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
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
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
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
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
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.
TROIA BRITANICA OR Great Britaines Troy A Poem Deuided into XVII seuerall Cantons intermixed with many pleasant Poeticall Tales Concluding with an Vniuersall Chronicle from the Creation untill these present Times Written by Tho Heywood Et prodesse solent Delectare Poetae LONDON Printed by W. Jaggard 1609. To the Right Honourable Edward Earle of Worcester Lord of Chepstoll Ragland and Gower Knight of the most Noble order of the Garter Mayster of the Horse and one of the Kinges most Honourable Priuy Councell TO you whose Fauour gaue my Muse first breath To try in th' Ayre her weake vnable wing And soare this pitch who else had tasted death Euen in her byrth from the Castalian spring She dedicates her labours as they are Though as you see poore featherlesse and bare Your Noble hand to her supportance gaue Euen in her Pen-lesse Age about to fall Her Cradle then had beene her Infant graue Had not your power and Grace kept her from thrall Then by the Muse by your hie bounty raisde Y' are by your Merit and my duty praisde Her power though weake yet to her sickly strength Is willing your past Graces to record Though smothered long yet she findes time at length To shew her office to her Patron-Lord Wishing for your sake that vpholds her still Her worth had correspondence to her will Then had her Theame that treats of forren deeds Beene only tunde to your desert and Merit And you from whom her nonage Art proceeds Should by her Pen Eternity inherit But since great Lord her best fruites are but words Prise what her hart not what her Art affoords T is fit those Lordes which we from Troy deriue Should in the Fate of Troy remembred be For since their Graund-sire vertues now suruiue And with the Spirits of this Age agree It makes vs fill our Cantons with such men As liumg now equaldtheyr vertues then Homer long since a Chronicler Diuine And Virgill haue redeemd olde Troy from fire Whose memory had with her buildings line In desolate ruyne had not theyr desire Snatcht her fayre Tytle from the burning flame Which with the Towhe had else consumde her name Had they surviude in these our flourishing daies Your vertues from the auncient Heroes drawne In spight of death or blacke obliuions rage Should liue for euer in Fames glorious fawne Rankt next to Troy our Troy-novant should be And next the Troyan Peeres your places free Nor let your Honour my weake stile despise That striues to Register your names with theirs For could my numbers like blinde Homersrise I would create you Fames eternall heyres Accept my strength my weaknesse I bewray Had I like Art I would as much as they Your Honours euer faithfully deuoted Tho Heywood TO the two-fold Readers the Courteous and the Criticke THe fauourable and gracious Reader I salute with a submisse Conge both of heart and knee To the scornefull I owe not so much as an hypocriticall intreat or a dissembled curtesie I am not so vnexperienced in the enuy of this Age but that I knowe I shall encounter most sharpe and seucre Censurers such as continually carpe at other mens labours and superficially pervsing them with a kind of negligence and skorne quote them by the way Thus This is an Error that was too much streacht this too slightly neglected heere many things might haue been added there it might haue beene better followed this superfluous that radiculous These indeed knowing no other meanes to haue them selues opinioned in the ranke of vnderstanders but by calumniating other mens industries These Satyrists I meet thus It were in my opinion more honor and honesty for them to betake them seriously to the like studies and the time they wast in detracting others rather spend in instructing themselues and by some more excellent worke moulded out of their owne braines giue the foyle to others of lesse Fame and consequence This were a commendable and worthy detraction sauouring of desert the other a meere rancorous folly grounded on nothing but malicious ignorance For who more apt to call coward then the most tymerous but he only merits a name among the valiaunt that hath actually and personally wonne his reputation by some deed of same and Honour But since these Criticks are a generall Subiect in the front of subiect booke I am content to neglect them as those Ireguard not and to the friendly and best iudging Reader thus turne my Apologie I haue aduentured right Courteous to publish this Poem and present it to thy generall acceptance If it be gently receiued and fauour ably ceusured it may incourage me to proceed in some future labour if any way distasted I am so farre from troubling the world with more that I shall hold this little much too much Yet if you vnderstandingly consider this proiect you shall finde included herein a briefe memory or Epitome of Chronicle euen from the first man vnto vs this second time created Britons with a faithfull Register not onely of memorable thinges done in Troy and this Island but of many and the most famous accidents happening through the World In who se raigne and what yeare of the world they chanced with which we haue conferred the Histories of the Sacred Byble the truth of the times so eeuen that who so euer will daigne the perv sall of these shall not onely perceiue such thinges were doone but bee also-satisfied in whose Raigne then successiuely gouerning in the kingdome of Britaine they happened In all which I haue taskt my selfe to such succinctnesse and breuity that in the iudisiall perusall of these few Cantons with the Scolies Annexed as little time shall bee hazzarded as profite from them be any way expected Accept then I entreat you this mingled Subject as well home-borne as forraine and Censure it as fauourably as I haue offred it freely Though something may perhaps distast something againe I presume will please the most curious Pallate Let that which pleaseth mittig at the harshnes of the other He that speaks much may excusably speake somewhat Idely and he that in vnknown Climats trauayles farre may by misaduenture wander out of the way but where the mayne intent and purpose is honest and good it is pardonable to expect the best And in that hope I prostrate these my barraine industries to your kindest and gentle Constructions Proemium I Hold it necessary as a Preface to this generall History to remember some Antiquities touching the ages of the World with the first peopling of kingdomes and of the foure Monarchies which may illustrate this Poem if in any place it appcate darke and intricate Theye are 16 56. from the Creation Noah entred the Ark and the Vntuerse was destroied by the Deluge with all mankind Noah and his family excepted of his three sonnes Sem Ham and Iapheth were all Nations procreated The posterity of Sem inhabited the East by the Riuer Euphrates Cham the places neere Irodan Nyle towards the
Meridian Iapheth the lesse Asia towards the West whence many Nations of Europe proceeded Sems sonnes were fiue Elam of whom came the Persians from him Xenophon deriueth Cyrus Assur of him came the Assyrians Ninus of him the Niniuttes and Badilonians Arphaxad of him the Caldeans and from his Nephewe Fber were dâ—…riued the Herbrues the word signifieth Trauellers or Strangers Of this line came Abraham Dauid and the Messias Aram of him the Syrians descended of which Damasco is the metropolis therefore it was thus written The head of Aram is Damascus The posterity of Cam was Chus of whom came the Aethiopians in the farthest Coasts of Aphrica and the Libians cald to this day Chirsita The sonnes of Chus were Saba of whome the Sabaans and Euila of wheme the Indians descended Nemrod first raignd in Babylon Misraim occupied Aegypt which the Arabians and Turks to this day call Mizri The sonnes of misraim were Lydas who pcopled Lydia a Nation that after seated themselucs in some parts of Itahe and Labain of whom the Sun-burnt Lybians are thought to descend Of Euaâ—…m came the Cyrenians who built the Citty Cerenaica of who came the Mauritanians and of him a famous Riuer that still beares his name Of Canaan came the Sydonians and Tyrians Heath built Hebron where Abraham dwelt and was buried Iebuseus possest Gaba and Ierusalem Iapheths sons were Gomor or Togerma of whom the Cinerians take their originall They are seated beyond Thrace neer the Meotiden Fenne where the Bosphort inhab te not farre from Cimbrica Chersonessus Of Magog came the Sâ—…thians and of them the Turks and to proue the Turke to be in God and Magor Ezechiell saith the Nations of Magog lie toward the south which in the latest dayes shall seeke the fall of Israell And the Apocalip Magog shall lastly Emperise the world Of Madai came the Medes Of Iauan or Iabu the Iouians or Graecians The sonnes of Iauan were Elisa of whome came the Aeolians in Asia minor Tharsis built Tharsis the chiefe Citty of the Cilicians Of Cethim came the Macedonians Of Adodanim the Dodoneans in Epire. Iauan was that Ianus that raignd in Italy Of Tubal came the Hispani and Iberi Of Mosoch came the Muscouites Of Tyrus the Thrasians The Sons of Gomer were Ascanes Riphat and Togorma Of Ascanes came the 〈◊〉 who after shifted theÌ„selues into other Prouinces and ofthem came the Cimbrians the Bythinians the Cancoues the 〈◊〉 and Heueti Of Riphat came the Riphei Gyants that inhabited the Riphean Hilles where the Sanromass then liued By the 〈◊〉 are meant all such as speake in the 〈◊〉 tongue From Riphat came also the Paphlagonians these 〈◊〉 themselues into Europe some inhabiting Russia Lytuania and Polonia from the Adriaticke shoare vnto Illusria Likewise Fistula Albis and Bohemia where before liued the Hermaduri and Boij Among the Sonnes of Sem Gether is numbred of whom came the Getes they were called Gotti or Gothes who inhabited Wallachia these speake the Almain toung and mixt themselues with the Germans whose name is deriued of Gerim and Ani which signifieth miserable Strangers The French are cald 〈◊〉 of Wallen which in the Almain toong signifies Wanderers From Brute cam the Britons since called Angli In Nemrod was the first Monarchy establisht he liued a hundred years after the Floud after 200. yeares Ninus built Niniuy in 〈◊〉 whose wife Semiramis after his death erected the walles of Babilon Ninius her sonne succeeded in whose time Abraham came into Palestine Him succeeded Amraphel king of Sennaar or Babylon Of these Assyrian Monarches Sardanapalus was the last whose proud name we thus deriue Sar a Captaine Dan a ludge 〈◊〉 a Destroyer He was ouerthrowne by phul-Belochus a Babilonian and Arbaces a Medean when Osia raignd in Iuda phul belochus raigned ouer the Babilonians and Niniuites forty yeares Arbaces ouer the Meades and Persians Belochus warred vpon Israel whom succeeded his Sonne Phal Assur called in the Scriptures Tiglat Peilassur He raigned 23. yeares him Salmanasser succeeded and raigned ten yeares he besiedged Samaria of him Hosea speakes Chapter 10. 〈◊〉 succeeded Salmanasser who besiedged Hierusalem and raigned ten yeares his Army was ouerthrowne by the Angels Assur haddon next ruld ten yeares In him declined the Monarchy of Assiria and Merodach became Monarch ouer the Chaldees Benmerodach raigned after his Father 21. after him Nabuchednezzar Primus 35. He warred against Aegipt Nabuchadnezzar Magnus raigned forty in Zedechias time he besiedged Hierusalem a 〈◊〉 and sixe monthes him succeeded euill Merodach who releast Ieconias he dead Balsaar succeeded foureteene 〈◊〉 he was a greet Blasphemer In his time Babylon was raced and the Monarchy transferred to the Persians he himselfe being slaine by Cyrus The kings of Aegypt in the times of this Monarchy were these Osyris with his Wife Isis who liued in the time of Abraham Orus Bochoris Busyris Miris 〈◊〉 who liued in the time of Samson pherones of whom all the Kinges of Egypt were called pharoes Proteus whom some call Cetes to him Paris and Hellen sayled in theyr returne from Greece Rampsinitus Cephus or Cheops Cephris Mycerinus Anycis Sabachus called in the Bible Sesach Sethen Psamneticus Nechos who ouercame Iosia by the Citty Megeddo and was after slaine Nabuchadnezzar 〈◊〉 Apries who sackt 〈◊〉 and slew the Prophet Ieremiah Amasis in whose time the Monarchy came to the Persians In Greece in the time of this Monarchy liued Iapethus the Sonne of Noah after whoÌ„ raigned Hellas now was the expedition of the Argonats Erictheus Perseus and his Acts. The warres of Troy 〈◊〉 with the Theban History notorious in Oedipus and Iocasta with the deathes of the two Brothers Eleocles and Polynices Now were the 〈◊〉 famous Rome in the time of this first Monarchy was bullt the tenth year of Achas King of Iuda It was 〈◊〉 by Kings 6244 yeares Rhomulis raigned 38. Numa 43. Tullius Hostilius 32. Aucus Martius 2 4. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 37. Seruius Tullius 44. In the last part of his raigne began the Persian Monarchy 〈◊〉 the proud 25. He was repulst his Kingdome by the Consull Brutus because his Sonne Sextus had 〈◊〉 rauished 〈◊〉 the wise of Collatyne The Persian Kings were first Cyrus who raigned 29. hee ouercame Cresus of Lydia besiedged Babylon and was after slaine by Tomyris Queene of Scithia In his time liued Thales Milesius Pithagoras borne in Samos Solon and Draco who first ordred the yeare 〈◊〉 the monthes added the Epact and collected first the Poems of Homor Cambises the second King who raigned 7. years added Egypt to his Empire and couered the Iudgement Seate with the skinne of his false Iudge Sisamnes The third Darius he by the neyhing of his 〈◊〉 was elected Emperor raigned 36. He by the craft of his Friend Zopyrus wan Babylon and added to his Dominions the Getes Cymerians and 〈◊〉 Now liued Hippias the Sonne of Pysistratus in 〈◊〉 and Miltiades This Darius was the Sonne
