A treatise.  

Love and desire  
Doth me require  
So effectually  
I can no less  
Of gentleness  
But grant it willingly.   

Some pain to take  
For desires sake  
And hearty assurance  
With ink and pen  
The gentle Walshmennes  
Their fame to advance.   

As shall ensue  
Matter full true  
By storis eviedent  
Of auctors old  
Both write and told  
Famous and excellent   

Trusting in this  
No man there is  
My purpose will disdain  
If my report  
May them comfort  
I shallbe glad and fain.   

When I consider  
And call together  
To my remembrance  
The regality  
The nobility  
The redoubted puissance.   

The high parentage  
The fierce courage  
The acts most martial  
The princely fame  
The worthy name  
The blood imperial.   

The civility  
The utility  
The high magnificence  
The policy  
The industry  
The noble advertence   

¶ Of there progenitors  
Most mighty conquerors  
The enemies to decline  
Excelling far  
In strength of war  
That were before there time   

¶ Whose worthy fame  
Inhauncid there name  
As men of lusty courage  
Like princes great  
Kingdoms to gait  
For them and their lineage   

As noble brute  
In his pursuit  
And act triumphal  
To his estate  
Kingdoms gate  
And made them Imperial   

First to begin  
Their birth their kin  
Their generation  
Then to convoy  
From noble Troy  
The whole procreation.   

¶ Ye must then look  
In the fifth book  
Of the antiquities  
Where Birosus  
And Isodorus  
In their Ethimolegies.   

¶ Affirmeth plain  
As authors twain  
That after No his flood  

Osiris the furst king in Egypth the second son of ●ame.  The first famous king  
In Egipte reigning  
Was called Osiris the good.   

¶ But yet Moses  
In Genesis  
Names him Mizraim  
A prince of fame  
The first of name  
That conquest did begin.   

¶ By force of strength  
He gate at length  
To his dominion  
The world round  
Except the ground  
Dew unto Babylon   

¶ Most circumspect  
In this effect  
Account the nobles all  
He was the furst  
In Egypt just  
amongs the people rural.   

With great industry  
And labour of body  
The plough there did invent  
To ear and sow  
In countries low  
Idleness to prevent   

¶ To graff and to plant  
In places scant  
Uynes most holsum & good  
He taught them plain  
The barley grain  
To nourish the lusty blood   

¶ His time before  
They had no store  
But acorns & leves green  
No other trute  
For there refute  
among them was there seen   

¶ Till Osiris  
Of his goodness  
Applied both sense and mind  
In such distress  
For their redress  
Some remedy to find   

authors doth accord  
He went abroad  
His virtues only to show  
In strange regions  
Whose affecctions  
Took place in years few   

first to Berbarye  
A famous country  
The people gross & rude  
Standing in africa  
Them did he seek  
There blindness to exclude   

Then to Almaigne  
He took the plain  
That kingdom to advance  
Where in like wise  
He did practise  
All thing for their pleasance   

Then at the instance  
Of the Italians  
With mighty apparel  
The cruel Titans  
Put to utterance  
By fierceness of battle   

¶ Full shortly than  
Down to Tuscan  
He went with all his men  
To a city strong  
Large and long  
Where he reigned years ten.   

¶ Called Uitarbie  
Thus laboured he  
The people to conduct  
From place to place  
Of princely grace  
Only them to instruct.   

¶ Then into Grece  
A country fierce  
A long the seas he went  
Unto a province  
Of great excellence  
With like famous intent.   

¶ As auctors do witness  
Named Pilloponnes  
Where stood the strong city  
Called Argeos  
Of nobleness  
Having the sovereignty.   

¶ Where he unfeigned  
Famously reigned  
XXXvii. years just  
Till at the last  
The years gone past  
To Egypt he had a lust.   

¶ Prepared home  
Where cruel Typhon  
As saith Diodorus  
His brother untrue  
By treason him slew  
Of mind malicious.   

¶ Bocas confesseth  
All so expresseth  
How the people rural  
Changed Osiris  
Into Sirapis  
And so they did him call   

affirming plain  
How he certain  
In heaven was stallid  
In such manner wise  
Affter there guise  
A God was he called   

¶ Labyn or Libus  

Hercules or Libus son of Osiris.  Called great Hercules  
The son of Sirapys  
As auctors saith  
His father's death  
revenged shortly this   

Sent a deffyaunce  
To all the giants  
Throughout the world round  
first into Phenyce  
Did he enterprise  
His enemies to confound   

To his estate  
That land he got  
In manner invincible  
By wonderful strength  
pierced it at length  
And made it divisible   

Then into phrigie  
A province mighty  
Where he slew Tipheus  
A giant strong  
Were it right or wrong  
And gave him to Athus   

Which he begat  
Being associate  
With a lady fair & bright  
Called Dinphale  
Which did prevail  
Most pleasant in his sight.   

¶ From thence to Africa  
Fierce cruel and quick  
Of heart courageous  
Slew the Giant  
Mighty and puissant  
Named great Atheus.   

¶ In token of fame  
Altered that name  
Then called barbarie  
After Libus  
Named it thus  
The great land of Libie.   

¶ For a memorial  
By art natural  
He made a pillar strong  
His conquest great  
Should not forgeate  
The people there among.   

¶ Then to Gaulceltike  
Full princely like  
His passage did he take  
Where great jupiter  
Did him prefer  
And much there did him make   

¶ For more amity  
Gave galathyae  
A princess of high estate  
His daughter dear  
To be his fere  
Such honour there he gate   

Where he was crowned  
Whose fame rebounded  
With gal●thy his wife  
In kingdoms far  
After that jupiter  
Had altered his life   

Then With his army  
Into italy  
Himself did advance  
Brake mountains high  
By strength of Body  
And mighty ordinance   

And where the way was  
heinous to pass  
And wonder dificill  
Broke them down right  
By force of might  
Without tarrying any while   

¶ But entered by strength  
Where he at length  
As Byrosus doth witness  
His enemies slew  
His force to renew  
Manfully did them oppress   

Then down he came  
Unto Tuscan  
The Titans to subdue  
For malice alone  
Of cruel Typhon  
Of treytors most untrue   

Where for his sake  
Such slaughter did make  
His enemies to confound  
That there doleful cry  
Above the sky  
To the heavens did abound   

¶ such was his grace  
With in short space  
They were all overthrown  
Clean out of fame  
As though their name  
Had never been known   

¶ Thus this noble man  
Wholly became  
Possessor of Italy  
Fully years ten  
Where he reigned then  
As A prince strong & mighty   

¶ from thence into spain  
Where men did complain  
The great extortion  
Done by violence  
Without resistance  
In that famous region   

¶ By giants strong  
Which them among  
The people did oppress  
Found no refute  
In their pursuit  
Therwooes then to redress   

Till great Hercules  
Of his gentleness  
With most manful courage  
Came down with speed  
In time of need  
To a void their outrage   

Sought them about  
Having no doubt  
Of their mighty puissance.  
from place to place  
Did them inchace  
By long continuance   

¶ By knightly strength  
Gate them at length  
Where they might not astart  
As a prince royal  
He slew them all  
With a coragyouse heart   

¶ After whose death  
Diodorus saith  
In his antiquities  
Who list to look  
In the .v. book  
That this noble hercules   

¶ Did there remain  
Till death certain  
His body did oppress  
Where he doth lie  
Full sumtuoslye  
As authors bear witness   

His Sepulture  
In such manner  
Raised was with pillars high  
That men might see  
Of every degree  
The place as they pass by   

And yet the same  
In token of fame  
Evermore for to increase  
Is called this day  
As spaniards say  
Gaades le Hercules   

After came Tustus  

Tustus' son of Hercules.  A prince full famous  
Son to great hercules  
As next heir of blood  
Notable and good  
Full of all gentleness   

¶ Which in Italy  
Reigned quietly  
Without let or dysturbaunce  
Right well-beloved  
No cause moved  
Of his misgovernance 
Altheus' son of Tustus.    

