the Geometrician now Aratus the Astrologian liued Elidure began again 3710. and raigned 4. yeares Gorboman the second began in the yeare of the world 3714. and raigned 10. yeares in this time the people created T. Coruncanus the high Bishop in Roome Thus the Time of Clotoes offspring seemeeh to end in the yeare of the word 3724. and to haue endured 194. yeares in the Rule of Brutany a verie little time of continuance for so many kings but all plantes haue not roote alike some are rooted broadway as Elmes and fall quickly some are rooted downward as Okes and stand in the mids of the windes euen till the violent axe or verie age ouerturne them THE TOPOGRAPHY MENTIOned in Clotoes Offspring The places named are in the Iland general Cambry where Rudank ruled in the conflict of Mulmcy Locry where Pinnor ruled in that conflict Belin and his successors ruled there Vigeny ruled ther. Albany where Statery was Ruler in that time of conflict Bren and Peredure raigned there Northumberland there Yeuan ruled in the time of the conflict here Belin prepared an Army against Brens comming speciall More burials Mulmucy buried in Troynew Tēple so was Gurguint Belin at Belinsgate Guintelin in the Temple Archigall at Grantam Elidure at Caerleyl Lesse cities and the foure high-wais c Warwicke built by Guintelin Cambridge Grantam built by Gorboman Caerusk built by Belin here he ordained an archflamin Troynew where Belin consulted with his Lords and with Bren. Other places not so generall are these the Tower of Troynew built by Belin there Elidure was imprisoned Belinsgate built by Belin Blackwell Hall an Malmesbury and Pauls founded by Mulmucy Bristo by Bren Calater a wood neere Caerbranke where Bren was discomfited in his first and second wars against Belin there Elidure met Archigal Caerbranke the place where Belin counselled with his Lordes about Guilthdake there hee ordained an archflamin there Elidure restored Archigall by the assent of his Lordes The places named out of the Iland general Ireland there Gurguint placed the 30. sayle of shippes that he met on the Sea Orcades there he met those ships wādring Norway Bren fled thither from Belin and there he gathered his second army against him Armorica or litle Brutany where Bren prepared his third Army Denmark from that countrey Guilthdake came in armes against this Iland Gurguint sayled thither to fight for his owne goodes Gallia there Bren ruled repaired some Cities Italy here Bren became most victorious Macedony here Bren spoiled himself all Mauritany Morind ouercame an Army of Mores which came against this Iland speciall Roome here Bren made hauocke of all Capitoll Bren besieged it and for one thousand poundes of gold brake vp and departed Millan Pauy Bergomum Comum Brixia Verona Tridentum Vincentia and other Cities built or repaired by Bren the rauenous and magnificent Prince Thus one Generation of men passeth and another commeth but the vertues of men are euerlasting yea their bodies by traduction are immortall So a vertuous man shall be a mortall God if his minde or body haue their issues THE THIRD GENERATION or rather succession of Brutan Kings THe death of Gorboman the second begat a politicke body in this Iland without an head This Acephalia begat Vnrulinesse in the lower partes Vnrulinesse begat Strife among the Nobles and Commons Strife begat Trouble on both partes Trouble begat Wearinesse and Weaknesse Weaknesse begat Desire of rest Desire of rest begat Election and Election begat Morgan and made him Ruler Morgan begat Goodwill in his subiectes Goodwill for his sake begat Emerian his brother who died as the other did without issue his death let Ambition a traytor out of prison Ambition begat Sedition Sedition begat Confusion Confusion begat Vnquietnesse Vnquietnesse begat Desire of order Desire of order begat Deliberation and Deliberation begat Iual and made him king The death of Iuall begat Emulation Emulation begat Wit and Inuention Inuention begat Friendship Frendship begat Rimo and made him Ruler When he was dead his companion Geruncie was made king in respect of that familiaritie which he had with Rimo Then Cathel so handled hys matters in pleasing the chiefe men by hys liberall behauiour that hee raigned next and dyed Then Coil ouercame mens hearts with hys vertuous actiuitie and was annointed king and dyed then Porrex the second wrought many good works and was next king to him and dyed Then Cheryn fed all the mad fellowes humours in the realme that he could heare of and by voices got the kingdome Cheryn begat a sonne and called hym Fulgen who dyed without