Inuades in Arthur Duke of Brittons name Whose powers the English Iohn surprisd by chance Imprisoning Arthur whence these Garboyles came The Persians Dauid to the Throne aduance Who with his Indian Troopes marcht with much Fame Of Parthia and Armenia Conqueror And of Tartaria the first Emperor 35 Fiue Moones were all at once in Torkeshire seene After which portent many stormes insude prince Iohn hauing incurd the popes fell spleene Stands with his Land accurst which some allude To Byshop Lanchton who at Rome had beene And sought in Canterbury to intrude In Suffolke was a strange Fish tooke that bore The shape of man and six months liu'd a shore 36 The Maior and Shrieffes in London were first made Wales twice rebelling was by warre appeasd Th'English at Sluce the Nauy of France inuade A thousand twenty sayle at once they ceasd Pope Innocent great Coesars pompe all aide Making such Lawes as searce the Empire pleasd Onely such princes should as Emperors stand As should receiue their Crownes at the popes hand 37 Of whom the Saxon Duke Otho was first Venice subdues Coreyra and the Iles Adiacent Otho by the popeaccurst For taking to himselfe the Empires stiles Against him Menace warre pope Innocent durst and traind into these broyles by prayers and smiles Fredericke the second who the Diadem weares after Duke Otho three and twenty yeares 38 Iohn for a yearely tribute to Rome payde Of twice fiue hundred Markes absolues his Land King Alexander is the Scotch King made After deceased William to command He twenty and foure yeares the kingdome staide Against King Iohn the English Barons stand And to their faction the French Lewes bring Whom in Iohns stead they seeke t'elect as King 39 Amidst these tumults Iohn by fate expires As some suppose by poyson whom succeeds Henry his sonne him more the Land desires Then Lewes hated for some bloody deeds For him the people make triumphant fires A generall ioy his hye instalment breeds at nineteene yeares the kingdome hee attained and fifty fix yeares o're his subiects raigned 40 Our Ladies Church in Westminster he reared Now Hocata the second puissant King Of great Tartaria was renownd and feared He first the Title of great Caan did win The drooping Scotch King was by Henry cheared To whom he gaue his Sister next of Kin Faire Ioane Robert Graciaes Empire swayd Who to his Empresse tooke a beautious Mayd 41 She was before betroth'd to a great peere Of Burgoine he the Emperours pompe despysing Entred his armed pallace without feare The Damsell in the Emperors armes surprising He first cut off her nose reuenge seuere And from that place himselfe disguising To her'fore bribed Mother posting fast Th'in constant Dame into the Seas he cast 42 The Scots in Cathnes their proud Byshop burne Because he curst such as their tythes denide Wards were first graunted Frederick doth returne Towards Asia and the Souldan puft with pride Vanquisht in field and now no longer mourne Those Christians that in Palestine abide England with France makes warre and after peace Tumults in Wales arise but soone surcease 43 Frederick King Henries Sister takes to wife Cald Isabell Henry takes Elanour Daughter to th' Earle of Prouence ending strife Twixt them before begun about that houre His spousals were solemniz'd and ioyes rife In th' Element appear'd a war like power Of men in armes of diâ—…ers wings compacted The Merton Statute now was first enacted 44 This yeare the famous faction first begun Of Guelfes and Gibelines Tartarian Caan Inuades the Hungars and their kingdome won Where their King Bela was in battaile slaine The Mother eats her Childe and Sire the Sonne So great was hunger mongst the Hungars than Now London Aldermen were first elected and Frederick once more by the pope reiected 45 Pope Innocent the fourth from th'Emperour flying To Lyons to the Cardinals first gaue Red hats A Iew in Spaine Christs faith denying picrst a huge rocke there found a hallow Caue In it a Marble stone which with Steele trying He finds a Booke inclosd with praecepts graue Which spoke of Christ by which the Story saith The stiffe-neckt Iew was turn'd to Christian faith 46 Henry with London Citty late displeasd For sentence gainst one Margaret Viell past Into his power the Cities Charters ceasd Which by submission they regain'd at last Young Alexanders Father long diseads Expir'd in Scotland the young prince in hast at nine yeares Crownd to whom Henry affide His Daughter Mary whom he tooke to Bride 47 In Italy bloud issued out of bread As out of woundes French Lewes was surprisd By the great Souldan Mango Caan 's made head Of the rude Tartars who being well aduisde Receiued the Christian Fayth and after sped against the Turkes in Crosses red disguisde Alphons of Spaine bestowes his Daughter fayre On young Prince Edward Henries hopefull heyre 48 Richard of Cornwall Brother to the King At Aquisgraue was Emperor elected and Alphons of Castile the State affecting Was by the Electors from the State reiected Albertus Magnus flourisht in his spring And Michael Paleologus respected For his great warres in Greece who Baldwin slew and thirty fiue yeares in the Empire grewe 49 At Oxford the mad Parlement began King Henry with his Barons doth contend They fought neare Lewes many a valiant man Of Noble bloud came to a timeless end The King against his Peeres the best he can Striues by the Sword his Barons to offend Who Manger all his force the battaile wonne Surprisd the King his Brother and his Sonne 50 Prince Edward entred Asia and there fought against the Turkes where he atchieued much fame at length his life was by a Sarazan sought Who with a Knife to his Pauilion came Empoysoned and his death had almost wrought For in his princely arme he fixt the same Richard King Henries Brother and Romes king First dyes and after Henry the same spring 51 Next whom Prince Edward Long-shankes was inucsted and thirty foure yeares raign'd admir'd and feared Th'vsurping pride of Priests he much detested Bounty and Vertue in this Prince appeared Nicholas the third made Pope from th' Empire wrested Two Kingdomes for two Nephewes much indeered Of lewes at once that in their wealth tooke pride Two hundred eyghty foure for Coyning dyde 52 Lewellen next rebeld slaino by the hand Of Roger Mortimer After not long Dauid his Brother did gainst Edward stand A daungerous Rebell and infaction strong Yet perisht likewise with his warlike Band Of Welch reuolted other things among King Edward ioyes to quell the French-mens scorne and for Prince Edward at Carnaruan borne 53 Alexander Issu-lesse fell from his Steed And brake his necke the Carmelites began Phillip the fayre in France was King decreed Two Women in Heluetia liued than Who in their Wombs did two
Glendoure raysd armes Hotspur rebeld Woorster Northumberland with others moe Whom Edward met at Shrewsbury and queld Giuing those Lords a Mortall ouerthrow The Milleine Duke that many yeares exceld In Tyranny at length was layde full low Leauing to Iohn his Sonne the Dukedomes Seat This yeare was stated Mahomeâ—… the great 74 Charles of Cremona by the Treason dide Of base Cabrinus Fundulus his slaue Th'Arch-Byshop Scroope that Edward late defide Surprizd in field came to a timelesse graue In Poland at Cracouia full of pride Was founded th'Accademy some depraue The Burgoin Duke that did his hands imbrew In Orleance blood whom he by Treason slew 75 Saint Andrewes Vniuersity begon In Scotland Iohâ—… the Milleine Duke is slaine Of his owne Subjects Ladislaus won The Citty Rome which he gaue vp againe King Edward dying left vnto his son Henry the fift a faire and prosperous raigne Ten yeares he did his Royall fame aduance and to his Crowne annext the Realme of France 76 Great Amurath sway'd Turky Iohn Castile The sixt Charles France Pope Martin Peters Chaire at Henries claime to France the French-men smile With many taunts they Englands puissance dare King Henrie crost the seas and in small while at Agin-court manag'd a fight so rare That in one battaile he the Land ore-tun Leauiug the Crowne successiue to his son 77 Ieremy Prague and Iohn Husse dye by fire about religious causes Ziscaled The Thaborytes and further gan aspire against the Emperour to list his head French Katherine was Crownd Queene by great desire Of all our English peeres Duke Clarens sped against the Dolphin but alas in vaine By multitudes he was ore-set and slaine 78 Henry t' auenge his Brothers death prepares againe to inuade France where he breaths his last Pale death that in his rigour no man spates Beteaues him life his infant sonne not past Eyght months of age assumes the Lands affayres Vnder protection Bedfards Duke was great With Regency of France a Sorceting Maide Fought on the Dolphins part and brought him ayde 79 Who in small time was King of France proclaymde at Orleance braue Mountacute is slaine Prince Sigismond is Roman Emperor nam'd Eugenius doth the papall Sea maintaine Phillip guides Milleine now was Talboot fam'd Who many lost Townes did in France regaine Now flourisht Francis Forza in his pride The Lyons in the Tower this yeare all dyde 80 Zeuza liues Persiaes King for Sorcery Dame Elen Cobham the Protectors Wise With diuers others were found treacherously To haue cnnspyred against King Henries life Dame Margaret to the King of Scicily Sole-Daughter which began much future strife To Henries Bed with Suffolke crost the Scas now liu'd the braue Prince Huniades 81 Humphrey the Duke of Gloster was depriu'd His harmelesse life at Bury Suffolke now Was banisht England where he long had striu'd By the Kings grace to make the Barons bow Iacke Cade a mutit ous Rebell now suruiu'd Dating the Kings Edicts to disalow This was the yeare of Iubilee In Menz Faustius first printed at his owne expence 82 The Turkish Mahomet sackt and despoylde Constantinople at this time was fought Saint Albons battaile where the King was foyld and by the Duke of yorke a prisoner blought To London the sixt Henry being much toyld With Kingdomes cares his peace and quiet sought Making proud yorke protector now was fam'd George Castriotus Scanderbag sir-nam'd 83 Great Warwicke at Northampton the King met In battaile of the Barons many slew Surpri'd the King in person without let The Duke of Torke reuiues his claime anew Whom many of the chiefest Lords abet And in the Parlement his right pursue Being Titled heyre apparant to the Crowne at Wakefield him King Henries Queene put downe 84 Great Warwiâ—…ke at Saint Albons she made flie Rescuing the King her husband in small space Torkes sonne the Earle of March gan to defie and sought by armes King Henry to displace Neere Torke both powers each other soone discry Where the fourth Edward hath the King in chace and now the victors Lord it where they please Whilst Margaret with her young son crost the Seas 85 Twelue Kingdomes and two hundred Citties more Great Mahomet subdues next Exham field Was fought by them that Henry would restore But to King Edwards powers perforce they yeild Who wiues the Lady Gray she that before Was wife to Sir Iohn Gray Warwick his shield aduancst against the King whom he had Crownd and for French Bona seekes him to confound 78 Edward flyes England Henry is restord and Edward with an army Lands againe Where Warwickes pride vpon his shield is scord Edward ore-comes his powers on Barnet plaine Earle Warwicke by the Commons is deplord Edward the fourth once more vsurpes his raigne Gloster kils Henries sonne then madly fares Gainst Henrie whom he murdred at his Prayers 87 Cassanus gouernd Persia Mistris Shore Was famous for her beauty Hungary Mathias ruld The Pope not knowne before at twenty fiue yeares made the lubily The Duke of Clarens is lamented sore Being in a Wine-but murdred treacherously Edward expyres two sons he leaues behind Three Daughters and a Brother most vnkind 88 The eleauenth of Aprill and the eleauenth sad yeare Of his young age fift Edward gins his raigne But eare he yet was Crown'd Richard too neare His Vncle did his hands with murther stayne Both Edwards Children by his doome seuere Were Butcherd in the Tower and fouly slaine now famous wearc Gaza Sabellicus Pycus Myrandula Aldus Minutius 89 George Valla Hermolaus Barbarus Pelitian Platine with a many moe Marcilius Ficinus Pomponius Latus With Iohannes de monte regio Now Venice and Ferara peace discusse Great Baiazeth sustaines an ouerthrow By the bold Souldan next instated came Vsurping Richard cald third of that name 90 Two yeares two months and two dayes he inioyes Regality whilst Charles the eyght swayes France And Innocent the eyght his power imployes In Rome his Bastards to inhance Richard the Duke of Buckingham destroyes Who thought the Earle of Richmond to aduance Henry Earle Richmond Mâ—…lford Hauen sought Where landing he the field of Bosworth fought 91 Richard there slaine Henry the seauenth sits Crown'd Twenty three yeares Vgnerus Persia guides Fredericke the Empire Henry to make found The breach that Torke and Lancaster deuides a happy nuptiall contract doth propound With fayre Elizabeth whom soone he brides She heyre to yorke This yeare a disease new The Sweating sicknesse first in England grew 82 Spaines Ferdinand the kingdome of Granade Wan from the Sarazens Lambert a Child Taught by a Priest cald Simon came to inuade England with a new stile by him compil'd As Sonne to Clarens in this claime were made Chiese Leaders Francis Louel once exil'd Broughton and Lincolnes Earle with whom took
part A valiant German that hight Martin-Swart 83 These Henry slew in battaile and arrear'd A Taxe of the Tenth-penny through the Land For which the Commons in the field appeard And kill Northumbers Earle with a strong band Henry inuaded France Columbus cleard The vnknowne Seas and boldly tooke in hand The Indies first discouery Insurrection By Perkin Warbeck in forraine protection 84 In Italy a Stone exceeding great Fell from the ayre Lord Audly now rebeld Henry and the Scotch King of peace intreat The Turke the bold Venetian forces queld Who at Dyrachium sought him to defeate Katherine of Spaine a Lady that exceld Was fianst to Prince Arthur Sforce subdude Milleine and all the French-men did exclude 85 Margaret King Henries Daughter was affyde Vnto Scotch Iames In Germany bloud raind Elizabeth the Queene in Child-bed dyde The French this yeare from Naples were constrainde By Ferdinand of Spaine Now in his pride Liu'd Prestor-Iohn Great Ismael Sophy gaind Vpon the Turke in many a warlike strife Henry the seauenth at Richmond ends his life 86 At eyghteene yeares Henry the eyght succedes And thirty eyght yeares raign'd his Brothers Wife He marries by the Popes dispence which breedes Among the Cardinals murmure and strife Emson and Dudley hated for theyr deeds To please the Commons were depriu'd of life Now Doctor Collet liu'd a man of fame Erasmus too deriu'd from Rhoterdame 97 The Turkish Tyrant Selimus by warre Two Aegiptian Souldans chast and slew The Muscouites the stoute Pollonians barre Some rights for which great battailes t'ween them grew France still retaines the memorable searre Of Henries valor who that time o'rethrew Turwin and Turney in whose streetes appeare Turrets as many as be daies â—…'th yeare 98 A peace with France King Lewes Mary wiues Sister to Henry and within few dayes Expyres Charles Brandon gainst the French-men striues At Tilt and Barriers where he won great prayse and fetcht the Queene thence Francis next suruiues The King of France Charles Brandon now assayes The Queene and marryes her in small while after Mary was borne King Henries eldest Daughter 99 Charles Duke of Austrich is made King of Spaine The Citties tumult chanc't on Ill-May-day Cardinall Woolsy flourisht now complaine The Popes allyes gainst Luther Turkes display Theyr Ensignes against Belgrade once againe Zuinglius began against the Pope t'inuaye Whose Doctrines learnd Erasmus seemde to abet Henry at Arde in France the French King met 100 