the kynge Pandras had them done And vnto Brute they sayd vpon a tyme. Ye be a lorde of our lygnage a stronge man a myghty ye be our capytayne lorde and gouernour and we wyll become your men your coÌ„maundementes do in all maner of thynges brynge vs out of this wretchednesse and bondage and we wyll fyghte with the kynge for trouthe with the grace of the grete god we shall hym ouercome we shall make you kynge of the londe and to you do homage and of you we shall holde euer more Brute had tho grete py te of theyr bondage yâ— they were brought in And pryuely wente theym from the kynges courte and tho them that were of Troy went put them in to woodes in to mountaynes them there helde And sente vnto kynge Pandras that he sholde gyue them leue sauely for to wende out of the londe for they wolde noo lenger dwelle in his bondage The kynge Pandras wexed tho sore anoyed and tho swore that he sholde slee them euerychone ordeyned a grete power wente towarde them all for to fyght But Brute his men manly them defended and fyersly fought slewe all the kynges men that none of them escaped and toke the kynge helde hym in person ordeyned couÌ„sell bytwene them 〈◊〉 they myght done And some sayd 〈◊〉 he sholde be put to deth and some 〈◊〉 that he sholde be exiled out of the londe And some sayd that he sholde be 〈◊〉 te And tho spake a wyse â—â—yght that was called Mempris and sayd to 〈◊〉 te to all tho of Troy Yf kynge 〈◊〉 dras wolde yelde hym haue his lyf I counseyll that he gyue vnto Brute that is our duke our souerayne his doughter Gennogen to a wyf in 〈◊〉 with her an hondred shyppes well 〈◊〉 de and all his tresoure of golde 〈◊〉 of come and of wyne and as mocke as we nede to haue of 00 thynge and other And thenne go we out of this londe 〈◊〉 ordeyne vs a londe elles where For we ne none of our kynrede that come after vs shall neuer haue peas in this londe amonge theym of Grece For we haue slayne soo many of ther â—uâ—ghtes and of other frendes that euermore waâ—â— and contake sholde be amonge vs. Brute tho and all his folke consented well to that counseyll And this thynge they tolde to kynge Pandras And he for to haue his lyf graunted as moche as they axed and anone gaf vnto Brute Gennogen his doughter to wyf and an bondred shyppes with asmoche as them neded of all vytaylles as afore was ordeyned Brute tho toke his wyf all his men that forsoke the londe of Grece went them vnto the see had wynde weder at ther wyll and came the thyrde daye in to an I le that was called Lorgres This Brute anone sente of his men a londe for to espye the maner of the couÌ„tree And they fouÌ„de an olde cyte all wasted forlet that nas therin nother man ne woman ne no thynge dwellynge in the myddell of this cyte they founde an olde temple of a fayre lady that was called Dyana the goddesse And they came ayen vnto Brute tolde hym what they had seen founde And they counselled hym to go do sacrefyce vnto dame Dyana for she was wonte to yeue answere of what thynge that euer men prayed her and namely vnto them that her honoured with sacrefyce Brute wente vnto that ymage and sayd Dyana noble goddesse that all thynge haste in thy myght and power wyndes waters wodes feldes and all thynge of the worlde and all manere of beestes that therin ben To you I make my prayer that ye me counseyll and telle where and in what place I shall haue a couenable dwellynge for me and for my people and there I shall make in honour of you a well fayre temple and a noble wherin ye shall alwaye be honoured Whan he had done his prayer Dyana answered in this maner Brute sayd she go euen forth thy waye ouer the see in to Fraunce towarde the west and there ye shall fynde an yle that is called Albyon and that yle is becompassed all with the see and no man may come therin but it be by shyppes and in that londe were wonte to dwelle gyauÌ„tes but now it is not so but all wyldernes And that londe is destenyed and ordeyned for you and for your people ¶ How Corin became Brutes man how kynge Goffar was dyscomfyted THenne whan Brute had this answere of Dyana yâ— goddes Anone he lete the ancres wynde vp sayled in to the hyghe see And whan he his men had saylled .xx. dayes moo they fouÌ„de fast besyde a cost of the see a thousande men of the lygnage kynrede of Troy And ther souerayne ther mayster of all was called Corin. And whan Brute wyst whens they were he tho toke them with moche Ioye in to his shyppes and ladde theym forth with hym This Corin there became Brutes man to hym dyde homage And so longe they saylled forth in the see tyll they came vnto Gascoyne And anone they arryued in the hauen of Lyegers there they dwelled .viij. dayes them for to rest ther saylles to amende there yâ— it was nede Tydynges soone came to kynge Goffer that was lorde