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A05076	An epitome of chronicles Conteyninge the whole discourse of the histories as well of this realme of England, as al other cou[n]treys, with the succession of their kinges, the time of their reigne, and what notable actes they did ... gathered out of most probable auctours. Firste by Thomas Lanquet, from the beginning of the worlde to the incarnacion of Christe, secondely to the reigne of our soueraigne lord king Edward the sixt by Thomas Cooper, and thirdly to the reigne of our soueraigne Ladye Quene Elizabeth, by Robert Crowley. Anno. 1559.	Lanquet, Thomas, 1521-1545.; Cooper, Thomas, 1517?-1594. aut; Crowley, Robert, 1518?-1588. aut	1559 (1559)	STC 15217.5; ESTC S108255	485,101	678

in prison Anni regum britannie 16 and after beheaded at the castell named Macherunta Our sauiour Christ whan he had finished the legacy of god the father The yere of the worlde 3994 The yere of Christ 33 opened the doctrine of eternal life Anni regum britannie 17 to his vnkynde people the Iewes offred him selfe wyllyngelye to the moste cruell death of our redempcion pa●ynge the raunsome of that bondage to the whiche we were thral and in daunger At whiche tyme of hys passion was a great erthquake and at syxe a clocke of the daie so terryble a clypse of the son contrary all naturall course that for great darkenes it semed to be very nighte The third day folowinge he rose again from deth to life cōquering ones three mightie aduersaries to whose tyrannye wee were subiecte that is deathe sinne and Satan On the xl daye declarynge him selfe to be a mightie and puisant conquerour he ascended to the righthande of the father wher he remaineth as the only and perpetuall defēdour and meditatour of his people from whens according to his blessed promise the .50 day he sent his heuenly spirit and quaylyng in thi s poyt the promulgation of this law in the mount of Oreb for euen as the children of Israell 50. daies after their deliuerye frome the captiuitee of Aegypt and bondage of king Pharo receiued the law written with the finger of god so in like maner his blessed apostles the veraie children of god the fifty day after our deliueraunce from the spirituall Egypt and seruage of Pharo the diuell receiued his heauenly spirite the true comfortour which should leade theim into all truth and writte the eternall law of god in their hertes The Iewes began to persecute the apostles and martyred Stephen stonyng him to death Anni regum britannie 8 Sainct Paule the elect vessel of god beyng called by a vision The yere of the worlde 3995 The yere of Christ 34 was made of an open aduersarye and cruell persecutour of the churche of Christ the most faithfull apostle and true doctour of the gentles Emonge whom he taught the word of god with so great fruite and encreased so largely the Christian faith that he was after worthely named the chiefe of the apostles Symon Magus whiche had seduced the people of Samaria with Magicall artes and wichechrafte was by Philip conuict of his errour and baptized Candaces also the Eunuke of the queene of Moorens was conuerted to the faythe of Christe and baptized of Philippe ¶ Pilate after the death of Christ as witnesseth Tertulian wrate to Tyberius the emperour of the deathe vertue and miracles of Christ who after that he had published the same in the senate wold haue had Christe to bee ascribed and numbred among the gods of the Romains but the senatours would not consent therto in any wise because that Pilate wrote to the emperour of that matter and not to theim But Tiberius continued in his sentence and defended on paine of death that no man shold persecute the Christian people Iames called the brother of Christ was ordeined byshop of Hierusalem ¶ Tyberius the emperour because he woulde not be disquieted with the businesses of the comon weale but onelye at rest and idlenes departed frome Rome to the Isle of Capres wher he gaue him selfe only to 〈◊〉 leisure ¶ Sainct Paule went to preache the gospell in Arabia and after retourned to Damascus The byrde called Fenix aboute this time came in to Aegypte The yere of the worlde 3996 The yere of Christ 35 Anni regum britannie 19 Philo a Iewe of Alexandria a man veraie eloquente and wel learned was famous He wrote againste appiane and defended the Iewes both grauely and wisely he wrot also diuers thinges in praise of Christian religion wherfore of Hierome he is numbred among the ecclesisticall writers Areta king of Arabia made fierce war vpon Herode because that after he had maried his daughter The yere of the worlde 3997 The yere of Christ 36 Anni regum britannie 20 and liued with her certain yeres he lastly forsoke her kept Herodiades the wife of his natural brother being then liuing Sinnaces and Abdus vnknowing to Artabanus king of Parthia cam in ambassade to Rome desiring to haue Phrahates to their kinge Phrahates shortly after sickened dyed in Surrei and than was Mithridates of H●beria ordeined in his place wherof ensued deadly warre betwene the Parthians Armenians and Hiberian Paule retourned to Hierusalem The yere of the worlde 3998 The yere of Christ 37 The yere of the worlde 3999 The yere of Christ 38 Agrippa Anni regum britannie 21 a Iue