The
Preface
,
or
Argument
of
this
POESIE
.
DAmaetas
having
long
beene
a
Wood-man
,
and
observed
the
Natures
and
Properties
of
many
Trees
,
apprehended
some
Mystery
and
peculiar
matter
in
the
Genest
,
more
then
hee
could
attaine
to
,
and
meeting
with
Silenus
,
a
man
of
great
Learning
and
Authority
,
(
for
hee
was
held
a
Prophet
)
exposeth
to
him
his
Conceit
:
Silenus
by
meanes
of
a
late
accident
,
was
well
able
to
instruct
and
resolve
him
:
For
there
had
beene
a
complaint
made
lately
to
Apollo
,
against
certaine
unworthy
fellowes
,
which
presumptuously
tooke
Garlands
off
his
ancient
Tree
the
Laurell
.
He
forthwith
calling
the
Muses
to
Councell
in
Helicon
,
established
Ordinances
for
the
due
wearing
of
that
,
and
all
other
Garlands
:
And
because
the
ancient
Garlands
were
abused
and
prophained
with
common
and
unworthy
use
,
he
made
choyce
of
a
new
Tree
,
(
viz.
)
the
Genest
;
and
instituted
Garlands
thereof
,
giving
them
prerogatives
above
the
rest
,
and
appropriated
them
to
one
imperiall
Family
,
seated
in
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*
Britania
or
Albion
rather
;
vide
Stanz.
13
,
and
is
taken
out
of
Orpheus
in
his
Argonaunt
,
where
Master
Camden
rather
readeth
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
,
then
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
.
Albion
,
or
Alba
,
rather
then
Pinaria
.
Leucëëssa
;
with
expresse
defence
,
that
none
else
should
weare
them
;
that
not
all
the
Princes
of
this
Family
should
weare
Garlands
hereof
:
but
some
a
Chappelet
,
and
some
onely
a
branch
,
or
Plant
;
the
compleate
Garland
reserved
for
his
favorite
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*
Sub
Daphnis
quod
nomen
in
hac
Ecloga
datus
S.R.
Carolo
,
sicut
Julio
Caesari
olim
in
Ecloga
5.
Virg.
à
Pastoribus
.
Daphnis
.
After
Silenus
declareth
more
particularly
,
who
,
and
what
these
royall
Worthies
were
.
Beginning
with
the
great
Henry
,
sonne
of
the
Empresse
Matilda
,
(
the
first
King
of
this
Iland
,
surnamed
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*
Plantagenet
from
Planta-Genistae
,
so
call'd
(
as
some
say
)
for
wearing
a
slip
or
stalk
of
broom
in
his
cap
or
hat
,
who
write
that
toward
his
latter
days
in
penance
&
contrition
for
his
past
sins
,
he
undertook
to
goe
to
the
Holy
Sepulcher
,
in
the
poore
and
despised
habit
of
a
Broome-man
,
and
to
signifie
himselfe
so
,
bore
a
broom-stalk
in
his
cap
:
as
I
have
read
of
other
Princes
,
who
in
great
penitece
&
humblenes
for
their
sins
,
&
for
their
better
privacy
&
security
,
have
travail'd
thither
like
Carpenters
Joyners
,
&
other
poore
mechanicke
Tradesmen
,
wearing
in
the
same
kind
somebadge
of
the
trade
they
seemed
to
professe
.
Others
say
,
it
was
because
he
scourged
himselfe
with
the
stalks
of
broom
,
which
grew
upon
the
Plaines
where
once
the
holy
City
stood
:
But
I
shal
expresse
this
occasion
more
amply
in
another
place
.
He
was
also
surnamed
Courtmantle
.
Plantagenet
)
and
so
deducing
a
Geneologie
from
him
,
through
his
Royall
posterity
,
to
our
present
Sacred
Soveraigne
Charles
,
his
now
Heire
,
whom
hee
Crowneth
with
this
Polyanthine
Garland
,
&c.