of that londe how that moche people of strauÌ„ge londe were arryued in to his londe in the hauen of Lyegers wherfore he was sore angred anoyed that they came and arryued in his londe withoute his lycence his leue And anone ordened hym a grete power for to dryue out Brute to destroye hym all his people But it was so that kyng Goffar was dyscomfyted all his people And hymself fledde into FrauÌ„ce there for helpe socour And in that tyme regned in Fraunce .xij. kynges and an .xi. of them assembled a grete power for to helpe Goffar for to fyght ayenst Brute This Goffar dwelled with them of Fraunce half a yere more And in the meane tyme whan Goffar was in Fraunce Brute and his company destroyed all the londe of Gascoyne and lete take all the tresour that kynge Goffar had there lete brynge it all in to his shyppes And this Brute founde in that londe a fayry place and couenable there Brute made a fayre castell and a stronge ¶ Whan that this was done kynge Goffar came from FrauÌ„ce .xi. kynges with hym broughte with hym .xx. M. men for to fyght with Brute his company and Brnte had but .vij. M. and .ccc. men And neuertheles whan the two hostes mette togyder Brutes folke thorugh helpe of hym self of Turin his cosyn and of Corin that well manly hym defended and fought so tyll that lytell tyme they had slayne of the Fâ—â—nshmen two thousande mo Anone all yâ— were a lyue fledde awaye And in this batayll Turin Brutes cosyn was slayne And
the crafte for to weue lynnen wollen cloth and to drawa thredes of wâ—ille and flexe And afore that tyme the people vsed the skynnes of bestes for ther clothes ¶ Anno mundi M.vi C.xlij. Et ante xpÌ„i natiuitateÌ„ .iij. M.v. C.lvij THe shyppe of Noe had in length .iij. hondred cubytes in brede .l. in altytue .xxx. Vide plura genesis .vi. ¶ Knowe ye after doctours that a conuenyent payne this tyme was ordeyned to the worlde For thenne lechery habouÌ„ded the whiche defouled mannes body And there by water the erthe was wasshed clensed in sygne of the promyse that god made to man that there sholde neuer be such a flood agayne ¶ And the Rayne bowe hath two pryncypall coloures the whiche represente the two Iugementê The water colour representeth the flood that is passyd The fyre coloure betokeneth the Iudgement to come fyre by the whiche we certenly abyde in the ende of this worlde by cause â—ouetyse shall habouÌ„de by fyre it shall be brente Golde and syluer by the fyre is wonte to be clensyd ¶ Here begynn the the seconde aege of the worlde durynge to Abraham Noe. THis Noe was a ryghtwys man and founde grace ayenst godâ— Whan Noe was fyue hondred yere of aege he had goten Cham. Sem. â— Iâ—phet That tyme by the coÌ„maundemente of god he began to make a shyppe And he made it parfyt in an hondred yere And the hondred yere complete â— our lorde god appered agayne to hym 〈◊〉 coÌ„maunded hym that he with his wyf his children the wyues of them sholde entre the shyppe with all maner of beestes all maner of foules also c. And anone the flood came and stode aboue all hylles â—v cubytes Vide pluragenÌ„ vijus ¶ After the flood a grete dronkenesse betyde vnto Noe. And thorugh occasyon of that dronkenesse be blessed his two sones Sem Iaphetâ— for the faders honour that they had to hym for the honest shame that they couered mekely ther faders membâ—es whan he was slepynge And his sone Cham for his scornynge and his vnreuerence he cursyd ¶ And here after saynt Austyn is made â— the fyrste mencyon of boundage and of noblynesse contrary to it For Noe sayd yâ— C ham sholde be seruaunt in bondage to Sem Iaphet for his vnreuerence Neuertheles ye shall not trowe that all that descended of Cham were vnnoble men of no power For they began fyrst to be myghty men of yâ— erthe As it is open of Nemroth yâ— kynge of Canaan Ascoâ— Nor all of Sem Iaphet were vertuous noble myghty men whan almoost eueryche one fell in to yâ— cryme of ydolatry were oft tymes oppressyd of other men But this blessynge this cursynge hath a respect to vertue vyce for yâ— whiche a man is called truely a noble man or an vnnoble man For he yâ— is vertuous is a noble maÌ„ he yâ— is vnuertuous is not noble The same maner of wyse tho yâ— foloweth the fayth of AbrahaÌ„ rather were called his childern than the Iewes the whiche carnally descended from hym Neuertheles they had a spirytuall preuylege of god for yâ— faders merysâ—â— his blessynge And of these .iij. sones of Noe he beynge alyue after thistory of Philois were born .xxiiij M. .vij. Câ—nen without wyÌ„men childern And they had on them thre prynces Nemorth Iectan Suphen ¶ Anno mundi .ij. M.ij. C.xlij. Et ante xpÌ„â— natiuitateÌ„ .ij. M.vi C.lvij SEm sone to Noe the seconde yere after yâ— flood gate Arphaxat oâ—her whyle he is called Melchisedech The