Britain, or a chorographicall description of the most flourishing kingdomes, England, Scotland, and Ireland, and the Ilands adioyning, out of the depth of antiqvitie : beavtified with mappes of the severall Shires of England / written first in Latine by William Camden ; Translated newly into English by Philémon Holland.

  • William Camden
Date:
1610
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Credit: Britain, or a chorographicall description of the most flourishing kingdomes, England, Scotland, and Ireland, and the Ilands adioyning, out of the depth of antiqvitie : beavtified with mappes of the severall Shires of England / written first in Latine by William Camden ; Translated newly into English by Philémon Holland. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    ——— E c7 eom me anti 1 A.Didius A. vitus Gallus, Propretor, Nero. Venutitt, *Orhaply, Bugantes. $3 Romans in Britaine. Soone after jis fortune floedin doubtful termes : either for that upon the difplacing of Ca- yattacus as if thereby all had been fubdued and tbe war ended, the Romanesintended not Socarefuly their military (ervice : or becanfe the enimies ip compa[fion of (epuifant a king, were more fervently enflamedtorevenge.For they environed the Camp-mafter and thofe Legionary cohorts which were left behind tobuila fortre[fesin the Silures country : Andif the villages ana forts next adioiming had not [feedily come in tove[cue, they had beenput tothe {word every man.Neverthele|e the Camp-Mafter, with eight Centurions and all the Jormardeff maniples of common [ouldieys were flaine y and not long after,they put to flight our foragers , and the very troupes of horfemen that were fent out to fuccour them. 21 ben their flight had not the Legions come in and undertook the battell . B) their ftrength they Sought with fall ods on either hand,but afterward we bad the better of tt, and the enemy betooke himfelfeto his beeles and efcaped with [mall loffe, becaufe the day was far fpent. After this ,they bad many skirmilhes.cnd for the moft part in maner of rodes and rebberiess in woods,on marifbesrafbly ov with forelight it skilled not zaccording as it fell out, either as occafron by chance or their own hearts (erved them : one while for anger another while for booty: fometime by commandement fr om thet captaines, and fometimes again without their warrant and privity : but princivally thorow the wilfull obstinacie of the Silures, who were exafperated with a fpeech of the Romane Generalis that was bruted abroad and came to their eaves: which was this, That asthe Sugambri were rooted outand tranjbor - ted over into Gaule fo the name of the Silures fhould utterly be extinguifhed.. Andin this eat they intercepted two auxiliary bands yos they thorow the avarice of their Prafects for- raied and fpoiled without advifed circum|pection. Alfa by large giving away of fpoiles and prifoners,they drew the reft of the Nations to revolt. And then Oftorins wearied with care and eriefe of heart yeeldedup his vitall breath. Whereat the enemies reioiced, as at the death of a captain not to be defpifed who though he died notin battell,yet was toiled out aud fpent by reafon of the wars. But Ca[ar having intelligence of his Lieutenants death, lef theprovince fhouid be de- Soced yet found not allin good State. For in the meane (pace, the legion whereof Manlius Valens had the charge,met with an unlucky and difajterions fight. The fame whereof the enemies hac made greater than it was,toterrifie the captaine which was comming: who al- fo im the like policie multiplied all that he heard,towin more praife by appeafing thofe trou- bles,or to purchafe pardon more eafily jf they continued ill. The Silures were they that wrought us this difplesfure and damage, whereupon they overranthe province far and gere untill [uch time as by Didius his comming they weredriven backe. About this time Claudius departed this life: and Nero Succeeded bim in the Empire,one who bad no heart at allto attempt any thing in warfare : nay be was minded once to with- cus was taken Venutius a very expert man above the rest in military affaires borne under the flate of the * Tugantes Jona time truflyto usyind defended by the Romanes poure , ba” ring to wife Queen Cartifmandua, by occafion foone after of adivorce, andthen of open war between them,rebelled alfo achinft us amd. proceeded to plaine hostility. At the firs, the quarrell was only between themtwo : untill Carti[mandua by pollicie and craft had in- tercepted the brother, and mere kinfmen. of Venutius. Whereupon our enemies,kindled with rage, and pricked forward with an ignominious indignity , left theyfhould be brought under the yoke of a womans government with a Strong power of choife youth, by force of to «id her and they fought ahot battell: The beginning whereof was doibtfull,but the end more toifull. T he Legion alfo which Cefius Nafica commanded fought with like facce/fé. For,Didius| yeewuft thinke] being flrackenin yeeres,and having many honours heaped upon him, thought it fufficient to execute his charge and keep off the enemy by the minifte- farther a Neh Do oa QUÉ iue — ie nh te emm m
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