In
whose
Sacred
Person
are
joyntly
met
and
coalesced
,
the
Royall
bloods
,
Titles
,
and
Interests
not
onely
of
great
Britaine
,
but
also
of
France
,
and
Ireland
.
For
Scotland
,
the
Crowne
and
Scepter
thereof
,
(
missa
per
innumeros
avos
)
all
men
acknowledge
his
ancient
right
therein
.
And
his
Majesties
Title
to
Ireland
,
will
be
manifest
in
the
Genealogy
herein
deduced
from
the
Great
Plantagenet
King
Henry
the
second
,
the
first
English
Prince
of
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*
Lyonell
Planta
Duke
of
Clarence
,
3
Son
of
K.
Edw.
3.
married
Eliz.
Daughter
and
Heire
of
Will
.
Mure-Burk
.
Earle
of
Vlster
,
Lord
of
Conacht
,
from
whom
the
Dukes
of
York
are
descended
.
Camden
in
Hiber
.
Ireland
,
and
from
his
Heroicall
posterity
,
(
as
well
Marches
as
others
)
who
have
beene
continually
seized
thereof
untill
this
day
.
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*
His
Maiesties
Title
to
France
,
see
it
more
at
large
in
the
Argument
.
So
likewise
his
title
to
the
crowne
of
France
,
sheweth
it selfe
cleerely
,
in
the
ancient
possessions
of
these
royall
Plantagenets
here
presented
.
His
Majesties
Progenitors
first
Dukes
of
Normandy
,
then
of
Aquitaine
;
Earles
of
Poictou
,
of
Aniou
,
of
Maine
,
of
Touraine
,
and
of
Britaine
;
and
after
Angolesme
,
and
lastly
Kings
of
all
France
,
in
the
right
of
Vide
Iohn
Froissard
Tom.
3.
Isabell
,
or
Elizabeth
,
sole
Daughter
,
and
Heire
of
Philip
le
bell
,
King
of
France
,
Mother
of
King
Edward
the
third
,
who
made
a
most
renowned
and
happy
entry
upon
that
his
Royall
inheritance
:
And
he
,
his
great
Heires
were
not
onely
Titular
Lords
,
but
also
Actuall
possessors
of
France
many
yeares
;
and
yet
to
this
day
(
in
token
of
that
ancient
right
)
have
seisin
of
a
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*
Gersey
,
Gernesey
,
Alderney
,
&c.
are
parcels
of
Normandy
,
&
so
consequently
of
France
;
yet
possessed
by
the
King
of
England
.
part
of
that
Kingdome
,
notwithstanding
that
counterfeit-heathnish
law
Salica
,
maintained
by
al
the
power
of
France
many
ages
against
them
.
His
Majesties
title
and
descent
from
the
ancient
Kings
of
Great
Britaine
,
(
and
which
is
least
knowne
)
may
thus
readily
be
derived
.
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*
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*
His
Majesties
Title
from
the
British
Kings
.
The
Welch
Bardes
,
as
also
our
best
Heralds
,
Record
that
Edneuet
Vachan
,
Lord
of
Bransencle
,
and
chiefe
Justice
of
Wales
,
and
bare
to
him
a
sonne
called
Tedor
,
Tedor
had
Grono
,
Grono
had
Tedor
,
Tedor
had
Meredith
,
Meredith
had
Owen
;
which
Owen
married
Katherine
,
(
Widdow
of
King
Henry
5
,
and
Daughter
of
the
French
King
Charles
the
sixt
)
by
whom
he
had
Edmond
,
created
Earle
of
Richmont
,
by
King
Hen.
6.
his
Brother
Vterine
:
And
this
Edmond
was
father
of
King
Hen.
7
,
who
was
Father
of
Queene
Margaret
his
Majesties
great
Grandmother
.