Next Altheus  
Son of Tustus  
Of Italy was king  
A Prince of renown 
Comboblaston son of blaston which Blaston was son of Altheus and did his father living   
With Sceptre & crown  
All his time then living   

Then Comboblaston  
The son of Blaston  
Which was son of Altheus  
For his worthiness  
And passing goodness  
Was made then Coritus   

¶ Which was a name  
Of worthy fame  
Excelling all other  
As at that day  
As who would say  
A second jupiter.   

This noble king  
Record of writing  
By Electra his wife  
Had princes three  
Of noble degree  
All borne in his life   


Dardanus the second son of Comboblaston buyl. +ded the City of derdane  The first jaseus  
The next dardanus  
The thrd Armonya  
Dardanus then  
With all his men  
Went in to phrigia   

A Provence strong  
mighty and Long  
Full of all pleasance  
Stonding in Asia  
Called dardanya  
His name only to advance   

His people and he  
Raised a City  
With towers wonderful high  
Wallid it about  
Having no doubt  
Of any foreign enemy   

¶ When it was walled  
Then was it called  
Dardan after Dardanus  
In all Asya  
Or in phrigya  
Was none half so famous   

¶ This City playme  
Was made certain  
The year for to acconpte  
Of Moses  
A.C. doubtless  
Xiiii more did A mount   


〈…〉  ¶ Next Dardanus  
His son Erictonius  
There took possession  
Of ●yght entering  
As Lord & king  
By dew succession   


 ¶ Then Troos the famous  
Son of Erictonius  
Of all Phrigia was king  
For mighty puissance  
And great abundance  
All other surmounting   

¶ Eusebius  
affirmeth us  
This king had sons three  
The first Ilius  
The next Assaracus  
The third as in degree   

The youngest of all  
Which men did call  
Worthy Ganymydes  
Whom Tantalus  
Most avericious  
Of pity all merciless   

¶ falsely did pursue  
A traytore untrue  
With covetise full replete  
Took money and hire  
His death to conspire  
Of jupiter king of Crete   

¶ Troos this famousse king  
Sore Lamenting  
This foul ingratitude  
Of mortal hate  
And sudden debate  
raised a multitude   

¶ Of heart dolorous  
drove Tantalus  
Dute of high phrigie  
Forcing him at lenghe  
By princely strength  
Out of Paphlagie   

Diodorus  
Also Birosus  
Affermyth verily  
That Tantalus  
Full ungracious  
Dyed miserably   

For his offence  
And vile pretence  
So oft times frequented  
〈…〉 sayn  
That he certain  
In hell should be tormented   

With hunger and thirst  
Having a lust  
Always unto his meat  
His belly empty  
With dishes plenty  
And yet nothing could eat   

¶ In drink did swim  
Above the chin  
His body hot and dry  
All was in waste  
Non could he taste  
Yet for thirst ready to die   

Ovid doth show  
In words few  
And plainly doth us tell  
How he should Lie  
With out mercy  
In the deep lake of hell   

¶ When cruel Tantalus  
Most inpituouse  
Was brought to subicetion  
And that noble Troy  
Did fully enjoy  
Tantalus possetion   

King of high phrygia  
In all Asya  
Was none so mighty a king  
So much redoubtid  
So well assured  
So much honour increasing   

His City plain  
Called Dardaine  
As auctors writ and say  
Was called than  
Of every man  
The great City of Troy   

Only after his name  
To increase his fame  
As a prince most fortunate  
The country about  
Standing in doubt  
Obeyed his noble estate   

¶ And thus was he  
Of magnanimytie  
Redoubted on every side  
None was so bold  
Other young or old  
His force that durst abide   

¶ Next this famous king  
After insuweing  
Was his son Ilius  
He had a brother 
Assaracus the younger son● of Troos   
Of father and mother  
named Assaracus   

☞ Of full noble blood 
Capis son● of Assaracu●   
Famous and good  
His son called was Capis  
Stories doth devise 
Anchises sō● of Capis.   
Capis Likewise  
Was father to Anchises   

Anchises was  
Father to Aeneas  
As saint Augustine doth record 
Aeneas' son● of Anchise   
Who list to look  
In the xviii book  
Called the Cite of God   

Where he endyteth  
Plainly reciteth  
The herd and dread full chance  
Like as he found  
By se and Land  
Through fortune's ordinance   

How he also  
Went to apollo  
To the isle of delphos  
Which by miracle  
At his Oracle  
showed him the whole purpose   

¶ How he should be  
Of sovereinty  
Full notable increasing  
And that his fate  
Was predestinate  
In Italy to be king   

This Aeneas  
Grandfather was  
Unto noble young brute  
As shall appear  
Afterward here  
The stock the branch & fruit   

From dardanus  
As gaulfridus  
The story doth recount  
Whose regalite  
In great Asiie  
All other did surmount   

Of jupiters' blood  
Notable and good  
Whose name was stellified  
As poets do fame  
In heaven certain  
There to be deified   

His martial wars  
Surmounting the stars  
Made him celestial  
After pagan guise  
In such manner wise  
With their gods to be coequal   

In Libie land  
His temple did stand  
Fret with gold pearl & stone  
By divine Oracle  
His tabernacle  
Made there full long agone   


Of the femenyne sex by Galathia, which was daughter to great jupiter of Gaulcel 〈◊〉 & wife to Hercules and mother to Tustas  Of whose succession  
By conputation  
Of their parentage  
Perceive may ye  
That welshmen be  
Of the same stock & lineage   

¶ As stories old  
Both written & told  
Maketh relation  
affirming plain  
The time the reign  
And the situation   

¶ From jupiters' line  
Down to decline  
To worthy Dardanus  
consequently  
And finally  
To noble Priamus   

¶ The last King of Troy 
A digress treating 〈◊〉 Destruct●●● of Troy   
Whose inward joy  
Was clean disconsolate  
When the greeks fell  
By treason cruel  
Appallid his estate   

Hear to digress  
I must confess  
The woeful desolation  
Of noble Troy  
The sudden decay  
And new transmutation   