of Histaspes called in the Scripture Ashuerosh Husband to Hester called by 〈◊〉 Aristona as the Name of Vasts was Atossa Some refer the History of Iudith to these times Fourth Xerxes raigned 20. He 〈◊〉 Greece with an Armye of 10000000. Souldiers his cheese Captaine was Mardonius his chiefe Counseller Artabanus He was first repulsed by Pausanias of Sparta after expeld Greece by 〈◊〉 In these warres were famous Artstides and Cimon 4. Artaxerxus with the long hand ruld 40. He was thought to bee the Son to Darius and Hester In his time liued Esdras Haggeus Zachartus and Nehemiah About the time of the Pelloponesian Warre And now was Rome gouerned by the 〈◊〉 forme of gouernment infamous in the lust of 〈◊〉 to the chast Roman Lady Virginia Darius Nothus raigned 19 In his time hued famous Alcibiades and Sophocles Euripides two famous Tragedians Artaxerxes Memnon 40. he loued the famous Lady Aspatia the Noblest Greekes in his daies were Clearchus Anaxilaus Lisander who conquered Athens after gouerned by 30. Tyrants who were supprest by the 〈◊〉 of Thrasibulus Now happened the Wars betweene the Phocenses and the Locri with 〈◊〉 Leuctricum And now 〈◊〉 Conon and 〈◊〉 EpamaminoÌ„das in Greece about the 〈◊〉 that English Brennus sackt Rome Artaxerxes Ochus next Memnon raigned 26. In his time happened the Warre which was called Bellum sacrum 〈◊〉 raigned foure yeares he was slaine by Bagoas Him Darius succeeded in the sixt yeare of his raigne was slaine by Alexander the Great in whom began the third Monarchy translated to the Gracians Alexander by his Father Phillip deriueth his byrth from Hercules by his Mother Olimpius from Aeacus He conquered the World raigned as Emperor 12. years In the 32. of his age He dead the Monarchy was dâ—…ded into four parts Aegipt Syria Asia Mynor and Macedon The Kinges of Egypt after Alexander were these Ptolomeus the Sonne of Lagus Ptolomeus Philodelphus Alexander Philopater Epiphanes Philometer Euergetes Phiscon Alexander Lathurus Auletes Father to Câ—…patra Dionisius her Brother in whom ended the race of the Ptolomees and now Egypt came vnder the Iâ—…risdiction of the Romans The Kings of Macedon were Perdicas Craterus Antipater Cassander Antigonus 1. Antigonus 2. Demetrius Philippus and Perseus who was surprised by the Romans The Kings of Syria who after the death of Alexander possest Babylon Syria and Asia Minor were Antiochus Soter Antiochus Theos Antiochus Magnus who had these three Sons Seleucus Philopater Antiochus Epiphanes and Demetrius Demetrius after his Brothers decease had two Sonnes Demetrius Nicanor and Antiochus Sedetes The Son of Nicanor was Antiochus Griphus The Son of Sedetes was Antiochus Cyzenius These hauing slaine each other from theyr Issue Tygranes King of Armenia reâ—…t the Kingdome of Syria which first Lucullus and after Pompeius Magnus annext to the Roman Empyre These in the time of the third Monarchy were Captaines and Gouernors among the Iewes Nehemiah Ioconias Selathiel Zorobabel Resa Mesollam â—…ohanna Ben Resa Iudas Hircanus primus in his Dukedome Alexander flew Darius Iosephus primus Abner Semei Eli matathai Asa mahat Nagid Artaxad Haggai Eli Maslot Nahum Amos Sirach Matathia Siloah Iosephus Iunâ—…r Ianua secunâ—…s Hircanus And then began the race of the Machabees in Matathias whose Sons succeeded him Iudas Ionathas Simon Iohannes Hercanus The Kinges of that line were Aristobulus son to Hercanus Alexander Iâ—…neus Queen Alixandra his Wife otherwise cald Salome The Sonnes of Alexander were Hircanus and Aristobulus in theyr death ended the line of the Machabees Succeeding these in the 30. yeare of the raigne of Herod Tetrache was borne the Sauiour of the World vnto which we haue studyed to reduce the best knowne Nations of the Earth leauing the 4. Monarchy among the Romans who by this time awed the Earth whose warres and Fortunes being so commonly from many worthy Writers translated into our moderne tongue We here omâ—… letting this short Epitome onley serue in the Front of our Booke to instruct your memories and guide your thoughts through those vnknown Deserts in which without this direction many Readers may loose themselues bee this therefore their Pylot to direct them to the harbour of these latter Ages more familiarly knowne Argumentum TYTAN and Saturne differ their great strife Is by their carefull mother VESTA ended Saturane his Sister Sybill takes to wife And the heyre-males that are from theÌ„ descended He doomes to death faire Sybil saues the life Of Iupiter grim Saturne is offended And to the Oracle at Delphos hyes Whiles Titan thrugh the earth his fortune tries ARG. 2. The Worlds Creation gold from the earths veines Neptune and Plutoes birth ALPHA conteines CANTO 1. THis VNIVERSH with all therein conteined Was not at first of Water fashioned Nor of the Fire as others oft haue fcyned Nor of the Ayre as some haue vainly spred Nor the foure Elements in order trained Nor of Vacuitie and Atom's bred Nor hath it beene Eternall as is thought By naturall men that haue no further sought 2 Neither hath man in perpetuity bin And shall on earth eternally perseuer By endlesse Generation running in One circuit In corruption lasting euer Nor did that Nation first on earth begin Vnder the mid Equator some indeuour So to perswade that man was first begunne In the place next to the life-giuing Sunne 3 Neither was he of Earth and water framed Tempered with liuely heat as others write Nor were we in a former world first named As in their curious Problems some recite Others more ripe in Iudgement haue proclaimed Man fram'd of clay in fashion exquisite In whom were breath'd sparkes of Celestiall fire Whence he still keepes his Nature to aspire 4 But this most glorious Vniuerse was made Of nothing by the great Creators will The Ocean bounded in not to inuade Or swallow vp the Land so resteth still The azure Firmament to ouer-shade Both Continent and Waters which fulfil The Makers word one God doth sole extend Without beginning and shall see no end 5 That powerfull Trinity created man Adam of Earth in the faire field Damaske And of his rib he Euah formed than Supplying them with all things they can aske In these first two Humanity began In whom confinde IHBHOVAHS fix-daâ—…es taske From Adam then and Euahs first Creation It followes we deriue our Brittish Nation 6 Inspire me in this taske Ihoues seede I pray With Hippocrenes drops besprinke my head To comfort me vpon this tedious way And quicken my cold braine nigh dull and dead Direct my wandring spirits when they stray Least forren and forbidden paths they tread My iourney 's tedious blame not then my feares My voyage aymes at many thousand yeares 7 Oh giue me leaue from the Worlds first Creation The ancient names of Britons to deriue From Adam to the Worlds first Invndation And so from Noah to vs that yet suruâ—…e And hauing of Troyes
from the Bees Th' Athenian King did the young Neptune saue In Athens where great Clearks haue tane degrees Athens the well of knowledge and the Graue Of Ignorance where Neptune safety sees Pluto the youngest of the three doth dwell In lower The ssaly since tearmed Hell 83 The time these liued was Patriarch Isaac borne In Lybia Affer raignde Brigus in Spaine By Inachus the Argiue Crowne is worne Aratus doth the Assyrian state maintaine Now Sodom and Gomorrha to ashes turne Pelloponesus doth Aegidius gaine Germania is vpheld by Herminon And Aethyopia sway'd by Phaeton 84 Saturne that of his three sonnes nothing knew Doted on louely Iuno and oft sent Vnto her place of Nurture where she grew Faire and well featur'd there her youth she spent Whose soiorne in Parthemia Saturne drew To visite her on earth his sole content Many rare presents and rich guists he brought her Where leaue him in Parthemia with his daughter Ovr Poem though familiarly knowne to them of iudgment and reading yet because it may not seeme intricate to the lesse capeable I thought it not altogither impertinent to insert some few obseruations to the ende of euery Caate Touching this Vranus from whom our History takes life some Writers and those not of the least authority thinke in him to be figured Chanaan sonne of Cham sonne of Noah whom Noah cursed but spared his sonne Cham because God had once blessed him This Canaan for sundry benefits by him bestowed uppon many Nations was called by some Ogyges by others Fenix as also Coelum Sol Proteus Ianus Geminus Iunonius Quirinus Patulcius Bacchus Vortumnus Chaos Ileton or the seed of the Goddes Also his wife Vesta for her bounty they cald Tellus Opis Aretia and Cibilla the mother of the Gods And these liued in the third generation after the Floud From this Vesta came the virgin Vestals in Rome This Cham father to Canaan was cald Aegiptian Saturne and Nemroth Babilonian Saturne C ham was also called Saturne in Italy who came thither to dwell in the time that Comerus the Scythian vsurped there a neighbour to olde Ianus that dwelt in Laurentum And this was in the yeare of the world 1898. the yeare before Christ 2065. but rather then enter too deepe into antiquity the sequele of our historie we deriue from Saturne of Creet There were two Iupiters the first Iupiter Belus from whom Nilus descended and first Idolatrised to him the second Iupiter of Creet who was after instiled Olimpian Iupiter and supreame king of the Gods Tytan Saturnes brother is often by the Poets taken for the Sunne he is likewise cald Hiperion and ruler of the Planets but Bochas writes Hiperion to be Tytans sonne and not a name soly attributed to the Sunne Where Saturne makes his expedition to the Oracle I read of two Oracles one spake in Delphos from the mouth of Apollo the other in Aegypt from Iupiter Belus who is likewise cald the Sonne of Saturne and the second Emperour of Babylon after Nemroth Oson a Citty and mountaine in Epyre where Iupiter was nurst This Epyre is a Countrey in Greece hauing on the North Macedonia the East Achaya the West the sea Ionium It cannot be the mountaine Ossa because Ossa is in Thessaly Saturnus was the first father of the Goddes who begatte Iupiter Iuno Neptune Pluto and Glauca by his wife Ops otherwise cald Sybilla Demogorgon signifieth Earth and Aethra Ayre supposed Vranus father and mother Cadmus sonne to Agenor king of Phenicia who beeing sent by his father to seeke his sister Europa whom Iupiter in the shape of a Bull had rauished and not finding her durst not returne to his Countrey but staied in Boetia where bee built the famous Citty Thebes brought letters first into Greece and found the casting of mettals in Pangeus a promontory in Thrace Panchaia a sandy countrey of Arabia where is plenty of Frankincence In a high hill of this Countrey Thoas and Aeaclis first found out gold Ore Erichthon other wise Erichtheus he was nurst by Minerua after instated king of Athens he first inuented the Chariot and is supposed to be the first that tryed mettalles part of which skill some take from him and attribute vnto Ceachus Idaei Dactili otherwise called Corybanthus were certain priests of Cibell these are sayae to find out the vse of Iron Salmentes and Damnamenecus two Iewes S. Clement speakes of who first found out the vse of Iron in Cipres Lydus the sonne of Atis and brother to Tyrrhenus of him Lidia tooke the name he first melted brasse and made it pliable to the hammer a cunning which Theophrastus would bestow vpon one Delos the Phrigian but Aristotle yeildes it to Lydus Cassiterides are ten Istandes in the Spanish sea in these Midacritus by the opinion of Strabo first found out the vse of Lead Cynaras aritch King of Cypres who vnawares laye with his daughter Myrrha and on hir begat Adonis Hee first deuised the Stithce Tongs File and Leauer Pyrodes was sonne to Cilix of whom Cicilia took name and Cilix was sonne to Phenicia he was the first strooke fire from the flint Prometheus sonne to Iapetus who for stealing Fyre from heauen to inspire life in his Images was by Iupiter tyde vnto the mount Cancasus where an Eagle still gnaweth his entrailes Anacharsis a great Phylosopher borne in Scythia he first deuised the Bellowes and as some suppose the Potters wheele Apis King of the Argioes he taught first the plantinge of vines and after his death was worshipt in the shape of an Oxe Iubalda gouerned Spaine Craunuis Italy Satron the Gaules Semiramis Assyria At the same time Saturne married his Sister Sybill This was in the yeare of the World 2000. and the yeare before Christ 1963. Seauen yeares after this which was 250. yeares after the Deluge Noah paid his due to Nature Almache and Mellisee are supposed to be Adrastea and Isde. THus it is our purpose to be are along with vs the best knowen Kingdomes of the Worlde that the truth of an Hystory being countenanced with their credit may purchase the better beliefe The end of the first CANTO Argumentum Young Dardanus his brother Iasius slew And leaues the Countrey where he sought to rayne Warre twixt th' Epirians and Pelagrans grew Lycaon is by Ioue exilde not slaine Iupiter of Calisto taking v◅ew A votresse and one of Dians traine Loues and is loath'd the Virgin is beguild Clad like a mayd he gets the Mayd with child ARG. 6. TH'Epirian slaine Troys first foundatiō layd Chast Dians vowes in Dcta are conveyd CANTO 2. OH blind Ambition and desire of Raigne How camst thou by this rule in mortall breasts Who gaue thee this dominion ore the braine Thou murdrest more then plagues or fatall pests Thy drinke Mans bloud thy food dead bodies slaine Treason and Murder are thy nightly guests Ambition knowes no lawe he that aspires Climbes by the liues of brothers sonnes and Syres 2 Corinthus