Charles is Crown'd Emperor th'eyght Henry writ A Booke gainst Luther This yeare lost his head The Duke of Buckingham and now did sit In the Turkes Throne a Prince with fury led Who Belgraue did besidge and threatned it Great Solyman The Emperor Charles him sped For England where at Windsore he was called Vnto the Garter and there Knight installed 101 Christierne of Denmarke banisht with his Wife Enter this Land where they were well intreated The Earle of Surry in his Northerne strife In many sundry fights the Foe defeated Stormes and tempestuous Gusts this yeare were rife And in Granade a Prodince fayrely seared Were Citties swallowed the great Turke makes hed From whom the Hungars king drown'd as he fled 102 The Annabaptists sect was first begun Charles Burbons Duke sackt Rome and there was slaine Vaivad grew great in Fame this yeare the Sunne Appear'd three Sunnes at once Katherine of Spaine Before prince Arthurs wife the king is wun To be diuorst from this diuorse in vaine Cardinall Woolsie seekes by meanes to crosse Which to his ruine turnes and fauours losse 103 Tindall the holy Scripture now translated Th'arrested Cardinall at Leister dide And Ferdinand is King of Rome created Anne Bulloine next became King Henrtes Bride And Thomas Cromwell whom the Cleargy hated Made of the Counsell the Kings Sister tyde In marriage to Charles Brandon dyes forlorne Elizabeth was now at Greenewich borne 104 For Treason dyde the holy Mayde of Kent Lady Anne Bulloine like wise lost her head Erasmus after seauenty Winters spent Expi'd whose fame through Christendome is spread Lady Iane Seamors beauty did content The King so well he tooke her to his bed And on Saint Edwards Eeue this yeare tooke life noble Prince Edward by the kings late Wife 105 Fryer Forrest dyde for Treason One of Spaine For eating Flesh vpon a day of Fast Was hang'd in Paris and tooke downe againe His Lady burnt A full conclusion past Of Marriage tweene the King and Lady Anne Of Cleeue which solemne contract did distast The Kinges soone after who for her rare feature Wiu'd Lady Katherine Howard a fayer Creature 106 Cromwell next lost his head the disputation Begun at Rat'isbone Henry th'eyght is stiled The King of Ireland by his proclamation and Lady Katherine Howard who defiled Her vnchast body with much lamentation Led to her death now Luther was reâ—…led In the Popes Trident Counsell the King wed The Lady Katherine Lat'mer to his Bed 107 The Turkish Barbaressa famous grew In Germany at Mounster bloud did raigne Troubles with Scotland next these did insue The Counsell held at Spyre now once againe Henry inuaded France and did pursue The Bullenois since many did complaine Against the Stewes they were abandond quite The pope the Wormace Counsell did accite 108 Luther expyres soone after dyes the king Henry the eyght whom the sixt Edward then Succeedes at nine yeares old now first gan spring That reform'd Church which at first many men Impugn'd Masses no more the Church-men sing Next Musele-borrow field did happen when Much bloud was spilt a both-sides Bonner now Great in his Fathers dayes the king makes bow 109 Stephen Gardiner is cast into the tower The Brother Seamers falling at dissention By meanes of their proud Wiues begin to lower Each vpon other which without preuention Causd timelesse Fate both their sweet liues deuower First Arundell then Kit had firme intention To change the State but both were hang'd in chaines Bulloine was giuen vp by the French-mens traynes 111 At Feuersham was murdred by his Wife Arden by helpe of Mosby and Blacke-Will The Trade with Musco did now first grow rife Mong th' English Marchants by the Nauiall skill Of one Gabato he that first gaue life To these aduentures Many rumors fill The Land with newes that Edward lately dide Meane time the Lady Iane's made Guilfords Bride 112 Edward at sixteene yeares ofage deceast The Duke Northumberland proclaimes Queene Iane But soone her young and Infant title ceast The Commons by their power Mary maintaine Sister to Edward her high State increast And next her Brother she begins her raigne Guilford and Iane with whom the Queene 's offended Sent to the Tower where their sweete liues they enâ—…ded 113 Bourne preaching at Panles-Crosse the Masse maintaining A suddaine
Husbands Bed denide 82 And proouing armes by them she honor sought She tam'd the VVelch-men and the Danes disgraced Next Edward Adelstane the battailes fought Of the bold English and the Castles raced as the proud Danes reard and to ruine brought The Sarafins euen from Hetruria chased Th Italian Guards they Gâ—…n ouerthrow VVhere bloud three dayes out of a VVell did flow 83 Now Gui of Warwick Danish Colebrand slew And England of all Tribute quite releast King Edmond did the Soueraignety pursue When Adelstane at Malmsbury deceast Slaine after fiue yeares by succession true Eldred his Brother raignes whose pomp increast Edmonds two Sons being young the Peeres coÌ„plaine and thinke their Vncle of more worth to raigne 84 France Tuskaine Germany the Hungars wast Hugh King of Italy by Fire destroyes The nauy of the Sarazens then past To Traxinetum Edwin next inioyes The Scepter Eldred hauing breath'd his last At Kingstone crown'd whose hart was set on toyes He Dunstan banisht his Landes and Treasure lauisht and his neere Nâ—…c vpon his Crowne-day rauisht 85 And next he slew her Husband for all which after foure yeares he was depriude his state Edgar his Brother a Prince wise and rich In all things â—…ust seuere and Fortunate ascends the Throne no Sorcerer nor Witch His sentence spard Theeues Bribers he did hate To him Ludwallis Prince of Wales obayd Three hundred Wolues for Tribute yearely payd 86 Forty seauen Monasteryes this King erected Red Crosses made and on mens Roabes were seared When Duffus had foure yeares the Scots protected Donewald a Scotch Lord that no bad thing feared Him basely slew and from his Throne derected From which â—…xe monthes no Moone or Sunne appeared The Turkes by Euecus Earle of Bygar Were Spaine expold he first King of Nauar. 87 King Edgar in his sixteenth yeare expyres When his Sonne Edward was at Kingstone crownde Slaine by his trayterous Stepdame who desires The Crowne for her Sonne Etheldred he founde Exter Abbey Swayne of Denmarke fires Citties and Townes in England burning round King Etheldred raign'd in this Kingdome free Thirty eyght yeares His murdred Brother three 88 Now Stephen was made first King of Hungary And thirty nine yeares raign'd Alphons of Spaine Besiedging great Visenum valiantly Was with an arrow kild and strowed the plaine All the Lord-Danes that liu'd here tyranously Were by the English Wiues in one night slaine Ierusalem was by the Turkes possest Whom twice the bold Venetian Duke distrest 89 King Edmond sir-nam'd Iron-side next his Father Inioyes the Kingdome gainst whom Swanus Son The bold Canutus all his Danâ—…s doth gather Twixt whom were many battayles lost and won After much bloods effusion they chose rather By single strife to end the broyles begon Theyr valors were in epuall ballance tryde and after Combat they the Land deuide 90 Edrick of Stratton valiant Edmond slew And from Canutus had a Traytors meede The valiant Dane in Stiles and Honors grew He Scotland wan and Norway To his seed Leauing foure Kingdomes Vice he did eschew Nor euer did a juster Prince succeed English and Danâ—…s he atton'd vnto his doome and after went on Pilgrimage to Roome 91 Robert the Norman Duke for valor famed Hyes to the holy warres in Palestine He gone his young Sonne William is proclaymed The Norman Duke Now seekes a Throne deuine Canutus when he twenty yeares had raigned and Harrold Harefoote vnto whom incline The Danâ—…s in England next the Scepter swayes and three yeares past at Oxford ends his dayes 92 Hardi-canutus the same number fild and drinking dide whom the good Edward Sainted For holy workes succeeds no bloud he spild Nor with knowne sinnes his high profession taynted He married as the great Earle Goodwin wild Th'Earles Daughter Edgitha and nothing wanted That a iust Prince should haue one and twenty years In zeale and clemency the Crowne he weares 93 This Goodwin Alphred Edward younger Brother Traytorously slew and by his power he yoaked The King himselfe betray de his Soueraigne Mother By Byshop Robert to these illes prouoked But Heauen no longer could such mischiefe smother Swearing by Bread he by the bit was choaked The swallowing Sea deuour'd all his Lands Which to this day beare name of Goodwins sands 94 William the Bastard Duke first landing heare Was by the King receaued and Englands Crowne Promist by Edward which no English Peere Was knowne to contradict after lenthome With greatest pompe and Harrold the same yeare Earle Goodwins sonne a man of great renowne Arriude in Normandy and with oathes deepe Sware the King dead for him the Crowne to keepe 95 But Edward dead Harrold vsurpes the seate Whom Fauston and the Norwey King inuade Vpon the North both whom he did defeate And brauely slew in battaile William made A new Incursion gainst whom in t' is heare Harrold his Ensignes in the field displayde The Norman Duke preuaylde and Harrald slaine William the first so cald begins his raigne In Brutes time whilst he gouernd Brittan Anaeus Siluius raigned amongst the Latines Dercitus in Assyria Athletets in Corinth Pipinus in Thusâ—…an Codrus in Athens in whose dayes the Arke of God was taken by the Philistims In Locrynes raigne Dauid was annoynted King ouer Israel In Guendolins raigne he 〈◊〉 Vriah and marryed Bersheba In Madans dayes Salomon built the Temple c. From Brute to Caelar the Brittans were not Tributary to any the gouernment of the Romans from Caesar to Theodosius lasted 483. years In Theodosius the youngers raign the yeare of Christ 443. the Tribute 〈◊〉 The gouernment of the Saxons continued the space of 600. yeares in continuall warre and hostility either with the Brittans the Danes or the Normans The opinions of those that write of the first inhabiting of this Iland are diuerse and how it came first to receiue the name of Albion some thinke of the Chalky and white Cliffe which seemes to wall it in from the Sea But Hugh Genisis a Roman Chronicler writing of all the Kinges and Kingdomes of the World from the Vniuer sall Deluge to Christ. Writes that Danaus King of Greece had fifty Daughters and Aegiptus as many Sonnes who being married and the women the first night murdring their Husbands were for the offence banished and sayling on the Seas were driuen vpon this Island which Albiana called after her Name Albion vvith these Ladies he reports that Spirits engendred and begotte Gyants who laie with their Mothers and Sisters led onely by their lustes till they had multiplyed themselues to the number of twelue thousand But Idoubt not but that this Land may contend with any other whatsoeuer for her antiquity being inhabited with the first which beeing continually vexed within it selfe with ciâ—… 〈◊〉 and forraine inuasions her Monuments and remembrances
haue by these warres bin de◅oured which haue left the certainty of our first Antiquity doubtfull to the world and not truely re◅embred by any that haue undertooke her first discouery Here moreouer wee could haue tooke fit occasion to haue recorded all the Genealogies before the flood with a briefe report who after the floud peopled euery other Kingdome and from whom euery Region tooke her Name but it had bin a course too strange and different from our purpose which is onely to finde out such thinges as haue alliance to this Land of Brittan and the memorable things best knowne to us We infist not much in Aeneas trauels of his landing at Carthage his loue to Queene Dldo her killing her selfe at his departure from her land the funer all of his Father Anchises with his warres against king Turnus for the beautious Laninia These because they are amply set downe in Virgils 12. Bookes of his Aeneids wee thought better rather superficially to passe them ouer with a bare remembrance then to bee too palpably tract in a History so common to all men Which we the rather to omit because we hasten to the antiquittes and the successiue Souer aigneties of our natiue Island whose age our purpose is to deriue from the first Inhabitantes and so to continue it euen to this present government The Antiquity of London was helde to bee longe before Rome For Brute landed here in the yeare of the Lord 2855. in the yeare before Christ 1108. Rome was built long after in the time that Riuallo ruld in Brittain the yeare after the floud 155◅ after Comerus the first king of Italy 1414 after the destruction of Troy 432 after Brute arriuedin in this Land of B◅tain 355. The end of the sixteenth CANTO Argumentum OF all great Brittans Kinges truely descended From the first Conqueror next we shall intreat How they haue sayld or how their hands extended Through any forraine Realmes by Conquest great How they begun and how their raignes they ended Till royall Iames claymes his Monarchall Seate In whom three kingdomes first by Brute deuided Vnited are and by one Scepter guided ARG. 2. From Norman William a true note collected Of all the kinges and Queenes that here protected CANTO 17. 1 William the Norman Duke is next inuested Sixt of that Dutchy entring by sterne warre A troublous raigne he liu'd and sildome rested From rough rebellious armes yet euery barre His Sword remou'd Hertford his pride detested But for his Treason was confined farre Earle Walter too into that faction led Disclosde the plot and for it lost his head 2 Duke Robert Williams Sonne by th'instigation Of the French King doth Normandy inuade Against whom William raysde the English nation And when no Prince betwixt them could perswade They met and fought with much loude acclamation Robert vnhorst his Father and then stayde His warlike hand whom by his voyce he knew And raisd him for which peace betweene them grew 3 William inuading France in Caan expyerd And there lies buried by his warlike Peeres after he many Towers and Townes had fierd Raigning o're England one and twenty yeares Foure Sonnes he left one Danghter much admierd Robert and Richard who ascends the Spheares Before ripe age William who next doth sway Henry cald Bewclack and fayre Adela 4 Whilst our great Conqueror liu'd the King of Danes Canutus by the English Out-Lawes ayded Inuades the North but William him restraynes Henry the Emperor Bauaria inuaded Malcolm that ore the troublous Scots then raignes Peirces Northumberland at this time vaded The Saxons glory Otho them defaced after the Thuringas he by armes had chaced 5 Eudochia who had seuen yeares worne the Crown Of Graciaes Empyre was by maryage tyde Vnto Rhomanus one of high renowne Sir-nam'd Diogenes Gregory denyde Marriage to Priests the Russ. Duke was put downe By Prince Demetrius neare to him allyde William foure Castles built his Foes to tame At Yorke at Lincolne aud at Nottighame 6 Henry then Casar for some sinne detected Did by the Pope stand excommunicate and being of his Feudor King reiected To Gregory submits him and his State Now liu'd the famous Oswald much respected Byshop of Sarum Casar absolu'd late The second time condemnd gainst Gregory sped Stating Rauennaes Robert in his sted 7 Vradislaus was the first King made Of Boheme and of all the Countries neare Ansell who then Galisiaes Scepter swayed Did gainst the Sarazens in armes appeare And wan from them Tolledo by the ayde Of Christian Princes Rufus gouernd heer Next after conquering William thirteene springs He sat inuested in our Throne of Kings 8 Twice Robert made incursion but supprest By Williams power the Scots inuade againe But are appeasd the Welshmen Rees inuest Who in a conflict was by William slaine lerusalem by Pagan Armes opprest Th' assembled christiā kings by force maintain Where dide in battaile as the rumor ran The Babilonian Souldan Soliman 9 The Norman Robert chusd King by election Of Palestine refusd the Sacred stile Which Bulloin Godfrey tooke to his protection Scotch Malcolm with his sonne entring by guile Northumbers Marches came to the deiection By valiant Robert who was Earle that while Both slaine in field K. William the same yeare Erected the great Hall in Westminster 10 Duncan vsurpes in Scotland not two yeares He gouernd there but in his bed was slaine Donnald restor'd not long the Scepter beares But Edgar that ambitious was to raigne By armes supprest him and the Dia'dem weares Rufus being hunting Tyrrell of his traine By glauncing of an Arrow the King slew Henrie next gouernes by succession true 11 Thirty fiue yeares did Henry Beauclarke guide Th'Helme-Royall he for Thest strict lawes decreed Robert returnd from Palestine defide Henry who after parley were agreed Long their truce lasted not Beu-clarke denide His Brothers pension great dissentions breed After much warre Duke Robert they surprise Who for a prisons breach forfeits his eyes 12 Norwich Cathedrall Church is founded new S. Bartholmewes built by Reior a Musitian In Belgia great Inundations grew Being almost drown'd Now vpon good condition Peace twixt the Emperor and King Henry grew Whose daughter was with much hye superstition Made Empresse Maud the English Queen being dead Henry takes Adelisia in her stead 13 The King of England with French Lodwicke tryes Great discords where the English gaine the best In their returne by Sea great Tempests ryse Where all the yssue-Royall most and least Perisht with many Nobles grane and wise Where eight-score soules at once are sent to rest Of all the ship one Butcher and no more Escapt the seas and swam vnto the shore 14 Geffrey plantagenet the Emperour dead Wiues Maud the Empresse vnto whom she bare Two sonnes Henry and Geoffrey now life fled From Beu-clarke who to Stephen resignes his Chaire