The Greeks wars  
Above the stars  
Surmounting in there pride  
Supposing they might  
With cruel fight  
The heavens to divide   

¶ And thus they wrought  
The story out sought  
As virgell do the witness  
A temple there was  
Sacred to pallas  
The mighty great gods   

¶ Made by craft entrayle  
As it were devinale  
By heavenly influence  
With in troy town  
To the high renown  
Of her magnificences   

¶ The greeks fraudolent  
Of mind violente  
There treason to practise  
Feigned a pretence  
By divine incense  
To make a sacrifice   

¶ Before pallas  
In hope of grace  
To please her deity  
Thus they conspired  
And oft desired  
To enter the City   

The Trones just  
Did not mistrust  
There fraudolent treason  
Like there pretence  
Gave them licence  
To make their oblation   

¶ And thus Elas  
With guile and trespass  
As wolves raging wood  
Having Liberty  
Within the City  
Destroyed the noble blood   

far in the night  
When that no wight  
There treason did suspect  
The greeks untrue  
Forth did Pursue  
To furnish their effect   

Broke out at large  
All in a rage  
Their fury to declare  
freting for ire  
With sword and fire  
consumed the Cite bare   

The Troyans' at rest  
With pains oppressed  
For watch feeble and faint  
Nothing then knew  
What should ensue  
Of their mortal constraint   

Or they could wake  
There Cite was take  
There king cruelly slain  
There Temples spoiled  
There gods defoiled  
Theridamas houses bare & plain   

Alas for pity  
Full woe is me  
This story to behold  
When I advert  
There sudden smart  
It maketh my heart cold   

Oh noble Hector  
The chief protector  
The Troyans' to defend  
The very loodsterre  
In peace or war  
For manhood most to commend   

¶ Against whose might  
No greekish Knight  
His person might assure  
With spear or shield  
In Camp or filled  
His stroke that might endure   

Alas for pain  
Yet was he slain  
By pretensid treason  
His death conspired  
And long desired  
By false instigation   

For cruel Achilles  
Of pity marceles  
Or he could well advert  
His back all bare  
With a staff square  
pierced his manful heart   

¶ His helm unlaced  
His coyffe unbraced  
His shield lying on the ground  
As he did repair  
To take the Air  
Gave him his vortall wound   

Oghe cruel greeks  
cursed by your cheeks  
With all your cursed treason  
Sclaudered is your name  
To your eternal shame  
For your abomination   

And thou Achilles  
Most wretch of wretches  
Provers of mind & will  
Against all right  
So famous a knight  
With treason for to kill   

Who will not assent  
The death to lament  
Of so princely a man  
Which was doubtless  
Of knighthood peerless  
Account lithe the worrdle begun   

¶ As in Troy's book  
Who list to look  
Shall see the surphisage  
The magnanimity  
The nobility  
Of him and his parentage   

☞ The imperial blond  
Most famous and good  
Of nature Celestial  
As poets do fayn  
They came certain  

〈◊〉 the blind world they ●erra●ed god ●s for exceling in fears of nobleness  Of the Gods immortal   

¶ They were declared  
With gods compared  
Through their magnificence  
The truth known well  
Because they did excel  
In princely excellence   

¶ What should I write  
Or further indite  
This process lamentable  
The doleful destres  
The mortal heaviness  
Of Priamus most notable   

¶ Or yet of Eccuba  
Or wife Cassandra  
Their importable pain  
Or of Polexena  
The flower of Asia.  
Which was so cruelly slain   

Of lusty Troilus  
Or young Dephebus  
Or of the blood fraternal  
Paris or Helenus  
A case most peteous  
Of Greeks slain were they all   

¶ Or what should I say  
Of the greeks decay  
And mortal adventure  
Scythe that the air  
In their repair  
Turned dark & obscure   

Cruel Neptunus  
Waxed contrarius  
Dangerus to be hold  
Aeolus a loft  
Raging full oft  
With storms wet and cold   

Ulcanus then  
Out of his den  
forged the thouders great  
With tirie leaven  
Down from heaven  
Unto Cerberus seat   

¶ The god's plain  
Had such disdain  
At their shameful outrage  
Of very despite  
Them to acquit  
Send such froward passage   

¶ There ships tossed  
And all to frussed  
By sturdy violence  
Upon rocks grounded  
There people drowned  
For all their resistance   

But now to proceed  
My purpose to spied  
Like as I furst began  
To show the distent  
And birth excellent  
Of the gentile Welshmen   

¶ After that Troy  
Was brought to decay  
By fortune's violence  
And that there was  
As in that case  
No help of resistance   

But that the Cite  
By greekish cruelty  
Was consumed all bare  
As I said first  
By treason unjust  
The truth to declare   

Then the noble blood  
Ancient and good  
Of Priamus' descent  
By knyghtlye courage  
Took their voyage  
By sober advisement   

To sundry regions  
With their provisions  
And martial apparel  
There states to renew  
Kingdoms to Subdue  
Only by force of Battle   

As lusty young Franco  
Which was also  
The son of noble Hector  
Set meeris and bands  
In sondre lands  
As King and Emperor  
¶ first into hungary  
With his Chivalry  
His stonderds displaying  
Then into France  
With his ordinance  
His army convaiing   

¶ Subdwed the Gauls  
Broke towers & walls  
Brought them to his purpose  
And for more fame  
Altered that name  
And called them francos   

¶ But Galfridus  
And Eusebius  
Doth plainly report  
That Faramundus  
Son of Marconinus  
That name did first transport   

affirming plain  
That he certain  
Being of the Trojans blood  
In token of Love  
Did it remove  
And thus the matter stood   

Likewise Turcus  
The son of Troilus  
Entered phaso the less  
As Antonius  
And Entropius  
Berith thereto witness   

¶ Gate there strong piles  
For all their wiles  
There castles & their towers  
Slew them certain  
In the filled plain  
Like mighty conquerors   

¶ Also Elenus'  
Son of Prianus  
By manful occasion  
Within short space  
The land of Trace  
Brought to subversion   

Noble Aeneas  
From Troy did pass  
With mighty provisions  
With spears and shields  
Pierced the fields  
Of sundry regions   

¶ By se and by land  
diverse chances found  
Virgil doth us assure  
By violente rage  
Arryvid at Cartage  
By sudden adventure   

¶ His ships near lost  
Driven to that cost  
By dreadful violence  
Where Dido the Queen  
Most goodly beseen  
rejoiced his presence   

¶ Then with his host▪  
The countries did cost  
By prudent policy  
In his defence  
By high providence  
To the frontes of Italy   

Where by his manhood  
And famous knighthood  
After many strong battle  
Slew Turocelyne  
In help of Latin  
One of the kings of Itaill   

¶ For his worthiness  
He wedded doubtless  
The Daughter of Latinus  
Called Lauina  
Next after Chensa  
The Daughter of Priamus   

☞ As Sabellicus  
And Eusevius  
Affermith both plain  
That this is true  
He had issue  
Of these princesses twain   