of whom Corinth tooke first name Electra daughter to King Athlas marryed From Lybia hath he fetcht the louely Dame And thence to Naples this rich purchase carried Corinth and Naples are indeed the same One Citty though by Time their names be varried These dying left behinde them to succeed Two Princes Lords of many a vahant deed 3 Whilst Corinth there Memnon all Egypt swayde In Italy Atleus Harbon Gaul Hesperus Spaine the Argine King was made Crassus in France King Ludgus gouern'd all Arming himselfe gainst such as did Inuade Syrus in Syria Assyrias crowne doth fall To Mancaleus which whilst he maintaind Orthopolis in Pelloponessus raign'd 4 Moyses was borne the selfe-same happy yeare That faire Electra was made haplesse Queene Who spake with GOD and saw the bush burne cleare By whom the Israelites deliuered beene From Pharaohs bondage whom the fiery spheare Guided by night when in the day was seene The Cloud to vsher them In whose blest daies Corinthus yssue their proud fortunes raise 5 One Dardanus that other Iasius hight Who strongly for their Fathers Crowne contend And to their aydes assemble many a knight By force of Armes their challenge to defend But Armes nor bloudy battell force nor fight Can vnto this vnnaturall warre giue end Till at the length a Treaty was appointed Which by accord should be the King annointed 6 Iasius to Parlee comes vnarm'd his brother Vnder his Robes of peace bright Armor wore And being met his vengeance could not smother But slew him dead The Lords his death deplore Thus pitiously the one hath kilde the other Iasius vnto his Sepulcher they bore But Dardanus that him so basely slew Vnto the Pallaee Royall they pursue 7 The people such a Traiterous practise hated And vow his blood shall for his murder pay Such as lou'd Iasius the rest animated And round begirt the place where Dardan lay Who cals such friends as on his person waited And in the dead of night steales thence away For well he knowes they Iasius lou'd so deerely That they his murder will reuenge seucrely 8 Before the dawne of day they shipping take The darkenesse of the night their purpose aideth Through the vast Ocean a swift saile they make But as the morning riseth and night fadeth The sterne Corinthians to their fury wake And euery man th'vngarded house inuadeth But when they entring found the brother fled They curse the liuing and lamâ—… the dead 9 Long they their weary Fortunes haue in chase Still in the mercy of the Seas and winde But where to harbor they can find no place Or in the seas wilde deserts comfort finde At length they touch at Samos Isle in Thrace A soile which yet contents not Dardans minde Ballast fresh water victuals he takes in And hoysing saile seekes further shores to win 10 By this the Asian Seas his ships hath past And now within the Helle spont he rides The Marriners the shore discry at last Where calling all their Sea-gods to their guides To their discouery they apply them fast And now their vessels neere the cost abides Not long about the briny beach they houer But Dardan landes the Iland to discouer 11 He finds it fruitfull pleasant and a soile Fit to inhabit hie woods champion fields He holds this countrey worth her former toile The place he likes and to this clime he yeilds And after all his trauell and turmoile He plants himselfe a Citty here he builds He casts a huge Ditch first then layes a frame And after cals it Dardan by his name 12 The time the groundsils of great Troy were layd Was Lacedemon built by computation In Athens Ertchthonius King was made And Danaus ruler ore the Argiue Nation Hercules Dasinas Phenitia swayde Egiptus Egypt now the first foundation Of great Apollos Temple was begun By young Eristhones King Cecrops sonne 13 In processe is much people there conuented Being a Citty well and fairely seated And all such people as this place frequented Were by him and his followers well intreated No stranger from the King past discontented No Marchant in his traffique was defeated In time his wealth and people both abound And here in Dardan Dardanus liues crownd 14 This Dardan on Candame got a sonne Eruton hight who the same state maintained Time keepes his course away the swift howers run The second King in Arts and Warres is trained Imagine seauen and forty Winters dun So long Eruton in this Citty raigned Troos his sonne the kingdome doth enioy And of this Troos came the name of Troy 15 A puissant King in Armes his valors fame Through all the Asian confines stretched far Kingdomes he doth subdue Invadors tame By him the two first kings ecclipsed are And the Dardanians change their auncient name And of King Troos so renowmd in warre Are Troyans cald for so King Troos chargeth And with his fame his new-built towne enlargeth 16 Now all the Graecian Citties Troy out-shineth Whose glory many neighbour kings enuy Yet none so bold that outwardly repineth Or date in publicke tearmes king Troos defie The strongest people he by loue combineth The weaker he by armes doth terrifie King Tantalus that liues in Phrigia crownd Most enuies Troy should be so farre renown'd 17 But leaue we him in enuy Troy in glory For enuy still lookes vpward seldome downe And turne to that which most concernes our story How Iupiter attain'd his fathers crowne How Sybill â—…oyfull was but Saturne sorry To heare his sonnes suruiuing in renowne How Tytan war'd on Saturne how Ione grew And in his fathers aid his Vnckle slew 18 Twixt the Pelagians and Epiriens riseth Contentious warre in Epire raigned then King Milleseus who in armes surpriseth Certaine Pelagians king Lycaons men Lycaon with his watlike troopes aduiseth By pollicy of warre both how and when He may awaite th' Epiriens the like domage And make their king vnto his state do homage 19 At length Ioues Guardian the great Epyre king Vnto the son of Titan offers peace In signe whereof they Oliue branches bring To signifie their hostile Armes surcease Lycaon sonne to Tytan whom wars sting Had likewise gald and spoild his lands increase Applauds the motion sweares to this accord Condition'd thus to leaue an Epire Lord. 20 An Epyre Lord as Hostage straight they take And in Pelagia with Lycaon leaue him There to abide till they amends shall make For all the spoiles th' Eperiens did bereaue him The King the daies doth watch the nights doth wake Least his Epirien hostage should deceiue him Lycaon of his couenant naught doth slacke The time expires the Lord should be sent backe 21 And to that purpose Melliseus sends Ambassadors from Epire to Pelage Who to Lycaon beares his kind commends Lycaon full of spleene and warlike rage To quit his former inâ—…ury intends And with much paine his fury doth asswage Yet giues them outward welcome they desire Their Hostage Lord to
not how nor where His troubled thoughts confusd with paine and wonder Distracted twixt amazednesse and feare His foote remoues not nor his handes doth sunder Seemes blind to see and beeing deafe to heare And in an extasie so farre misled That he shewes dead aliue and liuing dead 98 Euen so this new-made woman late a mayde Lyes senslesse after this her transformation Seeing in vaine she had implor'd heauens ayde With many a fearefull shrike and shrill Oration Like one intranc't vpon the ground shee s layde Amazde at this her sudden alteration She is she knowes not what she cares not where Confounded with strange passion force and feare 99 Ihoue comforts her and with his Princely arme He would haue raisd her from the setled grasse With amorous words he faine her griefe would charme He tels her what he meant and who he was But there is no amends for such shrewd harme Nor can he cheere the discontented Lasse Though he oft sware and by his life protested She in his Nuptiall bed should be inuested 100 But nothing can preuaile she weeping sweares To tell Diana of his shamefull deed So leaues him watering all her way with teares Young Ihoue to leaue the Forrest hath decreed He would not haue it come to Dians cares And therefore to the Citty backe doth speed She to the Cloyster with her checkes all wet Alone as many as when first they met IAsius raigned in Italy at whose marriage the famous Egyptian Io was present This was in the yeare of the world 2408. It was iust six yeares after that Moyses at the age of forty hauing slane the Egyptian sledde from the sight of Pharao Eleuen yeares after Moyses departed out of Egypt the two brothers Dardanus and Iasius waged warres in Italy Iasius was assisted by the Ianigenes so cald of Ianus Dardanus was ayded by the Aborigines so called by Sabatus saga who succeeded Comerus Gallus the Scythian in certaine conquered Prouinces of Italy At this time Lusus raignd in Spaine Allobrox in france Crothopus the 8. king of the Argiues now raigned Craunus the second king of Athens and at this time Aaron was consecrated high Priest among the Israelites Iasius was slaine in the yeare of the world 2457. in whose place Coribanthus his sonne succeeded Dardanus soiourned certaine yeares in Samothracia erected his Citty Dardan cald Troy in the 31. yeare of the Dukedome of Moyses receiuing that Prouince where his city was erected from Atho prince of Moeonia About the same time by equall computation Archas Calisto subduing the Pelagians by the helpe of Iupiter cald the whole prouince Archadia Tantalus ruled the Phrygians who were before his time cald Moeones This Moeonia is now called Lydia vnder which clymate Arachne was borne by Pallas turned into a Spider Diana was thought to be daughter to an ancient king called Iupiter of Atticke which Itake to bee Iupiter Belus before spoken of She was the first that instituted a profest order of Virginity The Poets call this Diana Cinthia and phaebe figuring in her the Moone and that her brother phoebus she were borne of their mother Latona daughter to Caeus the Gyant in the Iste of Delos Atlanta was daughter to Iasius sister to Coribantus she first wounded the Calidonian Boare and was after espoused to Meleagar sonne to Oeneus the king of Calidon by his wife Althea Lycaon was the sonne of Pelasgus the sonne of Iupiter and Nyobe and of Melibea or as some thinke Cillene He had many sonnes by many wiues Moenalus Thesprotus Nectinnes Caucon Lycus Maeuins Macareus In Archadia Menatus that built the Citty Menatus Moe leneus that built Moeleneus not farre from Megapolis Acontius that built Acontium Charisius that gaue name to Charisium and Cynethus to Cynetha he hadde besides Psophis Phthinus Teleboas Aemon Mantinus Stimphelus Clitor Orchomenus and others Some recken them to the number of fifty others to many more Amongst all these he had but two daughters Calisto and Dia. Touching Ariadnes crowne it is thus remembred At 〈◊〉 corona nitet clarum inter sidera signum Defunct a quem banchusibi dedit esse Ariadnae being for saken of Theseus in the Isle Naxos whom before she had deliuered from the Mynotara she was espoused by the God Bacchus and by him had Thoas oenopio Staphilus Exanthes Latramis and Tauropolis The end of the second CANTO Argumentum CAlista knowne to be with Child is driuen From Dians Cloyster Archas doth pursue His mother vnto him Pelage is giuen Now termed Archady when Tytan knew Saturne had sonnes aliue his hart was riuen With anger he his men togither drew To Battayle the two brothers fight their fils Ioue saues his Father and his Vncle kils ARG. 2. TRans-formed Calisto and the Gyant-kings Ioues Combat with great Tiphō Gāma sings CANTO 3. 1 WHen I record the dire effects of Warre I cannot but with happy praise admire The blessed friendes of Peace which smoothes the scat Of wounding steele and al consuming fire Oh in what safety then thy Subiects are Royall king Iames secur'd from Warres fierce yre That by thy peacefull gouernment alone Studrest deuided Christendomet'attone 2 To thee may Poets sing the 'r chearefull laies By whom their Muses flourish in soft peace To thee the Swaines may tune eternall praise By whom they freely reape the earths increase The Merchants through the earth applaud thy daies Wishing their endlesse date may neuer cease By who they throgh the quartered world may traffick Asia Europe America and Affricke 3 Thy Liege-men thou hast plac'st as on a hill Free from the Cannons reach from farre to see Diuided Nations one another kill Whilst thy safe people as Spectators be Onely to take a view what blood they spill They neere to ruine yet in safety we Alone in peace whilst all the realmes about vs Enuy our blisse yet forcst to fight without vs. 4 So did the Newter Londoners once stand On Barnet-Heath aloofe to see the fight Twixt the fourth Edward Soueraigne of this land And the great Duke of Warwicke in the right Of the sixt Henry in which hand to hand Braue Iohn of Oxford a renowned knight Made many a patting soule for liues-breath pant And vanquisht many a worthy Combattant 5 So stood the Kentish men to view the maine In the yeare Eighty eight when th' English fleete Fought with the huge Armadoes brought from Spaine With what impatience did they stand to see 't On the safe shore willing to leaue the traine Of such faint Cowards as thinke safety sweet In such a quarrell where inuaders threat vs And in our natiue kingdome seeke to beat vs. 6 Where Royal Englands Admirall attended With all the Chiualry of our braue Nation The name of Howard through the earth extended By Naual triumph o're their proud Invasion Where victory on the Red-Crosse descended In Lightning and Earths-thunder in such fashion That all the sheafed feathered
face And euery thing the white sheete durst betray That done into her siluer armes he crept And all this while the amorous Virgin slept 109 Imagine how she waking grew amazed Imagine him a double Rhetoricke vsing Action and words sometimes her selfe she raised To call for helpe his dalliance quite refusing Imagine then how he his loue imblazed He at her scorne she at his boldnesse musing His gifts his name his loue plead on his part Gainst him her fame her feare and her chast hart 110 Loue makes him eloquent and sweet occasion Makes him bold too shee 's bashfull and withstands He laies to her both battry and perswasion And much ado she hath to passe his hands Being girt in Armes how can she scape invasion Or breake the compasse of his Iuory bands She would be gon he wooes her to lye still So hee 'l no violence vse she sayth she will 111 Oh banquerupt Ihoue in midst of all thy blisses Ioylesse and yet with pleasures â—…ing'd about He wooes againe with Court-ship mixing kisses A thousand batteries Danae hath held out And still the siedger his irruption misses They parly but conclude not both are stout Sometimes he striues then she begins to threat Then hee from striuing falles againe t' entreat 112 What cannot opportunity and place Bed-fellowship and loue if they conspire A comely feature and a Courtly face Courâ—…-ship and Name of King to win desire All these in Iupiter intreat for grace All these haue set her amorous hart a fire And gainst all these the least of which command Saue bashfulnesse sh' hath nothing to withstand 113 And that 's too weake gainst things of their ability Yet is it of a temper not to yeeld For though it be subdude with much facility T' will proudly seeme still to maintaine the field It raignes in many that professe ciuility Who all their pleasures on compulsion build For bashfull women long since â—…arnt this skill What they would giue to grant against their will 114 Women are weake and weake ones must obey Faire Danae is but woman and must fall Her glory is that she hath held him play And kept her friendly soâ—… so long from all What should she doe the Prince will haue no nay Her guard 's asleepe if she for help should call What with compulsion louâ—… force and faire words She lyes confus'd and he the Princesse bords 115 This night the warlike Perseus was begot And now the early day-star gins to rise Who cals the Prince vp least the Beldam trot Should find his night-walke with her gealous eyes But she their priuate sport suspected not Nor knew the King in his assumd'e disguise Teares when they part are in aboundance shed When he must leaue the Princely Danaes bed 116 It is