whiche fyrst after the flood made yâ— cyte of Salem now it is called Ierusalem ¶ Cham his broder opteyned Affricam gate sones tweyne Chus and Mesraym And these two gate sones doughters and many a Regyon was of them many of them to vs ben vnknowen for they enhabyte haue theyr maÌ„syons in the occidentall Ynde ¶ Iaphet was broder vnto Cham was blessyd of his fader this Iaphet had .vij. sones as Gomoi Magog Maday Ianam Tuball Mosog Iras. And these .vij. gate sones doughtes of them came many a regyon Vide plura GenÌ„ .xv. ¶ Arphaxat sone to Sem lyued cccc xxx yere And gate Elam Assure Ludde Aram and they gate many a sone doughter vt â—z geuÌ„ ¶ This Assur by cause he wolde not rebell ayenst god in the edefyenge buyldynge of yâ— toure of Babylon as Nemroth dyde therfor he was dryuen vnto the londe of Sennaars londe whiche was ryght strauÌ„ge to hym and was not afore enhabyted The whiche was called after his name Assuria And there he edefyed buylded a cyte afterwarde named Niniue yâ— whiche was the Metropolon of all the kyngdom of AssuriuÌ„ ¶ Chus sone to Cham was fader to Nemroth This Nemroth was a gyaunt of .x. cubytes longe And he began to be myghty in the worlde he is called a boystous hunter afore god This man began that wretched vyce of coueytousnesse by his tyranny with the whiche vyce euer more after this worlde is fulfylled And the pryncypalest kyngdom that he had was Babylon And he had Archade Edissa Selencia and the londe of Sennaar ¶ Sale sone to Arphaxat lyued cccc and .xxxiij. yeres And of hym in scrypture is no thynge wryten but that Moyses nombred hym in the lyne that cometh of Cryste ¶ This Sale gate a sone yâ— was named Heber The whiche after the Hebrewes hadde the spyryte of prophecye And of this Heber the Hebrewes ben named For the Hebrewes tonge bode allone in his hous in the confusyon of the langage And that langage was called mannes langage the whiche euery man vsed afore yâ— toure of Babylon was buylded ¶ This â—eber hadde two sones and one was called Iectan thrugh ensample of Nemroâ—h descendynge from Cham toke the Pryncehode vpon the children of Sem. And he hadde .xiij. sones ¶ But these people after Ierom are not knowen of vs for fernesse of the couÌ„tree or mutacyon and chaungynge of the people or elles of some other maner cause ¶ Anno muÌ„di .ij. M.vi Cxliij Et ante xpÌ„i natiuitateÌ„ .ij. M.v. C.lvi. ¶ Turris Babylonis PHaleg lyued two hondreds and .xxxix. yeres This Phaleg was the yonger sone of Heber in his dayes was made the confusyon of langages For in his hous abode the olde tonge allone and that was Hebrewe Wherfore after saynt Austyn in hym apered a grete stedfasnesse of ryghtwysnes For this hous was free of that payne as not consentynge to the buyldynge of the toure Et sâ—dm Aug there was .lxxij. generacyons so there were .lxxij. langage ¶ Iactan broder to Phaleg of Sem Nem roch prynce of Cham Sulphen of Iaphet these thre prynces with ther people gadred them togyder in yâ— felde of Sennaar dredynge the flood to come ayen sayd Lete vs buylde a toure of the whiche the heyght shall reche to heuen c.
suche foule gromes and euyll shapen of hem that with vnlawfull delynge with foule maners and euyll lyuynge so wyckedly defouled kynde nature In thys londe and in wales olde wyues and wyÌ„men were wonte and ben yet as men saye ofte for to scape themselfe in lykenes of hares for to mylke theyr neyghbours kyne and stele her mylke and ofte grey houndes rennen after them and pursewen them and wenen that they be hares Also some by craft of NygromaÌ„cye maken fatte swyne for to be reed of colour and selle them in markettes and fayres But as sone as these swyne passe onye water they torne into theyr owne kynde whether it be strawe heye gras of turues But these swyne maye not be kepte by no craft for tendure in lykenes of swyne ouer thre dayes Amonge these wondres and other take hede that in the vttermest ende of the worlde falleth newe meruaylles and wondres As though kyÌ„de playde with large loue secretlye and ferre in thendes than openly and nygh in the myddell therfore in this ylonde beÌ„ many gryselye wondres meruaylles ¶ Of the meruaylles and wondres of Irlonde ca .xxviii. MAny men tellen that in yâ— north syde of Irlonde is the londe of lyfe In that ylond noman may deye but whan they ben olde and vexed with grete fekenes they ben born out into yâ— nexte lond and deye ther. There is an other ylonde in IrloÌ„de that no woman therin may bere a chylde but yet she may conceyue Also ther is an ylonde in whiche no dede body maye roten In vltonia yâ— is Vlster is an ylonde in a lake wonderly departed in tweyne In that one parte is grete dysturbaunce and dyscomforth of fendes and in that other partye gretely kynge comforth of holy angels Ther