Igren our worthy Arthur was begotten and born of whose matchless achievments for the honour of God and his Nation and the terror of his enemies this following epitomy or abstract of his History gives a briefe and reall notion this first Chapter serving as a proeme to what follows in order according to the Rule of Chronography or History CHAP. 2. How the learned Merlin who flourished in those daies had the tuition of Prince Arthur committed unto him and how he tutored him IN those daies lived and flourished that learned Clark Mrlin by some accounted a Negromancer by all a Prophet of whose predictions Prophecies so much talk is at this day especially among the Welch who being in great favour with King Uter as one by whose counsell he was chiefly governed in all his actions to him was committed the tuition and education of the young Prince whose advice gave him his name Arthur for some cause which he propounded Merlin having gotten himselfe to be intrusted with the government of this Child of whom he Prophecied great and admirable deeds to be done applied all his best of skill and industry to continue and augment the good opinion which both the King and his People conceived of his Learning Wisedome Gravity and Fidelity to his Nation and his Soveraign so that he nurtured the Prince in his minority in rudiments sutable to his age and procliuity and as he grew and increased in years so Art Learning and Vertue grew and increased in him insomuch that in him appeared all that might promise a future greatnesse and goodness his mind and study above all things earthly he dedicated to divine documents and next unto that his discourses were all military and his déeds answerable exceeding the compass of his age briefly what may be possibly expected in a Prince every way pointed out or set apart for God and his Countrey honour and service in our Arthur was so conspicuous and visible that the whole world made him the severall objects of both envy and hope Thus much concerning his education under Merlin in the next Chapter we will bring his to Father his Sepulcher and him to his Throne CHAP. III. Of the death of King Vter Pendragon and how Prince Arthur at the age of 18. years was crowned King of Britaine by common consent KIng Uter having royally and lovingly both governed and nourished the sickly estate of Britain for the space of 28. years in which time he had gotten many fortunate battels against the Saxons then being a prevailing party here at last to verifie our now common saying too much familiarity breeds contempt growing too much familiar with a Saxon Prince called Enerinus he was by him or his appointment poisoned at a great feast held in the Town of Salop leaving his noble Son Prince Arthur the expectation of England and the just revenger of his Fathers death who immediately seconded his exit with his own entrance upon the stage of majesty he was at that time but a strippling in age having past over but 18. Winters and as many Summers but in Statute Strength Wisdome and Valour he passed thousands that doubled his days Such majesty in his eyes such gravity in his gesture and countenance such mediocrity and modesty in his behaviour and comportment joyned with subtle wisedome prudence and temperance in his words that justice and fortitude in his actions were void of doubt or question so that his wise and cunning Tutor presenting his Pupill so exquisitly qualified gained the lasting love of the Common-Wealth for his so artificially yoaking grace and nature to draw on the Chariot of Britains honour and happiness The same night that his Father was poisoned Prince Authur in a dream saw a vision in this manner a huge spreading Vine with great ripe clusters shewed themselves red and ready to be crushed From the root of this Vine issued a venomous Viper which Viper was seconded with a great Snake between the Viper and the Snake was a cruell Combate the Snake for her advantage wound her selfe about the body of the Vine and from thence parlied with her enemy the Viper breathing out threatnings against the Snake instead of hurting her with his venemous breath poisoned the grapes which a man in sad sable habit comming after to tast of died immediately Soon after all this came in a lusty raging Lyon that with his roaring scared away both the Viper and the Snake and also awaked Prince Arthur This dream and vision Merlin disected in these or the like words most noble branch of British Royalty whom my prophetick spirit dares in the present tense regarding of the future call the sole and absolute Monarch of all Christendome this last night thy royall Father hath by late reconciled enemies whom we are forbidden to trust been invited to a supper and though as yet fame hath not sounded the trumpet of his death neither do I know any thing by the voice of the People but that he is