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A18592	The anuals [sic] of great Brittaine. Or, A most excellent monument wherein may be seene all the antiquities of this kingdome, to the satisfac ion both of the vniuersities, or any other place stirred with emulation of long continuance. Excellently figured out in a worthy poem.; Loves martyr	Chester, Robert, 1566-1640.; Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. aut; Jonson, Ben, 1573?-1637. aut; Chapman, George, 1559?-1634. aut; Marston, John, 1575?-1634. aut	1611 (1611)	STC 5120; ESTC S116061	77,656	191

And taught the lawes of Armes in equipage To after time her skill she did engage Apollo was her deare begotten sonne In Abrahams time she liu'd till life was donne Semiramis Queene of Assiria Was second worthie of this worlds great wonder She conquered large Aethiopia And brought the Necke of that stout Nation vnder Wasting the Countries of rich India Her dayes of Honor and of Regiment Was in the time of Isaacks gouernment The third and chiefest for Audaciousnesse And Enterprises that she tooke in hand Was Tomyris full of true Noblenesse Queene of the North as I do vnderstand From forth her eyes she lightned Honors Brand And brandished a Sword a sword of Fame That to her weake Sexe yeelded Hectors name When she receiued newes her sonne was dead The Hope and Vnderprop of Scithia She put on Armour and encountered The Monarch Cyrus King of Persia And Gouernor of rich Getulia Slue him in sight her Fame for to renew Two hundred thousand Souldiers ouerthrew Amongst the Hebrew women we commend Iahel the Kenite for the first in bountie Whose vncomprehensible valour in the end Did free and set at large her captiu'd Countrie Oppressed with tyrannicall Miseri● From dangers imminent of ●irie Warre By killing hand to hand her foe great Sisar Debora an Hebrew worthie the second place She fortie yeares did gouerne Israel In peace preseru'd her Land her land of Grace Where honest sportiue Mirth did alwaies dwell Her holy holinesse no tongue can tell Nations astonied at her happinesse Did grieue to loose her Wisedomes worthinesse Iudith the third that redeliuered The strong besieged Citie of Bethulia And when the prowd Foe she had vanquished And ouercame hot-spur'd Assiria Bringing in triumph Holofernes head She got a great and greater Victorie Then thousand Souldiers in their maiestie The first of Christians was faire Maud the Countesse Countesse of Aniow daughter to a King Englands first Henry Almaines Empresse Heire in dubitate and her Fathers ofspring She titles to the English Crowne did bring She ne're desisted from the warlike field Till that vsurped Stephen of Blois did yeeld And condiscended to her sonnes deare right That war-like Maude had reobtain'd by might The second was Elizabeth of Aragon Queene and wife to honorable Ferdinando She stoutly fought for propagation Of Christian Faith brought to subuersion The forsaken infidels of Granado Reducing that p●oud prouince all in one To follow Christs vnspotted true Religion The last was Iohane of Naples true borne Queene Sister to Ladislaus King of Hungarie A woman that defended as t was seene Her countries great and gracious libertie By force of laudable Armes and Chiualrie Against the Sarasins inuasion And proud hot warres of princely Aragon Thus haue I in the honor of their worth Laid ope their Progenie their Deedes their Armes T●eir ofspring and their honorable Birth That is a Lanthorne lightning their true Fames Which Truth can neuer burne in Enuies flames Worthie of wonder are these three times three Folded in brazen Leaues of memorie Windsor a Castle of exceeding strength First built by Aruiragus Brytaines King But finished by Arthur at the length Of whose rare deedes our Chronicles do ring And Poets in their verse his praise do sing For his Round-table and his war-like Fights Whose valiantnesse the coward Mind affrights This Brytish King in warres a Conquerer And wondrous happie in his Victories Was a companion of this noble Order And with his person grac'd these Dignities Great dignities of high exceeding Valour For he himselfe the selfe-same Honor tooke That all his following States did euer brooke This Paragon whose name our time affrights At Windsor Castle dubbed in one day One hundred and iust fortie valiant Knights With his keene trustie Sword and onely stay Cald Dridwin that his Loue did ouersway And with that Sword the very day before He slue as many Saxon fo●s or more But English Edward third of Memorie In blessed and religious zeale of Loue Built vp a Colledge of exceeding glory That his kind care to England did approue This Colledge doth this Castle beautifie The Honor of the place is held so deare That many famous Kings are buried th●re But one rare thing exceeding admirable That to this day is