is also saynt patryks purgatory that was shewed at his prayer to coÌ„ferme his prechynge and his lore whan he preched to mysbyleued men of sorowe and payne that euyll men sholde suffre for her euyl werkes And of Ioy of blysse that gode men shall resceyue for her holy dedes he telleth that who that suffreth the paynes of purgatory yf it be enioyned hym for penauÌ„ce he shall neuer suffre the paynes of hell but he deye fynally without repentaunce of synne as the ensample is sette more full at this chapytre ende ¶ Treuisa But truly noman maye be saued but yf he be very repentauÌ„t what someuer penaunce he do and euery maÌ„ that is very repentaunt at his lyues ende shall be sekerly saued though he ueuer here of saynt Patryks purgatorye There is an ylonde in coÌ„nacte Sale that is in the se of Conaccia halowed by saynt Brandon that hath no myse there dede bodyes ben not buryed but ben kept out of the erthe and roten not In Mamonia is a well who that wassheth hym with that water of that welle he shall waxe hore on his heed There is an other wel in Vltonia who soÌ„euer is wasshen therin he shall neuer wexe hore afterwarde There is a welle in Mounstre or Mamonia yf ony man touche that welle a none shall falle grete rayne in all yâ— prouynce and that rayne shall neuer cessetyll a preste that is a clene mayden synge a masse in a chapelle that is faste by and blesse the water and with mylke of a cowe that is of one heer bespryngr the welle and so reconcyle the welle in this strauÌ„ge manere At Glyndalcan about thee 〈◊〉 of saynt Keyyn wythes betyth apples as it were apple trees ben more belsome than saâ—â—â—ry That holy saynt â—ough forth these apples by pia yers for to hele his chylde that was seke There is a lake in Vlster moche fyssh therin whiche is .xxx. myle in lengthe xv in brede The Ryuer Ban tennethe out of that lake into the north Occean and men saye that this lake beganne in this maner There were men in that couÌ„tree that were of euyll lyuynge coeuÌ„tes cuÌ„ brutis And there was a well in that londe in grete reuerence of olde tyme alway couered yf it were lefte vncouered the welle wolde ryse and drowne all the londe And so it happed that a woman wente to that well for to fetche water and hyed her fast to her chylde that wepte in the cradell and left the well vncouered thenne the well sprange so faâ—â— that it drowned the woman her chyld and made all the countre a lake and a fysshe ponde For to preue that this is to the it is a grete argument that whanne the weder is clere fysshers of that water se in the grounde vnder the water rouÌ„de toures and hygh shapen as steples and chirches of that londe In the north syde of Irlonde in the countre of Ossyryens euery .vii. yere at the prayer of an holy Abbot tweyne that ben wedded a man and a woman muste nedes be eryled and forshapen into lyknes of wolues abyde out .vii. yere And at ende of .vii yere yf they lyue they come home a gayne and take agayne theyr owne shappe then shall other tweyne go forth in theyr stede and so forshapen for other .vii. yere Ther is a lake in this londe yf a poole of tree pyght and stycked therin yâ— parte of the shafte or poole that is in the erthe shall torne into yron and that parte yâ— a bydeth in the water shall come into stone and the parte yâ— abydeth aboue shall be tree in his owne kynde Also ther is a lake yâ— tornethe basell into asshe asshe into hasell yf it be done therein Also in Ikonde been thre samon lrpes there as samons lepe ayemst a tothe a longe speres lenthe Also in Leginia is a pounde there be seen colmans byrdes the herdes ben called certelles and come homely to mannes honde but yf men do hem wroÌ„ge or harme they gone away and come notte agayne the water there shall be bytter and stynke and he that dydde the wronge shall not after without wretche myschyef but yf he do amendes ¶ R. As touchynge Patryks purgatorye Ye shall vnderstonde that the seconde saynt Patryk that was abbot not bysshoppe whyle he prechyd in Irlonde laboured studyed for to torne thylke wycked men that lyued as bestes out of her euyll lyfe for drede of paynes of helle and for too conferme hem to good lyfe they sayd they wolde not â—orne but some of theym myght know somwhat of the grete paynes and also of yâ— blysse that he spake of Thenne saynt Patryk prayed to god al myghty therfore our lorde Ihesu crist appyered to saynt Patryk and toke hyÌ„ a staffe and ladde hym into a wylde place and shewed hym there a rounde pytte that was derke within and sayd that yf a man were very repentaunt and stable in byleue and wente into this pytte and walkede therin a daye and a nyght he sholde se the sorowes and the paynes of euyll men and the Ioy and blysse of good men Thenne cryste vanysshed oute of patryks syght