THB HISTORICAL SBITING prom ALBION’S ENGLAND OR HISTORICAL MAP OF THE SAME ISLAND (1586) [Beginning 2 the beginning, Warner devotes the fist ewo books (thtteen chapters) ro the complicated genealogies of the Trojan heroes, 2 tak which cequires elaborate excursions into both sacred and profane hutory. The pedigree of Britan’s founder, Beut, is thus summacized ar che end of the second book ‘Aeneas dead, Ascanius reign’d; Ascanius dead, his brother Posthumus Sylvius did succeeds Lavinia was is mother, Her sre Latins, Faunus hus, and Picus ham begot, [And Saturn him, From mother thus Posthumus lacked nor ‘The noblest blood. On father’s side his pesigree was thus: Jove had Dardanus, and the same begot Enctheus; He, Tros; Tros, Assracus; he, Capys; and the same, Archie; he Aeneas had; of him Posthumus eames And he was father unto Brut; and thus che Brucons being, ‘Theic petegeee from Jupiter, of pagan gods the kings ‘And add they may that Brut his sie of Venus’ son did spring. ‘Thrice five degrees from Noe was Brut, and four times six was he From Adam, and from Japher’s house doth fetch his petegree.) ‘Tur Tap Boos or ALBION'S ENGLAND WJ Now of he conqueror chi se had Bratan unto name And with his Trojans Brot began manurage of the same. “Mor razed Troy 10 rae a Troy, fc place he searched ‘And mews che mounting northeen pars. “These ft “That rast a5 much to light as ght; ove bulwark ae oue breasts ‘The next arivals here, perchance, will gladher buld their nests A Teojn'scorrage is o hi 4s of defense.” ‘And lesving so where Ses be now, he southward maketh chenee, ‘Whereas the earth moi plenty gave and ar snore tempat, And nothing wanted that by wealth or pleasure mighe allore ‘And moze, the Lay Flood of Hoods, she River Thamsst- foe and wth hin eo, Upon whore facil banks, cherefore, whote hounds ae ch “The wantles counties Esex, Kent, wth which che wealthy glade Of Herefordshire for cys tote afords no lnde ad, vant inctosg it with wall, and Lod's-Town did ie call 6 ce to eghtfl pences tue Yea, prince and people sill 0 sto thee storehouse For plenty and for poplous the hike we nowhere mew. » Howbeit many neighbor towns ae mich ere now could sy, at place for people, people pace, and all for sm decay ‘When Brut should die sho hu sons he did the ule convey: To Camber Wales, co Albanact he Albany did leave, To Locrne Bruin, whom his queen of life did thot beceve y sad ‘The furous Fiunthas, drowning ther, to Huber left his mame The king did vanquish and for spil uno his navy came, ‘Where Humber's daughter, paragon for beauty, such a dameAs Love himself could nor but love, did Locrine inflame, Cornish duke his daughter, Locrine’s queen, 30 Grew m coop and, Corn den, hs henge of chee war on, To Comwvell gos the wohl quem to sous he fhe’ ads From whence she Brough, 10 work revenge, of warriors wouTWband, PST TS Sin nfo thei son in onage wa she oe eid eign aS ,—CUr——-—C Hes husband's and sls’ imp she meaning note spre, Did bring uno the water tt ce wens mane dh on There binding both and bobbing dem then tenga fe. She sad "I Sethis cos have hid the wandeme Lng thy tee, go DU oe —— Vet whos nck san king: Bo che of yon to Thou fately dab ar ths thy bea bord style ee ee ee re Shall m ood for Humber soul and bagi nee ob That Loc’ eo cre revenged het el” They lifting up oor ec lik peas nd wah thse hela wie ge ave beauty hes And, eking to encase themalvs an mere 0 sa * _ -,_E Queen Guendolone so bs hey ne the ocd eee ‘Whereas amongst the drenching waves the ladies Breathe diel ‘As this his granddame, such appear'd Memprcus, Madan's son, ‘howe broer Manus eau by his te dea ws done rea Tesippng to the teh fom hn, wl her whe beh Lr rss - ©) © That Guendolene, dl hly hands, from out their lovely eyes ir las To tll how much tey loved him. The ele dd exter Her life mento he love 0 di he ecod doce The younges sid at love ws such sid ocd shove, ‘And that ow mach hms was wor, 50 much he ho i love ‘he form two did plese him well th younger dd oss Upon the Pane of Alun the fs he dd soon ‘The middle onthe Corn prince; thee dovery ws throne A his decease; Cordels