held in great renowne And to all Forreiners is m●morable The Name of which makes Englands foes to frowne And puls the pride of forreine Nations downe Knights of the Garter and Saint Georges Crosse Betok'ning to the Foe a bloudie losse Here followeth the Birth Life and Death of honourable Arthur King of Brittaine To the courteous Reader COurteous Reader hauing spoken of the first foundat●on of that yet renowned castle of Windsor by Aruiragus king of Britain finished by that succeeding prince of worthy memory famous king Arthur I thought good being intreated by some of my honourable-minded Friends not to let slip so good and fit an occasion by reason that there yet remaines in this doubtfull age of opinions a controuersie of that esteemed Prince of Brittaine to write not according to ages obliuiō but directed onely by our late Historiographers of England who no doubt haue taken great paines in the searching foorth of the truth of that first Christian Worthie and wheras I know not directed by what blindnes there haue bene some Writers as I thinke enemies to truth that in their erronious censures haue thought no such mā euer to be liuing How fabulous that should seeme to be I leaue to the iudgement of the best read●rs who know for certaine that that neuer dead Prince of memory is more beholding to the French the Romane the Scot the Italian yea to the Greekes themselues then to his owne Country-men who haue fully and wholly set foorth his fame and liuelyhood then how shamelesse is it for some of vs to let slip the truth of this Monarch And for more confirmatiō of the truth looke but in the Abbey of Westminster at Saint Edwards shrine there shalt thou see the print of his royal Seale in red wax closed in Berrill with this inscription Patricius Arthurus Gallie Germaniae Daciae Imperator At Douer likewise you may see Sir Gawins skull and Cradocks mantle At Winchester a Citie well knowne in England his famous round Table with many other notable monuments too long to rehearse Besides I my selfe haue seen imprinted a french Pamphlet of the armes of king Arthur and his renowmed valiant Knights set in colours by the Heraulds of France which charge of impression would haue been too great otherwise I had inserted them orderly in his Life and Actions but gentle Reader take this my paines gratefully and I shal hereafter more willingly striue to employ my simple wit to thy better gratulation I haue here set downe turned from French prose into English meeter the words of the Herald vnder the arms of that worthy Brittaine King Arthur in his warlike Shield did beare Thirteene rich Crownes of purified gold He was a valiant noble Conquerer As ancient Memorie hath

we will leaue this ill corrupted Land We 'le take our course through the blew Azure skie And set our feete on Paphos golden sand There of that Turtle Doue we 'le vnderstand And visite him in those delightfull plaines Where Peace conioyn'd with Plenty still remaines Pho●nix I come I come and now farewell that strond Vpon whose craggie rockes my Ship was rent Your ill beseeming follies made me fond And in a vastie Cell I vp was pent Where my fresh blooming Beauty I haue spent O blame your selues ill nurtred cruell Swaines That fild my scarlet Glorie full of Staines Nature Welcome immortall Bewtie we will ride Ouer the Semi-circle of Europa And bend our course where we will see the Tide That partes the Continent of Affrica Where the great Cham gouernes Tartaria And when the starrie Curtaine vales the night In Paphos sacred Ile we meane to light Phoenix How glorious is this Chariot of the day Where Phoebus in his crystall robes is set And to poore passengers directs a way O happie time since I with Nature met My immelodious Discord I vnfret And sing sweet Hymnes burn Myrrhe Frankensence Honor that Isle that is my sure defence Nature Looke Phoenix ore the world as thou dost ride And thou shalt see the pallaces of Kings Great huge-built Cities where high States abide Temples of Gods and Altars with rich offrings To which the Priests their sacrifices brings Wonders past wonder strange Pyramides And the gold-gathering Strong of Euphrates 〈◊〉 O what rich pleasure dwelleth in this Land Greene springing Medowes high vpreared Hils The white-fleest Ewe brought tame vnto the hand Faire running Riuers that the Countrie fils Sweet flowers that faire balmy Deaw distils Great peopled Cities whose earth-gracing show Time is asham'd to touch or ouerthrow Nature Besilent gentle Phoenix I le repeate Some of these Cities names that we descrie And of their large foundation I le intreate Their Fonnder that first rear'd them vp on hie Making a glorious Spectacle to each eie Warres wald Defender and the Countries grace Not battred yet with Times controlling Mace Alfred the father of faire El●●eda Founded three goodly