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excellent uses, powring out his treasure so abundantly. O 



faithfull English people (then,) and worthy subjects, of 

 such an Imperiall and godly Governour. O your true, 

 and willing hearts, and blessed ready hands (then,) so to 

 impart such abundance of victuals for those huge Navies 

 maintenance : so (I say) as neither dearth of famine, 

 seemed (fondly) to be feared of you, for any intolerable 

 want likely to ensue thereby, nor prices of victuals com- 

 plained of to be unreasonable enhaunsed by you, finding 

 for their great sales so good, and rare opportunitie. 



This peaceable king Edgar, was one of the perfect Im- 

 periall Monarches of this British Empire, and therefore 

 thus his fame remaineth (for ever) recorded. 



ChamRe^a, Anglici orbis Basileus, flos, & Decus iEdgarus, non 

 Hen7-ici minus memorabilis Anglis, quam Cyrus Persis, 



^ecundi. Romulus Romanis, Alexander Macedonibus, 



Arsaces Parthis, Carolus Francis, Anno vitae 37. 



Regni sui cum^ fratre, & post 2 1 . Idibus Julii obiit, 



& apud Glascon sepelitur. 



O Glastonbury, Glastonbury, the treasurie of the car- 

 cases of so famous, and so many persons (Quae olim mater 

 sanctorum dicta es, & ab aliis, tumulus sanctorum, quam 

 ab ipsis discipulis Domini, aedificatam fuisse venerabilis 

 habet Antiquorum authoritas) how lamentable is thy case 

 nowe ! howe hath hypocrisie and pride wrought thy deso- 

 lation ! though I omit here the names of very many other, 

 both excellent holy men, and mighty princes, whose carcases 

 are committed to thy custody, yet that Apostolike Joseph, 

 that triumphant British Arthur, and nowe this peaceable 

 and provident Saxon king Edgar, doe force me with 

 a certaine sorowful reverence, here to celebrate thy 

 memorie. 



This peaceable king Edgar (as by ancient Recordes 

 may appeare) his Sommer progresses, and yerely chiefe 

 pastimes were, the sailing round about this whole Isle 

 of Albion, garded with his grand navie of 4000. saile 

 at the least, parted into 4. equall parts of petie Navies, 



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