A Brief CRONOLOGY of GREAT BRITAIN, From the first discoveries of this Isle, through the several Conquests of the ROMANS, SAXONS, DANES, and NORMANS.  

A Britain   

A ROMAN.   

A SAXON.   

A DANE.   

A NORMAN.   

THe Isle of Great Britain is Bounded on the South with Normandy and France, upon the East with Germany and Denmark, upon the West with Ireland and the Atlantic Ocean, and upon the North with the vast Deucalidon Seas.  
The ancient Government of Great Britain was at first rather after the manner of an aristocraty, that is by certain great Nobles and potent men, or Petty Kings, so Caesar himself found the state of Britain.  
The Glorious Romans that were become Lords of the world, were the first that set foot with displayed Ensign for the Conquest of Britain, and the first that Assayed this was Julius Caesar from the coasts of Gallia. But this Jewel which was so much desired and had been kept with as great Care, after 500 years' claim was now laid at stake to the that could win it, and thus was Britain abandoned by the Romans.  
The next Actors upon Britain's stage were the Saxons, a People of Germany fierce, bold, and irreligious, these infested the coasts of Britain by Piracies.  
But Britain being through Tumultuous uproars much wasted by the Scots and Picts Ancient Enemies, and albeit the stone wall that was raised athwart the whole continent to impeach their inroads, yet that availed little, their assaults were so great whereupon the Saxons were sent for, and in their first service freed the Britains from those raging Picts, and undertook the Lands defence, and the inhabitants consented to maintain the charge which was received thankfully whilst it was giving only; for they emptied faster than the Britains could fill, and ever complained they had not enough, till at last by surprise they got the whole possession, and then was the British Isle divided into an heptarchy, or of one Imperial Crown they had seven Diadems to adorn their own heads; which were not long worn, without intestine wars, each striving to in large his own.  
But Egbert forbade the Islands old name, and commanded these Provinces to be called Anglia. Yet almost as soon as this was accomplished, a savage Nation the Danes succeed, which endeavoured all they could to impoverish where they had possession for five and twenty years. These Danes were a People descended from the Scythians, as Andrew Velley a Danish Writer reporteth but Dudo of Saint Quintin will have them come from Scandia an Island situate Northward, not far from the continent of Denmark.  
The Normans a people fierce and valorous; William the Bastard, won the English Crown from King Harrolld, that held it in a bloody field at battle in Sussex. And by changing laws, disinheriting of Nobles, and bestowing the Lands revenues upon his, he laid the foundation of a glorious Monarchy; His two younger successively wearing it, to the prejudice of their elder; Stephen having no right, but such as intruders pretend.  
But Henry Plantagenet placed on the Throne. 331 years taken up in the Reigns of 14 Kings of his line; but these branches were torn down by homebred broils, till Teuder of Lancaster with Plantagenet of York, gave them sap by marriage, whereby the long dead stem began to bud forth, and five renowned Princes of that name succeeded.  
The first of them, the richest and wisest King of this Western world; viz. Henry 7.  
The second, the wonder of the Papal Authority; Henry 8.  
The third, the hopefullest in pious actions; Edward 6.  
The fourth, fervent for Rome's Religion; Queen Mary.  
The fifth renowned, Queen Elizabeth; under whose Reigns one hundred and sixteen years did completely run.  
And from her in the person of one sovereign, Britain returned again to the old Britains, and to her old name, viz. King James.   

Brief observitions upon the untimely ends of the Roman Emperors.  
SOme slew themselves, as did Nero and oath; some were smothered to death, as was Tiberius; some poisoned by their Wives, as Claudius and Commodus; some torn in pieces by their own Subjects and soldiers, as Vitellius, Heliogabalus, Pupienus and Balbinous; some stabbed by them they most trusted, as Caligula, Domitian, Didius, Gallienus, and many others; some tumultuously murdered, as Pertinax, Severus, Maximius, Aemilius, and Probus; some slain in battle and defence of their titles, as Macrinus and Gallus; some hanged themselves, as Gordianus and Maximianus did; some drowned and swallowed up, as Decius and Maxentius were, some slain by a Thunder bolt from Heaven, as Carus was; some died in most miserable captivity, as Valerianus did, whose skin was flayed off, he yet alive; some cut their own veins and bled to death, as Quiutillius and Florianus did; some dying mad, as Dioclesian did; some few (and them favouring Christians) died in their beds.   

Several memorable passages worthy observation.  
THe continuance of the Roman Monarchies was but little above five hundred years.  
And the state of God's own peculiar people, from the promise to Abraham and giving of the Law, was four hundred and thirty years, Gal. 3. 17.  
And from Israel's departure out of Egypt until the building of Solomon's Temple, were four hundred and eighty years.  
And from the anointing of David the first King set upon Judah's Throne, unto the death of Zedekiah the last King thereof, slain by Nabuchadnezzar, and the holy Temple consumed by fire, were four hundred and seventy years.  
And other politic States have stood much upon the like space of time. The Kingdom of Athens, set up by Cecrops the first King thereof, unto Codrus the last, is said to continue four hundred and ninety years.  
The lacedaemonians state from Lycurgus their law giver, until Alexander the great, that overthrew it, flourished four hundred ninety one years.  
From the expulsion of Rome's Kings under Tarqvinius unto the affected Empire in Julius Caesar, were four hundred ninety and nine years.  
And from Caesar's first Invasion of Britain, unto the days of Valentinian the third, wherein the Romans did quite abandon it, were five hundred years.  
From the Saxons Intrusions and division of this Realm, into an Heptarchy under their government, until the united Monarchy made by King Egbert, were four hundred sixty nine years.  
And from the Normans Conquest, unto the death of Queen Elizabeth, when began again the name of great Britain, and the union of the whole Island to be brought into one entire Monarchy by the entrance of King James, are five hundred thirty six years, which so continued until the 25. year of the Reign of Charles where that line is extinct.    

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