But ere he rests him in his earthy bed He is renown'd for many buildings rare Dunstable Priory Reading Abbey and Windsore fayre Castle that on hye doth sland 15 Duke Bohemond in Asia warres maintaining Was by the Turkes surpriz'd restor'd againe By Tanered who in Puell after raigning Infinite Turkes were by his valour slaine Baldwin defies the Souldan thereby gaining Two famous Townes Now Alphons rules in Spaine Lawes the groâ—…e in France in Scotlands rights Malcolms first 〈◊〉 that Alexander â—…ight 16 Alexius did the Gracian Empire sway Henry in Rome the Pope-â—…om Pascall guids In Hungary 〈◊〉 Stephen about that day A blazing-Starre appeares and long abides Two Moones are seene and in Flaminia Blood raignes Michaell the Duke of Venice rides Against the Pagans who were made his pray At â—…oppen After in his 〈◊〉 feturne He many of the Emperours townes did burne 17 Charles Earle of flaunders in the Church was slaine By the proud Bâ—…ggis prouost which related William the sonne of Cort-hose did complaine And by French Lewes was next Earle instated Balach the Parthian did proud warres maintaine Gainst Baldwin which was by rough steele debated Baldwin surprizd fayre Stons Towers quite raced And faire Ierusalem once more defaced 18 Stephen Earle of Bulloin sonne to th' Earle of Bloys and Addela next Henry rules as King Though Maud the Empresse had th'applausiue voyce Of many English peeres through which warres spring Gloster and Chester Earles after much choise Of fields and battailes such an Army bring That Stephen is tooke and vnto Bristow sent After releast by London and by Kent 19 These Counties rayse an army and surprize Gloster for whom the Barons change King Stephen Dauid of Scotland doth gainst England rife after much warre then discords are made ecuen By th' Empresse meanes his Barons him despise First Stephen preuailes the Lords their Lands bereauen But gathering head at Wilton they preuaile Where the King flyes whom Gloster doth assaile 20 Henry Maâ—…ds sonne after K. Stephens decease Is proclaim'd King which soone attones their strife By which mild Stephen raignes all his dayes in peace His sonne the French Kings Sister takes to wife Gersa the sonne of Bela gan encrease His fame among the Hungars and his life Was fearefull to the Germans Lewes swayd France The Turkes grim Alaph to their Crowne aduance 21 Earle Roger rul'd Sicilia Almany Great Barbarosse Romes Empery Conrade Adrian of England held the Papacy In Scotland raignd Malcolm a beautious mayd The English Iewes at Easter Crucifie A Christian child and life for life they paid Next Stephen King Henry second of that name Sonne to the Empresse Maud the Peeres proclame 22 Thirty fiue yeares his prosperous raigne doth last In which he Englands 〈◊〉 augmented With Scotland Ireland and then further past To th'Orcad Isles whose forces he preuented Brittaine Poictou and Guien he made fast To th' English Crowne 〈◊〉 that but late dissented His sword appeasd and after well protected Which done great Rutland Castle he erected 23 Two Sunnes at once within our skies apeare And in the Moone a bloody Crosfe was seene Lewes of France sent ouer Margaret heere His daughter to be made young Henries Queene By which the discords that both Realmes did feare In this alliance quite dispersed beene Once more the King gainst Scotland is prouoked Pope Adrian drinking with a Fly was choked 24 Vradislaus for his valour showne At Milleins siedge was by the Emperour made Bohemians second King his Armes well knowne A faire red Rampant Lyon Baldwin layde On his blacke hearse Almerious is growne King of Ierusalem who brauely staid Th ` Aegiptian power and in one gloriouâ—…day Wan from the Souldan Alexandria 25 Now Thomas Bâ—…ket who before had fled To Rome and there complaind him of the King Was to his Sea restor'd after strooke dead In Canterbury Church a pâ—…tious thing Him Rome Cannoniz'd for a Saint which bred Much superstition Salladine doth bring A puissant host â—…his Conquests he began And by the sword Egipt and Sarry wan 26 Henry King Henries sonne was twice instated And Crown'd in England in his Fathers dayes By which much vprore was by warre debated The sonnes against the father tumults raise The Pope gainst th'Emperour Fredericke animated Fredericke submits and at his foot he layes His princely head whilst with a Lordly checke The Pope his foot sets on the Emperors necke 27 Andronicus hauing his Maister slaine The childe Alexius left to his tuition Three yeares the Gracian Empire doth maintaine Baldwin the fift a Chiln of faire condition Is Crowd in Syon Saladin againe Gainst Palestine doth make new expedition Subdues Ierusalem and â—…nce his dayes The Infidell the holy kingdome sways 28 Henry the sonne before the Father dyes Whose warres his Brother Richard takes in hand And by hostility the King defies Vnable gainst his puissant sonne to stand Sickenesse and griefe of thoughts the King surprise Who dying to Prince Richard leaues the Land Richard in Aâ—…nes a bold reputed Knight Who for his stout heart Cordelyon hight 29 Eleuen full years nine months and twenty dayes He sat inthrâ—…'d Now Bayliffes first begun In London many Christian princes raise Fresh powers to gaine Ierusalem late wun Almaine France England Burgoine whom most praise To this Sicilia Venice Pysa run And quell the Pagans Richard Cipresse tooke And Acon where the French King him forsooke 30 Frederick the Empetor hauing late subdude The lesse Armenia where his Fame was sowned Through greatest part of Asia gan inttude And of that Tri-part world was soueraigne Crowned But by misfortune or by rashnesâ—…ude Was after in the flood Selephins drowned Richard exchang'd with Gui of Lessingham The Crowne of Cipresse for Ierusalem 31 Grac'st with the title of the holy King Returning with a small and slendet traine Towards England where his Brother Iohn vsurping Tooke to himselfe a short rebellious raigne The Austrich Duke King Richard enuying Surpriz'd him first then gaue him to be slaine To s fierce Lyon whom vnarm'd he beat And from his bulke his warme heart tore and eat 32 Thence ransom'd after warre prince Iohn submits Whilst Saphandenus Egipts Empire swayde In Spaines Tribunall the eight Alphons sits Emericus Hungariaes King is made To Innocent the third th'Emperour submits Who eighteene years the Papall Crosier staide He first deuisd Auricular confession Which since his time the Popes keepe by succession 33 Richard besideging Gailerd long with Steele Was with an Arrow from the Castle wounded Shot by the hand of one Peter Bazeele He slaine Retrait the valiant English sounded His want the Cleargy Peeres and Commons feele In whom Religion power and state abound Next him King Iohn succeeds by the Lands doome Who whilst he raign'd despisd the threats of Rome 34 Raign'd seuenteene years him phillip King of France
strange Monsters breed One bore a Child that had the face of man and body of a Lyon th' other bred One with two bodies from the Girdle-sted 54 The Scotch King dying Issulesse contention In Scotland grew who should succeede the State The strife Edward atton'd and after mention Made of their Title which these Lords relate He arbitrates theyr fierce and hot dissention And to Iohn Balioll priz'd at hyest rate He giues the Crowne which pleased Scotland well Madock and Morgan now in Wales rebell 55 Edward thrice war'd gainst Scotland and preuayled The French Kings Sister Margaret tooke to Wife and to his Sonne the Princedome he entayled Of Wales proud Ottoman began great stufe With Christendome and many Townes assayled In him the Empire of the Turkes tooke life Pope Boniface the eyght suruiued than He first in Rome the Iubilee began 56 Creat Tamor Caâ—… gouernd Tartaria Albert the Empire France King Phillip guided Prince Ladislaus ruld Hungaria Clement the fift the seat of Rome deuided Transporting it to France which from that day Seauenty foure yeares continew'd vndecided Seraph th' Egiptian Souldan-ship supplide Edward the first in his Scotch garboiles dide 57 The second Edward him succeeds and raignes Full eighteene yeares a Prince of no renowne He ryots Lusts and wantonnesse maintaind Mongst priuate vnthrifts and his peeres put downe Henry the Emperour hauing brauely gaind Many great fields was with an yron Crowne at Milleine Crownd where he aduancst his name The Crutched Fryares first into England came 58 Peirs Gaueston twice banisht by the Peeres Was by the King recald Iohn Tamer rose In rebell armes destroyd by his owne feares Phillip the long their King the French-men chose The hauty Spencers triumpht many yeares Ouer the Nobles who themselues oppose against their pride the Spencers they exile Whom the loose King reuoked in small while 59 Twenty two Barons for the Spencers loue The King cut off the Sun six houres appeared Of sanguine hew his glorious brightnesse stroue with his red Maske which at the last he cleared Edward his force did twice gainst Scotland proue Both times the soyle with English blood besmeared The Queene and Prince the Spencers could not brook And like two exiles their owne Land forsooke 60 Sir Iohn of Henault Lands in the Queenes ayde And hy the Barons helpe the King pursued who after in strong Barkley Castle layde Sir Roger Mortimer a man indude With Pride and Tyrrany the King betrayde and with the Kings bloud 〈◊〉 Tower Imbrude Baldock the Spencers Minions to the King The Conquering Peeres vnto destruction bring 61 Edward King Edwards Sonne fifty yeares bore Englands rich Scepter Charles the French King dide Leauing no issue of the Royall store Therefore King Edward being next alyde Claymes France to which the Doncipeeres restore Phillip Valois and Edwards clayme deride Sir Roger Mortimer long graft boue reason By the Kings Mother was condemn'd of Treason 62 Edward the Blacke-Prince was at Woodstocke borne King Edward fought the fiâ—…ld cald Haldonne Hill In Scotland After some few dayes out-worne The King his clayme to France doth menace still Petrach the Laureat liu'd the French in scorne Foure hundred Sayle with armed Souldiers fill These Edward meetes at Siuce whom fame hath sounded Thirty three thousand of French t' haue slain drowned 63 The order of the Garter was first made Soone after was the famous Cressie field Don Petro by his Spanish Peeres betrayde Was to their violent fury forst to yeild Edward wan Callis Iohn next Phillip swayde In France and mena'st with his warlike Shield The braue Black-Prince at Poytieres battayle wonne The field the French King Prisoner and his Sonne 64 Melchella was now Souldan Amurath Emperor of Turky and with Conquest fought A persecutor of the Christian Fayth The French King-Iohn hauing his peace now bought at Sauoy dide and Charles the sixt next hath The Crowne of France Don-Peter ayde besought Who late exiled from the Crowne of Spaine Was by the Black-Prince repostest againe 65 The Duke of Laâ—…caster France ouer-run Vnfought withall Sir Robert Knowles likewise Marcht by the Citty Paris now begun Great Baiazeth among the Turkes to rise The braue blacke Prince from France where he had won So many Noble fields returning dyes The King himselfe as our best writers say Expird of Iune the two and twentith day 66 Richard the second sonne to the bold Prince Edward sit-namd the Blacke at yeares eleuen Began his rule whom many men conuince Of wanton ryot and a course vneuen Well tutor'd in 's minority but since He manag'd state too much neglecting heauen Gunnes were deuisd first by a Germaine Fryer France doth the Kingdome of Nauar desire 67 Queene â—…ane of Naples flourisht Bohemes King Vinceslaus was Almaine Emperor made Twixt Portugall and Castile discords spring Two Popes contend the Genowayes inuade The bold Venetians and to battaile bring Their Nauall powers both Ensignes flye displaid Iacke Straw dyes stabd in Smithfield by the care Of William Walworth at that time Lord Maior 68 A wondrous Earth-quake did whole England shake King Richard thâ—… Almaine Emperors daughter wiude The Turkes in Christendome great vprores make Iohn Galeazo in those dayes suruiu'd Duke Iohn of Gaunt doth a braue voyage take To conquer Spaine and in his purpose thriu'd The Barons of the Realme themselues with-drew And many of the King seducers slew 69 The Duke of Lancaster his daughter Kate Married to Henry Castiles eldess sonne His second daughter had the Queene-like state Of Portugall by which all warres were done The Turke in Hungary suppreft but late Seekes by his power all Gâ—…eece to ouer-ron Against Constantiâ—…opolis he layde at eyght-yeare siedge now Colleines Schoole was made 70 Robert of Scotland dying Iohn his heyre Succeedes next Richard Queene Anne beiug dead Espousd French Isabel then did prepare For Ireland where 's voyage slowly sped He put to death his Vncles for the care Of him and his Realmes safty sore misled Hereford and Norfolke Dukes the Combat clayme and both are banist in King Richards name 71 The Sâ—…ithian Tamberlaine the Turkes subdude and kept theyr Emperor in an Iron Cage Hereford against his sentence durst intrude Himselfe int'England and gainst Richard wage A threatned warre the Peeres Richard exclude From gouernment who in his strength of age Resignes his Crowne his Dignity and Fame To Henry Bullingbrooke fourth of that name 72 Gainst whom the Duke of Exeter Richards Brother The Dukes of Surry and Aumarle conspyre With Glocester who his hatred cannot smother And Salsbury all these his life conspyre and for it lost their lyues with many other Of the same faction seeking to aspyre Richard is slayne in Prison after showne Through London streets to haue his death wel known 73 Owen