very well and in perfect good health yet worthy Prince my genius conspiring with your highness dream and vision dictats to my thoughts that he is by this time to our great sorrow dead being poisoned by Remon at the appointment of Querinus the Saxon Prince who was lately of a fierce foe transformed into the shape of a feined friend This I tell you and this you will find true these are the Viper and the Snake for they were at variance before but agreed for the poisoning of Vter which have between them poisoned the Vine intimated by the grapes which your Father signified by the man in a sable habit a fit emblem of death tasted and dyed thereof well what renowned Prince remains now but that you must be that raging fierce revenging and roaring Lyon who with your powerfull and frightfull voyce of command shall make this Snake and this Viper this Remon and this Querinus with all the rest of that hellish rabble of heathenish Pagans these miscreant Saxons to fly away and hide themselves from your Lyon like fury No sooner were these speeches by learned Merlin uttered but presently a Post came in all hast to give information of the business signifying that King Uter Pendragon was poisoned the Saxons had possest themselves of the Town of Salop having most treacherously butchered man woman and child that were therein first ravishing both Wives and Virgins before their Husbands and Parents faces and then made a generall massacre of all together When Prince Arthur heard this sad and horrible report after sundry short ejaculations invoking divine assistance he turning to his Tutor Merlin said thus learned Sir your words are oracles and so I shall ever esteem of the same during my mortal life when I swerve from your counsell I can expect nothing but destruction to my self and my people and if Alexander esteemed so much a dead Homers works what shall I Arthur deem of a learne◠Merlins voyce the noblest Barrons Prelates common people of the Kingdom
The most admirable HISTORIE OF That most Renowned Christian Worthy ARTHVR King of the Britaines To 〈◊〉 those noble spirits who after antiquity joyned with truth WOrthy Country men or women by what name age title or quality soever you are distinguished I present you here with a piece of that huge volume of antiquity wherewith our ancestors were for the most part contentedly furnished Love to the party oftentimes causeth partiality in publishing of praise-worthy deeds this was the notion that the Zelots of that age so far superabounded in their historical relations of this indeed matchless mirror of Monarcks and example of heroical Actors insomuch that proposing improbabilities they have in some sort drowned realities to be brief where brevity is aimed at Geofry of Monmouth and other Clarks of that time have so fabulously written of King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table that divers by these Hyperbolical discourses have been pusselled with ambiguity whether any such story were essential or no which to doubt were no less then to question whether Wil. the Son of Robert Duke of Normandy was ever King of England King Arthur is and hath been ever since his life and death accounted for one of the 3. Christian Worthies whereof not only our own Countrymen but also others of forraign Nations have interchangably written This have the French in as glorious a stile as they have done of their own Charls Maine or Godfrey of Bullaine therefore to explode one is to hisse all the rest from the stage of Christianity which I being confident you wil not refer to what follows truly collected by a lover of truth VVith antiquity M.P. The Contents of the severall Chapters in this following History Chap. 1. HOw King Vter sirnamed Pendragon slew in batel Coisen the proud Duke of Cornwall that rebelled against him and took his widow faire Igren to wife of whom he begot our renowned Arthur Chap. 2. How the learned Merlin who flourished in those daies had the tuition of the young Prince Arthur committed unto him and how he tutured him Chap. 3. The death of King Vter Pendragon and how Prince Arthur at the age of 18. years was crowned King of Britain by common consent Chap. 4 Of the great triumphs tilts and turnaments used in his Court at the beginning of his reign and the wonderfull resort of gallant warriers Chap. 5. Of his war with the Saxons and how he victoriously overcame them in 12. several set battels to the uter subduing of their pride and preventing the progress of their conquests during his own and his next successors reign Chap. 6. How King Arthur crost the Seas and subdued Denmark and Norway unto him in which voyage many admirable occurances hapned well worth observation Chap 7. How King Arthur instituted the order of the Round Table and graced it with a 150. Knights and the reason of its institution to maintain concord with