famous Monasteries In this large I le of sweete Britania For to refresh the poore soules miseries That were afflicted with calamities One in the Towne surnamed Edlingsey Which after ages called Athelney The second House of that Deuotion He did erect at worthy Winchester A place well planted with Religion Called in this age the new-builded Minster Still kept in notable reparation And in this famous builded Monument His bodie was interd when life was spent The last not least surpassing all the rest Was Oxfords honorable foundation Since when with Learnings glorie it is blest Begun by the godly exhortation Of the Abbot Neotus direction From whose rich womb pure Angell-like Diuinitie Hath sprong to saue vs from Calamitie Leyre the sonne of Baldud being admitted To beare the burden of the British sway A Prince with Natures glorie being fitted At what time Ioas raigned King of Iuda To make his new got Fame to last for aye By Sore he built the Towne of Caerleir That to this day is called Leycester Belin that famous worthy Brytaine King That made the Townes of France to feare his frowne And the whole Romish Legion to sing And to record his gracious great renowne Whose host of men their Townes were firing Builded in Southwals height Caerlion Or termed Arwiske Caerlegion This glorious Citie was the onely Pride In eldest age of all Demetia Where many notable Monuments abide To grace the Countrey of Britania That from Times memorie can neuer slide Amphibulus was borne in this sweete place Who taught S. Albon Albon full of grace King Lud surnam'd the great Lud-hurdibras The sonne of Leil builded the famous Towne Of Kaerkin with a huge Tower of brasse Now called Canterburie of great renowne Able to bide the raging Foes stout frowne The Metropolitans seate where Learning sits And chiefe of all our English Bishoprickes This noble King builded faire Caerguent Now cleped Winchester of worthie fame And at Mount Paladour he built his Tent That after ages Shaftsburie hath to name His first foundation from King Leyls sonne came About which building Prophet Aquila Did prophesie in large Brytania King Leill a man of great religion That made his bordring neighbours for to yeeld And on their knees to pleade Submission Being eldest sonne to Brute surnam'd Greeneshield The Cittie of Caerleits he did build Now called Carleyle by corruption And Time that leades things to confusion Cambridge a famous Vniuersitie The Nurse of Learning and Experience The Chearisher of true Diuinitie That for the Soules good wisedome doth commence Confuting Vice and driuing Error thence Was built by Sigisbert but wrought effectually By Kings and Lords of famous memorie Ebranke the sonne of stout Mempritius Hauing in matrimoniall copulation Twentie one wiues in large Britanicus And thirtie daughters by iust computation And twentie sonnes of estimation Builded Caerbranke famous for the name Now called Englands Yorke a place of Fame He in Albania large and populous Now termed Scotland of the Scottish Sect Because his deedes should still be counted famous The Castle of Maidens there he did erect And to good purpose did this worke effect But iron-eating Time the Truth doth staine For Edingburgh the Citie doth remaine And in that Maiden Castle he did frame To grace the building to the outward eie Nine Images of stone plac'd in the same Which since haue stay'd times perpetuetie In the true forme of worke-mans excellencie Not any whit diminisht but as pe●fect As in the first●dayes minute they were set Phoenix Nature I muse at your description To see how Time that old rust-cankard wretch Honors forgetfull Friend Cities confusion That in all Monuments hath made a Breach To auncient names brought alteration And yet at this day snch a place remaines That all Times honor past with honor staines Nature Those carued old-cut stonie Images That beautifie the Princes stately Towers That graces with their grace the Pallaces And high imperiall Emperizing bowers Were neuer raz'd by Times controlling houres Nine worthie women almost equiualent With those nine worthie men so valient Three of the nine were Iewes and three were Gentiles Three Christians Honors honorable Sexe That from their foes did often beare the spoiles And did their proud controlling neighbours vexe Which to their name did Noblenesse annexe An Embleame for true borne Gentilitie To imitate their deedes in chiualrie The first Minerua a right worthie Pagon That many manlike battailes manly fought She first deuiz'd Artillerie of yron And Armour for our backes she first found out Putting our li●es deare hazard from some doubt She gouerned the Libians and got Victories With Honor by the lake Tritonides Our maine pitcht Battels she first ordered Setting a Forme downe to this following Age The orders of Incamping she first registred