Cambria triumphans, or Brittain in its perfect lustre shewing the origen and antiquity of that illustrious nation. The succession of their kings and princes, etc / [Percy Enderbie].

  • Percy Enderbie
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[1810]
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    33 Brittisli and Welsh History. there he added three years for the third year of his rule, in which year, as before is declared, iiii. M. xviii. Troy was sacked and destroyed : and forty years which passed before Brute entered Albion: It must follow, that Brute came into this Island in the year of the worlds Creation* four thou- xlii. sand threescore and three. Mulmutius Dunwallo. Mulmutius Dunwallo, or as others please Dunwallo Mulmutius the Son of Glotene Duke or King of Cornwall, as the English book and also Gaufride affirm, after he had fully subdued and conquered the five petty Kings or Princes before mentioned, and had brought the Hand into a Pentai chy, took upon him the Government of Brittany in the year of the worlds iiii. M. vii. creation 1748. This Prince in some Histories is called Donebant, and was of a Noble and He- c-lxix- roick Spiiit; but much (after he came to be fully setled in his Government) inclined to peace, insomuch that in the City of Troynovant, in a place, which now as some are of opinion is called Blaclavell-Hall, he budded a Temple, calling it the Temple of Peace or Concord : The Laws which he made and established, were of such Authority and esteem, that holy Gildas translated them out of the Brittisli Language into Latine, and Aluredus King of England out of Latine into English; Vitus tells us, that these Laws, or at least the heads of them were, Ut deorum templa tantam dignitatem consequantur, nequis illo confugiens extrahi possit prius quam ab eo quern leasei at veniam impetraverit.* That the Temples of the Gods should enjoy such immu¬ nities and priviledges, that no malefactor flying unto them for succour should be drawn from thence, untill he should obtain pardon from him, whon,i he had offended. Ut hujusmodiprivi¬ leging immunitatis habeant etiam ipscc vice quee ducunt ad templa et urbes: that the high ways, leading to the Temples and Cities should enjoy the like immunities and priviledges, Immo et jumenta quoque ilia quee rei rusticce subserviunt, denique Colonorum aratra ipsa tali prerogativa libertatis perfruantur; nay even the Cattle which were imployed in husbandry should have like priviledges; Nequa terra vacaret cultura, nevepopulus inopia reifrumentarice premeretur, aut ea minueretur si pecora sola occuparent agros qui ab hominibus coli deberent, constituit quot aratra qucelibet Dicecesis haberet, ac pcenas statuit per quas ille numerus aratrorum minuere¬ tur: Least any Land should lie until’d, or the people be famisht for want of bread-Corn ; or Grain be diminished, by feeding Herds and Flocks, where Tillage ought to be ; to which end he appointed how many Ploughs should be in every Diocess or Shire, inflicting a punishment upon whomsoever should diminish the number of them : Item vetuit bovem aratorem pro de¬ bt to pecunice assignari creditoribus si alia bona credit oris essent; He also prohibited the working Oxen, or Plough-bullock, to be distrained upon for any debt, if any other Chattels or per^ sonal estate be to be found : It a fore ne compendii causa homines pecuarii agros incultos redde- 7'ent, sic enimfore nequid earum rerum quas natura preebet hominibus usquam deesse posset, that by that means Grasiers and Drovers for their own private interest should not deprive their fel¬ low Subjects of natures benefits, and liberal gifts; Optimus iste Rex viros incumbentes ad bonas artes et opibus et favorejuvit adeout extmplo suo principes regni ad faciendum idem et juven- tatem tot am ad virtutes capessendas excitaverit. This good King was such a patron to those who endeavoured to learn Arts and Sciences, that he not only graced them with his counte¬ nance; but also assisted them with competent subsistance; by which his example he invited other Nobles of his Realm to do the like; a great encouragement to youth to endeavour to train themselves up in vertuous education: Item pondera et mensuras rebus emendis venden- disque posuit,fares et omne noxiuni genus hominum severissime punivit. Itaq; sub hoc principe latrocinia, rapince, scevitia generis omnis aberat a populo, nec audebat quisquam vim alteri in- jetre vel in]uriam propter exquisitam legis observationem ; He caused weights and measures to be made foi buyers and sellers: Ihieves and all loytering idle vagabonds he severely banished; so. that none was found who durst to offer either force or violence to any man, bein°* terrified with the severity of the Laws. Having now regulated all things for the due and requisite Governing of the Commonwealth, by the general request and advice of his Nobles and Council, he caused a Diadem of Gold to be made, with which accordiug to the Rights and Ceremonies of those times he was solemnly Crowned, in so much that properly speaking we may call him the first King or rather Mo¬ He caused several C ities and Towns to be made, amongst which Malmesbury seems to have been the chief, a verity which Mr. Cambden seems not much to deny : Dum exilis est Malmesbu- rie collem sibi imminentem substringit receptoq; profluente fere incingit. Oppidum sane elegans et pannis laneis sane celebre, quod ut in Historiarum Eulogio legitur, Dunwallo Mulmutius Brittan- norum Rex una cum Lacok, et Tetbury castris adjacentibus construxit et Caer Bladon nomina- vit, Malmesbury a polite and neat Town, and famous for Wollen Cloaths, which as it is written in t.ie Eulogy of Histories was founded by Dunwallo Mulmutius as also the Neighbouring Cas¬ tles Lacock and Tetbury, which lown he called Caer Bladon. The Saxons called this Town m their tongue Injelbopn which appellation continued a long time till Maildulphus a Scot, a man of singular learning and piety being much taken with the shades and solitarinesse of the