was in a burly-burly 15. yeeres through want of a King Seuerus 194. THis was a Romane Emperour and was slaine At York the eighteenth yeere of his proud reigneâ—… Hee was an Alien and a stranger heere And therefore bought his vsurpation deare Seuerus was 60. yeeres old when hee tooke the crowne and caused a wall of Turfe to be made betwixt England and Scotland to kepe this Land from the incursions of the Scots and Picts the wall reached from Tyne to the Scottish Seas 112. miles Bassianus 212. SEuerus here did wed a Brittish Dame By whom this King their Son the Crowne did claime But after sixe veeres time he left this Land And had the Romane Empire at 's command Bassianus was brought from Rome by his Father Seuerus Carausius 290. When Carausiâ—… reigned Dioclesian was â—…mperor Alectus 292. THis King of meane birth did the Crown attain After seuen yeeres was by Alectus slaine Thre yeeres Alectus did in state recide Our Protomartyr then Saint Alban dyde Dioclesian and Maximilian ruled the Romane Empire when Saint Albane suffered Alectus was sent from Rome against Carausius this Alectus was a cruell Tyrant and was also slame by Asclepiodatus Asclepiodatus 299. ASclepiodatus in a mortall Fight Suodude the Romane Generall Gallus might Kil'd him and cast him head-long in a Brooke Whence Gallus or Wallbrooke for name it tooke And as Alectus did Carausius kill So did this King Alectus life bloud spill And after two yeeres reigne in mortall strife Asclepiodatus slaine lost Crowne and life Gallus Brooke or Wallbrooke tooke the name from Gallus a Romane Captaine slaine by Asclepiodatus and throwne into that Brooke Asclepiodatus was after slaine by Coil Duke of Colchester Some write that Asclepiodatus reigned 30. yeeres Coil raigned 14. yeeres 301. COlchesters Duke Coil in the Throne inuested Was by Constantius Caesar much molested Till Coil gaue's Daughter to him for his Bride And paid Romes tribute that was long denide The Lady was of beauty most diuine Faire Hellen Mother to great Constantine The King at Colchester dead laide in 's Tombe His Sonne Constantius did supply his roome This Hellen reedified Ierusalem and adorned it with â—…oodly Churches She also walleâ—… London and Colchester Constantius 305. SPaine Italy France Britaines Emperor Foure yeeres he raign'd heere with Maiesticke power True Honour was the ayme at which he shot Iust Valiant these reports his Actions got This Constantius was Grandfather to Constantine the Great he came from Rome to this I le and was buried at Yorke Constantine 306 GReat Emp'ror Constantine surnam'd the Great In all respects a worthy Prince compleate The glorious Gospell he ador'd and fear'd Constantinople famously he rear'd Maxentius Romes great Tyrant most abhor'd He made him flie from his 〈◊〉 sword Belou'd be wail'd high honor'd and admir'd In grace with God and men his dayes expir'd This worthy Prince Constantine was borne in this Land the Sonne of Constantius and Hellen. After Constantius decease our Land was molested by Octauius Maximus and others for many yeers These times are so diuersly written of in Histories that a man knowes not which to beleeue most 84. Constantinus 337. 85. Constans 340. THese two were Brothers of the Royall line And Sonnes vnto the Emperour Constantine Ambition and debate for Kingly Raigne Was the vnnaturall cause they both were slaine Kings and Louers can brook no partners for these two brothers were each others destruction 86. Octauius 345. 87. Traherus 349. OCtauius Duke of Windsor to oke the Crowne Traherus came from Rome and put him downe The Land was â—…ull with hurly-burlies fild Traherus by Octtauius last was kild Theodosius was Emperour of the East â—…d Macriâ—… of the West Some write that Octauius 〈◊〉 54. yeeres Noncredo 88. Constantius the third 353. The Romane Empire he did closely sway And as a King this Land did him obay Th' Apostate Iulian was the Emp'rour next By whom the Christians all were slaine or vext Constantius was a victorious Prince and triumphed in Rome yet a cruell oppressor and an Arian hereticke 89 Maximinianus 375. NExt Iulian raigned Valentinian And after him succeeded Gratian Maximiâ—…nus was of life depriu'd 'Cause he with Gratian for the Empire striu'd How like Bauius these tyrâ—…ts confiâ—…med one another these were all Emperours of Rome Kings of Brittaine 90. Gratian. 