brother Mempricius, so that then he liued in more tranquillitie and rest.  Howbeit, being deliuered thus from trouble of warres, he fell into slouth, and so into vnlawfull lust of lecherie, and thereby into the hatred of his people, by forcing of their wiues and daughters:  and finallie became so beastlie, that he forsooke his lawfull wife and all his concubines, and fell into the abhominable sinne of Sodomie.  And thus from one vice he [Sidenote:  Mempricius is deuoured of beastes.] fell into another, till he became odious to God and man, and at length, going on hunting, was lost of his people, and destroied of wild beastes, when he had reigned twentie yeares, leauing behind him a noble yoong sonne named Ebranke, begotten of his lawfull wife.

[Sidenote:  EBRANKE THE FIFT RULER.  Ebranke had 21. wiues:  his thirtie daughters sent into Italie. Bergomas lib. 6.] Ebranke the sonne of Mempricius began to rule ouer the Britons in the yeare of the world 2969.  He had as writers doo of him record, one and twentie wiues, on whom he begot 20. sonnes and 30. daughters, of the which the eldest hight Guales, or Gualea.  These daughters he sent to Alba Syluius, which was the eleuenth king of Italie, or the sixt king of the Latines, to the end they might be married to his noble men of the bloud of Troians, because the Sabines refused to ioine their daughters with them in marriage.  Furthermore, he was the first prince of his land that euer inuaded France after Brute, and is commended as author and originall builder of many cities, both in his owne kingdome, and else where.  His sonnes also vnder the conduct of Assaracus, one of their eldest brethren, returning out of Italie, after they had conducted their sisters thither, inuaded Germanie, being first molested by the people of that countrie in their rage, and by the helpe of the said Alba subdued a great part of that countrie, & there planted themselues.  Our histories say, that Ebracus their father married them in their returne, and aided [Sidenote:  The citie of Caerbranke builded. Matth.  West.] them in their conquests, and that he builded the citie of Caerbranke, now called Yorke, about the 14, yeare of his reigne.  He builded also in Albania now called Scotland, the castle of Maidens, afterward called Edenburgh of Adian one of their kings.  The citie of Alclud was builded likewise by him (as some write) now decaied.  After which cities thus [Sidenote:  Fortie yeares hath Math.  West. and Gal.  Monuine.] builded, he sailed ouer into Gallia, now called France, with a great armie, and subduing the Galles as is aforesaid, he returned home with great riches and triumph.  Now when he had guided the land of Britaine in noble wise by the tearme of fortie yeares, he died, and was buried at Yorke.