¶ first of Chensa  
Borne in Asia  
Was his son Astanius 
〈…〉 humuis son of Aeneas   
Next in italy  
Successivelye  
Silvius Posthumus   

¶ Of Whom is discendid  
As is pretended  
By Titus Livius  
Who list to read  
The story in deed  
Of Brutus Albinus   

Most noble brute 
Brute son of Silu●●● of whom descended the king of Britain lineally unto Cadwalyder   
The seed, the fruit  
The name and language  
The plain descent  
The nourishment  
Of the welshmen lineage   

Thus may ye see  
That welshmen be  
Of the blood imperial  
Of nature free  
Cousins in degree  
To the god's immortal   

Of jupiters' line  
Next to decline  
To worthy Dardanus  
consequently  
And finally  
To noble Priamus   

¶ Then to Aeneas  
Which father was  
To Silvius posthumus  
By computation  
Of his succession  
Came most noble brutus   

¶ As son and heir  
Of parson fair  
Wondre deliver & light  
Strong of body  
As Hector hardy  
In steel armed bright   

¶ This noble brute  
In his pursuit  
And acts most martial  
Entered into grece  
Subdued a piece  
By his power imperial   

A king there was  
Named Pandras  
A prince right excellent  
Unto whose might  
There was no wight  
To him equivolent   

Having in servitude  
A multitude  
Of the Troyans' blood  
seven. M. in numbered  
For to incumbre  
With them so sore it stood   

For the death doubtless  
Of Achilles  
Accused of that crime  
That they should be  
Of one degree  
Consenting at that time   

This story out sought  
This were they brought  
In thraldom and bondage  
Daily constranyed  
Mortally pained  
By force of their servage   

¶ Till noble Brute  
For there refute  
Full like a worthy knight  
devised at large  
Them to discharge  
For all his cruel might   

Prefixid a day  
His strength to assay  
As fortune list to provide  
By battle strong  
Be it right or wrong  
The quarrel to abide   

Where king Pandras  
Constrained was  
By knightly violence  
The field to forsake  
His parson take  
For all his assistance   

¶ His Lords distressid  
His knights repressid  
With many mortal wound  
His standards displayed  
Cut and arrayed  
Beaten unto the hard ground   

And thus Pandras  
Constrained was  
Of Brute to seek his peace  
Gave goods and treasure  
Out of all measure  
His favour to in crease   

His love more to win  
Gave fair Genogynne  
His daughter to him most dear  
Unto his wife  
Which in her life  
As in stories doth appear   

Had sons three  
Of noble degree  
All kings of worthy fame  
As Antonius  
And Eutropius  
Affirmeth both the same   

The first Lotrinus  
Then Albanactus  
The third Cambre named was  
Which by Election 
Cambre br●● his son King of 〈◊〉   
For his portion  
Into wales did pass   

¶ To the increase of fame  
After his own name  
Called it Cambria  
But now by usage  
Of corrupt language  
Named is wallia   

As more plainly  
And effectually  
Hereafter shall appear  
But first to discus  
Of noble Brutus  
The story and manner   

¶ After that Pandras  
Restorid was  
To his former estate  
His peace assured  
His kingdom received  
He thought him fortunate   

Brute in like wise  
It did suffice  
His fury to assuage  
The trojans tree  
From captivity  
Thraldom and bondage   

¶ The land he forsook  
The sees he then took  
With his ships long & large  
Storid with treasure  
Out of all measure  
By force of their pillage   

Then forth he sailed  
Greatly prevailed  
By help of Neptunus  
such was his grace  
With in short space  
Passid the sees dangerus   

¶ Landed at Totnesse  
Like as the goddess  
Diana had promised  
Predestinate  
To his estate  
This land holy comysed   

¶ Within this region  
Called Albion  
Where Giants did dwell  
As I do find  
Of Cerberus' kind  
Fierce odious and cruel   

¶ Engendered they wear  
By spirits of the air  
Or by some finds infernal  
So terrible  
So horrible  
Were they of nature all   

For all their stature  
Or dreadful figure  
Brute nothing abashed  
By furious strength  
Slew them at length  
And this land possessed   

¶ As stories old  
Both write and told  
Recomptith more at large  
Who list to look  
Gaulfridus book  
Shall see the surplusage   

This shall suffice  
The sage and wise  
To have in memory  
Things so far past  
It were in waist  
Again to specyfie   

¶ Then to remember  
Young lusty Cambre  
Whom Brute to wales did sand  
There to remain  
As sovereign  
That country to defend   

Of whose succession  
By computation  
Of stories evident  
Remyanith the blood  
Most notable and good  
Even now this time present   

Never was it mixed  
Nether yet altered  
With any strange nation  
Nether foreign king  
By might usurping  
Thereof had possession   

The Romans great  
Whose power did threat  
The world universal  
Might never them win  
By craft or engine  
To their estate royal   

¶ Nether Saxon nor Dane  
Nor yet foreign name  
Might their force decline  
With in Cambres land  
The Brutes to withstand  
By martial discipline   

Yet more to their fame  
There blood there name  
Theridamas country theridamas language  
Wes never mixid  
Nether yet possessed  
With any strange parentage   

Further to declare  
I dare compare  
For their perfection  
Even as who saith  
For the true faith  
Of Cristes' religion   

¶ For length of time  
Did never decline  
To infidelity  
But constant and sure  
Always in ure  
Sith the time of Lucy   

The first christian king  
In britain reigning  
The years for to account  
A.M. three hundred  
Lxxx. full numbered  
〈◊〉 more did amount   

Sith they began  
To be Christian  
In the time of Elentherius  
Which did elect  
bishops in effect  
By consent of Lucius   

¶ Thus they assured  
Long have endured  
By divine providence  
Nether infected  
Nether suspected  
Of corrupt conscience   

¶ There faith to forsake  
But Christ to take  
For a full satisfaction  
As scripture saith  
Firmly by faith  
Of his blessed passion   

Thus the noble brutes  
Received the fruits  
Of their perfection  
In time long past  
Right farm and fast  
Without mutation   

¶ CCCC. years plain  
XXX. and twain  
The time fully accounting  
Were they christened  
Surely stablyshid  
Before saint austyn's coming   

¶ This story tried  
Cannot be denied  
With all the circumstance  
The ghostly living  
Plainly conferring  
To gods high ordinance   

sithen Lucis time  
Did never decline  
From their intelligence  
As in this case  
Such is their grace  
By gods high providence   

Likewise sith Brute  
Did institute  
Cambre first into wales  
There to remain  
In rough and plain  
Among mountains & vales   

¶ Yet unto this day  
perceive ye may  
Thesame stock & lineage  
Of one dissent  
This is evident  
Without thraldom & bondage   

Wholly possessed  
Never repressid  
By knightly violence  
country or name  
Never took shame  
They be of such excellence   

¶ scythe so noble men  
From Troy as then  
Of blood are descended  
Me think of truth  
There lusty youth  
Ought to be comendid   

Then reason would  
Surely I should  
There honour advance  
Myself prepare  
Matter to declare  
Of their princely ordinance   

