Whiles Irish tropheys Mount-ioy weares Whose conquest and Virginia's gaine Were last acts of this Virgins raigne Beene Caesar French and Danes King dight Saint Georges so this maydens Knights And forty fiue yeeres Queene she fades Eliza to the Elizian shades The world her praise Westminster her dust Heauen ha's her soule shrin'd with the iust CANZ. XI By reason of her successor King Iames is enforced the discourse following out of Scottish and other forraigne histories SVnne-rise did Cynthia's set disclose And from her Phoenix ashes rose No fairer plumes more royall crest E're found in princelyest Eagles nest Th' Arabian bird with spice-bed then Deck't Pallas bowers our Hymens when The world the shrine the sea the ring Two Realmes were wed the Priest a King A Wife vnites both Roses Iames Both wiues and Virgins heire both Realmes The marryed brings a sonne her merit Th'vnmarryed leaues him crownes t' inherit Hence our foure-crown'd King Iames doth flourish O're English Scottish French and Irish Friend me deere Muses whiles I bring From Scotland's bounds our Englands King And when you haue toucht Scotlands glories Briefely then France and Irelands stories Shewing so King Iames his Maiestie Thron'd in his foure-fold Monarchie CANZ. XII Of the Originall of Scots and Picts SCarce thinke I th'race of Scottish Kings From Pharao's Daughter Scota springs Sure from great Scotland since of eld Ireland so call'd the Scottish held Whence Ireland's call'd so her relations Seruen both Scotsh and Irish Nations When th' Irish Scots though Scotland wan The tymes vnneath most hard to skan 'Bout Marius or Aruiragus raigne 'Bout th'hundreth yeere of grace they sayne Came Scythian Gothes or neighbours neere First t' Ireland thence t' inhabit heere With their Duke Roderick Whether these Were of the race of Hercules Th' old Agathyrsi or whos'e're Fell feuds 'twixt them and Brittons were Which made them backe to th' Irish fly Then Scottish call'd for fresh supply So wiues from greater Scotland came And aid and lesser Scotlands name Whence grew the guise if Kings bloud failes In Scotland Irelands voice preuailes In new Kings choice to be extract From female race as of compact Though some haue thought th' old Brittons rude Scorn'd by the Romanized broode Of Brittons new-come vp ee'ne hated Of their owne kinne Italionated As rudenesse Emblemes so were made To fly to th' Irish Scots for aide 'Gainst these Caesar Seuerus wall Was rais'd and warres not few nor small Last Roman Lord being Gallio fam'd For both Scots Picts and Irish tam'd CANZ. XIII The Scottish Kings numbred from Ferguse to the end of the Picts reigne REuda first reign'd sayes reuerend Bede In Brittish Scotland though we reade In Scottish Annall's how th' Aegyptian Pharao's Impe Scota with her Graecian Husband Cathelus long did raigne With their succession Kings in Spaine Whence Scots were nam'd and Brechus King Their Colonies they to Ireland bring From whom the Great Fergusius came Whom to her Erchus beares faire Dame Danish Rocha to her Spanish Spouse Of Scotlands Kings ennobled House He with Goth Alaricke made Rome flame Ferguse that gaue Craig-Fergus name And brought with him so long agone Scots gloried in the fatall Stone Iacob lay on in the Land of Syon With Brittish-Scotsh Kings Armes their Lyon Whom Reuther Beda's Reuda followes Roderick that put to flight with 's fellowes Came backe againe whence call they't right Rew ther 's returne not his first flight First Owen followes Ferguse next Second Owen then and Dongard vext And slaine by Brittons Constantine His sonne in Christians Cause diuine Palladius Conuert warfare-goes In Brittons aid 'gainst Saxon foes Next Congall Conrane Owen Conuall Aidan Kenneth Owen Ferquard Donwall Maldwine and with two Owens moe Amberkeleth falne by Pictish foe Owen Mordak Ethfine and lesse gracious Owen and Ferguse then Soluatius And Ethfines sonne who entertaines Amitie with French King Charlemaine Worthy of Frances friendship whence Remaines th'inuiolate league ere since Then Congall Conuall and sans true Respect to Excellency due Or King-hoods Maiestie diuine Alpine butcher'd at Pas-Alpine By bloudy Picts made them too late To rue their cruell facts and fate For Kenneth kils them all vnneth In fell reuenge of Fathers death Whose ouerthrowes not vn-fore-kend Strange â—ights in Skies seene seeme portend So Picts with their King Drushen slaine Sole Scottish Kings in Scotland raigne CANZ. XIV And so downeward to Macbeth and Malcolme in William the Conquerors time NExt Kenneth Donald Constantine And Ethus by Gregourâ— in fine Depriu'd of Crowne and Kingly stile Who wanne they say the Westerne I le Then Donald and late Ethus sonne Constantine who fell feud begunne With Edward but was homage ta'ne From him subdu'd by Athelstane Malcolme then next and Indulph who With Alfred wars 'gainst Danish foe Dâ—fe Cullen Chenneth Constantine Grime Malcolme Duncane and of Line Of th' ancient Princes and Bloud-royall Glamuis Lord and yet most disloyall Intruder Tyrant Macbeth whose Fate and fall Wizards fore-disclose But with so doubtfull and obscure Aenigma's he thought him most sure Till Dunsnane Castle high in th' Ayre Encompast were with th' Woods of Weyre He should not fall being child nor other He should e're fall by borne by Mother Which Riddle put him out of doubt Though 't fell for him too truly out For Malcolme with reuengefull hand And Syward of Northumberland His Grandsire and their English aid Comming thitherwards in Weyr-woods staid To decke and hide their arm'd aray In green-wood bowers with leauy spray When so attir'd their troopes drew nie To tow'ring Dunsnane Castles hie Throwing their leauy Crownes away Appear'd they clad in Armour gay Which suddeine shewes vnlook't for bale 'Gan make the Tyrants courage quaile His towers so girt with foes so drest With Wyre-wood Crownes streight armed Crest Flying therefore fast with feth'red speed Sets spurres to his e'en winged steed Macbeth t' auoid his foe-mens ire Mackdufe as furious as the fire Who erst from Tyrants anger flew To voluntary Exile new Return'd as swift as he that flyes Repayes home all his courtesies O're-taking him fels him to ground And so did Mackbeths pride confound Who vainly thus deluded dyes By those prodigious Prophesies Yet true they were to thee Fame tels O too misled by Magicke spels Thy foe not timely borne but ript From Mothers wombe thus Mackbeth tript This Malcolme marrying Margret