issue then Eldrid by faire and large promises got the Crowne and dyed then Androgy outwent hym in all kinds of allurement and succeeded him and begat Vrian that dyed without issue Then Eliud by his misticall artes did extraordinary and admirable acts and thereby was made king After him Merian by inuenting newe practises for warres and occupations was so honoured generally that he was Ruler Then Bladune arose from priuate desertes to publicke fauours and at length hee was king the same kinde of nature begat Capene and next hym Ouine and euen such a pacificatory mind preferred Sily After hym Bledgabrede by hys pleasant demeanour and merrimentes pleased all the Nobles and became theyr Ruler Then Redargy arose next him in such a sort and so did Samuly But Penisell being vnmachable in strength succeeded hym then Pirrhy for his strange swiftnesse and incomparable dexteritie in all feates of manhood was ruler of his brethren In those dayes publicke actions made kings These are the 24. rulers which succeeded Gorboman the second make a line of succession rather then of genealogy Yet wee may call this a politicke generation rightly in the whole body of the realme though it be not a naturall generation in theyr owne proper bodyes from Morgan to Pirrhy All men haue not the gift of children of all these Rulers here are but two sons and their two fathers the other seeme to haue left no seede behinde them Sometime the imperfection is in the wife sometime in the husband there are watry loynes and rotten thighes in both sexes Some men are barren naturally some are barren artificially some are barren by olde age some make themselues barren with preternaturall dyet some are made of other men by chirurgicall incisions Or if they had children and were not barren the more vnhappy they that coulde not continue as they began Some families are taken away by sicknesse some by wars some by mischances in theyr dyet and exercise some are put from theyr owne and are euer in thraldome and are neuer againe heard of in the worlde God almighty knoweth all thinges from the first to the last but if a man shoulde sucke the stars or be sucked himselfe as they say of the king of Fayries he should not finde a perfite History of this time of these Kinges Yet such as it is I beleeue a reader may go farther and speed
so vnauisedly that with them he gathered the ilwill of the Brutans To haue is not the rule but to get well a mans glorie is not in mony but the glory of mony is in a man Their vertue or fortitude is in Victories Bassian and the Brutans slew Geta and the Romanes by night Maximinian ouerranne great partes of Gallia and Germania Octauy ouerthrew Traherne and the Romanes three legions neere Winchester and made them flie euen into Albany and pursued them into Westmerland Gracian being sent into the field from Maximinian ouercame Guany the Duke of the Huns and Melga the Duke of the Pictes and kept this Land from their furor by the helpe of the Brutans Coil Earle of Colchester which hee built rose against Asclepiodate and slew him and was made king Battels Bassian was able to endure all the pains of war a right Emperour for the campe The Brutans seeing the valiant wit of Carasse made him their king in spite of the Romans rather then they would yeeld to Roome they dyed in battell Death is better then slauery among enemies Constantine the first armed himselfe with the Brutans and fought against Maxentius did he not good among them to doe them the more mischiefe as the Philistines suspected Dauid who was a true saint of God Conan Meriadocke made war with Maximinian at diuers times because hee was a Roman O it is an hard bone to digest Rome which counteth all birdes dawes besides her owne chickens the man that hath another maister beside himselfe in his owne house is beside himselfe or else I beleeue he shalbe set beside his cushion at the last Magnanimitie Maximinian called Armorica Litle Brutany in honour of Brutans because they conquered it that a man winneth is his owne a man may call his owne possession by what name it pleaseth him new Lordes will haue newe names for their newe landes Octauy being appointed king in the absence of Constantine and hearing that Constantine was then made Emperor of Rome thought verily that he had enough to do in Roome though hee medled not with Brutany and tooke the Crowne to himselfe and chased the Romanes vp and downe in the land and played Rex with them at all handes to redeeme his Countrey from thraldome as hee counted it Home is for the homeborne Their vice or extreme fortitude is in Ambition Carasse