As Titus Livius  
And Eutropius  
Affirmyth to be true  
That noble Belyn  
Honour to win  
The Romans did pursue   

When Lucius  
And Emilius  
Were consuls of honour  
Also Camillus  
named furius  
Was of rome dictator   

¶ Then noble belyn  
The City to win  
With standards displayed  
Like Marse for might  
In steel armed bright  
His britons conveyed   

¶ About the town  
With such renown  
And knightly ordinance  
That the Romans plain  
That day were slain  
For all the mighty puissance   

¶ The field forsaken  
The Senators taken  
spoiled of their array  
Like Gods for riches  
So great excess  
Had they of them that day   

¶ The City oppressed  
There goods distressid  
The Romans infortunate  
This noble Belyn  
Honour to win  
Upon them was Lauriate   

This was in the year  
As doth appear  
By plain description  
Three hundred three score  
Putting to five moor  
After Rome's foundation   

In continent then  
This noble Bren  
His fame more to advance  
Into Gallacia  
And Macedonia  
He took his chance   

Also to Galetes  
Where he slew Sostes  
There Prince and governor  
Thus of the Grekees  
In spite of their Cheeks  
He became a conqueror   

Then forth he went  
With his army bend  
To the mount Pronasus  
To a Temple large  
Standing upon a stage  
As writith polycarpus   

¶ Sacrede to Appolyn  
As clerks determine  
named also delphicus  
Spoylid his riches  
To his great increase  
Made him full glorius   

¶ With which abundance  
And mighty substance  
Full like a famous Knight  
Raylid Cities old  
Feble and cold  
ruinous in all men's sight   

As Mediolana  
And Papia  
In the fruntes of lombardy  
Likewise verona  
Standing in Gallia  
With towers pleasant & high   

¶ Cremona  
Mantua  
Also Burganum  
And vincencia  
The Cetie Sienna  
With the City Conum   

Thus Titus Livius  
Plainly doth discus  
A Roman of great fame  
As Polycarpus  
And Eutro Pius  
Affirm both the same   

Thus of the blood  
Notable and good  
I could worthly express  
Kings of renown  
With Sceptre and crown  
A great number doubtless   

¶ As noble Arthur  
The chief victor  
provid at all assays  
Whose Martial knights  
Quenchid the Lights  
Of all other in those days   

¶ The Romans can tell  
How it befell  
In the time of Lucius  
Theridamas Emperor slain  
With many a Proud Roman  
The britons victorius   

Also in France  
Froll had Like chance  
Which was so good a knight  
To death was Wounded  
His people confounded  
Onli through Arthur's might   

Also Denabus  
Great and monstrous  
Whose power none might withstand  
Arthure him slew  
His force to renew  
Fought with him hand to hand   

Like wise the saxons  
Whose exacciones  
He might no wise abide  
There cruel rage  
For to assuage  
Manfully he did provide   

Twelve battles strong  
He had them among  
Like a famous champion  
By strength imperial  
He was victore of all  
Brought them to subjection   

¶ Auctores do express  
bearing full wyttnesse  
Of his magnificence  
With his own hand  
Their might to withstand  
Of knightly excellence   

¶ Slew in one day  
Breaking their array  
Two hundred & forty Just  
Through his manful might  
Constrained were right  
In his mercy to trust   

Account also  
Noble Malgo  
The son of dame nature  
Whose Angelic face  
For beauty was  
Like an heavenly creature   

¶ That man and beast  
Gladly would rest  
Also Birds in the air  
His face to behold  
As it was told  
He was so passing fair   

Theridamas was no King  
Of natures forming  
To his equivolent  
So strong of body  
So fierce and hardy  
In arms so excellent   

The saxons cruel  
With many sore battle  
Did him right sore inchace  
But yet their rigour  
His princely honore  
Might never deface   

The magnanymytie  
The nobility  
Of this most princely name  
authors doth express  
The Isles orcades  
To britain furst he won   

Now to Cadwallader 
Cadwallader the last king of Brute by Lineage   
To furnish my matter  
That famous worthy king  
The last of descent  
A Prince Excellent  
Over the britons raining   

¶ Fabian doth write  
And plainly recite  
His acts right glorius  
Affirming them true  
how that he slew  
A king called Lotharius   

Which was king of kent  
That time present  
By martial dyssiplyne  
And afterward  
With strokes hard  
The matter to determine   

¶ Edericus his brother  
It was noon other  
By force was likewise slain  
Help or redress  
Was none doubtless  
Yet were they kings both twanie   

¶ Also Athelwold  
Manful and bold  
Which was of Sowthsex king  
Thought him full sure  
Able to endure  
His battle conveying   

Against Cadwaladre  
Of inward displeasure  
Hatred and cruelness  
Met in the field  
With spear and shield  
Of very wilfulness   

¶ Athelwolde that day  
Who ever said nay  
With many mortal wound  
Lay dead and slain  
The saxons plain  
Beaten down to the ground   

¶ The Brutes victorious  
The saxons tymerouse  
The field durst not abide  
For dread and fear  
Fled here and there  
Abroad on every side   

¶ Thus Cadwallader  
The revenger  
Of their ambition  
Brought them full low  
There faults to know  
Under his subjection   

Also Galfridus  
Plainly doth discus  
Affirming more at large  
how that the saxons  
By compositions  
Of all their baronage   

Held of Cadwaladre  
As of their governor  
By way of love and finage  
Like their degrees  
By gifts and fees  
As of his patronage   

This princely man  
This Christian  
This worthy famous king  
Stories doth recount  
He did surmount  
All other Living   

¶ Too whom god above  
In token of love  
Made demonstration  
By his Angel plain  
That he certain  
Should leave his region   

Such mortality  
Such adversity  
Such plagues of pestilence  
Such infection  
Such corrucption  
By heavenly influence   

¶ That time there was  
That he Alas  
Of force was constrained  
With woeful heart  
Must needs depart  
His subjects were so pained   

¶ Fruits upon the ground  
None could be found  
In help of their redress  
The Earth all bare  
The people in care  
Sorrow and heaviness   

The Brutes expelled  
No longer dwelled  
With in this region  
The saxons plain  
Did it attain  
For them and their succession   

¶ No resistance  
Nether yet defence  
Of the Brutes was there made  
Away they went  
By one assent  
Even as the Angel bade   

☞ Without comfort  
As men amorte  
lacking consolation  
Having no lust  
But only a trust  
Of their expectation   

In the prophecy  
Which did specify  
The holy translation  
Of Cadwaladre  
from Rome hidre  
By Santification   

¶ That when his bones  
Were translated once  
In to this region  
Then should the Brutes  
Receive their fruits  
And first possession   

This did the Angel  
Graciously tell  
In their woeful distress  
That his noble blood  
Ancient and good  
Should revive in his success   

¶ Which should restore  
To them moche more  
Of consolation  
By special grace  
Than ever was  
Of their succession   

¶ This noble king  
Gods will perceiving  
Called his son ivory  
Likewise send for  
His cozen Iuor  
Resiting these words on high   