Neece To Edmond Iron-side Issue sees Edgar Scander and Dauid who Were Kings of Scotland all-a-row CANZ. XV. The residue of the Scottish Kings vntill Queene Marie Mother of King Iames the sixt DAuid who led in Englands Court His pleasant youth in Princely sort Whence Scotland claimes them weds the faire Huntingdons and Northumbers heire The Countesse Maud Maud th' Empresse rights Fauourite by Stephen foilde in fight Gaue his sonne pledge whose sonne succeeds Malcolme in 's Sire and Grandsires steeds William then and Scander who weds Ioane Daughter to our Englands King Iohn And their sonne Alexander too Had our third Henries Daughter who Dying Issue-lesse in Kings account Englands Kings as Lords Paramount Edward the first Iohn Baliol plac't Robert Bruse all he could disgrac 't Third Edward Edward Baliols Crowne Aduanc'd whom Dauid Bruse puld downe T' inuade England by Valoys swaide Captiu'd the Victors price he paid Three Roberts were and next to them Fiue Iameses from that Royall Stem And next his Mother-Queene sixt Iames First English reignes from Tay to Thames First Scottish Iames on surging Seas Fourth Henry tooke sixt Henry frees Whom Somersets faire Daughter Iane Had to her Husband his they saine Went with a hundred Nymphs to France And for third Iames 't was second 's chance Fourth's Edwards Cicely t' aske to Wife But mortall War's stint farther strife T'ones Nephew yet weds t'others Neece Seau'nth Henries Imps such Fates decrees Fourth Iames Spouse Mother to fift Iames Margret who after Floddon flames Wed 's Archibald Douglasse whose Girle Margret wed 's Matthew Lennox Earle Their sonne Lord Darnley wed 's fift Iames Nymph Mother to thy King faire Thames Who comming from beyond cold Tweed Relate deare Muse with happy speed CANZ. XVI The troublesome State of Scotland in Queene Maries time her Marriage with the Lord Darnley BEing in these our last times our late Henries Parenthesis of State Mary Edward and Elizabeth Vanisht and banisht vitall breath Was Henries Sister Margret faire Their Aunt whole Albions sole heire Fourth Iames Wife so the Raceyclept hers Sway Scotsh-Sites English Mothers Scepters Her sonne fift Iames his tender Impe Scarce seu'n dayes old yet Queene poore Nymph So left by 'r Sires vntimely end Causde Mother Queene and Peeres contend For her and her Lands Gouernment So France to warre with Scotland went But Hamilton from the French Faction Obtaynes the Queene and Lands protection Whiles furious French in Scots despight The Rhine-graue and the Rhodian Knights Fierce Almaigne and Italian bands Allure to vex their late friends Lands And gaine th'yong Queene or lay the State Of Scotland could they desolate But say'n they soone as Lennox fauor'd Our English th' Earle Protector wauer'd And Mary Scot's yong Queene was carryed To France and to the Dolphin marryed Alas poore Nymph as soone as borne She 's crown'd indeed but with but thorne And married now but all her ioyes Soone marr'd or mixt with sore annoyes Soone dyes her Spouse her Sire long-since Her Mother now and she yong Prince In forreine shores and scarce 't is knowne Where 's Crowne or Kingdome of her owne So vext they were with ciuill Warres So bruisde besides by strangers skarres As she was comming homewards tost By Aeol's blasts to th' English Coast And thence return'd domesticke crosses She scarce regaines but with great losses Quenching those flames of fatall feud With Riuers streaming Scottish bloud Yet soone as English Mary dies Too forward seemes swaid by the Guise She tooke vp th' English Ensignes France Backes th' Errours she did first aduance Foolish France must needs so much for strangers Th' owne brests laid ope t' a World of dangers But after much their fruitlesse paines To eithers losse and neithers gaines Both Scot'sh and French o're-poiz'd with harmes Both ciuill rew'd and forreigne Armes So Mars fled and Peace sweetly smilde Twixt Scots and English reconcilde When in the Queene of Scotlands Court Mongst other Lords of Princely port Youthfull Lord Darnley there was seene New come from Englands Court and Queene Right well of Scotlands Prince belou'd And such her after fauours prou'd First Rothsey's Earle then Duke create Of Albaney and next her mate Third sonne of Lenox Earle there-while Weares Scotlands Crowne and Kingly style Henry Lord Darnley Stewart borne Scotlands King made in youth's fresh mornes Their sonne anew Great Brittaine names Scotlands sixt Englands first King Iames But shortly Henry Stewart crownde In the Queenes Orchard's murdred found And she to Bothwell's Earle soone wed No small suspect of falshood bred When she not daigning to be brought Fore her Realmes Peeres to answere ought Sans womanish feare with threatning charmes Affronts her subiects vp in Armes But bootes no braues she prison'd lyes Bothwell to Denmarke fled there dyes And she from Keepers scap't prepares Her Peeres sore bale but ill she fares From Scotland prison'd flying strife In England prison'd ends her life CANZ. XVII The gouernment there in the minority of Iames the fixt THen Scotland felt sore foes out-rage Before her yong King came to age Crown'd one yeares yongling in his Realme His Grandsire Lennox steeres at helme Morton Murrey and Marre helpe guide The Vessell o're rough-swelling tyde Till sore with surging billowes tost The King tooke to his Barke nigh lost And Pylot-like at greatest neede Brought her to hauen with happy speed Flourish great Prince whiles thee fame raises Equall to Ioues or Caesars prayses Thy Reigne since peacefull Oliue-crownde Thy browes Sols Bayes don circle rounde And more t' adorne thy Kingly Posies France shall bring Lillies we will Roses Since our Eliza did bequeath Thee Royall Garlands at her death CANZ. XVIII As before of Scots so heere the Historie and originall of their Ancestors the Irish with diuers coniectures concerning the same ANd for our Sunne like sommer time Rose from farre North cold Scottish clime In this oblike Horizon whose Set Rise and Regiment Ireland knowes Ours comne from Scotsh-kings theirs from them All now but one Kings Diadem Irelands both Impe and Lord now see We th' Ancetors they Posteritie That Westerne I le whose shores doe face Wilde Cambers Cliffes by her owne race Cald Erin by their Neighbours wilde Yuerdhon Ireland English stilde From Iasons Greekes t' is thought we learne To call Iuuerna Iris Ierne Whether from her site as Austrich East Spaine West so Hiere should be guest So sounding since more Ierne's beene By-west Hils Rils and places seene Hybernia else of winter weather Iber or Duke Irnaulph choose you whether Ogygia old and holy I le Banno and great Scotland Poets stile Albany and Alban as 't were t'other Lesse Banno sprung from this her Mother Lesse Scotland from this greater Brittish Scots from these Irish Scots and Pictish To thinke that Scots beene Scythians Race Coniectures may perhaps finde grace Since Greekes doe Scythians 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 call The Germanes Scutten