compounded and betweene them sworne That Ihoue must come in Armes by such a day By whom the Lasse must be from Arges borne So takes his leaue he dare no longer stay The Sunne is cal'd vp by the early Morne High time to send the Pedler on his way They praise the largesse of their bounteous guest But of his Iewels Danae keepes the best 117 Leaue Ihoue towards Creet and Danae in sad plight For his departure whom she tenders deerely She neuer lou'd vntill this Ominous night And now to see him part she riseth early Gladly with him she would haue tane her flight But feares her father would reuenge seuearly Her bold attempt and backe returne her weeipng To spend her future youth in stricter keeping 118 Besides she sâ—…ares that which indeed was trew That she of Ihoues seed might conceiue a sonne Which if the gealous King Acrisius knew At these sad tidings he would franticke run The Princesse to her charuber now withdrew Arm'd with this hope that Ihoue the deed had done Th' only renownd ritch puissant and of power By force of Armes to free her from the Tower 119 Now to record what I remembred earst How Troos in Troy his neighbor Kings out-shined And in the same place where it was reuerst How all Troys fame King Tantalus repined But how the Phrigian forces were disperst By Troas is to another place assignde Here should I speake how Troy to fame aspired But my Muse flags and my dull pen is tired ESculapius the sonne of Apollo and the Nymph Coronis others thinke of Arsiona the daughter of Leusippus Hee was taught his Physicke of Chiron the Centaur which Zezes chil 10. and Lactantius lib. de falsa Religione both affirme he had a sister called Eriope a wife Epâ—…one a sonne Machaon and Podilarius He was called Antonius Medicus oucaeata Leuctricus Cortineus Corilaeus Agnitas Booueta and he was borne among the Epidaurians Iupiter wan from Aeâ—…culapius the â—…sle Paphos and gaue it to his daughter Venus Paphos was built by Aeos sonne to Typhon In Saturne ended the golden world and in his sonne Iupiter began the Brazen age Acolus was son to Acesta and Iupiter because the clouds and mysts rising about the seauen Eolian Islands of which he was king did alwaies portend tempestuous gusts and blasts therfore the Poets feigned him to be king god of the winds Epaphus the sonne of Isis and Iupiter Belus builded the famous Egyptian Memphis the yeare before Christ came into the world 1492. Orosius writes that the fifty marriages concluding in nine forty murders was the year before Chr 1473. for which Daunaus was expulst his Realme and fled to the Argiues where he spent the remainder of his age The yeare after this vnnaturall massacre Aaron deceased amongst the Israelites By Isis some say is meant Io and by Iupiter Belus Iupiter of Creet Ovid in his metamorph Hince Epaphus magni genitus de semine tandem Creditur esse Ihouis Epaphus and Phaeton the one the sonne of Iupiter by Io the other the sonne of Phaebus by Clymenen beeing at some difference about their blouds Phaeton leaues his mother to trauaile to the Pallace of the Sunne where asking his vnhappy boone as a sure testimony of his discent from phaebus he by his rashnesse and pride fired the world and was strooke headlong from the Chariot of the Sunne by one of Iupiters thanderbolts Of Iupiter it is thus remembred of Europa he begot Minoes and Rhadamant Archas of Calisto Pelasgus of Niobe Scarpedon Argas of Laodomeia Hercules of Alcmena Taygetus of Taigetes Amphion and Zetes of Antiope Castor Helena Pollux and Clitemuestra of Laeda Perseus of Danae Deucalia of Iodoma Britamart of Carme the daughter of Eubulus Aethilius the father of Endimion of Protogenia Epaphus of Ione Aegina of the daughter of Asopus Arcecilaus and Carbius of Terrebia Colaxes of Ora Cirnus of Cirna Dardanus of Electra Hiarbus of Garamantius Preces Proserpina and the Titiae with infinite others too long to recount Fit Taurus Cignus satyrasque aurumque ob amorem Europa Laedes Antiopae Danaes Zeus kvknos Tavros Satvros krusos di e'rata
Ledes Evrotes A'ntiopes Danaes Apollo exilde by Iupiter kept Admetus sheepe which Pindarus in pithicis affirme or his Oxen as Horace 1. carminum And therefore he had the title to be called euer after the god of pastures As Virg. 3. Georgic Te quoque Magne pales te memorande Canemus pastor ab Amphriso The end of the fourth CANTO Argumentum KIng Tantalus before the Troians flyes Saturne arriues in Creet and by Troas ayded Once more intendes his Kingdome to surprise Creet is by Troian Ganimede inuaded In ayde of Iupiter the Centaures rise Aegeons ful-fraught Gallies are disladed Danae and her young sonne are turnd afloate By Arges King into a Mast-lesse boate ARG. 2. PElops the two Atrides and Aegeon Vulcan the Gorgones in Epsilon CANTO 5. 1 WHose inspiration shall my heauy brayne Implore to make my dull Inuention light Or to a loftyer key my pen constraine Or raise my Muse that takes so low a flight Thou Ihoue-borne Pallas o're my numbers raine And musicall Apollâ—… giue me spright With the bright rayes that from thy temples shine To shew me way vnto the Muses nine 2 Of whom the eldest Clio first deuisd To Chronicle the Royall gests of Kings Strutting Melpomene in Gules disguisd In Theaters mongst Tragicke Actors sings But soft Thalya hath such straines despisd And to her Commicke sceanes shrill laughter brings Wind Instruments Entirpe best affects Terpsichore the stringed Lyre directs 3 The Geometricke figures Erato Hath in her charge as first by her disclosed But from Calliope hie Stanzoes flow For the Heroik numbers first composed The course of starres are by Vrania know And how the Planets we aboue disposed But Polihimnia smooth Rhetoricke chuses The youngest of Ioues daughters and the Muses 4 All these at once their sacred gifts aspire That may giue beauty to my taske in hand Affoording helpe when I their aide desire To guide my tost-Bark to desired Land A slender barke slow sayl'd and apt to tire And founder in the Sea weake and vnmand Apollo with the rest my voyage speed Whilst to Troyes fatall ruine we proceed 5 King Tantalus the sonne of Iupiter That rain'd in Attique brought an host 'fore Troy Which his sonne Pelops led how can he erre Being directed by so braue a Boy That vndertakes his army to transferre And Troos with his new Citty to destroy This Pelops with the King of Elis ran And in the course bright Hyppodamia wan 6 Her Father Oenemaus was betraid My Myrtolus his treacherous Chariot-driuer And in the race slaine Pelops by his aide Of many suters dead the sole suruiuer After the goale obtaind inioyes the maide Intending with all pompous state to wiue her Th'espousals ended Time with swift pace runnes And she in processe hath producst two sonnes 7 Thyestes and Atreus nam'd the first Ore-come with burning lusts insatiate heat Rauisht Atreus wife oh deed accurst For which Atreus doth him home intreat And takes his Children where the Babes were nurst To dresse their bodies for their fathers meat Some bak't some rost some sod oh bloody deed To make a father on his owne childe feed 8 Atreus two sonnes had the eldest hight Agamemnon who was after Mycenes king And Greekish Generall of the ten yeares fight Twixt Greece and Troy which we must after sing The second Menelaus in whose right The Argiue Dukes their puisant Armies bring Husband to Hellen when prince Paris sought her And Hellen Iupiter and Laedaes daughter 9 But we digresse gainst Pelops and his Sire Ilion and Ganimed from Troy appeare These are the sonnes of Troos many a bold squire They led with them to Ilion the first yeare He rain'd in Troy in bright celestiall fire Came the Palladium downe from heauens high spheare Which Ilions Towers long after did inioy Continuing till the vtter sacke of Troy 10 Their hostile Instruments to battell sound Ten thousand hands at once to heauen are raised Which in their fals as many strike to ground Cowards are scorn'd none but the bold are praised The Troyans haue begirt the Phrygians round Pelops aboue the rest his fame imblazed And Ganimed that doth bold Pelops see Fights as if none need kill a man but he 11 Such was the valour of this Troian youth Though Troos and Ilion both did wondrous well He onely stands defends breakes and pursueth Their standing battailes by his valour fell The Phrigian host now murdred without ruth Charon is tyr'd with ferring soules to hell The Troians follow with victorious â—…ries Whilst Tantalus and valiant Pelops flies 12 This was that Tantalus bright Plota bare Whom for a speciall grace the Gods admit To their high Counsell where they oft repaire He blabs their secrets therefore they held fit To punnish him in hell with torments rare In Laethe chin-deepe he must euer sit Hungry whilst Apples touch his lips and dry Whilst from his thirsty chin the waters flie 13 And this that Pelops whom his father slew And hewd his body into gobbets smal Whose Massacre the Gods in mercy rew And gathering vp his limbes to match them all They misse that peece to ioyne his body new Which from the throat doth to the shoulder fall Which they with Iuory peece and who more bolder Then new-made Pelops with his Iuory shoulder 14 And yet inforst to flie but had his men Bâ—…n euery one a Pelops none had fled He was the last in field preferring then Fore Coward runners the resolued dead But what can one alone gainst thousands ten Led by so braue a Prince as Ganimed Leaue we triumphant Troos now let our hand Direct sea-toyled Saturne safe a Land 15 Who from his sonne in the last battaile flying his Grand-child Archas to the sea-side chast We left him in a ship the Ocean trying Where he hath plowed strange Seas great dangers past Now entring th' Hellespont from farre espying After his tedious course a Towne at last His Martiners to shore their sailes imploy And Sea-beat Saturne touches land fore Troy 16 Which Troos amidst his plausiue triumphs seeing With Ilion Ganimed and thousand more Makes towards the harbor whilst old Saturne freeing His men from ship-bord hath imprest the shore He makes his habit with his stile agreeing The Troyans wonder at the state he bore Himselfe so well prepar'd his ships so faire Both to the barbarous Troians seeming rare 17 So small a number can no warre pretend Therefore their strange arriue they neede not feare As farre as doth their Hemisphere extend They view the sea but see no shipping neare Which makes the King salute him as a frend And aske the reason of his landing there Saturne replies Behold poore strangers throwne To vnknowne people on a Land vnknowne 18 Yet would you haue his Countrey Nation name That knowes not on whose earth his bold feet tread Nor with what breath he may his stile proclaime From his owne Natiue ayre so farre being fled If you perhaps haue relisht Saturnes
with wealthy spoiles Insulting in the Troian bloud they spild Discoursing of their fightes and dangerous broyles And such great victories attained but seild Though with more labours and Insudate toyles Cups of Greeke Wine vnto this Conquest crownd Thus King Eristheus boards the Princes round 104 Now the first Vigill of the night is entred With some discourse le ts ouertake the Sunne Who flying is by this beneath vs centred And whilst the waking Stars their courses runne Discourse who first the Tartar gates aduenterd And by whose hand that bold attempt was done Of Orpheus and Euridice and in fine Of Pluto and the rauisht Proserpine 105 When Theseus thus Since you desire to know The true report of these Tartarian bralles Which none can better then Alcides shew Or Theseus Present by th' Aetnean Walles The Waters of Pergusa gently flow And thence into the Neighboring Riâ—…er fals Crownd with a groue through which the lake doth run Making his bowes a Bon-grace from the Sun 105 Hether fayre Proserpine repayring still With Daysies Daffadils and Lillies white Roses and Mary-golds her lap to fill And to returne home laden a sweete sight Chaplets to make or Gyrlands by fine skill By chance the God of shades in edge of night In his blacke Ebon Chariot hurrying by Vpon the Virgine casts a Rauishers eye 106 He spyes and loues and catches vp at ones Th' affrighted Virgine who lets fall her flowers he beares her ouer hils Dales Rocks and stones She cals on Mother Friends and teares she powers Mother nor friend can heare her shriekes and groanes Through pooles and Lakes the God of Tartar skoures he yerkes his hot Steedes with his wyery strings And from his Coach Wheeles rusty darknesse flings 107 And cals his Ietty Stallions by their Names Whose hard hoofes make the vaulted Center-sound his ratling Chariot through the ayre proclaymes his feare and flight with burnisht Brasse shod round Nor once lookes backe the dreadfull God of flames Or thinkes his rape safe on the vpper ground But with his Ebon-Mace the earth inforces Which cleft sinkes him his Chariot and his horses 108 The Queene of Plenty she that crownes the land With seuerall graine and Neptunes Kingdome bounds Searches about but cannot vnderstand Of her fayre Daughter yet the world she rounds And day by day she takes this taske in hand But in her bootlesse search her selfe confounds Aurora finds her in her trauels rising The setting Sunne still sees her ease dispising 100 But in our labors we our pen must rest Least in her search vve our Inuention loose Which finding tyr'd vvith trauell vve hold best A vvhile to cherish therefore rest we choose Heere therefore let vs breath ere vve disgest Troyes second fall as that vvhich next ensues Our Muse vvith Phoebus sets and vvith the Sun To Morrovv rising is our taske begun THe Gorgons were cald by other names Pemphrado Erito and Dino to whom was added a third Iaeno Pegasus taking his flight out of Helicon striking the earth with his hooues there presently sprung out the pleasant Fountaine Hippocrene after consecrate to the Muses Some moralize this winged Horse to a swift-saild Ship in vvhich Perseus saild in all his forraine aduentures Aurea Mala which the Latines conster golden Apples the Greekes call golden Sheepe the word importing so much Atlas for his exquisite skil in Astronomy was said to beare heauen on his shoulders Of this Sea-monster S. Augustine speakes in his Booke de Ciuitate Dei affirming that one of the bones was in his time still vncon sumed and kept The monster Chimere described with a Lyons head a Goats belly and a Serpents taile was a mount aine in Sicily whose top was full of wilde Lyons the middle of Goats and the foote and lower part swarmed with serpents This hill Belerephon by the ayde of Perseus cleared of all these Sauadges after made it habitable Where Iupiter is said to put three nights into one som haue ingeniously imagined it to be about that time when at Iosuahs prayer the Sunne staide his Diurnal course till he had the slaughter of his enemies which being kept away from a Countrey so farre remote must of force lengthen the night by his absence as it prolonged the day by his presence Galanthis by her craft deceiuing Iuno was by her after in her anger transformed into a Weasill Philocletes sonne to Paean and after his surprisall companion with Hercules in all his trauels to whom at his death he gaue his arrowes poysoned in the bloud of Hydra The length of that night before mentioned may else be alluded to that in the 2. Kings Chap xx where Zedekiah beeing promist by God fifteene yeares life after his extreame sicknesse and crauing a signe God commanded the shadow of the Sun to go backe ten degrees which was incontinently performed in the Diall of Ahuz as it was promised him by Isaiah the Prophet The Nereides with whome Andromeda was compared were the daughters of Nereus the son of Oceanus The-tis his daughters were nimphs of the sea he had by the nimph Doris these three children Halia Spio Pasithae Ligea with others to the number of fifty whose names Hesiodus re-members and Apollodorus Laomedon besides Hesione whom he best loued had 3. daughters more Aethasa Astioche and Medicastes but Hesione being deerest to him Neptune and Apollo chuse her to be deuoured of the Sea-monster The end of the sixt CANTO Argumentum EVridia stung with a Snake and dying Sad Orpheus trauels for her sake to Hell Among th'Infernals Musickes vertue trying Much honoured euen where fiends deuils dwel Ceres to Hercules for vengeance crying Th' vndaunted Greeke seekes Pluto to expell Iasons rich Fleece proud Troy once more racst By Hercules in our next skeades are placst ARG. 2. WHo Musick found hell sakt Perithous harms Eta describes with great Medeas charmes CANTO 7. 