And
lastly
,
to
finish
his
Majesties
Titles
to
all
those
Diadems
mentioned
in
this
Poësie
,
But
it
may
be
objected
,
why
I
derive
not
his
Title
and
Genealogie
from
some
of
the
ancient
Monarchs
of
this
Isle
Britons
,
or
Saxons
,
or
at
the
least
from
K.
William
the
Conqueror
,
I
must
answere
,
that
to
have
chosen
any
of
the
most
ancient
Kings
,
I
must
have
looked
so
farre
backe
as
I
should
not
onely
have
beene
too
tedious
,
but
also
lost
my selfe
in
obscure
wayes
,
(
as
they
know
,
which
know
what
our
ancient
Stories
bee
.
But
as
for
William
the
Conquerour
,
there
bee
many
reasons
why
I
should
not
begin
with
him
;
(
although
I
goe
as
neare
him
as
his
Sonnes
Daughter
)
for
first
he
was
a
Bastard
,
Vide
Lib.
5.
Stephani
Cadomensis
de
Gulielmo
Conquestore
editum
,
An.
Dom.
1603.
and
yet
not
that
of
the
blood
Royall
of
England
)
his
chiefe
Title
to
the
Crowne
,
being
but
violence
,
and
his
Sword
,
as
he
confessed
with
remorse
of
conscience
,
at
his
Death
.
Secondly
,
he
was
never
possessed
of
one
halfe
of
Britaine
;
for
hee
had
neither
Scotland
,
nor
Wales
,
and
in
Ireland
not
one
foote
.
Furthermore
Girard
Du.
Haillan
,
and
other
French
Antiquaries
according
to
their
Salike
Heraldry
,
say
that
his
line
ended
in
his
Sonne
King
Hen.
1.
(
La
famille
se
cotinuè
es
masles
,
et
se
finist
aux
filles
)
and
yet
Du.
Haillan
(
notwithstanding
or
forgetting
this
)
affirmeth
in
another
place
:
that
the
race
of
the
Kings
of
England
,
issued
out
of
the
house
of
Aniow
,
(
viz.
)
from
our
great
Henry
,
and
his
ancestours
,
continueth
untill
this
day
;
from
whom
there
be
many
reasons
on
the
other
side
,
why
I
should
deduce
the
Genealogies
of
our
Kings
passed
,
Malcolm
,
lib.
2.
Cap.
20.
the
Empresse
,
Daughter
and
Heire
to
King
Henry
the
first
by
Matilda
Bona
,
Daughter
of
King
Malcolm
Canmoir
,
and
of
Margaret
his
wife
,
who
was
the
Daughter
of
Edward
Exul
,
the
Saxon
Prince
,
the
Sonne
of
Edmund
Ironside
,
King
of
England
,
Anno
Dom.
1016.
This
Edmund
was
Sonne
and
Heire
to
King
Etheldred
,
who
in
ancient
Charters
is
written
Totius
Britanniae
Rex
,
(
quod
nota
)
because
an
Anonymus
in
a
little
booke
dedicated
to
King
Iames
,
affirmeth
that
never
any
Prince
was
King
of
this
whole
Isle
untill
then
;
but
hee
is
deceived
;
(
for
besides
Constantius
Chlorus
and
his
Sonne
our
Country-man
,
Constantine
the
great
,
Constans
,
Aurelius
Ambrosius
,
Vter
,
and
others
;
(
which
were
Lords
of
all
great
Britaine
)
Edgar
also
,
the
Father
of
this
King
Etheldred
,
was
absolute
Monarch
of
this
Island
,
and
so
puissant
in
forces
both
by
Land
and
Sea
,
as
he
was
surnamed
the
Great
,
and
was
styled
Totius
Albionis
Basileus
,
&
Anglici
Orbis
Basileus
,
(
as
G.
Malmsburiensis
&
Florentius
Wigorniensis
witnesse
:
Anglica
,
Ioan.
Salisb.
in
Policratico
.
