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brother Kinge Belinus, to be curiouslie made, and to be sett upon St. Jone’s gate in his then Cittie, Caer Brann or Brenn’s Towne, for an everlastinge Memoriall of his Name and Cittie, which is nowe, by corruption of language, called by the Saxons Bristowe. Also the said noble and victorious Kinge Brennus, hearinge, that the Romaine Captayne Camillus slewe the Galls, lefte to governe the Cittie of Roome, and other Citties in Italie, duringe Brennus absence, the which wronge, so to his soldiers done, Brennus to revenge, repayred a most puissaunt Armye of Brutaines and Gaules, and with his noble brother Belinus repayred to Roome, and slewe the noble capteine Camillus, conquered Roome the second tyme, burnte the Cittie, and slewe the Senators, as they sate in theire seates, and, after the finishinge of the same wars, Kinge Belinus retorned home to Brutaine, with the nobles of Roome Prisoners to his Cittie Caer Belin, now called Rochcester, so called of the famous Hill by yt called the Wreken. But Brennus, desirous of Warrs, repaired and augmented his Armie, and wente towardes Greece, to be avenged on the Grecians. for wronge and crueltie done to his Auncestors the Trojans, and, after he had conquered most parte of Greece, and the Countreys thereabouts, he went to robb and spoile the Temple of Apollo at Delphos,[1] it happened that most monstrous raine and tempest scattered and spoiled his Army, and parte of the said Temple and a Rocke thereby fell upon his souldiers, and destroyed many of them, and himselfe, beinge a most couragious Gen. seeinge his misadventure, slewe himself with his sworde, after whose deathe the rest of his Souldiers conquered most parte of Græcia. By all which yt appeareth, that Ceasar’s reports are untrue, and that the Brutaines were not Cowards. But what marvell is it, that the Romaines should, by unjust reports. wronge the Brutaines, when theire Demeanour, towards theire owne neerest frinds, was such, that they rewarded theire best benefactors with outragious tyrrannie, and most cruell and bloody murther? And yet, of all other theire monstrous factes, they dealt verie cowardlie and fearfullie with Brutaines.
- ↑ F. at which time it happened, that a most monstrous.
