"Who ouer Normans rough did rule, and ouer Britons bold
Did conquest stoutlie win, and conquest woone did stronglie hold:
Who by his valure great the fatal vprores calmed, in maine,
And to obeie his powers and lawes, the Manceaux did constraine:
This mightie king within this little vault entoomed lies,
So great a lord sometime, so small a roome dooth now suffice.
W. Patten collecteth this to be the 23. after the sun was in Virgo: which is the 6. of Septēber. When three times seuen and two by iust degrees the sunne had tooke
His woonted course in Virgos lap, then he the world forsooke."
Thus far William Conquerour.
Transcriber's notes
There are no footnotes in the original. The original spelling and punctuation have been retained, with the exception of obvious errors which have been corrected by reference to the 1587 edition of which the original is a transcription.
[ [1] ] Original reads 'l d'; corrected to 'led'.
[ [2] Original reads '(that bare their title'; opening parenthesis removed.
[ [3] Original reads 'the the parties'; corrected to 'the parties'.
[ [4] Original reads 'suilegibus'; corrected to 'sui legibus'.