Scots and all Our Saxons Scyttan Gothes beene Getes What let 's it Scythes Northumbers Scettes And Getes and Scythian peoples held Spaines Townes and Cities sure of elde Susana and many places more Scythian names walles and guises wore Whence Scythians into Ireland came For Spanish dwellers did sayes Fame But some will say beleeue 't or smile Scotos from 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 draw their stile Some say from Scota but if you Would faine heare Fables more then true Or monstrous matters for disport Her Legend you shall heare but * short CANZ. XIX Diuers of their ancient historicall Relations and lastly the late Conquests thereof made by the English BEfore the vniuersall flood This Storie now begins for good Came Caesara old Noahs Neece Not knowne what ship nor o're what Seas Next comes nor will I leaue thy glories Sublimate quintessence of Stories Bartolenus and his sonnes whose names Their Cels and Irish stations fames Then Bergion comes Nemodus then Whom Bergions Race chac'd thence agen Greeke Dela though the Gyants Mates He Syrians knew and Scythians States Nemodus and his mens what time Gurguntius claimes the Irish clime But mightie Monster Rumor sayes Ruan liu'd till Saint Patricks dayes Though 't was thought next Scota's braue Knight Gathels Race queld those Gyants quight 'Gainst th' Aethiops Moses and Gathelus Warring vnder Aegypts King they tell vs Cecrops or Neols much prays'd heire Weds Pharao's Daughter Scota faire Whence set for Seas on Spaine they light Their tongue from him Gaoth-lag hight The Scots from her from them deriued In Simon Brechus Reigne arriued In Ireland Hermion and Hyberus From Spaine from them in hand they beare vs Came Ferguse so from th' Irish traine Came Brytaine Scots those Scots from Spaine Still vnderstand the fatall stone Goes with them Iacob slept vpon But true indeed all Stories saine Scots came from th' Irish they from Spaine These Ireland-dwellers Edgar vanquisht Saint Edward lou'd first Richards Conquest But in the second Henries Reigne Dermon Mac-Morough did complaine Whom Strong-bow Chepstols Earle releeues Winnes his Lands weds his Daughter Eue Is Englands Feodist to King Iohn Made Irelands Lord Pope Adrian Sends him a Ring Vrban a Crowne But after by the Popes puld downe England and Ireland he full deare Rents at a thousand Markes by th'yeare Eighth Henry King the Pope first stil'd Philip and Mary reconcil'd To Rome and Queene Elizabeth weare The same so doth King Iames the heire CANZ. XX. The ancient gouernments of France and how the Crowns right is now deuolued to the English The conclusion of all SO the French Titles whose free State And Salique Lords deare Nymphs relate But leaue th' Herculeans race and traine Tili Paris faire was plac'd on Seyne By Marcomyre whose Issue beene Pharamond and his Monarchs o're Rhene O're Francks or Francons he beginnes And Merouey much honour winnes But Clouis most who addeth first Christ to his Crowne or that to Christ Their Race long flourisht till vp springs Maior Domus vnder th' idle Kings Martellus Issue then gan Raigne Pipin and famous Charle-mayne Hugh Capet though his second Race Roots out so Talion Law tooke place From him descended Isabell faire France her sole and indubitate heire Third Edwards Mother though misprizde By fabulous Salick Law deuizde Since Katharine from that Royall Stem Her Dower brings Frances Diadem T' Henry the fift whose sonne anone Sate crown'd on triumph t' Frances Throne So France and Englands flowers so sweete Welsh Scotsh and Irish Musicke meete Their Prince by side of siluer Thames To greet with ioy Great Monarck IAMES CANZ. XXI A Peroration to King Iames. AND now great gracious glorious sprights Whilome braue Worthies still braue wights Liue long aud happie euer daigne Your sacred influence to these straines You that in Albion reign'd and you That doe but hope for Heauen your due Fortunately famous fairely shine Sainted on Earth in Heauen diuine And glad thou canst but ken his dayes Deare Muse ceasse thy rude Mantuan Layes The end of the tenth and last Ode of PALAE-ALBION POTENTISSIMO IACOBO MAGNAE BRYTANNIAE MONARCHAE QVando leui calamo Britonum Heroesque Ducesque Quà m potui dignis cupiens celebrare camoenis Quanquam infoelici magis exitu at ordine iusto Percurri titulos magnosque aliquando Monarchas Cui magis atque tibi dedero Flos inclyte Regum Cum Sophiae sancto pietatis lumine pulchrâ Stirpe vtriusque Rosae Regali stemmate claro Muscas non capient Aquilae at Lyra Lilia amoenis Cumque Rosis rurisque choros Regumque tryumphos Saepe equidem celebrant habitarunt Dij quoque syluas Musaeque Aonios saltus placeantque ita nostro Cynthus ceu Clario tibi agrestia numina Phoebo Non Lepori inuisus Leo Non Iouis Armiger ales Fulgura celsa magis Iouis ira terebrat Olympum Inuidia alta petens humilis mea Musa supremis Vix Aganippaeos latices libata labellis Quod parcas nimiumuè rudi lapsaeuè rogabit En supplex magis atque tuis quà m tuta sub alis Musca Aquilae Lepus ante pedes ceu Dama Leonis Rex Regum video es titulis Agamemnonis Olim Anglia septenos habuit duo Scotia Reges Wallia treis totidem quoque Gallia Hybernia quinos Haebus Ila aliquot ratibusque imperuia Thyle Cumbria praeterea Druidum celeberrima Mona Quos omneis tamen Imperio tot plurima Regna Pace tenes teneasque precor pietatis alumnus Egregius natura no uum tua lumina donec Eripiens terris addat Dea Sydus Olympo IPSISSIMO MAECENATI THus haue I brought this Worke to end Ioue gently will perhaps befriend And all those Sun 's now or of yore Haue shin'd on our deare Albion shore Will send their pleasing sweet aspect If onely thou thy beames reflect Do'st now Lord of th' Ascendant Raigne T is more then guerdon for my paine And gentle Nymphes I hope will smile On Bryttons thy Gests my rude stile ILLVSTRISSIMO AC SVMMAE SPEI M. Brytanniae CAROLO PRINCIPI WRiting though rudely Brittons ancient Storie Whence th' old might luster yeeld to moderne glorie One Tome toucht to Yous and your Fathers dayes That yours and his might a next Volume rayse By some sweet Attique Muse Or could a rill Of honyed Nectar dew my barren Quill What rarer Theme would I more Royall text Then your worth's whom Europe admires expects Your milde aspect faire Prince making me soone Think my night day and such faire morning noonel NOBILISSIMIS HEROI FRIDERICO RHENI Palatino Comiti Elizabethae Principi GRaue though all youthfull ancient though young Prince That matchles raught'st Englands fair'st flower from hence Your comming o're thus caus'd my artlesse Penne Rouing from Thames to seeke you out by Rhene Your Germany I know affords such store Of choice wits