376. THen Gratian claim'd this Kingdome as his rightâ—… But hauing gain'd it he was slaine in fight Fierce warres the Romane Empire did deuide And Caesars and their Viceroyes fought and dyde Honorius Romes Tribunall did obtaine Next after him did Theodosius raigne Then did the Scot ioyne with the barbarous Pict This headlesse Kinglesse Kingdome to afflict The Romane Scepter we had long obayd Foure hundred eightythree yeeres Tribute payd And now this land shook off their wrongd comand When Ciuill discord had neer spoyl'd this Land In one battell the whole nation of the Piets were quite â—…xtinguished about this time the Romanes gâ—…uernement â—…nded here Gratian was a Brittaine Emperour but foure 〈◊〉 91 Vortiger 447. THis King through murder did the Throne ascend And had a troublous Raigne and murdrous end Constanes Constantines lawfull Heyre and Sonne By Vortigers false meanes to death was done For which to keepe the Crowne vniustly gain'd The Saxons for his ayde he entertain'd Then Hengist with his Brother Horsus crue In Britaines best bloud did their blades embrew King Vortiger with doting loue inthral'd Match't Hengists daughter beauteous Rowan cal'd But Saxons troopes on troopes came in so fast That Britaines did depriue the King at last Hee murdered his lawfull Prince and vsurping the Throne was enforced to haue ayd of the Saxons who at the last almost ouer-ran this Kingdome but the Brittaines deposed Vortiger and crowned his Sonne Vortimer 92. Vortimer 454. THen Vortimer the Sonne of Vortiger Vpon the Saxons made successfull warre Till he by Rowan was by craft o'r-â—…ane From whose false hands he dy'd by poys'nous 〈◊〉 Deposed Vortiger his Sonne once slaine His ill gain'd ill kept Crowne he gain'd againe Hengistus with his Saxon fresh supplies The Plaines of Salisbury did all surprize The King tooke counsell of his Brittaine Lords And all in generall to a Peace accords The Saxons and the Brittaines did agree That at this meeting all vnarm'd should be But traitrous Hengist did a watch-word speake Which did the Law of Armes and Honour breake The Saxons vnsuspected drew forth Kniues Foure hundred threescore Lords all lost their liues All Brittaine Nobles then the Saxons there Surpris'd the King constraining him through feare To giue Kent Sussex Suffolke Norfolke and That Hengist King should in those Lands command But after nineteene yeeres were quite expir'd Reuenging Fire the King in 's Castle fir'd And thus the Saxons and Great Hengists Heyres Won Shire to Shire till Brittaine all was theirs 93. Aurelius Ambrose 466. IN honour of the Nobles basely slaine This King set vp the Stonâ—…s on Saruâ—… 〈◊〉 The Gospell with great zeale
warres His youngest brother troubled him with iarres At London such a furious winde did blow Which did sixe hundred houses ouerthrow The City Gloster was by Welshmen sack'd Northumberland was by King William wrack'd William de Oue and William de Aluery In cruell torments dyed at Salisbury Duke Robert laid all Normandy to gage Vnto the King warres with the Turkes to wage Westminster Hall was built the Danes came in And th' Orchades and the I le of Man did win But as the King was hunting in Hampshire Sir Walter Tirrâ—…ll shooting at a Deere The Arrow glauncing'gainst a Tree by chance Th' vnhappy King kild by the haplesse Glaunce A Colliers Cart to Winchester did bring The Corps where vnbemoand they laid the King Rufus In the 8. yeere of his reigne the Christian Army went to Ierusalem vnder the conduct of Godfry Duke of Bulleine in which warres serued Robert Duke of Normandy the Kings eldest brother who pawned his Dukedome for 16666 pounds weight of siluer In the 11. yeere the Lands of the late Earle Godwine sunk in the sea and are to this day called Godwine sands This King died the 2. of August 1100. he reigned 12. yeeres 11. moneths and was buried at Winchester Henry the first An. Dom. 1100. THis Henry for his wisedome Beuclarke nam'd Th'vnlawfull Lawes and measures he reclaim'd The Norman Duke eld'st Brother to the King To claime the Crowne a mighty Hoast did bring Saint Bartholomewes was founded and Saint Gyles And Henry stop'd Duke Roberts mouth with wiles Then peace was made but after warres did rise The King tooke's brother and put out his eyes Here