Whereupon
(
to
note
also
by
the
way
)
some
thinke
that
the
word
Anglia
was
sometimes
used
for
the
whole
Isle
,
and
which
Ion
Lidgate
disertly
assevereth
in
King
Arthurs
complaint
,
in
these
words
:
Great
Britaine
now
called
England
;
and
so
likewise
doth
Geoffry
Chaucer
in
the
Franklins
tale
,
viz.
Ranulfus
Higeden
in
Polichronic
.
in
England
,
that
Clepid
was
Britaine
,
and
Ranulphus
Cestrensis
,
a
graver
Authour
,
peremptorily
affirmeth
,
that
King
Egbert
after
his
Conquests
ordayned
,
and
commanded
that
the
Saxons
and
Iutes
should
be
called
Angles
,
and
this
Britaine
should
be
called
England
;
but
I
leave
this
to
be
discussed
by
Antiquaries
.
And
to
returne
to
the
ancient
Saxon
Kings
Progenitors
of
this
Henry
,
and
also
possessors
of
the
whole
Isle
,
it
is
to
be
shewed
(
for
the
better
confirmation
of
that
,
which
hath
beene
said
against
the
opinion
of
the
Anonymus
)
in
diuers
ancient
Records
,
and
Charters
of
Donations
of
these
Kings
to
Monasteries
,
and
to
Cathedrall
Churches
,
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*
Ephoca
.
Ego
Athelstanus
Rex
Anglorum
Dominicae
Incarnationis
,
DCCCCXXX
.
Regni
verò
mihi
gratis
Commissi
vj.
Indictione
iij.
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*
Ephoca
.
Epacta
xviij
.
Concurrente
iiij
.
Nonis
Mensis
Aprilis
iij.
Lunae
rotigerae
vagationis
,
i.
per
ejusdem
omni-patrantis
dextram
totius
Britanniae
regium
solio
sublimatus
,
&c.
Ego
Edmundus
Rex
Anglorum
,
caeterarumquègentium
in
circuitu
persistentium
Gubernator
&
Rector
Anno
Domini
945.
Ego
Edredus
,
Edgar
Ingulf
,
Rex
terrenus
sub
Imperiali
potentia
Regis
saeculorum
,
aeterniquè
Principis
,
magnae
Britaniae
,
temporale
gerens
imperium
,
&c.
Anno
Domini
148.
Ego
Edgarus
totius
Albionis
Monarcha
,
&c.
An.
Dom.
966.
and
in
another
;
Ego
Edgarus
totius
Albionis
,
finiti-morumque
regnum
Basileus
,
An.
Domini
974.
These
three
last
styles
hath
Ingulfus
Abbot
of
Croyland
transcribed
by
him
,
from
the
Charters
of
the
Monastery
:
and
the
other
two
before
going
,
are
copied
out
of
the
Records
of
Chichester
Cathedrall
Church
,
as
also
these
three
next
following
.
Ego
Eadwis
Basileon
totius
Albionis
,
Eadger
.
Asser
in
Histo.
de
Gestis
Ealfridi
.
&c.
Anno
Domini
Dcccc.
Lvj.
Imperij
antem
i.
And
in
another
place
;
Ego
Edwin
Rex
gentium
Albionis
,
&c.
And
in
the
date
of
a
Charter
of
Bishop
Brighthelmus
Anno
secundo
imperij
Edwin
totius
Albionis
Insulae
imperantis
;
there
is
also
(
in
Asser
Meneuensis
)
Aelured
,
or
Aelfred
a
more
ancient
Saxon
King
then
these
written
:
Omnium
Britanium
Insulae
Christianorum
Rector
,
An.
Dom.
872.
And
Edward
(
surnamed
Pius
and
Confessor
)
was
from
the
yeare
of
our
Lord
1050.