1 MVsicke by which the Spheares are taught to moue And tune their motion to their makers praise Approues it selfe deuine first found aboue After bequeath'd fraile man to cheare his daies Whether t' were taught vs by the Birds that proue Their harmony in their sweet-Chirping layes Or whether found by man of this I am sure It hath bin Ancient and shall long endure 2 Let Homers Demodocus witnesse beare And Virgils Iopas with this heauenly skill Some say Amphion rauisht first the eare Which Zephus did with Notes and Crotchets fill But others Dionisius hold most deare As one that made his Ayers lowd and shrill Men diuersly deriue Musickes soft feet Some from Arcadia likewise some from Creet 3 On Shalmes Trezenius Dardanus first plaid On Cranes legs first but after fram'd of Reed Bright Mayaes sonne on a parcht Tortoys made Th'vnshaped Harpe most Writers haue agreed That Tubal gaue it forme with pins that staid The tuned strings to make his Musicke speed Pan found the Pipe to play at Syrinx sute Tymarias
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
Verse should be Yet to her worth my praise not once comes neere Therefore since more them Hellen call on me To speake their Valors and insert them heere I leaue her with this Title Hellen fairest Of all the World and for Perfection rarest 34 Bold Agamemnon Duke of all the Host Invoakes me next his features to set downe Tall statur'd ably limb'd adored most Of all the Argiues with th' imperiall Crowne White-bodied straight tres-puissant without boast Hardy well-spoke Ambitious of Renowne Menelaus of meane stature his voyce lowd Brown-hair'd well set Valiant in armes not prowd 35 Achilles he whose Myrmidons defended The hoast of Greekes with a strong brazen Mure From Thetis Goddesse of the Sea discended Pourefull expensiue on his Couenant sure Bright-hair'd his face and feature much commended His eye much fiery his Complexion pure Broad shoulder'd and big-arm'd large brested strong His match in Atmes liu'd not the Greekes among 36 King Tantalus broad fat and hye withall His head Crispe-blacke his Beard-thicke but not long Affable Courteous and despising bral Delighting much in Musicke and in Song Alâ—… as broad as Tantall and as tall But in his deeds of Armes more actiue strong He that alone by the Greekes awfull rector Was chosen worthy to encounter Hector 37 Aiax Oeleus was of smaller size Of milder temper Curteous Blacke his haire His Colour fresh himselfe of faire Emptize And a great part among the Princes bare Vlesses King of Ithaca most wise A right Mercurialist in discourse rare An Orator whom Iudging eares applaud Yet Oyly toong'd full of deceit and fraud 38 King Diomed of Gyant-like aspect The largest Greeke that menac'st Troy with steele A Prince whom all the Princes must respect His ponderous blowes make many Troians reele Equally apt to fight or to direct Dreadlesse of Fortune or her turning wheele Comely and deck't with all the guifts of Nature His hart hauing Correspondence with his stature 39 The three-ag'd liuing Nestor Pytous King Slenderly-tall his Visage Sagely graue And promising Counsell he whose Muse did sing Of King Prothesilaus to him gaue The wreath for quicke and Actiue combatting Yet all his Art his body cannot saue His looke effeminate his Courage bold His strength by might but not by feare controld 40 Strout Neptolynus in his Countenance grim Blacke-hait'd broad-ey'd his hairy win-browes meet Arm'd at all points deepe Riuers he would swim Though heauy bodied actiue were his feet They that most curiously decipher him Report his Language stammering and vnsweet Palumides faire-shapt but sickly tender His Colour chearefull but his stature slender 41 Nereus Ipasse the faire Greeke Homer lou'd Penelaus Leitus Eurialus Clouius Arcecilaus Nobly prou'd Ialmen of Boetia Ascalaphus Bold Idomen a Fury being mou'd The Phocean Scedius and Amphimachus Prothous Ieonteus Polybetes Guneus Aemilius and great Philoctetes 42 Who brought the Arrowes dipt in Hydraes blood To Troyes sad siege there was the braue Prothenor By whom Podarces and King Merion stood Tlepolemus Cteatus and Alphenor Phidippes Anthipus a souldier good With stout Alceus soone K. Agapenor Talpheus Phetides King Polyxemon Muestheus Stenetus Thoas sonne to Andremon 43 Rough Polidarius fat and scornefull proude False of his promise and yet warlike bold Mathaon of meane stature yet aloude For valiant to and mongst the best inrold More princes did the Greeke pauilions shroud Whose shapes we leaue to haue their merits told Now come we to Crescida Calchas doughter So faire that many warlike Princes sought her 44 She was a worthy and a beautious Dame Whom Troylus lou'd and Diomedes sought To gaine her Grace they wan immortall Fame And still their glorious spoiles to Cresseid brought For her the mighty Persian Sophy came To gaine her Loue he gainst the Troyans fought Filling the number of the Graecian hoast Who waite but waftage to the Dardan Coast. 45 They call a Counsell and dispatch away Achilles and Patroclus to the Isle Cald Delos which our Cosmographers say Stands midst the Ciclades Heere of long while Tâ—…e God Apolio vnto such as pray Giues answere by his Oracle His smile Cheares such as kneele his frown strikes them with terror Such was the Panims Faith the Pagans Error 46 To this faire Clyme which some Ortigia call The Sun and Moone were in their Nonage seene Latona brought them forth Heere first of all Phoebus the dayes God and his Sister Queene Cynthia that guids the night both rise and fall Heere stands the Temple and the guilded Skreene On which Apolloes Statuë dwels for aye pronouncing Oracles to such as pray 47 Heere did Achilles and Patroclus find The Troian Calchas reuerent Thystranes sonne Sent by King Priam to know Phoebus mind And what shall in these future warres be done The Oracles hath by his priests assignd That after ten yeares Troy shall be o're-run Which Calchas hearing with Achilles makes His speedy peace and so his Troy forsakes 48 Achilles proud of such a glorious pray With these glad tydings to the Fleet returnes Who with all prosperous speed their Anchors way And whilst Troyes King reuolted Calchas mournes Whose graue aduice was to his Realme chiefe stay No longer th' Argiue Duke his speed adiournes But launcheth his Fleet royall They set sales And the calme Eurus yeilds them gentle Gales 49 Diana that was euer friend to Troy Neptune intreats that may command his waues The great Armade of Gracia to destroy And swallow them within his Briny graues She takes it ill the Greekes depart with ioy From Aulis Gulfe yet none her license craues Or offers at her Altars the due rights Of Sacrifice amongst those Kings and Knights 50 Amidst the wrathfull Tempest Calchas praies To Neptune and the Moone their Fleet to spare Who not with words to be appeas'd will raise His tumbling waues and tosse them in the ayre Vnlesse great Agamemnon Altars raise To angry Cynthia and performe his Prayer And on her bleeding Shrine at Dians feet Kill Iphegenia to preserue the Fleet. 51 Loath is the Generall his Childs blood to spill Yet holds it better that one Lady dye Although his Daughter then the Seas to fill With Ships bold Knights and Kings aduanced hye Calchas the Priest the Innocent Maid doth kill T' appease Dianaes wrathfull Deity The Sacrifice perform'd the wind blowes faire The Seas are calm'd the Sun hath clear'd the Aire 52 And now the wind playes with those swelling sailes Which they but late in fury rent and tore Calme Zephyr cheares their Fleet with gentle Gales Which made but late the violent Surges rore This can the Gods but ere proud Greece preuailes Or Land their powers vpon the Phrygian shore Or that Scamander field in blood be dide We from our taske our selfe a while deuide Aethra and Clymenen were Hellens Chamber-maids and imployd in all her most priuate businesse Some affirme that Paris onely met Menelaus vpon the sea and haled him as hee was in his voyage towardes Creet and by that meanes vnderstanding his absence
tree vppon the same she strangled her Others report that Hellen waxing old seeing her beauty wrinkled and quite faded in griefe therof hanged her selfe as a iust reward of her former incontinence Some thinke the Palladium to be bought by Vlisses of the priest of Pallas Others that it was stole by Vlisses and Diomed others that it was Merchandized by Aeneas and Antenor In which sale the famous Citty of Troy was betrayed to the Greekes These opinions are vncertaine but when Ilus was to build the Pallace of Islion following a party-couloured Oxe he praied to the Gods that some auspicious signe might satisfie him from the Heauens that his buildinges were pleasing to the dietyes then to him descended the Palladium an Image of three Cubits height which seemed to haue motion and to walke of it selfe in the right hand holding a Speare in the left hand a Distaffe or Rocke and a Spindle and where he further proceeded to the Oracle to know the vertue of this Palladium it was them aunswered him that as long as that was kept free inviolate and vnprophaned so long TIOY shold be in peace and security which accordingly happened For till Vlisses had either bought or stolne away the Palladium the Greekes had neuer any apportunity or meanes to vse any vielence vpon the Citty The end of the 14. Canto Argumentum ON th'Hellesponticke Sands Epâ—…us reares A brazen horse the Graecians hoise vp saile And feigning to depart Synon with teares Tels to the inuaded King an ominous tale The Fleetereturnes by night After ten yeares Troy is surprisde and the proud Greeks preuaile The Citty a burnt and after tragicke broyles The Greekes returne laden with Asiaes spoyles ARG. 2. LAocon and Polites Hectors Ghost K. Priams death Troyes Fate Crevsa lost CANTO 15. 1 TReason whose horrid Front I must vnmaske And pluck the Vizor from thy Fiend-like face To paint thee out in coulours is my taske And by thy clouen foote thy steps to trace In which I still Diâ—…ine assistance aske Hell gaue thee Byrth and thou 〈◊〉 thy race From the grand Prince of darkenesse in whose Cell Thou first tookst life and 〈◊〉 returne to dwell 2 Tâ—…y thou wast strong and thy defence was good But Treason through thy strength made bloody way Hadst thou not harbour'd Traitors thou hadst stood And to thy age annext the longest day But Treason that most thirsts for Princes blood And of the hyest kingdomes seekes decay Enters thy Court and couets to destroy With thy proud buildings euen the name of Troy 3 Thy enuy stretcht to our Chast Maiden-Queene Whose Vertues euen her foes could not but praise Yet gainst her graces didst thou Arme thy 〈◊〉 Thinking by Parries hand to end her dayes But God and Truth whose Patron she was seene Against their Cannons did hye Bulwarkes raise Such Bullet-proofe that neither priuate Traine Could reach her â—…or the open arme of Spaine 4 What Parry mist fourteene fierce Traitors moe Stir'd vp by Rome tooke Sacramentall vowes That God that kept her 〈◊〉 th'invasiue foe Against these bloody Butchers knit their browes Heauen gaue them all a fatall ouerthrow For heauen no such 〈◊〉 act allowes But to all them a blacke end hath appointed Whose bold hand dares to touch the Lords anointed 5 If such Aeneas and Antenor were That would for Coyne their King and Country sell Like plots with them our late Arch-traitors beare To whom for aye they may be ranked well And thou Gui 〈◊〉 that neuer yet foundst peere For a damn'd purpose bred in Earth or hell He whom all pens with most reproaches taint Symon with thee compat'd is found a Saint 6 He told a forg'd tale to a forraigne King With hope his King and Countries fame to raise But thou from strangers didst thy complots bring He a strange Countrey not his owne betraies The poysons from the head of Treasons spring False Guide suckt which fed him many dayes Treasons Milkt tasted seemes to quench the thurst But once tooke downe it 〈◊〉 men till they burst 7 That fate which he and his confederates had May all receiue that beare their Treacherous mind Their purpose cuill and their ends were bad A Fate to all men of their ranke affignd And that great King whose safety hath made glad The hearts of three great Kingdomes 〈◊〉 confind Long may he raigne still guarded by those powers Whose hands Crowne Vertue her foes devowers 8 That the same state that was in hazard then May in this peacefull Kingdome long endure The King to guide his Peeres Peetes Common men Whose summon'd Parliaments may plant secure Brittaines faire Peere for many a worthy pen To Chronicle These acts black and impure We cannot iustly on Aeneas lay In whose reproach we must our Censures stay 9 Since some whose hy workes to the world are deere Whose grauity we reuerence and admire His Fame vnto posterity would cleare And in his Innocent applause desire T' were pitty he that two New-Troyes did reare As famous as that one consumde by fire Rome and our London for the double gaine Of one lost Troy should weare a Traytors staine 10 The bruised Greekes 〈◊〉 with rough stormes of War By Pallas art 〈◊〉 a Timber-steede Whose Backs Tree 〈◊〉 of such huge vastnesse are That they in all 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 wonder breed The Mountaine structure may be seene from far Which finisht they amongst them haue agreed To stuffe his hollow 〈◊〉 with great store Of Harnest men so 〈◊〉 it on the shore 11 This done their new-calkt Nauy they winde thence As if they to Myâ—…ne would backe repaire Beneath a promontory not farre thence They Anchor East where they concealed are Now Troy secure and dreadlesse of offence Looseth her selfe from her Diurnall care Wide stand the Ports the people yssue free Th'vnsouldierd fields and Deserts plaine to see 12 Where Hector did 〈◊〉 inuade Where Nestor pitcht where Troylus wan the day Where grim Achilles log'd where Aiax made His hot incursions hewing out his way Where Agamemnon with his forces plaid Where with his 〈◊〉 Vlisses lay Where such men fought and such their valours tride Where some men conquered others brauely dide 13 Some wonder at Myneruaes stately piece Saying t' were good to place it in her fawne Since the Pelasgians are return'd to Greece Their brazen horse may through their wals be drawne Other more staide know they are come to Fleece And pillage them this leauing as a pawne Of some strange Treason whose suspected guile Seemes to frowne inward though it outward smile 14 Thus is the multitude in parts deuided Some wonder at the Module being so rare Others whose braines are with more iâ—…dgement guided would rip his wombe which some desire to spare Ardent Laocoon thinking to haue decided This generall doubt as one that all things dare Is seene from top of a high Tower discending A threatning speare against the Machiâ—…e bending 15 Crying from farre you foolish men