a Brutan of lowe birth of a high heart but a venturous man a very hardydardy in deede as euer liued keeping the Hauens and playing the Sea captaine aspired to the kingdome and got it both by greater promises then hee coulde perperforme and by gathering more bankrupts ruffians to his side then he could keepe and contemning all noble and great men in the Land there was but one way with him and that was in his head onely all was one with him so that one might be all selfe-loue was selfewill and both were for himselfe Abiection of minde When Coil the third saw that Constantius was come from Roome with a great armie he feared and graunted him tribute and peace and euery thing els to be out of danger yet the most danger and damage in graunting these A babies wit in a kings estate The Brutans being afflicted by the Picts two times promised the Romanes a tribute to helpe them then they submitted themselues to Aldroene of little Brutany that he might succour them O Heauens where was olde Brutanie now where but in the Sea as a dead sea Whale THE TIMES OF THESE Romano-Brutans AFter there had been a king for 15. yeares space in which time Clemens Alexandrinus liued the Prophets were translated into Greeke Bassian began his Raigne in the yeare of the world 4179. and raigned 6. yeares in this time Papinian the great Ciuilian Chauncellor to Seuerus flourished Carasse began in the yeare 4185 and ruled 8. years in this time Origen began to shew himselfe Tertullian flourished Alectus beganne in the yeare 4193. and raigned sixe yeares about this time Zephirine chaunged the Communion cuppe into glasse for more decency which had been of wood commonly Asclepiodate began 4199. and ruled 30. yeares now Calistus appointed the 4. Ember weekes for the 4. quarters Vrban ordained that diuine vessels should be gold or siluer Coil the third began 4238. and raigned 27. yeares now Philip was the first christened Emperour Cyprian was martyred Decius the persecuter was swallowed of a quagmire Paul the first Hermite liued Constantius began 4265. and ruled 30. yeares in his time Eutychian bishop of Roome buried 300. martyrs with his owne hands Carus the Emperour was killed with lightning the Citty Spira in Germany was built Constantine the first began 4295. and raigned ten yeares nowe 20000. Christians were burnt in a Church on Christmas day at night Arnobius was famous Octauy beganne 4305. and ruled 54. yeares now Siluester refused to weare a golden Crowne which great Constantine offered him the great Nicene Councell was held Lactantius and Hilary were famous Moonkes beganne in Antonie the Hermite and Nuns in Marcella and Sophronia Constantinople was built Maximinian began in the yeare 4359. and raigned 8. yeares about this time Athanasius and Basilius flourished the Thalmud of the Iewes was compiled by Rabbi Iohanan Iulian the Apostata and Libanius raged Gracian began 4367. and ruled 4. yeares now Epiphanius wrote against heretickes Vphila found out the Gotes Letters or a b c about this time Gregory Nazianzene and Ambrose flourished So the Gouernement of these Brutanoromans continued for the space of 183. yeares but heere was no certaine Ruler in Brutany for 36. yeares after THE SIXT GENEALOGY OF Brutan Kinges THe Brutans chose Constantine the second the sonne of Aldroene king of litle Brutany for their king and he raigned ouer them and begat three sonnes the first was Constancie the second Aurely the third Vter but then Credulity slew him Constancie the eldest son succeeded his father but died without issue for Doltishnesse and Treason slewe him and Force lifted vp Vortiger to the kingdome but Self-will sharpned him so that the people hated him and by plaine might created his sonne Vortimer their king then Wichery puld him downe and Insinuation restored Vortiger yet Right and Vengeance at last destroyed him then Common Consent made Aurely the second son of Constantine the second a king but the diuels Art slew him and he dyed without issue so Vter the third son of Constantine succeeded him in the kingdome and begat vppon Igerne his wife or rather concubine Arthur the king who raigned and left no seede behind him then Constantine the third the sonne of Cador a Cornish Duke Arthurs coosin was made king but lasted not for Conan his kinsman slew him and became king begat Vortipory who liued and dyed without issue then Malgo the nephew of Conan raigned as king hee was of stature and personage the goodliest among all men of his time but left no Royall seede behinde him thus Carency got the kingdome by the goodwill of