beyng accused for speaking of certaine wordes against Tyberius was ledde to prison Anni regum britannie 22 at whyche time it was hys fortune to meete wyth a southsa●er which tolde him before of his deliueraunce and wonderful prosperitee to the whiche he was after aduansed by Calihula and Claudius Pilate was commanded by Uitellius prouost of Surrei to go vnto Rome there to aunswere to certaine complainctes which should be layed to his charge by the Iewes for whiche accusations he was after deposed and banished to Lions in France wher as Eusebius sayth he slue him selfe Marsellius was made president of Iudea Lu. Uitellius president of Surrei Tyberius after longe sickenes the .xvii. daie of the kalendes of Aprile paide his dette to nature Caius Caligula the son of Germanicus and .4 Cesar Anni regum britannie 23 was admitted to the empire with so great reioysinge of the hole citee The yere of the worlde 4000 The yere of Christ 3 that within lesse then thre monethes there were 1500●0 sacrifices offered in thankes geuinge to the goddes that he beinge of the stocke of Germanicus happened to be theyr emperour This man at the firste beginning was of maners right pleasaunt and commendable But after he became so detestable in pride incontinency and beastly crueltee that he semed rather a monster of a man and filthye example of all vice than a prynce or gouernour of a publike weale He vsed to sytte in the temple amonge the goddes sumptuouslye arayed in purple and golde offring him selfe to be worshipped of the people he defloured three of his owne sisters and tooke other mens wiues vyolently frome theym Often tymes he bewayled the condicion and state of his age that it was not made famous with any notable or gret calamitees of the common weale for certain displeasure that he conceiued towarde the Romaines he wished ernestlye that all the people of Rome hadde but one necke that he for his pleasure might destroye suche a multitude Throughe thys greate mutacion of maners in Caligula happened thys prouerbe to rise There was neuer a better prince at the beginning nor a worse tyran at the endinge Caligula deliuered Agrippa oute of prison and in the steede of his fetters and yrōs gaue to him a crowne and a chiane of golde of the same weighte as his yrons were and made him

power and ruled muche this lande Anni regum Angli whiche vniustlye slewe Alfrede the sonne of Etheldrede and brother of Edwarde and vsed extreme crueltie toward the Normaines whiche accompanied the saide Alfrede when he came out of Normandye 〈◊〉 visite his mother Emma The emperour Henry ouercame the Bohemes made them tributary Peter kinge of Hungarie for his lecherie and crueltee was depriued of his royall aucthoritye of Aba and fledde for ayde to Henry emperour of Germany Humfrei the Norman and brother of Drogon succeded in the Erldome of Pu●l Hardikinitus ended his lyfe after whose death the Danes were beaten slaine and driuen oute of this lande into theyr owne countrey .28 yeres after Sueno began fyrste to reigne EDwarde the sonne of Egeldrede or Etheldrede The yere of the worlde 5004 The yere of Christ by the aduyse of Godwine and Leofricus Erle of Chester after the deathe of Hardikinitus was sente for out of Normandie Anni regum Angli 1 to take on hym the gouernance of this realme of England whiche he guided with muche wysedome and iustice .24 yeres From whom issued as oute of a fountayne verie godlynesse mercy pites and lyberalitee towarde the poore gentilnesse and iustice toward all men And in all honest life gaue most goodly example to his people He discharged the Englisshemen of the greate tribute called the Dane gelde whiche was often before tyme leuied to the impouerishyng of the people He subdued also the Welshemen whiche rebelled made warre vpon their borderers Peter kynge of Hungarye was agayne restored to his kyngdome and Aba or Alboyne by the healpe of the emperour Henrie expelled Magnus kynge of Norway hearynge of the deathe of Hardikinitus with a great puisance inuaded Denmarke and expelling Sueno the lieuetenante subdued the countrey to his signorie By which meane Denmarke became subiect to the Northgaynes Michaell Calaphates whiche was adopted by Zoe with great vnkyndnesse sent hir in banisshemente Wherfore he was bereft of his sight and put from the empyre After whome Constantine Monomathus was made emperour of Constantinople and maried Zoe the empresse He reigned .xii. yeres Anni regum Angli 2 The Romains depryned Bennet the .ix. of hys byshoprike and ordeined in hys place Siluester the iii. Bennet ▪ The yere of the worlde 5005 The yere of Christ within short space after beyng restored to his fee fearyng to be againe depryued sold hys roome to one Iohn an archedeacon who was called Gregory the .vi. Makbeth reigned among the Scottes .xvi yeres whiche at the beginnyng dyd many thinges to the profyte of the realme but after he became a cruell tyranne and was vanquisshed and slayne by Malcome by the ayde of the Englishemen The yere of the worlde 5008 The yere of Christ 1047 By the counsaile of Erle Godwine Anni regum Angli 5 and Robert byshop of Canturburye Emma the mother of kynge Edwarde of Englande for vniust accusacions was put to great iniuries and was