Windsor Church and Castle were erected And Wales rebeld most sharpely was corrected All the King's Sonnes and eight score persons more Were drown'd by tempest neere the Norman shore Thus all his Ioy in Childrens losse bereft Saue onely Maud the Widdow Empresse left Whom Geffrey Anioy's Earle to wife did get From whom did spring the name Plantâ—…genet The King proclaim'd his Daughter or her seede After his death should in the Realme succeede And after thirty fiue yeeres time was past King Henry by a surfet breath'd his last Much trouble in his dayes this Kingdome wearied He dyed and dead at Redding he lies buried Thus God that lifts the low casts downe the high Caus'd all the Conquerors sonnes vntimely dye Henry the 1. He held the Crowne wrongfully from his elder brother Robert Duke of Normandy and ouercomming him in battell most vnnaturally put out his eies he reigned 35. yâ—…res his braines eyes and bowels were buried at Roane in France and the rest of his body at Redding his Phisician that opened his head was killed suddainely with the stench of his braines King Stephen An. Dom. 1135. STephen Earle of Bâ—…loign th' Earle of Bloys his son From th' Empresse Maud this famous Kingdome won Domestike forraigne dangerous discords 'Twixt factions fâ—…ctions of the King and 's Lords Wars 'twixt the King and th' Empresse for the crown Both tasted Fortunes fauours and her frowne Now vp now downe like balles at Tennis tost Till Stephen gain'd the goale and th' Empresse lost And after eighteene yeeres were come and gone The King not hauing any lawfull Sonne He dyed and chang'd his Kingdome his strength For a small Sepulcher of sixe foote length King Stephen He was noble valiant liberall and politique and almost in continuall trouble In the 1. yeere of his reigne a fire burnt all the streete from London-stone East to Pauls and West to Algate and within 2. yeeres after the ciâ—…ties of York Rochester and Bathe were burnt Hee reigned 18. yeeres 10. moneths and was buried at Feuersham Henry the second An Dom. 1154. THis King vnto the Empresse Maud was Heyre And lawfully obtain'd the Regall Chayre He was couragious and yet most vnchaste Which Vice his other Vertues all defac'd He lou'd faire Rosamond the worlds faire Rose For which his wife and children turn'd his foes He made his sonne Copartner in his Crowne Who rais'd strong warres to put his Father downe Faire Rosamond at Woodstock by the Queene Was poyson'd in reuengefull-iealous spleene In toyle and trouble with his Sonnes and Peeres The King raign'd almost fiue and thirty yeeres Hee neere his death did curse his day of birth Hee curst his Sonnes and sadly left the earth Hee at Founteuerard in his Tombe was laid And his Son Richard next the Scepter swaid Henry the 2. In the 12. yeer of this King an earthquake in Norfolk Suffolk and Elye that made bels ring with shaking the steeples and ouerthrew men that stood on their feete Nicholas Breakespeare an Englishman was Pope of Rome and was named Adrian the fourth hee gaue the Lord-shippe of Ireland to King Henry Richard Cordelion An. Dom. 1189. THis braue victorious Lyon-hearted Prince The foes of Christ in Iury did conuince Whilst at Ierusalem he wan Renowne His Brother Iohn at home vsurp'd his Crowne And as he home return'd his owne to gaine By Austria's Duke the King was Prisoner tane His ransome was an hundred thousand pound Which paid in England he againe was crown'd Yet after nine full yeeres and 9. months raigne Hee with a Shot was kild in Aquitane His buriall at 〈◊〉 was â—…hought meet At his dead Fathers second Henries feet Richard the 1. he conquered the kingdome of Cypresse and he tooke from the Infidels the Cities of Acon Ioppa and deliuered them to Christians In his 2. yeere the bones of the renowned King Arthur were found at Glastenbury King Richards bowels were buried at Chalne Castle in Aquitane his heart at Roane and his body at Founteuerard King Iohn An. Dom. 1199. John Earle of Morton tooke the regall Seate His state his toyle his pompe his cares all great The French the Welsh the Scotsh all prou'd his foes The Pope King Iohn did from his Crowne depose His Lords rebel'd from France the Dolphin came And wasted England much with sword and flame And after seuenteene yeeres were full expir'd King Iohn being poysoned to his