â—redendum The third Obiection answered cum recriminatione Polydoristarum * In the ancient Roman storie euen of their Kings is much obscuritie I may say contrarietie apparant contradiction which if it shall condemne the rest their storie must be exploded as well as ours but then sauing the holy Writ I know not what historie should be saued * Brutij were an ancient people in Italy * And it is certayne the Oracles delighted in naming the places after the most ancient and sometimes obscure and aeâ—igmaticall names b Aethicus translated by Saint Ierome aboue 1000. yeares since calleth them Insulas Brutanicas the Greeks writing it by 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 it soundeth our u. And the Welsh doe the like as is seene in Brytys by them pronounced Brutus Also English Writers that are aboue an hundred yeares since call it Brutaine J. Mandeuill Series Poematis siue 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Institutum libri votum Inde post recapitulationem breuem praecedenuum ante Bruti adueâ—tum etiam reliqua Bruti historiae series gesta attexuntur Ac primo cum Gigantibus congressus initoque praelio opera Corinaei à quo Cornubia nomen traxit Victeria Et deinde Ingenio pollens diadema regnuÌ„ per traudem occupat heic Ode est Romani apud Britones imperij meta periodus in Epiphonemate isto conclusionis aut corollarij vice quasi inuolutae 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 siue supputatio Annorum Supplementum Historiae Caesar. * A briefe recapitulation of the former story of Brute ere hee came at Brytaine and so proceeding on and descending to his acts here Troiae excidium A. M. 2767. Ascanius King in Italy A. 2774 * The golden Age and diuision of the world vnder Saturnes heires whereby Neptune and his sonnes came to be Lords of the Seas and Iles. Brute King bere A. 2855. * Mont-Gibello the moderne name of the aunciently so much famed Mountayne Aâ—tna * The sonnes of Tytan and their adherents the Giants that warred with Iupiter and the Gods * Corn-wall so called of Corinaeus name some say of the fashion of it lying out like a horne into the Sea opposite to Gaule and held by ancient Gaules in Brytaine thence called Cornugallia which westerne parts were accounted the chiefe receptacle abode of these Giants where also are reported most stories of them and most monuments yet appearing tokens of their monstrous strength and hugenesse * Therudenesse of the Giants Vortiger King of Brytaine A. 447. reigned in all 20 yeares * Aurchâ—s 〈…〉 afterwards returned and 〈…〉 Vortiger and the Saxon Hengist 〈◊〉 ther in Law of the Crowne d For in former times 〈◊〉 in vaine 〈◊〉 to Rome for aide and a letter to Aetius in Franee the 〈◊〉 whereof was Aetioâ—er Consult the 〈◊〉 of the Britons The 〈◊〉 enemy driues vs to the Sea the Sea backe to the enemy between these twâ—iâ—e arise two deaths wee are slaine or drowned but the Romans could afford them small succour beâ—ng ouer laid by Bleda and â—ttyla Kings of Huns and others and so ended the Roman Empire here with the beginning of Vortigers and the Saxons reigne Iulius Caesar came hither about A. ante Christum 51. Vottiger began since Christ 447. so the whole time of the Romans rule stay here was within two yeares of 500. c Meta Romani apud nos Imperij Series Poematis siue materiarum 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Praesentis instituti Exegesis Vbi primùm Sâ—xonum Archaiologia 〈◊〉 exquiritur qui è Scythiâ forsan Europaeâ aut proximè adiacenti Asiaticâ Oris Perfidi vicinis oriundi in Germaniam exinde in Britanniam transmigrârunt A Vortigerno sc. euocati qua oblata occasione cum Duce Hengisto ibi sedem fixêrunt vnde paulatim praecipuè Rowennae gratiâ potestas autoritas eorum creuit Brytannorum vero in peius in dies prolabens ex conflictatione cum Saxone iam hoste turmatim in Angliam confluente tandem sub posterioribus Regibus Arthurâ— qui aliquandiu labantis patriae columen extitit succedentibus in nihilum recidit Et penitus euanuit Saxones autem rerum potiti septem locis Regna Minutula Regnoâ—úmve Idaeas sibi conâ—â—nxêrunt quorum sc. Cantij Merciae Northumbriae Essexiae East-Angliae Sussexiae West-Sexiae regnorum 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 â—iue Hypotyposes carptim hic proponuntur eo ordine paulo fusiùs in seqq elucidantur vndè primò inter Cantios Reges tanquam omnium primos Vtheâ—um gesta vt Arthurum posteà recitantur cuius Arthuri sc nataleâ— gesta Domi foras occasus Tymbus Gloria Encomiâ— virtutis praemia recensentur Inde Cantiorum Regum tum inter eos pientissimi Ethelberti Reliquorum siqua precipua memorantur gesta ad Egberti tempora qui sibi Cantios cum reliquis Regnis subiugauit Exinde Merciae Regum inter eos praecipuè Pendae Woferi Edilredi Offae Regis nequam gestorum Catalogus ad Egberti tempora vsque protenditur proximè Northumbriae Regum inter eos praecipuè celebratorum Idâ— Ellae Ethelfridi Edwini sanctissime Oswaldi Regis honoratissimi Osuuij gesta ac postremò turbae ciuili odio deflâ—granâ—ium ad Egberti vfque tempora facinora explicantur Deinde Essexiae Regum inter quos Erchenwinus primus Offa pijssimus habentur Egbertum â—sque catalogus perducitur sed East-Angliae Reges recensen tu◠〈◊〉 quos Vffa primus Sigebertus Cantabrigiae sundator claâ—â—simus Ethelbertus vltimus ab Offa Merciae Tyrannocâ— cumuentus qui East-Angâ—â—r regnum occupauit successores ambo Egberto relinquunt Inde Sussexiae pauci qui sunt Reges gesta recitantur Vltimo West-Saxonum Regum inter eos claridimorum praecipuè Cerdici Ceaulini Ceadwallae Inae Brytrici Egberti gesta celebrantur vtique eiusdem Egberti operâ Danorum tunc saeuientium profliâ—tâ—atio Heptarchiae septem scil Regnorum in vnam politeian reductio vndè ab ipso genâ—re Anglo Anglia Angli Edicto eius publico nomen suum eo cum Oda haec finem sortiuntur Synchronismus siue computatio Annorum Supplementum Historiae * All those Countries East and North Sarmâ—tia Polonia Moscouia Tartaria c. were anciently called Scythia the hithermost Europaea the other Asiatica like as the south-east Countries all India's the Southerne termed Lybia's a Cymbrica Chersonesus Denmarke and a great part of Scandia b Comites Saxonici littoris such was Carausius c Scandia and Scandinauia are all those Countries called North of Germany Prussia and Polonia which the Danes Iuits Swedians Norwayes and their Northerâ—y neigbhours doe inhabit d Where the Hords haue names of Assareth Danitae and the like as if deriued from the tribes of Israel carryed that way captiue by Salmanasat beyond Babylon e The place from whence the Angles Angli or English tooke their name scituate betweene Flensbuge and the floud Sly whereon Sleswike standeth from which place came those peoples called