deliuered by miracle passing ouer .ix. plough shares burnyng hote as fyre without hurt or domage Certaine pyrates of the Danes entred Englande at the hauen of Sandwiche whiche were chased and dryuen to their ships Henrye the emperour hauyng knowlage of the discorde betwene the bishops in Rome went thytherwarde with a stronge armye Where he assemblyng a synode condemned the .iii. troublous monsters Bennet Syluester and Gregorie and made Switgerus byshop whiche was named the .ii. Clemente of whome he receiued the imperyall Diademe and prohibited the Romaynes thensfoorthe to chose anybyshop Whiche thing was after cause of moste deadly warres Clement was byshop .ix. monethes and after hym Damasus 23. daies The yere of the worlde 5009 The yere of Christ and than ●eo the .ix. syxe yeres Nere about this tyme in Englande fill passyng greate snowe The yere of the worlde 5011 The yere of Christ 1050 after whiche ensued a greate morialyte● of men Anni regum Angli 8 mooreine of cattayle and by lyghtnynge the corne was wonderfully brent and wasted Sanctius the .ii. kyng of Castile not beynge contented with his owne kyngedome The yere of Christ 1051 inuaded Legio Anni regum Angli 9 and expelled his brother Alphons The yere of the worlde 5012 who fled to the Sarasens He subdued also Portugal and Galyce and chased Garsias Eustace Erle of Bolongne came into Englād through whom variance happened betwene kynge Edwarde and Erle Godwine The yere of the worlde The yere of Christ 1052 who perceiuyng Anni regum Angli 10 that he coulde not withstande the kynges malyce fled into Flaunders and was outlawed Edwarde repudiated hys wyfe the doughter of Erle Godwine Gysulphus Erle of Puel inuaded the citee Boneuent And by force toke and withhelde the tribute whiche the churche of Babenberge payeth yeerely to the Romayne bishop Leo bishoppe of Rome hauing ayde of the emperoure went with an armie against Gysulphus Anni regum Angli 11 The yere of the worlde The yere of Christ and at the fyrste encounter was of hym vanquyshed and taken prisoner But shortly after he was sent agayne sauefely to Rome William bastarde Duke of Normandye aboute this tyme came with a goodlye company into Englande and was honourably receiued to whom the kyng made great chere and at his retourne enriched him with great giftes and pleasures ▪ and as some write made promyse to hym ▪ that if he dyed withoute issue the same Willyam shoulde succede him in the kingdome of England Erle Godwine was reconsiled to kynge Edwarde and called from banisshmente Anni regum Angli 12 The yere of the worlde The yere of Christ and for hys trueth and good a bearynge gaue for pledges hys .ii. sonnes Byornon and Toston whiche were sent to the Duke of Normandye to be kept Anni regum Angli 13 The Scottes rebelled against kyng Edwarde Wherfore Edwarde Erle of Northumberlande assembled an hoste entred the lande subdued the Scottes The yere of the worlde 5016 The yere of Christ 1055 chased the kynge out of his realme and gaue the kyngdome to Malcolme or Malcoline sonne of the kynge of Cumbres whiche the Scottyishe historye setteth after this tyme in the yere of our lord .1061 As Erle Godwine sate at the table with kyng Edward it hapned one of the cuppe bearers to stumble recouer agayne so that he dyd sheade none of the drynke whereat Godwine lowgh and sayed Nowe that one brother hathe susteigned that other With whiche wordes the king calling to minde his brothers death that was slaine by Godwyne behelde the Erle saiynge so shoulde my brother Alphrede haue holpen me ne had Godwine ben Godwyne then fearing the kynges displeasure to be newly kendled after many wordes in excusing him selfe saied so mought I sauelye swallow this morsell of bread as I am giltlesse of the deede But as soone as he had receiued the breade forthwith he was choked Uictor bishop of Rome .ii. yeres Anni regum Angli 14 Algarus Erle of Oxenford The yere of the worlde 5017 The yere of

take peace should be slayne But in fine after .v monethes they were constraigned with hunger to yelde them selfe at whiche tyme the Corinthes and Thebans woulde haue had their citie vtterly destroied but the Lacedemons would not vse suche extreme cruelte towarde that citee ▪ whiche was alwaye counted one of the eies of Grece by whome thei had receiued so great beneiftes in expulsing the Medes and Perses Therfore it was decreed that onely their walles and towers should be caste to the erth and to them prescribed a certayn forme of gouernance accordyng to the which thei should lyue The yere of the worlde 3556 The yere before Christe 407 Nepherites kyng of Aegypt reigned .vi. yeares Orestes in Macedon reigned .3 yeres Before Britayne knovven 357 The yere of the worlde 3557 The yere before Christe 406 Thyrtie men were elected of the Atheniens to gouerne their common weale Before Britayne knovven 356 Lysander by dedicion toke Samos Dionyse the elder by tyrāny possessed Sicilie The Carthaginenses vanquished Gella and Camerina In Rome the Questores were elected of the cōmō people Artaxerxes the .xi. emperour of Persia Before Britayne knovven 355 surnamed Mēnon The yere of the worlde 3558 The yere before Christe 405 reigned .xl. yeres vnto Cyrus his brother by inheritaunce fell