graue retir'd King Iohn In the 8. yeere many men Women and cattell were slaine with thunder and many houses burnt and the corne was beaten downe with haile as bigge as goose egges Some say the King was poâ—…son'd by a monke and others write that he died of a surfeit at Newark but his life was full of troubles and after his death he was by base villaines rob'd and left naked without any thing to couer the corpes hee was buried at Worcester Henry the third An. Dom. 1216. WArs bloody wars the French in EnglaÌ„d made Strong holds Towns Towres Castles they inuade But afterwards it was K. Henries chance By force perforce to force them backe to France Great discord 'twixt the King and Barons were And factions did the Realme in pieces teare A world of mischiefes did this Land abide And fifty sixe yeeres raign'd the King and dy'd Henry the 3. This King was born at Winchester crowned at Glocester buried
and Truth put downe The Masse the Images the Beades and Altars By tyrannie by fire and sword and Halters Th' vngodly bloudy Antichristian sway Men were force perforce forced to obey Now burning Bonner Londons Bishop he Was from the Marshal-sea againe set free Iohn Dudley great Duke of Northumberland And Sir Iohn Gates dyed by the Headsmans hand With them Sir Thomas Palmer likewise dy'd Hoping for heau'n through Iesus Crucified In Latine Seruice must be sung and said Because men should not know for what they prai'd The Emp'rors sonne great Philip King of Spaine A marriage with Queene Mary did obtaine Against which match Sir Thomas Wyat rose With powers of Kent the Spaniards to oppose But Wyat was or'throwne his armie fled And on the Tower hill after lost his head Lord Gray the Duke of Suffolke also dy'd An Axe his Corps did from his head diuide A little after the Lord Thomas Gray The Dukes owne brother went that headlesse way A Millers sonne aslâ—…m'd King Edwards name And fa sely in that nâ—…me the Crowne did claime But he was tane and iustly whip'd and tortur'd And claiming it once more was hang'd quarterd King Plâ—…lip won Saint Quintins with great cost But after to our shame was Callice lost Calliâ—…e was lost which threescore yeeres and ten Had beene a Garrison for English men Thus by Gods mercy Englands Queene did dye And England gain'd much ease and rest thereby Fiue yeeres and 4. months was her bloudy reigne And all her glory doth one graue containe Though of her selfe this Queene was well inclin'd Bad-minded counsell alâ—…red much her minde She married Philip King of Spaine on Saint Iames his day 1554. at Winchester Callice was won by Edward the 3. in the 21. of his reigne 1347. and it was lost the 1. of Ianuary 1557. after the English-men had possest it 210. yeeres August 7. 1558 a tempest neere Nottingham beat damne 2 Townes and Churches and cast the Bels to the further side of the Church-yard threw whole sheetes of Lead 400. foot into the fields where they were crumpled together like burnt parchment the streame and mud of the Kâ—…er of Trent was blowne a-land a quarter of a mile a childe blowne out of a mans hand 100. foot and kild there fell hayle 15. Inches about Queene Elizabeth An. Dom. 1558. A Debora a Iudith a Susannae A Virgin a Virago a Diana Couragious Zealous Learned Wise and Chaste With heauenly earthly gifts adorn'd and grac'd Victorious glorious bountious gracious good And one whose vertues dignifi'd her bloud That Muses Graces Armes and liberall Arts Amongst all Queens proclaim'd her Queen of hearts She did repurifie this Land once more From the infection of the Romish whore Now Abbies Abbots Fri'rs Monks Nuns Stews Masses and Masse-priests that mens soules abuse Were all cast downe Lamps Tapers Relikes Beads And Superstitions that mans soule misse-leads All Popish pardons Buls Confessions With Crossings Christening bels Saints Intercessions The Altars Idols Images downe cast All Pilgrimage and Superstitious Fast Th' acknowledging the Pope for supreme head The holy water and the god of bread The mumbling Mattins and the pickpurse Masse These bables this good Queene did turne to grasse She caus'd Gods seruice to be said and sung In our owne vnderstanding English tongue In Scotland and in France fierce warres she held The Irish she subdu'd when they rebeld The Netherlands her name doe still admire And Spaine