the names of the first Knights of the Order so in all none under the degree of Baron Chap 8. How King Arthur fought against the Picks Scots Irish and Saxons in one battell and slew Colgrim King of the Saxons Bladust his Brother and Childrick a Prince of Germany who came to their aide and how he forced Guillamore King of Ireland to become tributary unto him Chap. 9. How King Arthur sayled to subdue Ireland which he performed with great honor converting that People and all the adjacent Lands to Christianity and obedience to him and the British Monarchy Chap. 10. How King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table went into Palestine to fight against the Pagan Infidels where they performed wonderfull feats of Arms to the honor of Christ and Christendome converting or confounding all where ever they came and how in the intrim the traytor Mordred nephew to King Arthur whom as Viceroy he had left to govern the Land in his absence usurped the Crown which King Arthur hearing of made hast to come home and in his march through France encountred and overcame Lucius the Roman Consul and many Princes of great birth and valour Chap. 11. How King Arthur returned into England He and Mordred were both slain in battel and how noble King Arthur was buried at Glasenbury in Summerset-Shire The History of Arthur King of Britain CHAP. I. How King Uter sirnamed Pendragon slew in battell Coisen the proud Duke of Cornwall that rebelled against him and took his widow fair Igren to wife of whom he begat one renowned King Arthur THe Britains having drawn their necks out of the Roman yoak which they had borne almost 500. years from Julius Caesar who conquered Casibelan King of Britain unto Gratian the last Roman governour here who ended his life and with him the domination over this Iland in Anno domini 376. After this Vortiger of the Race Royall of Britain did by murder and usurpation possess the Diadem and jurisdiction over this noble Kingdome but by his execrable life and wicked government gowing hatefull in the Subjects eyes he fearing their justly instigated arming against him sends over into Germany to a Noble and warlike Nation there called the Saxons of Saxonie to intreat their aid against his Natives whom he called Subjects The Saxons under the conduct of their two Princely Leaders Hengist and Horsus having gotten an invitative entrance into this Land which pleased them so well they never lest of procéeding their warlike policy until they became in fine sole Masters of the Field chasing the Britaines by degrees into that monntanous County now called Wales then Cambria which hapned about the year 590 under Careticus the Britaine 's deposing usurping Votiger put Vortimer his Son into his stead who being poisoned by Voitigers wife who was Hergists Daughter Vortiger reassumes the dominion raigns with much vexation 19. yeare and then both he and Rowan his Saxon wife are burnt in their Castle by Aurelius Ambrose of the linage of Constance whom Vortiger to get the Crown had murthered To this Aurelius Ambrose after 32. years raigne succéeded Uter Pendragon his Brother All the premises are as so many steps ascendant to our story this Uter was the Father of our renowned Christian worthy King Arthur the great of Great Britain King and Emperor the noble subject of this Kingly and most Heroick History in the begining of King Uters reigne the great Duke of Cornwall named Coisen prompted by ambition avarice and oppulency three strong cords to draw an evill disposed man to destruction raised an open Rebellion against his Soveraign in which lawless enterprise he was slain and his Wife Igren the mirror of Ladies for her beauty and vertue became as lawfull prise to King Uter and although the death of Coisen her late Husband might seeme to be some obstract yet the justness of his death the Kings cause and request overcomming all niceties to the increase of her joy and dignity by the marriage of the King she became Queen of Britain Of this gallant Lady Queen
when they had notice of this Royal Tragedy made hast â—â—â—hâ—â— have a King to govern them and a revenging scourge for their enemies so with a unanimous consent they chose Prince Arthur for their Soveraign CHAP. IV. Of the great Triumphs Tilts and Turnaments used in his Court in the beginning of his reign and the wonderful resort of galliant wartiers THe barbarous Sarons having performed that treasonable practise in the poisoning of King Uter as you heard in the precedent chapter though they had made sure work for the totall extirpation of the British blood not thinking this our Arthur to be his successor thought the hearts of the Britains in this exigent were set upon the consideration of his promising vertues which were the step by which he principally ascended the Throne For although I do not many then did question his