tumult at his Sermon raisde A man vnknowne his Doctrine much disdaining Threw at his face a Dagger Ridley praysd Mongst protestants and Cramner fauour gaining In Edwards dayes were for Arch-traitors blaz'd And dide by fire Northumberland that sped To Cambridge on the Tower-hill lost his hed 114 The Turkish Solyman with his owne hands Slew his sonne Mustapha the Cardinall In Henries dayes but late exild his Lands Was by the Queene reâ—…cald now gan to fall The protestants against them strictly stands The Catholicke Cleargy the proud Genowayes brall With the French King who after in small while Wan by the Turkes ayde the rich Corsicke I le 115 Englands great Queene espousd Phillip of Spaine Sir Thomas Wyat for rebellion dide Duke Suffolke Father to the Lady Iane Was at the Tower beheaded Coortney allyde To the blood Royall once more they restraine Of Liberty the fourth Paule full of pride Supplies the pope-dome the same year did chance Much warrâ—… and trouble betweene Spaine and France 116 Lady Elizabeth was keptin hold and by the Queene committed to the Tower There harshly vsd her life to danger sold By souldiers theâ—…ce remooud to Wood-stocke Bower Sir Henry Benning-field somewhat too bold Vpon her iust proceedings looking sower a blazing Comet twelue full nights appeared Great Lones of Money by the Queene were reared 117 Great dearth in England For base murder dide at Salisbury Lord Sturton Callis lost Which was by England many yeares supplide Since the third Edward the proud Clergy mgrost all the spirituall fruits to glut their pride Phillip tooke fea and left the English Coast For griefe of which Mary soone after craisd and dide with Cardinall Poole in England raisd 118 Next whom the faire Elizabeth is Crownd a Princesse with all gracious Thewes indude She did the Gospell quicken and confound Romes Antichrist all such as he pursude With fire and Inquisition she guirt round With safety and her Lands pure face imbrude With blood of Innocents her prospetous raigne Cleard and wipt off each foule and bloody staine 119 Henry the French King in the â—…ilt was layde Breathlesse at Paris Paules is burnt a peace Betweene the Realmes of France and England made Newhauen siege and a great plagâ—…les increase Lord Henry Stewart to the hests obayd Of the Scotch peeres whose vâ—…gings neuer â—…ease Till to their generall comforts he was seene Espousd to Lady Mary Scotlands Queene 120 Now came the Baden margraâ—… with his wife To London she heere brought him a new sonne Whom the Queene Christend breathing a new life In his decaid estate Now was begun The Burse on Cornhill whose renowne grew rife In euery place where Traffickes gaine is won In Scotland to restore a kingdome torne Iames of that name the fixt this yeare was borne 121 Henry of Scotland was by Traytors slaine And Shan Oneile in Ireland put to flight By bold Sir Henry Sidney with the gaine Of a great battaile where theyr Treasons light Vpon the Traytors with a gallant trayne The Muscouite lands in his Emperors right T' establish Trafficke now as rebels stand Th'Earles of Nor thumber land and Westmerland 122 Debate with Scotland and in Norfolke grew Conspiracy the Queene in person came To Gressams Burse to take a princely view To which she gaue at his request a name Royall Exchange this yeare the Christians slew Many proud Turkes and beate them backe with shame Into theyr Foretresses and Citties walled This was the battaile of Lepantho called 123 A massacre in Paris now their heads The Norfolke Duke lost and Northumber land A blazing starre six months together spreds Her fiery rayes now by the violent hand Of one George Browne who murdrous futy leads Was Maister Saunders slaine the matter scand Anne Dreury for that fact and Saunders wife George Browne with trusty Roger lost his life 124 By Furbusher Cathaia was made knowne The Essex Earle this yeare at Dinelon dide In Ireland where his Fame was dreadfull growne Ioh 〈◊〉 Cassimerus did through London ride Desmond rebeld Drake that had compast rowne The world and many dangerous Fortunes tride Was Knighted by the Queene Mounsier arriued Thinking the English Monarchesse t' haue wiued 125 William the Prince of Orenge was betrayde And with a Pystoll by a souldier slaine Poland Musco into England made avoyage and did six months heere remaine Purser and Clinton Pyrars that denaide allegiance to the Queene at length were tane By William Barrowes Antwerpe sackt and spoyld By Parmaes Duke who long against it toyld 126 Northumberland himselfe in the Tower slew Iago Domingo and Carthagen By Drake and Furbusher whom most men knew Carletle and many gallant Englishmen Surprisd and â—…ckt the Earle of Liester grew Great in the Land and sayld to Flushing then Where his Commission he at large relates Being made chiefe Generall to the Belgian states 127 Embassadors from Denmarke gratulate Her highnesse raigne the Earle of Arundell Conuict aleague twixt England and the state Of Scotland Noble Candish furnisht well In two good ships well mand and builded late Compast the world the foureteene Traitors fell and suffer'd for the guilt at Zutphen dide Noble Sir Phillip Sidney souldiers pride 128 His death a generall griefe mongst souldiers bred a Parlyment The great At made of Spaine Rode on the English Coast and gainst vs sped But by our Fleet they were repulst againe at Tilbery the Campe was brauely led By Elizabeth in person in whose traine all Englands Chiualry mustred and met Leister meane time to Nature paid his debt 129 Portugall voyage Lodwicke Grewill prest For murder the bold Duke of Guise betraid And slaine by the third Henry when he least Suspected Death a Fryer no whit dismaid Incouragd by the Guisians as t is ghest Murdred the King then Henrie Burbon laid Claime to the Crowne whom England so supplies That by her ayde his warlike Fortunes rise 130 Whom Essex Willoughby Norris assist Sir Roger Williams with a many moe Strong Paris they besiege and as they list March thorough France maugre the common foe Hacket is hangd in Cheape who did persist In blasphemy In London gan to grow a grieuous Plague Lopes arraind and tride Drawne from the London Tower at Tyburne dide 131 Cales sieg'd and won the Duke of Bulloine lands In England th' Islands voyage this yeare came Embassadors from Denmarke from whose hands The Queene receiu'd rich presents Now with Fame Th' Earle Cumberland renownd in forraigne Lands Wan Iohn de Porterico sackt the same Lord Burleigh Treasurer submits to fate Since the sixt Edward Counsellor of state 132 Essex is sent for Ireland gainst Tyrone a Muster at Mile-end Essex comes backe With a small traine of followers after whom Lord Montioy speeds against the dangerous packe Of Irish Rebels whose braue valours showne In
de Thessalia Dailochus Pherecides Zezes histo 45. Pyragmon Berountes and Sâ—…pes the three Ciclops that attend on Vulcan Achilles armor Achilles shield A Battaile Apollodorus lib. 3. Hesiodus in Theogonia Simonides Poeta K. Memnon slain by Achilles King Hupon slaine King Philos slaine Three Kinges slaine by Hector The Sagittary slaine by Diomed King Polixenes slaine Andromaches dreame Astianax Hectors Sonne Aiax Telemon Prince Margareton flaine D. Coriphus Duke Bastidius slaine Leocides slain Policeus slaine Achilles wouÌ„ded The death of Hâ—… Ouid. Metamerpho 6. Apollonius lib. 1 Argâ—… Appolo lib. 2. Suidas Homer Isacius Horatius lib. 2 Carminum Artimesia Camna Edward the 3. Q. Margaret wife to Henry the 6. Laide Mary Countesse of Penbrooke Sister to Sir Phillip Sidney Prince Arthur elder brother to Prince Henry after Henry the 8. M. F. Cicero The battaile The valour of King Priaâ—… Troylus The death of Troylus Archilochus the sonne of Nestor The death of Achilles and Archilochus penthisâ—… Neoptoâ—…mus A tale of a chast Queene amongst the Amazons The death of Paris The death of Deiphebus and Amphiemachus The death of Pâ—…nthisilea Dares The Palladiâ—… bought by Vlisses of the Priest of Pallas for a great sum of mony Plutarchus libde virtutibus Mulierum Antimachus Lycophron in Alexandra Ibicus Herodotus in Euterpe Diognetes in rebus Smernais Harmonidaâ—… 〈◊〉 Duris 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Alexandar in 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 in 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 lib. 3. Q Elizabeth Doctor Parry Babington his 〈◊〉 Percy and Catesby with their Conâ—…ederates Guido Vaux Virgils Eneids The horse of Troy Synons Tale Hectors ghost Panthus Otriades Androgeos The death of Chorobus The death of Polytes The death of Priam. Creusaes death Helenus Italy The death of Astianax The death of Polyxeua Polymnestor K. of Thrace The death of Polidore The death of Hecuba The number of Greckes Troians slaine at the siedge Ironia Ouid metamâ—… The death of Aiax Telegonus son to Vlisses and Circe otherwise cald Calipso Vlisses slain by his Bastard son Telegonus The death of Agâ—…memnon The death of Cletemenestra The death of Pytrhus The death of Hellen. Pausa in Atticis Heredotus in Melpom. Apollonius lib. 4. Arg. nanc slefichorus Luciaâ—…s Strabo lib. 14. Apollodorâ—…s Athenodorâ—…â—…izantius zozes Cic. de nature deorum Callimachus in Himn Homer Simonides Coeus 2. geneal Isacius Horâ—… I. carnium Stesicherus Calliâ—… Dares Dictes 2. De Arte Amand Vlisses Circo Deâ—… remedio Amoris lib. 1. Mm 2 Zczeshistor 16. Chil. 5. Hesiodusin Theog Homerus libr. odiss Dionisius Milctus Hesiodus in Theog onea Lycophron Strabo lib. 9. Tymaus siculus De arte Amandi 2. De remedio Amoris I. Dardanus Son to Jupiter and Electra Turnus King of Tuskaine Innogen Daughter to Pandras Hugh Genesis and Harding Albion of Albania the eldest Sister The yeare of the world aboue the line The yeare before â—…hri vnder the line Brute 2855. 1108. 2878. 1085. Locrine 2889. 1074. 2889. 1704. Guendoline Madan 2916. 1047. Meâ—…prisius 2954. 1009. Ebranke 2972. 991. Brute Green 3033. 930. 3034. 929. Leill 3046 917. Lud Hurdibras 3071 892. 3097 896 Bladud 3109. 854. Leir 3123 840. Cordeilla 1358. 805. Morgan Cunedadgius 3162. 801. Riuallo 3196. 767. Gurgustius 3242. 721. 3252 711. Sisillus 3279. 084. 3299 668. 3311. 652. Iago 3327. 636 3351. 612. Kinimachus 3369. 594. Gorbodug 3404 559. 3417. 546. 3430. 533. Forrex Porrex 3467. 496. 3475. 488 3513. 450 3522. 441 Mulmutius 3550. 413. Beline Bren. 3563. 400. 3568. 395. 3586. 377. Gurguintus 3588 375. 3595. 368. 3604 359. Guintheline 3607 356. 3628. 311. Cecilius Kimar 3633. 330. Elanius Morindus 3,652 311. Gorbomanus 3660. 3660. 303. Archigall 3671. 292. Elidure 3676. 287 Archigallo 3681. 282. Elidure 3691. 272. Vigenius Peridure 3693. 270. Elidure 3702. 261. 3684. 279. 3705. 258. Gorboman Morgan Emerianus 3736. 227. 3756. 207. Rimo Geruntius 3771 192 Catellus 3790. 173. 3795. 168. Coill 3800. 263. 3820 140. Porrex Cherimus Fulgen. Eldred Androgeus Dedantius Detonnus 3843. 120. 3835. 128. 3848. 115. Vrianus Eliud Mâ—…rianus Bladunus Capenas Ouinius Sisilus Bladgabred 3857 109 3869. 94 Archemac Eldotus Rodianus Redargius Samillus Penesillus Pirrhus Caporus Diuellus Heâ—… 3893. 70. Lud 3894. 69 â—…belan 3911 52 Caesar. 3916 47 3919 44 3921 42 Tenancius 3934 29 3944. 19 Cimbeline The yeare of the worldboue the line The yeare after Christ vnder the line 3962. 1. 3978. 17 Guiderius 3985 24. 3994. 33. 4006 45 Aruiragus 4017 56. 4019. 58. 4029 68 4024. 73. Marius 4024 73 4070 108 4087 126 Coyll 4141. 180. Lucius 4169. 208. Seuerus 4174. 213. Caracalla 4179. 218. Carassus 4187. 226. Alectus Asclipiodale 4193. 232. 4223 262. Coill 4250 289. Constantius 4271. 310. Constantine 4284. 325 4290. 329. Octauius 4344. 383. Maximus 4388. 387. 4352. 391. Gratian 4380 419 4381 422. 4394. 443. Constantine 4404. 443. Constans 4409. 448. Vortiger Vortimer 4426. 465. 4432. 471. Vortiger 4402. 441 4411. 450. 4417 456 4418. 457. 4432. 471. Hengist 4442 482. Aurelius Ambros. 4461 500. Vter Pendragon 4478. 517. Arthur 4504. 533. Mordred 4504 543 Constantine 4482 521. 4488 527 4505 545 4507. 546. Aurelius Conanus 4509. 548. Vortigorus 4513. 542. Malgo. 4539. 578. 4577. 586. Careticus Ethelfrid 4574. 613. Cadwan 4549. 588. 4586 625. 4596 335. Cadwallin 4644. 683. Cadwallader 4684 723. Iue raigned 37 yeares Ethelard 4685 724 4690 729. Cuthred 4706. 745. Sigebert 4709 748. Kinulphus 4702 749 4739 778 Brithricus 4756 795 Egbert 4793 832 Ethelwolf 4804. 843. Os Porci 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 4816. 845. Ethelwald 4817. 856. Ethelbert 4824. 863. Etheldred 4833 872 Alured 4862 901 Edward 4872 911. 4886 925 Adelstane 4896 915 4901 940 Edmond 4907 949 Eldred 4915 954 4916 955. Edwin 4920. 959 Edgar 4927 966 4939. 975. Edward 4936 978 Etheldred 4961 1000 Edmond Iron-side 4977 1016 4978 1017. Canutus 4993. 1032. 4896 1038. Harrold Harefoote 5002 1041 Hardicanutus 5004 1043 Edward 5008 1047 5016 1055 5014 1053 5027. 1066. Harrold 5028 1067. William Lanquet Stow. Harding Hugh Genesis Marian. By Mirandula Virgil. Eusebius William the Conqueror 5028 1067 Roger Earle of Hertâ—…ord 5037 1076 5042 1081 5050 1089 5030 1069. 5031. 1670. Otho Duke of Bauaria Pope Gregory the seauenth 5030 1069 5037 1079 Robert Byshop of Rauenna made pope by the name of Clement 5047 1089 Will. Rufus 5050 1089 5051 1090. 5055. 1044 5061 1100. 5060 1099 5060. 1099 5062. 1101 Henry Beuclarke 5062 1101 5067 1106 Adelisia daughter to the Duke of Louaine 5071 1110 5081 1120 5096 1135. Gazim and Damascus 5083 1122. Rhodes Chiuâ—… Samos Lesbos Mitelene 5085 1125 5086 1125 K. Stephen 5102 1141 5107 1136 Eustace son to King Stephen 5114 1153 5115 1154 Henry the 2 5116 1155 5118 1157 5120. 1159 5132. 1171. 5133 1172 5137 1176. 5143. 1183 5144 1183 5149. 1186 5150 1189. Richard Cordelion 5151 1189. 5152. 1191 5151 1190 5154. 1193 5154 1193. 5159 1198 5161 1200 King Iohn 5162 1201. 5164 1203 5167 1206. 5170 1209 5173 1212 5174 1213 5177. 1216. Henry the 3. 5179. 1220 5181 1220. 5182 1221 5183 1222 5184. 1223 5186. 1225 5190 1229 5196 1235. 5198 1237 5201 1240 5202 1241 5203. 1242 5204 1243. 5206 1245 5209 1248 5213. 1252. 5214 1253 5219 1254 5218 1257 5219 1258. 5221. 1260. 5225 1264. Richard of Cornwayle Brother to the King and Emperor 5233. 1272 5233 1272 Edward the first 5235 1274 5238 1277 5240 1279 5246 1285. 5247 1286. 5248 1287 5253. 1292 5254 1293 5255 1294 5260 1299 Edward the 2. the 1. Prince of Wales 5261 1300 5267. 1306. 5268 1307. Edward 2. 5269 1308 Henry 7. Em. 5270 1309. 5076. 1315 5283 1322. 5â—…84 1323 5287 1326 Edward the 3. 5288 1327 5291 1330 5293 1332 5301 1340. 5309 1348 5317. 1356 5324 1363. 5327 1366 Iohn a Gaunt Duke of Lancaster 5334 1373. 5337. 1376. Richard 2. 5341 1380 5342 1381 5343 1382 5346 1385 5347 1386 5349 1389 5350 1389. The Academy of 〈◊〉 leine fouâ—…d 5356 1395 The Duke of Gloster and Earle of Arundell 5359 1398 Edward the fourth 5360 1399 5362 1401 Galiazo Duke of Milleine 5363 1402 5367 1460. 5368 1407 5372 1411 Henry the S. 5374 1413. 5377. 1416 5378 1417 5382 1421 5383 1422 Henry the sixt 5389 1428 Ioane de pusill 5394 1433. Eug. 4. 5398 1437 5399 1438 5420 1441 5406 1445 5408 1447 5411 1450 5413 1452. 5414 1453 5415 1454 5416 1455 5420 1459 5421 1460 Edward 4. 5224 1463 5225 1464 5431 1470 5432 1471 5435 1474 5436 1475 5444. 1483 Edward the 5 5445 1484 Richard the 3. 5446 1485 Henry the 7. 5448 1487 5450 1439 5451 1490. 5453 1492 5456 1495 5457 1496. 5459. 1498 5461 1500 1462 1501 5460 1502 5469 1508 5470 1509 Henry the eyght 5471 1510. 5473 1512 5474 1513 5475 1514 5476 1515 5478 1517 5479 1518 5481 1520 5481 1520 5483 1522. 5484 1523 5487 1526. 5488 1527 5490 1528 5491 1530 5493 1523 5494 1533 5494 1536 5498 1537. 5499 1538 5500 1539 5501 1540. 5504. 1533 5505 1544. 5507 1546 1508 1547 Edward the 6. 5509 1548 5500 1549 5512 1551 5514 1553. Cuâ—…ford Dudley to the D. Northumberland Q. Iane. Q. Mary Bourne Cannon of Paules Ridley Bishop of London Craâ—…mer Archbishop of Câ—…terbury Carâ—…al Poole 5515 1554 Coortney earle of Deuonshire 5516. 1555 5517 1556. 5510. 1558 K. Phillip 5520 1959. Q Elizab. Henry the 2 5521. 1560. 5525. 1564 5246. 1565. 5227 1566. 5528 1567 5530 5569 5531. 1570 5532 1571. 5533. 1572 5524 1373. 5435. 1576. 5542 1582 5543. 1582 5544. 1583. 5546 1585. 5547 1586 His twn ships the Desire and Content 5549 1588. Henry 4. kild 5552 1591 5553 1592 5555 1594 5557 1596. 5558 1597 5559 1598. 5560 1599 5561 1600 5563. 1602. The death of Q. Elizabeth 5594 1603. King Iames.