that is digged vp in earnest Yet neyther seuen Polydores more nor ten Buchanans shall perswade me that this Genealogy is a fabulous Tale. Let Polydore get him to Vrbin in Italy and Buchanan hye him to Buchany in Scotland it becommeth not these outlandish intruders to vsurpe the censure of the Brutan Histories if they looke well about them they haue enough to doe at home we neede none of their gossiping cups but they are dead and their historicall iudgementes are interred with them if any man will raise them from the graue who will beleeue their mortified Ghosts A Brutan may iustly except against the witnesse of an Italian or a Scot Ielousie and malignity are two blinde guids Then hold your owne ye braue Brutans and guide your selues your owne heades are fittest for your owne bodies THE ARTES AND ACTES OF Brute and his Brutans were in their Vertues and Vices Their vertue and Temperance appeared in Friendship and communion Betweene man wife in marriage Locrine married Guendolin Leyr married his two eldest daughters with two Dukes Cordeil was married to Aganip Duke of the Gaules for her womanly vertues and vertuous womanhoode Talke and conference Betweene superiour and inferiour the ruler and the subiect Guendolin after her husbandes death liued contentedly and louingly with her kindred and acquaintance in Cornewall till shee dyed Brute the second carried euer a greene shield with him to signifie what a minde he did carry withall euen a mind and desire to haue all thinges grow and florish like the fruitfull fieldes vnto a ioyful haruest whereupon hee was named Greeneshield a Prince gentle toward all men and merciful to the needie Leyl liued peaceably in his young dayes Hurdibras allayed the factions and quarrels that hee found among his people and of vnquiet men made them very quiet Leyr liued moderately with his subiectes Cordeil behaued her selfe so louingly and paciently that she would not punish the two sonnes of Maglan and Hennine for their fathers she thought it no reason to plaister one bodie for an other bodies sores to beate one for anothers fault Riual liued quietly Gurgustus kept his countrey in rest and wealthy peace by some learned counsell Betweene the father and the childe Cordeil being euer modestly and maydenly shamefaced either would not or could not flatter her father Leyr with needlesse phrases and vain othes but answered him mildly and simply without ostentation or deceite that she loued him as her naturall father with an obedient euer and thankfull hearth vnfainedly Betweene two coosins When Conedag was informed by his olde trustie friendes and tolde from his mortall ennemies that Morgan began roundly to make open warre agaynst him he himselfe desired peace by letters and sought it with all good meanes otherwise by Embassadours he was so vnwilling to shed bloud if he might chuse or euen to carry armour against his kinsman THIS WAS THEIR TEMPERANCE in Deedes and Wordes Their vice and Intemperance appeared in Wordes First Gonoril told Leyr she loued him more then her owne soule then Ragan sayd she loued him vnspeakably Leuity When Locrin saw Elstrid he would haue reiected Guendolin Memprise liued loosely and spent most of his time in pastime and licentious games Drinke Gurgust by some naturall infirmitie of braine was dronken once a day this dronkennesse neither shortened his life nor hindered his actions as it seemeth by the yeares of his gouernement and life Discord Madian was subiect to much impatience and tyrannie Memprise procured the death of those great men whom hee feared for their vertue and therefore hated for his owne guiltie life Venery Locrine kept Elstrid his captiue for his Concubine and accompanied her a long time too long by sixe yeares and twelue monethes Memprise solde himselfe to adultery he gaue his body to buggery and beastly loue which was loue sauing your reuerence Ebrank had twentie wiues some saye but I think nineteene of them were huswifes as we commonly saye and she his wife onely that married him and knew him first A right line is betweene two to go aside is to go amisse Their vertue or wisdome is seene in Discipline or desire of knowledge Madian though he were borne a mortall Prince or earthly God was in his childhood sent into Cornewall to his most valiant grandsir Corin that he might learne of him all experienced manhood fit for a soueraigne Ruler Bladud in his young yeares was sent otherwise and carried ouer seas to Athenes that hee might forsooth be taught the wisedome of the Grecians this Athenian English Prince at his returne brought home with him no lesse then foure great