legitamacy of knowing that the love which King Uter professed to 〈◊〉 in Igren for her beauty and vertue caused the jarre between him and her husband but that 's not pertinent to our story Arthur is crowned King of Britain and that the Saxons shall soon know to their cost At his first initiation into the government he proclaimed a generall Turnament for all commers at the City of Rerulam long since buried in ruine and oblivion near to St Albons King Authur was crowned by the hands of William Bishop of London to this Triumphant Tilt and Turnament it is wonderful to relate what resort there was of gallant wartiers from all-neighbor Nations from Scotland Ireland France and Almaine the most approved Knights for valour gave luster to King Arthurs Court who for munificent entertainment and large hospitality far surmounted all his prececessors at this Turnament which lasted all the Whitson week and four daies alter was much galantry performed both by our Britaines and Forraigners which were tedious to relate in particular In this brief discourse it shalt suffice to nommate some of the principall actors in this martiall scene how they were mated and who were Victors First Cador Duke of Cornwal a most valiant and British Knight encountred Macpar Prince of Lenster in Ireland a mighty man in statute and conposure of body so of equall skill and courage with the best knight then living These two Heroes at their first carrier found fortune so impartiall in her friendship that they were were both sent one way their bodies fell to the earth and their spears mounted with their fame into the the aire This they did thrée severall times with the like issue Cador likewise can against Godfrey Count of Henault a very good and experienced Knight to whom Lady Fortune had been heretofore extremly prodigall in curtesies but now to shew her mutability her fame left him and so did his vitall breath for being a corpulent man of body with the violent fall from his horse he broke his neck and died presently in the place whose death was so generally lamented that the good Knight Duke Cador sorrowfully threw off his armour and tilted no more during all the time briefly the Earle of Ludlow overthrew and wounded the Duke of Mountpelier the Earle of Rothsay a gallant Scot did the like to the Count St Paul and the King of Northwals running against the Duke of Halstein threw both him and his horse to the ground breaking with the violence of the fall the neck of the horse and the arme of the rider the Duke of Britain did the like with the Count of Ipre but the most notable combate of all that I have either mentioned or for brevity omitted hapned upon the last day between the Count Palatine of Chester and the Daulphin of Viena which considering all circumstances deserves expression though in a brief manner during the Courtly entertainment before the Turnament and in the intrim these two young gallants both Batchelors became mutually enamoured on the matchless beanty of the Lady Jaquinta sole daughter and heire to the Earle of Flintshire who was a Courtly attendant on and Neece to the Queen Igren the Kings Mother and being jealous of each others fortune in the affairs of Cupid Mars upon this offered occasion interposing himselfe as a moderator to decide the difference so that being interiorly as well as exteriorly armed and both gallantly mounted they entred the Lists with extraordinary engagment and courage as the event justifies at their first encounter both of them fell horse and man to the ground sorely bruised and recovering their legs contrary to their forâ—aâ—â—ners sell to it firecely with their swords their manhood whetted on that fair Ladies perfections turned friendly tryall by turnament to the mortal thirst of revenge with such eager stroaks one of them pursued the other that the Princely spectators must needs judge death to be the umpire of the controversie for both being disswaded by Royall command and intreated of friends all was answered with desire of prosecution with such accerbity and accrimony of heart did they stride to defend and offend that it was hard to censure whether malice or valour had most predominance the Count Palatine judging his native right to the Lady more then the Dolphin which was an Aliene and the Dolphin deeming that Princely birth and correspondent qualities might merit affection in any part of the world This is the beginning and ground of the quarrel whereof the end and issue is death to both as you shall hear presently the Dolphin hit the Count Palantin such a forcible blow on the helme making way by steele through steele it both pierced his skull and also brought him upon his knees at which advantage he ran violently upon him to have crushed him to the earth but the Count Palatine actâ—ive both in body and spirit reassumes his legs the Dolphins strength