¶ Take hear he said  
Be not dysmaide  
My folks & my navy  
Pass ye into wale;  
Among hills & vales  
Be ye lords of that country   

See that no wrong  
Come them among  
For lack of nobility  
And that the saxons  
By false compactions  
Work no dishonesty   

Against the Brutes  
To hurt the fruits  
Of their fidelity  
Be constant and sure  
Manfully endure  
Your own regalytie   

¶ These words once past  
His eyes he cast  
Saying lord thy will be done  
In Earth us by  
As in heaven high  
far surmounting the son   

Whose divine power  
Is governor  
Of all creatid things  
Be it visible  
Or invisible  
It is thy hand workings   

¶ And now good Lord  
I will accord  
Thy pleasure to fulfil  
This land forsake  
A new to take  
Sith it is thy will   

The words once said  
meekly he obeyed  
Of mind will and consent  
With a benign look  
His leave he took  
And so to Rome he went   

¶ Wherein short space  
God of his grace  
By his eternal might  
His soul magnified  
Also sanctified  
To his celestial sight   

¶ Now to accomplish  
Also to furnish  
My mind and intention  
Ye have hard tell  
How the Angel  
Made demonstration   

¶ There should a king  
flourish and spring  
Of the same succession  
By sentence divine  
Of cadwalader's line  
In the fourth generation   

Which should restore  
Things passed before  
By his magnificence  
And for his fame  
Men should him name  
The prince of excellence   

¶ Whose wisdom clear  
Should so apere  
Through every region  
Men should him call  
For gifts natural  
The second Solomon   

To verify  
This mystery  
With stories evident  
Nature declareth  
The deed compareth  
All things equivalent   

The Last famous king  
Over us raining  
named the seventh henry 
Henry the seven of Cadwaladers line right full king of Britain called england   
Was even the same  
Whose princely name  
Was had in such memory   

¶ Predestinate  
And animate  
By heavenly influence  
For to fulfil  
The divine will  
Of the high magnificence   

¶ Yet in his youth  
Of very truth  
Floryshing in years green  
In most cruellwyse  
His mortal enemies  
As it was plainly seen   

¶ Did him pursue  
With treason untrue  
Fraundulently invented  
Gave money and hire  
His death to conspire  
If fortune had consented   

Supposing thereby  
The prophecy  
Clean to extermynate  
As god above  
They would remove  
His works to violate   

Was not his grace  
As in this case  
In wonderful danger  
When they conspired  
And fully desired  
The aid of every stranger   

¶ Put in Exile  
Alack the while  
Sundry ways were outsought  
His lief uncertain  
Being in britain  
Where the treason was wrought   

What conspiration  
What cured treason  
Or who can brevyate  
Which God above  
Of his divine love  
Listithe to animate   

This noble Prince  
For to convince  
Passid there raged might  
God would in nowise  
There false interpyse  
Should deprive his princeli right   

As did appear  
The story clear  
Of this most princely man  
With spear and shield  
As Bosworthe filled  
The honour there he won   

King Richrd slain  
And he certain  
The filled hath received  
Thus god above  
Of very love  
His kingdom hath assured   

For of his line  
This present time  
A king is discendid  
With sceptre and crown  
In City and town  
Most highly commended   


Henry the viii. son of Henry the seven king of England, in whom is fulfilled the mystery of Cadwaladers translation  ¶ I mean pardy  
Most noble Henry  
Called th'eight of that name  
Whose gifts natural  
Above princes all  
beareth away the fame   

Who can magnify  
Or yet verefye  
His condign worthiness  
His amity  
Liberality  
And bountiful goodness   

¶ In all affects  
To his subjects  
Most gracious & kind  
In their defence  
With his expense  
Ready of heart and mind   

Oh famous Troy  
Rejoice this day  
Most fortunate and good  
All ye that be  
As in degree  
extract of the same blood   

give lands on high  
To god most mighty  
Which hath resustitate  
So noble a king  
your hearts exiting  
As men most fortunate   

For this is he  
ye may well see  
Whose bones are translated  
By sentence divine  
from Rome this time  
Newly separated   

¶ Accordingly  
As the prophecy  

Cadwallader bones translated by separation between Rome & us  Afore had expressed  
When Cadwaladers bones  
Translated were once  
All things should be redressed   

¶ God of his grace  
As in this case  
Hath made a separation  
Between Rome & us  
Whose deeds monsterus  
Were abomination   

There great abuses  
And long misuses  
Their folly and their pride  
The deception  
Theridamas collusion  
Our king might not abide   

¶ Ye know full well  
I need not tell  
There great exactions  
Nor how they wrought  
Kingdoms to have brought  
Under their Subjections   

¶ Nether to debate  
The mortal hate  
Which they have conspired  
In especial  
To be Lords of all  
Wrongfully have desired   

¶ Pretending doubtless  
Much holiness  
By sentence Angelical  
To speak as the creed  
Yet were they in deed  
Very fiends internal   

There laws preferring  
As concerning  
The papal jurisdiction  
Whose usurped power  
Would be governor  
Of every region   

Above king or prince  
Their might to convince  
If they would not obey  
With Curses great  
They would them threat  
Theridamas honour to decay   

¶ But god most just  
As I said first  
Hath made a separation  
giving our king  
Grace and learning  
To prefer his religion   

And not to trust  
In vain hope and lust  
Of man's traditions  
As though they might  
〈◊〉 heaven of right  
Make their conditions   

To save or spill  
What soul they will  
Without exception  
As they were divine  
At season and time  
By mean of their pardons   

¶ such things abusid  
Ought to be refused  
By divine ordinance  
And not to trust  
In things unjust  
Where is non assurance   

¶ There is but one  
To god alone  
That is appropriate  
Sins to remove  
Pardon to give  
And souls to animate   

¶ Traditions papal  
Hath brought us all  
Almost to subversion  
Having more trust  
In things unjust  
Then in Cristes' passion   

¶ But god above  
In token of love  
Hath us reconciled  
As it befell  
In Israel  
When the laws were commised   

To josia  
Which of judea  
Was king and governor  
As in this case  
Of special grace  
Stood in gods high favour   

Because he would  
No body should  
Do unjust reverence  
To stock or stone  
But in god alone  
To have all confidence   

He send through out  
Israel about  
God's Laws to magnify  
In especial  
Commanding all  
To beware of idolatry   

¶ Likewise it was  
When Ezechias  
The worthy famous king  
Of pure intent  
The Brazen serpent  
The people deluding   

Unto the ground  
Made him rebound  
In pieces great & small  
Break the hill altars  
Of their forefathers  
With their foul Idols all   

☞ Even from judea  
Unto Aza  
The Philystines land  
Nothing would suffer  
To god's displeasure  
To be graven or stand   

Whose constancy  
God most mighty  
Had in remembrance  
Send his Angel  
In his quarrel  
Against the Assiryans   

By his divine might  
He flew in one night  
C.lxxx. thousand & five  
From judea  
Unto Assiria  
The rest home he did drive   

