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<HEAD>A Brief CRONOLOGY of GREAT BRITAIN, <HI>From the fir&s;t di&s;coveries of this I&s;le, through the &s;everall Conque&s;ts of the</HI> ROMANS, SAXONS, DANES, <HI>and</HI> NORMANS.</HEAD>
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<HEAD>A ROMAN.</HEAD>
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<HEAD>A SAXON.</HEAD>
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<HEAD>A DANE.</HEAD>
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<P>THe I&s;le of Great Britain is Bounded on the South with <HI>Normandy</HI> and <HI>France,</HI> upon the Ea&s;t with <HI>Germany</HI> and <HI>Denmark,</HI> upon the We&s;t with <HI>Ireland</HI> and the <HI>Atlantick</HI> Ocean, and upon the North with the va&s;t <HI>Deucalidon</HI> Seas.</P>
<P>The ancient Government of Great Britain was at fir&s;t rather after the manner of an <HI>Ari&s;tocratie,</HI> that is by certain great Nobles and po|tent men, or Petty Kings, &s;o <HI>Cae&s;ar</HI> him&s;elfe found the &s;tate of Britain.</P>
<P>The Glorious Romans that were become Lords of the world, were the fir&s;t that &s;et foot with di&s;played En&s;ign for the Conque&s;t of Bri|tain, and the fir&s;t that A&s;&s;ayed this was <HI>Julius Cae&s;ar</HI> from the coa&s;ts of <HI>Gallia.</HI> But this Jewel which was &s;o much de&s;ired and had been kept with as great Care, after 500. years claim was now laid at &s;take to the that could win it, and thus was Britain abandoned by the Romans.</P>
<P>The next Actors upon Britains &s;tage were the <HI>Saxons,</HI> a People of <HI>Germany</HI> fierce, bold, and irreligious, the&s;e infe&s;ted the coa&s;ts of Bri|tain by Piracies.</P>
<P>But Britain being through Tumultuous uprores much wa&s;ted by the <HI>Scots</HI> and <HI>Picts</HI> Ancient Enemies, and albeit the &s;tone wall that was rai&s;ed athwart the whole continent to impeach their inroads, yet that availed little, their a&s;&s;aults were &s;o great whereupon the <HI>Saxons</HI> were &s;ent for, and in their fir&s;t &s;ervice freed the Britains from tho&s;e raging <HI>Picts,</HI> and undertook the Lands defence, and the inhabitants con&s;ented to maintaine the charge which was received thankfully whil&s;t it was giving onely; for they emptied fa&s;ter then the Britains could fill, and ever complained they had not enough, till at la&s;t by &s;urprize they got the whole po&s;&s;e&s;&s;ion, and then was the Briti&s;h I&s;le devided into an Heptarchie, or of one Imperial Crown they had &s;even Diadems to adorne their own heads; which were not long worne, without inte&s;tine warrs, each &s;triving to in large his own.</P>
<P>But <HI>Egbert</HI> forbad the I&s;lands old name, and commanded the&s;e Pro|vinces to be called <HI>Anglia.</HI> Yet almo&s;t as &s;oon as this was accompli&s;h|ed, a &s;avage Nation the <HI>Danes</HI> &s;ucceed, which endeavoured all they could to impoveri&s;h where they had po&s;&s;e&s;&s;ion for five and twenty years. The&s;e Danes were a People de&s;cended from the Scythians, as <HI>Andrew Velley</HI> a Dani&s;h Writer reporteth but <HI>Dudo</HI> of Saint <HI>Quintin</HI> wil have them come from <HI>Scandia</HI> an I&s;land &s;cituate Northward, not far from the continent of <HI>Denmark.</HI></P>
<P>The <HI>Normans</HI> a people fierce and valorous; <HI>William</HI> the Ba&s;tard, won the Engli&s;h Crown from King <HI>Harold,</HI> that held it in a bloody field at battail in <HI>Su&s;&s;ex.</HI> And by changing laws, di&s;inheriting of No|bles, and be&s;towing the Lands revenues upon his, he laid the founda+tion of a glorious Monarchy; His two younger &s;ucce&s;&s;ively wearing it, to the prejudice of their elder; <HI>Stephen</HI> having no right, but &s;uch as intruders pretend.</P>
<P>But <HI>Henry Plantagenet</HI> placed on the Throne. 331 years taken up in the Reigns of 14 Kings of his line; but the&s;e branches were torn down by home-bred broyls, till <HI>Teuder</HI> of <HI>Lanca&s;ter</HI> with <HI>Plantagenet</HI> of <HI>Yorke,</HI> gave them &s;ap by marriage, whereby the long dead &s;tem began to bud forth, and five renowned Princes of that name &s;ucceeded.</P>
<P>The fir&s;t of them, the riche&s;t and wi&s;e&s;t King of this We&s;tern world; <HI>viz. Henry</HI> 7.</P>
<P>The &s;econd, the wonder of the Papal Authority; <HI>Henry</HI> 8.</P>
<P>The third, the hopefulle&s;t in pious actions; <HI>Edward</HI> 6.</P>