Ionia and Lydia ouer whiche Tissaphernes was president For whiche cause and beyng desirous of dominion priuily he wrought treason agaynst the kyng his brother which being knowē vnto Artaxerxes caused hym to be taken whom he cast in prison with goldē fetters But at lengthe by the prayers of his mother beyng delyuered he made open warre gettyng on his part the Lacedemones and so fightynge in a bataile Artaxerxes was wounded but Cyrus was there slayne The .xxx. men began to tyrrannyse Athenez by Thrasybulus they were vainquished in Pyreo where he was slayne The popular gouernāce of Athenes was again restored Archelaus king of Macedon reigned .4 yeares Before Britayne knovven 354 Thimbron the Lacedemon receiued certaine citees of Asia vnder his rule and gouernaunce The yere of the worlde 3559 The yere before Christe 404 About this time Dercillidas succeded Thimbron He toke Larissa Before Britayne knovven 353 Amaxion and Colonas The yere of the worlde 3560 The yere before Christe receiued the Kebrinos by submission restored the Sceoseos to libertee subdued Gergitha possessed Acarges and walled the .xi. cytees of Isthmus Wages was first graunted to the Romaine souldiors of the common cost Before Britayne knovven 352 Agis with fier and sworde wasted the prouynce of Elia and restored the Greeke cities vnto their liberte The yere of the worlde 3561 The yere before Christe 402 After his deathe Agesilaus was constituted kynge of Lacedemonia Before Britayne knovven 351 ¶ This Agesilaus was of excellente vertue euen frome his childehode as in trouthe Iustice temperance The yere of the worlde 3562 The yere before Christe 401 noble courage liberalite and continence Wherfore he was so muche honoured and prospered so well that he subdued to the Lacedemones innumerable cities and countreys in asia and Grece whan one demanded a thyng of him whiche was vniuste sayinge that he had promysed it He aunswered If it were iuste I promysed it but if it were vniuste I spake but I promysed it not he neuer spake with any woman sauing his wyfe but either in the temple or afore all men thinking those two places to be void of suspicion Whan he was demaunded why he laye no more richely than a priuate person he aunswered That a prince ought to excel other men not in delicacie but in temperance and moderate lyuing Truly the lyfe of this man was wonderful and worthy to be an example to other princes as it appereth in Plutarke which wryteth at large BElinus and Brennus sonnes of Mulmutius deuided this hole isle of Britayne betwene theim vnto Beline as elder was appoynted England Wales and Cornewall vnto other the northe parte beyonde Humber But Brennus a young man desyrous of glory and dominion thinkinge hym selfe equall with his brother in marciall prowes was not therwith contente Wherfore he raysed warre against Beline but in cōclusion by the meanes of their mother they were accorded and Brennus geuen wholly to the studie of warres leauing his countreye to the gouernāce of his brother wēt into Fraunce among the Galles wher in the prouice of Lyons for his excellent qualitees he was greatly estemed of Siguinus king of that countreye whose daughter he maried and of the Galles was made soueraygne capitayne when they made their expedicion to Rome of which I shall hereafter more largely declare Beline in the meane time both in ciuile iustice and also religiō as at that time was vsed encreased his realme cōstituting thre Archeflamins whose seas were at London York Carleon he finished the foure great wayes begun by his father subdued made tributarie vnto him Denmarke In London he made the hauen whiche at this day reteyneth the name of him called Belines gate ▪ and as mayster Leyland writeth whose labour industry in moste diligent serching out of the antiquities of this realme is greatly to be commended builded the tower of London he maried his doughter Cambra vnto a prīce of almani called Antenor of whom those people were called Cimbri and Sycambri Finallye after he had reygned wyth his brother and alone .26 yeares he dyed and after the pagan maner with great pompe was burned The yere of the worlde 3563 The yere before Christe 400 Pausanias was king of Macedon one yere Before Britayne knovven 350 The warres betwene the Lacedemones and Thebanes beganne The yere of the worlde 3564 The yere before Christe 399 Amintas reigned in Macedone .vi. yeres Before Britayne knovven 349 Otis king of Paphlagonia toke parte with Agesslaus Erippidas ouerthrue and put to flighte Pharnabazus Lisander ledde his armye into Phocea where in a skyrmishe at a gate of a citee he was slayne the Thebanes erected the token of theyr victory Pausanias the other king of Lacedemonia for all the victories that he had atcheued for his countreye was cōdemned to die for which cause he fled into Tegea where he finished his life with sickenesse ¶ The Lacedemones were vanquished by the parte takers of the Atheniēses Agesilaus was called out of Asia to succour his countrey he vanquished the Thessalians ouerthrewe the Thebanes wasted the lande of Argiues tooke Pyreum and in ayde of the Acheis with fire and sworde destroyed the lande of the Acarnanes For which cause the Acarnanes made peace with the Acheians and entred in amitee with the Lacedemons Ioannes sonne of Iudas and brother of Iesu The yere of the worlde 3568 was high priest of the Iewes Before Britayne knovven 345 The yere before Christe 395 The two bretherne Phileni for the dilatinge of the dominion of Carthage suffered them selues to be buryed quicke of the Cyrenenses In this time many cities of Greece fell vnto the parte of Pharnabazus who with Conon preparinge a nauye did great domage to