vnweildy frame in ought despise Well guarded Troy by Pallas anger fals The Greekes returne and long-liu'd 〈◊〉 dies But if this Steede for whom the 〈◊〉 cals Pierce through your 〈◊〉 mure or if it rise And mount aboue your wals to Pallas shrine Troy still shall stand and Greece the wracke is thine 35 Priam and his consederate Kings shall then To Sparta and Meceane the Greekes pursue Deuast their losty spyring Cittiâ—…s when The clamorous Land shall their destruction rue Loosing by Troy whole infinites of men Witnesse you Gods poore Synons words are true Such lookes such teares such protestations chiefe Wins in all Troy remorse the King beliefe 36 What many a well-rig'd barke and armed Keele What not the bloudy â—…edge of ten whole yeare To make Troy tast inconstant Fortunes wheele Vlisses wisedome nor Achilles Speare What not King Diomeds through piercing Steele All this did periurd 〈◊〉 with a teare Bâ—…old whilst all the rowt on Synon gaze a dread portent that doth all Troy amaze 37 Along the troubled Billowes towards the shore Two Blacke-scal'd Serpents on their bellyes glide at whose approach the foaming Surges rore These â—…ery Serpents to the Beach applyde and in Laocons bloud who that time wore The Priest-hoods roabes their arming Scales they dide Their winding traines they with loud hissinges roule About his breast till they inlarg'd his Soule 38 The Monster-multitude before dismayd At the recourse of these infernall Snakes Thinke bold Laocon to be iustly payd Because he yet his harmefull Iauelin shakes Some Cables fetch some with their Leauers stayd The Pondrous Engine which deepe â—…urrowes rakes Along the Earth others the Wals hurle downe To giue the Horse free passage to the Towne 39 Wide stand the yron-bard gates whilst all the rout Buckle to worke the fatall Muchine climes Thâ—…thronged Bulwarkes big with Souldiers stout Ready to be deliuered hallowed rimes The Virgins sing and nimbly dance about Myneruas Steed the wonder of these times Thinking themselues boue others highly blest That can be more officious then the rest 40 Foure times the Brazen Horse entring stuck fast Anenst the ruinde guirdle of the Towne Foure times was armour heard yet vnagast The fatall Beast with sacred wreathes they Crowne Sunke in blind ignorance and now at last Before Mineruaes shrine they place it downe In Himnes and Feasts the ominous day they spend Offring to her that must their liues defend 41 Meane time heauen turnes night from the Ocean fals Inuoluing with blacke darkenesse earth and ayre And call the Gracian craft about the wals The scattred Troians slumber far from care and now his Pilots great Atrides cals Who backe to Tenedos with speed repayre The Vniuersall Phalanx lands in hast And through the silence of the Moone are past 42 Now startles Synon and a flaming-brand He wafts from top of one of 〈◊〉 Towers Which like a Beacon in the night must stand To guide the Greekes and their nocturnall powers Then with a Key graspt in his fatall hand Feareless he through the palped darknesse scowres To the big bellied Stallion turnes the spring and through the doore the Harnest Grecians fling 43 First blacke-hayrd Pyrrhus fixes in the ground His Oaken Speare and from the loft he slydes Vlisses next yet halting of his wound and then the younger of the two Atrides Tysandar from the structure next doth bound Thoas and Athanas two warlike guides With Stheuelus downe by a Cable fall and bruisde with leaping on the Pauement sprall 44 Pelidus followes these and then the man That in his braine first cast this fatall mould Epeus th'enginer whom Synon than Did in his blacke and penurd armâ—…s in fould Their sweatty browes they with the darknesse fan Each chearing vp his Mate with courage bould Strip their bright Swords by whose quicke glimering light They find their way in the darke star-lesse night 45 The Citty sunke in Wine and Mirth they'nuade Slaughter the Watch that on the ground lie spred Then through the broken Wals but late decayde The Generals Army is by Synon led And Agamemnons coulours are displayde Now tumults and confusions first are bred Hauocke begins loude showtes and clamors rise Lifting their Tragicke vprore through the skyes 46 Heauens lamps were halfe burntout t' was past midnight When to Aeneas in his bed appear'd Sad Hector 〈◊〉 and wan full of affright His hayre clotterd with bloud his ruffled Beard Disordred all those deepe caru'd wounds in sight Which in defence of Trâ—…y and his indeard Were graude vpon his flesh behind him fall Those thongs that drag'd him round about Troyes wall 47 Oh how much from that great King-killer chang'd Hye spirited Hector when being proudly deckt In great Achilles spoyles he freely rang'd Through guards of Steele whilst from his Helme reflect Trophies of Greece Oh me How much estrang'd From him that did all Asiaes pride protect Euen to their Fleet the Achiue Kings pursue And mongst their ships round Bals of Wild-fire flew 48 When to the sleeping Prince approaching nye He with a sigh from his decpe intrailes fetcht Thus sayes Thou Goddesse sonne Aeneas flye And from these burnings that by this are stretcht Quite o're your glorious buildings climbing hye Deliuer thee the Arme of warre hath retcht Euen to the Crest of Troy and with one blow Giuen it a sad and certaine ouâ—…throw 49 Greece hath your wals the Vniuersall roofe Of Troy is sunke and falne her bearers fayld Destruction that hath houered long aloose Hath ceaz'd her towers and her spires auayld Could might haue kept her by the manly proofe Of this right hand the Prisoner had bin bayld But Troy alas is sentenc'st and must dye Then from her funerall Flames Aeneas flye 50 To thee her Gods and Reliques she commends Thee that must her posterity râ—…uiue For though her glory heere in seeming end Yet dying Troy in thee is kept aliue Now cleaues the earth and the sad Ghost discends Aeneas with dull sleepe begins to striue And waking heares a noise of clattering Warre And many 〈◊〉 Clamors 〈◊〉 and farre 51 When mounting on a Turret he might spy The Citty all on Flame and by the light A thousand seuerall Conflicts sparkles flye As farre as to the Sea the waues shine bright And now at length he sees Synon can lie His Treasons manifest still this blacke night Clamors of men and Trumpets clangors grow Whilst with warme recking blood the chanels flow 52 Aeneas armes in hast graspes in his hand A two-edg'd Semiter to guard his life Knowes not to whom to run or where to stand In euery 〈◊〉 is danger rage and strife Yet longes for skirmish and on some proud band To proue his strength now whilst the tumults rife For since th'Achiue fires such splendor giue To dye in armes seemes sweeter then to liue 53 Behold where from the forraine slaughter flying Panthus Otriades Priest of the Sunne Scoures through the streetes Aeneas him espying Cals to him thus Whether doth Panthus run
Tros Tros Ilion next him stroue Laomedon and he got Priamus And when the Greekes from Troy Aeneas droue He by Creusa had Askanius Who after Carthaginean Dido past Vp through the Riuer Tiber â—…ayles at last 3 At Hostiaes Port the place the Gods behight Aeneas Landes Euander him receiues The Latines King whose Daughter at first sight Aeneas loues and for her sake bercaues The Tuskayne King of life in single fight Turnus being dead the fayre Lauinia leaues Her virgine vowes by whom the Troian Prince Siluius begot and Siluius Brutus since 4 Brutes Mother in her painefull throwes deceast Hâ—… his glancing Shaft his Father slew For which with melancholy griefes infest From Italy the Prince himselfe withdrew Ten thousand voluntary men vnprest Consort him strange aduentures to pursue Whom Corineus with many Troians more Mcetcs and assists new Countries to explore 5 Brute Grecian Pandras who denide him way And through his spacious Kingdome passage free O're-comes in battaile but denyes to stay Till he more Coasts and various Clymats see Fayre Innogen a Virgin fresh as May He marrieth and with Pandras doth agree For her rich Dower to haue a royall fleete Well furnisht for his Trayne with all things meete 6 He past Alcides Pillers euen to Guall Landing in Guien Guffor the proud King Denyes prince Brute to hunt but Mauger all He chac't his Deere and made his Buckes to spring Thence Albion he discries like a white wall Washt with the sea and longs his fleet to bring To a safe Harbour where he might suruay The long sought Isle where he his boues must lay 7 When Ayoth iudged Israell in the yeare Threescore and twelue of his command and state Aegiptian Danaâ—… daughters lauded heere After long search who for they had of late Theyr nine and forty husbands by th'austere Iniunction of their Sire brought to sad Fate Were in a Mastlesse ship to exile throwne And landinging heere cald this Isle Albion 8 Some say of these Viragoes spirits begot Gyants that were of huge and monstrous size Who when they grew to stature spared not Asfinity for Sonne with Mother lies Brother with Sister so the learned Scot Marian doth in his Chronicles comprize And of these lustfull Ladies in small while Twelue thousand Gyants peopled this large I le 9 PRince Brute with Corineus doth Albion enter At Totnes thirty monstrous Gyants kils And after much and dangerous aduenter Builds London cald new Troy his Throne he fils Twenty foure yeares then payes his last debenter To Nature Brittaine he to Locrine wils Scotland to Albanact Wales Camber swayes Israell was iudg'd by Samuell in their dayes 2 Locrine raign'd twenty yeares his wife him slew Because he Sabrine lou'd and her forsooke Mother and Child bold Guendolina threw Into the Seuerne streames who there name tooke From Sabrine In his dayes young Dauid grew And with a Sling the great Goliah strooke At Locrines death sterne Guendoline begun Her husband she succeeds and her her Sonne 3 Madan rul'd forty yeares and in his dayes Was beautious Absolom by Ioab slaine Memprisius twenty yeares the Scepter swayes Procuring first his Brother Manlius bane Whom Madan lou'd and had intent to raise In Lust and ryot he consum'd his raigne For which iust heauens their righteous vengeance powred Memprisius hunting was by Wolues deuoured 4 Him his sonne Ebranke in the Throne succeeds Who gouernes threescore happy Summers thorow Famous for many charitable deeds He builded Yorke Dunbar and Edenborowe Next him Brute Greene-shield don'd th' Imperiall weeds After twelue happy yeares his subiects sorrow For his vntimely Fate and in his raigne B'Elias prayer the Priests of Ball were slaine 5 L'Eill Brutes sonne raignd fiue and twenty yeares And Carleil built then did his seat resigne To young Lud Hurdibras lou'd of his Peeres Who gouernd Britaines Scepter twenty nine He Winchester and Canterbury reares With Shafts-bury then seekes a Throne deuine Whose Obits were in Brittaine long bemoned The propher Zachary in his dayes was stoned 6 BLadud Luds sonne raignd next and Bath erected A Sorcerer and did attempt to flye And hauing twenty yeare the Realme protected He brake his necke downe from a Steeple hie Amos and Amazia were directed In those dayes by the spirit of Prophesie Leir next him in whose time as Bookes say Ionas three dayes in the Whales belly lay 7 Leir built Leicester forty yeares was Crownd Famous in his three Daughters and their Loue The youngest most suspected faithfull found And they that promist most least thankefull proue Kindest Cordeilla that did most abound In filiall zeale next Leir sits aboue Morgan and Cunedadgius two false Peeres Depose their Aunt after fiue vnhappy yeares 8 They ioyntly raigne till Cunedadgius slew His Brother Morgan in Glamorgan-sheere From whom the Title of that Country grew And after gouernd three and thirty yeare Now Naum preacht Riuallo doth pursue The Kingdome next a Prince that had no peere In his dayes Propheside Esay Micheas The Prophets Adad Amos and Oseas 9 Forty six yeares he gouernd In his raigne Rome was first built wise Sibell gaue forth Sawes King Ezechy by God heal'd of hispaine Had fifteene yeares life promist for some cause The Sun full ten Degrees turnd backe againe Thales Milesius to the Greekes gaue Lawes In Brittaine it raind blood Riuallo wained And eight and thirty yeares Gurgustius raigned 10 Now Ioel taughts his Iliads Homer wrate And Glaucus Chius Sodering first inuented Sicillius next Gurgustius takes the state Forty nine yeares he gouernes well contented Amon in Iuda raind Zaleucus sate Iudge on his sonnes eye Ieremy lamented For the sad Tragedy of King Iosias Now flourish Olda Baruch Sophonius 11 Now Phalleris in Agrigentine swayde And thrust Perilles in his brazen Bull To tast the torment he for others made Iago next Sisillius makes vp full Twenty fiue yeares then in his Tombe was laide Nabuchadnezar sought to disanull The Hebrew Lawes susannaes fame increased By th'Elders wrongd by Daniels doome released 12 Fifty foure yeares Kinimachus was knowne After â—…ago in the Brittish Chaire Arion with his Harpe was o're-Boord throwne Whom through the Seas the pittious Dolphin bare Bell was cald God and fore him â—…rumpets blowne And the three Children in the robes they ware Cast in the fiery Furnace now I gesse Liud Solon Sapho the sweet Poâ—…tesse 13 Annaximander th' Horoscope first made Aesope in Birds and Beasts first figured men Next King Kinimachus Gorbodug swayde The Brittish Scepter In the Lyons den Daniell was cast Now Cyrus did inuade Cressus of Lydia t' was the season when Zacharias Aggeus Malack Propheside And the chast Lucresse by her owne hand dide 14 Next Gorbodug Ferrex and Porrex raigned
