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Show : ThefiftBooke of froneriiesandWariances dependitig bettwirt the tos nations .'Deca twas liketwile contented thercivith , Seberebpon twere named on either part foure pers fons, of {uch tvifedome, knotuledge and erperience, as Were thought metett for the ordering of fuch a toefghtie matter. So that by the arbitrement ; atpard and deine of thofe cight perfons authozifen - Thefate ofthe Britains 4 of Gyldas maketh tention, and chancen the fame peate that he twas bome , chic) was in the 44 Gyldas. peate after the firft comming of the Sarons ine tothisland,the peareof Grace 492, € 15 indicion. 2 49.29 bout the fame-tiine Uter departed ontofthis The veceals wlerthe Briti[h kings. fpeciallie of the reignes of the 152th kings that go: petiten Weitaine about that (eafon, Ffo2 as he aftirs Wwithall pilt his people to Aight. There dievot the Writains that date 5000 men, anv the refibue efeas Meth, Aurelius Ambzofius began bis reigne in the ped by fling as well as they might. Jn the firt *peare.of nur 1.022 498,and tuledbut feuen peares, peare after this battell, Stuff and Ciightgar that andthen fucceeded Titer, which reigned 18 peares, Inereneshues to Certicus, came with thee thips, And departedthis life in the peare of our Lor 521. andlanded at Cerficeffo2xd, and oucrthtety a num § Potwithtanding the peenrifles, here.ts to be rez membzed , that thatfoener the 1B2ttith tuzitersbaue xo betpf Wiitaine that cant agatntt then tri Gyber Of battell and {a by the comming of thofe bis nezhues recoded touching the: bicories of this) Citer han as being baliant and harbie capteins, the part of Cevgaint the Sarons, andbolv that Dlca the fonne of ficus becante much ftrovger. About the fame time engit ould be Maine in battell by: him and his Cille hing of the Southfarons departed this life, polver; in thofe oltuatfers thich haverenittrcd the after thoine fuceeded bis fonne Ciffa , of thome Ads of the Guglifh Savon kings Wwe find no {uc fuefind little led in twziting to be made account of, matter. but rather that-atter the pecealle of tens thing tutth the common account of thofe authois , thereto ,aleague was concluded bponcerteine are ticles of agreement, amongit the thtch the chiefett frhome Fabian and other haue follotyrd. 3Fo2 either tue mutt prefuypofe , that Titer reigned before the inas , that the Sarons from thencefwrth thoulo qut- 10 time aypotnted to bim bythe fato anthozs, either elfe that the fiege of Wadon hill twas before he began to etlie iniop all that part of Wzitaine hich lieth fore re(gne, as it foulo féeme ideby that htc) Wil. againk the Almaine feas,the Caine to becalledencr Malmesburie twztteth thereof, as bereatter thall be after Cngifflaund, and ail the reffoue thould rez alfo fhetwed . FFinallie ( according to the agreement maine to the Wzitains as their otwne rightfull and of the Englith writers ) Uter Pendzagon dted by ancient inheritance. Zhusfar Hector Boctius. Sut now to returne buto iter according to that potlon, iben be badgoucrned this tard bp the full terme of 16 pears, ¢ toasafter buried bp bis bother Gi; bis fonne Dicao2,Deca reignedin daent24 Aurelivs at Stoneheng, othertwile called chores Chorea Ge ferour otone biftoxians ; tue find, that khen be bad Gigentum , leaving bis fonne Arthur to fucceed gantum, Danquifhed the Sarons and takentheir tive chtefe: teins prifoners, inprocefie of tinte be fell in foue 2. him. ¢ Berepemnk note that the Scotilh croniWith a verie beautifull ladie called Fqtwarneo2 F Gooing duke gerna , wife to onc Corolus 02 Gorlois vuke of FCopneiwall. Cometwall, the thicy nuke he fluc atlength neve tobts otyne caffell called Diuultoc in Cometwall, tothe end that be might intop the fain ladic, ahome be afterwards maried, and begot on bir that noble bright Arthur, and a daughter named Amie o2 Are ABy that uhicy Polydor Virgil wetteth , it onto ee $2 a a ee fence the 1ritains had bictorie agatntt the Sarons Sarons , the Scots aided them in the fame twartes, and (o liketwife nin the Wids , but the fame chont- the Britains and the Saxons,the Britains are of our Lo2d 459,a8 aboueis fato, Uter Pendzagon began not bis reigne till the peare of our i020 sco 02.8 the fame Hector Boctius faith 503, that bt Came Dotone tuith thetr armie in agderof battell to the nert plaines ; and offering to fight , the battell {was anon begun, which continued from the may mitng Ctl far inthe dap , twrth fach Nanghter, that the Carth on eucric fide flowed thith bloud : but the Sar Ons futteined the greater toe, their tapteins Deca an Dica being both Maine , fo that the Wrttains Hrigdt (deme quite oeliucred of all danger of thofe Srimites: but the fatall nettinie conto not be anode Ded, as dereatter map apeare. And thus twas fhe MADC OF the Saxons at Wanonpilltheres hop Germane toas dead tong before