of Rome was sente to subdue Carassus Anni regum britannie 1 whiche vnl●●ully vsurped regallye in Britain to which Alectus fortune was so fauourable that he chased Carassus and lastlye slue him whan he had reigne d .8 yeres Alexander the emperour forbade that great officers should haue substitutes or vicegerentes and commaunded euery man to do his owne office diligently Anni regum britannie 2 Artaxarces the persian The yere of the worlde 4188 The yere of Christ 227 slewe Artabanus kinge of the Parthians and restored that kingedome to his signorie of Persee chalenging also of the Romaines al Asia and a part of Europe as due to his dominion Theodorus called also Gregorye and Anthenodorus disciples of Origene Anni regum britannie 4 and bishoppes of Ponte The yere of the worlde 4190 The yere of Christ 229 were famous Aphricanus a man excellent in the knowlage of diuine scriptures flourished Alectus the Romaine whiche gouerned the Britons after he had subdued the lande againe to the Romaines vsed amonge them muche crueltee and tyrannie Wherfore they entending vtterly to expelle the Romains meued a noble mā called Ascleopidatus to take on him the kingedome who gathered a greatte power and made sharpe warre vpon the Romains and chased them from countrey to countrey vntil at length Alectus kepte him at London for his most suertye whither Ascleopidatus pursued him and nere to that citee gaue to him battaile in whiche Alectus was slaine whan he had gouerned Britaine .6 yeres AScleopidatus after Alectus was thus slaine The yere of the worlde 4193 The yere of Christ 232 girt the citee of London with a strong siege Anni regum britannie 1 and therin Liuius Gallus the Romaine capitain and ere it were long by knightly force and vyolence entred the citee and slew the forenamed Gallus nere vnto a broke there at that day renninge into whiche broke he threwe him by reason wherof it was called Gallus or Wallus broke and at this daye the streate where somtime that broke ranne is called Walbroke After whiche victorye Ascleopidatus gouerned Britaine .30 yeres Firmilianus bishop of the citee of Cesoria in Capadocia Alexander the emperour as sayeth Lampridius ouercame the Persians But Herodian affirmeth that partly through his owne slacknesse partly by the great multitude of the Persians he was put to the worse The Romaine capitaine F. Celsus had prosperous successe in the warres in Mauritania likewise Uarus Macrinus in Iliria and Iulius Palmatus in Armenia ¶ Origene fled to Cesaria leuinge Haraclas in his roome at Alexandria The yere of the worlde 4194 The yere of Christ 233 Anni regum britannie 2 Pontianus the .17 pope .vi. yeres The yere of the worlde 4196 The yere of Christ 235 About this time the emperour Alexander Anni regum britannie 4 by the counsaile of hip mother Mammea sent for Origene to Rome being meued with the fame of his excellēt learning and godly lyfe The yere of the worlde 4197 The yere of Christ 236 At Mense in Germanie Anni regum britannie 5 Alexander with his mother Mammea was slayne by Maximinus whom he of a mulettouor had aduaunced t rhighe dignitees Dometr●us bishop of Alexandria died when he had bene bishop .43 yeres after whom folowed Heraclias The yere of the worlde The yere of Christ 237 Maximinus was emperour after Alexander Anni regum britannie 6 and reygned .3 yeres This man in his youthe was a mulettour in Thracia After he came to Rome and there practised feates of armes wherin for the wonderfull bignesse and strength of his bodie whiche he had ioyned with excellent boldnes of minde he so profited that in chiualrye he passed all men of his time Wherfore he was set vp of the souldiours agaynst Alex ander After whose deathe he exercised great tyranny towarde his frendes Of him it is written that he did eate euerye daye .40 pounde of fleshe and dranke .v. galones of wine Maximinius vanquished the Germains and in his retourne shewed great crueltee to the Romains Dionisius the disciple of Origene succeded Heracla● in the schole at Alexandria Maximinus persecuted the Christians The yere of the worlde 4200 The yere of Christ 239 Berillus bishop of a towne in Arabia Anni regum britannie 8 named Bosterna taught that Christ neither was before his carnal natiuitee nor had any propre diuinitee but onely the deite of god the father dwelling in him whom Origene confused and brought againe to the vnitee of the churche The people of Afrike not susteining the crueltee of Maximinus chose Gordian an auncient Senatour to be emperour whereof the people of Rome were veraye glad But Cap●llianus prouoste of Mauritania for dyspleasure that he bare towarde Gordian went agaynste hym with a strong army and in battail slue his son and discomfited his hoste Wherefore Gordian fearinge to come into his enemies handes hanged