After fiue yeares bold Porrex Ferrex slew For which their Mother Porrex much disdained And in his blood did her blacke hands imbrew After their death sedition was maintained Full one and fifty yeares whilst no man knew Th'imediate heyre and whilst these wars were norisht Darius Xerxes and Queene Hestor flourisht 15 Th' Athenian Sophocles a Tragicke Poet Plato Cratinus Aristarchus were All Commicke Writers as their workes best show it Empedocles of Athens did acquiere Musickes full ground and made the world to know it Parmenides made Lodgicke first appeare Which in Mount Cancasus he first deuised Esdras the Scribe the Scriptures now comprised 16 MVlmutius Dunwallo sonne and heyre To Cloten Duke of Corweyle's next instated He did the foure broad High-wayes first repaire First Crown'd Paules Church first built and consecrated And after forty yeares from Brittaines Chaire To a new Throne in heaâ—… he was translated Now Socrates th' Athenian heaâ—… charmes Demosthenes famous for Arts and Armes 17 BEline and Bren the Brittish Crowne deuide Being by their Mother after wars attoned Whilst Bren in forraigne Armes his valour tride Beline built Belinsgate all Denmarke groned Beneath his yoake Bren to the Galles alide Sackt Rome burnt Delphos and was after stoned With Hayle and Thunder-stroke much blood was spilt In Italy ten stately Townes he built 18 Twenty sixe yeares hetwixt them they supply The Crowne and Sceptet Dionisius raignd In Sicily Damâ—…n and Pythias try Their mutuall friendship Xenophâ—…n maintained His schoole in Athens Platâ—… prized higher His Accademy rear'd Now was ordained For King Mansolus by the Carian Qneene A stately Tombe rankt mongst the wonders nine 19 GVrguintus Belins sonne ninâ—…teene yeares made The Brittaines homagers by euen Tradition Aristotle liu'd whose Fame shall neuer fade Sonne to Nichomachus a great Physition Now Macedonian Phillip gan t' inuade His neighbour-neighbour-Kings in many an expedition The Noble Marcus Curtius for Romes sake Arm'd at all points leapt in the Curtian Lake 20 GVintheline six and twenty yeares made good His right in Brittaine Mercia his faire wife Deâ—…isde the Mercian Lawes by Tibur flood The clouds raind stones after Darius strife Which ended in effâ—…sion of much blood By poyson Alexander lost his life Next Guintheline seauen yeares Cecilius raigned Next him three yeares Kimar the state maintained 21 Nine yeares Elanius raign'd Morindus eight Deuour'd of a Sea-monster In their dayes Onias sonne of Taddus reacht the height Of the Priests Office Gorbomannus swayes Eleauen full yeares a Prince assisting right Symon Onyas sonne the Habrewes raise To the Priest-hood next iust Gorboman Fierce Archigall to Tyranize began 22 After fiue yeares depos'd his second Brother Succeeded in the stile of Elidure A vertuous Prince there sat not such another In Brittaines Chaire in life seuere and pure Fiue yeares himselfe did Archigallo smother And his deposing patiently endure At length by Elidurus met and knowne To Archigallo he resignes his Throne 23 Ten yeares the twice-Crown'd Archigallo now Gouernes the State in Honour and then dying To Elidure againe the Brittans bow After two yeares his Brothers him defying Keepe him in bonds the Brittaine Peeres allow Their double rule nine yeares their Conquesttrying Vigenius and Peridure are past And Elidure the third time Crown'd at last 24 Raigning foure yeares In this forepassed state Liu'd Epyre pyrrhâ—…s and Lisimachus The High-priest Eleasar chus'd oflate Receiues th' Egiptian league Now breath Seleucus And Ptolomy now by the Roman Senate Siluer was coyned first Theos-Antiochus In Syria raign'd blood sprang out of a Well And from the Clowds Milke in abundance fell 23 MAnasses liu'd high Priest among the Iewes Ten yeares ruld Gorboman Morgan 〈◊〉 Emerianus next to him pursues The Diadem a Tyrant full of spleene After seauen yeares deposd Inall insues A temperate Prince who twenty yeares was seene In Brittaines Throne Amilchar Carthage swaide Illyrian Teuca â—…id proud Rome inuade 26 RImo raignd sixteene yeares bold Hanniball And Scipio fought Wise Cato liu'd in Rome Next Rimo King Geruntius they install Him after twenty yeares his Lords intoome The losty Spaniards from Romes Empire fal And after stand to Fuluius Flaccus doome Ten yeares Catellus raign'd the Iewes were foyld And by Antiochus Gods Temple spoyld 27 The Mother and her seauen sonnes Martird were The worthy Iudas Machabeus fought Gods battailes Coill raigned twenty yeare Great Carthage was destroyd and Corinth brought To fall by fire The Doctrines first apeare The Pharisei and Sadducei taught Fiue yeares iust Porrex drunken Cherimus One Fulgen two one Eldred one Androgeus 28 Dendantius fiue yeares two Detonnus held The soueraignty then lest this life for new Nature a Monstrous byrth in Rome compeld Hauing foure hands foure feet Corne grew In Bonony on Trees whose tast exceld The Parthian Arsaces Demetrius slew Great Scipio Affricanus ends his life By salse Sempronia his disloyall wife 29 Young Vrianus three King Eliud fiue Two Meriaâ—…ns and Bladunus twaine Capenâ—…s three Ouinius doth next striue And his imperiall state two yeares maintaine Two Silius Bledgabredus â—…id suruiue Full twenty yeares in his auspitious raigne Hircanâ—…s gouernd in the high-Priests sted Marius â—…mpht o're Iugurth Captiueled 30 Archemachus raignd two Eldotus foure Two Rodianus three Redargius Samillius two the Brittaines next adore King penesellus three two princely pirrhus And after him Caporus two no more Now grew the watres twixt Scilla and Marius Diuellus foure Helyas Ely named Gouernd ten months when death his body claimed 31 Lvd Helyes sonne his happy rule began Nam'd Troynouant Luds-towne Ludgate erected Eleauâ—…n yeares raign'd then to Cassibelan Left his two infant sonnes to be protected Who till the Princes grew to state of man By all the Brittish Peeres was King elected Raign'd nineteene yeares in his dayes twice repeld The Roman Casar the bold Brittaines queld 32 Nennius wan Casars sword and had it brought To be hang'd ore his hearse Pompey the great With Iulius Casar in Pharsalia fought Iulius vsuâ—…pes in Romes Imperiall seat Was stab'd with Bodkins he that neuer fought But conqâ—…'d in all Martiall acts compleat Now flourisht Cicero with praise Deuine Hermius and seditious Cateline 33 And not the least grace to Triumphant Rome The rare Comadian Roseius Next in rowe Of Brittish Kings must young Tenancius come Twenty three yeares he raignd and then did owe No more to nature then th' adopted son Of Casar great Augustus now doth grow Romes Monarchy Marke Anthony through pride Rebeld by Aspes great Cleopatra dide 34 Virgil and Horace flourisht In these dayes Iesus Sabetes sonne was consecrated High Priest King Herod Iewries Scepter
swayes A generall peace is through the world debated The Brittaines next King Cimbelinus raise And fiue and thirty yeares he is instated And now the Sauiour of the world was borne Th' eternall King Crownd with a wreath of Thorne 35 Hortensius Lyuy Salust Ouid all Were Fam'de in Rome valiant Guiderius next The Brittaines as their soueraigne Liege install Twenty eight yeares he gouernes much perplext With Roman warre now chanc'st Seianus fall Vnder Tyberius now as saith the text Iohn Baptist preacht and by King Herod dide Pylate was Iudge and Christ was Crucifide 36 Now Aruiragus raignes and takes to wife Th'Emperour Clodius daughter Iâ—…wries King Was eat with wormes Graue Seneck breath'd this life And Simon Magus did his Money bring To buy the Holy-ghost his Fame was rife Amongst the Romans now did Nero sing Vpon a hill Troyes burning to his Lyre Hauing before set stately Rome a fire 37 Saint Marke in Alexandria Martyrd was At ' Ierusalem Iames for the Gospell dide Paule suffred too whose boldnesse did surpasse Peter likewise in Rome was Crucified Queene Voada a gallant Brittish Lasse Marcht with fiue thousand Ladies by her side and in one battaile if report be true Full fourscore thousand valiant Romans slew 38 Next Aruiragus Brittan Marius guided Now was the Temple of the highest defaced His City sackt and those that Christ derided Burnt staru'd or slaine Ierusalem quite raced Iosephus liu'd Domitian Rome deuided and after Tytus in the Throne was placed Ignatius life in Rome mongst Lyons vanisht Saint Iohn whom Christ lou'd was to Pathmos banisht 93 In Rome now liu'd Cornelius Tacitus Suetonius younger Pliny Iuvenal Valerius Flaccus and Patauius and the Lasciuious Poet Martial and vnder Traian Aulus Gellius Plutarch and Apuleius now the wall From Tyne to the Scotch Sea was made for strength Being one hundred and twelue miles in length 48 Coylus built Colchester now Iustine wrote and with his Bookes and Life Christs Fayth defended Egyptian Ptolomee the Starres did note and Mathematickes found Lucius ascended The State next Coyll who first set aflote Baptizme in England by the Church commended For our first Christian King he mounts the Spheares and without King leaues Brittan fifteene yeares 49 Seuerus th' Emperor did fiue yeares supply The Brittish Throne then of the Goute he dyde At Yorke to Bassianus his ally Leauing both Rome and Brittans Islle to guide Six yeares this Caracalla lifted high His Crowned state in Tirany and pride Tertullian now and Origen were knowne Carassus next assumes the Brittish Throne 50 Gouernd eight yeares then by Alectus dide After three yeares bold Asclepiodale Alectus slew in hight of all his pride And Roman Wallus by whose timelesse fall Walbrooke tooke name He thirty yeares supplide The kingdome then exchangd his Mortall state Artabanus great Artaxerxus slew S. Albon martyr'd left this life for new 51 COill kild Asclepiodale and raigned Twenty seuen yeares Constantius succeeds By marraying Brittish Hellen hauing gained The Roman Diadem His vertuous deedes The fauour of the multitude attained Next Constantine sur-nam'd the great who reads The Bible first in Brittan Arrius preacht And th'Arrian errors through the whole world teacht 52 Now at Ierusalem Queene Hellen found The very Crosse whereon our Sauiour dide And the three nayles his feet and hands did wound Octauius next fifty foure yeares supplide The Diadem and then was laid in ground Three hundred eighteene Byshops now applide The Nycene Counsell now did Ambrose reed And Athanasius that set downe the Creed 53 With learned Basill and about their dayes Iulian-Apostat liu'd the next adâ—…anced Was Maximus whom the bold Brittans rayse To Vrsula a pittious Fortune ehanced With eleuen thousand Maids passing the Seas To Brittaine lesse their liues were all intranced S. Ierom flourisht writing Bookes Deuine So did in Hyppone learned Augustine 54 GRatian succeeds whom the bold Brittans slew After foure yeares in whose vnhappy â—…aigne Ambrose the Millein Byshop famous grew And Chrisostom did the true faith maintaine In Constantinople a Doctrine new Th'Hereticke Pellâ—…ges did in Carthage faine Where all his errors to his pride imputed Were by two hundred and seuen Clarkes confuted 55 Algelmond raign'd first King of â—…ombardy at Millen th' Emperor Theodâ—… dide Alaricus sackt Rome The Monarchy and Throne of France first â—…mond supplide The Scots and Picts vnpeople Brittany But Constantine the Brittaines valiant guide Who came from Brittaine leâ—…e the Throne ascâ—…nds and rules ten yeares 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Romes tribute ends 59 COnstans a Foole the sonne of Constantine Was from a Monke by Vortiger made King And hauing one yeare gouernd did resigne To the Duke Vortiger who gouerning Eighteene whole yeares two Lords of Saxon line Hâ—…ngest and Horseus cald an army bring To Land in Brittaine where not long they tarried Till Vortiger Prince Hengists daughter maried 57 For which the Brittaines him deposd electing Young Vortimer his sonne to sway the state He the allyans of those Lords reiecting Whom Vortiger his Father raisd so late Gouern'd six yeares the land in peace protecting Whom his faire Step-dame brought to timelesse Fate By cursed poyson which no sooner chanced But Vortiger was once againe aduanced 58 In these dissentious dayes Gensericus The Vandall King tooke Cartage Attila King of the Hunnes euen to Thermopilus Ore-came all Greece Illyria Thracia Against whom brauely fought Meroneus The most renowned King of Gallia Nam'd Gallia France and till King Pepius time All the French Kings discended of his line 59 Venice was now first founded and begun Of such poore people as to shun the rage Of Tyrant Attila the samous Hun From Aquilea fled whose pride to asswage The Roman Aetius a braue battaile won Slew eighteene thousand Hunnes in his young age Aetius enuide for raising Romes Dominion Was murdred by his Maister Valentinian 60 Which Emperor at Thrasila was slaine By one of Etius souldiers Vortiger Of Brittaines awfull seat possest againe The Saxons with the Brittish Peeres conferre VVhere at a VVatch-word giuen by Hengists traine Foure hundred Brittish Barons murdred were The King surprisde and being in prison pent Gaue to them Norfolke Suffolke Sussex Kent 61 And of this Hengist Brittan chang'd the name Was cleaped-Hengists Land since England cald Next Constantines two younger Sonnes proclaime Their rights in England being naught appald at Hengists might stird by their Fathers Fame Ambros and Vter seeke to be instald They land at Totnes Vortiger they burne Kill Hengist too for whom the Saxons murne 62 Now Merline Aurelius Aurelius Ambres raign'd Thirty three yeares made Stone-henge which till now Hath on the plaine of Salsbury remaind He dead the Brittans to