that Titer be whereby itwasinlargeds of the caff,the firft and third of the renotontedpzinee Patricius Arthucus then reigning ouer the Wt: tains. Ibe fain kingdome alfo contetned the coun- The elenenth Chapter. Worletihire, and Cometwall, haning on the eat <i Aambhire,on the nozth the riuerofAhames, andon Diu twill we hyeefelie DIE 40 firtt the kings ofthe Wettfarons had not fo large Ts courte vpon the incidents Nelo) tbich fivit bapened during ay ag the teigne of Gter pendza Le Gol. Wile find that one Porth FL a Saron with bis tivo fons tye felon Y, ROG Megla and Weda came on eas land at Poztefmouth in Sub Whack, MaAbout the beginning of the faid Titers veigne, Soy, MD Que a noble pong man of the Writatns, and mas dominions, but thep dailie Iwan ground bpon the Waltains , andfoin the end bp inlarging their confines, they camtetoiiop all the forefatd countries, and the hole at the laff. Zn the ninth peere of theretgneof Certicns, be efifones fought with the Sarons at Corticelford ar Certicetiord, forefaiv, abere great Aaughter was made on both parts, Dbis Certicefford was in times paft calied Mazalcoyof the late remembzed Rasaleod king of Me other of the meaner forttwith him. DFthis Porth 50 the Weitains. Aboutthis feafon at fundgie times biuers great companies of the Sarons came ouer info Battaine out of Germante , and got poflefion Mek io the comming of the Sarons into this land of the countries of Mercia and Caffangle: butas mon pebiancs Hauenof portefmouth tobethe name, hee me haue thought . Bocoucr, about 40 peares wine eo their leaver Benaitt, one Pasalead, amightie tee fe S Amongt the wWeltains,affembled all the power era: a take to fight with Certicns king of the " €ffarons,tho budverftanding of the great potver IScnimies , required aidof Dica bing of ent, pet thofe of Percia had no one king that gorterisey them, but tuere bnder certeine noble menthat got poffefiton of divers parts in that countrie,bp means tuberof great warres and manie incountersinfned, twifh a common Wwafte of land both arable and bas Cle king of Sutter, and of Worth and bis bitable, abiles cach one being ambittouflie minoed, sg hich iwere latelie before arriued as pe baue 6 € heaping to themfclues {uch powers as thev were Wenies Corticus being then furnithen twit) a con able ta make,by fivm2d anv blounthen chofe rather to . itatmie., ofuived the fameinto tina battels, haute their foxtune derived, than bp reafon to fap Stuing the one to bimfelfe, and the other be ap» ed be ga thanthe other abich Jaentike gouers night et fit bpon Certicus , thinking thatif be reigns tries of Wiltthire, Summerlethire, Warkethire; the fouth and tweff the Deean fea. Wotwbrit, at the twas the fame teberein Germane twas prefent, befaxe pe bane heard: Which feemeth to be mare & Steerable to truth, and toftand alfo twith that whic bolte Beda bath inzitten, touchingthe tinte ef the be: tng berte of the fain Sermane, that the opinion of other, tbich affirme that it tuas in the time of the The Kingdon hingdonie at that tine, thich was (as W. Harifon Noteth)in the pare of Gift 519, ater the builoing pall or continent thereof, the meanes Wess a the ining thigh Certicus te, was of and procuwed the bictozie Wwith the crie of Alleluia, a6 Front that dap forward Cetticus yas reputen ¢ takenforking of Tiictfarons,¢ fo began the fame of wetazona of Rone 1270,0f the worl 4.4.85, of the comming of the Sarons 70, of Fullinus Anicins emperaut the welt Saxons beginneth, the com- gan toreigne. ‘Jn deedfome twziters baue noted, that the third battell hich Mortimer fought againt the Sarons , nie tere faucd. oncthrowen andflaine , the kingdomeof (as before pe baue heard)after trbicy bictorte both refed from troubling etther other for a tinte. he 40 beflaine : after tuhofe beceatle the Sarons o2detned Saxons as it tere aftonied with that prefont miras bisfonne named alfo Deca to fucceedin bis place, cle, ¢the Wrttains not following thetr gad fuecetfe, bo to make bimeife ftrong againft all bis env Thortlic after fell at vifcom amongtt themfelues 5 mies , fent into Germanie fo, one Colgerne, the Out of Germanic, Lhe Sarons kept themfelues fox Acerteine {pace aloft ypon thebighground , bat in fhe endconftreined through want of bittels , thep fhent by the Sarons, and greater had bene, ifthe night comming on bad not parted them , and foma- Porth the Saxon' arriueth at'Portel _ mouth , warre betweene Naxaleod king of Z With the Sarons, and tocre difcomfited , althougd Deca tn following the cate oucr rathlie chanced to DAGON. Which can notbe,if it be trae that Beda tw teth , touching the time of the death of the fato Gere comfiten ,andgreat Aaughter tas made there of tsnotcerteinlieperteiucy. firming tt Deed that bp the prefence of bithop Ger: mane he obteined bicozie in one battell againt them : but thoztlie after the writains fought