him selfe Antherus pope one moneth and after hym Fa●ian .xii yeres Anni regum britannie 9 Maximus Balbinus and Gordian a chylde were named emperours of the senate against Maximinus The yere of the worlde 4201 The yere of Christ 240 who not longe after was slaine at Aquileia of his souldiours Babilas beshoppe of Antioch Atherco after the slaughter of Ethodius his father was chosen kinge of Scottes and reigned .xii. yerres At the beginninge he shewed some token of honest towardnes but after he was so inuolued in all vncleane vice effeminate luste that he was not ashamed to goo in the sighte of the people playinge vpon a flute and reioysed more to be a fidlar than a prince finally beinge pursued for rauishinge the doughters of Nathalas a noble man of Arg●le he slewe him selfe Marimus and Balbinus for that they were not fauorable to the souldiours Anni regum britannie 10 were slayne at Rome The yere of the worlde 4202 by whyche occasion Gordian the childe reigned alone The yere of Christ 241 This Gordian accustomed to say that he was a wretched prince frō whom by flatterie the truth of matters is hid Sapores kinge of Persians .31 yeres Sabinianus reised a sedicion in Afrike agaynste Gordian whiche was quieted by the prouost of Mauritania Anni regum britannie 11 Gordian toke to wife the daughter of a wyse and wel learned man called Misitheus The yere of the worlde 4203 The yere of Christ 242 by whose counsayle also he gouerned the empire wyth the greatte fauour of the senate and people of Rome Porphir●us the disciple of Piotine and deadly enemye of christian religion flourished in Rome Theopompus the philosopher at Cherona Nicanor the sophister at Athenes Affricanus also a man of excellent learning whiche wrote to Origene were famous Anni regum britannie 12 Gordian went into the east against the Persians In his iourney he vanquished his enemies in Thracia The yere of the worlde 4204 The yere of Christ 243 In Surie by the counsaile of Pisitheus he ouercame Saxor king of Perse and by force droue him out of Surie ▪ He recouered

he there deceassed beinge .110 yeares of age whose bones the Hebrues caried with theym into the lande of Behest as Ioseph bound theym to doo in his death bead The resydue of his historye who so is desyrous to reade maye resorte vnto the holye byble where in the ende of Genesis it is at large set furth The Italyans beyng oppressed of the tyrannos gyantes in the tribe Palen●an called vnto theim Osyris Lucus began to reigne among the Gaules The yere of the worlde 2205 The yere before Christe 1758 who gaue hym selfe to huntyng The yere of the worlde 2208 The yere before Christe 1755 Osyris subduyng all Italy The yere of the worlde 2209 The yere before Christe 1754 and vanquishyng those giantes kept the possession therof ten yeres and than lefte Lestrigon his nephue the son of Neptune to be kyng ouer the Ianigenes ¶ Baleus the second of that name The yere of the worlde 2211 The yere before Christe 1752 the .11 emperoure of Assyria moste famously and triumphantly reigned .52 yeres to whome willingly the Indians submitted them selues ¶ Ioseph in this tyme was solde by his bretherne to the Ismaelites The yere of the worlde 2216 The yere before Christe 1747 ¶ Apis the thirde kyng of Argiues The yere of the worlde 2217 The yere before Christe 1746 reigned .35 yeares He left his brother Aegialeus kyng in Achaia and went him selfe into Aegypt where he was had in great honor ¶ Sueuus began to reigne ouer the Germanes The yere of the worlde 2219 The yere before Christe 1744 a mā veraie frequent prosperous in warres of whom the Suisses a people in Germanie veraye fiers and warlike toke their name He builded also a noble citee called Tigur ¶ At the same time reigned in Fraunce Celta of whome the people were called Celtes Lestrigo the neuew of Osyris began to reigne ouer the Italians ¶ Osyris returned into Aegypte and in a piller whyche shulde remaine for a perpetuall monument The yere of the worlde 2220 The yere before Christe 1743 he graued al his expedicion of the worlde Who after fiue yeres was slain of his brother Typhon with the consente of all the gyantes ¶ Busites in Phenicia the other Typhō in Phrigia The yere of the worlde 2225 The yere before Christe 1738 Anteus in Libia the Lomnines in Spayn the Lestrigōs in Italye and M●linus in Candye beganne to tyrannise the worlde ¶ Isaac beyng .180 yeres of age The yere of the worlde 2229 The yere before Christe 1734 blessynge all his chyldren dyed and was buried in Hebron Ioseph by divine inspiracion The yere of the worlde 2230 The yere before Christe 1733 expounded the dreames of Pharao declarynge the seuen plentyfull yeares that were to come and the seuen barrain and hard yeres whiche shulde ensue that shoulde cleane consume the aboundance of the yeres precedyng ▪ by whose politike prouision Aegypt was relieued from famine and Pharao greately enriched therby for whiche cause he made hym Regente of his roialme and named hym the saluior of the worlde ¶ Of this Ioseph Trogus Pompeius and also his abbreuiatour Iustine writeth in this maner Ioseph was the yongest amongest the bretherne whose excellēt witte they fearyng solde hym vnto straunge marchauntes by whom he was brought into