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
his hye Conquests and their fatall wracke The treacherous Gowry gainst King Iames conspired whose safety heauen couserud the world admired 133 Peace betwixt Spaine and France from Barbary and from the Russian Emperour Legats come To gratulate the Queenes hye Soueraignty A sudden Insurrection for which some Suffred some Finde some set at Liberty Supprest without the clamour of the Drum Embassador from Scotland th' Earle of Marre Desmond sent Prisoner from the Irish warre 34 Martiall Byron arriues from France great ioy For victories in Ireland since their pride Was queld by th' English who their powers imploy To end the warres soone after the Queene dide At Richmond in her death she did destroy All former mirth this Virgin Queene supplide Forty foure yeares fiue months a prosperous raine To Englands honour and the feare of Spaine 133 To Register her vertues I should spend An age of time yet thinke my scope too small The pages of this Volume would extend Beyond strict number yet not quote them all Therefore her praises in her death I end They are so boundlesse that they cannot fall Within the compasse of my apprehension Being subâ—…ect to no limit no dimension 136 And to attempt that taske I should alone My owne sicke weakenesle to the world bewray And of her worth the smallest part or none Vnto the Readers couetous eyes display Therefore since she hath left an earthy Throne For heauens hye Mansion there to raigne for aye I leaue her shrind mongst Angels there to sing Vn-ending praises to th' eternal King 137 KIng Iames the sixt in Scotland of that name In England first her true and lawfull heyre Next Queene Elizabeth the peeres proclaime And gladly plant him in faâ—…e Englands Chaire Whose Vertues Graces Royall gifts and Fame Zeale Iustice Learning all without compare For thousands such my Muse must ' needs adore him Vnriuald yet by such as raignd before him 138 His praise is for my pen a straine too hye Therefore where he begins I make my pause and onely pray that he may still supply Great Brittaines Empyre with the Lands applause That as he hath begun to rectifie This Common-weale and stâ—…blish vertuous Lawes He still may'inioy his Queene and yssue Royall Mongst subiects euer true and Peeres still loyall 139 But where's the harbour and the happy Bay Where after stormes I may in safety ride The Gusts and Tempests now begin t' allay Whose many boysterous flawes my Barke hath tride A gentle Land-wind with my sayles doth play and thankes to Heauen I now my hauen haue spide And maugte the Seas wrath Behold at last Heere doth my shaken Ship her Anchor cast HE that expects in this briefe Epitomy of Chronicles that infinitnes of laber to suruey all the particuler kingdoms of the earth and euery destinct accident hapning in the must not onely allow mee an Ages limit and all too little but with all assist me in the search of many Authors whose workes are some rare to be found others not at all extant But my purpose was not to troble the world with such prolixity or confusion of History onely in a briefe Index or short Register to comprize many and the most noted things to conferre their times with our history of England In which if I haue any way failed the Readers expectation by inserting things friuolous or omitting things Material I must excuse it thus I haue more will then Art and more Indeuour then Cunning yet I make no question he that shall succeed me in the like labour will vse some mittigation of his Iudgement against me and say at the least It is done though not well done Onely thus much let me speake in my owne behalfe With Ages past I haue been too little acquainted and with this age present I dare not bee too bold FINIS Carion Xenophon Ptolometes Pinâ—…us Herodoâ—… Pliny Hâ—…dotus Apollonius in Argonant Iustinus posthum Isliad 2 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Paralip 〈◊〉 First Mon. Esay 39. Kings 4. 23 Paral. 35 I eremy 39 Daniel 〈◊〉 Died 〈◊〉 Herodotus Kings 3 14 〈◊〉 46 Lactantius Dionisius 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 The second Monarchy Metasthenes Xenophon 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Demosthe The third Monarchy Polibises The fourth Moâ—…hy The yeare of the Lord aboue the line The yeare before Christ vnder the line The opinions of the old Philosophers touching the creation Thales Milesi Haraclitus Hyppasus Anaxamines Empedocles Epicurus Mâ—…rdorus Diâ—…dorus Empedocles Anaximander Democritus Zâ—… Mâ—…yses The Golden Age. Hessed in operibus disbus Pherecrates Tremigistus Marcil ficinns Tibullus Vranus and Vesta 1954. 2009. Hiberius sonne of Iubal gouerned Spaine Nynus Assyria Mogus Gallia Vranus called also Creet Pliny Herodotus Clement Aristotle Theophrast Strabo Polycron Polidor Difference twixt Tytaâ—… and Saturne Erythea Sibylla Their strife compounded Luâ—… Apollonius li. 2 Argonant Diod. Sâ—…lus Pausanias in Corinthiacis Of Tytan mor Can 3 stan 27 Saturne marrieth his Sister Sybill 2000. 1963. Sibâ—… versus The birth of Iupitey and Iuno 2014. 1946. Abraham enters Canaâ—… 24 yeares after Circumcision was commaunded and Sodome and Gomorrah burned Lycophron Iupiter saued Melliseus king of Epyre. Alias Advastea and Idas Apollon Rhod. lib. 3. Arg. Pausanias in Messemacis Lactan. lib de falsa religione Apol. Atheniensis gramat Eusebius Pausâ—… in Arâ—…as Aratusâ—… in phanomenis â—…nus in Sacriâ—… Virg. 4 Greg. 2. sastor The birth 9f Pluto glaâ—…a Higinius in fab Stellarum Pausanias in Arcadicis Pamâ—… Himnographus Sâ—…phocles Apollen lib. 4. Zezes in bi 〈◊〉 Plutarch Herodotus Hâ—… in 〈◊〉 Plut. in vita Pompeia Hom. lib. 5. odis Virg. 5. Pau. in Atticisâ—… Atticis Hiberia cald Spaine Strabo lib. 3. Geographca 2250. 1913. Cicero de natura deorum Bochas Lactantius Ovid. meta 2. 2425. 1538. Dardanus and Iasâ—…s Now Cecrops built Athens 2485. 1478. The first foundation of Troy Troy named of king Troos War betwixt the Epiriens Pelagians Lyâ—…aon Lycaon vaâ—…quisht by Iupiter Hecatcus Mileseus lib. 2. genealogiarum Iupiter made king of the Pelagians Diana Plut. in Arist. The Temple of Diana at Ephesus The 7. Wonders Plutarch in vita Alexand. Atlanta that first strook the Calidonian Boare Calisto deflou red Barotus Apollodorus Arat. in astron Theopompus King Iames. Warwicke Oxford The Spanish Armado sent to inuade Enland S. Fran Drake S. 10 Hawkins S. Mart. Frobisher Qu Elizabeth Hecateus Calisto transformd into a Beate Pauson in Arcadicis Pelagia cald Archadia of Archas. Tytons sons all Gyants Typhon Briarius Câ—…on Aegeon Hyperion Iapetus Promesheus The occasion of this waâ—…e The Armour of the gyants Henry the 5. Agincourt Iupiters Embally to 〈◊〉 The Battaile Tytan Hyperion slayne The Combat twixt Iupiter and 〈◊〉 Euseb. 2. euâ—…g prepar Lucian in dial de dipsad Pind. in Olimp. Lycophron Isacius Arabus sonne to Apollo The tale of Aesculapius Dictamum Sauory or Maioram Iupiter matied to Iuno Apol. lib. 1. bib Hesâ—…odus Ibo Draconus Orpheus in arg Pausâ—…n corint Apol. Rhodius Hermesinax eleg scriptor Hebe
Warre twixt Saturne and lupiter K. Iames and Queene Anne The opinion of some ydle discontents How the Medeterranean sea first came The middle-earth sea that parts Europe from Africa Valer. Flaccus lib. 1. Argon Denaâ—…s Egiptus 2409. 1473. The tale of lâ—… pitâ—…r Danae The building of Barreia tower Perseus Homer bymno Pâ—…son in mâ—…ssemacis Meâ—…nus Orpheus in bym Calimachus de coaditis insulis Archelaus lib. de fluminibus Lucianns in dial Calim. in hymn 2617. 1346. Eliud of the tribe of Beniamin slew Eglon K. of Moab The progeny of Menelaus and Agamem non Tantalus in Hell Pelops death and life 1642. 1321. Saturnes arriue in Troy Ganimeds warre against Iupiter The Combat twixt Iâ—…ne and Ganimed Iason Ganimede taken The first ensigne borne in Battell Aegeon Sir Richard Greenvield Reuenge one of Q. Elizab. ships Royall Egeon â—…nrprised The 12. Celestiall Signâ—… The rest of the history of Danae The fruits of Gelousie The birth of Perseus Pelonnus ma rieth Danac begat Danaus Iaunary 〈◊〉 Iâ—…piter accord Ianus Eâ—…der Italus Saturns second mâ—…are The birth of Vulcan and Proserpine How Vulcan became lame The Gorgons Mars Venus Hesiodus in Theogon Aeschilus in 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 in Phoricis Athen. Apollodor lib 2. Melanthes lib de mysterijs Apollod Menander lib de mysterijs Nimphodorus Theopompus Poleme Alexander Mâ—…dius lib 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 2 Virgil. Perseus killeth the Gorgon 1497 1466 〈◊〉 lib. 3. 〈◊〉 Theopompus lib 17. Pegasus Affrica most abounding with snakes Atlas This prophesie had his end in Hercu les Atlas transformed The tale of Perseus and Andromeda 2589 1374 〈◊〉 in Perseide Aratus Cepheus 〈◊〉 The league twixt Englád and Spaine 2856 1307 The L. High Admiral Imb. for Spaine Bellerephon K. Pricus Brother to Acrisâ—… Bellerephons tale Perseus Issue Herodotâ—… in Polimnia Pausanias in 〈◊〉 2657. 1306. Theseus inrebus Corinthiacis Persepolis The genealogy of Hercules Galantis Alcmenaes nurse â—…pectent Herules tvvinne-Brother and sonne to Amphitrio Iole daughter to Cacus Herodotâ—… Hesione daughter to LaomedoÌ„ The first destruction of Troy Crâ—…on K. of Thebes Pluto and Proserpine Ceres Apollâ—…d AtheÌ„ lib. 2 Melanthes lib. de misteryÌ„s S. Augustine â—…uid Metamorph Hesâ—… in Thâ—…g Apollodorus Athen. Eusebius 〈◊〉 Solinus Mercury 〈◊〉 â—…liattes king of Lydia Orpheus and Euridice Molossia a part of Epire so called of Moloâ—…us Sonne to Pyrhus and Androâ—…ch M 〈◊〉 s. rerum Astronomicarum Minos Eacâ—… Rhodamant Hels torments Clotho 〈◊〉 Atropos In Argonanticis â—…rithous slaine The lal or inth made to Dâ—…alus Looke in the Skolly Peleas King of Thessâ—…ly and Vnckle to â—…son Amâ—…ion Zethus Thebes A tempest The Islands voyage Phasis a town in 〈◊〉 and a Riuer Medea Dionis Milesius Charles Branâ—…on Duke of Suffolke Iason sonne to Eâ—…on and Poâ—…nela Antimachus 〈◊〉 3. 〈◊〉 Apolon lib. 3. Absyrtus Brother to Medea Strabo lib. 7. Atusilaus Phâ—…cides lib 7 Timaut 2. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Cales Cales twice taken once by Sir Francis Drake since by the Earle of Essex Hercules Lybicus The 12 labors of Hercules The death of 〈◊〉 Eripid in Med 〈◊〉 Andron Teius 〈◊〉 Epist. Cithara canitus 〈◊〉 per 〈◊〉 Aurata 〈◊〉 quae maximus Atlas 〈◊〉 canit erraÌ„ tem Lunam 〈◊〉 labores 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 et pecuder vnde imber et Ignes S. 〈◊〉 Timonax in rebus 〈◊〉 Pasiphae Zezes histors 19 Dedalus and Icarus Ouid 2. de arte Amandi S. Hiâ—…roms Pompey gaue Theoptanes a Citty Thais a Curtezan of Athâ—…nt Lais a Curtezan of Corinth Aegipseus King of Thrace Hecubaes Issue Diodorus Tully Ihosephus Homer Aâ—…tolus Sonne to Mars Herodotus Polidor Plutarch Dares The first that was seene to vse the snield Peletronians a nation of Thessaly Macheuil historie Floreâ—…tina Priam Hector Parls Daris Ches-play first deuised in Troy Deiphebus Helenus Troylus Cressida Aeneus Anthenor Polydanus Menon Heeâ—…ba A dromache Creusa Cassandra Polyxena The sixe gates of Troy The Riuer Symois Three kingdomes conquered by Hector Hectors Oration The prophesie of Helenus Phoebus and Cassandra Pherecides Dio Drodorus Iâ—…hanes Antiochâ—…s Hecubaes dreame To preuent the Oracle Para was cast out among the shepheards of Ida. The vision of Paris Iuno Palles and â—…enus The entertainment of Paris Hâ—…en at nine yeares of age rauisht by Theseus A custome in Peleponesâ—… the Prouâ—… in which 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 stands Ganimed Cephalus Anchises Myrtoan is a part of the sea betwixt the Ioutum Egâ—…um Sylenus the Priest of Bacchus Ariadnt Castor Poll. Castor Pollâ—… translated into the two Poles the North and South Pauson Strabo Diodo Pliny Palydor Polichron Amoclâ—…s of Corinth Nesichthon of Salamis A sea-battaile fought betwixt Phillip of FraÌ„ce Ed. the 3. in the yeare 1340. when there were slayâ—… FreÌ„ch 30000 ships taken 200. Agamemnon Menelaus Archâ—…laus Prothenor Helmius Ascalaphus Epistropus Sedius Telamon Theuter Thebus Amphimachus Nestor Thoas Doxunois Telam. Chyleus Amphimachus Polybetes Idumeus Mereon Vlisses Tynelus Prothocathus Prothesilaus Collosis Machaon Pollydris Achilles Thelaphus Eruphilus Anthipus Amphimachus Polybetes Lopius Diomedes Eurialus Thelanus Fureus Polyphebus Carpenor Theorius Hellen Philoctetes companion to Hercules De Arte Amandi 2. Deremedio Amoris 2. Homer Virgill Metamor 12. Theacritus in dioscuris Apollon lib 1 Zezes hist 46 Stasinus in rebus Ciprijs Bren. Nennius Arthur Edgar Edmond Ironside Robert of No mandy sirnamed Cort-bise Richard Cordelyon Edward long shankes Edward 3. Black prince inuested don Pedro in Spaine Iohn a 〈◊〉 Bedford Talbot Edward 4. Richard 3. Earle Surrey Charls Brandon Fame Tenedos subverted Pandrastus Panodrus Galior Carras Amasius Nestor Amphimac Glaucus Sarpedon Eusemus Mystor Capidus Remus Pylex Achamas Tessemus Stupex Fortunus Samnus Ausernumus Boetes Epistemus â—…hilemus Perseus Thiction Symagou Hector Thelemus Archilocus Two Kinges from Argrest Troâ—…lus Deiphebus Epistropus Sagittarius Nastes Tentumidas Pandarus Hyrtacides Adrestus Amphius Merops Ennonius Chronius Pylemen Pyrechmes Euphemes Ascanius Dius Pyrous Mnemon Pyleus Hypothous Vlisses and Diomeds Embassle Theutrâ—…m The first battaile Prothesilaus slaine The second daies battayle King Menon slaine Thesus The Tale of Cephalns and Procris Lycomedes K. of Scyros Achilles and Deiademeia Neptolemus cald Pyrrlâ—… Vlisses and Palamides Peribea daughter to Nais Oracle Femineâ—… Peribea dâ—…s Peribeapâ—…dorem fort â—…ere Heredotus lib. de perse Andromeda Penelopes Grece sig A brood of Indian hens 〈◊〉 in Chrisilla The third battell Archeptolemnus Hectors Charioter Antomedon Achilles Charioter Hectors challenge Hectors steeds The combat twixt Archelous Hercules Cornucopia The Combat betwixt Aiax and Achilles De Arte Amanâ—… 1. Achilles and Dâ—…a Ouid de Arte Amandi lib. 1. Homer Strabo lib. 10. Plutarch lib. dâ—… fluminibus Eurip. in Bachis Heredotâ—… in Eutripe Hellanicus Strabe 10. Xanthus in rebut Etolicis Herâ—…genes lib de Phrygia An enterchaÌ„ge of gifts betwixt Hector and Aiax A Truce Dictes The Greekes feasted by Priam. Achilles loue to Polixena A battaile lasting 30 daies Achilles his abstinence froÌ„ battaile Patroclus slain Thetis otherwise called Amphetrite Charis Homer Iliad Apollodorus Staphilus in lib