King
of
this
whole
Ile
,
(
if
there
be
any
credit
to
be
given
to
our
Stories
)
&
was
styled
Rex
Albionis
,
Iohn
Twin
avoweth
out
of
his
Charters
given
to
the
Abby
of
Abington
;
and
that
same
King
Etheldred
before
cited
,
was
styled
in
the
Charters
of
Glastonbury
,
Etheldred
Anglicae
nationis
,
caeterarumque
gentium
triniatim
intra
ambitum
Britan.
Insulae
degentium
,
&c.
Basileus
,
and
another
King
in
old
inscription
Britinniae
Anax
;
and
many
such
more
which
were
too
long
to
recite
.
And
some
Kings
of
the
Norman
race
,
(
which
is
more
rare
)
have
beene
so
styled
:
For
the
Lord
Bishop
of
Bristow
voucheth
a
Coine
of
King
Iohn
,
wherein
is
stamped
Ioannes
,
Henry
Plantagenets
Empire
extended
beyond
the
bounds
of
the
Britanish
world
;
and
his
greatnesse
so
farre
exceeded
all
other
Kings
his
Ancestours
,
that
hee
was
styled
Maximus
Britaniae
Regum
,
as
I
will
shew
by
and
by
,
and
by
good
right
,
Geoffry
le
Bel
,
Earle
of
them
all
:
He
swayed
in
little
Britaine
,
which
authority
he
acquired
partly
by
the
Marriage
of
Const.
daughter
and
heire
of
Conan
,
Earle
of
Brita
.
with
his
third
sonne
Geoffry
,
Earle
of
Richmond
,
but
chiefly
by
his
Sword
;
as
it
appeareth
by
Gu.
As
for
those
parts
and
parties
in
this
our
Great
Britaine
,
viz.
of
England
,
Scotland
,
and
Wales
,
which
did
not
acknowledge
his
Soveraignty
)
he
reduced
them
in
good
time
,
to
the
ancient
subjection
and
obedience
which
they
owed
to
the
British
and
Saxon
Kings
,
his
Progenitors
.
The
Welch-men
in
their
Stories
acknowledge
this
;
but
for
the
other
,
(
if
any
doubt
be
made
)
G.
Neuburgensis
(
veridicus
Autor
,
as
Polidore
Virgill
observeth
him
)
will
thus
satisfie
him
,
speaking
of
this
King
Henry
,
and
of
David
K.
of
Scots
,
his
prisoner
,
being
then
both
at
Yorke
,
Occurrit
ei
Rex
Scotorum
cum
universis
Regni
nobilibus
,
qui
omnes
in
Ecclesia
beatissimi
Apostolorum
Principis
,
Regi
Angliae
,
tanquam
principall
Domino
hominum
cum
Ligeantia
,
(
id
est
)
solemni
cautione
standi
cum
eo
,
&
pro
eo
contra
omnes
homines
(
Rege
proprio
praecipiente
)
fecerunt
;
ipse
quoquè
Rex
Scotorum
coram
universa
multitudine
nobilium
utriusquè
regni
Regem
Anglorem
modis
solemnibus
Dominum
suum
,
seque
hominem
&
fidelem
eius
declaravit
,
eiquè
tria
praecipua
regni
sui
munimina
(
scilicèt
)
Rokesburke
,
Berwick
,
&
Castellum
puellarum
loco
obsidum
tradidit
,
&c.
But
Iohn
Bishop
of
Chartres
,
maketh
his
Empire
yet
much
greater
,
Giraldus
Cambrensis
did
)
and
then
styleth
him
maximum
Britaniae
Regum
,
and
goeth
further
,
and
compareth
him
to
Alexander
,
and
ascribeth
(
as
some
interpret
)
the
first
discovery
of
the
West-Indies
,
(
which
was
made
by
Madok
a
younger
sonne
of
Owin
Gwineth
,
North-Wales
,
An.
Dom.
1170.