enemies pike Had by the aime of some strong hand bin cast And side to side through all his entrailes past 45 He comes where all his Lords in counsell sat And tels them of three sons preseru'd to life The Peeres at first seeme much amaz'd thereat Yet all commend the pitty of his wife And praise her vertue intermitting that They next proceed to Tytans hostile strife And thus conclude their enemies to expell Whom they know Barbarous bloody fierce and fell 46 When calling him that the defiance brought This answere backe to Tytan they returne That they his brauing menace set at naught That their owne blouds shall quench the towns they burn That their immediate ruines they haue sought And they no longer can reuenge adiourne But the next sonne shall see strange vengeancetane Of all his Cretan subiects they haue slaine 47 The Messengers dismist while they prepare Armes and munition for the Morrowes field Meane time great Tytans sonnes assembled are Who all their Fortunes on their fury build Their hauty lookes their spleenfull harts declare Each brandishing his sword and ponderous shield Longing to heare from Saturne such reply That on his men they may their valours try 48 Nor do they tempt the Deities in vaine They haue what they desire to them behold The bassled messenger gallops amaine But ere the Knight his message hath halfe told So much the Gyant kings their braues disdaine That with their scornefull feet they spurne the mold Their browes they furrow and their teeth they grate And all the Gods blaspheame to shew their hate 49 Now hath the Sunne slid from his fiery Car And in cold Ister quencht his flaming head Blacke darknes risting from the earth afar You might perceiue the welkin to orespread Orions blazing lockes discouered are Pale Cinthia gouernes in Apolloes stead Bootes his waine about the pole hath driuen And all the stars borne bright that spangle heauen 50 The morning comes Tytan in field appeares In compleat harnesse arm'd from head to toe Next him Aegeon who no Corslet weares Or coat of Armes to incounter any foe Vnarmed as he is he no man feares A plume doth from his guilded helmet flow Made of the Peacockes traine his armes is strong In which he shakes a skeine bright broad and long 51 Creous huge sinnowy Armes and brawny thighes Are naked being tawnied with the sun Buskins he weares that boue his ankles rise Puft with such curl'd silke as Arachne spâ—…n A coat of Armes well mail'd that fits his size Laceth his body in these Armes he woon Of a huge Monster in the Isle of Thrace Whose weapon was a weighty iron mace 52 His knotted beard was as the Porphir blacke So were the fleecy lockes vpon his crowne Which to the middle of his armed backe From his rough shaggy head discended downe His fiery Eie-bals threaten Saturnes wracke Sterne vengeance rous'd her selfe in Caons frowne His sheild a broad iron dore his Lance a beame Oft with his large stride he hath Archt a streame 53 Typhon in skins of Lyons grimly clad Next his too Brothers in the march proceeds The hides of these imperious beasts he had From th'Erithmanthian forrest where his deeds Liue still in memory like one halfe mad The Gyant shewes in these disguised weeds The Lyons iawes gnawing his Helmet stood And grinning with his long fangs stain'd in blood 54 And yet his owne fierce visage lowring vnder Appeares as full of terror as that other Two such aspects makes the Saturniens wonder Next him appeares Euceladus his Brother Whose eye darts lightning and his voice speaks Thunder This was the onely darling of his mother His weapon was a tall and snaggy Oake With which he menac'st death at euery stroake 59 Hiperion in an armor all of Sunnes Shines like the face of Phoebus o're the rest This Gyant to his valiant Brothers runs Crying to Armes base lingering I detest Damn'd be that Coward soule that damage shuns Or from apparant perill shrinkes his brest Behold where Saturne mongst his people crownd His hornes and Clarions doth to battell sound 56 Saturne appeares as great Hyperion spake Borne in an Iuory chaire with bright stones stoodded Mongst which in trailes ran many an Anticke flake With rich Inamell azur'd greene and rudded At the first push their enemies rankes they brake He fought till his bright Chariot was all bloodded About him round their bowes his Archers drew A fight which yet their Foe-men neuer knew 57 The big-bon'd Gyants wounded from a farre And seeing none but their owne souldiers by them Amazed stand at this new kind of warre To receiue wounds by such as came not nie them From euery wing they heare their looses iarre They knew not where to turne or how to flie them The showers of Arrowes rain'd so fast and thicke That in their legges thighs brest and armes they stick 58 So long as their strong Bowes of trusty Ewe And silken strings held fast so long fresh riuers Of Crimson blood the Champion did imbrew For euery shaft the Archers Bow deliuers Or kils or woundes one of their countlesse crew But when they once had emptied all their quiuers And that the enemy saw their arrowes wasted To blowes and handy-strokes both armies hasted 59 Thou famous English Henry of that name The fift I cannot but remember thee That wan vnto thy kingdome endlesse fame By thy bold English Archers Chiualry In Agin-Court when to the Frenchmens shame King Dolphin and the chiefe Nobility Were with the ods of thousands forcst to yeeld And Henry Lord of that triumphant field 60 But such successe king Saturne had not then He is in number and in strength too weake His people are but one to Tytans ten Nor are his guards so strong their spleene to wreake The Gyant-Kings with infinites of men Into their foes Battallions rudely breake Their Polaxes and Clubs they heaue on hie The Kings surpriz'de and the Saturniens fly 61 The Tytans brandish their victorious Glaues and enter the great Citty Hauocke crying In Cretan bloud they drowne their Chariot Naues And slaughter all the poore Saturniens flying One hand sharpe steele the other fire-brands waues In euery place the grones of people dying Mixt with the Conquerors showts to heauen aspire and in their harsh sound make a dismall Quire 62 The Citty 's ceizd Saturne and Sybill bound Whilst Tytan Lords it in the Cretan Throne His reuelling sonnes for Pillage ransacke round And where they heare Babes shrike or olde men grone They showt for ioy meane time King Saturnes wound Sybill bindes vp and being all alone In prison with her Lord to him relates The fortunes of her sonnes and their estates 63 She tels him that young Ihoue in Epire famed For Martiall triumphs is theyr naturall sonne He that Lycaon queld Pelagia tamed And many spoyles for Milliseus woon No sooner did the King heare young Ihoue named But he repents the wrongs against him doon and proud of such an Issue so
Anchor casts And thence vnto Duke Aiax Pallace hasts 70 Mildly of him the Embassador demands Hesione or if he keepe her still With her to enter Hymens Nuptiall bands Not as a Slaue to serue his lustfull will When Tellamon this Message vnderstands He was in thought the Troian Lord to kil So scornefully the Duke his Message tooke His face lookt pale his head with anger shooke 71 He tels him he is not allyde at all With twice-won Troy nor any league desires The beautious Princesse to his lot did fall Whom he wil keepe and mauger all their yres For scaling first Troyes well defended Wall She was his Trophies prize He that aspires To take her thence or once demand her backe Is but the meanes their Troy againe to Sacke 72 And so commands him thence who still proceeds Vnto Achaia where the famous Twins Castor and Pollux haue aduanc'st their deeds And by their Valours were both crowned Kings Vnto their Court in hast Anthenor speeds And to their eares his Embassie begins But they with Telamons rude scornes reply And charge him straight out of their Confines hie 73 With like contempt Duke Nestor sends him backe So did the two Atrides So the rest Of all the Argiue Kings command him packe Out of their bounds as an vnwelcome guest Since Troy deseruedly indur'd such wracke Anthenor answered thus esteemes it best Backe to resaile and to King Priam tell What in his bootlesse voyage him befell 74 The King at this reproach inflam'd with rage Assembles all his people Sonnes and Peeres Intending by their aydes new warre to wage To which the youthfull Gallants wanting yeares Freely assent but those of riper age Out of their grauer wisedome not pale feares Seeke by their Counsels Priam to perswade To raigne in peace and not proud Greece inuade 75 Among the rest great Hector from whose tong Did neuer yssue proud discourteous word Whom Greeke nor Troian can accuse of wrong Nor they within whose blouds he glaz'd his sword Rayseth himselfe aboue the populous throng And thus he sayes Who rather should afford Vengeance on Greece then I your eldest sonne To whom these rough iniurious wrongs are done 76 But if we well consider what a foe And what great wrath vpon our heads we pull Not Greece alone but all that homage owe Asia and Affricke make their numbers full The oddes is too vnequall therefore knowe I am of thought all warres to disanull Troy's but a Citty and though rich and strong Yet gainst the world oppos'd must needs take wrong 77 Why will Rich Priam hazard his estate Being in peace what need we couet warre What can we more desire then fortunate So Priam Troy and all our people are Why should we seeke t' incurre the Argiue hate Of which remains so incurable a scarre Wisemen in their reuenges should forsee What ends may fall not what beginnings be 78 My Grand-sire's dead perhaps he did offend But howsoeuer he cannot now suruiue To seeke his life we vainely should contend Methinkes in this against the Gods we striue What the Greekes mar'd the Gods themselues amend Whence should we then our detriments deriue Our Troy is since her second fall much fairer Her people richer and her buildings rarer 79 Troy lost a King that losse your Grace supply And though your sonne of this I proudly vant He is in you receiu'd with vsury They pillag'd vs and yet we nothing want Of all their wounds we not one scarre can spy Vnlesse Hesione our Princely Ant Whose bondage long since hapning we may gesse The custome and continuance makes seeme lesse 80 But how soeuer neare to mee allyde I do not hold her freedome of that meed That for her sake Troy should in blood be dyde Priam or any of his yssue bleed And for this cause do I my selfe deuide From their rash Counsel that Reuenge decreed Knowing all warre is doubtfull and fore-seeing Of Troy what it may be not of Troyes being 81 If any hot blood prouder then the rest Accuse my words and thinke I speake through feare I wish that man the boldest Graecian guest That euer with Alcides Anchor'd heare That I might print my valour on his Crest And on his armed Vaunt-brace proue my Speare This said great Hector Congied to the King Then takes his place when vp doth Paris spring 82 And to the King his Idaes dreame relates And how he iudg'd three beauties for the ball How farre he Venus ' boue the rest instates The fairest Greeke vnto his lot must fall A fit reuenge for those whom Priam hates For if the King will make him Generall He makes no doubt from Greece a Queene to bring Shall equalize the Sister of the King 83 Now all the peoples voyce on his side flowes In euery eare his famous dreame is rife When ranckt next Paris Deiphebus growes Perswading still to giue these discords life As one that by presumptions thus much knowes His voyage can procure no further strife Then if the promising Fates assist his Brother To proue th'exchance of one Queene for another 84 But Helenus with sacred spels indude Seekes this prepared voyage to restrayne He saith the Greekes shall with their hands imbrude In Troyes bloud royall conquer once againe Intreating Paris he will not delude Theyr reuerent eares with dreames and visions vaine Assuring him that of this Quest shall grow The Citties vniuersall ouerthrow 85 When youthfull Troylus thus Who euer heard A bookish Priest perswade to hostyle Armes Let such as are to Fates and Sawes indeard Crouch by the fires that smoking Alters warmes And cherish their faint sinnewes much affeard Dreading their owne not Souldiers threatned harmes He that 's a Priest amongst priests let him pray We Souldiers cry Arme and a glorious day 86 What lets the King my Father but to grant My Brother Paris a right royall fleete That in reuenge of our surprised Aunt He Warlike prayes among the Graecians meete Shall tymerous Clarkes our Martiall Spirits dant No royall Father know reuenge is sweet Which since the Fates by visions promise beare Not to obey their Hests we Cowards were 87 Troylus preuailes and Hector is perswaded To shun the imputation of base feare With which his courage should be wrong vpbrayded A tymerous thought came neuer Hector neare Siâ—…ce t is agreed that Greece must be inuaded Hee 'l guard his honor with his sword and Speare Or if the Gerekes will on the Troians pray Through his bold body they shall first make way 88 Without his faire applause it had not past So reuerent was th' opinion of his braine His words were Oracles so sweetly gracst They generall murmur in all Counsels gaine His free consent they hauing wâ—…on at last The King appoints them a well furnisht traine With two and twenty Ships well rig'd and man'd In any part of Greece freely to Land 89 Which when the Prophetesse Cassandra heares Indu'de with deuine wisedome she exclaimes Her yellow Tramels she in fury teares
Land see Which to behold I leant me to a Tree Beleeue me for I speake but what is true Downe from the skies with feathered pynions flew The Nephew to great Atlas and doth stand With Golden Caducens in his hand This as the Gods to me thought good to show I hold it good that you the same should know Three Goddesses behind young Hermes moue Great Iuno Pallas and the Queene of Loue Who as in pompe and Pride of gate they passe Scarse with their weight they bend the tops of grasse Amaz'd I start and endlong stands my haire When Mayus Sonne thus sayes abandon feare Thou Curteous Swaine that to these groues repairest And freely Iudge which of these three is fairest And least I should this curious sentence shun He tels me by Iboues sentence all is done And to be Iudge I no way can eschew This hauing saide vp through the Ayre he flew I straight take Hart a grace and grow more bold And there their beauties one by one behold Why am I made the Iudge to giue this dome Methinkes all three are Worthy to o're-come To iniure two such Beauties what tongue dare Or preserre one where they be all faire Now this seemes fairest now againe that other Now would I speake and now my thoughts I smother And yet at length the praise of one most sounded And from that one my present Loue is grounded The Goddesses out of their earnest care And pride of Beauty to be held most faire Seeke with large Ariues and gifts of wondrous price To their owne thoughts my censure to intice Inno the Wife of Ihoue doth first inchant me To Iudge her fairest she a Crowne will grant me Pallas her Daughter next doth vnder take me Giue her the price and valiant she will make me I straight deuise which can most pleasure bring To be a valiant Souldier or a King Last Venus smiling came with such a grace As if she swayed an Empire in her face Let not said she these guifts the Conquest be are Combats and Kingdomes are both fraught with feare I le giue thee what thou louest best louely Swaine The furest Saint that doth on earth remaine Shal be thine owne make thou the Conquest mine Faire Laedaes fairest daughter shal be thine This said when with my se'se I had deuised And her rich guift and beauty ioyntly prised Venus victor ore the rest is plac'st Iuno and Pallas leaue the Mount disgrac'st Meane time my Fates a prosperous course had ron And by knowne signes King Priam cald me Son The day of my restoring is kept holy Among the Saints-dates consecrated soly To my remembrance being a day of ioy For euer in the Calenders of Troy As I wish you I haue bin wisht by others The fairest maids by me would haue bin Mothers Of all my fauours I bestow'd not any you onely may inioy the Loues of many Nor by the Daughters of great Dukes and Kings Haue I alone bin sought whose marriage Rings I haue turn'd backe but by a straine more hie By Nimphs and Phairies such as neuer die No sooner were you promist as my due But I al hated to remember you Waking I saw your Image if I dreampt Your beautious figure stil appeard to tempt And vrge this voyage Til your face excelling These eies beheld my dreames were all of Hellen. Imagine how your face should now incite me Being seene that vnseene did so much delite me If I was scorcht so farre off from the Fyer How am I burnt to Cinders thus much nyer Nor could I longer owe my selfe this treasure But through the Ocean I must search my pleasure The Phrygian Hatchets to the rootes are put Of the Idean Pines asunder cut The Wood-land Mountaine yeilded me large fees Being despoyl'd of all her tallest Trees From whence we haue squar'd out vn-numbred beames That must be washt within the Marine streames The grounded Oakes are bowed though stiffe as steele And to the tough Ribs is the bending Keele Wouen by Ship-wrights craft then the Maine-mast Acrosse whos 's middle is the Saile yard plast Tackles and sailes and next you may discerne Our painted Gods vpon the hooked stearne The God that beares me on my happy way And is my guide is Cupid Now the day In which the last stroke of the Hammer's heard Within our Nauy in the East appeard And I must now lanch forth so the Fates please To seeke aduentures in the Egean Seas My Father and my Mother moue delay And by intreaties would inforce my stay They hang about my necke and with their teares Woo me deferre my iourney but their feares Can haue no power to keepe me from thy sight And now Cassandra full of sad affright With loose disheuel'd Tramels madly skips Iust in the way betwixt me and my Ships Oh whether wilt thou head-long run she cries Theu bearest fire with thee whose smoake vp flies Vnto the heauens Oh Ihoue thou little fearest What quenchlesse flames thou through the water bearest Caffandra was too true a Prophetesse Her quenchlesse flames she spake of I confesse My hot desires burne in my breast so fast That no Red Furnace hotter flames can cast I passe the Citty gates my Barke I boord The fauourable winds calme gales affoord And fill my sailâ—…s vnto your Land I steare For whether else his course should Paris beare Your Husband entertaines me as his guest And all this hapneth by the Gods behest He shewes me all his Pastures parts and Fields And euery rare thing Lacedemon yeilds He holds himselfe much pleased with my being And nothing hides that he esteems worth seeing I am on fire till I behold your face Of all Achayas Kingdome the sole grace All other Curious obiects I defie Nothing but Hellen can content mine eie Whom when I saw I stood transformd with wonder Sencelesse as one strooke dead by Ihoues sharpe Thunder As I reuiue my eyes Irowle and turne Whilst my flam'd thoughts with hotter fancies burne Euen so as I remember lookt Loues Queene When she was last in Phrygian Ida seene Vnto which place by Fortune I was trained Where by my censure she the Conquest gained But had you made a fourth in that contention Of Venus beauty there had bin no mention Hellen assuredly had borne from all The prize of beauty the bright Golden Ball. Onely of you may this your Kingdome boast by you it is renown'd in euery Coast Rumor hath euery where your beautie blazed In what remote Clyme is not Hellen praised From the bright Eastern Suns vprise Inquire Euen to his downfall where he slakes his fire There liues not any of your Sex that dare Contend with you that are proclaimd so faire Trust me for truth I speake Nay vvhat 's most true Too sparingly the vvorld hath spoke of you Fame that hath vndertooke your name to blaze Plaid but the envious Husvvife in your praise More then report could promise or fame blazon Are these Deuine perfections that I