her like againe doth not desire When forty foure yeers reigne was past and gone She chang'd her earthly for a heauenly Throne At Greenwich she was borne at Richmond dy'd At Westminster she buried doth abide And as the fame of this Imperiall Maide Is through the world by the foure winds displaid So shall her memory for euer grace Her famous birth her death and buriall place At Teuxbury Anno 1574. the 24. of February being a hard frost the Riuer of Seuerne was couered with Flies and Beetles so that it was thought within the length of a paire of Buts to be 100. quarters of them the â—…ils were stopped with them but from whence they came is vnknown 1582. A piece of Land of three Acres in Dorsetshire in the Parish of Armitage was suddenly remooued 600. foot from the place where formerly it stood King Iames. An. Dom. 1601. VVHen as Elizaes wofull death was actâ—…d When this lamenting land was halfe 〈◊〉 WheÌ„ tears eâ—…ch loyall heart with grief had drownd Then came this King and made our ioves abound Ordain'd for vs by heauenly power diuine Then from the North this glorious starre did shine The Royall Image of the Prince of Peace The blest Concorder that made warres to cease By Name a S T E V V A R D and by Nature one Appointed from Iehonahs sacred Throne And by th' almighties hand supported euer That Treason or the Diuell should hurt him neuer And as his Zeale vnto his God was great Gods blessings on him were each way compleat Rich in his Subiects loue a Kings best treasure Rich in content a Riches aboue measure Rich in his Princely Issue and in them Rich in his hopefull Branches of his stemme Rich in Munition and a Nauy Royall And richer then all Kings in seruants Loyall When Hell and Roâ—… together did conspire â—…o blow him and his Kingdome vp with fire Then did the King of Kings preserue our King And all the Traytors to confusion bring And whoso reckons vp from first to last The many hel-hatch'd dangers he hath past Through all his daies he will beleeue no doubt That he with heauenly pow'rs was wall'd about All Christian Princes held his friendship deare Was fear'd for loue and not belou'd for feare And Pagan Monarchs were in Lâ—…ague combin'd With him as farre as is the Easterne Indâ—… And like a flame a midst a Riuer fix'd So was his Iustice with his mâ—…rcy mix'd He striu'd to imitate his Maâ—…er still And clemency preseru'd where Law 〈◊〉 He hath cur'd England and 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 wounds And made them both great 〈◊〉 Britains bounds All bloudy deadly fewds 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 And canker'd hate he turn'd to Christian 〈◊〉 The mouth of warre he muzzled muâ—…e 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 He still'd the roaring Cannon and the 〈◊〉 Secure in peace his people sup and dine 〈◊〉 With their owne fig-trees shaded and 〈◊〉 Whilst in an vprore most of Christendome One Nation doth another 〈◊〉 Vnto the King of Kings let 's praises sing For giuing vs this â—…appy peacefull King None know so well how they should peace prefer As those that know the miseries of warre T is true though 〈◊〉 and must not be forgot The warres are sweet to such as know them not Peace happy peace doth spread tranqâ—…illity Through all the bounds of Britaines Monarchy And may we all our actions still addresse For peace with God and warre 'gainst wickednesse Vnto which peace of God this King's 〈◊〉 To reigne in glory that shall ne'r be ended His mortall part at Westminster enter'd His
he dignifi'd Raign'd thirty two yeeres and by poyson dy'd This King was a Româ—…ne and brother to Vter Pendragon that succeeded him 94. Vter Pendragon raigned 18 yeeres 498. THis King by Merlins meanes a skilfull man Igrene the Duke of Cornewals Dutchesse wan On her he got though illegittimate The Christian Worthy Arthur stilde the Great Vter Pendragon poysoned by the Saxons after he had reigned 18. yeeres 95. Arthur 516. OF the nine Worthies was this Worthy one Denmarke and Norway did â—…y his Throne In twelue set Battels he the Saxons beat Great and to make his Victories more great The Faithlesse Sarazons he ouercame And made them honour high Iehonah's Name The Noble order of the Table round At Winchester his first inuention found Whilst he beyond Sea fought to win Renowne His Nephew Mordred did vsurpe his Crowne But he return'd and Mordred did confound And in the fight great Arthur got a wound That prou'd lo mortall that immortally It made him liue although it made him dye Full sixteene yeeres the Diadem he wore And euery day gaind Honour more and more Arthur the great was buried at Glastenbury 96 Constantine the fourth 542. 