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 Saxons olde Frinds, as in Gloucestershire, Herefordshire, Worcestershire, Shropshire and Cheshire; and in Gloucestershire, in the same lands that Kinge Offa tooke from the Brutaines, the Danes made, for theire Habitations, Mucheldene, Overdene and Litle Dene, and many other Townes, and there made the famous Forrest of Danes, and in Herefordshire they made the Towne and Churche of Priestdene, and other Townes in Shropshire and Cheshire. So by God’s Permission, the cruell Saxons were rewarded for their Crueltie to the Brutaines. And besides all this, the cruell Saxon Kinge Egbert and Redburga his cruell and covetuos Wieffe, for Envie and Malice they had to the Brutaines, and bicause they would have had the Brutaines lands in more larger manner to belonge to England, much like unto a covetuous Achab and divelishe Jessabell, made Proclamation, that, upon paine of Deathe, all the auncient and Christen Brutaines should, with theire Wieffes and Children, departe and goe out of theire Lands, Citties, Townes and Castles, which they had built and possessed since Brutus first entraunce into Brutaine, being abouts 1880. yeres. It was in anno Christi 766. or thereabouts, that the proclamation was made by Egberte and his Wieffe Jesabell, against the Brutaines, to departe out of theire lands and livings in England to Wild Walshe, above Offa Ditche, and allso to Cornewall, Scotland and Ireland. After the Brutanes were departed out of Ingland, as aforesaid, Kinge Egbert caused Lloiger or Locrine to be called Ingland, abouts the yeres above written. The wicked Saxon Rowone or Ronwen, Daughter to Hengiste, as aforesaid, after that Vortiger, her husband, was, for her sake, deposed from his Kingdome, and Vortimerus his Sonne chosen Kinge in his steed, Vortimer the newe Kinge was cruellie poisoned by the said Rowon or Ronwen his Stepmother, after he had reigned five yeres. Further, she caused the noble Kinge Emris Welidgia by her meanes to be poisned, because the said Kinge Emris Welidgia had burnte Vortiger her husband, at his Castle of Caer Marthen. For she was verie skilfull in the arte of Poisninge. The