¶ Like wise our king  
His heart referring  
To gods high providence  
Such things abusid  
Hath now confused  
By heavenly influence   

¶ Which had infected  
And sore detected  
Christ's religion  
By shrining of bones  
And kneeling to stones  
Made by man's invention   

¶ magnifying them  
Which were mortal men  
Of nature terrestrial  
With like reverence  
And confidence  
As to god Celestial   

Whose golden shrines  
tricked with vines  
Most curiously Wrought  
With pardons plenty  
Made purses empty  
In sundry places sought   

Such Idols great  
So richly fret  
With gold pearl & stone  
Lift up on high  
To magnify  
As it were god alone   

¶ Our josias  
Our Ezechias  
By permission divine  
In this effect  
Most circumspect  
Beholding this present time   

¶ Hath brought to pass  
Like as it was  
In time of Isarell  
Trusting in one  
In god alone  
According to the gospel   

For sacrifice  
In such a wise  
To god only is dew  
Theridamas is no other  
Faith to recover  
But only through jesus   

¶ O Lord our god  
Withdraw thy rod  
Correct us not in thy Ire  
By thou petiouse  
Lord unto us  
We humbly the desire   

Thy ears incline  
This present time  
hearken to our clamour  
As it befell  
In Israel  
In the time of their dolour   

Be merciful Lord  
Let pity accord  
With thy bountiful grace  
Our sins remove  
Pardon forgive  
Our folly and trespass   

¶ To magnify  
Such Idolatry  
Lord we knowledge our offence  
Against thy law  
For to withdraw  
from thy magnificence   

To have a trust  
Or yet a lust  
In any graven picture  
Which thou defendest  
Also commaundyst  
To bow to no figure   

This lord most mighty  
We know assuredly  
By thy divine incense  
To the deity  
Of thy majesty  
Belongith all reverence   

As concerning  
The true meaning  
Of our salvation  
There is but one  
That suffered alone  
For our redemption   

Our in ward faith  
As saint Paul saith  
Should be in Christ jesus  
Let this be graved  
We are not saved  
But only by his virtue   

Nether yet rectified  
By saints sanctified  
In any manner case  
Save their good living  
Example giving  
To follow the same trace   

¶ Of truth our teachers  
Also our preachers  
Which were in time long passed  
Took full great pain  
And all in vain  
Theridamas labour spent in waist   

¶ Leving the epistle  
Also the gospel  
Most evangelical  
Treting of pardons  
With inventions  
And Cerimones papal   

¶ But our famous king  
Right well perseving  
The great ingratitude  
The sencis pure  
Of holy Scripture  
hid from the multitude   

For our redress  
Of his goodness  
With most princely courage  
Hath devised  
Also comysed  
Our conscience to discharge   

Set out at long  
Our vulgar tongue  
The scripture for to know  
The seed the grain  
The verity plain  
Our faith only to show   

It is consonant  
Not repugnant  
To god's divine ordinance  
But almen should  
Who ever would  
For there own assurance   

Labour the scripture  
His life to assure  
The commandments to keep  
Though soon repine  
And determine  
Affrming it unmeet   

That we lay men  
Should labour our pen  
Or scripture behold  
More than the clergy  
Should us specify  
By Authority toolde   

Provided in this  
No man there is  
Being of lewd learning  
Shall enterprise  
In any wise  
Unto the expounding   

Oh noble Henry  
Of Kings most worthy  
doubtless to be magnified  
Gods own chosen knight  
By whose divine might  
All things are rectified   

¶ Our faith stablish  
Errors abolishid  
The gospel set out at large  
Nothing is hid  
Where of is need  
Our conscience to discharge   

O blessed lord  
To us accord  
We humbly the desire  
As in this case  
Of special grace  
Who ever will conspire   

¶ Against our king  
In hindering  
Of honour this his ream  
Theridamas false intent  
Lord thou will prevent  
avoiding the danger clean   

¶ Let not our enemies  
In any wise  
Against us lord prevail  
Confuse their ire  
Burning as fire  
In their malice let them quail  
¶ Like as it was  
When Ezechias  
With humble petition  
Made his complaint  
Of very constraint  
And hearty affection   

¶ To thy deity  
That of thy pity  
Thou wouldest thy power extend  
Against the furies  
Of his enemies  
His kingdom to defend   

¶ Lord incontinent  
Thy Angel thou sent  
His woes to redress  
The Assirianes plain  
Say dead and slain  
Through thy mightifulnes   

¶ So in like case  
Of thy divine grace  
Preserve our famous king  
Our enemies withstand  
And save this land  
Our god everlasting   

Come forth ye brutes  
The seed the fruits  
Of mighty Sirapys  
In Egipte stalled  
A god there called  
In the City Memphis   

¶ Where he is deified  
Also stellified  
After the pagan guise  
With his wife Isis  
The mighty gods  
So called in Likewise   

Of whose success  
Came hercules  
The famous Champion  
And so to convey  
Down unto Troy  
With all their succession   

¶ Considre then  
Ye gentle Welshmen  
How god for you hath wrough  
Even the same time  
That very line  
To you again hath brought   

¶ For this is he  
Whose majesty  
All things hath redressed  
Assuredly  
As the Prophesi  
Afore had expressed   

¶ Was there ever king  
So much tendering  
Your wealth to advance  
Or for your sake  
Such pains did take  
With so assured constance   

¶ Ye know pardie  
As well as I  
What he hath devised  
Only for you  
Statutes made new  
And laws wholly commised   

To that intent  
You should assent  
To your civility  
One law one love  
One God above  
And one prencely majesty   

Yourselves endeavour  
Wholly together  
With perfect assurance  
With us to pray  
These words to say  
With inward affiance   

God most glorious  
Lord Christ jesus  
Our hope and our assistance  
Our mediator  
Our governor  
And our hearts confidence   

¶ Preserve our King  
His grace sending  
Honour and victori  
Good Life and long  
Here us among  
With health of his body   

¶ And afterward  
Young Prince Edward  
To supply his regalle place  
With like wisdom  
As had Solomon  
In every manner case   

¶ Most gracious lord  
To us accord  
Of thy bountiful goodness  
Thy power extend  
Our prince defend  
As thou diddest young joas   

¶ Which did incline  
By grace divine  
To thy magnificence  
In his years green  
As it was seen  
By heavenly influence   

¶ Of very truth  
His tender youth  
The laws to fortify  
The house of Ball  
With his idols all  
Destroyed utterly   

¶ His graven pictures  
His golden figures  
Most curiously wrought  
Beaton to dost  
His temple unjust  
Prosterate down he brought   

Thus let our Prince  
Utterly convince  
All false idolatry  
Thy laws support  
Our hearts to comfort  
Thy name to glorify   

¶ Let not Babylon  
Have dominion  
Over us for thy pity  
Defend us lord god  
from the cruel road  
Of their captivity   

¶ Let our prince furnish  
And fully finish  
What his father hath begun  
As was devised  
Sometime comysed  
To Solomon n1g-nn's son   