Saxons or English or English Saxons saith Ranzouius f Saxo is said to be the sonne of Nâ—gâ—o who was brother of Vandalus of whom according to some the Vandals were named g Sac's sons is Saxons x. valuing c. s. They were also anciently written Salâ—ones with ss Verstegan will not allow of this but wil haue them called Seaxen or Seaxes of their skeynes they vsed to wâ—are as we call Lances Carabines Pikes Muskets the bearers of those weapons so these for distinction sake named of their Seaxen as the Verse goeth Quippe breuis gladius apud illos Saxa vocatur Vnde â—uum nomen Saxo traxisse putatur And the like of this hee vrgeth of the Galliglasses in Ireland h As it may bee seene in Eustathius Commentaries vpon Dionysius de Situ or descripcione Orbis i Hauing beene neighbour Nations many of their words as Feadar Madar Breadar Doctear Star Baud for father c. and the very Idiom like or the same which may argue their originall from thence Vortiger Anno Christo 447. reigned first 7. yeares afterwards 12. yeares or moâ—t * The Saxons to the number of 9000. came in certayne long Vessels they called Keeles with their Leaders two brothers Hengist Horse nobly descended whose ensigne as was an vsuall and honorable deuice of antiquity alluded to their names Hengst signifying a stond horse Horse as the word importeth their Banner being a white or siluer Horse in a field Gules Armes which the noblest Families of Saxons and other thence descended haue borne h As being not Romanized for it was Agricola's policy to haue had the Brittons brought vp after the Latines fashion so to haue them more tractable and leaue their rudenesse i Who reported this their guise that they dyed themselues with wâ—ad of a wan and blewâ—sh colour to make themselues seeme more terrible in battaile the hair they ware being long but shauen all sauing the head and vpper lip then taking their name of Britts or Brittons of their owne word Brit from their painting since Picti of the Latines as on like occasions Longa-bardi of their long beards Gallia togata and Braccata with the peoples of their habit there wearing Togae and Braccae tooke their name k The Saxons had onely the I le of Thanet first giuen them where they first landed and whither Vortimer afterwards chased them out of the rest of the Land till he and the Barons were slaine then Hengist bad all Kent assigned him Geffrey of Monmouth saith Vortiger first gaue him ground to build a Castle so much as could be composed in a thong of a Bulls skin which is Thong-Castle by Sittingbourne in Kent Hengist began his reigne 8. yeares after his first arriuall about Anno 456 he reigned 34. yeares * By her meanes the Saxons chiefly got the great fauour and sure footing in the Laud as wel as by their fauour in repulâ—â—ng the Picts and other enemies a Wasâ—â—il or 〈…〉 waâ—s heall hlaford Gyning 〈◊〉 in Saxon â—e of health Lord King to which the King directed by his Interpretour answered Drinke-heall or Drinke health whence the like words of health and especially wassaile may well be supposed to take originall b The King for her sake diuorâ—â—st himselfe from his lawfull wife by whom hee had three sonnes for which cause most of the Brittons forsooke him c Vortimer at which accidents and by the counsell of the good Archbishop Vodinus of London Vortiger lamenting his ill acts and life Hengist perceiuing it slâ—e the said Vodinus the 13. and last Archbishop of that See and defaced and spoyled all the Churches and religiouâ— houses in Kent Vortimer son to Vortiger by his former wife began An. 454. was poysoned by Rowen his step-mother hauing reigned 6. yeares * The second battell was fought at Crocan-ford or Craford in Kent the third at Weppeds Fleet a fourth at Colmore e Horsus Hengists brother Cattigern Vortimers whose tombes are shewed Horsus at Horsteed within two miles of Aâ—glesthorpe or AElsford in Kent where some say the battell was fought and the inhabitants affirme Horsus was there slaine And at the same AElsford is also shewed a monument which the people call corruptly Citt's Cattihons very likely to beâ— Cattigernes f The hanging stones on Salisbury Playnes neare Amsbury or Ambresbury where the chiefest Brytons being inuited to a feast or parley being a watchword giuen by the Saxons Nimen eot Seaxen which is take your Sexes with short skeynes â—id vnder their clothes 300. or more of the Brytons Nobilitiâ— were slaine and that monument there erected by Merlins arte in remembrance of the same f Of Vortigers flying into Wales building has Castle the loâ—g let of the same his Prophet Meâ—line and the Fayery Geffrey of Monmouth and others speake many and miraculous things Aurelius sonne of Constantine A. 466. reigned 32. yeares Hengist A. 456 reign 34. yeares Osca succeeded his father Hengist A. 490. reign 24. yeares Otto his sonne A. 514. R. 22. y. t So saith Marianus Scotus he dyed honorably hauing reigned 34. yeares though Peter de Icham saâ—th Eldol Duke of Glosteâ— by the counsell of Eldad Bishop there smote off his head at Conesborow Irmenrik â—is sonne A. 536. reigned 25. Vther Pendragon brother of Aurelius A. 498. R. 18. y. Arthur Vthers sonne A. 516 reigned 26. Constantine Cadors sonne A. 542. R. 3. y. u That were also brought out of Africke thither and placed on Mount Kyllare Conan Arthurs nephew A. 545. R. 33. Vortiporus Conans sonne A. 578. reign 4. x King of Ireland Malgo reign 5. Caretic â—eig 3. Cadwan R. 22. Cadwallo 48. y Cadwalladar Cadwallader reigned 3. yeares * All these seuen Kingdomes by three of the Nations of the strongest in Germany The Iuits or Vites Saxons and Angles of the Vites came the Kentish part of the West-Saxons and I le of Wight of whom it tooke name of the Saxons of old Saxonia came the East and rest of South and West Saxons of the Angles came the East-Angles Mercians and Northumbers The Heptarchy or seuen Kingdomes began 456. THE HEPTARCHY z The Kingdome of Kent with the bounds and race of Kings Kingdome of Kent began A. 456. ended A. 827. endured 371. yeares Kingdome of Mercia began A. 586. ended in A. 875. vnaâ— Alâ—red a The Kingdome of Mercia race of Kings with the bounds thereof and Nations how styled in Caesars time Kingdome of Northumbers began A. 547. ended A. 940. vnder Adelstane and Edmond in Sithriks sonnes b Northumbers their King race and bounds of their Kingdome Kingdome of East Saxons began A. 527. ended about A. 800. in Suthred Kingdome of East-Angles began A. 492. ended A. 885. in Edmond slaine by the Dane Hinguar vnder Alfred c East-Saxons kingdome and Kings d East-Angles Kingdome of South Saxons began A. 478. ended A. â—13 in Alwine vnder Ina. e South Saxons kingdome and race of Kings who were first Kings of Saxons here sauing the Kenâ—â—sh the first ouerthrowne by the West