agatne fad of the erimics from landing as thould conte 6o mane:foinbere be Departed this life before the peace wigbtgar. Marth.Weft, notety the peare of their *ttalito be 514, Aboutthe peare of our Low 519, andin the peare Henr.Hunt. the fame Dth {ucceeded:, moze refembling their fathevthan their grandfather 02, greatiqrandfather., Goiheir reignes are aTignedfittie and theeepeares bp the chronicles : but abether thep reignen fointtic togither, 02 fenerallie ¢ apart either after other, tt cles bow not onelic barie from the Weitith writers in accountof peares , but alfo in the o2der of things done, as in the fame dyonicles moze plainelie map appeare, ¢namelie in the difcourfe of the accidents hbich chanced during the reigne of this Liter. 02 tolwards the place, and befieged it on eucrie fide . Khep alfo laie the fea coatts tall of fouldiers,te kaepe *" fibole death bis forme Di, and Iemenribe forme to 20 tains fonghf with Lerticus and his fonne Tenrike ons. at Certicelfordjobhere the capteins of the Waitains fwd to it manfaliie: but in the end thep were dif cles declare, that in all the tyarres fo; the moze part Dberein the Writains obteined bicorie againt the irhich finallie brought them to vtter decaie, asatter Labich with a great potwer of Dutchmen came over hall aypeare. Wutthe Saronsdeficous to tpoile'the into this our Weitaine , amd conquered by Decasap Wutains of the tole pofkedion of that part of the pointiment the countrie of Mozthumberland , fituBle tbich thep held whereas thep accounted the ct ate betweene Line and Lined, asin the Dcotith ties and totonesof fall frength to be defended, chronicles map further appeare. thep got them to.an bigh mounteine called anon Altothis ts to be rementbzen, that the bictozie which Dill, bleh Polydor fuppofeth to be Wlackamore 5° Was got againi the Sarons by the Writains, at that lieth néere to the twater of Theife , trbicy vin' that time Germane bithop of Aurerre was pre' Beth the bithopzihe of Hurbamfrom Vorkethire , fent ‘He&orBoetius affirmeth (bp anthozttie of Vcbauing at the mouth thereof an banen met to reo remondthat tmotethe Scotith chronicles ) to baue Feitic uch hips as come ont of Germanic , from chanced the fecond time of bis comming ouct into fabertce the Sarons lwked fo, aid, bauing alreapte this land; abere Beda anonebeth it to be at-bis firtt fent thither for the fante, being beere . Againe the fante Boctius waiteth, that Khe Wrtains being thereof abuertifen,made batt the faune vicozie chanced tn the Daiesof Titer Per thzo%ne. yah wet. Henr. Hunt. Stuftand 2utams oafter the comming of the Sarons 71, thich was in nerthzowne the 26 peare of the emperour Anaftalius, the 12 bp the syap- peates pdefending: bis bingdome onclic,, and not fieking fo inlarge tt:(ag before ts:tonchen. ) After na, Deca and Dicaefcaping alloont of pifon atten bled efffones a potver of Sarons , and made twarre againt the Writains, ubereof Wter hauing avuers 30 khereas the Wzitifh hiltorics, as pe hauc heard, at: tifement prepared to refift them , and.finallie ent tribute great paife onto the fame UWter for bis vice bimfelfe in perfon againi them, aud at faint Ab tozies atchiued againt the Sarons and thetr bing bans(as fome tuzite) gaue them battell, and fue Deca, shome be fluc in battelland obteineda great them both in the field, bidozic , the Scotith toziters make other report, af: feenre that Cermanethe bithop of Aurerre cametv to Wzltaine inthe dates of this Uter , by trhofe pres 89 all fp to fuccour bis father , and rufhing im a2 niongtt the Wztfains on their backs, he byake their Che wWatarmis in peeces, and {ine their bing Pasateop, and ea sage pucof Hedtor Boetius bts boke, touching the tine q Giter 33ere life ( faith Polydor) fo that this account agreeth no- of byagon, foe find in the 3B;ttith hiffories, ard to proceed af: the hiftorie ofEngland. teigneof Giter. be lilte ts to be foii the refi: Oto bis fonne Kenrike. wing Pasaleod per: oot, eee that part of the enimiesarmie, be - fafilie ouercome the other . Werebpon be terie ane fierce charge bpon that ting, that by Secon, be opened the fame, and fo ouerthzeto the them as On that fide, making great Slaughter of ting ‘Dep were fcatteren.. Cbich maner of Deas Henrie fat, he made forvard twith pelle the rageof thetr onrulie affections. Jfo2 fach isthe nature of meningoucrnement, thether thep be intereffed to it by fucrefiton, 02 pofleffen of it by bfurpation,o2 placed init bp tatpfull conftitution, (onileffe they be guided by fome fupernaturall im fluence of biuineconceit) if thep be moze than one, they cannot atvap with equalitic, for regiment ad; mitteth no companion:but eucric one {eketh to apvance bimfelfe toa fingularttie of honour, bherein be twill not (to die for it) participate ith another, twhich mate eafilie be obferucd in this our fiffozicall bifcourte, iff. The |