97 Aurelius Conanus 545. COnstantine was by King 〈◊〉 kil'd Aurelius 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 yeeres held Seuen Kingdomes heere at once the Saxons held And slaughter launc'd when proud ambition sweld This Constantine was kinsman to King Arthur and was slaine by Conanus Constantine was a wicked Prince and slaine in battell by his kinsman Conanus when he had reigned neere 3. yeeres Of the tyme of this Aurelius Conanus his reigne there is much variation in Histories Heere beganne the Heptarchy or 7 Kingdomes in this Land namely Kent South-Saxons West-Saxons East-Saxons Northumberland Mercia and East-Angles which diuision continued more then 600. yeeres before it was all vnited into one Monarchy the names of the Kings times of their reignes and limits of their Kingdomes are hereunder expressed 1 KEnt was only a kingdome which had 17 Kings namely 1 Hengist 2 Eske 3 Octa 4 Ymerick 5 Ethelbert who was the first Christian King of Kent hee was an ayde and helper of Sebert King of the East-Saxons in the famous and memorable buildings of S t. Pauls Church in London and Saint Peters at Westminster 6 Eabald 7 Ercombert 8 Egbert 9 Lother 10 Edrick 11 Withred 12 Edbert 13 Edelbert 14 Alick 15 Ethilbert 16 Cuthred 17 Baldred These Kings reigned in Kent 372. yeeres from the yeere of Grace 455. till the yeere 827. 2 The kingdome of the South-Saxons contained the Counties of Sussex and Surrie it continued from the yeere 488. vntill the yeere 601. being 113 yeeres they had three Kings namely 1 Ella 2 Cissa 3 Ethelwolfe a Christian King 4 Berthrum 5 Authum 3 The West-Saxons kingdome whose beginning was in the yeer 519. and ended Anno. 166. lasted 561 yeeres hauing 17 Kings namely 1 Cherdick 2 Kenrick 3 Chequilin 4 Cealick 5 Chelwold 6 Kingils a Christian 7 Kenwald 8 Eskwin 9 Kentwin 10 Ceadwald 11 Inas 12 〈◊〉 13 Cuthred 14 Sigebert 15 Kenwolfe 16 Brightrik 17 Egbert These Kings had vnder their gouernments the Counties of Cornewall Deuonshire Somersetshire Wiltshire Hampshire and Barkshire 4 The East-Saxons reigned 281 yeeres beginning Anno. 527 and ending in the yeere 827. Their bounds were Essex and Middle-Sex and their Kings were in number 14 namely 1 Erchenwin 2 Sledda 3 Sebert a Christian King that assisted Ethelbert King of Kent in the building of the Churches of Saint Paul and Saint Peter aforesaid 4 Seward 5 Sigebert 6 Sigibext 7 Switheline 8 Sighere 9 Sebba 10 Sigherd 11 Seofrid 12 Offa 13 Selred 14 Suthred 5 Northumberland was sometimes diuided into two kingdomes It contained the CouÌ„ties of Yorkshire Durham Lancashire Westmerland Cumberland and Northumberland this Kingdome beganne in the yeere of our Lord 547. and expired in 926. continuing 379. yeeres vnder 23 Kings whose names were 1 Ella 2 Adda 3 Theodwald 4 Frethulse 5 Theodrick 6 Ethelrick 7 Ethelfrid 8 Edwin 9 Oswald 10 Oswy 11 Egfrid 12 Alkfrid 13 Ofred 14 Kenred 15 Oswicke 16 Ceolnuph 17 Egbert 18 Oswolfe 19 Edilwald 20 Alured 21 Ethelred 22 Alswald 23 Osrâ—…d Amongst these Edwin was their first Christian King 6 The East Angles vnder 15 seuerall Kings continued 353 yeeres beginning in Anno 575. and 〈◊〉 III 914. their Territories were Suâ—… Norâ—…olk Cambridgeshire and the I le 〈◊〉 Ely thâ—…ir Kings names were 1 Vffa 2 Tiâ—…us 〈◊〉 Redâ—…ald their first Christian King 4 〈◊〉 5 Sigebert 6 Egrik 7 Anna 8 Ethelbert 9 Ethwald 10 Aldwolâ—…e 11 Aswald 12 Beorn 13 Ethelred 14 Ethelbert 15 Edmund 7 The seuenth Kingdome were the Mercians who had 20 Kings and 17 shires vnder their command their Kings were 1 Creda 2 Wibba 3 Cheorle 4 Penda 5 Peada their first Christian King 6 Wolfere 7 Ethelred 8 Kenred 9 Chelred 10 Ethebald 11 Offa 12 Egfrid 13 Kenwolfe 14 Kenelme 15 Chelwolse 16 Bernulfe 17 Ludecan 18 Whitlafe 19 Bertwolfe 20 Burdred Their bounds and dominions were 17 Counties as of Northampton Leister Darby Lincolne Huntington Rutland Notingham Chesshire Oxfordshire Staffordshire Worcestershire Glostershire Shropshire Warwickeshire Bedfordshire Buckinghamshire and Hartfordshire 98 Vortiporus 578. 