PART II

_The Printer’s Advertisement_ 347

_The Authour’s Epistle. Blenerhasset_ 348

_The Induction. Blenerhasset_ 353

LEGENDS.

41 How _Guidericus_ refused to paye tribute vnto _Claudius Cæsar_: how he subdued _Galba_: how hee became desirous to winne all the worlde: spoyled France, Germany, and a great part of Italy: and lastly how hee was miserably slayne in a tempest of Thunder. _Blenerhasset_ 355

42 How _Carrassus_ a Husbandman’s son, slewe _Lodrike_ the King of the Pictes, and howe the Emperour made him a captayne. Then howe he obtayned the Britayne crowne and how suspition brought him to decay. A. D. 293. _Blenerhasset_ 369

43 How Queene _Helena_ was Empresse of all the world. A. D. 289. _Blenerhasset_ 384

44 How _Vortiger_ destroyed the young King _Constantine_, and howe he obtyned the crowne: & how after many miseries he was miserably burnt in his Castle by the brethren of _Constantine_. A. D. 446. _Blenerhasset_ 396

45 How _Vter Pendragon_ was inamoured with Duke _Garelus_ wife: and howe by lawlesse loue he lost his kingdome. A. D. 500. _Blenerhasset_ 409

46 How _Cadwallader_ the last King of the Britaynes, after he had behaued very valiantly against the Saxons, resigned his crowne, and went to Rome, where he liued in a religious house. _Blenerhasset_ 419

47 How _Sigebert_ was thrust from his throne and miserably slayne by a heardman. A. D. 755. _Blenerhasset_ 428

48 How Ladie _Ebbe_ dyd flea her nose and vpper lippe away to saue her virginitie. A. D. 870. _Blenerhasset_ 443

49 How _Alurede_ was brought vnto disease and vnto vntimely death, being inclined vnto the sinne of the fleshe. _Blenerhasset_ 449

50 How _Egelred_ for his wickednesse was diuerslye distressed by the Danes, and lastly died for sorrow. A. D. 1016. _Blenerhasset_ 458

51 Howe _Edricus_ destroyed the valiant King _Edmunde Ironsyde_, hoping to haue greate preferment for his labour of _Canutus_ the Dane, and howe the same _Canutus_ caused him to be be-headed for his labour. A. D. 1018. _Blenerhasset_ 466

52 How King _Harrold_ raynyng but niene monthes had continuall warre with the Danes, with the Norway King, with his brother _Tosto_, and with Duke _William_, who partely by hys strength but chiefly by policie, ouercame hym, and by killyng him in the feelde obteyned the kingdome of England. A. D. 1095. _Blenerhasset_ 470