Albions England A Continued Historie of the same Kingdome, from the Originals of the first Inhabitants thereof: With most the chiefe Alterations and Accidents theare hapning, vnto, and in the happie Raigne of our now most gracious Soueraigne, Queene Elizabeth: Not barren in varietie of inuentiue and historicall Intermixtures: First penned and published by William Warner: and now reuised, and newly inlarged by the same Author: Whereunto is also newly added an Epitome of the whole Historie of England |
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CHAP. XLIIII.
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CHAP. XLIIII.
Before we toucht (and little els) what Courses hapt at home,
But now, in few, at forren Acts of Natiue Kings we rome:
Of Brittish and of English Kings, more famous than the rest,
This sparing Catalogue ensewes, whose deedes we thus digest.
But now, in few, at forren Acts of Natiue Kings we rome:
Of Brittish and of English Kings, more famous than the rest,
This sparing Catalogue ensewes, whose deedes we thus digest.
Æneas
Off-spring, famous Brute, did set from Greekish thrall
Sixe thousand Phrygian Knights: by him did Guyan Guffer fall:
He conqering this Ile, his Name vnto his Conquest gaue,
And of his Cornish Cambries men couragious yet we haue.
Yorkes Builder, Ebranke, that subdu'd the Cimbrians and the Gawles,
And built the best of Scottish Townes, and next in our number fals.
When Brennus and Belynus had Eight spacious Kingdomes wonne,
Had slaine two Consuls, sacked Rome, and matchles Armes had done,
And built ten Cities, better feird in Italy this day,
Those Kingly Brothers, as must all, their debt to Nature pay.
Gurguinus slew the Dacian King, wonne Tribute, and the same
Gaue Spanish Exiles Ireland, whence our Scottish Nation came.
Cassibelæne did twice beate backe from Brittish Seas and Shore
The worthie Cæsar, that but then was victor euermore:
And thirdly had preuailed but for Luds reuolted Sonne,
When as braue Nennius hand to hand of Cæsar honor wonne.
Guydar and Aruiragus wonne of Claudius Cæsar spoyle:
The former in a second Field did stout Vaspasian foyle.
When as the wandring Scots and Picthts King Marius had subdude,
He gaue the Liuers dwellings, lesse than where they since intru'de.
Constantius, wedding Coyls heyre, was Monarke of the West,
Who, with this Ilands Scepter, of Romes Empire was possest.
Great Constantine, that worthely a Worthie might be said,
The Brittish Romaine Emperour, through out the world obayd,
He made his Siege Bizantium, that retaines his name ere since,
And made (but so vnwitting marde) the Priest of Rome a Prince.
Maximian as Emperiall and as valerous as any,
With Brittish armour did subdue both Kings and Kingdomes many.
What speake we of great Arthur, of his Chiualrie or Court?
Precelling all, sole President of vertue prow's and port,
A King of many Kings, his Knights in all Exploits were seene,
He was in deede a Worthie, and the Worthiest of the Neene.
Fiue Crownes King Malgo prized. And in Battels fiftie fiue
Against the Miscreants valiantly did King Alured thriue:
Rollo (whose Seede should conquer vs) he hence did brauely beate:
That, mauger Fraunce, in Normandie his Scythian Troopes did seate.
He that re-monarchiz'd our Ile King Athelstone did slay
Sixe Kings, twelue Dukes, and countlesse tale of Heathen in one day:
The one of Nyne, his Knight Sir Guy, we toucht but by the way.
Omitting other Kings and Knights, too long in few to say,
Of Brittish race and many, and of Saxon Princes some,
Whose blood by Normaine Mixture now is tripartite become.
Or (For, perhaps, from such Consort the Brutes seruice will be)
Three blended blouds of Nations three hath giuen vs Natures three,
The Saxon prowesse, Danish pompe, and Normaine Pollicee:
And of the Romanes and the Picths we are no portion small:
Foure of which Nations Scythia bred, we thriuing in them all.
Sixe thousand Phrygian Knights: by him did Guyan Guffer fall:
He conqering this Ile, his Name vnto his Conquest gaue,
And of his Cornish Cambries men couragious yet we haue.
