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 to warres, appointed to him certeine bands of expert Souldiers, to assist him in his warres. Which Souldiers, together with his Brittaine forces, he did leade couragiouslie over the highe Hills, called the Alpes, which no man had ever done before, and therefore the Brittaines called his name Brane, but the Galls called his name Brentius. And after he passed the Alpes, he erected Castles and Houldes under the Hills, and therein placed Garrisons and Souldiers, and wan Millaine, Pavy, Belligarne, Brixia, Verona, Trydentum, and Vincentia, and reedified them, and beseiged Rome and overcame the Romaines, but the Galls, desirous of money, tooke of the Romaines a thousand pownd weight of gould to raise the seige. Whereupon Brennus, beinge discontented with the Galles, retorned againe with manie of his Brutaine Souldiers into Brittaine, and withall brought with him of the most cuninge and skillfull builders, and artificiall Masons, out of Italie, and so builded the Cittie of Bristowe, which was formerlie begonne by his father Mulmutius, and he made yt after the example and paterne, which he had taken of other Citties in Italie, makinge it a conveniente place for shippinge, and for Marchandize, and beawtified yt with Temples, Stone walls, Pavements and Valts under the Earthe, to convey from the Cittie all filthines, which might anoye the Cittizens, and called yt after his owne name Kaer Brane, which to saie in the Englishe tongue is, Brennus towne, and nowe, by shortnes of speeche, called Bristowe, (as Ludstowe is nowe, by abbreviation of speeche, called London) the auncient monument whereof remayneth to this daie upon one of the gates of the same Cittie, called St. Jones, where the twoe Pictures of Belinus and Breennus are curiouslie engraven; as also there is a most auncient Castell standinge upon the topp of an exceedinge highe hill in Gwania, called Dinas Brane, that is to saie Brennus Courte or Pallace. Further, it is verie credible, and to be proved by good Aucthors, that Breennus, in his second Voyage to Italy, with fifteene thowsand footemen, and LVI. thowsand and 2. hundred of horsemen, havinge overcome the Romaines, and slaine Camillus, he marched into Græcia, and havinge subdued the Macedonians, Thessalians, Thracians, and Peonians, he finallie, overthrewe