Chronicles of England, Scotland and Ireland, vol. 2

Chronicles of England, Scotland
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Title: Chronicles of England, Scotland and Ireland (2 of 6): England (1
of 12) William the Conqueror
Author: Raphael Holinshed
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HOLINSHED'S CHRONICLES
OF
ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, AND IRELAND.
IN SIX VOLUMES.
VOL. II. ENGLAND.
_LONDON_: PRINTED FOR J. JOHNSON; F. C. AND J.
RIVINGTON; T. PAYNE; WILKIE AND ROBINSON; LONGMAN,
HURST, REES, AND ORME; CADELL AND DAVIES; AND J.
MAWMAN.
1807. AMS PRESS INC. NEW YORK 1965
AMS PRESS INC. NEW YORK, N.Y. 10003 1965
MANUFACTURED in the U.S.A.

[Original Title.]
THE THIRD VOLUME OF CHRONICLES, BEGINNING AT DUKE
WILLIAM THE NORMAN, COMMONLIE CALLED THE
CONQUEROR;
AND DESCENDING BY DEGREES OF YEERES TO ALL THE
KINGS AND QUEENES OF ENGLAND IN THEIR ORDERLIE
SUCCESSIONS:
FIRST COMPILED BY RAPHAELL HOLINSHED, AND BY HIM
EXTENDED TO THE YEARE 1577.
NOW NEWLIE RECOGNISED, AUGMENTED, AND CONTINUED
(WITH OCCURRENCES AND ACCIDENTS OF FRESH MEMORIE)
TO THE YEARE 1586.

WHEREIN ALSO ARE CONTEINED MANIE MATTERS OF
SINGULAR DISCOURSE AND RARE OBSERUATION,
FRUITFULL TO SUCH AS BE STUDIOUS IN ANTIQUITIES, OR
TAKE PLEASURE IN THE GROUNDS OF ANCIENT HISTORIES.
_With a third table (peculiarlie seruing this third volume) both of
names and matters memorable_.
* * * * *
HISTORIÆ PLACEANT NOSTRATES AC PEREGRINÆ

TO THE RIGHT HONORABLE AND HIS SINGULAR GOOD
LORD, SIR WILLIAM CECILL,
BARON OF BURGHLEYGH, KNIGHT OF THE MOST NOBLE
ORDER OF THE GARTER, LORD HIGH TREASURER OF
ENGLAND, MAISTER OF THE COURTS OF WARDS AND
LIUERIES, AND ONE OF THE QUEENES MAIESTIES PRIUIE
COUNCELL.
* * * * *
Considering with my selfe, right Honorable and my singular good Lord,
how redie (no doubt) manie will be to accuse me of vaine presumption,
for enterprising to deale in this so weightie a worke, and so far aboue
my reach to accomplish: I haue thought good to aduertise your Honour,
by what occasion I was first induced to vndertake the same, although
the cause that moued me thereto hath (in part) yer this beene signified
vnto your good Lordship.
Whereas therefore, that worthie Citizen Reginald Wolfe late Printer to
the Queenes Maiestie, a man well knowne and beholden to your
Honour, meant in his life time to publish an vniuersall Cosmographie
of the whole world, and therewith also certaine particular histories of
euery knowne nation, amongst other whom he purposed to vse for
performance of his intent in that behalfe, he procured me to take in

hand the collection of those histories, and hauing proceeded so far in
the same, as little wanted to the accomplishment of that long promised
worke, it pleased God to call him to his mercie, after fiue and twentie
yeares trauell spent therein; so that by his vntimelie deceasse, no hope
remained to see that performed, which we had so long trauelled about.
Neuerthelesse those whom he put in trust to dispose his things after his
departure hence, wishing to the benefit of others, that some fruit might
follow of that whereabout he had imployed so long time, willed me to
continue mine indeuour for their furtherance in the same. Which
although I was redie to doo, so far as mine abilitie would reach, and the
rather to answere that trust which the deceassed reposed in me, to see it
brought to some perfection: yet when the volume grew so great as they
that were to defraie the charges for the impression, were not willing to
go through the whole, they resolued first to publish the histories of
England, Scotland, and Ireland, with their descriptions; which
descriptions, bicause they were not in such readinesse, as those of
forren countries, they were inforced to vse the helpe of other better able
to doo it than my selfe.
Moreouer, the Charts, wherein Maister Wolfe spent a great part of his
time, were not found so complet as we wished: and againe,
vnderstanding of the great charges and notable enterprise of that
worthie Gentleman maister Thomas Sackford, in procuring the Charts
of the seuerall prouinces of this realme to be set foorth, we are in hope
that in time he will delineate this whole land so perfectlie, as shall be
comparable or beyond anie delineation heretofore made of anie