being much interior to his and with his kine sword lent him such a lucky or unluckly stroake between the head and shoulders that cutting his windpipe down fell the Dolphin but as he fell he thrust his sword under the skirt of the Count Palatines armor which visiting his intrals with the point of death these two noble Knights and lovers though not of each other dyed both together in hatred neither of them injoying his wish but revenge and so with the end of them I will finish the feast and turnament and withall conclude this chapter CHAP. V. Of King Arthurs first War with the Saxons and how he victoriously overcame them in twelve several set battels to the subduing of their pride and preventing their progress of conquest during his own and his next successors raign THe triumph thus tragically begun and ended our worthy Arthur having first solemnized the funeral obsequies of his Royal Father also the Count Henault the Dolphin of Viena and the Count Pasatine of Chester which was on four severall dayes performed with all due celebritie begins to think the redemption of both upon his native Country from Pagan slavery and revenging of his Royall Fathers horrible murder And to this
victory which fear had halfe done already the King was taken with 12. men in his company near to a wood side by a party of our horse who were imployed in pursuit of the dispierced army who being brought before King Arthur submitted resigning himselfe his Crown and Kingdome to hold in Fee of the Brittish Monarchy yearly allowing a tribunary stipend of 700. Franks of Gold delivering his own brother Harpus Prince of Finia in hostage till security was made for the true payment of it With this prosperous successe our worthy Arthur set forward to Norway the King whereof Lotho by name a man of marvelous strength and valour having had intelligence of all that had passed in Denmark and thereby conjecturing what would come to pass gathering all the premission that might be of men and armes to check the caréere of this unresistable army which he indeed had accomplished but that a power more then humane prevented it at the first arrivall of the Britaine 's which they permitted as trusting upon their lands strength which was 300000 horse and foot in a minute all that the Land could make King Arthur sent a messenâ—er to King Lotho requiring of him his Kingdome and people to yeeld obedience to the Christian Crown of Britain as his neighbor Kings had done which if he refused to do without effusion of blood he doubted not to gain by force what he sought to win by favor the proud Pagan Prince presuming upon his own more then common ability of body and the maynitude of his army sent back this despicable answer by way of defiance and challenge to King Arthur and his chevalry Know daring Arthur that thou and all thy crafty Christians whom contemptuously thou hast brought against the decree of the gods into this Northern part of Europe shall be the laughing stock of Lotho and his matchless Norveigians and although fortune have smited thee to triumph over the cowardise of Eschillius and Dollavius wits assure thy selfe all this will conduce to the greater glory of me who am by the gods designed to be the Conqueror of thee who hath conquered so many of their devout supplicaters thou art come upon my land without my leave but shalt never depart thence with thy life but because I intend to win a particular praise in thy ruine and the chiefe men with thee I challenge thy self to méet my self in personal combat and if thou they think well of it 10. of the most approved Knights in thy army against 10. of mine this if accepted by thee and thine shall be performed by me and mine to morrow morning by 9. of the clock upon Armond plain two leagues from either Army bring you courage along with you and let your horses bring you to the place of destruction at the time place appointed if you fayle our expectation we will not fayle to be with you to the ruine of your hoste in the afternoon of the same day in the inâ—rim take leave to pause upon the words of thy mortall enemy Lotho Rex Norvegia This Letter comming into King Arthurs view it is unexpressible with what joy he read it and calling his Princes Barrone and illustrate Knights before him unto them be communicated the premises when presently a vertuous emulation and strife arose among them who should be the combators in this glorious hazard to be briefe the business could no otherwise be decided then by casting lots so hungry were their Christian appetites after this honourable breakfast the lots fell upon Duke Cador of Cornwall Morgan and Theodore King of North South Wales the Earle of Lecester Lincoln Flint Ludloe and Salop the Barron of Aberqueny and the Barron of Bark these 10. gallant Knights to the spirituall envy of many others rode along with King Arthur