age Sir Walter Tyrell that slue the King escaped other of the Kings seruants fled his body laid on a Colliers Cart was by a silly leane iade drawne into Winchester there in Saint Swithins church entombed Henry the first called Beuclerk of his learning third sonne of the Conqueror borne at Selby in Lincolnshire brought vp in study at Cambridge began his reigne 2. August was crowned 5. August 1100. at Westminst by Maurice Bishop of London being Anselme then in exile he reigned 35. y. 4. m. A. 1116. the first Parliament at Salisbury A. 1122. the king went to Poâ—ysland being Coman of Northwales in peace with him but Meredith ap Blethin and Eneon Madok and Morgan the sons of Cadugan pursuing the wars awhile at last sought peace * William called Earle of Flanders the Kings nephew a worthy young Captaine he was staine at the siege of the castle of Angeou a The first conuocation of the State Prelates Nobles and Commons of the Land was 19. Aprilis A. 1116 and A. regni 16. when beforetimes the Kings made their Lawes by the aduice of the learned without altogether such solemne meetings Of Templers the first were the honorable men Hugo Paganus and Galfridus de Saint Andemate vnder Baldwine King of Ierusalem their white habit they had from Pope Honorius their red Crosses from Eugenius their name from their first Mansion â—ard by the Temple at Ierusalem b Maud was first married to Henry the Emperour then to Ieffrey Plantaginet Earle of Angeou whose issue Plantaginets reigned in England till Henry the seuenth c In Normandy 1. Decembr 1135. his bowels braines and eyes buried at Roan the rest at Reading where hee founded an Abbey of blacke Monks in place of a Nunnery which he suppressed so he conuerted a rich Colledge of Prehends at Cicester to an Abbey hee sounded the Priory of Dunstable the Hospitall of S. Iohn in Ciceter and Castle and Colledge at new Windsore he is noted to haue beene better disposed at the beginning then end of his reigne Stephen sonne of Stephen Earle of Bloys and Adela the Conquerours daughter crowned on S. Steuens day 1135. did found an Hospitall by the west gate of Yorke two Nunneries at Carew and Higham by Grauesend the Abbey of Cogshall in Essex Furnesse in Lancashire and Feuersham in Kent where he was buried hauing reigned 18. yeares 10. moneths and odde dayes he dyed 25. Octob. 1154. * For during all his reigne England was full of brâ—yles Ranulph Earle of Chester Robert Earle of Gloster Miles Roger Earles of Hereford and many others of the â—obles Bishops and King of Scots holding with the Empresse once tooke the King prisoner but this conclusion procured peace at the last Henry the second sonne of Maud the Empresse in whose person reuiued the ancient race of Saxon kings that were before the Conquest began 25. Octobr. A. 1154. crowned at Westm. 17. of Decemb. following he dyed in France at Chinon hauing R. 34. y. 7. m. waÌ„ting 11. daies This Henry that rebeld against his father was at the age of seuen yeares maried to the French K. daughter Margret being but three yeares old An. 1160. and crownd A. 1170 but in his fathers life sime rebelling slaine dyed before his father A. 1183. A. 1185. Maud the Empresse did found the Abbey of Brodesley shee was buried at Reading with this epitaph Ortu magna viro maior sed maxima partû Hic iacet Henrici filia sponsa parens being daughter to Henry the first wife to Henry Emperour mother to Henry the second king of England * A. Regni 10. Malcolme K of Scots and Rees K. of Wales did homage to him at Westminst a Dermon Mac-Morough K. of Leymster go of the K. Richard Strongbow Earle of Chepstoll for â—is aide with Welsh English who repossessed him of his land and married his daughter Eue and brought Ireland with the Kings thereof Maurice K. of Meth Duuenald K. of Limerik and all the other Kings and Bishops to the subiection of the king of EnglaÌ„d who came ouer from Pembroke and receiued their sealty built a Princely Palace it Dubline these acts were confirmed by â—ove Adrian the fourth an English man succeeded Anastasius his name being Nicholas Breakespeare borne at Langley in Hartâ—ordshire he had beene Bishop of Alba Cardinall and Legate to the Norwayes whom be conuerted to Christianitie b William a name almost hereditary with those Dukedomes wherfore her first son was named William but he liued not long c Ione Queene of Sicily d Adeliza daughter to the king of France espoused to Richard the king of Englands son trayned to the kings lust after RosamoÌ„ds death whose ancestors were Clyfford then since Earls of CumberlaÌ„d hâ—r tombe was at Godstow by Oxford with these Verses thereon Hic iacet in tumbâ Rosa Mundi non Rosa Munda Non redolet sed olet Quae redolere soler But cast out of Godstow Church by Hugh bishop of Lincolne who said That monument of shame befitted not so hallowed a place e Who was slaine by William Tracy baron of Mortâ—n and other knights as was thought with the kings priuity though the king took it on his oath he was not therewith acquainted and was so assoyled of the same f He dyed at Chinon and was entombed at Fount-Eucrard in a Monastery of Nuns which hee there founded hee also built the Priories of Stanley Douer and Basingwarke and the Abbey of Regular Chanons at Waltham hee began London Stone-bridge now the Thames course being turned by a trench beginning at Redrife and ending at Battersey Richard surnamed Coeur de Lyon of his valiancy began his reigne 6. Iuly 1189. hee dyed the 6. of Aprill 1199. hauing reigned 9. y. 9. moneths hee reiected his wife the French K. sister supposed his fathers Coneubine and espoused Berengaria the king of 〈◊〉 daughter * The Souldan or Soultan signifieth in Hebrew and likewise Arab or Morisco Lord or Prince b Being withdrawne from the holy Land warres by the conspiracy of his brother the French king Philip who fell out with him and departed from Acoâ— he thus taken was fame for his ransome to pay a great summe for which the Bishops Abbots and Prelates brought the fourth part of their reuenues and all the Chalices of siluer and gold and ornaments of their Churches and promised more which being shewed to the Pope hâ—e excommunicated the Duke who refused to yâ—eld restitutâ—on and after back his leg and dying to great anguish remayned vnburied till his 〈◊〉 released the pledges taken of king Richard and sware to obey the decrees of the Church of Rome Vienna and her walls the bulwark of Christendome against the inuasions of the Turke these many ages c Being so enuied by the Emperour and French king for that he shewed more vâ—lour in his expedition to the holy Land then any other In his time were those famous out-lawes called Robin-hood and Little Iohn and a