99 Malgo. 581. THis Vortipore from good Kings did decline Kept his wiues Daughter as his Concâ—…ine And Malgo put his Wife to bloudy slaughter To liue in â—…ncest with his brothers Daughter About this time Augustine the Monke Mellitus Iustus and Iohn all learned men came from Rome and preached the Gospell to the English men Vortipore reigned 4. yeeres Malgo his raigne was short and wicked 100. Careticus 586. GVrmundus hither out of Ireland came And with the Saxons ioyn'd with sword and flame The King to Wales did flye his life to saue Whereas he chang'd his Kingdome for a Graue He reigned 3. yeeres and now the Saxons had all England the Brittaines and their Kings being expulsed and chased to the West sides of the Riuers Seauerne and d ee Cadwane 613. THis Cadwane did the Saxon force withstand Of Ethelfridus of Northumberland And made him to intreate and sue for peace Raign'd two and twenty yeeres then did decease 102. Cadwallin 635. CAdwallin slew King Edwin Egfrids Sonne He Penda Mercias King did ouer-runne He neuer fought but Conquest home did bring And eight and forty yeeres did raigne a King Cadwallin was buried at London in Saint Martins Church neere Ludgate 103. Cadwallader 685. THis King renowned was both neere and farre The last of Brittaines Kings Cadwallader The name of Brittaine was quite alterd then The Kings of England subiects Englishmen Then in this Land of Kings there raign'd so many That Subiects knew not to obey all or any Their names and times of raigne I meane to tell Should I write more my Book too big would swell Here the inhabitants lost the name of Brittaines the land being called Anglia or England and the people Englishmen 687. Cadwallader left his Crowne went to Rome and dyed there These
Richard wonne the royall state Vnnatnrally the children of his brothe The King and Duke of Yorke he caus'd to smother For Sir Iames Tirrell Dighton and Blacke Will Did in the Tower these harmlesse Princes kill Buckinghams Duke did raise King Richard high And for reward he lost his head thereby A fellow to this King I scarce can finde His shape deform'd and crooked like his minde Most cruell tyrannous inconstant stout Couragious hardy t' abide all dangers out Yet when his sinnes were mellow ripe and full Th' Almighties Iustice then his plumâ—…s did pull By bloudy meanes he did the kingdome gaine And lost it so at Bosworth being slaine This Richard was neuer a good subiect but whâ—… he had got the Crowne he striued by all meanes to be a good King for in his short reigne of two yeeres two moâ—…s he made very profitable Lawes which are yet in force by which it may be perceiued how willing he was to 〈◊〉 his mis-spent time Henry the seuenth An. Dom. 1485. VVHen Ciuill wars full fourescore yeers more Had made this kingdome welter in her Gore When eightie of the royall blood were kild That Yorke and Lancasters crosse faction held Then God in mercy looking on this Land Brought in this Prince with a triumphant band The onely Heire of the Lancastrian line Who gracâ—…ously consented to combine To ease poore England of a world of anone And make the red Rose and the white but one By Marriage with Elizabeth the faire Fourth Edwards daughter and Yorks onely heire But Margret Burgunds Lancaster storm'd frown'd That th' heire of Lancaster in state was crown'd A counterfeit one Lambert she suborn'd Beign with Princely ornaments adorn'd To claime the State in name of Claâ—…ce sonne Who in the Tower before to death was done Wars ' gainst the French King Henry did maintaine And Edward braue Lord Wooduilâ—… there was slaine Northumberlands great Earle for the Kings right Was slaine by Northerne rebels in sharpe fight The King besiedged Boloigne but a Peace The French king sought and so the siedge did cease Still Burgunds Dutchesse with inueterate hate Did seeke to ruine Henries Royall state She caus'd one Perkin Warbecke to put on The name of Richard Edwards murdred sonne Which Richard was the youngest of the twaine Of Edwards sonnes that in the Tower was slaine The King at last these traitors did confound And Perkin for a counterfeit was found Sir William Stanley once the Kings best friend At Tower hill on a Scaffold had his end On Blacke Heath Cornish rebels