)
to
this
King
,
because
it
was
done
by
his
auspices
:
as
we
may
as
well
also
attribute
to
him
the
redeeming
of
our
great
Arthur
from
the
injurious
imputation
of
a
fabulous
Heros
,
because
he
caused
his
Monument
to
be
sought
out
,
(
which
was
sunke
deepe
into
the
ground
in
the
Isle
of
Aualon
)
by
the
occasion
of
a
Bardes
song
,
D.
Powell
in
the
Hist.
of
the
Princes
of
Wales
.
which
he
heard
in
Pembrooke
:
but
I
will
set
downe
Gyraldus
his
owne
words
,
written
in
manner
of
a
Panegyrick
,
to
this
King
elegant
enough
for
those
times
:
Sil.
Giraldus
in
Tepographia
Hiberniae
,
Cap.
47.
&
48.
distinct.
3.
Certant
cum
orbe
terrarum
victoriae
vestrae
;
à
Pyrenaeis
enim
montibus
usque
in
occiduos
,
&
extremos
Borealis
Oceani
fines
Alexander
noster
occidentalis
brachium
extendisti
.
Quantum
igitur
his
in
partibus
natura
terras
,
tantum
&
victorias
extulisti
,
si
excursuum
tuorum
metae
quaerantur
,
prius
deerit
Orbis
quàm
aderit
finis
.
Animoso
enim
pectori
cessare
possunt
terrae
,
cessare
nesciunt
victoriae
,
non
deessse
poterunt
triumphi
,
sed
materia
triumphandi
.
Qualiter
titulis
vestris
&
triumphis
Hibernicus
accesserit
Orbis
?
Quantâ
&
quàm
laudabili
virtute
Oceani
secreta
,
&
occulta
Naturae
deposita
transpenetraveris
,
&c.
Qualiter
fulguranti
adventus
vestri
lumine
attoniti
occidentales
reguli
tanquam
ad
lucubrum
aviculae
ad
vestrum
statim
imperium
couvolaverunt
.
And
much
more
,
Jo.
Salisbur
.
in
Policratico
.
lib.
8.
cap.
24.
which
for
brevity
I
omit
:
That
which
the
Bishop
of
Chartres
writeth
of
him
before
mentioned
,
and
promised
,
is
this
;
Rex
illustris
Anglorum
Hen.
secundus
Regum
Britaniae
maximus
,
&c.
circa
Garumnam
fulminat
,
&
Tolosam
faelici
(
cingens
obsidione
,
non
modo
provinciales
,
usquè
ad
Rhodanum
,
&
Alpes
territat
,
sed
munitionibus
dirutis
populisquè
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Profligatis
.
subactis
,
(
quasi
universis
praesens
immineat
)
timore
Principes
concussit
Hispanos
&
Gallos
.
And
to
these
adde
onely
William
Neuburoughs
Elogie
for
a
Corollary
.
G.
Neubourgh
Lib.
11.
Regis
supra
omnes
,
qui
unquam
hactenus
in
Anglia
regnasse
noscebantur
,
latius
dominantis
,
(
hoc
est
)
ab
ultimis
Scotiae
finibus
ad
montes
usque
Pyrenaeos
,
nomen
in
cunctis
Regionibus
celebre
habebatur
,
&c.
hunc
finem
habuit
inclytus
ille
Rex
Henricus
2.
inter
Reges
terrarum
nominatissimus
,
&
nulli
eorum
,
vel
amplitudine
opum
,
vel
faelicitate
successuum
secundus
.
Thus
much
for
the
testimony
of
the
greatnesse
of
his
conquests
,
and
of
his
Empire
:
as
for
his
other
greatnesse
,
his
Wisedome
,
Justice
,
Magnanimity
,
Bounty
,
and
other
Heroicall
Vertues
,
I
shall
not
neede
to
produce
any
proofe
;
for
his
wise
and
politicke
administration
of
his
great
affaires
and
estate
,
his
Victories
and
high
atchivements
secretly
intimate
them
at
the
full
.