Yorkes Builder, Ebranke, that subdu'd the Cimbrians and the Gawles,
And built the best of Scottish Townes, and next in our number fals.
When Brennus and Belynus had Eight spacious Kingdomes wonne,
Had slaine two Consuls, sacked Rome, and matchles Armes had done,
And built ten Cities, better feird in Italy this day,
Those Kingly Brothers, as must all, their debt to Nature pay.
Gurguinus slew the Dacian King, wonne Tribute, and the same
Gaue Spanish Exiles Ireland, whence our Scottish Nation came.
Cassibelæne did twice beate backe from Brittish Seas and Shore
The worthie Cæsar, that but then was victor euermore:
And thirdly had preuailed but for Luds reuolted Sonne,
When as braue Nennius hand to hand of Cæsar honor wonne.
Guydar and Aruiragus wonne of Claudius Cæsar spoyle:
The former in a second Field did stout Vaspasian foyle.
When as the wandring Scots and Picthts King Marius had subdude,
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Constantius, wedding Coyls heyre, was Monarke of the West,
Who, with this Ilands Scepter, of Romes Empire was possest.
Great Constantine, that worthely a Worthie might be said,
The Brittish Romaine Emperour, through out the world obayd,
He made his Siege Bizantium, that retaines his name ere since,
And made (but so vnwitting marde) the Priest of Rome a Prince.
Maximian as Emperiall and as valerous as any,
With Brittish armour did subdue both Kings and Kingdomes many.
What speake we of great Arthur, of his Chiualrie or Court?
Precelling all, sole President of vertue prow's and port,
A King of many Kings, his Knights in all Exploits were seene,
He was in deede a Worthie, and the Worthiest of the Neene.
Fiue Crownes King Malgo prized. And in Battels fiftie fiue
Against the Miscreants valiantly did King Alured thriue:
Rollo (whose Seede should conquer vs) he hence did brauely beate:
That, mauger Fraunce, in Normandie his Scythian Troopes did seate.
He that re-monarchiz'd our Ile King Athelstone did slay
Sixe Kings, twelue Dukes, and countlesse tale of Heathen in one day:
The one of Nyne, his Knight Sir Guy, we toucht but by the way.
Omitting other Kings and Knights, too long in few to say,
Of Brittish race and many, and of Saxon Princes some,
Whose blood by Normaine Mixture now is tripartite become.
Or (For, perhaps, from such Consort the Brutes seruice will be)
Three blended blouds of Nations three hath giuen vs Natures three,
The Saxon prowesse, Danish pompe, and Normaine Pollicee:
And of the Romanes and the Picths we are no portion small:
Foure of which Nations Scythia bred, we thriuing in them all.
King
William, Englands Conquerour, from Rolla sixt, with pray
Of twice fiue hundred Townes in Fraunce vn-so-met sayld away.
Henry the second, vpon whom the Scotch-King tendant was,
(Which Scots their often ouerthrowes we henceforth ouerpasse,
Who to our Kings, Lords Parramounts, not warres but vprores bring)
Spoylde France, wonne Ireland, and deceast of Iuda chosen King.
Next Lyon-harted Richard he wonne Cypris, Syria, and
Ierusalem, debelling quite the Sowldan from his Land:
He skalde the strong AEgyptian Oste, and king'd his Sisters sonne,
And plagued Fraunce and Austrich for the wrongs they had him don.
First Edward made the Turkes, Sauoies the French, & Flemings trēble.
The third so nam'd to them and moe did Mars himselfe resemble:
Whose Knights, in 2. Richards dayes, so tickled France, and Spaine,
And parts Lugdinian, that no King but Richard seem'd to raine:
Ten thousand were his houshold: Scotch digests we here disdayne.
The fourth and fifth of Henries were as actious as the rest:
Especially the latter was the formost with the best.
Nor yeat Fourth Edwards honor from his Ancestors digrest.
On these doo vulgar Eares and Eyes so brimly waite and gaze,
As they distaske our priuate Penne notorious Laudes to blaze.
Our Catalogue omitteth some for Artes and Iustice good,
Some natur'de well, aduised ill, some worthie Lœthe flood.