were o'rthrowne A Shoomaker did claine King Henries Crowne The Earle of Warwicke lost his haplesse head And Lady Katherine did Prince Arthur wed But ere sixe moneths were fully gone and past In Ludlow Castle Arthur breath'd his last King Henry built his Chappell from the ground At Westminster whose like can scarce be found Faire Margret eldest daughter to our King King Iames the fourth of 〈◊〉 home did bring Where those two Princes with great pompe and cheare In State at Edenborough married were But as all Mortall â—…hings are traâ—…ory So to an end came Hâ—…nrie â—…arthly glory Twenty three yeeres and 8. months here he swaid And then at Westminster iâ—…s Tombe was laid He all his Life had variable share Of Peace Warre Ioy Griefe Royaltie and Care In his 1. yeere in 7. weekes space there dyed in London 2. Masors and 6. Aldermen besides many hundred others of a strange sweating sicknesse 1485. Anno Reg. 12. at Saint Needs in Bedfordshire there fell bail-stones 18. inches about King Iames the 4. of Scotland married Margret eldest daughter to Henry the 7. from whom our gracious Soueraigne is lineally descended Henry the eight An. Dom. 1509. FRom both the Lines and both the loynes did spring Of York Lancaster this mighty King Katherine that was his brothers wife of late He tooke to wife and crown'd her Queene in state Empson and Dudley lost their heads at Tower For racking the poore Commons by their power Warres dreadfull wars arose 'twixt vs and France Lord Edward Howard drowned by mis-chance At Brest he was high Admirall in fight Cast ouerboord dy'd like a valiant Knight In England Suffolks Duke did lose his head The King to Turâ—…in dâ—…d an army lead Turney he wonne with his victorious blade King Iames of Scotland England did inuade But Surries Earle the Scoâ—…sh King ouercame Who lost life there but wonne immortall fame Now Cardinall Wolâ—…ey in the Kings high Grace Was rais'd to honours from great place to place Lordship on Lordship laid vpon his backe Vntill the burthen was the bearers wracke The Duke of Buckingham his head did lose And Luther stoutly did the Pope oppose Blinde ignorance that long had look'd awry Began to see Truth with a clearer eye And then the King inspir'd with feruent Zeale Reformed both the Church and Common weale Iehouah with his power Omnipotent Did make this King his gracious instrument T' vnmaske his Truth from Antichristian fables And purge this wofull Land from Babelâ—… bables This King at Boloigne was victorious In peace and warre Magnifique Glorious In his rage bounty he did oft expresse His Liberality to bee excesse In Reuels Iusts and Turnies he spent more Then fiue of his Fore-fathers did before His Auarice was all for Noble fame Amongst the Worthies to inrole his Name A valiant Champion for the Faiths defence Was the great Title of this mightie Prince Sixe wiues he had 3. Kates 2. Annes one Iane Two were diuorc'd two at the blocke were slaine One sonne and two faire daughters he did leaue Who each from other did the Crowne receiue The first was Edward Mary next whose death Left State and Realme to Queene Elizabeth He thirty eight yeeres kept this Royall Roome At Windsor hee 's enter'd without a Tombe Leeth Edenbourgh and diuers other parts of Scotland were spoyled by Sir Iohn Dudley Lord Viscount Lisle Lord high Admirall of England with a Nauy of 200. tall Ships Anno 1544. King Henry went to Boloigne hee entred France the 13. of Iuly and into Boloigne the 25. of September in which yeere were taken 300. French Ships for prizes Edward the sixt An. Dom. 1546. HAd this Kings reigne bin long as it was good Religion in a peaceable state had stood What might haue his age bin when his blest youth So valiantly aduanc'd Gods sacred truth At nine yeeres age the Crowne on him hee tooke And ere sixteene he Crowne and life forsooke Too good for earth th' Almighty tooke his spirit And Westminster his Carkas doth inherit In his 5. yeere a strange Earth-quake did much harme in diuers places of Surry and a sweating sicknesse generally ouer England that dispatched those that were in good health in 12. houres or 24. at the most In one weeke there dyed of it in London 806. the most of them being men of best strength Queene Mary An. Dam. Dâ—… AFter a while this Queene had worne the Crown Idolatry was rais'd