And so at length  
With bodily strength  
Lord thou will him advance  
Able to withstand  
With mighty hand  
His enemies puissance   

As had hercules  
Of whose nobleness  
Doubtless he is descended  
As authors old  
By stories told  
Famousely have commended   

Hear may ye see  
That welshmen be  
Of right noble descent  
It doth appear  
By stories clear  
And matter evident   

Who may compare  
Or further declare  
By any prescription  
Account the parentyne  
Also the feminine  
With their procreation   

¶ To be more worthy  
Being creatures earthly  
And of nature terrestrial  
Seth Noye his flood  
Always their blood  
Hath been imperial  
¶ Here to digress  
I must confess  
More matter in substance  
Which now I find  
Long out of mind  
For lack of remembrance   

Of noble Hercules  
The son of Osires  
Most mighty champion  
Whose incomperablenesse  
Excellyth doubtless  
All natural reason   

Non may be compared  
Nether yet declared  
Unto thy excellence  
Account stories all  
None shallbe equal  
With thy magnificence   

¶ This was that Hercules  
That noble poets  
So highly doth commend  
And not Hercules  
Called Alcides  
Which the greeks do pretend   

To be so mighty  
Having victory  
In the fruntes of arcady  
Son of jupiter  
His name to prefer  
Borne of fair Alannena   

But Diodorus  
Also Birosus  
The chaldie affirmeth plain  
That this hercules  
Named Alcides  
Was the last of the twain   

But Hercules Aegipcius  
Named Libicus  
As saint Jerome writeth  
In the ten of Genesis  
Was son of Osiris  
As he plainly affirmeth   

¶ Which did enterprise  
In most knightly wise  
The xii notable labours  
Dis●orus Secalus  
Also writyth thus  
With other famous auctors   

That this hercules  
By his nobleness  
In the woods of Nemia  
Slew the great Lion  
For like occasion  
The serpent called Nidra   

Which lay of long time  
By force of ravin  
In the fens of Lerna  
Also the bore  
Devouring the store  
In the Land of Arcadia   

By violent strength  
Caught him at length  
In spite of Erimanthus  
Upon his shoulders square  
He did him bear  
To the king Euresthius   

Like wise did prevail  
In strength of battle  
Against a great number  
Called Centauries  
Half men half horses  
Which seemed to be a wonder   

The fifth industry  
By swiftness of body  
His person advancing  
Caught the great heart  
Whose horns by art  
Were guilt for his running   

Also Simphalides  
Birds of cruel likeness  
consumed the fruits bore  
Like fiends infernal  
For a memorial  
He le●l not one to spare  
The seventh wonder was  
How he could bring to pass  
The clansing of Angeus hall  
So noble a river  
For to decever  
With ●ingo pocks didcal   

¶ The eight was the bull  
The lee at the full  
Out of Crete into grece  
How he should bring  
By see swyming  
And yet deface no piece   

¶ Diomedes  
All merciless  
His rigour to accomplish  
His horse's plain  
He fed certain  
Only with man's flesh   

Till Hercules  
Took Diomedes  
His cruelty to abate  
Made those horses great  
His flesh to eat  
Regarding not his estate   

¶ Which he before  
Had kept in score  
Full wild & monsterus  
To his great fame  
He made them tame  
Gave them to Enristhens   

¶ Then into Spain  
He took the pain  
Gereon to subdue  
Of very despite  
Him to acquit  
His sons twain there he slew   

¶ After to hell  
As poets do tell  
Down he is descended  
Where Theseus  
And Pirithus  
He shortly defended  
Them to discharge  
Setting at large  
from all danger & pain  
Brought Cerberg bound  
Which was the hell hound  
Linked fast in a chain   

The twelfth & the last  
Accounting them paste  
Of this most princely man  
When his nobleness  
from Hesperides  
The golden Apples wan   

Slew the dragon  
Which did environ  
The garden round about  
Whose look audible  
Was so terrible  
All men of him had doubt   

Thus in knightly wise  
He did enterprise  
To his Eternal fame  
None so worthy  
Of memory  
To have praise laud or name   

¶ Of this Hercules  
In knightho depereles  
With noble Galathee  
The only daughter  
Of great jupiter  
Named also Selce   

¶ Came the famous blood  
Altar Noah his flood  
To the Trojan lineage  
Down by descent  
Princes excellent  
With all their parentage   

¶ Who was more worthy  
Stronger of body  
Then was Ector of Troy  
If Stories be true  
A thousand he slew  
Of Greeks in one day  
Of this Hercules  
Came Olympiad's  
The famous mighty queen  
Mother to Alexander  
The great conqueror  
In her tender years green   

Cesar julius  
Most victorius  
His enemies to confound  
Came of Aeneas  
Which so noble was  
Among the Romans found   

¶ Also Constantyne  
Son of saint Elene  
Of the same succession  
Borne in this land  
The holy cross found  
By divine inspiration   

This noble Emperor  
Was hole governor  
Monarch and precedent  
Of every region  
Throughout Christendom  
From the Est to the occident   

¶ Called by grace  
To that high place  
By heavenly influence  
Of heart most constant  
Slew the Tyrant  
Which named was Maxence   

¶ A thousand more  
I could also  
Uerefy and express  
Of the same blood  
Princes right good  
Full of all nobleness   

¶ But now a end  
I do intend  
My leave of you to take  
Desiring this  
All thing amiss  
To pardon for my sake  
¶ I must be breve  
Lest that reprove  
Accuse me & my pen  
And thus to you  
I say adieu  
Far well ye gentle welshmen   
FINIS.   

The author.  

Most gentle reder  
This little vulgre  
In my full humble wise  
I you desire  
heartily require  
That ye will not despise   

¶ Nether yet disdain  
This little pain  
Uoyd of presumption  
Lately set out  
There is no doubt  
Equal of affection   

¶ Let your phantacie  
judge me honestly  
As one unreproved  
Think not that I  
Of flattery  
Herein should be mould   

¶ Of conscience  
No feigned sense  
Have I here pretendid  
Nor nothing told  
But authors old  
Before have commended   

¶ I do confess  
The rude grossness  
Of my remembrance  
Not vigilaunt  
Or consonant  
To other men's utterance   

¶ For to express  
The worthiness  
Of so Ancient men  
But that good will  
Movith me still  
To occupy my pen,   

¶ My english rude  
Of gratitude  
I trust ye will excuse  
And not disdain  
My sentence plain  
Or causeless it refuse   

¶ The Musis nine  
Did far decline  
Where I was nutriefied  
There dulcet well  
No taste nor smell  
In me was rectified.   

¶ Wherefore I must  
In Chaff and dust  
myself labour & toil  
Give them the price  
Whose sentence wise  
With terms can trick and file   

Go barberouse book, Rustical and rude  
Full unworthy thanks for to have  
whiles of benign gratitude  
Gentle report listithe the to save.  
Nether art thou pure, sincer, or grave  
Confess thy fault, Blush out for shame  
Thy wits are past●hy, terms out of fram.    

MDXLVI  
Cum privilegio ad imprimendum solum.