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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A04786	A chronycle with a genealogie declaryng that the Brittons and Welshemen are linealiye dyscended from Brute. Newly and very wittely compyled in meter	Kelton, Arthur.	1578 (1578)	STC 14918; ESTC S120688	26,701	80

stocke and our frute ¶ A boke of late there was compiled By Polidorus in Italy borne Nothyng to vs reconsiled But rather written in hatred or scorne Yet shall we saie if he had sworne We Welshmen with hym shall compare For olde antiquities the truth to declare ¶ His slanderous stile to exterminate Reiect auoyde and cleane put a waie Whiche is so subtle and intricate Thynkyng therby our fame to decaie None will so reporte I dare well saie Hauyng wit reason or intelligence Other to iustice myndyng aduertence ¶ Not contented this to deny But would of force our name appall Cleaue to extincte out of memory As though we wer reiectes of all Knowyng not our discent naturall From whence we came nor of what lyne Us to infame this is his cryme ¶ Me thinke of truth to muche ye erre In your reproche spoke of disdain Affirmyng plaine in tyme of warre We Welshemen no honor to attain Nether yet in peace trewe to remain Your barberous wordes backe doth reboūde To your infame all thynges doth sounde ¶ It is vnmete a man of your age Accompted sadde wise and discrete So violently abrode to rage Matters to penne whiche is vnmete With wordes vntrew with termes onswete Or thynges deny whiche auctours olde In tyme long past bothe wrote and tolde ¶ Who shal but thinke your sentence light As thynges in vain to none effecte Wordes of reproche spoke again right Menne should abhorre and cleane reiecte To breue my tyme this is th effecte Your slaunderous wordes affirmeth plaine To rise of ire hatred or disdayne ¶ If ye of force will vs persewe Onely through your ingratitude Blame vs nothyng your wordes exchewe Beware hurte not a multitude Lest some perchaunce with sentence rude Iustely again like your offence Euen with the same will you recompence ¶ We speake to you Master Polidorus Whose ingratitude we greatly complain Ye go aboute to rase out the floures Of our parentes as thynges in vain And yet of truthe ye cannot refrain But generally vs to accuse No indifferency herin ye vse ¶ We Welshemen saie for our defence That ye Romayns surmountyng in pride With your Imperiall magnificence Supposyng therby the heuens to deuide Came long after our noble tribe So that we maie write of your estate Not ye of vs ye came all to late ¶ How should ye knowe our antecessours Our stocke our line our progeny Our moste mightie conquerours Sithe ye bee of muche lesse memory Writyng nothyng almoste plainly But what doth rebounde to your estate Magnifiyng the pompe of your Senate ¶ By cause your auctoure Titus Liuius Of noble Brute maketh no mencion Beyng perchaunce somewhat obliuius Or knewe not of that succession Therfore ye make no discripcion But onely of your kynges of Italie Whiche reigned there successiuely ¶ As appereth by storie euident Called Fasciculus Temporum Where litle is to vs pertinent But to the first of your succession Hauyng the regall possession Breuely doth passe all other thynges Onely doth write but of a fewe kynges ¶ Though he forgate this noble prince Or listed not his fame to conuaie Yet shall he not his name conuince Nor this his honor to pulle awaie Fasciculus Temporum plainly doth saie That Brute beganne first to excell Whē Heli was prieste and Iudge of Israel ¶ Holy Eusebius doth testifie Also sainct Bede maketh mencion That noble Brute of the age fiue and thirty Entered first into this region Whiche was before Christes incarnacion A thousand i. C. twenty and twayne And after Troye xliii yeres playne ¶ Galfridus affirmeth assuredly That noble Brute in his yeres grene Like Marce for strength fearce and hardy In Grece moste princely was sene Wan there croune ceptre and diademe From Panderus of Achilles blud His doughter his treasure with all his gud ¶ And further the Grekes to deface That daie he did the felde recure Moste princely met them in the face Whose knightly strokes thei might not in A shilde he bare the felde of asure dure ●…hree crounes of gold sumteously wrought A Lion sette on his helmet a lofte ¶ Also G●…ydo do Collumpnia Doth verifie this to be trewe That he did honor the goddes Diana Passyng the seas fortune to insewe Where he had answere his ioyes to renewe Beyng right yong should supply the place with scepter croune his enemies to inchase ¶ Ranulphus a manne of perfeccion Writeth right playne as in this case How noble Brute within this region Landed first by a speciall grace Predestinate before was that place As Diana the mightie Goddes Had promised namyng it Totnesse ¶ Also the Floure of histories Named Peter Pactauiences With many noble writers Alloweth the verie same sences To muche of truthe are their offences Whiche will alone suche thynges deny That auctours olde do write and verify ¶ Martinus super Cronicas Vtropius and Sabellicus Affirmeth playne how all thyng was In the tyme of Brenne and Belenus Of the discent of noble Brutus How thei entered first into Italie Hauyng at Rome gates a noble victorie ¶ This story to amplifie and augment The sixt yere of Artaxarses the kyng As Iacobus Phillippus doth assent Ouer the Persians that tyme reignyng These princes ii with standerdes displaiyng As brother with brother of one minde assēt Again you Romains with hert most veruēt ¶ Had a battaill strong as is expressed Where your Senate Tribunes Dictators By knightly force wer clene oppressed Your Pretours Consules and gouernors Your lusty manfull young soldiors Your valiant knightes in stele armed bright All wer taken slain or put to flight ¶ Ye cannot well these auctours deny For all your vain stentacion Your citee spoyled all went a wry Make therof a true declaracion Ye wer right faine by composicion A peace to take ths is no naie Els to yelde vp or sone flie awaie ¶ Noble Arthur the famous Brute Of thesame line and true succession Whiche by his cōquest and princely pursute Uanquished full many a region Sonne of Uter called Pendragon Chronicles plainly doth it specify Yet ye Romaines this prince will deny ¶ Loke in Fasciculus Temporum The tyme of Bisshoppe Hilarius In lina Christi accomptyng the sum Foure hundred sixty foure truly to discus Then florished Arthur that was victorious With his owne hande in one daie he slewe Foure hundred sixty if that story be true ¶ Also beholde Poli cronicon The ▪ xxiii Chapiter the seuenth boke There maie ye se by plain discripcion The yere of our Lorde who list to loke A●… xi hundred foure score his body vp toke Translated into Glastinbury By the famous kyng the second Henry ¶ In the thirtie yere or there aboute Of our soueraigne kyng Henry theight Ye blinded Romains to put out of doubte The cause made plain perfect and streight A crosse was founde of full greate waight In Glastenbury with letters of golde Grauen full depe with this sentence olde ¶ Here lieth Arthur the worthy kyng Depe in the