Aegypt Whan he there with diligent study had lerned magicall sciences in short time he grew in great fauour with the king For he was both experte in prodigies and also fyrst founde oute the vnder standyng of dreames Yea there was nothyng neyther of goddis lawe or mans that seemed to hym vnknowen in so muche that he foreseyng the bareynnesse of the fieldes to come gathered the cornes And so great were his experiences that all his answeres semed not to come of man but from god Moyses was the sonne of Ioseph whose excellent fauour besydes the inheritaunce of his fathers knowlage dyd cōmend hym But the Aegypcians whan thei were plagued with the scabbes and filthynesse of body were admonished that thei shoulde expell hym with all the sycke people out of Aegypte leste that pestilence should infect more These be the wordes of Iustine Thei that desyre the truthe of this historie leat theim read the ende of Genesis The fertile or plentyfull yeres began no we The yere of the worlde 2231 The yere before Christe 1731 Herculus Lybius the sonne of Osyris and moste valiant capitain of his warres The yere before Christe 1731 for to be reuenged of his fathers deth The yere of the worlde 2232 toke his armour slue bothe the Typhons one in Aegipt the other ī Phrigia and also distroied Busyris in Phenicia Antheus in Lybia Milinus in Candie Lestrigones in Italye the Geryones in Spayne After whiche victories he substituted Hispalus kynge of Spayne And in Fraunce vpon Galathea the doughter of Celta he begat Galathes whiche was kynge after his grandfather and builded there the towne of Alexia In Italy he appoynted Thuscus kyng of whome they were alled Thuscas Finally after many notable actes by him done he deceased veraie aged amonge the Spaniardes nigh to the Gades where he was buried in a temple dedicated to him with diuine honoures The great famin or derthe beginneth The yere of the worlde 2238 The yere before Christe 1725 In the seconde yere therof Iacob with his sonnes and nephues descended into Aegipte Lacedemomia the noble citie of Grece The yere of the worlde 2241 The yere before Christe 1722 was in this time builded by Sparus the son of Phoroneus in the region of Peloponessus of whome it was called Sparta This afterwardes was the moste myghtie and flourishing citye of all the prouince of Grece Whyche kepte great and long warres with the Athenians to the vtter destruction of them bothe Unto these Lacedemonians Lycurgus gaue lawes and instructed them in those thinges that pertaineth to humanitie Amosis reygned in Aegipt .xxv. yeres The yere of the worlde 2245 The yere before Christe In which time the Dinastyes of Aegipt began to be called Pharaons Heratus the .x. king of Peloponessus reigned ▪ 46. yeres The yere of the worlde 2251 The yere before Christe Hercules Lybius in ten yeres subdued the Lestrigones and expelled theim out of Italy After whyche conquest he reigned peacebly .xx. yeres Argus the fourth king of Argiues The yere of the worlde 2253 The yere before Christe 1707 succeded his father Apis and reigned .70 yeares of whom his people were called Argiues In his reigne Grece began to haue the vse of cornes Iacob being in yeares .147 deceassed in Aegipte and was by his children sumptuously buried in Hebron The yere of the worlde 2259 The yere before Christe 1707 Altadas the .xii. emperoure of Assyria The yere of the worlde 2263 The yere before Christe reigned .xxxii. yeres he consumed his time in delicacies esteminge it a vayne thing to wast his life continually in labours and miseries which should not be for the benefite and vtilytee of mankind but to the destruction and seruitude ther of Therefore

also Appolonius the moste excellent oratour at that tyme in hearing him was greatly abashed and kepinge sylence a long space sayde at the laste Truely Cicero I prayse the and meruaile at the but I lamente greatlye the fortune of Grece when I consyder that not onely noblenes in dedes of armes and marciall affaires is taken frome vs by the valyantnesse and puissance of the Romains but also that the great prayse and glory of lerninge whiche was only left vnto vs is now by the translated to Rome Whiche saying was founden afterwarde very true for loke what subtilitee is in Logike what commoditee and secrete knowlage in phylosophie morall and naturall he knew and declared the same in latine in most perfecte eloquence And whiche is to be wondred atnotwithstanding that he being a verye yonge man came to practise in Rome and had studied abundantly the ciuile lawes and was meruailously occupied in greate and weightye causes and after that he was senatour was continually as it semed most busye about the weale publike yet he that doeth reade his workes althoughe we haue not the thyrd parte of them whiche he wrote shall thynke that he neuer did any other thing but reade great auctours and wrate bokes And yet did he exploit by his wisedome and diligence many great enterprises for the commoditee and sauegarde of his countrey as well in warre as in peace For the whiche the Senate and people gaue to him firste before anye other the name of Father of his countrey ¶ Catiline enterprised his conspiracy whyche by the great wisedome and diligence of Cicero was suppressed