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 fathers lyne, cast out by the collaterall braunches of Cham, the late King of the Bactrians, their odious neighbours, sent into Ireland Nemodus with his foure sonnes, Starius, Gerbavel, Amimus, Fergusius, captaines over a faire company, who passing by Greece and there taking up such as would seeke fortunes, finally landed here, held the country, multiplyed, but not without continuall warre upon the Gyants aforesaid, who in th'end vanquished and chased them thence againe into Greece, after 216. yeares, from Anno mundi 2533. from which time untill the comming; of Dela his sonnes, the Gyants possessed it peaceably without forreine invasion. But themselves being disordered, and measuring all things by might, seditiously vexed each other, nor were they ever able to frame a commonwealth.

That espyed five brethren, sonnes to Dela the Grecian, notorious Pilots, named Gaudius, Genandius, Sagandius, Rutheragius, Slanius, the posterity of Nemodus expulsed successors, who fortified their navyes, and finding the Countrey but weake, wanne it entirely, rooted out the old enemy, divided the Hand into five parts, & in each of them severally raigned, for better contentation of all sides, they agreed to fixe a meare stone in the middle point of Ireland, to which stone every of their Kingdomes should extend, and be