part was very tall rose Yes for hes form and vous hi noble Galan king Dd ber, undowed for his queen ito is county bone Het ster, sick of fathers heh hv bar by onset n ‘id jinn sms; fom Lato by free the segue ex, Yet foe they prom In Albany th quondam king at cle datas cou Was seed sce when she teins and leer spor, His second daughter ths, he thought, woul thew hel mor kind, |:T0 whom he gong, fora whl di! Gank allowance fd | re long abridging almost lsh keepeth hi low | That of wo bads for beer’ choice he back aya id go Bot Gonor at his eum nt only dd stempe Her Ethers death, bu openly di hold nf contempt te Hs aged eyes pou ou ther tears when, holding ps hand He aid: "© God, whov tou at that my good hep wthtende Prolong nt hi, dtr not dats ml relive pentions large he rather was content.HE HISTORICAL SEETING The Bhasbethan vogue of verified hucory reachel 2 tond of consurimation in Dauel’s Nene bout Richard It and the fist three Lancastrians ‘The fine five books (called, misleadingly. Books) appeared as ently a8 1595, sh fren sccens wh Delis and The Complaint of Rosamond er ps aoa): Book VI fs: appeaed in The Works of eer Dunit in e6ox, and eight years ater the poem cook setfual form of enght Books that ended with Edward fe re task. Woodville Ahongh che spon tht Beach of due Be cpeate apes countess of Pembroke swrpanot of Henry IN" were chat 2 conninuation 0 the reign of Henry VI pected, ante of gomg further wah the al aly long poem Daniel sured ro the compotion of we fry, and The Hy of Eilon dly appeared, poten peronat u fn two parts, in 1612 and 1658 Th apte of Jonson's qup~"Daniel wrote Co sl ye bad sae one bate in all is book”"—e brought = of th eonon ofa tme-swora story. is subjects te same that sesto me my death would gre When those that owe to me their Teh, stand evermore to tell ‘Thou town, whore walls rose of my s7e “Thy founder’ fall nd warts none do Gall at Ler fel Bi sat ands for say hs culdren wroughi Bis wreck er that wore co i most dee di loath ad et ack well, well Cordella sid she loved as child, Ic then sooth, and so are men begs’ ° Bur sweeter words we se tbat what may I expect She only rests untried y aoe yo whom I aotng gave when these do me eejeet? For pay ay te rule may fal and nature may asend sree evr sures: fends on whom we mos. do spend Fie sp brel to Gallia then, but maketh known before ‘Unto Cordella his esate, who rueth him 80 poor ‘nnd kepe hs there aval close oll she provided ad every want, OF him her kang was glad 1 queen, with tears amonsy "To armas hum 18 [And nobly antersined bs Her dory done, confertedh with be father of his wren ae eye, bounty, kindnes, and increasing love he found each daughter and her lord that sorrows more abound sndly sing her den forthe other! crime slike thas in Agaop's court did ast vel ol sme The noble king, his son-in-law, transports ap army Brest (Of forcy Gauls, possessing him of dispossessed seat To whom Cordell did succeed, not cexgning long is quate SAMUEL DANIEL ‘THE CIVIL WARS his conceen wath moral causality if not Shakespearean rany rate far beyond the reach of A Mire or Maginrste a an’s Bagland, The credo of politcal conservatism ‘Musophilus (see pp: 4107487) Civil Wes, For 335 the evil comse- ight books, in ouava “The Fire Four #0 coprously expheated 10 Thos Daniels is given a pragmatic sancion in The > poem expresly writen to demonstrate ache deformities of civil disension rebellions, conspiracies, and Hoody revengements which folowed (as m 2 arc course of secession by thi Gguences of disorder dnd the miserable events of ® alchough Danse, ke his mode Tacs che patriot poet iaisting on a moral reading © wT eaons of the pat he is mote: for be is mneorngb SR “ewed in the personages, expecially in the weak © ike Richard {Land his queen, wh che victims of thete mis ire at once the reasons for ani J wan ferounen Que boxe bused upon The Fist Fane Becht vrile ware, 1595 (STC 6244); for the eputle to tht wes of Pembroke we have followed edition of 1609 (STC 6248). ral, to his dowager Count both psychological a vheeested Shakespeare ip the major chronicle plays, and