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He had two sonnes, whose eldest called Lud
2 Left of his life most famous memory,
And endlesse moniments of his great good:
4 The ruin'd wals he did re{ae}difye
Of Troynouant, gainst force of enimy,
6 And built that gate, which of his name is hight,
By which he lyes entombed solemnly.
8 He left two sonnes, too young to rule aright,
Androgeus and Tenantius, pictures of his might.

1 He had two sons, whose eldest (called Lud)

two > (Three, according to HRB 3.20: Lud, Cassibellaun, Nennius) Lud > (Also called Lludd; apparently the same Lludd of Brythonic legend)

2 Left of his life most famous memory, 3 And endless monuments of his great good:

monuments > monuments; records

4 The ruined walls he did re-edify 5 Of Troynovant, gainst force of enemy,

Troynovant > (New Troy, i.e. London. Brewer (1894) states that the word derives from the old British "Tri-nouhant", meaning "inhabitants of the new town". In Layamon's Brut the name is spelled "Trinovant" and derives from the Trinovantes; but their principal town was not London, but Colchester, in Essex) gainst > against

6 And built that gate which of his name is hight,

that gate > [Ludgate] of > after, from hight > called