KING MALGO ad. 



580. 

 race and blood of this kingdome. The aforesayd king 

 Arthur obteined also in those dayes of the Pope & court 

 of Rome, that Norway should be for ever annexed to the 

 crowne of Britaine for the inlargement of this kingdome, 

 and he called it the chamber of Britaine. For this cause 

 the Norses say, that they ought to dwell with us in this 

 kingdome, to wit, that they belong to the crowne of 

 Britaine : for they had rather dwell here then in their 

 owne native countrey, which is drieand full of mountaines, [I. 3.] 

 and barren, and no graine growing there, but in certeine 

 places. But this countrey of Britaine is fruitfull, wherein 

 corne and all other good things do grow and increase : for 

 which cause many cruell battels have bene oftentimes 

 fought betwixt the Englishmen and the people of Norway, 

 and infinite numbers of people have bene slaine, & the 

 Norses have possessed many lands and Islands of this 

 Empire, which unto this day they doe possesse, neither 

 could they ever afterwards be fully expelled. But now at 

 length they are incorporated with us by the receiving of 

 our religion and sacraments, and by taking wives of our 

 nation, and by affinitie, and mariages. For so the good 

 king Edward (who was a notable mainteiner of peace) 

 ordeined and granted unto them by the generall consent 

 of the whole kingdome, so that the people may, and 

 ought from hencefoorth dwell and remaine in this king- 

 dome with us as our loving sworne brethren. 



A testimonie out of the foresayd Galfridus Monu- 

 metensis, concerning the conquests of Malgo, 

 king of England. Lib. 11. cap. 7. 



Ortiporio successit Malgo, omnium fere Britanniae 



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I pulcherrimus, multorum tyrannorum depulsor, 

 robustus armis, largior caeteris, & ultra modum 

 probitate praeclarus. Hie etiam totam Insulam obtinuit, 

 & sex conprovinciales Oceani Insulas : Hyberniam vide- 

 licet, atque Islandiam, Gotlandiam, Orcades, Noruegiam, 

 Daciam, adjecit dirissimis praeliis potestati suae. 



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