<P>The fourth, fervent for <HI>Romes</HI> Religion; Queen <HI>Mary.</HI></P>
<P>The fifth renowned, Queen <HI>Elizabeth;</HI> under who&s;e Reigns one hundred and &s;ixteen years did compleatly run.</P>
<P>And from her in the per&s;on of one Soveraign, Britain returned again to the old Britains, and to her old name, <HI>viz.</HI> King <HI>James.</HI></P>
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<HEAD>Brief ob&s;ervitions upon the untimely ends of the Roman Emperours.</HEAD>
<P>SOme &s;lew them&s;elves, as did <HI>Nero</HI> and <HI>Othe;</HI> &s;ome were &s;mothered to death, as was <HI>Tiberius;</HI> &s;ome poy&s;oned by their Wives, as <HI>Claudius</HI> and <HI>Commodus;</HI> &s;ome torn in pieces by their own Subjects and Souldiers, as <HI>Vitellius, Heliogabalus, Pupienus</HI> and <HI>Balbinous;</HI> &s;ome &s;tabbed by them they mo&s;t tru&s;ted, as <HI>Caligula, Domitian, Didius, Gallienus,</HI> and many others; &s;ome tumultuou&s;ly murthered, as <HI>Pertinax, Severus, Maximius, Aemilius,</HI> and <HI>Probus;</HI> &s;ome &s;lain in battail and de|fence of their titles, as <HI>Macrinus</HI> and <HI>Gallus;</HI> &s;ome hanged them&s;elves, as <HI>Gordianus</HI> and <HI>Maximianus</HI> did; &s;ome drowned and &s;wallowed up, as <HI>Decius</HI> and <HI>Maxen|tius</HI> were, &s;ome &s;lain by a Thunder boult from Heaven, as <HI>Carus</HI> was; &s;ome died in mo&s;t mi&s;erable captivity, as <HI>Valerianus</HI> did, who&s;e &s;kin was fleaed off, he yet alive; &s;ome cut their own veins and bled to death, as <HI>Quiutillius</HI> and <HI>Florianus</HI> did; &s;ome dying mad, as <HI>Diocle&s;ian</HI> did; &s;ome few (and them favouring Chri|&s;tians) died in their beds.</P>
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<HEAD>Severall memorable pa&s;&s;ages worthy ob&s;ervation.</HEAD>
<P>THe continuance of the Roman Monarchies was but little above five hun|dred years.</P>
<P>And the &s;tate of Gods own peculiar people, from the promi&s;e to <HI>Abraham</HI> and giving of the Law, was four hundred and thirty years, <HI>Gal.</HI> 3. 17.</P>
<P>And from <HI>I&s;raels</HI> departure out of <HI>Egypt</HI> until the building of <HI>Solomons</HI> Temple, were four hundred and eighty years.</P>
<P>And from the anointing of <HI>David</HI> the fir&s;t King &s;et upon <HI>Judahs</HI> Throne, unto the death of <HI>Zedekiah</HI> the la&s;t King thereof, &s;lain by <HI>Nebuchadnezzar,</HI> and the holy Tem<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="missing" EXTENT="1 letter">le con&s;umed by fire, were four hundred and &s;eventy years.</P>
<P>And other Politique States have &s;tood much upon the like &s;pace of time. The Kingdom of <HI>Athens,</HI> &s;et up by <HI>Cecrops</HI> the fir&s;t King thereof, unto <HI>Codrus</HI> the la&s;t, is &s;aid to continue four hundred and ninety years.</P>
<P>The <HI>Lacedemonians</HI> &s;tate from <HI>Lycurgus</HI> their law giver, untill <HI>Alexander</HI> the great, that overthrew it, flouri&s;hed four hundred ninety one years.</P>
<P>From the expul&s;ion of <HI>Romes</HI> Kings under <HI>Tarquinius</HI> unto the affected Empire in <HI>Julius Cae&s;ar,</HI> were four hundred ninety and nine years.</P>
<P>And from <HI>Cae&s;ars</HI> fir&s;t Inva&s;ion of Britain, unto the dayes of <HI>Valentinian</HI> the third, wherein the <HI>Romans</HI> did quite abandon it, were five hundred years.</P>
<P>From the <HI>Saxons</HI> Intru&s;ions and divi&s;ion of this Realm, into an Heptarchy under their government, until the united Monarchy made by King <HI>Egbert,</HI> were four hundred &s;ixty nine years.</P>
<P>And from the <HI>Norm<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="missing" EXTENT="1 letter">n<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="missing" EXTENT="1 letter"></HI> Conque&s;t, unto the death of Queen <HI>Elizabeth,</HI> when began again the nam<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="missing" EXTENT="1 letter"> of great Britain, and the union of the whole I&s;land to be brought into one ent<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="missing" EXTENT="1 letter">re Monarchy by the entrance of King <HI>James,</HI> are five hun|dred thirty &s;ix years, which &s;o continued until the 25. year of the Reign of <HI>Charles</HI> where that line is <GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="missing" EXTENT="1 letter">xtinct.</P>
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