Menelaus his sad howers in anguish wasts By this the Graecian Kinges his sorrowes know And of themselues assemble offering free Theyr hostyle ayde and in Troyes fall agree 14 To bring so huge a Nauy on the Seas Behooues vs know theyr names that first deuisde These noble vessayles whether for their ease Whether Ambitious they the Land despisde Whether the Creatan Minos did first please The sutges God or Neptune enterprise The foaming billowes being by Saturnes motion Made Admirall of all the brinish Ocean 15 Whether Ericthris in the red Sea sayled And first made Boats which others would impute To the Meones such as neuer sayled In th'Hellespont or whether the pursuit Of Danaus in the Egyptian Sea preuailed An honour which to him most attribute Or whether Navigators first had place In Atlas kingdome or in Samo-Thrace 16 This I averre his Arke first Noah made Fore th' vniuersall Deluge since his dayes Iason the Greeke who Colchos sought to invade Composde the Galley which next him assayes Sesostris King of Aegypt In this Trade Eytheus flourisht whom our Anthors prayse For Marine skill his Barge did first deuide The Surges with two Oares on eyther side 17 First with three course of Oares Amocles rowed The Carthagens with foure as many write With fiue Nesichthon These were first bestowed By the bold Romans in the great Sea-fight At the first battayle Punicke He that owed The sixe-Oard barge to do Zenagaras right Must yeld it him in Siracusa dwelling For ship-wrights Craft all other much excelling 18 Hyppias the Troyan the broad Lyter framed The Cyrenens the Hoy which some more fine The Gallioon call with Barks the Cyprians tamed The rude sea-Rouers Cockboates some diuine Th' ◅lyrians built the Keele and Craer were named By the Phenetians first the Brigandine The Rhodians rear'd the Canoas now in trade In India by the Germans were first made 19 The Copians found the Rudder the broad Oare The sly Plateans by their Art composed Young Icarus the saile not knowne before Which some affirme King Aeolus disclosed With Masts and Sayle-yards Dedalus did store The Cretans but the sterne Typhis disposed The stemme Pyseus Anacharsis wrought The Tackle Anchors first the Tyrhens sought 20 Athens first ferried men whether we must draw Th'Graecian fleete the great'st that hath bin seene Such store th' amazed Neptune neuer saw No not when France and England met betweene Callice and vs where after many a flaw Phillip gaue place to the third Edwards spleene Before the blacke Prince by wars prosperous chance Quater'd our Lyons with the Flowers of France 21 Nor when the stout Venetian Gallies frame Their expedition gainst the Turkes Armade Nor when Sea-wars Malta or Rhodes proclaime Whose ponderous hulkes the Oceans backe nie swayde Nor when th'◅uincible huge Nauy came In the yeare Eighty eight England t' inuade Were there so many Vessailes well prouided As by the Argiue Pylots are now guided 22 Great Agamemnon they Grand-Duke create Of all their powerfull hoast who in the ayde Of Menelaus as one of hyest estate With full an hundred ships at Athens staide All stuft with Armed Knights sworne to the Fate Of threatned Troy whome they with scornes vpbraid With forty ships faire rig'd and well supplide In Athens road doth Menelaus now ride 23 For Athens was their Randeuous and there King Archelaus and Prothenor stay With fifty Ships that of Boetia were With fifty Ships from Orconomies bay Helmius and Duke Ascalaphus appeare The Kings Epistrophus and Sedius way Their Anchors next and to the Spartan King Thirty tall ships rig'd from Phociden bring 24 King Telamon launcht fifty Souldierd well From Salamine and in his princely traine Duke Theuter Polyxeme and Thebes fell With Duke Amphimachus from Pylon came With three-ag'd Nestor fifty ships t' expell The Troians from the Hellesponticke Maine Thoas with fifty ships the harbour sought whether K. Doxunois likewise fifty brought 25 King Telamon Chileus three times ten And six good Ships rig'd in the Spartans Quest Amphimachus and Polibetes men Of high rcsolue accompany the rest With thirty saile King Idumeus then And Cretan Mereon their loues exprest They fourescore and two Frigots brought in place And thirty two Vlisses weighed from Thrace 26 Twelue Ships from Phrygia Duke Tynelus brings And from Phtlaca fifty two arriue at the great charge of two imperious Kings Prothocathus The Prince to that did wiue Laodomeia faire whose praise Fame sings Prothesilaus Collesis seeks to driue With foure and twenty Craers th'opposed fleets Whom King Machaon by appointment meets 27 Machaons Sonne Pollydris thirty three Achilles two and twenty hath in store King Thelaphus as many these agree By their ioynt Armes to win the Troian shore Eruphilus hath likewise vowd to free The rauisht Queene with two and fifty more Anthipus and Amphimachus are seene From Rustican with Hulkes and Hoyes thirteene 27 King Polybetes that from Rythee came Bring sixty two and in his friendly ayde His Brother the Duke Lopius mou'd with fame Of these great warres seekes Phrygia to i◅ade King Diomed of Arges threats the same Fourescore and two tall Vessailes he displaide Eurialus and Thelanus in sight Of all the hoast beneath his Ensignes sight 29 Thirteene K. Fureus Polyphebus nine Prothoylus fifty two as many led The King Carpenor of the Bresseian line Theorius foure and twenty colours spread In foure and twenty ships all these in fine In the Athenian part meet and make head Twelue hundred twenty Ships make th' Ocean trēble In whom full sixty nine bold Kings assemble 38 But ere we further enter or proceed In these Heroike wars we hold it fit Before the Graecians or the Troians bleed To memorize their shapes ere we admit The Argiue Peeres all in one thought agreed To be reueng'd on Troy and ransacke it Hellen the first as Pearelesse through all Lands As Venus picture that in Coos stands 31 She was nor dwarfe-like statur'd nor too tall Nor foggy fat nor yet Consumptiue leane Her Wast not grosse nor yet too slender-small Her saire proportion was smooth quaint and cleane Her habit shadowed no extreame at all She was all shaped by the Golden meane So rare that neuer eye dwelt on her Checke But lost it selfe and had his light to seeke 32 What should I with harsh Language slubber o're Exact perfection Shall my ragged quill In seeking Natures cunning to explore Iniure the worke in which she shewes such skill T' expresse such Graces as the Gods adore In Hellen would a spacious Volume fill And asko should I her beauties al recite A world of Paper and an Age to write 33 And all my Subiect should be Hellen she That in the Vniuerse can find no peere Hellen the scope of all my
5 Bold Edmond Sir-nam'd Ironside him succeeds a brauer Spirit breath'd not vitall ayre The Bastard Williams Sonne Duke Roberts deeds aske the next place for his attempts were rare By Cort-hose many a Tyrant Panim bleeds By whom the Christians re-invested are and whilst hye Syons Towers triumphant stand He chosen Monarch o're the holy Land 6 Richard the first that Cordelyon hight and Edward Sirnam'd Long-shankes without Peere Was neuer Dardan Prince or Argiue Knight That in their ages more admired were Edvvard the third that Conquer'd France by fight and Edvvard the Blacke Prince to England deere He forrag'd France for Pedro wan all Spaine Which after Iohn a-Gaunt subdude againe 7 Henry the fift then whom the world neare bread A worthier Prince Bedford and Talbot bold Who in their forrain Regency so sped That puissant France was by their powers controld Edward the fourth though wantonly misled Wan ten set battailes The third Richard sold His name to scandall else his warlike merit Might with the rest a Worthies name inherit 8 The valiant Earle of Surrey often staid The Northerne Enemies from filching heare In the eight Henries dayes Charles Brandon made England renown'd by his victorious Speare And those whose Woorths these late times haue displaid Howard Grey Norris Sidney Essex Veare These had they liu'd in aged Priams dayes Had dim'd the Greekes and matcht the Troians prayse 9 Now to our hostile preparations we Must arme our Pen the Greekes are vnder saile There is a place from Earth Sea Heauen stands free And equally remoued from them all In the worlds Nauell fixt where Concaues be And hollow-sounding Vaults through Crannies small Where the reports and rumors of all sounds Giue shrill Reuerberat Ecchoes and rebounds 10 Heere Fame her Pallace builds by wondrous skill Seating her selfe in her most lofty Tower Yet is her house erected on a hill A thousand Loope-holes are within her Bower A thousand doores and windowes open still Transparant euery late and early hower Full of Big-bellyed Vaults and the wals such Of sounding Brasse that rings with euery tutch 11 Whose empty wombe continuall murmur yeilds And iterates againe each word it heares Within this place no toonglesse silence builds No solitary dumnesse spares the eares A whistling wind flyes round about the fields Which shakes the trembling branches but forbeares All violent gusts about this hollowed ground There are perpetuall calmes no Tempests found 12 And though no silence yet no clamors rise Onely a whispering murmur like the Seas Heard a farre off or when the troubled skies With remote Thunder mou'd soft showers appease The Courts are throng'd with multitudes of spies Light giddy people tatling what they please Who in and out through euery chamber passe Whispering sometimes what is and what neare was 13 Infinite Currors Purseuants and Posts Embassadors and such as hurry newes Heralds such men as Trafficke betweene Hosts Walke too and fro and no man Tales eschewes One speakes of Warres of Combats and rude boasts Another serious talke of Peace pursues All as they are dispos'd this man is telling Of buying Land that other speakes of selling 14 Some talkes of this mans Honors that mans shames Others of Stormes and many a boysterous flaw Some men of their successe and chance in games One what he heard another what he saw Some men of Knights aduenturers some of Dames Others how long their sutes haue hung in Law Toies with things serious passe graue things with bables Lies mixt with truths and truths discourst with Fables 15 Numberlesse rumors through the Pallace flye In euery nooke they make their free intrusion heere bashfull truth doth face the bold fac'd lye To fend and proue begets a meere confusion Whilst some th'attentiue eare with newes supply Others report Stale things and in conclusion Addes of his owne which bandied without ceasing From euery seuerall tongue receiues increasing 16 Heere you may see a dwarfe-like rumor grow Euen in an instant to a Gyants size Whether the Nature of the winds that blow Retaines the power to make the tumors rise Or whether Fame all tydings apt to know Giues to her traine such Bombast Liueries Their growth is strange whom I compare aright Vnto the Mush-roome statur'd in a night 17 Heere dwels credulity rash error feare Doubt volubility and quicke beliefe There is no voyce hath power to pierce the eare But fame of brutes and rumors Queene and chiefe Shrieks through the world From hence the Troians hear Th' Atrides rage King Menelaus griefe Their expedition and their Naual power Ready the threatned Enemy to deuower 18 Their Frontier Townes that border next the waues Are fortified three distant leagues from Troy Stands Tenedos whom with imperious braues The Argine Flect assault race and destroy The wrathfull Greeke not one poore Phrygian saues But to their ruines all their powers imploy This done by generall Counsell t is decreed Two Kings to Priam shail on Message speed 19 Into the Hall where th' aged King then sate Attended with his Captaines Sonnes and Peeres And such confedered Kings as to the Fate Of threatned Troy brought Horsemen Bowes Spears On this hie businesse to deliberate And rid their hearts from all inuasiue feares In throngs Vlisses and bold Diomed Two Princes arm'd at all points saue the head 20 Heere sat the King Pandrastus King Pandore And the King Galior that to Priams ayde Brought each of them a thousand Knights and more Foure Kings that from Tholosson waftage made Carras Amasius Nestor dreaded sore And stowt Amphimachus these Kings displaid Their warlike Ensignes in all dreadfull fights Bringing along fiue thousand valiant Knights 21 Next these seauen Kings K. Glaucus tooke his place Three thousand bold Squires he from Lycia brought His Sonne Sarpedon of the Troian race In all King Priams battailes brauely fought Next whom Eusemus sat distant a space Who with three thousand Knights Troyes honor sought Lyconians all Lyconias Realme he guided Since into seuerall parted Crownes deuided 22 Two puissant Kings to make the Iury full Came from Larissa these had in their traine Knights sistâ—…ene hundred Mystor whose tough scul The Argiue Princes bruis'd Capidus slaine In battaile too about the Spartan Trull Neuer to see hir Natiue Clyme againe On a rich bench sast by King Priams State These twelue bold Kings vpon the right hand sate 23 Vpon the left from Thahory that came King Remus who besides three thousand men Brought foure great Dukes seauen Earles of Noble fame All clad in Azure armes wel noted then The King of Trachy whom some Pylex name Was plac'st next him this royall Monarch when He entred Troy had in his Princely traine Eleuen hundred valiant Knights all after slaine 24 With him Duke Achumus the Troians ayded By whom Pessemus the Pannonian King Was seated him great Hector had perswaded Vnto these wars three thousand
Knights to bring All expert Archers with whom Stupex traded A valiant Duke and in his youthfull spring Next him sat three Boetian Dukes Fortunus Duke Samnus and the bold Duke Ausernumus 25 These led twelue hundred Knights next whom tooke Two brother-Brother-Kings the bold Boetes first place The other Epistemus of one race Both Princes in the Realme of Burtia nurst They brought a thousand Knights the Greekes to chace Men of great spirit and such as all things durst Next them was set a Gyant dreaded sore Philemus of the Realme of Paphlagore 26 The Aethiopian Perseus Rauen-blacke And the King Thiclion of the selfe-same hue With Symagon in whom there was no lacke Of heart or skill his foe-men to pursue These Kingly Moores that Priam come to backe Next to the lofty Gyant sit in view Three thousand sunburnt knights that brauely fought From Aethiopia they to Phrygia brought 27 This State was full and lower one degree Another longer Bench runs crosse the Hall Where mixt with Priams valiant sonnes you see More of these leagued Kings in order fall First of the ranke was Hector next him be Two potent Kings Thelemus hye and tall And young Archilochus a valiant Boy These with a thousand good Knights strengthen Troy 28 Paris next them and by his amorous side Two Princes raigning in Argrestes Land They brought twelue hundred Knights to see them tride Next these was Troylus plac'st on the left hand And Deiphebus full of warlike pride Mixt amongst these a King of great command Epistropus that beyond Scythia came Twixt Greece and Troy his valour to proclame 29 He brought a thousand Knights and a strange Beast Halfe horse halfe Man two perfect shapes deuided A Sagittary cal'd not dreaded least An expert Archer his strong shafts were guided With wondrous ayme and cunning which increast His dread among the Greekes at first derided Next great Epistropus rankt by their yeeres Sat Priams Bastard-sonnes next them his Peeres 30 Next them a Prince in Iewels rich and Gold That many Knights brought from Meander flood The barbarous Meones Duke Nastes told By whom vpon a costly foot-pace stood Tentumidas by some sirnam'd the Bold Now aged in his prime a Souldier good By him Prince Pindarus aduanct his head Next him Hyrtacides in Sestos bread 31 Adrastus Amphius Merops Princes three Are ranked then by whom Ennonius sits And Chronius vnder whom the Mysians bee Pylemen the next empty place well fits Prince o're the Paphlagonian Chiualry Pyrechmes next whose fiery Horses bits The Paeons manage Good Euphemes then Whom the Cicintans led all expert men 32 Ascanius and Dius who doth guide The Halizonians next in order fall Then Pyrous who his Thracian Souldiers tride And warlike Mnemon boldest of them all Pyleus and Hypothous them beside These the Pelasgians vnto battle cal Warlike Aeneas of the Noblest race Next whom the Lords and Barons take chiefe place 33 Anthenor with Polydamus his sonne The glistering Ladies keepe another State Aboue them all Priams hye throne begun To lift it selfe where he in glory sate Benches of Dukes and Earles from all sides run Apparel'd in rich Robes of greatest rate Thus was the King prepar'd when the two Greekes Presse forward to his throne with blushlesse Cheekes 34 At their approach the Lords amazed rise And at their bold intrusion musing stand Vpon these two the Kings fix all their eyes Prepar'd for some strange Nouell when his hand Vlisses wafts for silence and applyes His speech to Priam thus Hee whose command Rauisht from Sparta great Atrides wife Forfeits to Greece his Country Crowne and Life 35 If thou beest he whom all these Lords adore I summon thee in Agamemnons name Backe to her Lord Queene Hellen to restore With full amends done to the rauisht Dame And to present thy lustfull sonne before The bench of Argiue Kings t' abide such shame That he in after times to our successors Be made a terror to the like Transgressors 36 Else shall th' inraged Princes spoile thy Townes Thy Matrons in their husbands armes defloure Slaughter thy Sonnes and bury their renownes And with thy peoples blood the channels scoure Of these confederate Kings ceaze all the Crownes When death that swallowes them must thee deuoure Say wilt thou to preuent this and much more Punnish thy sonne and Hellen backe restore 37 To this th' incensed King replies againe Th'vnable Greekes alas are much too weake Wanting the power thy proud vants to maintaine Or to make good what thou doost rashly speake They rauisht our faire Sister whom in vaine We re-demanded her despights to wreake Our Sonne the amorous Paris crost the deepe To fetch thence Hellen whom the Boy shall keepe 38 Haue they not slaine our Father spoyld our Citty Pillag'd our people wiues nor Matrons spared Eucn Babes and Infants mangled without pitty And in their barbarous rigor all things dared Then in faire Hellens rape what wrong commit I Since not the least of these Greece hath repair'd Since whilst our Sister leads a Strumpets life Hellen is grac'st to be young Paris wife 39 You shall repent King Diomed replies This insolence which we will punish deerely By vs the Generall of the Greekes defies Priam and Troy whom wee 'l chastice seuerely Vnto whose ruines seauenty Princes rise Whose forces shall begirt you late and earely These words promist the Troians so disdaine them That many drew their Faulchions to haue slain them 40 But euer Honoured Hector qualified The sudden vprore and appeas'd the brall Their passage by the multitude denide Hector makes free and Vshers them through all Yet many proud braues past on either side Twixt the strange Kings and them i' th Pallace Hall At their departure casting vp his eye King Diomed by chance doth Cresseid spy 41 As she with Hecuba and Hectors wife Creusa and Pollixena was plac'st Him thought he neuer saw in all his life A Lady better form'd or Sweet-lyer grac'st His mutinous thoughts are in themselues at strife To see a face so faire an eye so cha'st Beauty so full of charme with which inchanted He craues her name by whom he seemes so danted 42 When vp starts netled Troylus and thus sayes Her name is beautious Cressid whom you seeke And Troylus Mistresse to whose heauenly praise My soule hath bin deuoted many a Weeke And if thou aym'st my graces thence to raise I challenge thee the combat valiant Greeke He would accept it but he needs must part His body goes he leaues behind his hart 43 The dantlesse Troians now prepare for warre Whilst to th'incamped hoast the Legat Kings Relate King Priams answere and how farre He stands from peace the Grand-Duke now begins Like a good Captaine to foresee what barre May lie twixt him and safety with swift wings Achilles is dispatcht to crosse the Scas With Telephus the sonne of Hercules 44 Because
