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 also the learned and holie Man Beda or Bedoe a Brutaine, Gildas Sapientius of Bangor in Cambria a Brutaine, Alfredus de Beverley a learned Brutaine, Geraldus Cambrensius a learned Brutaine, Jeffrey de Monmouth a learned Brittaine, Gulielmus de Mamsbury a Brutaine, who wrote divers Brutaine Bookes in the Brutain Langwage. Theis learned Brutaines, who wrote the auncient Histories, Actes and Monuments of Brutaines, and did understand the Brittans Langwage, have I made choise of for my Aucthors herein. And whereas I declared, that the Romaines did unnaturally murther their best Benefactors, some of the bloodie Actes I will here make mention. And first, in the verie Foundation of Roome, when yt was founded in the Mount Palantine, a verie small City, and used as a Refuge for Theeves and Outlawes to flie unto, Remus and Romulus, twoe brethren beinge the Founders thereof, Romulus, to thend that he might have the onlie Goverment thereof, slewe his Brother Remus; so that the verie foundation thereof was stained with Brother’s bloud. And also, after that the noble and victorious Emperour Pompeius had luckelie delivered Rome from her enemies, the Gothians and Vandalls, and had also subdued, conquered and made Tributories to the Romaines, the Kings of Armenia, Capadocia, Paphaglonia, Media, Chubus, Iberia, Albania, Cicilia, India, Mesopotamia, Arabia, Spaine and Africa, and brought theire Kings and Substaunce captive to Roome, he was cruellie murthered at Roome by the Frends of Julius Ceasar, and Julius Ceasar, the mightie emperour, after he had subdued the whole World to the Romaine Empire, was cruellie murthered with bodkins, in the Cenate House, by the children of Pompey. After the Death of Julius Cesar, the twoe noble Romaine Capteines, Belizarus and Nearsses, who conquered and brought Prisoners to Roome the Kings of the Gothes and Vandalls, and had dispossessed the said Gothes and Vandalls of Spaine, Italie and Roome, which they had conquered, and held as theire owne; After which victorious Conquests, the said famous Capteines were discharged by the Romanes, without anie manner of Recompence or Reward. So that in theire old age, they were, throughe Povertie, enforced to begge theire Bread as