at the time to the place appointed where they met there resolute opponents so punctual to promise that I may well say they met indeed neither party staying for the other but just comming to the place together as though the 22. horses had been privy to catch others secrets or known their riders intentions Thus being mutually met after a few course complements such as the present occasion dictated they fell to the business which they came about with such impartiall hardines that you might well guess that the one party fought to win a Kingdome and the other fought to save one it would be both troublesome and tedious to recite the particulars of this happy bickering therefore I will content my selfe with the rehearsall of the two Kings encounter combat success onely generally telling how the rest behaved themselves and to whom the victory hapned King Arthur charged his enemy so furiously at their first encounter that Lotho being a man of admirable strength not able to unhorse him he himselfe was so near dismounting that he recoyled into thecrouper of his Saddle at which his very eyes revealed the anger of his heart so that recovering his seat and at a second passâ—ge both their Lances though marvelous strong flew into the ayre but with the vehemency of the stroke King Lothos left shoulder joint was dissocated which he chafing like a bore sought his best advantage by sudden dismounting but King Arthur the activist man alive was on ground with sword in hand before him and at the first veny struck him on the head so vigorously that he cleft his helme and head to the eyes so down fell Lotho like a mighty Oake yeelding his body and Kingdome to the mercy of King Arthur how he would bury the one and dispose of the other in the intrim our hardy British Knights had slain 6. of their 10. Antagonists and mortally wounded the of her four either of them having received any notable hurt the Earle of Flint had his horse slain under him the like had the King of Northwales Duke Cador was cut in the arme the Earle of Leicester in the leg and the Earle of Salop in the shoulder no other hurt was done unto the British Party the dejected Norveigians hearing these tydings so full of horror to them threw down their weapons and fled whom our Britains overtaking King Arthur caused a proclamation to be made that whosoever would forsake the worship of their false gods and adore the true God Jesus Christ and be baptized into the Christian Faith should be received to mercy the obstinate to expect none upon this many thousands promised and in four dayes performed the same by baptisme and confession of the Christian Faith among the rest the Duke of Erikine next heire to the Crown of Norway was baptized and Crowned both in one day by the Bishop of Menevia since called Saint Davids who was alwaies attendant on King Arthur who receiving homage of this new Christian King the first of that name and condition for so he was named at his imitation to his Kingdome and Christianity for the Kingdome of Norway our illustrious King Arthuâ— with his Royall British
army laden with honour and victory left these coasts and set sayle for Britain where soon ariâ—ing they were received with uncredible gladness and triumph as such a sprosperdus voyage deserved CHAP. VII How King Arthur instituted the order of the Round Table and graced it with 150. Knights with the reason of its institution to maintain concord KIng Arthur having filled all eares with the fame of his incomparable victories and being at home on all sides quiet by none molested by all loved or feared to honour those high born Princes Nobles and Barrons who had done God and him such notable service he bethought him how he might in some manner guerdonize their incomparable worth with some honourable Order of Knights had a thing customary in many renowned conquerors and because he took notice that being most of them of equivolent condition both in birth and haughtiness of spirit to avoid emulation envy and heart burnings incident to such a Company about priority or precedency of place at feasts to prevent any such occasion of distraction and to continue concord and mutuall correspondence among that noble fellowship he instituted at the City of Winchester where he then was residing the Order of the Round Table causing a certaine number of Round Tables to be made at which these illustrious Heroes dined and supped the salt and the bread alwaies set in the middle there was neither upper end nor lower end of the Table but all equall into this noble Order was received 150. men of high bloud quality which of what high birth soever none were under the degree of Barron were called Knights of the Round Table and because I find many of their names to be at this day great sirnames in the Monarchy of great Britain I think it convenient to the honour of the bearers notwithstanding my promised brevity to set down the names of the first Knights of the Round Table in Alphabeticall order as I found them long since in an old Chaucerian manuscript 1. SIr Acolon 2. sir Alot 3. sir Agar 4. sir Aucruise 5. sir Ambross 6. sir Ascot 7. sir Ascue 8. sir Albone 9. sir Aubaurne 10. sir Ash 11. sir Amice 12. sir Beumans 13. sir Belamore 14. sir Bersunt 15. sir Belvoire 16. sir Bots. 17. sir Beleobus 18. sir Basset 19. sir Bygot 20. sir Brian 21. sir Bevis 22. sir Best 23. sir Butlacie 24. sir Bande 25. sir Betris 26. sir Baulks 27. sir Cador. 