planted and partly it is like immediately from their North-easterne Countries Marius Anno Christi 73. reigned 53. in his time came Roderick or Reuda saith Beda and by him vanquisht the north parts of Scotland were assigned to them for place of habitation d The Geâ—es or Gothes aboue Pontus and all the Neighbouring Countries North and Northeast Polonia Sarmatia Russia and almost Scandia and Tattaria were in ancient time called Scythia a generall name as all the East scarce knowne or called by other name then India e Which was Ireland and they did couenant that in case the Kings bloud did â—aile the Irish should haue a voice in the election of a new King and the Irish to be eligible in regard of that affinity contracted with them as hauing giuen them both aide and wiues * The Scots will onely haue â—im then a Pictishâ—ing â—ing that reigned in some little pâ—rt of Scotland In this the Scots most ancient though fabulous story Fergusius antiquis was Anno M. 3640. Durstus King of Scots that married Argasia Daughter â—o Siciâ—ius King of Brytaine Anno M. 3850. This Erchus espoused Rocha the Danish Lady and by her â—ad Ferguse that was with Goth Alarick at Rome circa annum 4350. an Christi 400 This Ferguâ—â— An. Christi 424. Dongard Anno 470. a Being as they write a whole race of Kings before him and another Ferguse almost of the same time with Mulmutius 600 or 700 yeares since Brute within few Descents of Gathelus when this Ferguse is 700. yeares after the other and 1400. yeares from Brute What confusion is in the Storie about these things I cannot but attribute it mucâ— to Polydore Virgil who did his part to obscure our Historie to all sequent times as much as lay in him his Scottish History I follow neuerthelesse since hee is so much receiued in these succeeding Kings b Hold they did this Stone in wondrous fatall admiration for the Prophesie that they say went thus Nempe Scotis fatum res mira vbicunque lâ—catum Inuenient lapidem regnare tenentur ibidem c Palladius was sent by Pope Caelestine to the Scots and the Iland of the Brytons in the Ocean he flourished at the beginning or a little before the Saxons entry heere who dying Gaelestine ordeined his Successor Patricius borne in Cluidesâ—ale Scholler to S. German accounted since as it were their Apostle Donald 632. to him King Ethelfrides children of Northumberland fled when their Father was slaine by Edwyne d Which may bee obserued especially in their Wars with England eyther affected with others distresse and helping other Scotland the back-dore by which England was alwayes molested in her Conquests of France and France ayding the Scots in their Warres with the English Alpine 830. in his Father Athaius right K. of Scots in his Mother Fergusiaâ—a's heire of Pictland e The vtter ruine of the Picts in Scotland with the cause thereof f They then brought the fatall Stone into Pictland and placed it at Scone whence it was about Edward 1. time brought into England Chenneth 834. * Ireland Constantine Anno 903. * Hauing perfidiously ayded the sonnes of Sythrick last King of Northumberland against the King of England Malcolm 1. Anno 943. murdred at Vâ—rine buried at Colin * â—ather vnder Eâ—dred or Edgar vnlesse it were in his yonger yeares Malcolm 2. Anno 1010. murdered at Glamuis * He was sonne to Syneâ— Thane of Glamuis by Doada younger Daughter to Malcolme the 2. Malcolm 3. Anno 1061. Sonne of Duncane King of Scots 1040. who was sonne of Beatrice daughter to Malcolm 2. Malcolm 3. his Mother was E. Sywards of Northumber Daughter by whose aide and K. Edward the Confessors hee slew the Vsurper Macbeth and gained the Crowne * The Prophesie of a Witch wherby hee was deceiued for Mackduâ—e that slue him was not borne but ripe out of his Mothers Wombe Macbeth the Vsurper 1046. R. 16. yeares * About this time also Fleance from whom the later Kings of Scotland are descended fled froÌ„ his tyranny into Wales where by Nest Daughter to Griffiâ—â— ap Lewlyn then Prince of all Wales he had Walter first Lord Steward of Scot. this Fleance was sonne to Bianquo Thane of Loquhabar an ancient House and allyed to the Kings who being inuited by Macbeth to a Supper was there murdered An. 1061. Malcolm 3. R. 36. Y. Edgar Alexander 1100. R. 29. yeares Dauid their Brother 1125. R. 29. yeares * Hee marryed Maud Daughter to the Earle of NorthumberlaÌ„d and Huntingdon whereby the K. of Scotland had thâ—se Earledomes or a pension for them hee fauouring the right of Maud the Empresse was taken by K. Stephen and faine to giue his sonne Henry pledge for him which Henries sonne Malcolme his Grand-child did succeed him in his Kingdome Malcolm sonne of Henry 1153 R. 12. yeares * Alexander the first espoused Ioane Daughter to K. Iohn Alex 3. maryeth Margret daughter to Henry the third King of England after whose death rose twelue Competitors laying claime to the Crowne of Scotland * As son of Deuorguild daughter of Margret daughter of Dauid Earle of Angus Brother to King William the Lyâ—â— Robert Bruse being also sonne of Isabel another Daughter of the same Dauid Earle of Angus * For griefe whereof and of his sonne Iohns death Iohn K. of Scots who named himselfe Robert some say dyed * Iames the second required Cicely Daughter to Edward the 4. King of England for Wife for his sonne Iames the 3. but Warves arising brake off that Marriage intended yet Iames the 4. grand-childe to Iames the 2. espoused Margaret grand-childe to Edw the 4. whence sprang the vnion of both Realmes in the person of Iames the sixt now King of all Brytaine Iames the sixt an Infant of a yeere old began his Reigne in Scoâ—land 1567 ouer all Brytaine 1602. * The defection of the Hamiltons and vprores made by the French in Scotland in the beginning of Q. Maries Reigne * These accidents happening neer about the first yeares of Queene Elizabeth * Henry Steuart Lord Darnley 3. sonne of Matthew Earle of Lennox and Margaret Douglasse Daughter to Margaret Henry the eighths Sisters made Earle of Rothsey and Duke of Albany espoused Mary Q. of Scots Daughter to lames the fift and had by her lames the 6. who is first of all Brittaine being beire to the Kingdome of Scotland by his Mothers side heâ—e to the Kingdome of England by Margaret his great Grandmother and on both Fathers and Mothers side * The Realme of Scotland * The Kings of England are now descended of the Scottish Kings the Scottish no lesse and their Kings from the Irish so that as the Realmes are vnited so are the Houses and Bloud-royall whereby the Kings of this Land are the true and naturall Liege Lords ouer all these Nations * A description of Ireland with the site thererof the olde and moderne names and diuers other Antiquities * Called so of their Westerne