Not one fore-cited but deserues at least an Homers Muse,
Although with Agamemnons Vaile Apelles shift I vse:
But colours to that Painter, Art vnto that Poet none
So good, to paint and prayse at ful our following Crowns, saue one,
Since Tuders Seede, Henry the Seauenth, ariued Englands Throne.
Of twice fiue hundred Townes in Fraunce vn-so-met sayld away.
Henry the second, vpon whom the Scotch-King tendant was,
(Which Scots their often ouerthrowes we henceforth ouerpasse,
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Spoylde France, wonne Ireland, and deceast of Iuda chosen King.
Next Lyon-harted Richard he wonne Cypris, Syria, and
Ierusalem, debelling quite the Sowldan from his Land:
He skalde the strong AEgyptian Oste, and king'd his Sisters sonne,
And plagued Fraunce and Austrich for the wrongs they had him don.
First Edward made the Turkes, Sauoies the French, & Flemings trēble.
The third so nam'd to them and moe did Mars himselfe resemble:
Whose Knights, in 2. Richards dayes, so tickled France, and Spaine,
And parts Lugdinian, that no King but Richard seem'd to raine:
Ten thousand were his houshold: Scotch digests we here disdayne.
The fourth and fifth of Henries were as actious as the rest:
Especially the latter was the formost with the best.
Nor yeat Fourth Edwards honor from his Ancestors digrest.
On these doo vulgar Eares and Eyes so brimly waite and gaze,
As they distaske our priuate Penne notorious Laudes to blaze.
Our Catalogue omitteth some for Artes and Iustice good,
Some natur'de well, aduised ill, some worthie Lœthe flood.
Not one fore-cited but deserues at least an Homers Muse,
Although with Agamemnons Vaile Apelles shift I vse:
But colours to that Painter, Art vnto that Poet none
So good, to paint and prayse at ful our following Crowns, saue one,
Since Tuders Seede, Henry the Seauenth, ariued Englands Throne.
Nor superstitiously I speake, but H. the letter still
Might be obserued ominous to Englands good or ill.
First, Hercules, Hesione, and Hellen were the cause
Of warre to Troy, AEneas Seede becomming so Out-lawes.
Humbar the Hunn with forren Armes did first the Brutes inuaide.
Hellen to Romes Emperiall Throne the Brittish Crowne conuaide.
Hengest and Horsus first did plant the Saxons in this Ile.
Hungar and Hubba first brought Danes that swayed heere long while.
At Harold had the Saxon ende: at Har diknought, the Dane,
Henries the first and second did restore the English Raine.
Fourth Henrie first to Lancaster did Englands Crowne obtaine.
Seauenth Henrie iarring Lancaster and Yorke vnites in peace.
Henrie the Eight did happely Romes Irreligion cease:
The Father of our Mother Nurse, our common Ioyes increase.
Which double H. and H. H. here our homely Poemes Lee,
He saue that salueth all our sinnes: And, God, voutsafe thou me
A prosperous Course in sayling through the Ocean deepe and large
Of her now-Highnes Scepter, for I heere assume that Charge.
Might be obserued ominous to Englands good or ill.
First, Hercules, Hesione, and Hellen were the cause
Of warre to Troy, AEneas Seede becomming so Out-lawes.
Humbar the Hunn with forren Armes did first the Brutes inuaide.
Hellen to Romes Emperiall Throne the Brittish Crowne conuaide.
Hengest and Horsus first did plant the Saxons in this Ile.
Hungar and Hubba first brought Danes that swayed heere long while.
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Henries the first and second did restore the English Raine.
Fourth Henrie first to Lancaster did Englands Crowne obtaine.
Seauenth Henrie iarring Lancaster and Yorke vnites in peace.
Henrie the Eight did happely Romes Irreligion cease:
The Father of our Mother Nurse, our common Ioyes increase.
Which double H. and H. H. here our homely Poemes Lee,
He saue that salueth all our sinnes: And, God, voutsafe thou me
A prosperous Course in sayling through the Ocean deepe and large
Of her now-Highnes Scepter, for I heere assume that Charge.
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