28. sir Christian 29. sir Carlton 30. sir Cleere 31. sir Clare 32. sir Cade 33. sir Cosels 34. sir Callin 35. sir Clay 36. sir Corts 37. sir Castor 38. sir Daubeny 39. sir Delamore 40. sir Deucie 41. sir Dallin 42. sir Doughty 43. sir Daynty 44. sir Dunsmore 45. sir Darcy 46. sir Dalby 47. sir Duncombe 48. sir Dotrill 49. sir Doguery 50. sir Doriner 51. sir Evan. 52. sir Ector 53. sir Eincrie 54. sir Eismeere 55. sir Eatone 56. sir Eger 57. sir Edwards 58. sir Erskeine 59 sir Euball 60 sir Eupheos 61 sir Ermin 62 sir Floll 63 sir Frith 64 sir Fly 65 sir Fotscue 66 sir Feilde 67 sir Foulke 68 sir Fly 69 sir Flesk 70 sir Forbs 71 sir Fleere 72 sir Frisk 73 sir Font 74 sir Fode 75 sir Freake 76 sir Fax 77 sir Ghislet 78 sir Gavin 79 sir Gaheris 80 sir Gareth 81 sir Gravet 82 sir Geuls 83 sir Gortrim 84 sir Gilden 85 sir Giles 86 sir Goulde 87 sir Gaull 88 sir Guest 89 sir Hard 90 sir Hay 91 sir Hope 92 sir Hill 93 sir Hunt 94 sir Hugin 95 sir Harcourt 96 sir Harold 97 sir Hamond 98 sir Hoby 99 sir Hollis 100 sir Jermin 101 sir Ingram 102 sir Islip 103 sir Ipre 104 sir Jones 105 sir Joyce 106 sir Ive 107 sir Killian 108 sir Kirk 109 sir Kercacy 110 sir Knevet 111 sir Kilegrew 112 sir Lancelot 113 sir Lanjon 114 sir Lyonell 115 sir Lewes 116 sir Loftus 117 sir Laude 118 sir Leuellen 119 sir Lovelace 120 sir Leukror 121 sir Maurice 122 sir Martin 123 sir Moâ—ton 124 sir Miles 125 sir Meridith 126 sir Mariot 127 sir Newton 128 sir Norton 129 sir Norman 130 sir Nayler 131 sir Nudigâ—te 132 sir Napper 133 sir Oliver 134 sir Osbolstone 135 sir Ouldâ—oire 136 sir Osbourne 137 sir Percivall 138 sir Pelieas 139 sir Pallamaide 140 sir Peregrin 141 sir Playster 142 sir Querin 143 sir Reiner 144 sir Roderik 145 sir Randolph 146 sir Sugris 147 sir Tristram 148 sir Trsmore 149 sir Tracy 150 sir Valentine These were the Names of those Princes and Noble Men. FIrst brother of this honourable fellowship and fraternity called Knights of the Round Table betwéen whom there was such an unaâ—mious and mutual correspondency that all the whole world admired the admirable feats of chivalry by them performed for with these 150. scarce any 300. Knights in Europe durst adventure to Combat of their noble acte you shall hear further in the progress of our history to the end CHAP. VIII How King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table fought against the Pits Scots Irish and Saxons in one battell and how he slew with his own hands Colgrim King of the Saxons Balduff his brother and Childrick a Prince of Germany and how he forced Guillamore King of Ireland to become tributary unto him SHe Saxons envying King Arthurs prosperity and vexing at their late success in Britaine have now suborned the Picks Scots Irish and the Hesens of Germany to aide them in revenging themselves upon K. Arthur so they came hither with an army composed of all these aforementioned Nations consisting of 200000 horse and foot under the conduct of Colgeim their King Balduff his brother Guillamore King of Ireland and Childrick Prince Coras now Landsgrave Hesen meaning to share the Kingdome of Britain among them they landed suddenly in the North of England and burnt and spoyled before them for the space of 18. miles without any opposition but so soon as ever our Lyon like Arthur his Knights heard of it they came with a puissant force to withstand them and near to Humber obtained a glorious victory slew 28000. in the Field of the common sort and took 300 of their chief Commanders prisoners but which most adornes the victory King Arthur himselfe in person slew head to head Colgrim the Saxons King with Balduff his brother and Childrick of Hesen but Guillamore King of Ireland trusting to his footmanship for his horse was slaine under him ran towards the Sea side thinking to escape by shipping but Sir Cador overtaking him brought him prisoner to the King who forced him for the safeguard of his life to tesigne his Kingdome unto his majesty and to that effect he did homage yeelding to pay unto King Arthur and his heires a yearly purtion of nine thousand pounds Thus was our noble Arthur every way magnified his foes every where consounded and the monarchy of Britain under his government became the most most renovmed throughout all the whole world