Philosophers to teach the Brutans and either found or founded Schooles for them at Stamford or Stanefoda after the smoothest and Atticall Idiome Artes both Geometry and Astrology Brute presently vpon his Arriuall searched this Iland optically and throughly he and his surueyed it quantitatiuely and queintly to the purpose Hurdibras taking in his head and hand to build the cittie or woodworke stone-worke of Caerpalladour called for the iudiciall aduise deuise of Aquila his Astrologer in laying the foundations of that starry and elementary Citty that the worlde might better esteeme it Philosophy both naturall and morall the foure wisemen of Athens that taught some of the Brutans euen as Bladud the king appointed them had many times for their variable and strange voices a wonderfull great audience and those wisemens schollers succeeded them and continued orderly about the times of fourteene hundred yeares after with great glorie but but how good I knowe not Bladud found the hote Bathes in this Iland by his Geomanticall and Hydromanticall skill and subtiltie Brute the first made many good politicke laws for the benefit direction of himselfe and his subiectes Guendolin ministred true iudgement to the people well and wisely at last fearing by reason or inspiration that the king Madian her sonne would scarsely vse her Honourably as the son should vse his mother went her way and dwelt far enough ought of sight in Cornewall among them that were glad euer of her daily company Ebranke for his sonnes sake and his owne sent his thirtie daughters to Siluius an Italian Duke that they might be married with their owne bloud the old Troian bloud and thereby get their father many friendes or welwillers abroad to strengthen him in his neede if nede were Wordes of counsell Cordeil tolde her father in a melancholicke vaine That as his riches were more or lesse so he should be loued and feared more and lesse This was their Prudence in teaching and learning Their vice or folly is seene in Deceite by bulding Locrine for want of better conueiance built a caue for his Concubine and made some few men of his priuy Counsell but tolde other men that it was a secret place for praier and sacrifice in the maner of his owne outlandish religion when he heard and knew of Corins death he crowned Elstrid queene and reiected Guendolin whom he seemed to
Punishing Gurgust was abhorred of the Brutans for his daily dronkennesse but suffered to be king for his birthrightes sake Madian and Memprise were hated of good men and feared of wicked men for theyr extreame and beastly crueltie so betweene both they were secretly forsaken in time of hunting and the wild beastes suffered to destroy them Here we may very fitly consider how the Power from heauen punished the people of Brutanie with raining bloud three dayes and vexing them with infinite swarms of venimous strange flies that stung their king Riual and many other to death See what life is that flies may take away euen litle flies with their little stings This was their Iustice in Religion and Pollicy Their vice or Iniustice is proued in Diuiding Locrin crowned Elstrid his concubine queene when Guendolin his true wife liued Ebranke dedicated the Temple of his Cittie to a liuing name and dead carcasse Diana that coulde not defend it or him Leyr gaue halfe his goodes to his two eldest daughters at their marriage and made them mightier then himselfe for speaking to him fairely or paintedly but he gaue nothing with Cordeil to her dowry because she told him an open truth without anie forgerie Rewarding Leyr at his death gaue his halfe kingdome to Cordeyl for defending him in trouble the people made her queene by common consent and thereby hindered the right of her two Nephewes the very next apparant heires THE CHRONOLOGY OF Brutes offspring BRute the first began to rule in the yeare of the world 2855. and ruled 24. yeares about the time of Samuell the mightie Prophet in Israel Locrin began in the yeare 2879. and rule 20. yeares in which time hee kept Elstrid seuen yeares about the time of Saul the first king of Israel Guendolin began in the yeare 2899. and ruled 15. yeares about the time of Dauid the kingly Prophet in Israel Madian beganne in the yeare 2914. and ruled 40. yeares about the time of faire Absolons fame in Israel Memprise began in the yeare 2954. and ruled 20. yeares about the time of Salomons magnificent buildings in Israel Ebranke began in the yeare 2974. and ruled 60. yeares in the 23. yeare of his raigne he built Caerbrank about this time the fierie Prophet Elias of Israel began to