Radulph
de
Diceto
writeth
,
that
in
the
time
of
an
extreame
dearth
in
Aniou
and
Maine
,
hee
relieved
with
bread
,
An.
Domini
1176.
tenne
thousand
people
dayly
,
from
Aprill
till
harvest
:
And
William
of
Newburrough
addeth
,
that
hee
received
with
great
devotion
the
Character
of
the
sacred
Militia
for
the
recovery
of
the
holy
land
.
And
afterward
(
because
he
was
not
able
to
goe
by
reason
of
infirmities
,
and
for
the
great
dangers
wherein
his
estate
should
stand
in
his
absence
,
which
Giraldus
sheweth
,
he
gave
towards
the
expedition
the
summe
of
47.
Iean
de
la
Hay
also
writeth
that
hee
built
S.
Andrewes
in
Bourdeaux
,
and
St.
Peters
in
Poitiers
,
and
founded
a
Bishops
sea
there
,
and
enlarged
the
Towne
by
the
one
halfe
;
Normandy
viz.
the
2
Leopards
,
and
of
the
single
Lyon
of
Aquitaine
one
Coat
of
armes
for
England
:
as
it
is
yet
borne
:
Nic.
Vpton
.
John
Carnoten
:
Lib.
16.
Cap.
18.
hee
repaired
and
much
beautified
the
Monastery
of
Font
Everard
(
or
Fronteaux
)
neare
Ogle
in
Normandy
and
founded
the
Priories
of
Staneley
,
and
of
Dover
:
Hee
also
beganne
the
stone
worke
of
London
bridge
,
which
was
finished
by
his
sonne
King
Iohn
,
(
or
caused
to
bee
finished
)
for
it
is
all
one
to
a
common
wealth
;
and
hee
instituted
the
circuit
of
the
judges
,
and
not
to
bee
tedious
in
the
enumeration
of
such
particulars
,
in
a
word
,
he
was
as
Iohn
Carnotensis
who
knew
him
well
:
testifieth
,
Rex
optimus
apud
Britanias
,
Normanorum
et
Aquitanorum
Dux
faelicissimus
,
et
primus
tam
amplitudine
rerum
,
quam
splendore
virtutum
,
quam
strenuus
quam
magnificus
,
quam
prudens
,
et
modestus
quam
pius
ab
ipsa
,
(
ut
ita
dicam
)
infantia
fuerit
,
nec
ipse
livor
silere
,
nec
dissimulare
potest
:
cum
opera
recentia
,
et
manifesta
sint
,
&c.
And
after
these
his
great
workes
,
his
high
Atchievements
,
his
victories
,
Trophees
of
his
Heroicall
and
Christian
vertues
,
a
long
and
happy
Raigne
,
he
departed
at
Chinon
in
Touraine
,
the
35
yeare
of
his
raigne
,
and
the
61
yeare
of
his
age
,
An.
Dom.
1189.
and
was
with
all
due
funeral
Enterred
at
Fronteuaux
,
and
upon
his
Tombe
had
this
inscription
ingraven
.
Sufficit
hic
tumulus
cui
non
suffecerat
orbis
,
Res
brevis
ampla
satis
,
cui
fuit
ampla
brevis
.
Rex
invictus
eram
,
mihi
plurima
regna
subegi
,
Multiplicique
modo
duxque
,
comesque
fui
.
Cui
satis
ad
votum
fuerant
haud
omnia
terra
Climata
,
terra
modo
sufficit
octo
pedum
.
Qui
legis
haec
,
pensa
discrimina
mortis
,
et
in
me
Humanae
speculum
conditionis
habe
;
Quod
potes
instanter
operare
bonum
,
quia
mundus
Transit
,
&
incautos
Mors
inopinarapit
.
Thus
this
great
Henry
left
his
great
name
,
and
his
glory
to
the
world
,
and
his
Kingdomes
and
his
Dominions
to
his
posterity
,
the
Princes
aranged
in
this
following
Poesy
.