Otho and Irmenrike reign'd in Kent their land I thinke no lesse though gather'd hence Aurelius was a worthy Prince And by strong powerfull hand maintain'd The Brittish scepters which he gain'd With swords point hewing tokens fresh Of honours on the Saxons flesh Whom poyson'd thirty yeeres King succeeds Vther much-fam'd for Merlines deeds That t' Amesbury from Dubline translates That trophey of the Welshmens fates Those hanging stones the Gyants bower Saxons slaine and King Guilla-moure Him poyson'd twenty yeeres King succeeds Arthur most fam'd for martiall deeds Next Constantine Duke Cadors sonne Conan Vortiporus and Malgwn Catherik Cadwane Cadwallo and His sonne last King of Brittons land CANZ. VI. The seuen Saxon Kingdomes their arise and extent ANd now the Saxons euerywhere Their Kingdomes plant first Kentish were Fair'st Merke-lands and Northumbers beene East-Angles were not so much seene Essex lesse Sussex small or none All yeeld last to West-Saxons one Kent with the I le of Wight repaires To Kents throne her Kings Hengists heires To Merk-land longen Hereford Chester Wor'ster Gloster Warwike Salop Leyster Northampton Lincolne Derby Notingham Huntingdon Hertford Bedford Buckingham Oxford Rutland and Stafford bee The Thames and Seuerne Trent and Dee Within her march These Cattechlauni Cornauij and wit Corytani Caesars Dobuni beene their Prince Crida first King and his sonnes since Beene in Northumbers circuite nam'd Lancashire for faite women fam'd Yorke Durham erst a Kingdome Cumberland West-morland and our now Northumberland E'ne almost to Scot'sh Frith and once Ida's dominions since his sonnes East-Saxons perhaps Trinobantes Of Tre-nuidh call'd or Troy-Nouant Vffa and his ore Essex were Middle-sex and part of Hertford-sheere East-Angles Kings and kingly stile Cambrige admires and Elye I le Norfolke and Suffolke Vffa there Tytila and his sonnes Princes were South-Saxons Sussex Surrey shew Though the next first Kings yet but few Great Ella's sonnes whom first the West Saxons deuouâ—'d since all the rest West-Saxons Kingdome though not great Deuon Dorset flowry Sommers-seat Corn-wall with mines stor'd Hampshire full Berks and Wilt-shire with corne and wooll From Ella's sonne call'd Cerdijc came Their Kings Gewisse his Grand-sires name CANZ. VII The Saxons glorying in their Ancestors and Gods ANd now great Heliconian Dames Our Saxon Kings trophee's and fames From gods descended all-arow Ioue Woden Geta Tuisco show Seater with Sunne and Moone from whom Th' old Saxon weeke-dayes names did come And what Seth's martiall brood did here Reigning since many hundred yeare Prime Kingdome once as Primates See Kent was and my first song shall bee CANZ. VIII The story of the first Saxon Kentish Kingdome continued till Arthurs birth WOdens and Geta's sonne the fourth From him was noble Hengists worth Who first wore Kentish Diadem Octa his sonne succeeds with him Pendragon waging warre they tell How at Mont-Badon Octa fell But the late Conquerour conquered proues Captiu'd by faire Igerna's loue The Cornish Duchesse Merlines art Helpt the King play his Louers part Like Ioue transform'd t' Amphytrio's shape To Goylen's he commits this rape And in the absent Gorlois place Did his deceiu'd faire Spouse embrace So Tyndagel whose towring pride Is plac't on flowry Seuernes side Great Arthur got whom in their Layes Welsh Harps and Poets loudly prayse CANZ. IX Great Arthurs prowesse life and death OTho succeeded Octa than Irmenrijck and right now began Th'Heptarchy 'mongst Northumbers Ida South Saxons Ella Mercyans Crida West Saxons Cerdic Vffa's sonnes Won Essex and East Angles Crownes Brittons weake powers could now no good Against those Hydra's heads that bud Though Arthur rose with powerfull hand The Saxon foe-men to withstand And in twelue fierce-fought fields they say Did brauely beare the bell away His wife was faire Guin-hera fam'd For beautie By his prowesse tam'd Great Saxon Colgerne and the Scot With 's sister Ann's Spouse Pictish Lot Island and Ireland vtmost Thyle French Germans Scottish Orkes and I le Gothes Danes and Saxons Welshmen needs Will haue to rue his warlike deeds With whom at his returne from France The trecherous Mordred tryes warres chance At first in Kent and after slaine Where bloudy Riuers did distaine Cambula's fresh Fountaynes waters cleere In Corn-walls confines Arthur heere Had his deaths wound but after dy'de By Mellodunes low Lake-ish side Into whose troubled streames he throwes Accustom'd to warres deadly blowes His conqu'ring sword and 'mongst those Lakes His farewell of the world he takes In Somerset-shire and Aualon I le That of her Orchards weares that style Glastenbury now call'd doth enfold His liuelesse corps there laid in mold He that subdu'd by restlesse paines French Picts Scots Germans Saxons Danes Though clos'd vp in his marble tombe His dust her euerlasting home His fame yet liues and with fleet wings O're the worlds surface nimbly flings And that dumbe monument though doth blaze Such things to his immortall praise As rosie Garlands and fair'st flowers Beene fit'st to decke his dead-mans bowers CANZ. X The story pursued to the end of the Kingdome of Kent with the first plantation of Christian faith among the Saxons WIth Arthur Bryttons hopes decay And Saxons now beare all the sway Otho and Irmenricus had raign'd Forty yeeres and Ethelbert next gain'd His sires throne weds French Cherebert's Impe The Lady Bertha beauteous Nymph And gracious Queene for Saxons good Her meanes here heauenly Angels food Christs faith by Augustine had plantation Apostle of the English nation A monstrous Pagan though their sonne Edbald succeeds in 's fathers throne Whose sister to Northumbers King Edwine wed Christian faith did bring Ercombert his sonne next Ecbert his And then Lothaire To warre with this Mercian King Ethelred begonne But Edrike slew him Ecberts sonne Edrike his cousin too left his life Within two yeeres by ciuill strife West-Saxon Ceadwall now in 's ire Wasted Kents townes with sword and fire Till Guthred Ecberts other sonne Appeas'd his wrath and warres begonne This Guthred and his three sons then Ethelbert Edbert and Alrijc beene Kentish Kings and that Diadem wore An hundred yeeres in peace or more An other Edbert followes next Whom Merk-lands King vnthron'd and vext Cynewolfe that to his great'st disgrace Did set vp Cuthred King in 's place Next Alred last King leaues by fate T' Englands first Egbert Crowne and state So last Kentish all the rest Submitten to th' West-Saxons hest CANZ. XI The Mercian Kings their originall and order till Offa. ANd now sing Merk-lands Lords dear Dames First Cride then Guipha third place names Ceorlus Brittons fell foe next Brittons friend Penda that sore vext Northumbrian Edwine and his once First