great effusion from a Turret hy They 'had won the Towne the streets had bin imbrude With Natiue blood but they in hast discend Releeue th' opprest the Citty gates defend 64 And yssuing with three thousand Knights compell Achilles to retrait and when his face Look't backe from Troy ward there was none so fell Vpon the Graectan party but gaue place This day Prince Diomed was seene t' excell In Armes him Troylus met in equall race They spur their Steeds that ran both swift and true Incountring both their Staues to splinters flew 65 Their Launces broake they try their burnisht blades A thousand fiery starres at euery rushing Fly from their helmes with fury each inuades His opposite their mutuall Armors frushing The big-limb'd Diomed himselfe perswades Young Troylus cannot match his strength and blushing A beardlesse Lad should hold him so long play Doubles his blowes and thinkes to end the fray 66 The Noble youth whom Cresseids loue prouokes To all atchieuements beyond mortal power Though young his lofty spirit his riuall yoakes Who thought his infant Vertues to deuoure He doubles and re-doubles warlike stroakes The battell lasts the best part of an houre But whilst vpon their helmes each champion thunders Night that deuides the hoast their fury sunders 67 This Eeuen the Greekes incampe earely the Morrow They shine in armor with the rising Sunne The Troian Princes from their Ladies borrow Rich fauours and withall to horse-backe runne A kind of feare begot twixt ioy and sorrow Liues in their eyes til the dread fight be done To see their Champions proudly arm'd they ioy Grieue to behold so huge an hoast fore Troy 68 Now are both Battailes pitcht Menon appeares First from the Argiue hoast from Troy forth stands Hector who in his burnisht Beauer weares Andromachs Gloue and now all Troy commands These two begin the battell with their Speares They broke they tosse their bright steele in their hands Hector soone hurles King Menon from his horse So passes on to proue his warlike force 69 The two hoasts ioyne ruffling confusion flyes Through all Scamander field the dying grones Are mixed with th'applausiue Conquerors cryes Troians and Greekes conquer and fall at ones Renowned Hector this day wins the pryse he sunders Males and Armors flesh and bones His al-deuiding sword was made by charme No steele so wrought but shrunke beneath his arme 70 Thus like a raging storme he rusheth still Ouer his Plume a Clowd of terror hung And where he rides he doth on all sides kill His bloud-staind Faulchion spares nor old nor yung Tyr'd with his horse his Chariot Mount he will Now vp he takes a Bow deuinely strung And shooting midst the Hoast not one steele-head Iat'd from his Bow but stroke a Graecian dead 71 Him the King Menon and king Glaucion then Huge Thesus and Archilochus defie They in their squadron lead three thousand men But Hector in his Chariot still sits hie Vntill his Brasse-shod wheeles are purpled when Their Naues are drown'd in blood of men that die Charioted Hector these foure Kings assaile But his smart Steeds spring through their armed pale 72 Menon that was too forward boue the rest Pursues great Hector in his lofty Carre A dart the Troian quiuer'd through his brest King Menon bids his last farewell to warre With multitudes the Prince is ouer-prest And yet he kils the Greekes neare and from farre Neere with his fatall sword he cleaues their harts And a farre off with his keene shafts and Darts 73 Vnto this rescue Prince Securabor One of King Priams Bastard sonnes soone came And Noble Margareton thirsting for Honor and mongst the Greekes to get a name All Priams yssue cowardice abhor Duke Menesteus enuious of their fame Against them comes now clamors fill the skie Whilst about Hectors Chariot thousands lie 74 Vnto this hostile tumor from Troy-ward Three Kings with Noble Troylus the fourth man Make their incursions King Sampitus far'd Like a fierce Lyon King Maclaon wan With anger and the King that all things dar'd Alcanus gainst whom Menesteus ran And bore him Nobly yet alas too weake Till Thesus came the Troian rankes to breake 75 Troylus Menesteus singles but his Horse Stumbled and he enforcst on foot to fight Fiue hundred Greekes beguirt him and enforce The youthfull Troian now debard from flight To be their prisoner Many a liuelesse corse Troylus first made before compeld t' alight When Hector heard but word of his disgrace He slew on all sides till he wan the place 76 But first Alccenus had addrest his Speare Against the Duke that led Prince Troylus bound The Steele point tooke him twixt his cheeke and eate And made th' Athenian Duke a dangerous wound Sampilus seconds him a Steed was neare On which they mounted Troylus from the ground Menesteus mad that he hath lost his prise Pierst through the throng and cald for more supplies 77 King Menelaus and Prothenor knowing Th' Athenians voyce presse that way with their powers But find Hyripsus and King Hapon strowing The earth with Greekes at which the Spartan lowers These foure their forces ioyne many yet growing Their swords supplant death through the Champion scowers At whom th'Olimpian Gods amazed stand To see him with such quicknesse moue his hand 78 Anthenors sonne Polydamus makes on King Rhemus backes him with three thousand more Their Speare-length through the presse he had not gon But Celidus him from his Courser bore A fairer Prince then Celidus liu'd none By Venus gift he Beauties Liuery wore Polydamus re-mounted soone addrest A second course and pierst him through the brest 79 Which Menelaus seeing soone assayles Rhemus and layes him stounded in the field And but that stowt Polydamas preuailes H 'had borne him to his Tent vpon his shield Still was not Hector Idle Hils and Dales His Chariot skoures to him the mightiest yeild For like a raging Torrent after Rayne Where ere he comes confusion fils the plaine 80 Now was he by the men that Aiax led Troopt in the Salamines Thunder about him Like Ciclopes as if his Noble head Were Vulcans Anuile yet the boldest doubt him And seeing store of Carcasse bout him spred Wish in their hearts to fight else-where without him For like a baited Lyon at a stake he cuts them off and makes the boldest qnake 81 King Theuter somewhat rougher then the rest as worthy Hector kept these Dogs at bay Finding the Prince with two much taske opprest against him with his Courser makes swife way The brazen-headed staffe glides by his brest and gainst his rib he feeles the Iauelin stay King Theuter thou hast done a Noble deed Thou art the first that mad'st great Hector bleed 82 Well was it for thee that thou staidst not long Those that growe next him for thy act must fall Like a mad Bull he fares the Greekes among and whom he hits beneath his Chariot sprall The Prince the common man the weake the strong The Bold the
can defend his life When th'vnauoyded destinies assayle against the Sisters bootlesse wee make strife Mortall preuention then of force must fayle In vaine then hast thou laboured Peleus wife To guirt his body in a steely wall Since thy Achilles must by Paris fall 21 No sooner was he borne but the fayre Queene Plung'd him into the Sea all saue the heele By which she held him fast that which was seene Beueath the waues was wound-free against Steele Had she but drown'd her hand the Prince had beene Sword-proofe euen there her nicenesse would not feele The coldnesse of the waues therefore that part Was left vnarm'd for Paris poysoned Dart. 22 Who therefore would against the Fates contend By whom our elementall parts are swayde Since euery thing that 's borne must haue his end and Nature still decayes what she hath made T is Heauen not Earth that can our liues defend The hygh powers must in all things be obayd But leaue the fayre-foot Thet is and proceede To what the Campe hath against Troy decreed 23 By this great discords monges the Gracians fall Twixt Duke Palamides and Mecenes King But no man knowes the byrth of this great brall Or from what Fountaine these dissentions spring Achilles thinkes his warlike meed too small He will not fight not Diomedes bring His Men to battayle while their Soueraigne head Is Nawlus sonne the generall Palamed 24 Whom some affirme the amorous Paris slew In euen Incounter of opposed hate But others say gainst him Vlisses drew Such points of Treason as concern'd his fate About Palamides strange rumours flew Twixt whom and great Atrides fell debate About the Soueraigne sway enuies fire nurst Long in their bosomes into flashes burst 25 The King of Ithaca marryed but newly Vnto the chastest Queene that hath beene crown'd When all the Grectan Kings appointed duly To make their meeting and assemble round Gaue out he was turn'd Frantique but not truely Which craft of his the Son of Nawlus found For comming where Vlisses Plowd the Sand and steer'd the crooked Rafter with his hand 26 Palumides iust in the Mad-mans way Layd young Telemachus his first borne Son Which made the Greeke his yoaked teeme to stay and where his Issuelay the place to shon Palumides dilcouers his delay Finds that his Lunacy by craft was don That whilst the Gracians were with Troy at strife He might at home sleepe with his constant wife 27 In ill time did the Son of Nawlus this The vengfull King rouz'd from so fayre a Bride who by this meanes now quite abandon'd is Doth in his bosome spleene and rankor hide and for the losse of euery amorous kisse Threatens a wide wound in the Princes side Oh treacherous Greeke to want thy wife in Bed Mustat Troyes siedge cost the great Generals hed 28 Arnea was Sole-Daughter to the King Icarius and faire peribea his wife who feeles a young Babe in her VVombe to spring The Father when he knew th'Infant had life after conception doubting some strange thing To Delphos hyes where answers then were ryfe When th' Oracle thus spake the princely Dame Shall child one full of Honor full of Shame 29 A beauteous Maide the troubled Mother beares The Father misinterprets Phoebus minde And to auoyde her shame his future feares Commits her to the rage of Seas and Wind The Birds that bred of Meleagers teares Cald Meleagrides by Nature kind With their broad wings about the Cock-boat houer And from all stormes the beautious Infant couer 30 And hauing nourisht her for a certaine space Into the selfe-same Port her Barke they driue Where the sad King without paternall grace First launcht it forth and finding her aliue Circled with Birds of Meleagers race Their melting harts against their furies striue They take the young Arnea from the Sea And call her of those Birds Penelope 31 In beauty stature and in wit she growes But when her Father findes her apt to marry Fearing the Oracle whom still he knowes Sooth in his words perswades the dame to tarry A safer course to keepe her chast he chose Virginiti's a heauy loade to carry And to deuise to haue her nobly sped At a high rate he sets her Maiden-head 32 When all the Graecian Princes sought her grace And lay their Crownes and Scepters at her feete Icarius leades them to a Martiall race where the young Kinges in hot incounter meete Aboue them all Vlisses won chiefe place The shamefast Queene must her new Husband greete The bashfull modesty of this chast Dame The earefull Father did misconster shame 33 For woman-hood this Lady had no Peere witnesse her many Suters in the time Her Husband absent was some twice ten yeare who though much woo'd and in her youthfull prime Yet in their force or fayre meanes could appeare Not the least taynt of any amorous cryme Though many Suters through her doores intruded They by her Bow and Web were all deluded 33 Whether Vlisses breast doth malice shrowde And being at full groath now out it must Whether his loue to Agamemnon vowde Bred in the Nawlian Prince some great distrust Or whether great Palamides grew proude And in the Ballance of his awe vniust But the great Duke vnto the Barre he brings And there arraignes him by a Bench of Kings 34 Vnto this royall Sessions men are brought That sweare Palamides would Greece betray And that King Priam had by Factors wrought To make the Argiue Campe the Troyans pray The Generals priuate Tent is forthwith sought Where Bags of Troyan Coyne conceiled lay This euidence condems the Prince betrayd For there that Gold before Vlisses layd 35 And Agamemnon is againe restord With whose election the late Truce expires The maimd are cur'd the victors are ador'd The bodyes slaine receiue the funerall fires The Obits on both sides are full deplord And eyther party the fayre field desires The great Atrides Martials his fayre hoast Who shine in Steele by the Sygean Coast. 36 Vpon the aduerse party Hector leades His m◅n to battaile flanct with sleeues and winges His nimble Horsemen forrage round the Meads The maine well-fen'st with Skirts of Shafts and Slings In forehead of the battayle Hector treads This day the Generall ouer thirty Kings The charge is giuē arm'd knights meet breast to breast Striking bright starres out of each others Crest 37 The doughty Greekes after their long tru'st ease Are full of breath and vigor they fight well The Troyans that but late droue to the seas The scattred Camp thinke likewise to excell Euen Ballan'st is the field as the Scales please who Victors be who vanquisht none can tell On both sides some are conquer'd some subdue And as the day increast the conflict grew 38 Broad breasted Diomed gainst Paris rides and lifts him from his Saddle with his Speare The Prince the Buttockes of his Horse bestrydes And hardly can the Troyan keepe him there Whilst Diomed his quicke remoue derides
ten thousand sparkling fires The hart of whole Greece is asunder riuen Rude tumult springes out of their strange desires A confusde murmur flyes along the shoare Which to the Trâ—…yans eares the calme winds boare 78 The â—…ager Souldiers mutiny Some say Oh would the Kinges and Dukes were not in place Our Darts through Hectors Curace should make way But common-men must not the Peeres disgrace The rage-burnt Kinges their furies cannot stay They fixe their fyr'd eies in each others face Yet none presums the Gaunlet vp to take When thus the younger of th' Atrides spake 79 Is it my lot all Grecia to excuse Greece that farre from these powers hath congregated Shall Pesant cowardise the Campe abuse Whilst Menelaus liues a King instated It shall not what these Princes all refuse I will take vp the cause shall be debated Twixt me and Hector for the generall hoast And reason since the cause concernes me most 80 With that he ceasde the gage when his great Brother Blaming his rashnesse makes him let it fall And now the warlike Kinges eying each other The Spartans wordes moou'd fury in them all Their shame and rage they can no longer smother About the Gauntlet they begin new brall Toward the ground nine royall Princes beâ—…d And for great Hectors gage at once contend 81 The Archduke first then great Andremons Sonne Thoas King Diomed King Idomen Aiax the strong surnamed Telamon Aiax Oleus Eriphilus and then The warlike Ithacyan that alwaies won The praise for eloquence boue other men Vlisses King Meriones all these Stoope to the earth and would the gauntlet cease 82 T' appease their wrath thus Nestor doth deuise Three seuerall Lots into some Helme to throw And that bold Prince whose hand extracts the prize Betweene the Armies to assault the foe The Lots are made and all with ardent eyes Into the Generals Caske iniect them so Achilles was not there till word was sent Whose the Lot was that day he kept his Tent. 83 The souldiers that had prou'd great Hectors might Pray to the Gods the Combats chance may fall To Aiax Telamon that he may fight With Hector for the Greekes in generall If not on warlike Aiax it may light On warlike Diomed broad set and tall Or if not these yet to appease his rage Great Agamemnon may the battaile wage 84 The Heralds from the generals Helmet drew The first Inscription which being knowne was laid At Aiax foot the Prince the Paper knew Glad of his Lot as all the souldiers praid The Kings retyr'd onely sterne Aiax grew Neere to Dardanian Hector nought dismaid Arm'd at all points he struts vpon the plaine Like angry Mars after an army slaine 85 His shape was huge his presence full of feare An angry Tempest sat vpon his brow A Sanguine Plume doth from his Helme appeare Which double armes his backe and seemes to bow Beneath his Bases arm'd with such a Speare His right hand was that none can disallow Athwart his breast a purple Bawdricke fell Bearing a sword which many had sent to hell 86 The scabberd Crimson Veluet richly embost And chap't with Gold vpon the hilt was grau'd The battaile of the Centaures who were lost In that fierce warre and whom the conflict sau'd This swotd was aged Telamons and cost A Citties prize the bright Blade had bin lau'd In many bosomes many Princes bloods The handle was stucke round with Golden stoods 87 The Pummell wayde a Talent rarely wrought With Artfull Modules on that curious round Grim Achelous with Alcides fought And there in all his Proteus shapes was found Thether the prize faire Deyaneyr was brought And placst aloft beneath her those that sound Vnto the dreadfull charge with Clarious shrill Sit with swolne cheekes their lofty pipes to fill 88 Such Art th'inchacer shewd to mocke the eye That some would thinke their Reeds did Musicke yeild There sat the King her Father Thron'd on hye With him his Peeres and round about the field Th' vnruly multitude still pressing nye The bounded lists to see their Champions weild Their dreadfull Armes and who the prise can win One with a Club arm'd and a Lyons skin 89 The other with his God-hood and his power To change himselfe to shapes of strange disguise Sometimes he seemes a Dragon to deuoure His riuall Prince who doth his Art dispise For on his head his Club fals like a Tower Next like a fire into his face he flies Ali which the Noble Champion cannot tame For with a Club he straight beats out the Flame 90 Then like a grim mad-Bull the halfe-God raues And with his hornes Alcides thinkes to gore But he contemning such inchaunted braues Flyes to his head and with his rude hands tore One horne quite off at this the Workman grieues The conquered Bull in falling seemes to rore Foure Nimphs discend from a faire sacred hill And this rich horne with Flowers and fruits they fill 91 Which of the horne of plenty still beares name This and much more the hye-pris'd Pummell beares A finer temper'd blade or of more fame By his proud side no Princely souldier weares With this arm'd Aiax to the combat came And singly to the Dardan Prince appeares On his left arme a ponderous Targe he bare Quilted with seuen Oxe-hides all Tan'd with haire 92 Tycheus was the Currier drost those hides Best of his trade that dwelt on Hyla then Accootred thus strong Atax with huge strides Stalkes in the field before the best of mâ—…n And fixing his bold foot boldly h'abides Conâ—…onting him the Argiue army when They saw the Salamine Prince beare him so prowd Their soules reioyc'st their harts his lot allowd 93 Priamides that neuer was affraide Of ought saue feare his Combattant thus greets Oh thou whose presence to my soule is made More pleasing then the most delicious sweets Let me pertake his name who vndismaide In such faire equipage great Hector greets For since mine eye first knew Apollos light I neuer saw a more accomplisht Knight 94 Nor one whose presence better pleas'd mine eye Although my foe I le giue thee all thy dew If courage suite by shape I can â—…spy No blemish in thee either let me view Thy open Helme or else thy name discry When stormy Aiax vp his Beauer drew And thus reply'de The Helmet I had on Obscur'd the face of Aiax Telamon 95 And Coozin Hector know I am the least Of many that our spacious campe containes Who to thy fury dare oppose their Crest And on euen language charge thee on these plaines We come to fight not brall then doe thy best The strongest hate that in thy bosome raignes Powre on my Shield destruction be my share If with my Sword or Speare I Hector spare 96 Gramercies Cooze the Troyan Heroë spake Thou lou'st me best to lay it soundly on These noble thoughts thy mixed byrth did take From vs of Troy and not from Telamon Our Dardan bloud thou in thy arme dost shake But