and Catiline slayne in battayle by Antonius who list to reade the history at length let him resorte to a booke intituled the conspiracy of Catiline trāslated into english by Thomas Paynell where it is abundantlye and elaquently set forth The yere of the worlde 3902 The yere before Christe 61 Pompeie after he had subdued Armenia Before Britayne knovven 11 Cappadocia Paphlagonia Media Cholcis Iberia Albania Syria Cilicia Mesopotamia Iudea and Arabia tryumphed when he hadde twise before triumphed for winninge of Spayne and Affrike At this time he brought into the common treasure of golde and syluer in money plate xx thousande talentes whiche if they were common talentes amounted to .xx. hundred thousande poundes yf they were the great talentes .27 hundred and .26 thousand .641 poundes 1● s. 4. d. besides that was geuen to the souldiours whiche had serued in his warres whereof may be gathered the wōderful ryches of the Romains CAssiuelan the sonne of Heli Before Britayne knovven 8 as our vulgar historiographers write The yere of the worlde 3905 The yere before Christe 58 after the death of his brother Lud was made gouernour of Britayn which he ruled xix yeres In the .8 yere of his reigne Iulius Cesar who warred long time in Fraunce made the first viage of any straunger into this realme after subdued it where vnto this time it remayned vnknowen to the Romains ¶ France was appointed to Cesar for his prouince whither he was sent with .x. legions there to remaine for .v. yeres he in nine yeres reduced into the fourme of a prouince all that parte which is included within the mountaynes Pyrenes Alpes and Ge●enna and the ryuers of Rine and Rhone and the occean sea he warred also vpō the Germaines on the other side of Rine and ouercame the Britaines In al his warres fortune was but thrise contrary to him for in Britaine by force of the tēpest his nauy was destroyed in Frāce a legion was vanquished at Gergonia and in the costes of Germany his ambassadours were slayne Before Britayne knovven 7 Ptolomeus king of Egipt driuen out of his realme came to Rome The yere of the worlde 3906 The yere before Christe 57 Cato being compelled tooke Cipers for his prouince and subdued it Clodius protectour of the comminaltie appoynted a daye to Cicero to be exyled Before Britayne knovven 6 Alexander the son of Aristobulus The yere of the worlde 3907 escaped from the Romaines and inuaded Iury The yere before Christe 56 but by Gabinius he was vāquished and taken Cicero in the .xvi. moneth of his exyle by the consent of all the people was called home with great honour Before Britayne knovven 5 Gabinius by the persuasion of Antonius The yere of the worlde 3908 The yere before Christe 55 restored Ptolome to his realme Before Britayne knovven 4 Edeix after the death of Ewin The yere of the worlde 3909 The yere before Christe 54 tooke on him the gouernance of Scotlande and ruled it ●8 yeres In the time of his reigne Britaine was subdued to the Romaines and Scotlande also troubled with sundry sedicions M. Crassus in his voyage toward Parthia entred Hierusalem and spoyled the temple of al the treasure whiche Pompeius left vntouched And then passinge the ryuer Euphrates fighting with the Parthians was slain with al his army Before Britayne knovven 3 A fyre chaunced in Rome by whiche .14 stretes were bourned The yere of the worlde 3910 The yere before Christe 53 Before Britayne knovven 2 Clodius was slayne by Milo who moued a sedicion in Rome The yere of the worlde 3911 The yere before Christe 52 ¶ The preface of Thomas Lanquet to the second parte of the histories of England I Haue hitherto briefli ronne ouer the liues of .72 kinges which reigned here in Britaine from the arriuall of Brute vnto the comming of Cesar the history wherof as I said before is very vncertaine obscure Yet neuerthelesse I haue not varyed from the vulgar opinion therof but haue brought the same in to a more certaine ordre conferring them with the other histories and gestes of the world wherby they haue a better apparance of truth But now that I am come to this time in which the Britons beganne to be knowen to the Romaines and other nacions of the world hauing also the helpe of credible historiens whiche before I lacked I shall the more veritably and in better order set foorthe our histories And for the better declaracion of this chronicle you shall vnderstande that the numbres set in the inner side of the page signifie the yeres of the reignes of the kīges of Britain wherby may be perceiued in what yere of the reigne of a kinge anye notable thinge in the world was done As for the historye of Cesar I haue gathered it out of his cōmentaries and out of the worshipful Beda whome I thinke more credible than our newe historiens VUhen C. Iullus Cesar had warred seuen yeres in Fraunce and Germany The yere before Christe 52 Anni regum britannie 7 comming vnto that part where Calais and Bolayne now stande The yere of the worlde 3911 he determined to make warre into Britaine whyche vntill that time remayned vnfrequented and vnknowen of the Romaines His quarell was because that in the warres of France he perceyued the Frenchmen to haue much succour and ayde from thense Wherfore preparinge .lxxx. shippes