teach Brute the second began in the yeare 3034. and ruled 12. yeares about this time Baals Prophets were slain at the brooke Kison by the commaundement of Elias the Prophet of God Leyl beganne in the yeare 3046. and raigned 25. yeares about this time Eliseus the great Prophet beganne to worke wonders in Israel Hurdibras began in the yeare 3071. and raigned 30. yeares now Lycurgus the Lacedemonian law-maker florished Bladud began in the yeare 3101. and raigned 21. yeares now Hesiodus the Poet was famous now Homer liued Leyr beganne in the yeare 3122. and raigned 40. yeares now Sardanapalus the last king of Assiria was in his pride and sensualitie Cordeyl began in the yeare 3162. and ruled 5. yeares nowe Esaias the Prophet began to prophesie among the Iewes Conedag began in the yeare 3167. and raigned 33. yeares now Romulus and Remus were borne now the Olimpiades began Riuall began in the yeare 3200. and raigned 46. yeares now Roome was builded now Sennacheribs army was destroied by an Angel of God in one night Gurgust began in the yeare 3246. and raigned 38. yeares now Gyges got the kingdom of Lydia and Numa of Roome heereaboutes Herodotus beginneth his histories which containe 230. yeares Sisill beganne in the yeare 3284. and raigned 49. yeares nowe Tullus ruled in Roome and Ieremias the Prophet began to prophesie Iago began in the yeare 3333. and raigned 25. years now Ancus Martius ruled in Roome and Nabuchodonosor in Babilon Kymar began in the yeare 3358. and raigned 54. yeares now Daniel and Ezechiel the Prophets began to prophesie nowe the seuen wisemen of Greece were famous Gorbodug began in the yeare 3412. and raigned 64. yeares now Tarquinius was expelled out of Roome now Pythagoras liued now Cyrus the great was in his glorie Ferrex and Porrex beganne in the yeare 3475. and raigned 5. yeares now Xerxes beganne his Greeke wars now Anaxagoras the Teacher of Pericles Socrates and Thucydides was famous and somwhat singular Thus Brute and his offspring seeme to ende in the yeare of the world 3480. and to haue continued in the Gouernment of Brutanie 735. yeares There is a time of life and a time of death a time to arise and a time to fall a time for one stock and a time for another Yet infinite be that time which is predestinated for the name of Brute and his Brutans euerlasting be that honor which is due to the branches of such a Tree as groweth without withering is strong without decay and may best serue euen for the Phenix of all men and Vna of all the women in the earth The Topography set downe in the Historie of Brutes generation The places mentioned in this Iland are vniuersall More Locry the south part of Brutanie Cambry the west part Albany the north part so named of Locrin Camber and Albanact the sonnes of Brute All the kings that succeeded Locrin raigned in Locry and Conedag ruled it as his heritage Morgan fled into Cambry from Conedags armie he was ruler in Albany which was assigned him for his portion One of Leyrs sonnes in law was Duke of Albany Lesse Cornewall so called of Corin is in the boundes of Locry there Guendolin wrought her chiefe practises there Madian was brought vp one of Leyrs sonnes in law was Duke thereof Glamorgan is in the limits of Cambry there Morgan was slaine and his Armie ouerthrowne of whom that part had the name Other places ar lesse particular In the water Brute built Troynew by the Riuer Tems Locry and Albany are deuided by the riuer Humber where Locrin vanquished the Duke of the Albans called Humber of whome that riuer had the name Cambry is parted from Locry by the riuer Seuerne called otherwise Habren in which Elstrid and her daughter Habren were drowned by Guendolins commandement and of that daughter the Riuer had the name In the land Brute landed at Totnes Hauen Troynew built by Brute heere Locrin made Elstrids caue heere Bladud Conedag and Gorbodug were buried Caerkent the Cittie of Kent or Canterbury Caerwin or Winchester Caerpalladour or Shaftsbury built by Hurdibras Caerbadon or the Citty Bathe and Stamford built by Bladud Caerleyr or the Cittie of Leyr or Leecester built by Leyr There hee was buried there Cordeyl was buried These are in Locry Caerbranke or the cittie of Ebrank or Yorke and Edenbrough or the cittie of Maides built by Ebranke Caerleyl the cittie of Leyl these are in Albany Places more particular are Temples and religious houses Ebranke built a Temple in Caerbranke and there he was buried there was Riuall buried there Iago was buried Leil built a Temple in Caerleyl and there was he buried Hurdibras built three Temples in his three Citties