life and Crowne Could the prince Henry lesse his sorrowes hide Then Hectors Brothers who still guard the Towne The vniuersall Citty doffes her pride The King himselfe puts on a Mourners gowne The Queene and Ladies with their leagued Kings Bury with him their best and costliest things 6 So when from Rome great Tully was exild Full twenty thousand Cittizens the best In garments Tragicke and in countenance wild For twelue sad Moones their loues to him profest But Troy euen from the Bed-rid to the Child From Crutch vnto the Cradle haue exprest A generall griefe in their lamenting cryes Lookes gestures habits mournefull harts and eyes 7 Now when the Fountaine of their teares grew dry And Men and Maâ—…ons him bewayld their fill With one Ioynt-voyce for iust reuenge they cry On him that did the Prince by Treason kill They lay their sad and Funerall Garments by The souldiets long to proue their Martiall skill And try their strengths vpon Scamander plaine Thinking themselues too long Inmut'd in vaine 8 T is Questionable whether greater woe In Troy then glee within the Campe abounded They hold themselues free from that late dread foe Who with his Steed had oft their trenches rounded And neuer but to th' Argiues ouerthrow appear'd in field or to the battaile sounded With shrill applause they proud Aehilles Crowne And with Brauadoes oft-times front the Towne 9 Thus when re-spirited Greece had Dominear'd and brau'd the fieged Troians at their gates Old Priam for his age now little fear'd With Troylus and the rest of warres debates For Hectors slaughter to them all indeer'd They vow reuenge on those hye Potentates That were spectators of the ruthlesse deed When Hectors coarse thrice round the wals did bleed 10 And yssuing with their power the aged King Puts acts in execution much aboue His age or strength he youthfully doth spring Vpon his Steed and for his Hectors loue Amongst the throng of Greekes dares any thing Himselfe gainst Diomed he longs to prone and scapes vntoucht then gainst Vlisses rides and still his age doth equipage their prides 11 Forthwith gainst Agamemnâ—… he contends and on his Beauer raught him many a blow Who like a souldier his renowne defends amazd that weake age should assacult him so The King his puissance further yet extends Against the Spartan King an equall foe Whom with his speare he did so ill inrreat Faire Hellens husband sits beside his seat 12 From them he further to the throng proceeds And deales about great Larges of grim wounds Admir'd alone for his renowned deeds Some with his sword vpon the Caske he stounds This day old Nestor by his Iauelin bleeds With many more and still the field he rounds Against old Priam not a Greeke dare stay Who soly claimes the honour of that day 13 Yet the meane time the King was in this broyle Bold Deiphebus kept the rest in fee With bloods and death whilst Paris made great spoyle Of such as in their valour seem'd most free Aeneas strongly mounted gaue the foyle Vnto th' Athenian Duke whose warlike knee Bended to him yet in an vpright hart Achilles in his rescue claimes a part 14 The King Epistropus amongst them fought So did Sarpedon gainst th'incamped Kings The stout Pelasgian strength they dreaded nought Now mongst their renged squadrons Treylus flings And on their foyl'd troopes much effusion wrought In him the life and spirit of Hector springs Twice he Achilles met and twice him feld Who all the other Kings of Greece exeld 15 A hundred thousand Troians were that day Led to the field to auenge Prince Hectors life Double their number on Scamander stay To entertaine them in their aemulous strife Duke Aiax Telamon then kept in play Troylus whilst murder through the field grew rife The sterne Polydamas did Nobly fight And was the death of many a gallant Knight 16 But Troylâ—…s that succeeds Hector in force In courage and in all good Thewes beside Whom ere he met that day did braueâ—… vnhorse Till his white Armour was with Crimson dide For Hectors sake his sword vsd no remorse His warre-steel'd spirits to slaughter he applyde No man that saw him his bright weapons weild But sware another Hector was in field 17 This day is Troyes and now repose they borrow From the still night to giue the wounded cure And such of note as dide t'intombe with sorrow They that 〈◊〉 themselues with armes assure And so prepare for battaile on the morrow Some to be siedge the rest the siedge t' indure Or if they can to their eternall praise The forren Legions from their Trenches raise 18 Six Moones gaue nightly rest to th'Hostile paines Ofiust so many dayes for full so long Troy without respight the proud Campe constraines Howerly to proue whose puissance is most strong Blood-drops by Plannets on Scamander â—…nes Horrid destruction flyes the Greekes among Troylus still held the Noblest Armes professor And Hectors equall though his late successor 19 T'omit a thousand Combats and Contentions Hostile Encounters Oppositions braue Such as exceed all human apprehensions Where some win liuing honour some a graue With Stratagems and sundry rare inuentions The Towne to fortefie the Campe to saue And contrary to stretch all human reach The Hoast t'indamage and the Towne t' impeach 20 In all which Troylus wondrous Fame atchieued His sword and Armour were best knowne and feared Aboue the rest the Argiue Dukes he gricued By his sole valour were the Troians cheared In acting wonders scarce to be beleâ—…ud The life of Hector in his blood appeared Priam and Troy now thinke themselues secure So long as Troylus mongst them may indure 21 Achilles by his valour mated oft And as he thinkes much blemisht in renowne To see anothers valor soare aloft But his owne bruitfull fame still sinking downe His downy bed to him appeares vnsoft He takes no pleasure in his regall Crowne The best delights to him are harsh and sower Since in one arme rests a whole Citties power 22 The Greekes thinke Hector in this youth aliue To stop whose honors torrent they deuise For since by force of armes in vaine they striue To catch at that which soares aboue the skies They to the depth of all their Counsels diue How they by cunning may the Prince surprise Being well assur'd that whilst his honors grow In vaine they seeke Troyes fatall ouerthrow 23 The sonne of Theâ—…is feeles his armes yet sore By the rude stroakes that from his fury came His armour heere and there be sprinkt with gore Of his owne wounds that he is well-nye lame With often iustles and can no more Indure the vertue of his strength or Fame For since his brest 's in many places seard Hee 'l flye vnto the rescue of his guard 24 Since neyther the broad-brested Diomed Can in the course his rude incounter stay Since last when Telamon against him sped He was perforc'st to giue his fury way Since all those 〈◊〉 Agamemâ—…
led Though Martial'd in their best and proud'st array Could not repell his swift and violent speed he by his guard his ruine hath Decreed 25 The selfe-same charge that he gainst Hector vsd Gainst Troylus he his Myrmidons perswades Behold where he with Hectors spirit infusd The warlike Thous in euen course inuades Him whom his strength of armes might haue excusd The Treian sends vnto th' Elisian shades The Athenian Duke against him spurres his horse But quite through-piercst the Greeke drops downe a corse 26 Foure Princes in as many coarses tasted Like Fate yet still the Dardan Prince sits hye No coarse no towring blow he vainly wasted In his great heart an hoast he dares defie King Diomed once more against him hasted And long'd with him a warlike course to try But horse and man were in the race ore-throwne Normaruell now the princes strength was growne 27 The elder of th' Atrides next him grew And tryes the vigour of his arme and Speare Him likewise Troylus brauely ouerthrew And forth vnshooke himselfe he past on cleare Now well-nigh breathlesse he himselfe with-drew Whom then the spleenefull Pelean watched ncare And as he lights to rest him on the ground Him the blacke Myrmidons incompasse round 28 With mercilesse keene glaues they siege the youth Whom all at once with fury they assaile In them is neither Honoured grace not ruth Nor is one Troian neere the Prince to bale Achilles with the rest his blood pursuith Thousands against one man must needs preuaile Who seeing nothing else saue death appearing Euen gainst all oddes contemnes despaire or fearing 29 But through their squadrons hewes a bloudy trackt And lops the formost that before him stands Had Deiphebus now his Brother backt Or had the place bin by Sarpedon mand Or had Epistropus whom he now lackt Vpon his party tear'd his conquering hand Had their brigat Faulchions-brandisht by his side The Myrmidons had fayl'd Troylus not dide 30 But hee 's alone rouud guirt with death and ruin And still maintaines the battel though in vaine On euery side a bloudy passage he wing To worke himselfe out through a dismall Lane Of Myrmidons Achilles still pursuing Who keepes the hindmost of his rough-hair'd traine Yet had Prince Troylus markt him where he stood And almost wrought to him through death and blood 31 But ods preuail'd he sinkes downe the mid-way Euen in his fall his sword against him darting That did both Hectors and his life betray Boasting a Noble spirit in his departing By Troylus death the Greekes obtaine the day The Myrmidons their many wounds yet smarting Cure in their Lords Tent whom the Greekes aplaud For Troylus death gainst honour wrought by fraud 32 Now the deiected Troians dare no more Enter the field the Greekes approach the gates And dare them to grim warre who still deplore Hector and Troylus in their Tragicke fates Queene Hecuba yet keepes reuenge in store Of which at length with Paris she dabates Vowing to catch his life in some flye traine That by like fraud her two bold sonnes had slaine 33 She clas to minde the great Athilles pride Withall the loue he to her Daughter beares A thing in zeale she can no longer hide Since in Polyxena like loue appeares Troyes weake deiection she makes knowne besides Disabled by a siege of many years Therefore intreats him to accept her loue And in a generall truce the Argiues moue 34 The lofty Greeke proud by so great a Queene To be sued to when he records withall How much hee s fear'd he gins to slake his spleene And the Maids beauty to remembrance call What can he more Since he hath dreaded beene And seene his ablest Foes before him fall But yeild to beauties soft inchaunting charme Knowing weake Troy dares not conspire his harme 35 The day drawes on a peace hath bin debated To which Achilles the proud Greekes perswades Some thinke it needfull others hyer rated Their honours and this Concord much vpbraides Alone Achilles longs to be instated In her faire grace the beautifulst of Maids And with the sonne of Nestor makes repaire Where Priam with his sonnes and Daughters are 36 Truce is proclaim'd the Damsell richly clad And by the Troian Ladies proudly attended Whom none that saw but admiration had As at a Goddesse from hye heauen discended The innocenr Maide was still in count'nance sad For losse of those that Tray but late defended Yet guiltlesse in her soule of any spleene Dreampt gainst the Prince by Paris or the Queene 37 Vnarm'd Achilles to the Temple goes Whom Nestors sonne attends to Pallas shrine and all the way with Gold and Iewâ—…ls strowes Prising them Earthy but his Bride Deuine and nothing of their Treacherous act he knowes When Paris from a place where he had line With arm'd Knights yssues and a keene shaft drew Which in the heele the proud Achilles slow 38 Who when he sees himselfe and friend betraid and wounded to the Death whilst he could stand Brandisht his sword and mongst them slaughters made But now he wants his Myrmidons at hand and his strong armour Paris to inuade Alacke the Temple was too strongly man'd his strength that cannot bandy gainst them ali at length must sinke and his hye courage fall 39 There lies the great Achilles in his gore and by his side the Sonne of Nestor slaine Amongst the Trotans to be feard no more His body to the Greekes is sent againe Whom they for Hectors change and long deplore his death by Treason wrought vpon the plaine For him a Monumentall Toombe they reare and for his death a ioynt reuenge they sweare 40 The siedge still lasts vpon the part of Troy Penthisilia with a thousand Maydes Vowes all their Amazenian strength to imploy and for the death of Hector Greece vpbraides Whilst in the Campe with much applausiue ioy Grim Pyrrhâ—… is receiu'd Pyrrhâ—… that trades In gore and slaughter with reuenge pursuing Euen to the death Troy for his Fathers tâ—…ine 41 No longer tâ—…e he will delay but streight Dare them to battaile by the Morrowes Sunne The Scythian Damsels long to shew their height and imitate theyr deedes before-time dunne They know they enterprise a worke of weight and long for Signall now to battaile runne The 〈◊〉 Greekes that were of Pyrrhus traine Whom th' Amazonians soone repulse againe 42 Penthisilea was not that fayre Queen Of Amazons of whom we now intreate That made a Law what Man so'ere had beene Within her Court to make a byding Seate aboue three dayes he might not there be seene Though his power mighty and his State were great For if within her Court he longer dwelt The penall Law was he should sure be gelt 43 So much she feared the supposed traines With which soft Women-kind vs men accuse That our society she quite disdaynes Nor shall our fellowship her Ladies vse To this decree she their applause constraines Because false men their weaker Sex abuse
his Brothers vow Like homage and in State haue entertaind Vter Pendragon to whose throne they bow Sixteene whole yeares He doats on Cornwayles wife and for her loue bereaues her Husbands life 63 Of her he Arthur got In France Clodouens Gouernd as King the first that was Baptiz'd In Italy great Theodoricus King of the Astrogothes who enterprisde Gainst Odeacer battaile bold Honoricus Gouernd in Affricke who so much despisde True Fayth that he for th' Arrians in one hower By shops exild three hundred thirty foure 63 Arthur the worthy next the State ascended Fought twelue set battailes and the order made Of the Round Table whose renowne extended Through all the world whilst Arthur doth inuade Forraine Dominious and Christs Faith desended Mordred at home his Crowne ' and Queene betrayde Twixt whom at Arthurs backe returne againe War was commenst in which both Kings were slain 65 Next Arthur Constantine Duke Cadors Sonne After his Vncle sixe and twenty years Had gouern'd England his estate begonne Slew Mordred Sonnes in fight with Saxon Peeres That ayded them in battaâ—…le these warres donne After foure Sommers he ascends the Spheares Iustine a Swine-heard by ambition fierd By crafty meanes th' Imperiall Seate aspyerd 66 Now liu'd in Italy the famous Dame Analasiantha with Athalarius Her Son by whom her Soueraignty first came She could both Greeke and Latine well discusse Whose reuerence many Histories proclayme Daughter to th' Emperor Theodoricus Iustinian the Gracian Empyre swayes The Persians to their State Cosroe rayse 67 Iustinian in his Captaines much renowned Narses the Eunuch a right 〈◊〉 Knight And Bellisarius whose name was crowned Through all the world Twice Carthage won in fight Twice rescude Rome his fame in Persia sowned Thrace Greece th'Affricke Gâ—…aths he put to flight For much more seruice th' Emperor from his head Tore out his eyes he for'st to beg his bread 68 Aurelius Conanus slew in field Constantine Arthurs Nephew three yeares swade Then did his due to death and nature yeild And Vortigore his Sonne is Soueraigne made Who did but foure yeares Brittans 〈◊〉 weild When Malgo did the 〈◊〉 inuade Who slew his first Wife her chast Bed for sooke And to his Bride his Brothers Daughter tooke 69 King Totylus sack't Rome the second time What in the first he spoyl'd he now repayred Altinus king of Lumbards full with Wine Cals for a Mazer which he might haue spared Of his Wiues Fathers Scull for which in fine She loath'd her Husband and yet further dar'd Vnto his loyall Bed she prou'd vntrue With Helme-child who after Albine slew 70 CAreticus by help of Irelands King Cald Gurmond Brittan Malgo did expell Whom after three yeares Ethelfrid did bring To ruine and in battaile prosperd well About this time Sybert th' East Saxon King Erected Westminster Ethelfrid fell And Cadwan Duke of Northwales him defeated And two and twenty yeares in peace was seated 71 Queene Tredegunde of France in the meane season Lawdry the Earle of Soysons deerely lou'd And for his â—…ake destroyd the King by Treason Gainst Gregory sir-nam'd the great was mou'd By â—…ohn the Patrâ—…arch against all reason The Churches Primacy which he improu'd Arabian Mahomet his Alkeron made Frensh Brunchild liu'd who had Princes ten betrayde 72 CAdwallin Cadwans Sonne next Bittan guided Benet the Monke Paynting and Glazing found The Sarasins by Mahomet prouided Wan Persia where Ormisda long sat crown'd And in short space hauing their powers diâ—…ided Conquerd all Aegypt with the Climats round Damascus likewise was subdude by them So was rich Antioch and Hierusalem 73 Three yeares Cadwallader esteem'd the last Of Brittan Princes gouernd and he dead The Kingdome wholly to West-Saxons past Of whom King Iue first impald his head And next him Ethelard whose raigne was grast By reuerent Beda of whose workes we read Of Clearkly Bookes on seuerall Subiects stil'd Threâ—…ore and eyghteene Volums well compil'd 74 Next Ethelard raign'd Cuthred whom succeeds Sigebert and he not one full yeare did raigne But was deposde for many tyrranous deedes And after besely by a Swine-heard slaine Kinulphus to the Kingdome next proceedes Who after by a man of Sigeberts traine Was murdred in the night as he should passe Vnto his Mistris a braue Brittish Lasse 75 The Sarasins pierce Europe Rhodes they wasted The Firmament two daies appeares to burne The Emperour Constantine his Army hasted The Sarasins by armes to ouerturne Where thirty thousand Pagans of death tasted When Constantine expites the Christians mourne His Throne and State Iustinian next maintained And from the Turkes Affricke and Libia gayned 76 The next West-Saxon King was Brithricus Who eyghteene yeares after Kinulphus fall Raign'd King came from the blooud of Cerdicus And queld the Danes in many a bloudy brall Wiu'd Ethelburgh by whom as Bookes discusse He poysond was yet whilst he gouern'd all S. Albons Winchcombe Abbeyes were both built Blood rayn'd which seem'd like Crosses where t' was spilt 77 Egbert the Sexon thirty seauen supplyde The Soueraignety now raign'd Prench Charles the great Eyghteene whole dayes the Sunne his light denyde Hyren the Empresse from th' Imperiall Seat Her young Sonne Constantine deposde through pâ—…de And after did him cruelly intreat She causd his eyes be torne out of his head And foure yeares after gouernd in his stead 78 King Ethelwolfe the fore-nam'd Egbert's Sonne As Chroniclers affirme Oxford erected a Priest at first in Orders he begon Till after marrying he the State affected The Warlike Danes his Kingdome ouer-ron But are expled Sergius is Pope elected Whose name Os Porcy seem'd so vile that they Chang'd it and from him all Popes to this day 79 Foure Sonnes each other in the State succeedes King Ethelwald who gouern'd not a yeare When Ethelbert his Brother don'd the Weedes Imperiall and next him doth appeare The third Sonne Etheldred whose body bleeds By the bold Danes who after slaughterd were By the fourth Sonne at Brixium as Bookes tell Three dayes together bloud in thicke shewers fell 80 Young Alured from Ethelwolfe the last Twenty nine yeares sixe monthes the Scepter bore Hungar and Hubba quite through Scotland past Bels were first vsde in Greece not knowne before In sixe set battailes Alured disgrast The warlike Danes then dyde The Peeres adore Edward his elder Sonne who nobly beares The Brittish Scepter foure and twenty yeares 81 Nine Popes in lesse then nine yeares were instald Adelwald Edwards Brother twice rebelling VVas by the Elders Prowesse twice appald And after slaine the Huns and Hungars quelling All Europe were much feard a Princesse cald Elflede King Edwards Sister much excelling after the throwes in her first Child-birth tryde For euermore her