HISTORIE OF ENGLAND.

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_Constantinus at the generall sute of the Britains vndertaketh to

gouerne this Iland, he is crowned king, his three sonnes, he is

traitorouslie slaine of a Pict, Constantius the eldest sonne of

Constantine hauing bene a monke is created king, the ambitious & slie

practises of duke Vortigerne to aspire to the gouernment, he procureth

certeine Picts and Scots to kill the king who had reteined them for

the gard of his person, his craftie deuises and deepe dissimulation

vnder the pretense of innocencie, he winneth the peoples harts, and is

chosen their king._

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